The yearly ritual of cursing the internet  
Saturday, December 26th, 2009 at 22:36
 
 
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To be fair, I curse the internet a lot, but this is a very specific kind of cursing.

Every year, denizens of the internet get together and organize their bizarre obscure fandom Secret Santa fanfiction gift exchange for reasons that are probably quite logical if you are a fandom sort of person.

And every year, as a result of some kind of masochistic streak, I look and see just what completely unnecessary fanfiction has been produced.

Every year, for the past few years, I have said the exact same thing: "At least they aren't writing /Psmith/ fanfiction. Certainly, there is Jeeves and Wooster fanfiction, because of the Granada series that people are becoming increasingly familiar with thanks to Hugh Laurie's unfortunate rise to North American-centric fame in the wake of House, but at least they haven't started plumbing the depths of Mr. Wodehouse's /actual written works/ to find excuses for their writing."

And then, of course, this year, someone wrote Psmith fanfiction and if I ran in circles inclined to fanfiction, I would /almost think/ someone had requested it, or written it, specifically to baffle and alarm me.

I think I can only thank whatever cruel diety is laughing at me at this moment that it's just /gen/.

Other baffling developments - Rudy Miller and Mike Webster of I Want To Go Home! playing at happy families, Duv Galeni/Miles Vorkosigan slash which somehow manages to be even more baffling, out of nowhere, and simply unnecssary than Gregor/Miles slash, and /Canadian Politics/ RPF.

I simply don't understand why so many people on the internet would go to such trouble to provide us with a virtual trainwreck year after year.

Let's Positive Thinking: Um ... let's see ... had a remarkably lazy day. Since that means my day involved nothing but finishing The Last Continent, reading Carpe Jugulum, and starting The Fifth Elephant, that is an all together pretty good lazy day.

Feeling: confused confused
Listening to: Guthrie and Phil doing whatever they do
 
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And now Barbra Allen is stuck in my head  
Friday, December 25th, 2009 at 22:38
 
 
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Let's Positive Thinking: Tonight I watched the best version of A Christmas Carol ever ("Scrooge", 1951, Alistair Sim) with my mum, while Hero frolicked and flopped and purred.

No matter how many times I watch it, that movie continues to be perfect in every way.

Feeling: happy happy
Listening to: Cats frolicking and grumping
 
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IN 3-D  
Thursday, December 24th, 2009 at 21:41
 
 
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Let's Positive Thinking: I AM IN A HOUSE FULL OF CATS GUYS THERE ARE CATS EVERYWHERE /SEVEN CATS/.

Happy Christmas, guys.

Feeling: okay okay
Listening to: Hero purring on my shoulder
 
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This is rather tainted  
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 at 17:21
 
 
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My Let's Positive Thinking for today was going to be /super/ Let's Positive Thinking and happy and all that shit, but it got cancelled.

Still.

Let's Positive Thinking: I endured it all and now I am on holidays until (technically) January 5th (but I have January 4th off for Not Very Positive reasons).

I am also, really, a terrible person, but that is not new.

Feeling: depressed depressed
Listening to: OH GOD IT'S THE CORPSE DOG KILL IT KILL IT
 
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Naan naan naan  
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 at 17:24
 
 
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Let's Positive Thinking: Ordered curry for supper. It is already here. It goes in my mouth.

Rough day. Anything positive, anything at all, even if you think I should already know it ... it'd be appreciated.

Thank you.

Feeling: depressed depressed
Listening to: Ivan who wants curry
 
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Abort retry fail fail fail  
Monday, December 21st, 2009 at 17:27
 
 
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Let's Positive Thinking for Monday: Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Location: Couch
Feeling: depressed depressed
Listening to: Kitten frolicking
 
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I did not try to subsist on truffles and cupcakes today, I swear  
Sunday, December 20th, 2009 at 22:33
 
 
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(I also ate two bagelwiches and some pasta with sauce that involved spinach so don't worry. And I took my vitamins.)

Let's Positive Thinking: I helped a tiny old lady acquire the fixin's for lemon meringue pie. You're welcome, tiny old lady. Make pie for GREAT JUSTICE.

Cracked open the sketch book for the first time in four bloody months. Nothing really remarkable. Some pretty ladies and some asymmetrical examples of why I should never try drawing superheroes. Such is life.

Feeling: happy happy
Listening to: Background Vocals - Jim's Big Ego
 
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And it only gets normaller after that  
Saturday, December 19th, 2009 at 23:08
 
 
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LET'S POSITIVE THINKING.

Today I got to see an opera where there was a song about /eyeballs/ and jars full of /eyeballs/ and the characters singing about the great bargain of the /eyeballs/ were putting their hands into the jar and pulling out /eyeballs/ dripping goo.

EYEBALLS.

Location: Lying in bed
Feeling: amused amused
Listening to: Seven Minutes - Jim's Big Ego
 
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Giftmas!  
Friday, December 18th, 2009 at 23:12
 
 
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Continuing this exercise - today I had one of the most delightful Friday nights I've had in ages, with almost all of my dearest friends (some are excused due to having a baby to look after) and I think the various gifts and the cookie dough truffles went over well.

I also got many lovely and thoughtful gifts and Sarri, who has ornaments on her tree for all of her own friends, had made a replacement ornament for me with beautifully detailed CHRISTMAS OWLS.

... And Hero is wrestling with a sponge about the same size as she is.

It is pink.

I think it is winning.
Location: Lying in bed
Feeling: loved loved
Listening to: You Don't Know - Reel Big Fish
 
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Let's positive thinking! (Practise makes perfect)  
Thursday, December 17th, 2009 at 22:17
 
 
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So ... let's see ... tonight I managed to make the cookie dough truffles without mishap (as far as I can tell, as they're in the fridge - so they may taste awful), despite needing to fake the condensed milk (DAMN YOU AMERICAN RECIPES [converting ounces to mils]) and jury rig a double boiler (large pot full of boiling water with a metal bowl floating precariously in it).

Location: Lying in bed
Feeling: SORE FOOT IS SORE OH GOD SORE FOOT IS SORE OH GOD
Listening to: Pounding Fathers - Jared Emerson-Johnson (Sam & Max OST)
 
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