That girl who wrote that fic.

You know, I'm generally an upbeat, optimistic sort of person. But sometimes, a nice little dose of snarky pessimism hits the spot, especially when you're frustrated by something in life that just isn't fair and is out of your control. At moments like that, I really like to turn to the helpful products of despair.com. For example:



And I really love the fact that this is the thanks you get for buying something from them. *snerk*

This post is way overdue, and for that I apologize.

I got holiday cards from mayflo (what an adorable little H/D drawing!), sioniann (I loved the drabble!), lauren_b, Cori, taradiane, and prestonsbarr. Thanks to all of you! I never managed to get holiday cards done this year. Maybe I'll do valentines instead?

Thank you to wordplay for the awesome Kinky Friedman t-shirt!! OMG!!! *grins*

And as an extra surprise, I received the CD of the STG soundtrack created by princesskariboo and evilimp! Thank you so much!

I love your writing and admire you immensely as a person. I consider myself very lucky to have been able to meet you and hang out with you, and I look forward to doing it again! (Lumos, yes?) Hope you have a great day!

Wow, my weeks have revolved around Wednesdays for eight months, so today feels weird. However, smut_wednesday really helps! ;-)

Anyone in or around London want to have breakfast or coffee with me on the morning of Saturday, November 26? :-D

From a local TV station's web site:

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The results are in from Tuesday night's election, and Proposition Two passed. Effective immediately, the Texas Constiution will now define marriage as a union between one man and one woman.

Proposition Two passed by a huge margin. However, the majority of voters in Travis County voted against the amendement [sic]. [I ♥ Austin so FUCKING much!]

Here's a look at a breakdown of the numbers: 76 percent voted for Proposition Two, and 24 percent voted against.

As you can imagine Tuesday night, both sides of the issue had a lot to say.

"Ninety percent of the young people have voted against this amendment. That shows me that we got our message out," Anne Wynne with No Nonsense in November said. [Things are changing. We may have to wait for the bigots to die, but...]

"I don't know if God has spoken, but I know that when Glen Maxey says something that God is not involved in this type of issue or does not address this issue, he really clearly has about 8,000 years ago," David Contreras, Justice at the Gate, said. [Okay, what? I'm still not sure what he was trying to say. Separation of church and state mean anything to you, asshat? Oh, and Glen Maxey rocks. SO much.]
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*sigh*

So, I sent the last part of STG to the betas just now.

( Cut for emo, wibbling, nostalgic Emma -- lalala, move along, nothing to see... )

In the meantime, I ♥ all of you so, so much. Thank you for making this experience so amazing!

So, you know that "Ten nasty things I'd love to say" meme that was going around a few days ago? I didn't read any of them, because I swore off wank a while back. And it just isn't worth the energy to try to figure out if any of those statements were intended for me. If someone hates me, fine. It doesn't really matter in the scheme of things, you know?

( Instead, here are ten positive things I'd love to say about people. )

Feel free to pass this one on. ♥ all of you.

So I'm watching Red Dawn on TV. I remember seeing that film in the theater when I was about twelve, and the thing I remember about it back then was that in my kid mind, it seemed so real, like something that could really happen.

And watching it now, it looks like the fucking stupidest movie ever made. Hello, the Russians (okay, Cubans, but later the Russians) would invade a one-horse town in the middle of nowhere Wyoming, by air drop? The sheer amount of right-wing fear-mongering propaganda in this film is mind-boggling. We have to have our guns, or we can't protect ourselves from the enemy! You have to know how to kill and butcher animals, just in case you need to survive in the woods when they come for you! You should be hard on your boys -- how else will they know what it means to be men? You have to cloister and protect your daughters, or they'll be raped, or worse. And for God's sake, men don't cry!!

The dialogue is terrible, and the acting not much better. At least it's slashy. Heh. Patrick Swayze/Tom Howell OTP!!!

But you know what scares me about this? When this film came out, I really believed that shit was possible -- even likely. I was completely brainwashed. And you know, it's not that different from what's happening now, is it?

ETA: Oh, look! It's the scene where the Russians line up a bunch of American prisoners by a mass grave and shoot them while they sing America, the Beautiful! Those nasty Russians! *eye roll* "No crying!" Patrick Swayze says! "Hold it back!"

ETA 2: And the illegal aliens from Latin America were part of the evil plan!!! And no one is on our side but England! Those damn wussy French.

Hang on a sec -- that sounds kind of familiar, doesn't it? Hmmm...

Oh, con drop is depressing, isn't it? I had such a good time at TWH, more fun than I even expected to have. It was great to be surrounded by fen for days, and the thought of going back to the real world is… blech. No! I want to pretend I'm at Hogwarts for another week, please!

I met so many amazing people, and that deserves another post. For now, here's what I did, in case you're interested. :-)

( Thursday )

( Friday )

( Saturday )

( Sunday )

ETA: Check out the _witchinghour_ LJ for newsletters and pictures from TWH!

On posting photos: Lots of people took pictures at TWH and I know I showed up in them -- and I have a big favor to ask. I'd rather photos in which I'm clearly identified not be posted publicly. Under a lock is fine, but I just don't want to be so easily identifiable in a public space. With the new Blog search engines, it's hard to keep entries from being publicly available and easily searchable. Sorry to be a stick-in-the-mud about that, but I'm in the closet as a slasher, and I kinda want to keep it that way... Thanks in advance! :-)

So, Lumos! I'm planning to go. I've been asked to speak on a panel, and I'm thinking about submitting a proposal for a panel as well. I think it would be another fantastic weekend, and all in one hotel this time!

What the FUCK?????

I have no words. I don't know what to say. Because this bill would affect ME if I lived in that state. My 15-year-old unmarried cousin can accidentally get pregnant and have a baby no problem, but *I* would be required to get some sort of certification (possibly including a check of whether I go to church or not??) before I qualify for medical assistance to get pregnant???

Fuck you, fuckers. FUCK YOU.

That link goes to elke_tanzer's very informative post on the subject, with lots of links to related stories.

ETA: belleweather has more horrifying details here.