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Tuesday, December 17th, 2002 07:37 am
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Is anyone vaguely aware spam goes through trends?
Okay, like the big thing through the last couple of months was the two inches to penis size thing. You know, all well and good, possibly interesting if I'd had a penis of my own that needed inches, but there you go. Not the smartest spammers in the herd.
Now, however, it's eat pizza and lose weight and Remote Controlled Mini Matchbox Cars. And Scooters. I suppose in honor of the Christmas season. And they're far more energetic than the Penii People--I get five a day.
What should scare me is that this is just the spam that makes it through all my filters.
I find it funny that real email sometimes doesn't make it, but spam does.
Right, completely pointless entry. Moving on.
Recs:
Snowlight That Falls by Andariel. Bethy's birthday fic--see? Told you Beth is like mainlining inspiration--and I am a total whore for that title. Just read it out loud to yourself once. Anyway. Clichefic exactly the way it's supposed to be--sweet, GOOD, interesting, gentle as snowflakes, and stunningly lovely. *hugs Andy* It's pure enjoyment, with coffee and cuddling and 'lget out of those wet clothes'<--love that.
I'm so very jumpy right now.
Stapling Clark by jacynrebekah. There are times when people just--write things. That just shouldn't make sense. Or work. Except, you know, they do. *shakes head* I am totally amused as HELL and this is just--*giggles*. Read it.
Now, if you aren't already in love with this lady, you will be now.
The Bodyswitch Snippet by RivkaT. See, it doesn't have a title yet, so I must make one up! I almost laughed myself into a hernia reading it, and it's--like the story I never knew I wanted to read until it appeared before me.
Go stalk for it. No, really. Hyperactive Lex in Clark's body?
Ah, there you go. Run along now.
Rivka also offered up part I and part II of another story to constructive critique. I'm still thinking of what to say besides, aww.
*grins* Author note on the story.
Notes: I read that yellow Kryptonite was “fictional,” unlike all the other kinds of Kryptonite, and somehow that turned into this.
*snickering*
Okay. I'm a giggling mess.
Other Stuff
I went to bed early last night, incredibly stupid thing to do, but my head hurt and I was getting jittery. Which is jenn-speak for, I have nothing I can actively work on and it's making me gripey.
I suppose most people actually LIKE it when they finish a story. I do too, really. It's just--it leaves me with nothing to do briefly, since there's the highs of the pre-posting panic, the post-posting panic, the post-posting euphoria, the post-posting let-down, the obsessive checking for feedback, the feedback-euphoria, leveling out to eventually, something resembling peace, where I can work on something again.
I'm not a huge fan of peace myself. Let there be emotional eddies, I say. And lots of them. Lots and lots. This can't be healthy.
In more fannish related thought, I was talking to Koi one night (Mercy writer, yippee! sorry, must advertise for that story at any time opportunity is given), and I was making noises about trends in fanfic. Some are purely artificial, like, say, the wonderful challenges (Isilya's lovely Snugglefic Challenge comes to mind). Others are episode related, or specific event related--for those around post-Jitters, I think everyone remembers the flood of Woobie!Lex H/C's that soaked the landscape of SV fanfic. Wow, that's a bad metaphor. And I think we're all still pretty damn reactive to the episode "Red", which has, possibly, surpassed Jitters and Hourglass in the number of stories based on it. It's still surprising me that Heat didn't generate that kind of energy, though that could be because it was the second episode of the season and most people were still in 'thank God we have episodes again' mode.
Anyway, I was thinking more specifically at the time, in terms of fics that tended to cause a change in how most fanfic writers wrote their characters and/or stories. Or view the characters, for that matter.
Er, cut text. This is getting a little long for an entry and sort of rambling.
( trends in fanfic )
Speaking of Standing in the Common Spaces, I think the beta I had for that fic is in a serious time crunch and doesn't have time to beta and I hate to push someone who jsut doesn't have time. Anyone out there have time and sufficent interest in beta'ing a crossover fic? It's--*swallows*--Smallville/Spiderman (there HAVE been weirder crossovers!), futurefic, and about sixty pages/twenty-three thousand words, though you will be asked to muse on the ending with me, since I'm having my usual Ending Issues, as well as over pacing, structure, and well, the usual. Though I did spellcheck this time first. Really.
And for those following My Longing for the Foley's Teddy Bear That Wears Cute Glasses....
Teddy Bear Icons I've been working on. I have one more set to go. Damn page only had sixty bear pictures! I shall go looking for more. Many, many more. Until I burn that bear obsession RIGHT outta here.
Okay, like the big thing through the last couple of months was the two inches to penis size thing. You know, all well and good, possibly interesting if I'd had a penis of my own that needed inches, but there you go. Not the smartest spammers in the herd.
Now, however, it's eat pizza and lose weight and Remote Controlled Mini Matchbox Cars. And Scooters. I suppose in honor of the Christmas season. And they're far more energetic than the Penii People--I get five a day.
What should scare me is that this is just the spam that makes it through all my filters.
I find it funny that real email sometimes doesn't make it, but spam does.
Right, completely pointless entry. Moving on.
Recs:
Snowlight That Falls by Andariel. Bethy's birthday fic--see? Told you Beth is like mainlining inspiration--and I am a total whore for that title. Just read it out loud to yourself once. Anyway. Clichefic exactly the way it's supposed to be--sweet, GOOD, interesting, gentle as snowflakes, and stunningly lovely. *hugs Andy* It's pure enjoyment, with coffee and cuddling and 'lget out of those wet clothes'<--love that.
I'm so very jumpy right now.
Stapling Clark by jacynrebekah. There are times when people just--write things. That just shouldn't make sense. Or work. Except, you know, they do. *shakes head* I am totally amused as HELL and this is just--*giggles*. Read it.
Now, if you aren't already in love with this lady, you will be now.
The Bodyswitch Snippet by RivkaT. See, it doesn't have a title yet, so I must make one up! I almost laughed myself into a hernia reading it, and it's--like the story I never knew I wanted to read until it appeared before me.
Go stalk for it. No, really. Hyperactive Lex in Clark's body?
Ah, there you go. Run along now.
Rivka also offered up part I and part II of another story to constructive critique. I'm still thinking of what to say besides, aww.
*grins* Author note on the story.
Notes: I read that yellow Kryptonite was “fictional,” unlike all the other kinds of Kryptonite, and somehow that turned into this.
*snickering*
Okay. I'm a giggling mess.
Other Stuff
I went to bed early last night, incredibly stupid thing to do, but my head hurt and I was getting jittery. Which is jenn-speak for, I have nothing I can actively work on and it's making me gripey.
I suppose most people actually LIKE it when they finish a story. I do too, really. It's just--it leaves me with nothing to do briefly, since there's the highs of the pre-posting panic, the post-posting panic, the post-posting euphoria, the post-posting let-down, the obsessive checking for feedback, the feedback-euphoria, leveling out to eventually, something resembling peace, where I can work on something again.
I'm not a huge fan of peace myself. Let there be emotional eddies, I say. And lots of them. Lots and lots. This can't be healthy.
In more fannish related thought, I was talking to Koi one night (Mercy writer, yippee! sorry, must advertise for that story at any time opportunity is given), and I was making noises about trends in fanfic. Some are purely artificial, like, say, the wonderful challenges (Isilya's lovely Snugglefic Challenge comes to mind). Others are episode related, or specific event related--for those around post-Jitters, I think everyone remembers the flood of Woobie!Lex H/C's that soaked the landscape of SV fanfic. Wow, that's a bad metaphor. And I think we're all still pretty damn reactive to the episode "Red", which has, possibly, surpassed Jitters and Hourglass in the number of stories based on it. It's still surprising me that Heat didn't generate that kind of energy, though that could be because it was the second episode of the season and most people were still in 'thank God we have episodes again' mode.
Anyway, I was thinking more specifically at the time, in terms of fics that tended to cause a change in how most fanfic writers wrote their characters and/or stories. Or view the characters, for that matter.
Er, cut text. This is getting a little long for an entry and sort of rambling.
( trends in fanfic )
Speaking of Standing in the Common Spaces, I think the beta I had for that fic is in a serious time crunch and doesn't have time to beta and I hate to push someone who jsut doesn't have time. Anyone out there have time and sufficent interest in beta'ing a crossover fic? It's--*swallows*--Smallville/Spiderman (there HAVE been weirder crossovers!), futurefic, and about sixty pages/twenty-three thousand words, though you will be asked to muse on the ending with me, since I'm having my usual Ending Issues, as well as over pacing, structure, and well, the usual. Though I did spellcheck this time first. Really.
And for those following My Longing for the Foley's Teddy Bear That Wears Cute Glasses....
Teddy Bear Icons I've been working on. I have one more set to go. Damn page only had sixty bear pictures! I shall go looking for more. Many, many more. Until I burn that bear obsession RIGHT outta here.
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