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In which I bitch pointlessly for no reason but to vent
I have not attempted to watch series 3 of Sherlock, partly because I am not sure of the copyright law issues and that's not the kind of thing I want to mess with as an American lawyer whose most important client is a giant British company, and partly because I want to watch with Mr. ZD and he won't participate in any cross-Atlantic viewing schemes ( Read more... ) -
Inappropriate parenting for the win
My 13 year old son appears to have a girlfriend. She has a very unusual first name, and beyond that I don't know much about her except for the fact that she plays the violin, which is how they met. (My son plays the viola. I wanted him to play the cello but I lost that argument, mostly when my husband pointed out that the monthly rental of a ( Read more... ) -
Two Questions
I'm still percolating a post on the 50 Shades of Grey phenomenon and erotica in general, but I'm not ready to hit 'publish' on that just yet.
In the meantime, two questions:
1. Has anybody else read Gone Girl? And, if so, did the ending make you want to write vicious hate mail to the author or did you like it?
2. The modern day Sherlock Holmes' ( Read more... ) -
A Poorly Named Ode to Fandom
I read this article this morning, Why I Love Weird Porn, which has very little to do with loving weird porn, and much more to do with appreciating communities that the Internet has fostered/allowed to flourish.
The author says, "There's a term in the fan fiction community, "drawerfic". It arises from the answer to "What was your first fanfic?" given ( Read more... ) -
Snape Makes Tea and Reads Shakespeare and I Melt Into a Puddle
Yesterday Jezebel.com featured a video of Alan Rickman, in extreme slo-mo, making a cup of tea. (Here is a link: http://jezebel.com/5910909/epic-tea-time-with-alan-rickman)
I use the phrase "making a cup of tea" loosely, because mostly this video makes me want to (tenderly) snatch his hand away from the tea bag and the luke warm water and shriek ( ( Read more... ) -
HP fanfic question
Since I started reading Harry Potter fanfiction (I guess about 8 months ago? A year ago?) - I've been reading primarily Hermione-centric fics (Hermione/Snape, Hermione/Draco, Hermione/Harry, maybe an occasional Hermione/Ron if it's particularly well-written) ...but something I read yesterday in a Snape-centric fic has caused a curious little plot ( Read more... ) -
Growl and Blargh
Why in the name of all that is Apple does my iPad keep losing connection to the wireless network in my own d%€m house ( Read more... ) -
Oh look, a alphabet meme, because I'm bored...
Trying this again to deal with the weird text color issue...
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HP Fanfic
I know I am years late to the HP fanfic party (but not to loving Harry Potter - I have loved Harry Potter forever) - but recently I find myself compulsively looking for Draco/Hermione fic...yeah, I know...I have no idea why I am intrigued by this, I was certainly perfectly happy to see Hermione with Ron in the actual epilogue of Deathly Hallows.
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Harry Potter Fic Question
I just finished re-reading the entire HP series. (There are certain books I've read many times - 1 and 3, in particular. But this is the first time I picked up book 1 and read straight through to book 7 without reading anything else, and only my second read of Books 5 and 7. I am still not a huge fan of 5 because I hate Delores Umbridge with the ( Read more... )