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May. 20th, 2013 01:01 pm
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I'm currently taking Geodon, 40 mg, twice a day. I've been having episodes of extreme tiredness, complete with slurred speech, inability to focus, falling asleep mid-word, etc, and this weekend it landed me in the ER. The ER doc thinks it's because of the Geodon and ordered me to call the pdoc.

I just got off the phone with him, and he wants me to stop the morning dose. He told me that there shouldn't be any side effects from withdrawal, but has anyone stopped Geodon and had a different experience? I know that it's the drug I take to control my mania, and without it, that may come back, but should I watch for anything in addition to that?

ETA - there's no tag for either Geodon or its generic name, ziprasidone
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"Whispered On The Winds," Highlander/Marvel , R, gen

May. 20th, 2013 11:12 am
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Five times Methos met Black Widow and, eventually, Natasha Romanov. Or, as Methos likes to think of it, 'five times I was dead or "dead" and Black Widow showed up.'

Whispered on the Winds, at Dreamwidth (this is part 1, which links to part 2, etc.), or at the AO3.

Enjoy!
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Snow Crash

May. 20th, 2013 07:23 am
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Neal Stephenson novel.

I know, I'm only twenty years late on actually reading this. It's... well, I'm fascinated (which might go a long ways to explaining why I accidentally discovered a 2:30AM while reading it last night.

Setting off some interesting interconnected feels about who I am and what I've chosen to do with my life. Of especial note: reasons Hiro gives for pizza driving. Y.T.'s mum's workplace sounds altogether too familiar.

Also interesting to look at...again, the book's twenty years old at this point, and the facets of 'Net portrayed within are...somewhat estranged from the way the actual tech has developed, but the roots are plainly showing if you look closely, and it's a fascinating exercise in 'what if'. Rather the same as K's collection of 50s & 60s scifi, really, which contains a hell of a lot of space travel hypothesizing without the benefit of history to work from.

Edit: I'm not quite done with the book yet; were it up to me I'd probably have finished it completely, but pesky physical body forced a sleep hiatus on page 314. so. I can see some of the plot threads converging, but would appreciate remaining unspoiled, at least until I finish the book (which, uh, likely tonight, sanity be damned.)
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May. 20th, 2013 09:22 am
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Mondays, every week, let's celebrate ourselves, to start the week right. Tell me what you're proud of. Tell me what you accomplished last week, something -- at least one thing -- that you can turn around and point at and say: I did this. Me. It was tough, but I did it, and I did it well, and I am proud of it, and it makes me feel good to see what I accomplished. Could be anything -- something you made, something you did, something you got through. Just take a minute and celebrate yourself. Either here, or in your journal, but somewhere.

(And if you feel uncomfortable doing this in public, I've set this entry to screen any anonymous comments, so if you want privacy, comment anonymously and I won't unscreen it. Also: yes, by all means, cheer each other on when you see something you want to give props to!)
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Another Monday!

May. 20th, 2013 01:48 pm
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I guess I should recap things... hm. Let's see.

The spouse has started watching the Game of Thrones so I'm rewatching S1 with gusto and trying not to tell him everything in advance. And he tends to be a lot less forgiving of gore than I am so it's a relief to see that he finds it reasonable given its context, and not gratuitous. So, so far so good! I can't wait to catch up myself either as I've seen nothing of S3 yet.

I missed Eurovision but I guess it's for the best because I did get to see what Croatia sent, and it's dull, dull, dull. Nice song, sure, nothing wrong with it, but it's been a long time since the Eurovision song contest was about the songs and little else. The entry needed pomp, memorable tunes and visuals, and a hint of surrealism. The winner, I felt, was a little dull too but will probably make for a nice summer hit. Good on them!

Now, a thing about Britain. I tried to explain to the spouse what made Croatia's entry so bland and boring, but there is no equivalent in the UK that I can really point at. No, it's not like "sending the Wurzels" because there's nothing drab about sending oneself up like that band does. The closest I could find was Irish traditional music, that part of it that plays up diaspora's stereotypes of the Old Country: that's what Croatia sent. And while klapa singing is genuine and still a vital part of local culture in Dalmatia, it's really not something that would engage the hearts and minds of international audiences, particularly young ones.

But the thing is... it's only one in a string of ways the spouse and I can't conceptualise attitudes and prejudices of our respective countries. There is nothing like the English kind of classism in Croatia — though we do have parallels in Italian or Austrian takes on society, unsurprisingly enough — while England just doesn't have the urban-to-rural scale of cliches and antipathies. This is why I can't explain the phenomenon of turbofolk music in the Balkans despite my best efforts; there's nothing in the way the UK works that's analogous to that particular subculture.

(The best I could come up with was "imagine if the mobsters running London actually all came from the outbacks of Wales and jammed to a cheap techno version of male choirs". But funny though he found it, that's still not it! Not even close.)

How do you translate this stuff?
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May. 20th, 2013 10:13 am
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If you've never had a period, don't ignore this post.
( cut for length. )
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The Blood is The Life 20-05-2013

May. 20th, 2013 10:00 am
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Daily Happiness

May. 20th, 2013 01:05 am
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Had a very nice day off today. I actually got to sleep in, which I haven't really done in a couple weeks, since while Irene was here, I was waking up early to do stuff even when I didn't have work. I vacuumed, did some translating, and ran some errands, but otherwise just didn't really do much. Very relaxing.
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10 tweets for 2013-5-19

May. 19th, 2013 11:55 pm
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In the last 24 hours, I posted the following to Twitter:


Follow me on Twitter.
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May. 20th, 2013 09:20 am
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So, after two weeks of endless stress, I spent Friday studying 11am-9:30pm to finish my goddamn paper, then spent Saturday at my parents', alternatively participating in drama I REALLY DID NOT NEED and going to the beach. \\\\\\\\\o///////// THE BEACH WAS MAJESTIC AND WONDERFUL. I wore my new bathing suit and it was awesome. Just. OMG, amazing life choices: going to the beach.

After that I had lunch with my folks and then drove back to Tel Aviv to watch the Hawks/Wings game with [personal profile] roga at the new sports bar that we'd never been to before. It was pretty much completely empty except one Red Wings fan and one dude in a Hossa shirt. Again to my surprise, once ascertaining that neither of us was from Chicago, the other hockey fans pretty much ignored us. IDK! I'm still trying to figure out how sports fandom works IRL. Maybe it's weird to be too friendly with people you don't know who are at the bar to cheer for the same team as you? IDEK.

I was wearing my Ovi shirt and as we exited the bar some dude shouted "Hey, NICE OVECHKIN SHIRT!" at me and I turned around and went "thank you!" and it was delightful.

After the game I went to pick [personal profile] cesy up at the airport.

On Sunday I decided to skip work, for multiple reasons, and instead went to enjoy a morning at the Tel Aviv port with snacks and [personal profile] cesy before heading over to uni to hand in my stupid paper. I'd waited this long because I couldn't find the guidelines for submitting academic papers for this particular faculty (I'd never taken classes there before and this was a special occasion), so I waited for the admin offices to be open, but of course THEY HAVE NO GUIDELINES because WTF. First time in my life that a faculty does not have ANY SORT OF GUIDELINES for how to submit academic papers that are less than a thesis.

So, whatever, I went to buy a binder and print out the paper all of which took about an hour, handed it in, and then realized it's my mom's birthday in 3 days and I don't have a present for her. So, RUSHED OVER TO THE MALL to get her the present I've been thinking of, then went back and hung out with [personal profile] cesy and [personal profile] roga for the rest of the day. We watched Mystery, Alaska! IDEK, Russel Crowe, IDEK.

This morning I'm back at work: meetings and then skipping class to work on a presentation I have for another class (that is also today). Next week? I have another presentation. THIS GODDAMN SEMESTER. It's nearly exam season and I've been drowning in work this entire fucking time.

I'm probably not going to have much computer time this week, so just FYI. Replies to emails will probably take longer than usual. Though, if any Israeli fangirls are reading this: Friday's meetup is being arranged, that is a priority and I'll be sending emails as soon as I have logistics figured out.

Things I want to do today: watch Game of Thrones, hang out, lounge on the beach. Things I will actually do today: work, work, study, work, study.

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NSFW May. 19th, 2013 11:10 pm

The Book Thing!

May. 19th, 2013 11:18 pm
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AS OF NOW, I am planning on updating the comm instead of the ebooks posts, because it is a fuck of a lot easier, both to update and to SEE if I've updated.

For anyone who doesn't remember how this goes or why I'm doing it: I really, really love m/m and f/f novels and have legitimately spent a couple thousand dollars on them in the last five or so years, starting way back with html files from Torquere.

I love them, but they have an EXTREMELY high rate of fail for me. On the one hand, fanfiction has actually raised my standards for fiction quite a bit; rate of fail has increased for me across most genres. On the other hand, a lot of them are just actually fucking terrible books (VENOM'S BOND! *shaky fist*).

Moving things to the comm actually helped break down the numbers. About one book in five, I would recommend to others. About one book in ten is bad enough that I actually recommend people don't read it, ever (The Trap! All In!).

Those are ridiculous odds for something you pay for.

That is not even getting into my problems with f/f books, starting with pricing (typically much higher than m/m books for no apparent reason, with most m/m topping out at $7.99 and most f/f at or above $9.99) and running on through things like WHY ARE THERE SO MANY WIDOWS and WHERE ARE THE AWESOME TROPE-Y ROMANCE NOVELS I LOVE MOST, BECAUSE I AM FINDING ALMOST NOTHING BUT CONTEMPORARY AND/OR SUSPENSE.

So in the interests of saving others from terribleness AND encouraging others to buy/read/recommend some of the good stuff, I decided to share some of my books. It is intended more as a lending than a giving - if you can, please support the authors you like with your money as well as your affection. But I also understand not having the money and not having a lot of alternatives - libraries here in the Bible Belt TEND not to stock things like this.

Basically? If you're okay with ebook sharing, apply at [community profile] readtherainbow and please keep anything you find there off of forums/torrent sites. If you're not, please don't be a dick about it and refrain.

As a note, content tags in particular are to be considered a work in progress. Just like het romance, a lot of these get various degrees of rape-y and because most issues of consent are not among my particular triggers, I don't always recognize or remember them. If you see a book you've read and think it needs a tag I missed, please don't hesitate to comment.
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New Sherlock story: "DNA"

May. 19th, 2013 10:03 pm
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I've just posted a new Sherlock story to AO3: DNA

Sherlock/John (together and in various combinations with various OFCs) -- explicit -- 10,000 words

Post-Reichenbach, obviously with a Dreaded Het warning

Item. There's nothing strange in a good-looking bloke having a lot of sex with a lot of different women, none of whom he introduces to his flatmate.

Note: For christ's sake, this is Sherlock Holmes we're talking about.

Beta thanks to [personal profile] cesperanza, [personal profile] julad, and [personal profile] laurificus. Thanks to [personal profile] copperbadge for the conversation that inspired this, and the lines I stole from him.
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Star Trek: Into Darkness (no spoilers!)

May. 19th, 2013 07:59 pm
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There's a kind of of sci-fi or hacker or whatever movie, where the plot hinges on the fact that at some point a programmer has installed a BACK DOOR into the computer system, and all of its massive self-defense capabilities are worthless because THE BACK DOOR IS NOT GUARDED, and the heroes sneak in and bring the whole system down.

I went into this movie bracing myself, because the non-spoilery reviews I'd read were mixed. I was prepared. I was almost detached; I was ready to view the whole thing like a rational adult.

AND THEN.

*kof*

Well, you know.

Kirk and Spock were in it. And all was lost.

Gene Roddenberry, at some point in my youth (I was six, okay!), installed a back door in my BRAIN. In the first three minutes of this movie, my critical faculties were taken off-line and completely dismantled while I sat there beaming at the screen like a moron.

As it turns out, in those uniforms, on that starship, Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto could have perched on stools reading phone books at each other and I would have been ridiculously charmed and walked away starry-eyed.

So, no thoughtful review here, or likely to come. I'm sorry, Fandom! But there are some things which transcend even the discipline of the service.

NOTE: There may be some spoilers in the comments!

まるです。

May. 20th, 2013 09:03 am
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Posted by mugumogu

http://sisinmaru.blog17.fc2.com/blog-entry-1445.html




宅配便で荷物が届くと
When the product which I bought by a mail order arrives,



全部開ける前にまるが強引に入ってしまうので
Maru gets in the box before I open the cover.


いざ蓋を開けると
Therefore, when I open the cover, I say


でっかい猫が入ってた！　となるんですよ、まるさん。
"Wow! Did I order a huge cat by mistake?"



「でっかい猫在中シールをお願いします。」
Maru:[This is non-returnable!]





http://sisinmaru.blog17.fc2.com/blog-entry-1445.html

finally finished the first draft of Nice Tie

May. 19th, 2013 10:16 pm
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Nice Tie now has a finished first draft. A very, very rough first draft, but it is, nevertheless. done. All 40 kwords of it.

I'd been hoping to get it down in draft by the end of March at the latest, but was rudely interrupted by a bad bout of Real Life. Also, I was visited by Plot in the course of writing it, and while I knew what was going to happen, I was failing to find the exact words to describe it. Even the words I had found earlier had escaped me, scattered on the four winds, during a previous hiatus after the initial burst of writing during PicoWrimo.

It's going to need some heavy revision, not least because the chunk I've been wrestling with over the last two months is happily demonstrating that I do not see my stories inside my head as films, but hear them as radio plays. There is much dialogue, and little description, and I need to improve the ratio somewhat before it goes anywhere near Ye Editor. It has for now gone off to Predatrix for some alpha-reading, to see if it makes sense anywhere outside my own head.

I should probably leave it alone for a bit and come back to it with fresh eyes in a week or two. Time to think about what to work on next, particularly with summer PicoWrimo coming up. There's Taxman, which has been worked on fitfully for some six years now, and can perfectly well wait a bit longer. There's the story idea that I was using to experiment with using Dragon to write a first draft, which I think might work well as an offering for Loose Id's tenth anniversary next year. And there are a couple of... things... which my muse handed me recently, apparently after a hard night binging with the girls on cream cakes and hard core porn DVDs.
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authorgraph

May. 19th, 2013 09:29 pm
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I forgot to mention that I have a new toy, namely an account on Authorgraph. This site provides an interface for readers to request electronic autographs from authors, whether to add to their ebooks, or to print out and keep with a print book. And yes, it really is a personalised autograph if you so choose. The author can type a message and then sign their name using a tablet, and the resulting file shows the actual signature process.

It's funded by affiliate links to Amazon, so you can only request signatures for books available on Amazon. However, you don't need to have a Kindle to request or display the autographs.

I've put most of my titles currently available on Amazon into the system, and you can find my account here http://www.authorgraph.com/authors/bookfetishist should you wish to have a play.
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First foray into baking

May. 19th, 2013 08:49 pm
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So a few months ago I made a post asking for easy baking recipes. And in spite of making a public commitment that I was going to start baking before Passover, life and procrastination got in the way. Then when I was asking for topics for Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, an anony person asked if there have been any results from the baking experiments you mentioned a while back... I was embarrassed to have to say I hadn't got started, and that motivated me to pick up the project again.

( making a start )

That was encouraging enough to make me fairly ready to try again! Many thanks to [personal profile] forestofglory for the recipe and to [personal profile] hadassah for bequeathing me her cake tins when she left Sweden. And to all of you for encouraging me to believe that I might be able to learn baking if I put my mind to it. And of course to [personal profile] jack for helping me taste the finished product. I think I will probably make a separate journal for documenting future baking attempts, I'm going to need this level of detail for a while until I build up enough experience to feel confident experimenting and troubleshooting. Equipment I could have done with: sieve, proper cake tin for storing the finished product.
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Vid Recs: Doctor Who, Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Prisoner

May. 19th, 2013 10:54 am
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What with [community profile] tightpresent and [community profile] vidukon_cardiff happening in the same week, there have been some great vids coming out. I wanna talk about five of them.

Three Sarah Connor Chronicles Vids
We got a ton of new brilliant and amazing new TSCC vids out of [community profile] tightpresent, but these were my favorites:

We Used to Wait - a dual character study of Sarah and Jesse with an captivating lyrical beauty and great musicality. Made my heart ache.

Small Words, Bigger Lessons - an exploration of John Henry as a child, learning, and all the teachers he learns from. Outstanding song choice (I will be buying this album!), terrific paralleling of all the children and parents, all the lessons the young learn about how to be who they are and how to be in the world.

Seamstress - a flawless multi-faceted portrait of Jesse.

For the Whovians
England by [personal profile] such_heights - a showcase of all the NewWho companions: what they love, what they learn, what they lose, what they become. Moving and inspiring.

If you like The Prisoner, drop whatever you're doing and watch this
Blow by [personal profile] jetpack_monkey - Stunning song choice. The lyric-clip matching is exquisite, the structure is tight and well-considered, and the way the vidder exploits the limitations of the footage to keep it rocking is seriously impressive.
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Prompt fo 2013-05-19

May. 19th, 2013 01:46 pm
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Today's prompt is "exceptional insight".
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