Dead Soul ([info]deadsoul820) wrote,
@ 2006-05-17 18:01:00
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Current mood:ficetious
Current music:Buena Vista Social Club

I am at this very moment committing fic. Well, not this very moment because at this, and that last and for the upcoming several, moment(s) I'm committing post. Either of which is cause enough for shock and awe.

As fic goes, it's very very misdemeanorly, as I've only written the title and three very short paragraphs but isn't starting the hardest part? Since said fic is for a 'thon, you may somewhat reasonably expect to see it in a few weeks - the Sunday before Memorial Day, to be specific. In the meantime, enjoy your sushi ;)

After that, it's probably back to the fanged four tagfic we're trying to jumpstart over at [info]the_fangedfour community. It got stalled when the person tagged broke her arm in order to get out of it. And I thought I came up with some pretty outlandish and extreme excuses to procrastinate.

Netflix is on some serious crack, even more so than usual. It's sending me things that are down 200 or so on my list. Mostly things that I just hadn't gotten around to deleting. So now they're not only throttling heavy users, they're screwing with the order of their lists. Bastages. However, Northern Exposure isn't as dated as I would have thought it would be. I still love Ed. Chris, not so much, and the whole Holling/Shelly thing is as boring as ever. Rob Morrow looks so young!

Like most I've seen who have expressed an opinion about the CDC women's health guidelines as reported by the Washington Post (I'd provide links but they're all over the place - you've probably seen tons of rants about it already. That, and I can't be arsed), it's pretty infuriating to be constantly in a state of "pre-pregnancy". I practically had to threaten to sue to get my IUD and I was 35 at the time. Plenty old enough to make up my own mind about whether or not (not!) I wanted children. He was such a condescending asshole. He wasn't my actual doctor - I was being attended by a nurse practitioner and he had to be called in to do the actual insertion.

They had to use the really long speculum to do the procedure and were commenting about it. My response? I said, "I wonder if this is the female equivalent of being well-hung." The nurses laughed; the doctor was not amused. I'm assuming he disapproved of the extra distance the spermies would have to travel in order to impregnate me.

Bless the draft autosave! I just had a major screenfreeze and had to re-boot, but I only lost my cut tags. And, thankfully, I lost none of the three whole paragraphs of my story.

Well, back to it, then. I may spam y'all some more since that seems to be what I do when I should be writing.

May the road rise with you. [/John Lydon]

ETA to add: I wonder if I could get away with writing my entire story as dialogue. It's something to try. Results later.




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[info]habibti
2006-05-18 01:45 am UTC (link)
This is why, after my first experience, I've always gone to a female OB/GYN.

I know I don't respond often but I do look forward to your posts - they always make me laugh.

Caroline

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[info]deadsoul820
2006-05-18 01:56 am UTC (link)
I go to one now, sometimes it's hard to find one who's accepting new patients.

As for not responding much, well you'd have to go a road (is that an actual idiom or did I just make it up?) to be a worse responder than I am, so I'm honored! I'm glad they make you laugh, I'm always afraid my humor will fall flat.

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[info]so_sharlemaine
2006-05-18 02:48 am UTC (link)
Well hell, I had to think of something. ;-) The real person tagged had a life emergency and I was supposed to jump in and save the day. LMAO!...ME! The non-fic writer. I'd probably end up having Spike say "y'all" or something.

I love my IUD. I got mine at 36. And I love my female doctor. The male doctors I have dealt with always seemed so disapproving of my lifestyle or that they had ideals of what "ladies" should be like. I can't deal with that shit. I get real sarcastic and smart-ass with them.

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[info]deadsoul820
2006-05-18 05:34 am UTC (link)
Oh, I knew the circumstances - it's just fun to give you a little shit (it's the only way repressed WASPs like me know how show affection).

IUDs rule! I'm not crazy about my doctor, though. She's got a lot of the same unfortunate qualities that doctors, regardless of gender, seem prone to. I always prefer to see her nurse practioners.

You, sarcastic and smart-ass??? No! I don't believe a word of it.

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[info]ljs
2006-05-18 10:26 am UTC (link)
Eeee, Public Image Ltd. :-)

Congratulations on your ficcing, too!

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[info]deadsoul820
2006-05-19 02:30 am UTC (link)
You always get my allusions. You must know that's the quickest way to my heart. It's the reason why I've never been able to tear myself away from the evil ex once and for all. You're not evil, are you?

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[info]ljs
2006-05-19 05:02 pm UTC (link)
I'm pretty sure I'm not evil.

But maybe that wholesome facade is *merely* a facade....

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[info]lillianmorgan
2006-05-18 11:58 am UTC (link)
If this fic is for the 'thon that I think it's for then you are quite some way ahead of me. Though! I have an idea which is better than nothing, I suppose.
Good luck with it too :) I don't mind having a look through, unless of course it's for me then: don't tell me! Or if you get a real Brit offering to look at it ;)

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(Anonymous)
2006-05-18 07:45 pm UTC (link)
It's not for you (oops, it's me posting illegally from work b/c I'm such a rebel) so I'd love it if you would look it over, for all things, not just Brit things b/c there's one character I've only written once and that story was not particularly popular so I don't know if the reason for that is because I really suck at that one character (it's Dawn), or if it was some other element that drove people away in droves.

I had a first line and a title finally which is usually enough to get me going. And now I've gotten them in a clinch, but I don't know yet what's going to happen after that. I imagine I'll exceed the 1000 word minimum by like, a lot because of the required elements.

I'd be happy to look over yours for you unless it's for me. (WEG, I hope it's for me!) We did pledge, after all, to do this thing together. Why do I suddenly feel like a Musketeer?

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[info]lillianmorgan
2006-05-19 02:41 am UTC (link)
No problem to look it over. I might not be able to get you an indepth and speedy look-through on the return, but I can definitely do one of those two options. Send away. You know my email right? :)
(WEG, I hope it's for me!)
Sadly, no. Woe. I seem to have got the slash. And your request looked so cool too ;)

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[info]deadsoul820
2006-05-19 02:55 am UTC (link)
You may have already gotten my email. Thank you!

Darn - I thought it was a cool request, too. I completely forget what I've requested until I get the story, but this time I'm really looking forward to it. Makes sense, though, that you didn't get my request though, given the number of participants (me included) who said they couldn't do m/m slash.

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[info]fishsanwitt
2006-05-30 04:19 pm UTC (link)
Hello. I came over to read your Dawn/Spike ficlet (and loved it) and I stayed to look around :)

I'd like to 'friend' you - I'm Sylvike aka fishsanwitt - I'm a stage manager, living in Canada, married, no kids or pets. I share a Victorian house, built in 1912 with with my husband (who's a mathmatician) and all my vintage crap :)

I also beta for a couple of fandoms - Buffy, Angel, Smallville.

I'm a Spike/Buffy shipper, but I read other pairings as well :)

I hope to see you around.

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[info]fishsanwitt
2006-05-30 04:23 pm UTC (link)
Sorry about that - I'm dead tired - we're opening our show "Measure for Measure" next week and I'm not as careful as I usually am about my punctuation. My husband did *not* build our house in 1912 - LOL!

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[info]deadsoul820
2006-05-31 02:14 am UTC (link)
Break a leg!

I love old houses. I grew up in a house that had been built in 1920 and lived for several years in a house that had been built in 1905. If I ever buy a house it's going to be an old one.

Darn, I hoped your husband was a vampire ;)

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[info]deadsoul820
2006-05-31 02:12 am UTC (link)
Thanks for coming by to read the fic - I'm very happy you enjoyed it. If you're interested in reading my other stories, they're in my memories. Spike features in almost all of them, but none are Spike/Buffy, so feel free to give them a miss.

Thanks also for looking around - I'm delighted if you friended me and I've already reciprocated. You may have noticed that I don't post (or comment) very often but I do read my friends list everyday.

99% of my stories are beta'd, I just ran out of time for this most recent one. When I've written a story I usually make a post requesting betas so if you should ever feel inclined and your schedule permits, I'd love it if you would offer an eyeball. Since I'm the opposite of prolific (what would be the antonym of prolific - aprolific, unprolific, lazy?), the need doesn't occur very often.

Thank you again for coming by!

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