I never said my appeal was sensical

LBD?

2013-03-27T23:17:54Z

So I (used to?) watch this Youtube series called Lizzie Bennet Diaries. Yes, yes, yes. It's Jane Austen and it's Pride & Prejudice. I won't lie - shit like that is my guilty pleasure. Charlotte Lu is probably one of my favourite characters, but I definitely lost my feels for the show part way through. Lizzie annoys me, I'm not finding Darcy attractive. And just. Where did the feels go? To be fair, I did stop watching just before the 50th episode after devouring the first 40 like a fiend.

Anyone else out there watching it? Any general consensus on the show?

burnfor @ 2011-09-13T23:34:00

2011-09-14T03:34:31Z

Dipping my toe back into fandom lately. I've been doing a lot of (re)reading of bookmarked fic, partly for a friend whose bookmark collection got wiped out recently. Nuts to realize how long it's been - authors/journals being deleted and fic disappearing.

Anyone have any idea where winterweathered/yourperiphery/dontyouwaitup went? Am coming across lots of locked links there.

Asides from that - who loved the Potter-shapped 3D glasses they handed out at the HP & the DH midnight premiere! Okayokay, old news. This gal is mighty rusty.

Announcement! :-D

2011-07-29T20:59:55Z

Originally posted by emmagrant01 at Announcement! :-D

burnfor @ 2011-05-28T13:37:00

2011-05-28T17:36:53Z

LAST HARRY POTTER MOVIE IN A MONTH AND A FUCKING HALF.

Also, I have found that fanfiction has ruined my taste for sex in mainstream lit. Having gotten back into a bit of a Snarry mood (re-reading and the like), as well as re-reading the HP series, have found that the "romantic" writings available on the market don't tend to push any buttons. Certainly not the porny bits, at least. Plot-wise it feels as though there is a general lack of innovation, nothing in the way of the pure creativity that comes out of these amazing writers we've got in fandom.

My opinion pertains to romance novels found on shelves in common bookstores, though.

Yes my life is boring.

RIP, Delicious

2010-12-17T02:09:56Z

Just thought that a heads up would be nice in case anyone hasn't heard yet. Delicious (AKA Delicious.com AKA Del.icio..us) is being shut down. Yahoo!fail.

Now to see if there are any decent alternatives.

Kitty

2010-10-28T01:23:11Z

Possibly my favourite new fandom of the moment. Sherlock!

O: I'm not dead, you say??

Wow, it's been well over half a year since I've posted. Just haven't been very active in fandom; trying to catch up in RL. Third year's really kicking my butt, on top of the major squee for SPN being completely gone. (No, I still haven't finished watching S5. Yes, I have plans to. Eventually.)

Have been mostly watching Bones, Castle and Big Bang Theory, these days. (Plus the unfettered re-watching of Sherlock (2010 BBC) episodes.) A little bit of Hellcats and Glee thrown in. The internet (from my end of the stick) doesn't look that active, and quite frankly, the what fic I do find isn't quite up to snuff. I think I've been spoiled by the wonderful Supernatural and Harry Potter authors for too long.

In conclusion: Sherlock ♥

Moir-ish Virtue

2010-03-01T03:28:01Z

One of my new favourites? (Tessa) Virtue and (Scott) Moir! Personally, I call them Voir, ala French vocab.

Don't even like het, but I'm rooting for them so hard. I think they're adorable together.

And because I can't help it.. here are some photos (to which none of them belong to me!)

Sitting in the Hudson River

Who can resist?!

burnfor @ 2010-01-25T15:33:00

2010-01-25T20:33:57Z

U GAIZ.. this is really disturbing me.

burnfor @ 2010-01-14T12:24:00

2010-01-14T17:24:20Z

help_haiti:
Lightning round (up to 2000 words of podfic) and a Standard Auction (10000 words of podfic).

My heart has gone all clenchy at how many people are donating and offering. ♥ fandom! Go buy people! Or donate whatever you can! Or spread the word!

Fandom Auction

2010-01-14T00:35:29Z

Thought I'd drop by to say that I've got a thread over at help_haiti offering a podfic of your choice.

An offer:

Or how about:

lookie

2010-01-07T02:37:11Z

Random bullet-y update:

the podfics over at amplificathon's 2009 Podbang went up a couple weeks ago! I was a pinchhitter and did an SGA gen fic for parisindy (Long Road Home by sholio). It's about 2 and a half hours. Hee, damn if it wasn't the most stressful night of my life trying to finish editing it.

Twilight fans need not read this bullety. I have been surfing My Life is Twilight and laughing so. hard. I just. *snort*

HP fandom where have you been? I've fallen right back in. Been devouring H/D fics non-stop!

Am feeling the fandom-love again. Think I'll sidle myself back into the habit. (I sound like I'm talking about crack) ♥ I have missed you.

... TA-DA

2009-11-10T05:12:10Z

Jensen and Danneel are ENGAGED.

Cue the sound of hearts breaking.

I just had to come out of hiatus for this one PSA.

burnfor @ 2009-05-18T09:40:00

2009-05-18T01:41:42Z

Just saw a Merlin fic make it to the front page of Delicious. Hee.

Someone You Might Have Been!

2009-03-16T07:03:40Z

God. Please, just go read fleshflutter's spy!verse. It's amazing, and deserves all the recognition it gets. Oops, forgot a link. The entire verse is here, the first part is here.

Adding while my brain still works well enough. This fic has amazing characterizations, and it just absolutely draws you in. The action's done well, the tension, the twists and turns. It's definitely a roller coaster, but one that is a wholly satisfying ride.

Also, it made me love Chad a bit. And any fic that makes me like Chad is yay.

Fic: Sam Winchester's Guide to The "Unforgivables"

2009-03-16T03:43:48Z

Title: Sam Winchester's Guide to The "Unforgivables"
Author: burnfor and thrdstrike
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Rating: PG-13 for sexual situations and language
Wordcount: 3000
Notes: Written for whenboymeetsboy , based very very loosely on How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days.

Sam Winchester's Guide to The "Unforgivables"

Posted over at our new fic journal facecakes .

Deeeeean

2009-03-13T04:55:53Z

I just noticed I haven't posted in a month. RL eats me alive. Ficlets/random scraps coming up.

Quickie

2009-02-10T03:36:08Z

A bullety, because I've just been feeling really down for the past while now, and I don't really have the energy to keep up with all the fandom stuff like I used to.

re: Jared/Gene..something. IDK what to think. I'm not a big fan of hers (haven't seen her in anything till SPN) *shrug*

I signed up for spn_j2_bigbang . WTF?
Considering making a filter for said Big Bang stuff. Maybe I'll finally get to work on that fashionworld!J2 I've been hankering at

No. I'm not going to Van!Con which I really wanted to. Like, REALLY really.
a) Yes, I have the money; b) No, I can't justify blowing over $1000 for a 4-day trip; c) I need the money for schooling more, I think. Stupid moneysoul-sucking university business.

I've have watched the past couple of eps, just no motivation to type anything up. Sex & Violence (the last one) was a bit meh. It bored me a little, but not to say that I didn't like it.

Reading week is almost here! Then midterms and essay after that.

Supernatural isn't show here! Which means I usually watch the ep over the weekend, and avoid my flist like crazy.

DEAN IN SHORTS.

Ehh, yeah. Life has been awful. Stress. Anxiety. Am unable to find a balance between uni/RL and fandom so far, since this school year's started. Am feeling off-balance and not in the greatest place, at the moment.
A goal of mine is to be a happier and nicer person this year. IDK if I'm succeeding.

Torchwood! Chuck! Why is there no good TW fic around??

Crap crap crap. Fic challenge is due in five days. There's only 700 or so words written! *flail*

Watching MBV when I get home! And Coraline, hopefully! Now.. I need someone to fangirl with at the same time. Hmm..

Calling all

2009-01-31T21:44:59Z

Heya. Before a re-post of the MLD fic to a comm, thrdstrike and I were wondering if anyone would be willing to do a quick beta of the fic for us? We've both given it a look-over, but figure that another pair of eyes would definitely help!

Er, I guess leave a comment here if you're interested? Much appreciated!

Master post of fic in question is here. It's been three years since Jared and Sandy got divorced, and Jared's sister and brother think that it's time he meets someone new. Nobody said that it would be easy.

nougat time!

2009-01-28T02:26:50Z

canadiangoddess has a post up with some news from the set of Supernatural which I thought would be nice to link to.

“...the greatest fans anyone could ask for, because they make this show so much a part of their lives that they bleed when we bleed, cry when we cry, and that is a beautiful thing."
- Robert Singer

Essentially, for those who may be too lazy to click:
- Jensen and Jared are trying to get a remembrance thing up for the season 4 special features.
- cast/crew/Kripke know we know and are grateful for the amazing things that have been said on the internet
- Singer loves us, the fans, because we are amazing (totally my paraphrase)

Missing Kim.

2009-01-27T01:11:23Z

I found out just now about Kim Manners. Am shocked, to say the least. I though it was a nasty rumour or something when I first saw any hint of it. I'm thankful for his dedication and the great spirit he brought to Supernatural. Our experiences were definitely made better through his participation, and I'm sure he's touched many lives. He'll be missed by the fans and people in the industry. I hope our fannish proclivities/activities has brought him just as much amusement as he's done with his work.

♥

Time to go watch the X-Files, then.

Note the second: Got to watch last week's ep just now. One word: Douchebag.

Times flies

2009-01-23T04:48:05Z

In other news, I thought I'd link this even though it's a bit older news - on creating a page for yourself on Fanlore.

ETA: Any idea what happened to dontyouwaitup? I was just poking through my fic bookmarks and found out that her journal's been deleted.

DIE VISTA DIE

2009-01-09T20:26:05Z

Ack. I've been ridiculously struggling with the new laptop/Vista. Internet on this stupid thing is SO slow, I haven't even bothered to try youtube. I've been trying to DL Windows Live Messenger so I don't feel so cut off. It's not working. So I go to the download page, hit Download, thing pops up (only giving me the option to Save File or Cancel, but not Run. WTF.) So I save the file. Open up that 1.1MB file once it's done, and it getes stuck on "Preparing Installer.." for ages. It refuses to install.

Then for Firefox, I've been trying to get (at least) my Delicious add-on downloaded & installed. The fucker refuses to download, giving me a "-228" error about 31.3kb into downloading. So I head to Mozilla's support, and searching for stuff in the Support Forum results in posts that I can't get to ("Incorrect thread" or "This forum is flat and doesn't allow replies to other replies" when I click on the results). From there, I head to Live Chat, hoping that talking to someone would be better use than technology. Oh hello. It's my turn in the queue. The chat pops up. I start blabbing after a while with no acknowledgement of another person on the other side. At least an hour later, there's STILL no reply. NGH. So I just closed that chat.

Yes I am fucking thoroughly frustrated. With this laptop and Vista. (I mean, why the hell can't I turn off file sharing either?)

Would appreciate if someone could possibly spare some insight.

(I seem to lack an angry icon. Hm.)

<3

2009-01-01T02:11:57Z

Happy New Years Eve!

Hope 2009 will be a better year for many people, and for those who've had a pretty good 2008, may it continue being as great!

I haven't been around much the past couple of months, I do realize. And hell, I must be ultimately boring at this point. Apologies! I'm not one to do resolutions. They just seems so.. resolute. I prefer goals instead. So one of my first goals for 2009 will be to somehow find a balance between fandom-LJ and real life.

Anyway! I may sap at you later. For now, off to watch Amelie with the parents!

Sam's dying.

2008-12-14T19:49:48Z

Whoo, I made it to the end of the semester! My laptop (Sam), rather. It's definitely futzing on me right now. I have a Toshiba laptop at the moment, and it's several years old. I've been looking at a Macbook or a Windows (PC) laptop as a replacement, but I don't have much experience. I grew up on PCs, so have no idea how difficult a transition it would be. In terms of a Windows replacement, though, I haven't really tried other brands, so I'm a little lost as well.

The one thing I do think I'll really miss if I switch to Mac is the handwriting capability in MSN.

View Poll: Choices choices

First poll! :D

On a more fandom-y note. I'm working on a J2 fic at the moment. It was originally supposed to be written during Nano, but those plans fell through.

NGH.

2008-12-08T06:33:32Z

UM.

Pic found over at JustJared