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Drabble rec. And sundry.
But anyway the point of this disturbingly affectionate and even more disturbingly spontaneous post is this drabble. How come I didn't write that?
Also, it's because I've been meaning for a while now to wave my cane and yell at you hoodlums to stop saying things like, "She couldn't say why; this was something she just had to do." Because that means in bad-author-speak, "Yeah I don't know where I'm going with this."
JEEZ!
Which just kills a lot of the affection and spontaneity, really.
*edited for artistic purposes.
ETA2: 2am is apparently equal to crack in la vie de TKP. This is why I am not a spontaneous poster. Did you see how I deleted the other post that looked exactly like this? Another thing, kids. I'm getting tired of "straining against the confines of his pants." THINK OF A NEW PHRASE. Or. Possibly. GO WRITE LIMERICKS. And never share them.
ETA3: 3am, and all's well. Fanfic writers of the world, Michelangelo's David is very beautiful, yes. But keep in mind, if you must excessively liken Angel or Spike or who have you to him, he had a rather small schlong. Last bit, I promise.
ETA4: I lied. Right to your faces. My hair looked fabulous today, and McDonald's now has chicken biscuits like Chik-fil-a. It will be seven in 3 hours and I can go get some. I think I might need coffee, just a wee bit. Dude! Remind me never to make posts late at night, ever. Go read

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Not just shirtless Mal. Broody, upset looking Mal.
I almost never use a word that I've never experienced before right off the bat--I usually have to have some kind of a relationship with a word before I'll start using it in my own writing.
Someone else said they wouldn't use a completely new word in a fic because it would feel "hollow." And I was like yeah! I did feel that way when I did it! And I thought at first it was just because it felt like cheating--shouldn't use it if I don't really KNOW it, that sort of thing. But the way you've said this here makes me realize something I *felt* but didn't know how to articulate: if you're not familiar with a word you don't know its ins and outs, you can't play with it and turn it on its head. I try to alleviate that if it's new (which again, is rare...only in that one fic) or is uncertain (which happens more often than I'd like), by Googling around and finding sentences in which its used so I can get a feel for the word. Still, not the same as having a "relationship" with it.
a great many of the words on my lists were to be found in one Ms. [info]rahirah's fanfic,
Heh, that's so cool! I'll have to take note next time I read one of her fics. I had this book for the SATs that was a novel, with the SAT words in boldface, with a glossary in the back. It was AWFUL! The story was atrocious, and having to flip back three times a page drove me crazy. Though I think I was in 7th grade or something when I was reading it, which explained why I hardly knew any of the words. I learned the word "bovine" from that book; I remember that one.
OTOH, sometimes I think that perhaps I could be more linguistically daring.
I just wish I felt like I had more words at my finger-tips. I read some books and it's just depressing a. how many words I don't know, b. how many words I would've never thought to use. I don't necessarily want to use "bigger" or more sophisticated words... I just wish I had that option.
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That pretty much encapsulates my feelings on the subject as well.
Broody, upset-looking Mal is so hot it's terpsichorean. /flagrant abuse of language and sense.
And then OTOH, there's always this. *points to icon*
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Broody, upset-looking Mal is so hot it's terpsichorean. /flagrant abuse of language and sense.
Yet, strangely sense-making to me.
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And omg that's a cute one too!
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*waits for the stoning*
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I've heard quite a few people say that about JM...but most weren't avid Spike fans. I do find JM sexy though, even if he is small. He has a good voice. That always sells me.
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I feel relatively certain that I've met a few other avid Spike fen that were lukewarm on the Marsters, but there *are* quite a large number of JM fangirls out there. Enough for an entire convention apparently. Many of whom I love dearly, but you will not find me there. Of course, I'll be just starting school. The only real reason I'd be tempted would be to fangirl the fangirls but I can do that elsewhere...like at Writercon where it is All About Us (oh and um, words and stuff).
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I want to go to writercon. It's for real, now, definitely not happening. Oh well. Next year! And I can't wait to live vicariously and hear what a fun time everyone had!
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*goes to bed*
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me too!
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*echoes your maniacal grin* It's the word of the week! *pirouettes*