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Since I do not have everything up in one unified place, I decided to get around to making a master list. Go me.
Note that this list does not include spoiler warnings, content warnings, or any other kind of warnings. I give word counts where I know it, and note remixes and crossovers, but that's it. Fics are sorted by fandom, then date.
( fandoms: Buffy, Firefly, Harry Potter, Heroes, Merlin, Numb3rs, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Trek AOS, Star Wars TPM, Stargate SG-1, Supernatural, Vagrant Story, White Collar, X-Men (First Class), and misc )
Pre-2005 fics in varying fandoms -- Buffy, Harry Potter, Invisible Man, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Stargate SG-1, Star Wars: TPM, Chess, VR.5, Firefly -- can be found here or on AO3. The dates for pre-2005 fic on AO3 are not representative of actual posting date, and are tagged as pre-2005 or pre-2000.
If you are browsing through AO3, anything with the tag "Imported without cleanup" was imported directly from a URL (sometimes through the wayback machine); caveat lector. I will clean up as I have time.
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This list is up to date as of August 4, 2011
So my main skyrim game seems to be bugged.
Normally, you have a choice between first person camera and third person camera. Third person puts the camera behind the player character, so the character is fully visible. First person puts the camera as the character viewpoint, but when you have weapons or spells ready to use, your forearms/hands are visible, as well as the weapon or spell effect.
...right now, I am entirely invisible, can't switch out of first person view, don't have any hands, and while I can still use weapons etc, I can't see them. (Which is kind of annoying since they have to be ready before you can use them.)
My previous save is three levels back, and I don't know what-all was done since then in the way of quests.
I am trying to decide whether I can play while invisible, or whether I should go back to the previous save. Haven't been able to find any solutions online, either.
Gah.
Normally, you have a choice between first person camera and third person camera. Third person puts the camera behind the player character, so the character is fully visible. First person puts the camera as the character viewpoint, but when you have weapons or spells ready to use, your forearms/hands are visible, as well as the weapon or spell effect.
...right now, I am entirely invisible, can't switch out of first person view, don't have any hands, and while I can still use weapons etc, I can't see them. (Which is kind of annoying since they have to be ready before you can use them.)
My previous save is three levels back, and I don't know what-all was done since then in the way of quests.
I am trying to decide whether I can play while invisible, or whether I should go back to the previous save. Haven't been able to find any solutions online, either.
Gah.
You have to be fucking kidding me
Jan. 24th, 2012 01:25 amGuess who just lost power. Again.
Guess who is probably going to have yet another crappy night.
Guess who is very glad she was paranoid enough to charge her cell phone earlier in the evening...
Guess who is probably going to have yet another crappy night.
Guess who is very glad she was paranoid enough to charge her cell phone earlier in the evening...
...not really helpful, people!
Jan. 23rd, 2012 08:09 pmWe have a radio-through-tv thing going right now, classical music, and it's a decent selection of stuff - I recognize about half of what's come through.
I am, however, profoundly mocking the on-screen information. Because, really, how helpful is this:
Except for the cd listing, which is paraphrased, that was taken verbatim from one of the screens we got.
No composer. No name of the piece it comes from. Nothing like that. Nothing helpful.
(Vivace was, by the way, the first movement of the Bach Double, aka Bach concerto for two violins in D blah blah blahcakes, which is a piece I love dearly, but, dude, vivace is a tempo marking. Yes, it's also the "name" of the movement, but still.)
There are also such informative not-titles as "Scene (No. 10) (as used in Anna Karenina)", which proved to be That Really Famous Bit from Swan Lake.
I am torn between giggling and headdesking. Or maybe headdesking while giggling.
ETA: Unrelated, but AUGH WTF WHAT THE FLYING MONKEY BUTT IS THIS: http://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-sock-mo
ETA2: Back to the radio thing, they are now playing the fourth movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony, aka the one that starts out like Jaws. :D I luuuurve the NWS. (though as per usual it has the helpful title of "Allegro con fuoco". STILL A TIME SIGNATURE.)
ETA3: HOW. HOW. I AM INCOHERENT AND CAPSLOCKING AND WHATTHEHELL. CD: "The most popular classical tv themes in the universe". Title: "Conclusion (as used in the Quaker Oats commercial)". Turned out to be the end of the freaking 1812 Overture DUDE IT IS MORE RECOGNIZABLE AS FIREWORKS MUSIC THAN QUAKER OATS WTFFFFFFF
I am, however, profoundly mocking the on-screen information. Because, really, how helpful is this:
[music icon] Vivace
[person/artist icon] Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
[cd icon] Some Vague CD Of Classical "Hits" With No Useful Information In It
Up Next: Various Artists
Except for the cd listing, which is paraphrased, that was taken verbatim from one of the screens we got.
No composer. No name of the piece it comes from. Nothing like that. Nothing helpful.
(Vivace was, by the way, the first movement of the Bach Double, aka Bach concerto for two violins in D blah blah blahcakes, which is a piece I love dearly, but, dude, vivace is a tempo marking. Yes, it's also the "name" of the movement, but still.)
There are also such informative not-titles as "Scene (No. 10) (as used in Anna Karenina)", which proved to be That Really Famous Bit from Swan Lake.
I am torn between giggling and headdesking. Or maybe headdesking while giggling.
ETA: Unrelated, but AUGH WTF WHAT THE FLYING MONKEY BUTT IS THIS: http://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-sock-mo
ETA2: Back to the radio thing, they are now playing the fourth movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony, aka the one that starts out like Jaws. :D I luuuurve the NWS. (though as per usual it has the helpful title of "Allegro con fuoco". STILL A TIME SIGNATURE.)
ETA3: HOW. HOW. I AM INCOHERENT AND CAPSLOCKING AND WHATTHEHELL. CD: "The most popular classical tv themes in the universe". Title: "Conclusion (as used in the Quaker Oats commercial)". Turned out to be the end of the freaking 1812 Overture DUDE IT IS MORE RECOGNIZABLE AS FIREWORKS MUSIC THAN QUAKER OATS WTFFFFFFF
Power went out last night, probably around 3 or so. Is not up yet. Previous estimated time of restoration: 10am. (is 11:30 now). Current etr: 3pm
Things which require power:
* My bed. Which is distinctly less comfortable without the air fwoom, and my back is screaming at me.
* Internets. Only exception is my cell phone connection.
* Computer.
* Lights for seeing, and it's kinda hard to crochet in the dark.
* toaster, microwave, other methods of heating stuff
* central heat. It is cooold omg
* my sanity
Things which do not require power:
* Yahtzee
* Suri's tongue
...sigh
ETA @6pm: Power just came back on. Mind you, the extended outage was extremely localized. As in, *other building wings of my apartment complex* had power most of the day.
The only reason I am not highly pissed off is that I don't have a target to be pissed off *at*.
Things which require power:
* My bed. Which is distinctly less comfortable without the air fwoom, and my back is screaming at me.
* Internets. Only exception is my cell phone connection.
* Computer.
* Lights for seeing, and it's kinda hard to crochet in the dark.
* toaster, microwave, other methods of heating stuff
* central heat. It is cooold omg
* my sanity
Things which do not require power:
* Yahtzee
* Suri's tongue
...sigh
ETA @6pm: Power just came back on. Mind you, the extended outage was extremely localized. As in, *other building wings of my apartment complex* had power most of the day.
The only reason I am not highly pissed off is that I don't have a target to be pissed off *at*.
stuff stuff
Jan. 22nd, 2012 02:46 pmhealth stuff: have sinus issues (post-nasal drip gunk, and also a sort of sinus headache thing that is less pain than 'omg my nose is going to explode' pressure) and mild diarrhea issues and weather-related joint crankiness, all of which is making this a Really Fun Sunday.
(on the bright side, have narrowed down a primary trigger for my previously-inexplicable knee pain; when the floor of my bedroom was replaced, the bed and lift system got put back more or less where they had been, but with a several-inch difference in the more-or-less fudge factor that proved visually imperceptible but practically vital. my air-pressure mattress is not entirely uniform, and when your joints don't move, the difference between "heels in a valley, hips on a hill" and "hips in a valley, heels on a hill" is remarkable.)
writing stuff: still dry. not sure whether this is permanent or temporary, and not sure if I should push through it or let my muse take a break.
crochet stuff: have decided that an in-the-round (tube sort of thing) project was a tad ambitious for a first ever crochet project. want to dig out some cotton and do dishcloths instead. (there is one that is a sampler -- several rows each of sc, dc, vstitch, shell stitch, and then mirrored -- which I'm going to start with.)
knitting stuff: need to find my supplies argh
yarn stuff: despite the fact that I have a way too big stash, and also just got new yarns a week or so ago, I am being very tempted by a destash offer on ravelry. /sits on hands/
gaming stuff: skyrim is addictive. also want to get back to swtor. wow? what is this wow thing? though I did find myself missing guild wars the other day (realized I was humming one of the musics you get in pre-searing ascalon, which got me started missing it), though what I really miss is what it used to be for me, so getting back into the game would probably not reclaim that.
life stuff: nrgh I seem to be doing nothing other than gaming and a bit of yarncraft. what happened to actually being a productive member of society?
commenty stuff: I suck at responding to comments, and I know that saying I suck is not the same as actually replying, but nrgh. I do appreciate all the comments I've been getting; you guys are awesome ♥
(on the bright side, have narrowed down a primary trigger for my previously-inexplicable knee pain; when the floor of my bedroom was replaced, the bed and lift system got put back more or less where they had been, but with a several-inch difference in the more-or-less fudge factor that proved visually imperceptible but practically vital. my air-pressure mattress is not entirely uniform, and when your joints don't move, the difference between "heels in a valley, hips on a hill" and "hips in a valley, heels on a hill" is remarkable.)
writing stuff: still dry. not sure whether this is permanent or temporary, and not sure if I should push through it or let my muse take a break.
crochet stuff: have decided that an in-the-round (tube sort of thing) project was a tad ambitious for a first ever crochet project. want to dig out some cotton and do dishcloths instead. (there is one that is a sampler -- several rows each of sc, dc, vstitch, shell stitch, and then mirrored -- which I'm going to start with.)
knitting stuff: need to find my supplies argh
yarn stuff: despite the fact that I have a way too big stash, and also just got new yarns a week or so ago, I am being very tempted by a destash offer on ravelry. /sits on hands/
gaming stuff: skyrim is addictive. also want to get back to swtor. wow? what is this wow thing? though I did find myself missing guild wars the other day (realized I was humming one of the musics you get in pre-searing ascalon, which got me started missing it), though what I really miss is what it used to be for me, so getting back into the game would probably not reclaim that.
life stuff: nrgh I seem to be doing nothing other than gaming and a bit of yarncraft. what happened to actually being a productive member of society?
commenty stuff: I suck at responding to comments, and I know that saying I suck is not the same as actually replying, but nrgh. I do appreciate all the comments I've been getting; you guys are awesome ♥
What the everlasting fuck
Jan. 19th, 2012 01:45 pmMegaUpload is dead.
Insert eloquence about how this is a really really fucked-up thing. Right now my reaction consists of "fuck fuckity fuck" and I can't elaborate better.
(Not that this is an entire surprise, given the whole SOPA/PIPA thing, but gah.)
Insert eloquence about how this is a really really fucked-up thing. Right now my reaction consists of "fuck fuckity fuck" and I can't elaborate better.
(Not that this is an entire surprise, given the whole SOPA/PIPA thing, but gah.)
(no subject)
Jan. 18th, 2012 03:09 pmI tried to think of a subject line more informative than 'gah', and failed. so I just didn't include one.
my throat is feeling a little proto-sore; my sinuses are annoyingly gunky; the neverending period is still going; my head feels like it's in a vise; my back hurts; and my knee has been hurting at night, enough that I'm taking ibuprofen (the 800 mg ginormous pills) every night and vicodin about 2/3 of the time, which leaves me feeling SO well-rested and chipper. no wait, I mean horribly slothful and lethargic and crappy.
mreeeh. /whine/
my throat is feeling a little proto-sore; my sinuses are annoyingly gunky; the neverending period is still going; my head feels like it's in a vise; my back hurts; and my knee has been hurting at night, enough that I'm taking ibuprofen (the 800 mg ginormous pills) every night and vicodin about 2/3 of the time, which leaves me feeling SO well-rested and chipper. no wait, I mean horribly slothful and lethargic and crappy.
mreeeh. /whine/
*gurgling noise*
Jan. 14th, 2012 11:04 pmI do not have the right number of stitches.
I don't know enough about crochet to figure out where I've gone wrong.
I'm supposed to have 22 hdcs. The current round is "ch2, hdc in next 8, ch4, skip next 4, hdc in next 9, join with sl st to first ch2". I ended up doing 7 instead of 8, and still only had five left for the next 9.
(Given the numbers, I suspect I've been losing a stitch every round.)
(Sigh.)
I am about ready to cut the yarn and start over... ;_;
I don't know enough about crochet to figure out where I've gone wrong.
I'm supposed to have 22 hdcs. The current round is "ch2, hdc in next 8, ch4, skip next 4, hdc in next 9, join with sl st to first ch2". I ended up doing 7 instead of 8, and still only had five left for the next 9.
(Given the numbers, I suspect I've been losing a stitch every round.)
(Sigh.)
I am about ready to cut the yarn and start over... ;_;
today, brief form
Jan. 13th, 2012 08:15 pm+ acquired yarn!
- spent more money than I should
+ but omg purty
- except I forgot to write down the yardage I needed for the bulky yarn so I only got one skein but need two argh
+ also got tea
+ yahtzee was amazing
+ and he still makes me laugh and smile and stuff
- and I still feel like I'm not doing enough for him
- have headache.
+ but I also have eggnog and rum
+ and yarn
- spent more money than I should
+ but omg purty
- except I forgot to write down the yardage I needed for the bulky yarn so I only got one skein but need two argh
+ also got tea
+ yahtzee was amazing
+ and he still makes me laugh and smile and stuff
- and I still feel like I'm not doing enough for him
- have headache.
+ but I also have eggnog and rum
+ and yarn
crochet stitches
Jan. 7th, 2012 07:08 pmThis is more for my own information than anything else, but feel free to use it as reference if you'd like :)
( basic stitches )
( basic stitches )
Fun times with yarn!
Jan. 5th, 2012 01:21 pmOne of my birthday presents this last year was a set of long crochet hooks. (Designed for Tunisian crochet, but I am using them for regular crochet; I need long ones for the same reason I need long knitting needles.) For various reasons (*cough*DOG*cough*) I didn't get around to doing anything with them until a few days ago.
The first stage of the plan was to do practice stuffs: chain for a while, until I got comfortable with it; then single crochet for a while; then at some point move on to other stitches.
So I get some scrap yarn (which had the down side of being really splitty) and a needle and set to work...
...and discovered that I hadn't taken into account the necessary zeroth stage of the plan, namely how the fuck to hold everything.
I had my right hand towards the base of the hook to manipulate the hook and stuff, and the left hand had ALL THE YARN. Which as it turns out requires holding the project as well as the working yarn, because -- unlike knitting -- there is no second needle to stabilize stuff. And that also meant that I couldn't hold the yarn the same way I do for continental knitting, because I needed my index finger (and thumb) for keeping the stuff from squirming about, so couldn't also use my index finger for yarn tensioning.
(At the moment, I am "tensioning" my yarn by pincering it between the middle two fingers, so that index+thumb are free to work. It's awkward as all hell but at least somewhat functional.)
I joke about how learning to knit in the round with DPNs is like juggling a porcupine. ("and how do you juggle a porcupine?" "carefully.") But at this point, I'm relatively used to DPNs. Crochet, for all that there's only one hook involved, is rather like juggling a ... well, not porcupine. Recalcitrant jellyfish, maybe.
But at any rate, I now am able to do a) chain, b) single crochet, b) half double crochet, and c) slip stitch; and I am working on making these. (Where "working on" means "made a chain, went aughwtf about joining in the round, tried it, decided it looked horrible, pulled it out, decided that the chain looked wonky, pulled it all out, chained again, very carefully joined it with a slip stitch, triple-checked it to see if it looked right, got as far as chaining two and doing a hdc, realized I was working with the tail, said some rather undignified things and started laughing, worked back, made a horrid mess of things, pulled it all out, chained again, joined with slip stitch, eyed it warily, triple-checked that I then had the working yarn, chained two and did two hdcs and put it down because I needed a break."
(All of that being split over a couple of days.)
The first stage of the plan was to do practice stuffs: chain for a while, until I got comfortable with it; then single crochet for a while; then at some point move on to other stitches.
So I get some scrap yarn (which had the down side of being really splitty) and a needle and set to work...
...and discovered that I hadn't taken into account the necessary zeroth stage of the plan, namely how the fuck to hold everything.
I had my right hand towards the base of the hook to manipulate the hook and stuff, and the left hand had ALL THE YARN. Which as it turns out requires holding the project as well as the working yarn, because -- unlike knitting -- there is no second needle to stabilize stuff. And that also meant that I couldn't hold the yarn the same way I do for continental knitting, because I needed my index finger (and thumb) for keeping the stuff from squirming about, so couldn't also use my index finger for yarn tensioning.
(At the moment, I am "tensioning" my yarn by pincering it between the middle two fingers, so that index+thumb are free to work. It's awkward as all hell but at least somewhat functional.)
I joke about how learning to knit in the round with DPNs is like juggling a porcupine. ("and how do you juggle a porcupine?" "carefully.") But at this point, I'm relatively used to DPNs. Crochet, for all that there's only one hook involved, is rather like juggling a ... well, not porcupine. Recalcitrant jellyfish, maybe.
But at any rate, I now am able to do a) chain, b) single crochet, b) half double crochet, and c) slip stitch; and I am working on making these. (Where "working on" means "made a chain, went aughwtf about joining in the round, tried it, decided it looked horrible, pulled it out, decided that the chain looked wonky, pulled it all out, chained again, very carefully joined it with a slip stitch, triple-checked it to see if it looked right, got as far as chaining two and doing a hdc, realized I was working with the tail, said some rather undignified things and started laughing, worked back, made a horrid mess of things, pulled it all out, chained again, joined with slip stitch, eyed it warily, triple-checked that I then had the working yarn, chained two and did two hdcs and put it down because I needed a break."
(All of that being split over a couple of days.)
Another pic :D
Jan. 2nd, 2012 04:04 pm
(this does have the tendency to get my shirt covered in short black hairs... for some reason ... but it is totally awesome :D)
So. Yuletide!
Jan. 1st, 2012 11:54 amAuthors have been revealed, so I can show off what I wrote:
Wine and Water (1052 words) by
isabeau
Fandom: Greek and Roman Mythology
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Ariadne/Dionysus
Characters: Dionysus (Greek and Roman Mythology), Semele (Greek and Roman Mythology), Ariadne (Greek and Roman Mythology), Hades (Greek and Roman Mythology), Persephone (Greek and Roman Mythology)
Summary:
(in re-canoning myself for this, I realized that Dionysus is pretty damn genderqueer. \o/)
Rince and Repeat (1162 words) byisabeau
Fandom: Glitch (video game), Discworld - Terry Pratchett
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rincewind, The Luggage, Rube (Glitch), Magic Rock (Glitch)
Summary:
Okay, yes, Glitch/Discworld. IT WORKS. Poor Rincewind!
(I think this is my first yuletide crossover.)
Wine and Water (1052 words) by
Fandom: Greek and Roman Mythology
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Ariadne/Dionysus
Characters: Dionysus (Greek and Roman Mythology), Semele (Greek and Roman Mythology), Ariadne (Greek and Roman Mythology), Hades (Greek and Roman Mythology), Persephone (Greek and Roman Mythology)
Summary:
Love, death, and adventures in the Underworld
(in re-canoning myself for this, I realized that Dionysus is pretty damn genderqueer. \o/)
Rince and Repeat (1162 words) by
Fandom: Glitch (video game), Discworld - Terry Pratchett
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rincewind, The Luggage, Rube (Glitch), Magic Rock (Glitch)
Summary:
Rincewind gets into trouble -- again -- and the Rube makes some bad decisions.
Okay, yes, Glitch/Discworld. IT WORKS. Poor Rincewind!
(I think this is my first yuletide crossover.)
Hello, 2012. Please be awesome.
Dec. 31st, 2011 11:59 pm[picture of a hippo]
[picture of a gnu]
[picture of an ear]
[picture of a heart], [picture of a ysobel/isabeau]
[picture of a gnu]
[picture of an ear]
[picture of a heart], [picture of a ysobel/isabeau]
Proof, in picture form
Dec. 31st, 2011 05:47 pm( kitty+puppy cuteness )
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In other news, I managed to get a kink_bingo mini-challenge bingo in. Yes, on the evening of the last day of the month, shush :D
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In other news, I managed to get a kink_bingo mini-challenge bingo in. Yes, on the evening of the last day of the month, shush :D
