the_deep_magic: A nightmare inexplicably torn from the pages of Kafka! (Pervy Hobbit Fancier)
In case you were holding your breath, NaNoWriMo has officially become So, How Much Do I Write in a Month, Anyway? (SoHoMuDoIWriMo?)  Thus far it's a (comparatively) measly 9,412 words, though I hope to get in some more tonight.  Most of that has gone into two bits of original fiction, one of which is just... not working and will almost certainly end up on the scrap heap.  But they are WORDS THAT I WROTE, dammit, so they count.  According to NaNo stats, I've written an average of 724 words a day, which is not so bad.

How glad am I to have finished Turnabout Intruder?  So glad I don't know what to do with myself.  No, really.  I'll take suggestions.  Also, I can now bug other writers to finish their WIPs without being a giant hypocrite, yay!  ::cough cough celibate!Zach fic cough::

Semagic needs to get its shit together and let me view the history of my posts, because right now I can't update my Master List or interlink the parts of Turnabout Intruder.  Or rather I could try through regular ol' LJ, but it always fucks up my formatting.  Which is why I have Semagic.  :oP  If anyone knows of another way to edit past posts (easily -- remember I'm very lazy), let me know.
the_deep_magic: (The Todd says: "Pinto five!")

Y'ever have one of those days where you've got tons of shit to do, appointments to go to, errands to run, so you carefully plan everything out down to the minute to get it all done... and then everything goes according to plan?  Yeah, me neither, until today.  Today was magic.  I'm seriously regretting not buying a lottery ticket, because hot damn.

I even had a dentist appointment, my first one in at least four years (shut up, you're no better)(and I brush religiously)(and floss agnostically)(though I'm trying to convert), and even though they had to take a shit-ton of x-rays and the cleaning was just as much jabby, bleeding fun as ever, there was absolutely nothing wrong with my teeth.  And the hygienist said my gums look the best they ever have (yes, I have been going to this dentist for many years, and yes, I have memorable gums... long story).

So, yeah, I usually use this time and space to bitch about my day but, alas... bitch-free day.  I am in total awe.  And a little worried about tomorrow.

the_deep_magic: (mirror!Spock)

1) Is anyone else not getting LJ comments?  Because I was so sad that Little Dog hadn't gotten any comments (his self-esteem is very fragile, you know), but then I checked the actual post and he had!  He had comments!  Perhaps I will read them to him.  He will listen for 0.003% of a second, then race off after his squeaky snake.

2) I forgot to mention Plato's old-man whiskers and beard.  I don't think he's sensitive about being prematurely gray, though -- it just gets him a lot of chin rubs.  And people think he's all ~mature.

3) Tomorrow is Research Day.  I will research grad schools, degrees, what to do with those degrees, a few things for fic, etc.  This is my goal. 

4) Also, I should be getting confirmation on the job tomorrow, along with a school ID and papers to sign and everything.  I'll be nervous until everything all goes through and I have students booked, but I'm still psyched.

5) Twitter, you and I are growing apart.  I'm not leaving you yet, but don't be surprised if one day you come home and my bags are packed.

6) Although, if I were Simon Pegg, I would respond to everything with "Fuck you, I'm Shaun of the Dead."

7) I have watched first two episodes of BBC Sherlock and will watch third in between Research tomorrow.  Thus, by tomorrow night, I am going to need some good fic recs.  Preferably short-ish, just to dip my toe in the fandom.  Didn't beederiffic write a Sherlock fic?  I tried to find it, but I couldn't.  So anyway, links plz.  But I will wait until after I've seen the last ep to read them.

the_deep_magic: (So then that happened)
And now, what all some of you have been waiting for...

Plato says hi


Have you met my dog Plato?

If I tell you we call his crate Plato's Cave, will you respect me in the morning? )

So now you've met my dog, and I can tell lengthy stories about him instead of just randomly alluding to something because I haven't properly introduced him yet.  The latest is that the vet officially pronounced him Too Fat and we are trying to slim him down, the little furry sausage, but he keeps eating Big Dog's food.  Warning: you're probably going to get a lot of "Dammit, Little Dog, why did you have to _____?" posts, but I will make amends by posting adorable pictures.  If I can get him to sit still long enough for the camera.
the_deep_magic: A nightmare inexplicably torn from the pages of Kafka! (Everything's comin' up Zoidberg)
Whew, you people are disturbingly interested in my surroundings! ;o)  No worries, I asked for it.  Also, several of you, including [livejournal.com profile] perdiccas, asked for photos of my dog.  I was waiting to do a formal introduction post... and then I kept putting it off... so I'll just give you a little teaser now:

Photobucket

His name's Plato, but he also goes by Little Dog, Platelet, Peewee, Piddles McGee, and What The Hell Are You Eating Now; Spit That Out (that's his Indian name).  I promise to do a real introduction post soon, but for now, please enjoy a photo of my dog all bandana'd up for Dress Like Pinto Day.  Surprisingly, he did not mind it all that much, I just couldn't get him to stay still for a decent side-on picture

And now on to the rest! )

ETA: If some of the pictures are showing up giant, I don't know why that's happening.  I tried really hard to make them all a uniform 500 pixels at widest.  Dammit.
the_deep_magic: A nightmare inexplicably torn from the pages of Kafka! (ST: he'd probably say gonads)
Okay, I know everyone and their mother has already seen the play, but whatevs.  I HAVE OPINIONS.

AiA Report! )

So, yeah, crashed like a mofo last night.  I still kind of can't believe that it's over, or that it actually happened at all.  My mom asked me if I got any souvenirs in New York, and I said, "Four ticket stubs.  That's what I got."  Totally worth it.  ;o)
the_deep_magic: A nightmare inexplicably torn from the pages of Kafka! (FF: Wash & Zoe)

Merry Christmas, everyone!  Even though there's only 30 minutes left of it -- squeaking in under the deadline, as always.

I'll get to all those year-end memes pretty soon, but I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who reads and comments on my journal and fic.  This has been a year of pretty intense ups and downs for me.  There are probably more productive things I should be doing with my time than writing gay porn about hapless celebrities, but I can't think of many that would be as fun.  I really couldn't hope for a more supportive group of people than the Pinto/ST fandom.  Getting positive feedback on my creative stuff -- and even kind replies to posts where I just bitch about life a little bit -- continues to be an incredibly uplifting experience for me, one that has gotten me through some rough patches.  Anyway, I love each and every one of you, and whether you celebrate Christmas or not, I hope this time of year has been kind to you, and that you would be able to recognize and appreciate the good things in your life, however large or small.  I'm trying to do more of that myself.

I'd hoped to have a fic ready to post today, but since even my attempts at PWP are completely out of control these days, it'll have to wait 'til tomorrow.  Ah, well, Boxing Day doesn't get enough love anyway.

And by "love," I of course mean "porn."  ;o)


the_deep_magic: A nightmare inexplicably torn from the pages of Kafka! (Everything's comin' up Zoidberg)
Hope everyone's having a kick-ass Halloween!  I'm having a pretty lame one myself, but I got to go to Horror Nights last Thursday, so it's better than last year.  Ah, well, at least I can eat all the candy I want and it doesn't count.  I'm not sure if this stops being true exactly at midnight, or if you sort of have a grace period if you go to bed later than that, but I'm still getting my fill now. ;o)

Huge thanks to everyone who's left comments on my last two fics!  I will reply to everyone, but I have managed to get behind in, oh, just about everything, both fandom and RL, so it may take a few days.  But rest assured that I really, really appreciate it.

Also (and thanks to [livejournal.com profile] acacia123 for the reminder), go sign up for [livejournal.com profile] trekrpfexchange!  All the cool kids* are doing it!

*This is mostly a lie.  But still, it'll be fun!
the_deep_magic: A nightmare inexplicably torn from the pages of Kafka! (Carnivale - Jonesy)
Utter crap day yesterday thankfully followed by a lovely day today.  Every time I meet with my adviser, I get myself all worked up over the thought that he's going to yell at me about procrastinating and tell me my writing is shit and probably criticize my wardrobe choice while he's at it... and every time he's super nice to me.  Maybe TOO nice, considering the sluggish pace at which I'm moving.  But I know how easily it could be the other way around, so I'm grateful.

But the real cherry on top of today was seeing that ZQ abuses emdashes like I abuse emdashes.  TRULY OUR LOVE WAS MEANT TO BEEEEEEEEEEE.

Up next: reply to amazing commentses, rec list (as promised), get my ass in gear re: [livejournal.com profile] help_pakistan fic

Also, new CP pics?  UNF UNF UNF.  Would hit that even with the for-some-reason-they-gave-me-a-toupee-and-it-is-flapping-in-the-breeze hair.
the_deep_magic: (mirror!Spock)
Okay, I complain about my job, but today I basically got paid to sit in a little pod in the library and write porn for 4 hours.  It just might be worth putting up with all the willfully ignorant students and That Annoying Guy.  Well, to a reasonable extent.

The White Collar kink meme ([livejournal.com profile] collarkink) makes me giggle.  The mods enforce anonymity pretty hardcore, which is probably what kink memes are supposed to do, but I'm used to [livejournal.com profile] trek_rpf_kink as well as my flist, where it's all "HEY, IT'S [livejournal.com profile] the_deep_magic, YOU BITCHES WANNA WRITE ME SOMETHING WHERE THE ENTIRE CAST DRESS UP AS CANADIAN MOUNTIES AND JIZZ ON ZQ'S FACE?  AND THEN HE CHOKES CHRIS WITH HIS COCK?  OH, AND NOAH TOTALLY GETS IT ON WITH HAROLD.  THAT WOULD BE FUCKING AWESOME."

Huh, I was totally trying to make a point there a second ago.  Well, it's gone now.
the_deep_magic: A nightmare inexplicably torn from the pages of Kafka! (FF: Wash & Zoe)
Link from Neil Gaiman's Twitter: an article about a dating site that matches people based on their love of books.  I don't know how seriously to take it, but I'd love to meet a guy who's read (and enjoyed) Geek Love or Narcissus and Goldmund (which is like the sweetest subtextual gay love story ever and would make a perfect Pinto AU*).  Also included in the article is a delightful list of literary pickup lines.

So, I'm curious: are there any books that, if you saw on a potential significant other's shelf, you'd immediately think "yup, we're compatible"?  Or, conversely, any that would be absolute dealbreakers?  Obviously a shelf full of Dan Brown or L. Ron Hubbard is a huge red flag.  But I also think there's a Nietzsche Threshold -- two or three books is acceptable and even desirable; more than that says "whack job who's going to start throwing the word ubermensch into daily conversation."

Also, fic rec from the kink meme: Together by [livejournal.com profile] jumpmybones for a Pinto reincarnation prompt.  It's a short one, but full of so many heart-rending and sweet details.

*Srsly, even the physical descriptions of the characters match up.  Obviously would have to be tweaked a bit, as they aren't together or even communicating for most of the book, even though they're there in each other's thoughts all the time.  Sigh...  I would write it if I weren't a) already committed to a dozen other things and b) certain I'd horribly mangle it.  Repressed!monk!Zach and romantic!artist!Chris
the_deep_magic: A nightmare inexplicably torn from the pages of Kafka! (JQ Spock)
Behold my official Jachary Quinto Week icon!  Okay, so it's not all that elaborate, but I spent about five minutes on that damnable Blingee website before I got a headache.  Crunk is hard work, apparently.

I've been browsing through the Kink Wiki, and I was surprised at how often Mythbusters clips are used as examples -- body part fetishes, suspension, non-penetrating sex toys, painplay, etc.  Then again, they did use fisting dildoes to build the shark-punching robot in season one, so I suppose it makes sense.  I remember seeing that episode and, though I probably had only the vaguest notion of what fisting entailed, thinking "there is no way those are not sex toys."  The more I think about it, there's probably a corresponding scene for each one of the kinks listed on the wiki.

I'm sure of two things: there must be Mythbusters RPF out there, and it is probably way too kinky even for me.
the_deep_magic: A nightmare inexplicably torn from the pages of Kafka! (Ole' bitches)
1) The matador hat -- as sported by ZQ in my icon -- is called a montera.
2) There is a music professor at my university with the unfortunate name of Kirk Gay.
     2a) Our record-keeping software at work inverts people's names, listing him in the system as GAY, KIRK.
     2b) I have the sense of humor of a 12-year-old.
3) Waxing my legs makes them all ~tingly~.  (Well, I already knew that, but I was recently reminded.)
the_deep_magic: (Brannigan strikes again)
This week in That Annoying Guy I Work With News:

We discover that That Annoying Guy is not only a member of the Music Appreciation Society... he's the president.  Co-worker Longshoreman (so named because of his truly impressive facial hair) and I decide to needle him about this.  That Annoying Guy explains that they all go to concerts together and such, and their meetings have a different theme every week, but they usually get to listen to good music -- "Unless someone brings in Lady Gaga," he says with a visible shudder.

Longshoreman then launches into an impassioned defense of Lady Gaga, invoking the storied history of performance art as well as Guy Debord's seminal text Society of the Spectacle along the way, until That Annoying Guy starts to look really uncomfortable, says "Well, okay," then gets up and leaves.

At which point Longshoreman looks at me, shakes his head, and says "Nah."

Also, some funny things:
~Gatsby comics
~"Hit it, Gandalf"
~Homage Week at How to Write Badly Well

I couldn't even get through the one paragraph of faux-Joyce.  I CANNAE DO IT, CAP'N!

Student Quote of the Day: "My paper doesn't really have a due date; I just have to get it to my teacher by Thursday."
the_deep_magic: (The Todd says: "Pinto five!")
So many epic [livejournal.com profile] pintofest  fics to read.  Why so awesome, guys?  Here, have some random linkses:

Deconstruction of Lady Gaga's latest video.  I can't tell if all the Warhol comparisons are tongue-in-cheek or not.

Today's XKCD comic re: Porn for Women.  The mouseover text is also made of win -- just mentally substitute "Enterprise" for "Galactica"

An e-card I'm dying to send to somebody; I just don't know who.

I started reading The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes today, and I've already discovered two new words that I've never even heard before:
bibulous -- fond of or addicted to drink; absorbent, spongy
oleaginous -- oily; unctuous, fawning, smarmy

Bonus points for anyone who can work them into casual conversation this week!
Brief note from the DID THAT ACTUALLY HAPPEN? files... )
the_deep_magic: (Dwight Schrute IN Sheets of Fire)
Got 15 out of 24 picks right.  Good thing I didn't have any money on it.

First of all: where's the crazy-ass fashion?  The nuttiest thing there was Charlize's Theron's Boob Target dress which, don't get me wrong, was pretty nutty.  But go big or go home, y'know?  I guess what I'm saying is, why did nobody invite Lady Gaga?

Anyway, the ceremony itself was just kind of blah and predictable.  I do like both Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, but you could pretty much tell what was scripted and what (little) was ad libbed, and the latter was far funnier.  The pacing at the beginning was just... so... slow.  Does anybody know what was up with the George Clooney thing?

If they need to cut down on time (and they do), why not cut those bizarre montages (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane is a horror movie?) and that... uh, "dance" thing instead of the speeches?  I confess, I love the speeches for the less-notable awards, when the winners -- the people that genuinely never thought they'd win an Academy Award -- are surprised and ecstatic and gushing, sometimes in broken English .  The actors/actresses who win awards have had months of interviews and usually tons of other award ceremonies, but for the people who make, say, short documentaries, this maybe their only time in an international spotlight.  Let 'em babble on for a little while, y'know?

While I'm on that subject, this new thing where other actors talk about the Best Actor/Actress nominees?  Self congratulatory and super unnecessary.  And the PACING.  Holy balls, Michelle Pfieffer is awesome, but did she need... to pause... at every sentence?  And they couldn't find someone who worked with Colin Firth for more than three days?  Yeah, okay, Tim Robbins' thing was funny, but like I said: MONTHS of interviews and red carpets.  Meryl Streep is a really nice lady -- who knew?  Oy, at that point in the ceremony, keep it moving.

It always kind of amazes me when otherwise-good actors can't seem to read a teleprompter to save their lives.  Molly Ringwald looked terrified, the Cameron Diaz-Steve Carell thing was embarrassingly awkward, and... well, those two stick out in my mind, but the only presenters who were actually funny and on cue were Tina Fey and Robert Downey, Jr.  (I'm still not in love with the man, but I'm beginning to see his appeal.)  And Chris Pine, of course.  They didn't give him much to say, but damn, did he say it!  [livejournal.com profile] ewinfic is totally right re: Chris' voice and spontaneous orgasms.  WERQ that tux, bb!

I know a lot of people really liked Ben Stiller's thing, and I was with him up through "This sounded like a good idea in rehearsal," but then the bit just... dragged... on... (Please don't report me for ellipsis abuse)  I think maybe the tail/fishing rod bit was supposed to happen earlier, or something, because the timing was atrocious and the more he fake-babbled to fill time, the more I squirmed in my seat.  Maybe it's all those years in the theatre, because whenever I watch a live event and see cues obviously being dropped, my gut clenches for the stage manager yanking her hair out and the prop runners/sound board ops/grips who, at some point after the ceremony, are going to be flogged for it.

Okay, I've hated on it a lot, but here were some highlights: Best Costume winner (with 2 previous Oscars) dedicates award to costumers in non-flashy movies, some guy named "T-Bone" just stands behind his co-winner looking threatening, CPine + Eli Roth = WTF?, Mo'Nique thanks her lawyer (you just know there's a story there), Star Trek wins for makeup, Sandra Bullock's dress (shut up, it's shiny and I LOVE IT), Jeff Bridges might actually be The Dude, and a woman finally winning Best Director!
the_deep_magic: (The Todd says: "Pinto five!")
I'm quite happy with how my Pintofest fics are coming along!  One is nearly finished and will probably pass the 10,000 word mark.  I just can't seem to write anything short these days -- I meant for Unfaithful to be about 1,000 words max, and it turned out more than twice that.  I'd like to be able to crank out some shorter prompt fills, but I suppose it's a good thing that I'm learning to expand my range and tell longer stories.

And now, some thoughts on the Winter Olympics:
~I'm sure that curling is a very sophisticated sport that requires a great deal of skill and physical prowess.  It just... it looks so silly.
~That Swiss figure skater in the Prince Charming costume was kind of cute.  But then: Prince Charming costume.
~C'mon, Shaun White.  We all know you're a leprechaun.  You can tell us.  We've already got all the Lucky Charms we need.
~I find most of these events so stressful to watch.  I mean, in most team sports and even a lot individual summer sports like swimming and running, if you make a small misstep you can usually make up for it over the course of the event.  Most of these winter sports, you hit one slushy patch or nick in the ice and it's all over.  It drives up the tension so high that I'm clutching my heart even during races I don't particularly care about, desperately anticipating whether Moldova's premier transgender snowboarder will overcome oppression and personal tragedy to finally win that gosh-darn Olympic medal or if s/he will wipe out and go straight through the fence.
~Gotta be honest -- I get a little thrill whenever someone wipes out.
the_deep_magic: (So then that happened)
Holy crap, my Muse is super-schmoopy these days.  One of my Pintofest fics is so... I don't even know.  It's like I'm not in control of the schmoop anymore.  I fully expect Chris to adopt a stray unicorn named Mr. Fuzzums who eats sunshine and poops rainbows.  I'm trying to make the other fic extra-porny to compensate, but there is only so much porn-per-sentence you can write before it devolves into a simple list of names, body parts, and suggestive verbs.

On a somewhat related note, I have the hardest time writing kisses.  There's a very narrow window between abstract vagueness and distracting anatomical detail that I can't seem to find.  I can usually just write straight through a sex scene and be satisfied with it after minor edits, but if I've written a kiss, you can bet I spent hours rewording and rearranging the same three sentences and am still not completely happy with it.  From what I've read, it seems to be a fairly common problem in fandom (and maybe fiction in general) -- not that people write kisses poorly, but that there are very few that are written memorably well.

So I'm curious: what things do you find difficult or frustrating to write?
the_deep_magic: (Air Quotin' Mulder)
Co-Worker Quote of the Week:

"Seventy-three percent of the words in Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address -- possibly the most famous speech in American history -- are one syllable or less."

Or less. Let that one simmer for a while.

My birthday's on Saturday, and I'm now officially at the point where birthdays stop being so exciting in and of themselves. I mean, I still want the presents and the attention and the cookie cake (GOD how I want the cookie cake), but I don't want to be another year older. Will everyone start bitch-slapping me if I whine that I'm TOO YOUNG to be 26? Most of the time, I pretty much feel like an 8-year-old who somehow got her hands on a driver's license and an (admittedly modest) checking account.

Grrrr, I have GOT to get going on my Trek RPF Exchange fic! Inspiration is a funny thing -- last time, I had the thing pretty much written in my head within two days. Now all I seem to be able to write is completely unrelated crack, which is fun, but does not work at all for the prompt.
the_deep_magic: (In which Jayne is wise)
Just got back from LA on Monday night, and, boy, are my arms tired! No, wait, that's not the joke... Dammit...

I think I need to get the shouting out of the way first: DAMMIT I DID NOT KNOW THEY WERE HAVING THE STAR TREK DVD PARTY AT THE GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY BUT I WAS TOTALLY THERE ON SATURDAY AND I COULD HAVE, LIKE, HID OUT IN THE BATHROOM FOR TWO DAYS AND I WOULD'VE MISSED MY FLIGHT AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN TOTALLY WORTH IT.

Okay, all better. Well, kinda. So, yeah, LA was fun. I was visiting one of my oldest and best friends who recently graduated law school, and the trip was entirely too short. But both of us had to get back to work so we can afford our opulent lifestyles full of basic cable and brand-name grape juice. Highlights:

Cut for length & ramblitude )

Okay, so I think I've rambled on long enough. I'm trying to get back in a writing frame of mind -- it's going well. I'm writing something so hot that I have to keep taking breaks so I don't get the vapors. ;o) It might just be a me thing, but I like it.

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