Alexander's Toaster and the Badly Written Poem

ex mode 2011

astarlia — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:02:15 GMT

Hi mystery remixer,

If we matched on lost odyssey there are some pics for you at
http://astarlia.deviantart.com/

If we matched on world ends with you, there will be some pics up at the above adress probably tomorrow, and in the meantime there is a story at.

http://archiveofourown.org/users/Astarlia/works

Hope you have fun!

astarlia — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 23:02:56 GMT

well I guess now I'm being pinch hit for I should actually write a dear yuletide letter. I actually wish I had an opportunity to redo my requests bc I would totally ask for a game of thrones fic staring danny khal drogo, especially their first time. but anyway.

I don't like slash (in these fan doms) and am not reallly interested in smut, except in the last one, and even then I want plot too.

hackers

I love the rollerblading and the geek subculture and all the characters except joey and especially cereal.crossovers or anything crazy is appropriate and fine

brave and bold

outrageous!

is what this story should be.anything with aqua man being outrageous or talking about it. maybe he has a biographer?

dead or alive

baas tina father daughter fic. bas being annoyed bc tina is doing something sexy and famous for example, or christie being hot and awesome, possibly with heer panther.

diamond age

coming of age fic. what all of these new feelings mean.how to masturbate, what to do with boys, any interaction with nell and miranda and the primer. really its all about the primer. even what would a current girl do and learn if she had a primer.

yuletart prompt

astarlia — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:14:23 GMT

brave and the bold aquaman!

The return of platelet :)

yuletart

astarlia — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:51:22 GMT

Omg i have matched with almost every fandom on my recipents list! so many options! if they don't put some more specefic requests they face the very rel threat of me trying to do all of them in some sort of giant horrible mashup :)

a-hem.

so moving onto my own dear yuletart letter,

i don't really know what else to say bc i tried to be specefic in my requests - bc to me it makes it easier. harley/ivy are the only ones that i'm really intersted in sexy/romantically, with all the other fndoms i'm probably more interested in pinup/poster style art more than anything else, it would be nice if i could have something to print out and pin on my wall at the end of this.

astarlia — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:31:53 GMT

Dear Yuletide fairies,

I realise this is too late for whoever got my original prompt, but I have realised now the point of these letters. I don't really have anything to say different from my sign up, other than explicit is always ok, and i want characters to act in a believable way for them.

RequestFandom1: Justine Larbalestier - Liar

RequestFandomChar1: Micah/Sarah/Tayshawn

RequestDetail1: What if she wasn't lying? I'd love to see the relationship between these three develop further, as though the story went the way she said. Not as interested in the werewolf stuff, but ok with having that as background.

RequestFandom2: Neal Stephenson - The Diamond Age

RequestFandomChar2: Miranda/Nell

RequestDetail2: I really love the primer, and would love to see the relationship between these two, and the way they interact through the primer further. Especially as Nell gets a little. older.

RequestFandom3: George R R Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire series

RequestFandomChar3: Brienne of Tarth/Jaime Lannister/Sandor Clegane

RequestDetail3: But where is the mountain that rides? This series has some great old school strong characters, and I'd love to read more about them. Jaime is in this list because he growns past cersei's games, and grows a spine. Btw, stories about Arya and Dany also wouldn't go amis, but you know, you can only select four characters.

RequestFandom4: Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash

RequestFandomChar4: Dmitri Ravinoff aka Raven/Hiroaki Protagonist

RequestDetail4: Not *really* fussed about which characters, just want something in the world, and with the feel. When thinking about this the thing that most comes to mind is 'they'll listen to reason' Hoverboards and future cars also never go amiss :D

yuletide 2009

astarlia — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:04:32 GMT

Just thought I would write a little note because if you are an lj person you are probaby looking. I really don't have anything to say that wasn't in my prompts though. I prefer things that have character development rather than just smut, but i have no issues with sex or violence or anything, as long as it's in character.

Mostly though, i hope you have fun :)

dear yuletide writer,

astarlia — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:48:22 GMT

i like smut.

the end.

well i felt my comment were pretty clear. yes i did make it seem like i wanted miranda to teach nell about sex through the primer did't i? :P

and yes i loves me some canon twincest. my partner has expressed an intrest in arya and the hound, or the implications of jamie realising that brienee is stronger than him, so if that's what takes your fancy go for it.

david tennent/billie piper is completely bc i have a david tennent fetish, and she's not bad either.

and nick and norah is the exception to the smut please rule, i would be more interested in the character development angle (though the first two would need it to work well also)

mostly i just want to see that you've had fun in a world that we both (hopefully) love.

astarlia — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:20:37 GMT

I have a new job and it's awesome!

I also really want to start writing and drawing again, but i seem to put more effort in if i'm doing requests. So, if there is anything you want me to write or draw for you, or just bc you think it's a good challange, then let me know. :)

I did drawings!

astarlia — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:13:05 GMT

So - I came home from my job interview today and after spending several hours online was bored. I asked someone what I should draw, and their answer was "Mario eating Mushrooms." This is what I came up with.

Well it was easier than the real way! It feels so good to have finally DONE something again - even if it something as silly as this :)

Btw - i Love toadette. :)

My first publication!

astarlia — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:25:59 GMT

Well ok - I may have been in year 4 at the time. The bold is the bit we were all given, the rest is mine. All formatting and punctuation is consistent with the original.

Late one autumn night, Tom and Kevin were going to visit Club Bluff. On the way their car broke down. "Don't worry," said Tom, I'll use the mobile to ring the R.A.C.V." Unfortunately, the R.A.C.V. were too busy to help.
"Well, it doesn't look like were going to Club Bluff," said Kevin. They got their things out of the car and started walking down the highway at about midnight arrived at a hotel and decided to stay there that night.
The next day borrowed two horses from the stables next door. It took two hours to get to the hearest car yard. "We're here at last!" said Kevin breathlessly.
"It would have taken twic as long on foot." replied Tom.
After they got their car fixed they started to drive home. When they were five minutes from home their car broke down again.

THE END

So beautiful for so many of the wrong reasons. And yes, the end is part of the story. There are three from my class included, and mine is the only one that said the end. I quite like the ending though. And the horses. i was never into horses, so what does it say about me that i thought of that rather than, say, someone gave them a lift? Of the two others, the first one ends with them walking for half an hour and finding a nice old man who lent them him car.

The second one goes like this:

They decided to hitch hike. They got picked up by a murderer. The murderer tried to murder them.
Luckily they'd been learning karate. They tied the murderer to his seat.
With their mobile they rung the cops. The cops told Tom and Kevin they had been looking for him for ten years. Tom and Kevin were HEROS.

Kids rock.

There is also a story by a year 5/6 boy, written from the point of view of a 19 year old whose father is dying and so he goes and joins the ANZACS. Either this kid had amazing empathy, or a really shitting homelife, but either way, it's weird when something written by someone so young can touch you like that.

I feel busy, oh so busy.

astarlia — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:23:56 GMT

In between job searching, arranging volunteer placements, reaquinting myself with my boyfriend, visiting my best friend, support my brothers on their first day back at school/first day ever of school, listening to my mum talk, chatting online, fantasizing about watching NCIS, trying to clean my room, and writing a novel, I have to:

-write a review for hal spacejock (which may require much rereading as i read it several months ago
-finish reading and review a history of moscow
-finish reading and review dark alchamey (reviewing short stories is HARD!!!)
-read and review the sequel to torments of a traitor</strike>
-finish reading torments of traitor (which i reviewed last week....)
-read and review the sequel to torments of a traitor
-buy and read and review a book for my OWN blog....

While being busy is all well and good, and i'm totally loving the free book thing - i would like to read for fun now please.

This is the way we write a novel!

astarlia — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:00:41 GMT

Well, the way *I* write a novel. I have realized that my perfect writing office would be mostly floorspace. i want a desk, a bookshelf, a comfy couch - and BIG HUGE AMOUNTS OF FLOOR!

The above photo shows one of the reasons why, but there is more too it then that. Even when I'm not spreading around a whole bunch of scene cards I really like sitting on the floor. I like lying on my tummy when I'm writing things long hand, or lying on my back when i get stuck, and just want to stare into space - which happens a lot.

I'm very lucky at the moment to be working at my Dad's house at Queensland and so this is the result. Except for the elusive chapter six, my entire novel is plotted out. I've also reached the part of the novel where it becomes much more efficient to start typing rather than handwriting....

astarlia — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:03:39 GMT

If I get paid for writing intellectual wank about Neal Stephenson books I would be very happy indeed. It's thoughts like that that make doing an arts degree almost tempting. Almost.

In the meantime you can check out the condensed version on my blog...

Blogging is fun - writer blog version.

astarlia — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:19:11 GMT

So - the goal for the year is to update my blog once a week. This may mean writing reviews in advance and saving them up - but it would be nice to feel i could do something regularly - and at the same time if there were people that were going to read it - it would be nice if they knew that it was happening with some sort of regularity.

The first weekly entry is up, any feedback is much appreciated.

(http://yareviews.blogspot.com - for those that weren't playing along at home)

astarlia — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:16:17 GMT

Dear Other Parent,

Nagging me about things that are outside of my control is not going to help me wake up in a good mood. Please do not make me say the same thing seven or eight times and still fell like it has not gotten through to you.

Glad she only has two parents,

daughter

astarlia — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:40:02 GMT

Dear concerned parent,

Attempted to use Socratic methods of psychoanalysis to talk me out of my writers block is not going to help me feel more motivated. Especially on a day when I am actually feeling ok about things, and want to write.

Yours frustratedly,

Daughter.

Writing Sample

astarlia — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:47:29 GMT

I put in an application for CAE today, and so had to clean up some of my writing. Since i don't actually tend to share things here much, I thought I would give you all a sample of my space pirate screenplay.

Disclaimers: This is never intended to actually be a movie, just something I wrote for fun. Also it is still riddled with grammer errors, and probably a typo or two. If you still like it after all that, then let me know.

INT. SMALL SHIP BRIDGE

NANCY, a darkskinned girl with dreads wearing traditional pirate style clothes, stands in the bridge of the the space ship. The bridge isn’t very large, it's a mess and shabby with flags, including the jolly roger, and brightly coloured pieces of cloth covering the walls, treasure chests open on the ground, their contents spilling out onto the floor.

DEREK, a larger male version of NANCY, wearing a knitted scarf approaches her, and leans on one of the display panels next too her. They both stare out of the front window of the ship where a large pleasure cruiser is starting to make it’s way across the screen.

DEREK
About time we found something new.
(waits for Nancy to reply)
Can’t wait to do some fighting.
(another pause)
It's better looking than this wreck, anyway.

NANCY
(finally looking at him)
I kind of like this ship.

DEREK
(laughs)
Well, you can keep it then!

NANCY
(An evil glint in her eye)
Oh No! I want THAT!

DEREK
(raises eyebrows)
Alright. Let’s do this thing then.

NANCY jumps over the counter, DEREK swings around into the seat next to her. They work the controls, and through the front window we see the big ship getting closer.

DEREK
Scared?

NANCY
Of them?
(laughs)
It’ll be a walkover!

DEREK
Yeah i suppose you’re right. I wonder why they haven’t...

There is a flash for the side of the cruiser, followed almost instantaiously by a large crash, behind them and to the right.
NANCY
Seen us? I reckon that was some pretty serious fire power.

DEREK
Shit. What would a pleasure cruiser need that for?

NANCY
I don’t know. Trying to avoid pirates?

Another explosion.

DEREK
We gotta do something.

NANCY
Any suggestions?

DEREK
Run.

NANCY
What! No way am I giving up a prize like this!

DEREK
I don’t intend too.

DEREK pushes a lever way forward, and suddenly they are zooming straight in towards the ship. NANCY swears inaudibly and starts messing around with her controls. They get to the point where the ship almost fills up the screen.

NANCY
It’s a rear loader?

DEREK
Yup. Reckon can make out the loading bay. Right... about... there.

DEREK shoots the ship, and a hole appears in the other vessel, NANCY follows with another series of shots. DEREK cheers as a hole big enough for their ship to fly through appears then they both jump up from there seats.

NANCY
What do you think you’re doing?

DEREK
Getting ready to board.

NANCY
Na-uh. You got to board first last time.

DEREK
Did not

NANCY
Did too.

DEREK
Did not.

DEREK extends a fist. Nancy does they same. They play scissors paper rock. NANCY wins with paper.

NANCY
See, told you it was my turn.

DEREK
Fine. But you have to get mum and dad packed up when we’ve captured this shit heap.

NANCY
Deal.

NANCY puts on a space suit while DEREK continues to steer the ship.

NANCY
Bet you I get 10.

DEREK
Bet you i get 15!

NANCY
You reckon you’ll beat me with with my headstart? Ok, deal. See you out there.

She disappears through a side door, leaving DEREK piloting in the ship.

DEREK
Don’t think I won’t get you girl.

He turns to his ship and pilots the ship in towards the hole.

INT. CRUISER CARGO BAY.

The cargo bay is huge, and lit by strong industrial lighting. The small ship has landed in the middle, through a large hole in the door. A ramp lowers from the side of the small craft, and NANCY runs down it dressed in a space suit with grav boots and breathing apparatus. The space suit looks quite decrepit, and has a pirate flag on the breast. She runs over to the door and presses a large button marked ‘emergency airlock’. Then runs past the ship, and out through another door into the main ship.

INT. SMALL SHIP BRIDGE.

DEREK leaves the bridge and runs through the coridoor, ESTER. An elderly women dressed entirely in knitted clothing, comes out of one of he side doors.

ESTER
What’s going on Derek dear?

DEREK
Nothing Ma, don’t worry about it. Just stay here ok? It’s really important. Don’t leave the ship.

ESTER
Ok son. Now you make sure to stay warm. Do you need a warm hat?

Ester takes a hat out of her pockets, and tries to give it to DEREK.

DEREK
Na mum, i’m fine I’ve got my scarf see.

ESTER
No no. You need a hat. Your ears will get cold. And it’s the same colour, see?

DEREK
Alright Ma, I’ll take the hat.

He puts on th hat, then jumps down through a hatch in the bottom of the ship. He runs across the empty airlock, through the same door Nancy did.

INT. CRUISER CORIDOOR DAY

NANCY is a plain carpeted coridoor. Several guards are lying at her feet, and she is just sheathing her sword. .

NANCY
You missed the welcome party

DEREK
(scowls)
Yeah yeah, where too now.

NANCY
(shrugs)
Figure we wait for the next lot to find us.

A CRACKLE sounds from a RADIO on one of the guards belts.

CAPTAIN (O.S)
Alpha-team report.

NANCY picks up the radio,

NANCY
ARR! This be alpha team!

CAPTAIN (O.S)
Thank god, what’s going on down.... wait a minute. Who are you?

DEREK
(snatching the radio away from NANCY)
ARR! We be pirates! Here to take your loot!

NANCY’
And your ship!

DEREK
Aye! And your ship!

CAPTAIN
My ship? But it’s my ship! I need it!

astarlia — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 06:03:43 GMT

So I saw an episode of doctor who last night, which is pretty much exactly the backstory of my novel.

It was cool at first because I could see how other people imagined things, but then it started to get a bit 'yup, i did that too, and that, and oh shit, if i write this people are going to think i plageriused."

Sure, the actual content of my novel will be a bit different, but it absolutely looks as though i saw that episode, and then wrote what i think happened next...

Nano Question

astarlia — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:21:49 GMT

Is it normal to start outlining a completely different novel instead of, say, working on the one you are meant to be writing???

The universe doesn't hate me!

astarlia — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:46:33 GMT

I decided today that i wanted to apply for the part time writing and editing cource at rmit, but the applications are due... today. So i went and found some work i submitted to a critique site, and while there discovered that four new people had actually critiqued it - and they all loved it. This surpised me because it was a quite experimental thing and i wasn't sure other people would get it - but they did and they loved it, and yay! :D

No Games Journalism for me :S

astarlia — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:54:44 GMT

So I entered the game journalism comp on gameplayer.com.au, but didn't win. They said that i was on the list of people they gave serious consderation too, so i must be doing something right, i'm just disappointed that I was so close to this amazing opportunity that could have given me everything i wanted right now..... but i didn't get it.

I know that i'm probably not ready to take full advatage of the oppurtunity yet anyway, but god damn i wanted it :S:S:S

Why i want to be a writer

astarlia — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:50:21 GMT

I have been online, in bed, since 9 this morning, and it all counted as work. I love this job. :D

astarlia — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:36:25 GMT

So, I had a very interesting experience tonight. Nikki and I went to her people talk about writing, specifically writing courses. While we were there, a slighy older woman came and sat at our table, and asked if we were studying writing. Nikki said she was, and I said i was thinking about it. At which she turned back to Nikki and said "Oh, so you're the writer." This by itself was bad enough, but then she insisted on addressing every single question to Nikki, despite the fact i ended up answering half the time anyway.

mind you i'm not offended or anything, just fascinated by the assumtions people make. :)

astarlia — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:34:06 GMT

I just realised that the two male leads in the story i'm working on are both very similiar to boyfriends i've had....

Also if i were to write about a character with long blond hair who read a lot would it look like i was just trying to copy luna? What about if she had curly red hair? is that too much of a sterotype?

astarlia — Sun, 13 May 2007 09:56:03 GMT

I have this nagging feeling that my novel would be much better without the dragons :(