March 2010 fic links from Twitter - xposted to dreamwidth.

1. Rec: A Distant Utopia, by shrift. The Authority, R, Apollo/Midnighter. bifictionalbedlam.slashcity.net/shrift/distantutopia.html 
2. Reading: Dodge-town, by shrift. Batman, NC17, Dick/Tim, sex pollen. bifictionalbedlam.slashcity.net/shrift/dodge-town.html 
3. Rec: Blind Date, by shrift. Teen Titans, X, Kon/Tim. "Kon has a crisis. Tim wears pajamas." bit.ly/a51fyB 
4. Fic: Never-Ever Land, by shrift. BtVS, X, Spike/Xander, pretty much sex-pollen fic :D bit.ly/a5Ge9K
5. @sinistra_blache Buried in my favorites, but were-Zelenka is...scroll down to Moonlight series: gila.faking-sanity.net/stargate.html
6. Reading: Back to the Garden: Eden 2.0, by ciceqi. Good Omens, Houseplants/Crowley, R, #tentacles. bit.ly/aXQxpp
7. And sequel! Back to the Garden: Ropes and Snares. Aziraphale/Houseplants/Crowley, R, #tentacles ciceqi.slashcity.com/GOgarden02.html
8. Read: Birds of a Feather, by Evan Nicholas. CSI, PG, lab ensemble, geekery :D community.livejournal.com/csi_lab_rats/6273.html
9. Rec: First Things First, by Dira Sudis. CSI, Nick/Grissom, PG, oblivious cuteness. dira.ficlaundering.com/csi/first.html
10. Reading: How Much String is in the World. Who Has it. by someinstant. DCU, R, Dick+alcohol. LOL someinstant.livejournal.com/2585.html
11. Rec: California Dreaming, by daegaer. Good Omens/Buffy, PG13, gen. daegaer.livejournal.com/19996.html
12. Rec: the sound of one hand clapping, by Gale. Firefly/SG1, PG, ascended!Wash :D iphignia939.livejournal.com/197480.html
13. Rec: Harry Potter and the Improbable Use of Chaos Theory, by debchan. HP/Discworld, PG13, crack! debchan.livejournal.com/130215.html
14. Rec: The Things We Did and Didn't Do, by siraeve. SGA/Iron Man (film), R, Rodney and Tony. siriaeve.unrealwords.com/thingswedid.html
15. Rec: Paparazzo, by basingstroke. Iron Man/Spiderman (films), R, Tony/Peter. basingstoke.livejournal.com/361950.html
16. Reading: Hero, by Perry Moore. Just picked this up from the post office this evening, and liking it so far. Last book (Beige) was a dud.
    1. I could stay up all night reading this. Hmm.
    2. So, apparently I did stay up to read it. Total rec, guys -- if you haven't read Hero (by Perry Moore) yet, you should. Melikes.
17. anyone's interested, noelia_g has posted up a fanvid recs list here: noelia-g.livejournal.com/339962.html
18. Reading: Going Home, by daegaer. Good Omens. Heaven recalls Aziraphale. daegaer.livejournal.com/32277.html
19. Rec: Contemporay Magical Innovations by H. Granger, by kai. HP, Snarry, NC17, non-HBP-compliant futurefic. bit.ly/aNJtrq
20. Rec: Sheppard's Law of Martyrdom, by pir8fancier. SGA (post-season), R, Rodney/Jennifer, Rodney/John. bit.ly/cWQsp8
21. Rec: Long Way Home, by jezebel_rising. New!Trek, R, pre-slash K/S, past child abuse, angst. jezebel-rising.livejournal.com/45765.html
22. @baileychelle Here's a link to Wide Open Ocean, the sga aquarium au fic setissma.livejournal.com/tag/wide+open+ocean
23. Reading: Bird of Prey, by CollaneR. Batman (Nolanverse), R, Jim/Bruce, epic length. www.fanfiction.net/s/5700315/1/Bird_of_Prey
24. Rec: through the holes in your veins, by noelia_g. The Dark Knight, NC17. Jim Gordon only knows Batman by touch. is.gd/aYkAI
25. Rec: a cold throne, by ciceqi. FFXII post-game, Larsa character study. tsukinofaerii.dreamwidth.org/199894.html
26. Rec: Besieging Omelas, by Gehayi. Dresden Files/Hellblazer, PG13, Dresden/Marcone. bit.ly/aSPYCN
27. RT @Lizfu twitpic.com/1bsq1a - Painted for my BFF for her birthday. Bad Dresden Files fanart of Marcone princess carrying Harry.//:D

Condensed from Twitter again -- man, I'm really going to have to start using delicious again. Or just upload my fic folders again? Votes, LJ? (Note how my grammar and sentence structure has been altered by Twitter-usage. Huh.)

February 2010 linkage:

• @skysailor99 On a less ranty note, Roll With It updated :D synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/377256.html
• Rec: Emptied, by ciceqi. Yami no Matsuei/KH2 xover, Hisoka/Tsuzuki and Axel, R. "Things will get better. I promise." is.gd/7C5cb
• Rec: Fedoras, by ciceqi. Kingdom Hearts, Axel/Roxas, NC17, omghotyay :D is.gd/7C7e9
• And that P.L.Nunn Laguna/Irvine pic. This one! Totally not worksafe, though. (and thus it was my background in college, lawlz) is.gd/7CcVb
• [re: FFVIII canon in KHII] @freosan May have found a fixit fic of some sort, post KH2? ciceqi.slashcity.com/XOwatch.html
• Thank you, Leslie! Reading: Edward Cullen is a Zebrafish, by Zarazia. Twilight/FFVII crack xover. www.fanfiction.net/s/5379066/1/
• Rec: The Plan: A KHII Fanfiction Paying Homage to Both FF7 and Clue, by lanerose. PG, humor. lanerose.livejournal.com/54685.html
• Rec: PFLAG, by harukami. Saiyuki, PG13, Gojyo and Dokugakuji get drunk together. harukami.livejournal.com/506779.html
• Rec: Janken, by peroxidepest17. Bleach, Chad/Ishida/Ichigo, PG, fluffy. www.fanfiction.net/s/2332931/1/
• Rec: A Step to the Left, by Anria. FFVII/FFVIII xover, PG13. areyougame.dreamwidth.org/9686.html
• Here, have some belated Valentine's Day art, a la Steve/Tony :DDD psychotricorder.livejournal.com/6398.html
• Only Good For Legends updated! Detective!Spock K/S AU, really fracking long chapters of awesome. leupagus.dreamwidth.org/13830.html
• Heh. Just read ciceqi's FFVII Anthro-verse, aka Cloud is a chocobo!boy whee~ bit.ly/bYEhlw have now read nearly all her ff stuff XD
• Oh, fun :D Reading: Three Hundred and Sixty-Four, by sardonicsmiley. SGA, Rodney/Ronon, NC17, marriage of convenience is.gd/8Evdr
• @KuriLu @skysailor99 ...I has zombie FFVII fic? Yes, with a zombie boyfriend, you have been warned: Disquiet, by ciceqi bit.ly/b25DkN
• O HAI GIZE LOOK SGA CRACKFIC: tbm.skilaatara.net/list_sga_strange.html
• Rec: But Where Would They Live, by thingswithwings. SGA crack, unicorn!Rodney/rainbow!John. is.gd/8Nhu2
• Tentacles? Tentacles! (yes I have a thing) (also it's Kat Reitz and Tzigane, so yay) Fic: The Upside of Having Wraith DNA is.gd/8NjZJ
• *snorts* OMG crack. ILU SGA FANDOM. Fic: Far Far Away, by astolat. SGA/American Idol RPF, R, Adam/John, John/Rodney. is.gd/8Rjpm
• Yay AC OT4 fixit fic -- which is complete! Fic: Another Chance, by GW Katrina. FFVII-AC alternate ending, S/C/A/Z, PG13. is.gd/8RLUy
• Reading: Without Fear, by Scala. The Sentinel, NC17, Jim/Blair, post-canon h/c romance longfic yay. is.gd/99LyR
• Reading: Downloaded (series), by ennyousai. New!Trek/BSG 2003, R, Kirk/Cylon!McCoy. ennyousai-fic.livejournal.com/11069.html
• Rec: Loserville, by shrift. BtVS, Xander/Spike, NC17, humor. (4th season fic) bifictionalbedlam.slashcity.net/shrift/loserville.html
• Reading: Wake Up, by Viridian5. Saiyuki (future incarnations), R, teenage!psychic!Sanzo. viridian.shriftweb.org/gs_wake-up.htm
• More tentacle pr0n! Even more blatantly penis-substitutes this time! Fic: A Lover's Embrace, by mckays_girl. SGA, R/J. bit.ly/9q53kn
• Rec: Want, by emungere. Saiyuki (post-Minus Wave), NC17, Hakkai/Gojyo, dubcon, vines. emungere.livejournal.com/227889.html
• Rec: Familiarity, by emungere. Saiyuki, NC17, Gojyo/Hakkai/Jeep, bodyswitching, xeno, eeee! emungere.livejournal.com/216223.html
• Totally setting my homescreen to this NSFW Steve/Tony hotness for the weekend. Guh. bit.ly/cUDWTW
• Rec: A Distant Utopia, by shrift. The Authority, R, Apollo/Midnighter. bifictionalbedlam.slashcity.net/shrift/distantutopia.html
• Reading: Dodge-town, by shrift. Batman, NC17, Dick/Tim, sex pollen. bifictionalbedlam.slashcity.net/shrift/dodge-town.html
• Rec: Blind Date, by shrift. Teen Titans, X, Kon/Tim. "Kon has a crisis. Tim wears pajamas." bit.ly/a51fyB
• Fic: Never-Ever Land, by shrift. BtVS, X, Spike/Xander, pretty much sex-pollen fic :D bit.ly/a5Ge9K

I've been absolutely binging on ciceqi 's FFVII fic for the past few weeks, and grabbing other rec's where I can get them. If anyone has recommendations for this fandom, I'd appreciate it!

One thing that struck me, in perusing the fandom, is the alternate terms for the Cetra. Specifically, "Ancients" and "Ancestors".

So, predictably, I've been developing this Stargate Atlantis/Final Fantasy VII crossover verse... *headdesk* Thing is, I can't really write. I'm good at the world building thing, once I actually make decisions on various options, but the writing? No attention span here, no sirree. Anyway, I've been using Wave this time to sort of, plot out loud with a few friends at the moment. (If anyone wants to join in, just let me know.) And I kinda have the beginnings of a plot! Not the middle or the end, and I think I'm the kind of person who needs all her ducks in a row before starting anything, but this is more than I usually get.


( here's a bit of the bunny -- atmosphere sketchCollapse )

I have more of an idea of what I want the FFVII characters to do -- or not to do, as I'd like to avoid the tragic proportions of the original -- than I do of Atlantis. Actually, I'm kinda at a loss as to what the fuck I want Atlantis to do, period. I suppose I could always just have Sephiroth roaming Pegasus (oh god, the image)... Or have someone else write the Atlantis sections. Or something.

By the way, has anyone come across a piece written [almost] entirely in the present perfect? Just curious. (The original version of the atmosphere sketch had about 4 tenses, I think, lol. Not to mention multiple POV switches in one sentence [fragment]. Yay, stream of consciousness. I want to poke this into something resembling fic eventually, but that day is not today. Comments welcome, regardless.)

 Most of what I've listed on Twitter can be found on my favorites page there. I really should start cataloguing on del.icio.us, since the tagging format is ideal, but... its rather overwhelming to consider the tens of thousands of fics I have squirrelled away on my computer. Hmm.


Anyway, links crossposted to LJ in Nov-Dec 2009! Will get around to the other ones in a bit.

2009.12

• Rec: Mr Rock and Roll, by torakowalski. Die Hard 4, McClane/Farrell, NC17. is.gd/5oEyq #
• Everything Changes (And you gotta be ready). #sga_santa Sheppard goes missing & Rodney moves heaven & earth to find him. is.gd/5CIKx #

2009.11

• @Blue_Rose_ Yayayay Ichigo/Renji! Is totally what I like to read, but as a picky reader... *sigh* Read Insomnia, by SilverKytten. (wip) bit.ly/KRluH #
• Rec: A Kind of Magic, by selinamoonfire. Star Trek AU, Kirk/Bones, PG13, fairytale. selinashideaway.livejournal.com/9957.html #
• Reading: Seascape, by rip_the_tide. ST:IX AU, R, Spock/McCoy. Welcome aboard the pirate ship Enterprise. :D is.gd/4QWfN #
• Rec: Two Gorram Days and sequels, by Dyce. Firefly, Jayne/River, becomes AU, PG13/R. bit.ly/1t41VJ #
• Read: With Such a Sky to Lead Him On, by thistlerose. ST:IX, Kirk/Bones, PG13. Poetry and an English honeymoon. is.gd/4VwSE #
• Reading: Champions, by Sleeps with Coyotes. FF7, Cid/Vincent. Well, I can think of one problem with damage-based limits.. is.gd/4VQSa #
• Reading: Love is Strange, by garryowen. Art by @vejiicakes. ST:XI, Kirk/Spock, NC17, Dirty Dancing redux. is.gd/4WLfo #
• Reading: The Quiet Sound of Thunder, by fortassetu. Art by glockgal. ST:XI, Kirk/Bones, Spock/Uhura, NC17, vampires. is.gd/4WLah #
• Reading: Oublier, by batmanboxers. Art by davincis_girl, fanmix by cybermathwitch. STXI, K/S, R, amnesia!fic. is.gd/4WLTy #
• Rec: Graduate Vulcan for Fun and Profit, by lazulisong. STXI, gen, PG13. It really does take a village to raise a Jim. is.gd/4XVHx #
• Holy crap, SGA/Hellblazer fic? And its by Kat Reitz and perryvic? Fic: Mercy of the Fallen. McKay/Sheppard/Beckett, NC17 is.gd/52zQH #
• Reading: Something Most Odd, by Harper. Wicked, Galinda/Elphaba, PG15. ralst.com/SomethingMostOdd.HTM #
• @skysailor99 BTW, did you know that there was an update for Howling? (or, well, the next in the series) is.gd/55tDV #
• Rec: The Long Engagement, by omg wtf yeah. SGA Big Bang fic, steampunk!Atlantis + circus AU, McShep, NC17. is.gd/55Ji8 #

I really don't blame you, flist, if you've decided to stop checking my blog because its almost all posts from Twitter. I've been finding that medium much more convenient to communicate from, and so... yeah.

What I've been meaning to do with all the posts that crop up on lj, is collate my fic links posted on Twitter. So, I'll be going through my backlog of Twitter posts, and copying the links here. Enjoy!

2010.01

• Rec: Sensory Perception. Written for cap_ironman fic exchange. Steve/Tony, PG13, fluff, tactile. is.gd/5HNGF #
• Btw guys, since I'm so behind in fic reccing... Check out the stories at sga_santa: bit.ly/84jaqt Haven't met a story I didn't like. #
• I've also been reading noelia_g's fic, and loving it-- wonderful Batman (Nolan) fic. noelia-g.livejournal.com #
• So, last night I was linked to "Close To Home", a long Superboy fic by iesika, and I want more. is.gd/5OvAB #
• Thank you, epic_recs. Off to bed, with fic in hand. Night all~ community.livejournal.com/epic_recs/tag/pairing:+kon-el/tim+drake #
• May have been the cause of my strange dreams. Was I /really/ dating a hs student? Then again, that could also be explained by nuTrek fic, lol. WHALES!!! Rec: you used to be able to fall off the edge of the world, here, by raphaela667. Nu!Trek AU, Kirk and Sulu save the whales, Sulu's life is ruined, and Pavel makes the coffee.,, Kirk/Spock, R/NC17. raphaela667.dreamwidth.org/41695.html #
• @sinistra_blache Speak of the devil... someone just posted their NaNo, which is vampire!Tony? Haven't read yet, but... Rec: Dying for a Drink, by tsukinofaerii. Ultimates, Tony/Steve, vampires, NC17. is.gd/6RVov
• Rec: Getting Educated, by tyleet27. New!Trek AU, K/S, NC17. (underage sex, teacher/student romance) is.gd/7hUoG #
• Rec: An Exploding Cigar We Willingly Smoke, by tyleet27. Buffy, R, comics!spoilers, Buffy/Spike/Angel. is.gd/7hYbJ #
• Okay, so transferring my antsy energy into Cloud's panicky Trooper mindset is....interesting. Reading FFVII fic: Mistletiptoe, by chibirisuchan. FFVII, kinda Zack/Cloud/Sephiroth, PG. is.gd/7i7t7 #

So, I've been neglecting my journal. I really need to stop doing that.

Last time:
Posted on June 17th that I'd accepted the MIL position.

Since then:

Friday night I received an email from another person at MIL, who wanted to let me know that they had arranged for me to stay in a hotel for a few days until my apartment was ready. She wanted to know what time I was coming in on August first.

August first? Immediate reaction was that sort of deer-in-the-headlights, *blinkpanic* thing that I seem to do everything something unexpected crops up. The time frame I had been given initially for how long it would take for my paperwork to get to me put me at leaving mid-August, not the end of July. Eek.

So, emailing back a slightly more coherent version of huhwha?,  I had to wait until Monday for a reply. There goes my weekend to fretting. (You know, when I wasn't dling lots of yaoi doujinshi. Yes, I've been on a kick back to anime fandom. My roots! Excepting Buffy, of course, which I've never really left because of crossovers. Of which I found a Buffy/Bleach xover series. Here, linkie: Lone Flower, by Vathara. Digression? What's that?) Ahem. Where was I? Ah, yes.

Okay, bored of writing this. I keep getting distracted. Short version: Thought my contact was going to call me Monday night, ended up calling tonight, an hour late (though he apologized for that), and was fairly reassuring about stuff. CoE should be in their hands by end of week or beginning of next week, and then they'll mail it with the 3-day shipping. If this is a bit late, then I might have to go in on tourist and get the CoE there.

Now (or during the next business hours) I need to call the consulate and ask about the processing time for a visa with a CoE, and in person application. And rushed. Hopefully its only a day or three.


So. Looking at one-way fares. Some weird overnight ones from 730$, best around 850$. Eeek. (Unless I flew out of Seattle like the original plans, which would put it at 550$. But I think that's exam week for Eric? *sigh*) Should arrive around the first of August. Training/orientation for first week. Then summer break -- which I will spend at least a day of in Tokyo taking goofy pictures of the massive Gundam \o/. Then I start classes. Eeeeeeek. OHGODTHISISINLESSTHANTHREEWEEKS!!!!

*wanders off in a daze*

Have uploaded my fanfiction collection as of 6/13. Zipped in 4 files, about 230 MB. Unzipped, over 600 MB. Yes, of pure fanfiction, mostly html files.

Note: I did not write any of these, and some of the older stories are not ones I would recommend today. But! There's lots of fandoms and a large crossover section for anyone interested.

Have fun!

Download link

So. Yeah. Classes have been going for a few weeks so far, and I've come to understand a few things.

1. I dislike business. No -- watashi wa business ga daikirai de, nigate desu. Nigate = do poorly at and dislike. Wonderful word. I talked to the prof for Business Chinese, because yanno, no business background and I wanted to know how to better participate. I'm not sure if he really understood what I was getting at, cuz he was just saying "oh, no one has background in it, and you're understanding more, right? You'll participate in the coming weeks, so its all good." or something to that effect, anyway. it worries me, but hopefully, since i have broached the topic with him, i won't end up with bad grades because of lack of class participation.

Oh, wait, so this is the one place i haven't bitched about it yet. Yeah. Turns out Business Chinese is (at least starting out as) an International Business class. Taught in Chinese. Meh. I should just stick to the classical culture stuff, but... *sigh*

2. I do, however, like my Chinese Business course. Go figure. Business culture, how people interact and such, I like that. I think the other class would be a hell of a lot better if my grasp of language hasn't been slipping so much lately. *sigh* And if Ai were still teaching it. Oh, Ai-laoshi, why must you abandon us and only teach a one hour lecture?

3. Speaking of Ai, I need to talk to her about grad schools for East Asian studies. I... wow, I just realized that she's one of the few language teachers that I've cultivated enough of a relationship with that I'd go and get advice from. Odd, that. Or, well, not so odd, considering the complete lack of extra effort on my part. I'm a horrible student.

And looking at grad schools? Terrifying. Absolutely fucking terrifying.

4. I'm waffling. Sometimes I get enthusiastic about horticulture, and wow wouldn't it be cool to work on greenhouse and hydroponic projects, and maybe even in China??? (was talking to the prof of my current Greenhouse and Protected Agriculture, and he said there should be internships in China, if I was interested o.O) And then I think, mmm, culture... what if i did stuff like with museums and research and stuff on old musty Chinese artifacts? *has a DanielJackson moment* As stated above... currently looking at like, U of Chicago's grad program for all things east asian, and it both excites and depresses me (my qualifications and confidence are like, zero).

Plants, Chinese. Plants, Chinese. *sigh*. Chinese plants?

5. I don't care about Japanese so much anymore. Stupid language. I haven't been watching anime, or keeping up with anything Japanese (unless you count fanfiction and the old copies of Gackt and Miyavi music i have on my comp, which yanno, yeahno). The culture and sociohistorical bits still interest me, but I'm taking the language just to finish out the year, and unfortunately, that hasn't been enough to motivate me to, well, do much of anything for the class. I'm trying to get better, but... yeah.

6. I'm using the gold star method to motivate myself outside of class, in other news. I have a weekly calendar for the rest of term set up, with categories of Japanese, Chinese, Chinese Art, and Chinese History. This is all in an effort to make me feel less utterly incompetent, btw. (I want to get into an EALL prog, but I don't feel i have enough of a culture background. Meh.) In any case, if I get the reading I've assigned myself done in a category, it gets marked out. If I take full notes in addition, I put a star there. And guess what?

I got a gold star! yayz!

(I went over the first chap of the first year book and the current section of the second year book, and copied all the vocab, kanji and grammar points within. w00t.) I can't start on the Art section yet, as my textbook is still at home, but I'm giving myself until sunday to outline the highlights of the Xia dynasty and earlier, as well as take notes out of the third year chinese textbook.

So, now that I've finished my hw, and I need to get up at seven, and its friggin 2 in the morning (Damn you Maldoror, and your LeeGaara fanfic!), I should probably go to bed.

Night all, and dreams.

yeah... anyone want to write a Scrubs/Harry Potter fusion? Anyone? (gah, so much crack, so little time... original thought was scrubs characters as hogwarts students, with basically the same personalities as their adult selves. But yeah.)

I have a midterm tomorrow/today. Chinese. I think I may fail.

Well, the school's network was majorly effed up for the past week -- of course, I'm the last one to have the internet back. Meh.

It gave m e a good excuse to push Friendly Hostility off onto my roommates at least, as well as reading actual books.

No. Really.



Aaaaaaaaand I have no life. And if anyone knows of any job opportunities or internships for a Chinese major who's minoring in Horticultural Sciences, drop me a line. *grins* I've been getting funny looks from the profs in the plant classes I'm taking this semester when my introduction is not something like "organic hort major" but "Chinese". I'm beginning to love the double take I, a stocky female with distinctly Aryan coloring, is doing studying Chinese, and is sitting in a Small Tree and Fruit Production class. I collect odd looks nowadays -- deliberately, at least. I suppose its better to invite the lodd ooks than garner them for doing something normal.

Meh. Babble. Why am I babbling again? I need to update my websites. Like, am in dire need thereof. I'd rather plotbunny.

Speaking of, I've actually come up with a basic plot structure for an HP fic. I got stalled on the AB/GW fic, sadly -- I just can't seem to come up with a plot direction for that one. Maybe later, but I only have one friend to bounce the AB ideas off of, so... *sigh*

Ok, back to reading Dresden Files before I mire myself in a mental debate as to Heero's wereanimal(s).