My fannish neck of the woods

[arysteia]

Valentine's Day

I've been offline for two days, and consequently missed all the fun - instead I send love to everyone on lj I've ever interacted with. You astound me constantly with your wit, your charm, your generosity, your gentle support... And lj, I love you too. I like you much more than RL, where I had to hide downstairs and watch Lois & Clark while avoiding my best friend and the recently designated love of her life *dancing* upstairs.

And thank you so so so much to my two anonymous beloveds who left me secret messages chez Madelyn.

Me and My Fic, ie WIPs R Us

I've been busy enough to die the last fortnight, given that school's back in, but found time this afternoon to write most of chapter 3 of the 'Lex and Clark go to Metropolis' verse. I was meant to be coaching the rowing team, but even I tire of sweaty boys in lycra eventually. enderwiggin24, can you please send me a rude email on Sunday and ask me where it is if it isn't up? That's a firm deadline.

I'm also *very* excited about my assignment for remixredux and have decided which story I am going to do. I'm a little afraid of what will happen to *my* story, but also looking forward to finding out.

I'm deeply ashamed that I have three outstanding ficlets for 'Fic on Demand'. Sorry guys! I had to start planning lectures. They'll go up one per day for the rest of this week.

atheneglaukopis and other classici, I'm still working on that (overdue) Alexander!porn. I must say it makes life interesting when lines come to me in the middle of a class. Blah blah blah, Chaironeia, blah, wolfskins, body fluids, woops, back to that oblique advance. If you want to hassle me on this one, wait till next week, then feel free. You know me and pressure. I'm a hothouse flower.

Other Fannish

I finally saw Brokeback Mountain. I think it broke *me*. I went feeling all staunch and "read the book, forewarned is forearmed", and when the *ahem* happened and I was still dry-eyed, I thought I was going to make it. But then I burst into tears in the last scene in the caravan and couldn't stop. I really thought all involved did a wonderful job. I then, naturally, got in an argument this morning with a colleague (the same one who called Alexander 'deeply disturbing') who declared that noone in the film was gay, and it was all situational. Though he wasn't intelligent enough to come up with 'situational', he just blustered about being stuck up a mountain. Ass.

Still loving and adoring Stargate: Atlantis. I have never been gladder to be seduced to the dark side. I'm not up to writing real fic yet, but amused myself by creating mock school reports for John and Rodney for the Documentation challenge at sga_flashfic.

I had to fetch down my own school reports to do it, and I have to say, I was horrified by how cruel some teachers used to be. And I was top of my class! If they were that nasty about me, I hate to think what some poor kids copped. My favourite comment, though, was from the priest who took me for Divinity, who gave me a 1+ for academic and an A for effort and wrote: "Victoria makes no effort in this subject. She has a bad attitude, and could do much better." Well honestly, not to be a raving egomaniac, but how??? I guess technically there's room for improvement since it's not an A+, but sheesh. Not much of the Christian spirit there. Evidently accidentally professing atheism within his earshot was unforgiveable. Pretty much everyone else just said I talked too much. Some things never change.

And that's a wrap. I have *triathlon* tomorrow. I *hate* athletics season.

Comments

[ender24]

//enderwiggin24, can you please send me a rude email on Sunday and ask me where it is if it isn't up? That's a firm deadline.//

its been set on my schedule *g*

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

That's good to hear. You have your work cut out - I'm relying on you.

[celinafairy.livejournal.com]

declared that noone in the film was gay, and it was all situational.

I'm sorry but I can't help myself here *snickers*
...

*snickers some more*

uh-huh, yeah, meeting like, for twenty years... uh-huh... perfectly understandable to call that "situational" *snickers*

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

The mind boggles.

[celinafairy.livejournal.com]

*g* And then you ask yourself... has this person watched the right movie? *winks*

[3scoremiles-10.livejournal.com]

I finally saw Brokeback Mountain. I think it broke *me*.

Mmmm-kaay ... so in that case it's a good thing I didn't get around to asking you if you wanted to go see it, since crying in movies just isn't my thing. Seriously, when Bambi's mother died? Nothing. Tinkerbell and the clapping thing? Nah-ah. Apparently I have no heart. Though it is good to know that there is actual emotionally connective content in the movie, since I found the technique of the novella seemed to keep the reader at one step removed. Or again, just me.

Am supposed to be writing furiously about now, but procastination is so much easier. Also, Philotas is a prat. *waves manuscripty-type pages at you in gesture of frustration* Sympathise with me, dammit!

*pokes Lex and Clark thingee*

Albatross?

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

I know. Ordinarily I'm made of sterner stuff too. But not this time. I think it's M's fault. I could hear her sniffing and it set me off. Up till then I only had a sore throat. In answer to your question, though, I did find the movie far more involving than the novella. I was thinking I wanted to see it again, so if you do still want to go...

Ah, procrastination my old friend. I *empathise* even if I don't sympathise much. I am at least writing! Though not the right thing. Albatross mortally wounded, water water everywhere and not a drop to drink.

Oh, but Philotas. My boys are *outraged* that he and Ptolemy et al were at "boarding school" with Alexander and Hephaistion. As boarders themselves they think this is abuse just waiting to happen. ;-p

[bluemeridian]

You have my admiration for the school reports! Although Rodney didn't seem to drive his instructors quite as crazy as I would have assumed. ;) Definitely a cool format!!

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I figure he got worse as he got older. If I'd had time, I would have done one more each, for senior year. I'm glad you had fun though.