A meme and a ramble

[donutsweeper]

Stealing two ideas from Jadesfire (sorry kiddo, sending virtual donuts now)

First, the photo meme.  I haz a camera, why not?

Tell me something to take a photo of and I'll interpret your request then snap a picture! It can be anything (family friendly!). Just a word for me to think about or something more specific!

And second, the happy list!

1. I've gotten a bunch of excellent comments on my bigbang, mostly from people I've never heard of before.  It's one thing for _medley_ to slap me upside the head and say, "Quit worrying!  It's good!"  But for random people to comment and tell you the same really reinforces it.

2. Apparently I can function on three hours sleep.  Although, as a result, basic math is more difficult (see #3).

3. When deciding it's hot out so you'll make only half a pot of coffee, it's usually a good idea to remember to half both the water and grinds and not just the water.  But, the resulting espresso-like drink is absolutely excellent, especially with a splash of chocolate sause.

4. I don't work on Wednesdays.  YAY!!!  (Although, apparently Wednesday is a word I can not spell without Mr. Spellchecker, boo!!!)

5. After my long rambling chat with Jades at some ungodly hour of the morning I have decided to attempt some longer type fics ideas I've been ignoring for ages.   No idea if anything will come of it, but at least I'll have tried.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

You know, I can too, really. It's just that the people on my flist know me better than a lot of people who've met me in person. *g*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

those poor innocent shlubs that only know the non-LJ you... *shakes head*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

I know! They don't stand a chance. *eg*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I bet they don't even know about your founding memmber of the Evil Club status

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

They don't! It's like a secret identity. Except that my really good friends would not be surprised.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*nods* they have seen the inner-evil?

btw- you do realize Alex has been deviously working her inner evil magic of late- You don't want to fall behind, do you?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

What's Alex been doing? I'd hate to fall behind, you're right.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Well there was the whole Seven's Bear commentfic that grew into it's own story.. and then there was Ianto in collar and chains (http://donutsweeper.livejournal.com/90368.html) (which will probably have a prequel soon after she betas it)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Prequel? *eg* Excellent. And aw, yeah, the bear thing was adorable.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

it was really fun, I've never just done a back and forth comment fest like that. I suppose, in a way, it's a little similar to the role playing you guys do- the story develops as it goes with both of you doing the imput

I hang my head in shame over this whole Ianto in chains thing....

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Round robin kinds of things are fun--I haven't done one of those since...well, high school, probably. Denise, Dena, Donna, and I passing notebooks back and forth. It is a bit like RP, except that everybody's dealing with all the characters. If that makes sense.

You're so ashamed of Ianto in chains that you wrote more? That's the kind of shame I can get behind. *eg*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

No, that makes sense- we were sharing Seven instead of each doing our own.

ummm, well, people kept asking for more so I started thinking *how* he got the chains...and it mushroomed. trying to keep it mostly IC was mighty hard

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

we were sharing Seven instead of each doing our own.

Yes! That's much clearer than what I was trying to say.

Heh--it's funny how those things just...grow. And yes, I bet keeping it in character was hard. Did you manage it, do you think? I bet you did.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

well, I *think* it did. She had some suggestions/corrections on the first draft which I've done and returned to her. Keeping it short was key <500 words.

It's better than what she and the_dark_side dared me to write a few days ago because it's all fade to black-esque. This might get posted

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Yeah, keeping it short would be helpful, I'd think!

What did they dare you to write? Dare I even ask?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

really crappy D/s that will NEVER EVER get posted. It's probably not worse than 90% of the stuff out there but considering that 90% is crap I have no desire to let it see the light of day. It might not have been bad, but, oh lord, it wasn't good.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

*winces* One day we should have a deliberate badfic challenge thing, and you could post it there. Although I suspect it's not as bad as you think.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oh hell, go look (http://donutsweeper.livejournal.com/91317.html). I'll unlock it to you.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

*hops to*