IMPORTANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIND. Whilst getting rid of some of the junk from under my bed, I discovered the holy grail of nerdy nostalgia: the honest to god Harry Potter scrapbook I maintained from the ages of 10-11 like the crazy dedicated childnerd I was ( Read more... )

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JOHNVERINE AND ROGUELOCK. I don't even really know.

( A TALE. )

I have been watching Planet Earth on bluray with my parents (which is UH MAZE ING, btw) but, well, you know me and my 'everything is an AU fic just waiting to happen' goggles. Things, inevitably, have happened.


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This week on The Strange Strange Crushes I Have Had, I give you Bugs Bunny in drag. I am pretty sure I experienced my first childhood stirrings of bisexuality watching him writhe around alluringly on a fat horse. And bearing in mind that this was around the same time that I was crushing on Vinnie the Distressingly Sexy Anthropomorphic Mouse Alien. ( Read more... )

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For the last couple of days, battle has been raging between laulan and I over whether Luke Skywalker looks more like an anthropomorphic kitten (says she) or mouse (says I.) Gloves were thrown down, tablet pens were shaken threateningly, and now in the name of science there is poll.

( Illustrative artwork for the jury's consideration )

Yesterday I was about ready to have a nervous breakdown over how much work I have to do! Today I am feeling less verging-on-insanity courtesy of spending the day in the library reading a few helpful essays (and thinking about the plot for my creative piece during the 'golly this is a difficult paragraph' zone-outs.) (There is still really an awful ( Read more... )

gypsy_sunday THIS IS FOR YOU. A very very special reading of the pillow fort fic.



(Okay, no, this needs context. OVER A YEAR AGO I promised gypsy_sunday I would read fic in a west country accent for her. AND NOW HERE WE ARE.)

My local newspaper has given Inception the same score as Piranha 3D. I cannot stop thinking about what on Earth was going through this reviewer's mind. Literally, all day I have pondering this. Perhaps it was a typo? A misprint? A cry for help ( Read more... )