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misscamI kind of got the feeling I should have stayed home from work today too when colleagues started wondering if I preferred flowers or contributions to charity for my funeral. Har, har. But then I was told I'd been missed, which was cute.
I hate this stupid cold.
Top Ten Things Authors Should NOT Do at Amazon - a heartwarming tale of how badly professional authors too can deal with reviews not hailing their brilliance.
A meme I nicked from my flist - mah fandom secrets. Some kind of obvious, some kind of not and some quite a bit embarassing, yes.
1. When I saw this fandom secret on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
fandomsecrets, I instantly wondered if it was someone on my flist. Then I felt presemptious, because it probably isn't. But if it should happen to me, I'm very excited to share BSG fandom too :D I want to share it with more of you, yeees.
2. I've always liked having people of different tastes and ship on my flist, but it makes me a little sad sometimes when a friend of mine doesn't share a ship. Not because I think it's more OTP or anything like that, but because it's something we can't share the fun of.
3. It's getting increasingly hard for me to remember what I liked about Doctor/Rose to begin with, but often all the hate it gets makes me really want to remember and feel defensive about it. I think liking or disliking it are equally justifiable positions and a matter of taste, but all the loud pushing of either hate or love for it has made me lose my own perspective.
4. I sort of think Adama and Roslin are a bit superior to other pairings I've liked at the moment. But then, I have a tendency to do that when I find something new to adore.Still, Mom and Dad have this amazing development and mature relationship and just win, really.
5. I know OFUM is and will always be my most-read fic and the insane popularity it had still kind of boggle-flatters me, but it doesn't really feel like mine anymore and whenever I get feedback for it, I always wish it was for something more recent instead.
6. I'm not sure if fandom or the show killed Ten/Martha for me, but I kinda only ship it as a potential now and I can't write fic for it.
7. If I spot myself being recced somewhere, I save the link. But I usually don't comment to thank the reccer because I never know what to say and 'thanks' sound a bit lame.
8. I always kind of wanted Catherine and Warrick to happen on CSI more than I did Grissom and Sara, even if I liked writing the latter more. I suspect this was for entirely shallow reasons.
9. I've printed out and saved the e-mails Robert Shearman sent me and I keep them in a drawer in my desk. When I feel a bit blue, I read them. Because knowing an actual Doctor Who writer for the show and the audios liked my writing enough to give some of the most flattering feedback I've ever had? Never fails to make me very happyand a little ashamed at how much pride it gives me.
10. I like Nine and mostly find Christopher Eccleston a really good actor, but I haven't watched series one in a long, long time and feel no desire to. I sometimes wonder if Eccleston's not wanting to acknowledge Who has tarnished it a bit for me. Because though I am less fannish about the show now, David Tennant's fanboy glee at it all still is adorable like a cute thing.
11. I'm not sure I'm attracted to Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell on their own, but I'd say yes to a threesome within 0.5 seconds. I know they're both married, way older than me and HAI NOT GONNA HAPPPEN, but they seem to have so much fun together I so would. You can judge me now.
12. I don't read RPFexcept once in a while out of curiosity but many of my friends do and I try to be open-minded about it. Unfortunately, I quite often find myself reminded of the time when I was about 14 and some woman called our house and started talking about her fantasies to have my father and how my mother didn't love him. (My dad was a somewhat known politician at the time.) I found out later the woman had a history of mental problems and nothing ever happened of it, but I can't quite wash that story out of my head and I think it's unfairly made me a bit uncomfortable with RPF to this day.
13. Bad Norwegian is still what bothers me most about Rose's end on Doctor Who, take I and take II. I'll give take II slightly more slack for having hot snogging (at least the confidential version) in it, but 'Dårlig Ulv Stranden'? No, no, no. Everyone else writes long meta on characterisation and one heart and RTD's take on women and consolation prize-esque resolutions versus only possibly happy ending there could be. Me, I got my patriotism in a twist over language.
14. Regardless of how many others way Canon acknowledges a ship and how cute I find those - if I don't get some kissing, I feel cheated.HAI BSG I AM WATCHING YOU WHERE IS THE ADAMA/ROSLIN SNOGGING. I realise that this is shallow and influenced by romantic clichés and all that and I don't care.
15. I can't seem to slash :( Which makes me sadfor the awesome potential of Sarah Jane/Laura Roslin I could otherwise work withsince I seem to miss out on half of fandom. The only thing I ever slashed was book!Gimli/book!Legolas and that was mostly friendship anyway. Visually, two guys or two girls just don't seem to do it for me and I feel so boringly vanilla for it.
In other news:
Cat adopts red panda cub.
The White House apologises for insulting Berlusconi.
Controversial surveillance law passed in the US Senate.
Gordon Brown is like Heathcliff?
Sewage plant to be named after Bush - maybe.
I hate this stupid cold.
Top Ten Things Authors Should NOT Do at Amazon - a heartwarming tale of how badly professional authors too can deal with reviews not hailing their brilliance.
A meme I nicked from my flist - mah fandom secrets. Some kind of obvious, some kind of not and some quite a bit embarassing, yes.
1. When I saw this fandom secret on
fandomsecrets, I instantly wondered if it was someone on my flist. Then I felt presemptious, because it probably isn't. But if it should happen to me, I'm very excited to share BSG fandom too :D 2. I've always liked having people of different tastes and ship on my flist, but it makes me a little sad sometimes when a friend of mine doesn't share a ship. Not because I think it's more OTP or anything like that, but because it's something we can't share the fun of.
3. It's getting increasingly hard for me to remember what I liked about Doctor/Rose to begin with, but often all the hate it gets makes me really want to remember and feel defensive about it. I think liking or disliking it are equally justifiable positions and a matter of taste, but all the loud pushing of either hate or love for it has made me lose my own perspective.
4. I sort of think Adama and Roslin are a bit superior to other pairings I've liked at the moment. But then, I have a tendency to do that when I find something new to adore.
5. I know OFUM is and will always be my most-read fic and the insane popularity it had still kind of boggle-flatters me, but it doesn't really feel like mine anymore and whenever I get feedback for it, I always wish it was for something more recent instead.
6. I'm not sure if fandom or the show killed Ten/Martha for me, but I kinda only ship it as a potential now and I can't write fic for it.
7. If I spot myself being recced somewhere, I save the link. But I usually don't comment to thank the reccer because I never know what to say and 'thanks' sound a bit lame.
8. I always kind of wanted Catherine and Warrick to happen on CSI more than I did Grissom and Sara, even if I liked writing the latter more. I suspect this was for entirely shallow reasons.
9. I've printed out and saved the e-mails Robert Shearman sent me and I keep them in a drawer in my desk. When I feel a bit blue, I read them. Because knowing an actual Doctor Who writer for the show and the audios liked my writing enough to give some of the most flattering feedback I've ever had? Never fails to make me very happy
10. I like Nine and mostly find Christopher Eccleston a really good actor, but I haven't watched series one in a long, long time and feel no desire to. I sometimes wonder if Eccleston's not wanting to acknowledge Who has tarnished it a bit for me. Because though I am less fannish about the show now, David Tennant's fanboy glee at it all still is adorable like a cute thing.
11. I'm not sure I'm attracted to Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell on their own, but I'd say yes to a threesome within 0.5 seconds. I know they're both married, way older than me and HAI NOT GONNA HAPPPEN, but they seem to have so much fun together I so would. You can judge me now.
12. I don't read RPF
13. Bad Norwegian is still what bothers me most about Rose's end on Doctor Who, take I and take II. I'll give take II slightly more slack for having hot snogging (at least the confidential version) in it, but 'Dårlig Ulv Stranden'? No, no, no. Everyone else writes long meta on characterisation and one heart and RTD's take on women and consolation prize-esque resolutions versus only possibly happy ending there could be. Me, I got my patriotism in a twist over language.
14. Regardless of how many others way Canon acknowledges a ship and how cute I find those - if I don't get some kissing, I feel cheated.
15. I can't seem to slash :( Which makes me sad
In other news:
Cat adopts red panda cub.
The White House apologises for insulting Berlusconi.
Controversial surveillance law passed in the US Senate.
Gordon Brown is like Heathcliff?
Sewage plant to be named after Bush - maybe.
