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Very late year-in-review meme for 2007
Usually I do this in January, but January was CRAZY this year...
2007 In Review
1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
- Wildlife: Finally got to see (and handle) painted buntings.
- Travel: Visited Virginia and also Taos, New Mexico.
- Teaching: All these years out of graduate school and I was suddenly asked to fill undergraduate ( Read more... ) -
Fandom freakout, obscenity, and weirdness
Regarding the ongoing LJ/6A vs Fandom freakout ( Read more... ) -
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Anyone who isn't keeping up with the latest LJ/Six Apart journal-deletion drama might want to head over to this link to read and consider signing this statement asking for clarification of official LJ/Six Apart policy.
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2006 In Review
Happy Birthday Molly May!
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In other news, I decided to do a variation on the year-in-review memes that always float around. It was a good exercise...rather eye-opening to realize what a milestone year this was for me, in many ways.
2006 IN REVIEW
1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Visited Costa Rica.
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Fanfic Discussion: 3 Deep: Ep 2…Buffy’s Dream
Insomnia, my old familiar bedfellow…you have finally inspired me to get off my figurative ass and post my thoughts on the opening sequence of Episode 2 of “3 Deep” by the writers at Tea at the Ford.
I’ve been planning a big post addressing the dream/fantasy sequences, allusions, and subtext in “3 Deep”, but after tinkering with it for months, it has ( Read more... ) -
Fanfic commentary: 3Deep (Chpt 2) Acts 3 and 4
Aaaaannd, commentary for the rest of chapter 2 of 3Deep...all praise to the Tea at the Ford crew!
Act Three
The man tapped out something on the screen with a tiny plastic implement. The manicured nails flashed in the bright morning sun and the dazzling paleness of cuffs shooting their impeccable length from the charcoal suit hurt his eyes. This is a ( Read more... ) -
Fanfic commentary: 3Deep (Chpt 2) Acts 1 and 2
More fanfic commentary. Same disclaimers apply as in my previous post:
1. This isn't meant to be a review, but more a stream-of-consciousness report on my response to reading "3Deep: Chapter 2".
2. As such, it likely won't be of interest to anyone except the writers at Tea at the Ford.
3. If you aren’t into fanfic, or the JossVerse, or you’re not ( Read more... ) -
Initial post of geekery
Several years on LJ, and I’ve yet to post. Until today. I’m taking the plunge, in true geek fashion, with a detailed commentary on the JossVerse fanfiction epic “Three Deep”. If you aren’t into fanfic, or the JossVerse, or you’re not reading “3Deep”, or you are reading it and don’t want to be spoiled, move along now…
“3Deep” is a really ambitious ( Read more... )