Will my resolution to use this journal more fail like 90% of all resolutions.

So, my initial reaction to The Witcher can really be summed up by this Noelle Stevenson tweet.

Me 5 minutes ago: eh ok we can try Witcher even though it seems like generic fantasy
Me 5 mins into Witcher: wait I forgot I love generic fantasy
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It's kind of weird to post a long response to twitter wank here, where no one may have the slightest clue as to what I'm talking about, but I needed a long form space.

So, my thoughts on a controversy that burst forth on twitter that was ostensibly about pronouns, and actually about a lot of other things.

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This week I got my new Criterion release of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. (Lots of pictures over at my Twitter.) It came with this essay. I had my issues with the essay, as I will also distrust anything that itself distrusts "identity" or bemoans "defensiveness." But it did get me thinking.

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Something that is clear. I want to post on DW. Something that is also clear. I believe I should post on DW, as I still after all this time believe that the LJ/Model is the best fandom platform. Unfortunately, one more thing that's clear is that I tend to not do things I think I should do, and then my anxiety works up to a fever pitch in which even ( Read more... )

For a few more days, it's still December! (I mean, not the right, December, but oh well.) I've been wanting to post more than memes, and there were all these topics from last year's posting meme. Who knows, I might get through them before next December. (Ha hah. Not likely ( Read more... )

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So, I'm rewatching the White Collar pilot. I thought I was going to just jot down a few odd thoughts, and, uh, there more than a few. But I actually tried to put the kibosh on anything to deep or thoughtful. Though there might be some interesting meta posts to be written.

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So, it's about time I started planning my
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I've been having thoughts on Neal, and how he deals with conflict and anger. (Hint: not well.) This started as a comment in
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