Subject: And silly hats! I also love silly hats! (nm)
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Posted on: 2010-07-22 21:51:00 UTC
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Inspired by the post below by
on 2010-07-22 12:54:00 UTC
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Might as well by
on 2010-07-24 22:45:00 UTC
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Delayed reaction: by
on 2010-07-27 23:38:00 UTC
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Also stealing the format by
on 2010-07-24 21:25:00 UTC
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Oh, and yarn, for the likes. Can't forget it. (nm) by
on 2010-07-24 21:32:00 UTC
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This bandwagon's getting mighty full by
on 2010-07-24 11:36:00 UTC
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Meh. Why not? by
on 2010-07-24 06:48:00 UTC
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a subsidiary question for all by
on 2010-07-24 03:17:00 UTC
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Books by
on 2010-07-25 05:22:00 UTC
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Re: Books by
on 2010-07-27 18:24:00 UTC
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I wish Charles de Lint were writing my life. Think how awesomely magical it would be. Besides, every time I read his stuff he makes me believe absolutely in the stories. My favorites are Jack of Kinrowan and Drink down the Moon.
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Agreed by
on 2010-07-27 23:32:00 UTC
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About the "I wish he were writing my life bit" — I can't speak to those particular books, yet. But I want that kind of magic in my life.
That is the biggest difference between him and Neil Gaiman, for me: they are superficially similar, and I like Neil Gaiman's writing, but I would hate to be stuck in one of his stories, for the most part, with a few exceptions. -
Let's see... by
on 2010-07-25 02:47:00 UTC
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Mostly Agatha Christie right now. The books are quick and interesting and that's really all I have time for what with work and all. I would really like to finish For Whom the Bell Tolls and How Green was my Valley by the end of the summer, but who knows whether that will happen.
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I wish I had more time for reading... by
on 2010-07-24 18:48:00 UTC
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I'm currently reading the Green Rider series (yes, yes- say what you want XD). I'm on the second book.
I've got loads of books that haven't been read yet. *flails about lack of time* >_
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Re: a subsidiary question for all by
on 2010-07-24 17:57:00 UTC
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Reading by
on 2010-07-24 16:34:00 UTC
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I decided that I wanted to reread the Wheel of Time series. I am currently on book three; The Dragon Reborn. I am almost finished with that and will be moving on to The Shadow Rising fairly soon.
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Reading by
on 2010-07-24 16:33:00 UTC
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I was thinking about seeing the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by
on 2010-07-24 21:27:00 UTC
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But not with much expectation of enjoying it. Maybe I'l read the book. How's the action? The wikipedia plot synopsis makes it sound kind of slow.
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Hard to say. by
on 2010-07-25 23:59:00 UTC
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Again, I'm only a few chapters in. It looks to be more based on intrigue than action so far, though--the two main protagonists are a journalist and a PI, so it makes sense. And I am intrigued.
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Currently... by
on 2010-07-24 12:39:00 UTC
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I'm not actually in the middle of reading anything, but I'm determined to make my way through my PTerry *holy horns* collection again in my upcoming hiatus from the internet (starting tomorrow through to Thursday).
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Re: Books by
on 2010-07-24 07:16:00 UTC
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I quite like the Dresden Files. by
on 2010-07-24 21:28:00 UTC
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I'm only on my first way through the series, though -- I just finished Summer Knight and am being distracted by the Anita Blake series.
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Summer Knight's a good one by
on 2010-07-25 07:35:00 UTC
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My favorite so far is White Night, however. I haven't read the two latest, though.
Also,I can only express my condolences regarding the Anita Blake series. My only advice is to get out while you still can. Depending on where you are in the series, you've only got a few books left until it just turns into supernatural porn. -
Chapter sampler for an original fiction Suefic. by
on 2010-07-24 04:06:00 UTC
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Sounds a bit like the book I'm reading by
on 2010-07-24 09:09:00 UTC
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It's an Italian "jumped on the Harry Potter bandwagon" about a boy who has lost both his parents to the big evil and is the key in fighting that evil. There's explicitly no magic in the book; apparently there are other ways to bend the laws of nature out of shape.
I'm reading it because a friend of mine is translating it and I'm helping her smooth out the translation. What I really want to do is go to Italy, find a hardcopy version of the original and wack the author over the head with it. At least my friend is getting paid for her efforts.
To unwind I read The Devil Wears Prada. -
I like this idea. by
on 2010-07-24 00:03:00 UTC
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Yes! Really! by
on 2010-07-24 05:42:00 UTC
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Why are there so many highschool AUs? I wrote stories partly to get out of that mental location! I really don't understand why people keep trying to go back to it.
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Perhaps it's a desire to make someone else suffer through it (nm by
on 2010-07-24 21:31:00 UTC
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Araeph, Department of Technical Errors. by
on 2010-07-23 23:42:00 UTC
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Okeydey, then. by
on 2010-07-23 21:15:00 UTC
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Might as well . . . by
on 2010-07-23 21:01:00 UTC
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*noob hits bandwagon rather painfully* by
on 2010-07-23 16:55:00 UTC
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Re: *noob hits bandwagon rather painfully* by
on 2010-07-24 03:28:00 UTC
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Depends where. by
on 2010-07-24 21:51:00 UTC
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Sorry, the last time I bothered with Yaoi was in the Yu-Gi-Oh section.
The tweens. Oh god the tweens.
I do recognize that there is plenty of good yaoi. Unfortunately, never in the sections I read/like... The Legend of Zelda section. Oh man. -
Re: Depends where. by
on 2010-07-26 11:36:00 UTC
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You could always expand your fandoms to include stuff with good yaoi? Reminds me of Ansela - she's forever hurtling downstairs shrieking like a banshee over some atrocity she's found in a manga slash fic, and when I ask "So why did you go looking in that section of the Pit?" there's never an answer.
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I suppose I coudn't avoid this forever... by
on 2010-07-23 16:27:00 UTC
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Uh, stuff about me? by
on 2010-07-23 06:31:00 UTC
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you forgot the most important bit by
on 2010-07-24 02:12:00 UTC
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Re: Inspired by the post below by
on 2010-07-23 06:11:00 UTC
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This is a nice idea... by
on 2010-07-23 03:02:00 UTC
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Aye-aye, captain! by
on 2010-07-23 00:30:00 UTC
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Re: Aye-aye, captain! by
on 2010-07-23 07:30:00 UTC
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I am neither shocked nor horrified that you have read the Twilight books. To be honest, I have seen the first two movies and I will agree that the bits that are not Bella and Edward centric are rather interesting. There is a cool world there. . . hidden behind a cardboard cutout and a lump of glitter.
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Precisely! by
on 2010-07-24 00:39:00 UTC
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The attributes given to vampires are biologically ridiculous, but if you take it as a fantasy world and discard the angst-ridden love story that covers 85% of the text, it's interesting. I like the other characters - Alice, Jasper, Carlisle. Just not the main ones.
To be honest, I knew I could never really hate it when I saw the first movie and watched seven vampires playing baseball. I'm not a sports fan, but that scene was great. -
Ansela? Shouldn't we put this on the wiki? by
on 2010-07-23 00:42:00 UTC
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As you say, it's hard to keep track of such things, and this thread will eventually be shoved off into oblivion. Putting these details on our user pages on the wiki would make it easy to access for any new newbies that come along.
(Not that I'm suggesting we do so arbitrarily, though; everyone should update their wiki pages themselves, so as to only put up the details they feel free sharing.) -
Sure, why not? by
on 2010-07-22 23:55:00 UTC
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Re: Inspired by the post below by
on 2010-07-22 21:48:00 UTC
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And silly hats! I also love silly hats! (nm) by
on 2010-07-22 21:51:00 UTC
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Reprise: Introductions Introductions by
on 2010-07-22 21:24:00 UTC
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Yes! Another Enterprise fan! by
on 2010-07-24 00:37:00 UTC
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I'm surprised by how many people around here are Trek fans (though I suppose I shouldn't be), but Enterprise seems to get the short stick. Glad to know I'm not alone :)
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Huzzah! by
on 2010-07-25 15:48:00 UTC
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Agreed! I don't know that many Star Trej fans in person, but TNG seems to dominate everyone's likes. Not that TNG is bad; quite the reverse. But I will always have a soft spot for Enterprise because it's the only one I watched as it came out. Except I missed season two. Granted, Archer can be annoying sometimes, but otherwise, what's not to love?
I like what I've seen of Voyager, too, but that's not a lot. And I like the characters of DS9, but not so much the plot. -
Correction by
on 2010-07-22 22:31:00 UTC
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By "sometimes exist and sometimes do not", I meant to say, "sometimes coexist and sometimes do not".
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Jumping on the Bandwagon by
on 2010-07-22 20:29:00 UTC
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Re: Inspired by the post below by
on 2010-07-22 19:39:00 UTC
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I forgot by
on 2010-07-22 19:48:00 UTC
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I really like music as well. I have eclectic tastes. Many types of rock--oldies, classic rock, older heavy metal, and 90's punk. Electric blues, Irish pub songs (especially The Dubliners!), bluegrass, and big band. Some of my favorite groups are: The Dubliners, Ozzy, Rob Zombie, Drowning Pool, Blink 182 (before they grew up), The Offspring, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Queen, Pat Benetar, The Blues Brothers, Johnny Lang, Allison Krauss
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Well... by
on 2010-07-22 19:06:00 UTC
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The idea that fiction is "real" (for some value of real) by
on 2010-07-22 21:41:00 UTC
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I think there are probably people in philosophy or literature exploring that idea. It reminds me a little of the way Plato talked about essential concepts being more real than the things that took the shape of those essential concepts; or the way sociologists and psychologists talk about archetypes or about the way ideas spread and take on a life of their own.
Ideas are powerful and very, very real. And fiction is a kind of idea. So in a way, fiction *is* real; it's just not material. -
Re: The idea that fiction is "real" (for some value of real) by
on 2010-07-24 03:33:00 UTC
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In one sense, a literary character is as real as the second cousin you always hear about but have never met. A literary character will often be more real to you than that second cousin. And these characters are real enough and internally consistent enough; we might as well view them as actually real, except for one thing: they don't actually exist anywhere in the world that's physically accessible to us.
Our fictional characters are as real as anything else, philosophically speaking, they just happen to not physically exist... -
Seconding that. by
on 2010-07-23 09:00:00 UTC
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My characters, in particular, tend to take on lives of their own in my head; sometimes I find questionnaires or interview-style things online, or friends send them to me, that are designed to expand your OCs' details a bit more, so you know more about their motivations etc. and aren't writing someone one-dimensional. And most of the characters I run through them just overflow with details as soon as they get the opportunity. I sort of have difficulty with the idea of considering them just words on a page/screen when they've got full lives, backstories and families developed in my head.
And they tend to pop up in some of my IM chats to comment on a subject they find particularly interesting. -
I am... by
on 2010-07-22 18:56:00 UTC
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Re: Inspired by the post below by
on 2010-07-22 18:44:00 UTC
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Interesting idea by
on 2010-07-22 18:30:00 UTC
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Oh, fun. ^_^ by
on 2010-07-22 17:33:00 UTC
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Also, emoticon trivia. {= ) by
on 2010-07-22 19:38:00 UTC
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I only just realized that was a hat... by
on 2010-07-23 03:07:00 UTC
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I thought it had eyebrows
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Well, it isn't really either of those. by
on 2010-07-23 04:37:00 UTC
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It's really a carapace. But most people assume a hat when they ask me about it, though eyebrows would make as much sense. {= )
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Heh. Same here. (nm) by
on 2010-07-23 03:39:00 UTC
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Jumping on the bandwagon (and dancing madly). by
on 2010-07-22 17:15:00 UTC
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Re: Inspired by the post below by
on 2010-07-22 16:23:00 UTC
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you know this anyway... by
on 2010-07-22 15:55:00 UTC
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re:Inspired by the post below by
on 2010-07-22 15:38:00 UTC
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Oh yeah... by
on 2010-07-22 15:45:00 UTC
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And while I don't like giving out my real name, I'll just tell you my first name is Julia and leave it at that.
Also, you can find me all around the web under various handles- on Fanfiction.net, I'm Gijinka Renamon, at DeviantArt, you can find me under the name PsychoDemonFox, on the Escapist I'm known as CrazyGirl17, and on TVTropes, I go by the handle TheOtakuNinja.
...Don't ask why I have different handles, I don't know myself. -
This idea is a good one! by
on 2010-07-22 14:05:00 UTC
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Damn, I left things out. by
on 2010-07-22 14:07:00 UTC
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I also play Sims 2 and am addicted to Modthesims. Please ignore my awful typing in the last sentence.
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Re: Damn, I left things out. by
on 2010-07-22 16:53:00 UTC
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Any good with problems with Modthesims? Just been poking around there, found stuff I want to download, but Firefox isn't having it. Works fine on IE though. I'm confused...
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No idea. by
on 2010-07-22 17:58:00 UTC
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Might just be a Firefox thing. I've only got IE, so I have no idea.
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Good by
on 2010-07-22 14:23:00 UTC
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The Sims 2 without Modthesims would be very boring... They make lives (simlives, at least) better...
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Oh, I know. by
on 2010-07-22 17:59:00 UTC
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My Sims 2 crashed not too long ago, and I had a heart attack thinking I might have to reinstall it with no downloads! Luckily, I managed to save them.
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Re: Inspired by the post below by
on 2010-07-22 13:56:00 UTC
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