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Writer's Block: From A to Z

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:10:40 GMT

Using one word for each letter of the alphabet, make a list of the words you most associate with yourself or that you feel best describe you.

Submitted By mesila

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Adele
Blunt
Computer Programmer
Determined
Egotistical
Fearful
Game-lover
Honest
Intelligent
Jane's daughter
Knowledgeable
Loyal
Mother
Natural
Outspoken
Protective
Quick thinking
Reader
Straight-forward
Tae Kwon Do
Unitarian Universalist
Villemez
Writer
XXXOOO to my husband
Young at heart
Zoloft

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:30:33 GMT

From truepenny
Copy this sentence into your livejournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage/relationship (or if you think you might be someday), and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.

Not much to add to that except how pathetic it is that this even needs to be said.

First Post in Awhile

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:16:42 GMT

Well, I have not posted in almost a year. I have recently become interested in someone's blog - enough to bookmark it and read it on a regular basis. I don't quite get how people write something that other people, total strangers in fact, will actually be interested in reading day after day. The exception, of course, is fan fiction and fan vids. I am not nearly motivated enough to write fan fiction. I do like making fan vids, but it takes me forever to make even one vid. I am only working on my second vid now. It is for OZ. I also have the problem of watching everything on DVD years after everyone else online has moved on to another fandom.

I do watch Supernatural, which is a very popular fandom right now.

I think my problem is I can't decide what my journal is for. Is it strictly about media I am interested in? What's going on in my life? I mean, what it is really for is so I can friend the other journals I am interested in and comment without being anonymous. But since I have it, it seems like I should post to it. And I can certainly ramble on when motivated.

So here is my regular online activity as illustrated by my toolbar bookmarks:

Live Journal is my home page, mostly so I can check the journals I have "friended". I think I need to trim down the list that show up on my friends page though. It is getting a little unwieldy.

First bookmark is remote access to work so I can log on from home. I am a computer programmer and do that very frequently, though I don't actually work out of my home.

Next bookmark is Google. Use it constantly. Often to look up answers to random questions my daughter asks such as "What is ANZAC Day?" and "What is the doctor looking for when she checks your reflexes?" Or searches prompted by things I read on other people's blogs and bulletin board posts.

Amazon - used to buy books here all the time. I believe this bookmark is a link so a donation will be made to Amnesty International when I buy from Amazon. If it isn't, it should be.

eBay - Not sure why this is bookmarked on my toolbar actually, though I occasionally buy things on eBay.

Daily Fic - this is a drop-down containing links to the web sites of my five favorite online fiction authors so I can open them all at once in tabs and check quickly for updates.

AT&T Webmail - my email

Slash - another drop-down, but this one only has 2 sites in it: my favorite fan vidder and a page of OZ links

Pogo - I love to play games online

Webkinz - I got an account so I could have a Webkinz and visit my daughter's Webkinz

Mothering.com - Awesome Natural Family Living and Attachment Parenting forum. The only forum I frequent on a regular basis.

ItsYourTurn - This is my most recently added bookmark. When I was young I played Pente with my father a lot. My current addiction is playing Pente on this site, which facilitates playing games sort of by email. I will put aside all modesty and say I am a very good Pente player. If you think you can beat me come on over to itsyourturn.com and invite me to play a game. My user ID is AdeleMommy.

Color of my Soul

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:48:27 GMT

...whatever that means. I must admit I cheated a little. My first result was so clearly wrong I went back and changed my response to a few questions where I was torn between two answers and then got this which, while still not perfect, seems to fit a little better:

Studio 60 One More Time

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:54:43 GMT

Well, Danny didn't rough Matt up. Didn't even touch him, in fact, but it was still a great scene. I love the "I will beat you to a bloody pulp before I let..." line.

Studio 60 Returns

Sat, 26 May 2007 19:03:56 GMT

They finally bring back Studio 60 after months and the episode they show doesn't include either Matt or Danny at all? Who thought that was a good idea? Oh well, maybe next week's will be better.

My Visual DNA

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:05:10 GMT

Black Donnellys

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:09:15 GMT

Just watched the premiere of The Black Donnellys. For the second time actually, because I got a sneak peak preview DVD from Netflix a few weeks ago. I enjoyed the show a lot, even the second time. It is right up my alley of course -- dark, brothers, love, and violence.

Button pushing is where you find it

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:49:46 GMT

Last night I was watching Studio 60 and I said to my husband, "This is just like Sopranos. Whenever someone starts to use drugs and hide it, I'm wondering how long it will take before Danny [or in Sopranos, Tony] finds out."

My husband responded, "And how much hurt Danny will put on him when he does find out."

It is wonderful to have someone who knows me so well and still loves me. Unfortunately, the answer to those questions for Studio 60 are probably, "A long time." and "Not much." We'll see...

Brokeback Christmas

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:58:17 GMT

My amazing husband, who always gets me wonderful Christmas presents without any prompting, gave me two framed Brokeback Mountain posters. One of the posters I was not aware existed. It shows Ennis hugging Jack from behind. My husband is OK with my hanging these posters in our bedroom and even hung them for me today. Am I unbelievably lucky or what?

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 02:41:05 GMT

I just had an adventure in truepenny's dungeon:

I died in the Dungeon of Truepenny

I was killed in a damp gallery by Mrissa the orc, whilst carrying...

the Armour of Oracne, the Sword of Archaeology, the Armour of Mirrorthaw, the Dagger of Ellen Kushner, a Figurine of Papersky, the Sword of Scott Lynch and 54 gold pieces.

Score: 52

Explore the Dungeon of Truepenny and try to beat this score,
or enter your username to generate and explore your own dungeon...

Rain

Mon, 01 May 2006 00:40:00 GMT

It has been raining here non-stop for two days now. Every time I look out the window (which is about 30 times a day -- I must like torturing myself) I see this light, steady, drop, drop, drop. No thunder and lightning. No wind whipping the trees around. Nothing exciting. Just rain rain rain. And we're supposed to have two more days of this. I can't stand it.

Supernatural

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 00:55:23 GMT

I loved Thursday's Supernatural. It had all the brother interaction I watch for. My favorite conversation of the ep:

Dean: "[Going back into the burning house] is suicide!"
Sam: "I don't care."
Dean: "Well, I do."

Highlander

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 00:49:11 GMT

Found out a new Highlander movie finished filming in December 2005. I loved the television series but have not been too impressed with the movies. I hope this one is good. At least it included Peter Wingfield as Methos. In any case, the new movie should stimulate a resurgence of Highlander fan fiction, which is always a good thing. The official movie site is here: http://highlander-thesource.com/

Brokeback Mountain DVD

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:49:33 GMT

I bought the Brokeback Mountain DVD the day it came out (4/4). Unfortunately, I accidentally got the full-screen version. I watched it anyway. Then the next day my husband got the wide-screen version for me and I watched it all the way through. Since then I have watched the beginning when they are herding sheep on Brokeback many times and then skipped ahead to other favorite scenes. I think the extras are kind of weak, though I did enjoy the cowboy featurette. I hope they plan to put out a loaded DVD sometime. I would love commentary by Ang Lee, Heath, Jake, and of course, deleted scenes.

Here are my 10 favorite scenes in the order they appear in the movie.

Brokeback Moments

1. When Jack poses against his truck and gives Ennis a "look" and then lowers his head.
2. When Ennis comes back after losing the supplies because of the bear and Jack starts to clean the blood off his face.
3. The first (and only real) sex scene.
4. The playing turning to fighting right before they come down off the mountain.
5. When Ennis beats up the bikers at the 4th of July celebration.
6. The hugging and kissing reunion when Jack comes back for the first time after 4 years.
7. The conversation when Jack comes to WY after Ennis tells him about his divorce.
8. Jack's Thanksgiving.
9. The confrontation between Jack and Ennis over Mexico, including Jack's Brokeback Mountain speech.
10. The flashback to hugging by the campfire.

David Feintuch

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 07:01:19 GMT

I just found out moments ago that David Feintuch died on March 16. I am stunned. He was one of those authors I "discovered" late, read everything I could find by him in a matter of weeks, and then regularly checked to see if he had something new coming out. I know I said the same thing about Octavia Butler, but I just can't believe there won't ever be any more books by Feintuch.

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 01:47:16 GMT

I have finished Sebastian. I think it was quite good. It ended in a satisfying way while still obviously being the first book of a series.

I am so glad Prison Break is back! I thought last week's ep did an admirable job of building and maintaining tension even though we all knew Lincoln was not actually going to be executed. It's fun to speculate on how the execution will be delayed.

Did I miss a new episode of Supernatural last week?

I have officially stopped watching The Apprentice. It was getting tedious and I was finding Trump more and more annoying. I am still watching Amazing Race and Survivor.

I read Brokeback Mountain comes out on DVD April 4. Hooray!

Sebastian

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:23:45 GMT

I'm reading Anne Bishop's latest book, Sebastian now. I'm enjoying it. It has all the elements that all Anne Bishop books seem to have: dark, violent world; strong, magical, central male character with supernatural sex appeal; even stronger, more magical female character who is so powerful she is an outcast. But this world is a little different from her dark jewels universe and I find it interesting. And anyway, I like those elements!

Octavia Butler

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 01:38:53 GMT

...passed away February 24. She was one of my favorite science fiction authors. Her last book was Fledgling. Not my favorite of hers, but quite good. I still can't really believe there aren't going to be any new books by her.

SF Books Meme

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 04:10:40 GMT

I know I'm quite a bit more than "a day late and a dollar short" as they say, but since truepenny discussed it recently I thought this would be good for my first meme.

1953
HUGO: Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man

1955
HUGO: Mark Clifton, They'd Rather Be Right

1956
HUGO: Robert Heinlein, Double Star

1958
HUGO: Fritz Leiber, The Big Time

1959
HUGO: James Blish, A Case of Conscience

1960
HUGO: Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

1961
HUGO: Walter Miller, Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz

1962
HUGO: Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

1963
HUGO: Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

1964
HUGO: Clifford Simak, Way Station

1965
HUGO: Fritz Leiber, The Wanderer
NEBULA: Frank Herbert, Dune

1966
HUGO: Roger Zelazny, ...And Call Me Conrad
HUGO: Frank Herbert, Dune
NEBULA: Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon
NEBULA: Samuel R. Delany, Babel-17

1967
HUGO: Robert Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
NEBULA: Samuel R. Delany, The Einstein Intersection

1968
HUGO: Roger Zelazny, Lord of Light
NEBULA: Alexei Panshin, Rite of Passage

1969
HUGO: John Brunner, Stand on Zanzibar
NEBULA: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

1970
HUGO: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
NEBULA: Larry Niven, Ringworld

1971
HUGO: Larry Niven, Ringworld
NEBULA: Robert Silverberg, A Time of Changes

1972
HUGO: Philip Jose Farmer, To Your Scattered Bodies Go
NEBULA: Isaac Asimov, The Gods Themselves

1973
HUGO: Isaac Asimov, The Gods Themselves
NEBULA: Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous With Rama

1974
HUGO: Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous With Rama
NEBULA: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed

1975
HUGO: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed
NEBULA: Joe Haldeman, The Forever War
WFA: Patricia McKillip, The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

1976
HUGO: Joe Haldeman, The Forever War
NEBULA: Frederik Pohl, Man Plus
WFA: Richard Matheson, Bid Time Return

1977
HUGO: Kate Wilhelm, Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
NEBULA: Frederik Pohl, Gateway
WFA: William Kotzwinkle, Doctor Rat

1978
HUGO: Frederik Pohl, Gateway
NEBULA: Vonda N. McIntyre, Dreamsnake
WFA: Fritz Leiber, Our Lady of Darkness

1979
HUGO: Vonda N. McIntyre, Dreamsnake
NEBULA: Arthur C. Clarke, The Fountains of Paradise
WFA: Michael Moorcock, Gloriana

1980
HUGO: Arthur C. Clarke, The Fountains of Paradise
NEBULA: Gregory Benford, Timescape
WFA: Elizabeth A. Lynn, Watchtower

1981
HUGO: Joan D. Vinge, The Snow Queen
NEBULA: Gene Wolfe, The Claw of the Conciliator
WFA: Gene Wolfe, The Shadow of the Torturer

1982
DICK: Rudy Rucker, Software
HUGO: C. J. Cherryh, Downbelow Station
NEBULA: Michael Bishop, No Enemy But Time
WFA: John Crowley, Little Big

1983
DICK: Tim Powers, The Anubis Gates
HUGO: Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge
NEBULA: David Brin, Startide Rising
WFA: Michael Shea, Nifft the Lean

1984
DICK: William Gibson, Neuromancer
HUGO: David Brin, Startide Rising
NEBULA: William Gibson, Neuromancer
WFA: John M. Ford, The Dragon Waiting

1985
DICK: Tim Powers, Dinner at Deviant's Palace
HUGO: William Gibson, Neuromancer
NEBULA: Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
WFA: Barry Hughart, The Bridge of Birds
WFA: Robert Holdstock, Mythago Wood

1986
DICK: James P. Blaylock, Homunculus
HUGO: Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
NEBULA: Orson Scott Card, Speaker for the Dead
WFA: Dan Simmons, Song of Kali

1987
CLARKE: Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
DICK: Patricia Geary, Strange Toys
HUGO: Orson Scott Card, Speaker for the Dead
NEBULA: Pat Murphy, The Falling Woman
STOKER: Stephen King, Misery
STOKER: Robert R. McCammon, Swan Song
WFA: Patrick Suskind, Perfume

1988
CLARKE: George Turner, The Sea and Summer
DICK: Rudy Rucker, Wetware
HUGO: David Brin, The Uplift War
NEBULA: Lois McMaster Bujold, Falling Free
STOKER: Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs
WFA: Ken Grimwood, Replay

1989
CLARKE: Rachel Pollack, Unquenchable Fire
DICK: Richard Paul Russo, Subterranean Gallery
HUGO: C. J. Cherryh, Cyteen
NEBULA: Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, The Healer's War
STOKER: Dan Simmons, Carrion Comfort
WFA: Peter Straub, Koko

1990
CLARKE: Geoff Ryman, The Child Garden
DICK: Pat Murphy, Points of Departure
HUGO: Dan Simmons, Hyperion
NEBULA: Ursula K. Le Guin, Tehanu
STOKER: Robert R. McCammon, Mine
WFA: Jack Vance, Madouc

1991
CLARKE: Colin Greenland, Take Back Plenty
DICK: Ian McDonald, King of Morning, Queen of Day
HUGO: Lois McMaster Bujold, The Vor Game
NEBULA: Michael Swanwick, Stations of the Tide
STOKER: Robert R. McCammon, Boy's Life
TIPTREE: Eleanor Arnason, A Woman of the Iron People
TIPTREE: Gwyneth Jones, The White Queen
WFA: James Morrow, Only Begotten Daughter
WFA: Ellen Kushner, Thomas the Rhymer

1992
CLARKE: Pat Cadigan, Synners
DICK: Richard Grant, Through the Heart
HUGO: Lois McMaster Bujold, Barrayar
NEBULA: Connie Willis, Domesday Book
STOKER: Thomas F. Monteleone, Blood of the Lamb
TIPTREE: Maureen McHugh, China Mountain Zhang
WFA: Robert R. McCammon, Boy's Life

1993
CLARKE: Marge Piercy, Body of Glass
DICK: Jack Womack, Elvissey
DICK: John M. Ford, Growing Up Weightless
HUGO: Connie Willis, Domesday Book
HUGO: Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep
NEBULA: Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars
STOKER: Peter Straub, The Throat
TIPTREE: Nicola Griffith, Ammonite
WFA: Tim Powers, Last Call

1994
CLARKE: Jeff Noon, Vurt
DICK: Robert Charles Wilson, Mysterium
HUGO: Kim Stanley Robinson, Green Mars
NEBULA: Greg Bear, Moving Mars
STOKER: Nancy Holder, Dead in the Water
TIPTREE: Nancy Springer, Larque on the Wing
WFA: Lewis Shiner, Glimpses

1995
CLARKE: Pat Cadigan, Fools
DICK: Bruce Bethke, Headcrash
HUGO: Lois McMaster Bujold, Mirror Dance
NEBULA: Robert J. Sawyer, The Terminal Experiment
STOKER: Joyce Carol Oates, Zombie
TIPTREE: Elizabeth Hand, Waking the Moon
TIPTREE: Theodore Roszak, The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein
WFA: James Morrow, Towing Jehovah

1996
CLARKE: Paul J. McAuley, Fairyland
DICK: Stephen Baxter, The Time Ships
HUGO: Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age
NEBULA: Nicola Griffith, Slow River
STOKER: Stephen King, The Green Mile
TIPTREE: Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow
WFA: Christopher Priest, The Prestige

1997
CLARKE: Amitav Ghosh, The Calcutta Chromosome
DICK: Stepan Chapman, The Troika
HUGO: Kim Stanley Robinson, Blue Mars
NEBULA: Vonda N. McIntyre, The Moon and the Sun
STOKER: Janet Berliner and George Guthridge, Children of the Dusk
TIPTREE: Candas Jane Dorsey, Black Wine
WFA: Rachel Pollack, Godmother Night

1998
CLARKE: Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow
DICK: Geoff Ryman, 253: The Print Remix
HUGO: Joe Haldeman, Forever Peace
NEBULA: Joe Haldeman, Forever Peace
STOKER: Stephen King, Bag of Bones
TIPTREE: [a short story by Raphael Carter]
WFA: Jeffrey Ford, The Physiognomy

1999
CLARKE: Tricia Sullivan, Dreaming in Smoke
DICK: Stephen Baxter, Vacuum Diagrams: Stories of the Xeelee Sequence
HUGO: Connie Willis, To Say Nothing of the Dog
NEBULA: Octavia Butler, Parable of the Talents
STOKER: Peter Straub, Mr. X
TIPTREE: Suzy McKee Charnas, The Conqueror's Child
WFA: Louise Erdrich, The Antelope Wife

2000
CLARKE: Bruce Sterling, Distraction
DICK: Michael Marshall Smith, Only Forward
HUGO: Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky
NEBULA: Greg Bear, Darwin's Radio
STOKER: Richard Laymon, The Traveling Vampire Show
TIPTREE: Molly Gloss, Wild Life
WFA: Martin Scott, Thraxas

2001
CLARKE: China Miéville, Perdido Street Station
DICK: Richard Paul Russo, Ship of Fools
HUGO: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
NEBULA: Catherine Asaro, The Quantum Rose
STOKER: Neil Gaiman, American Gods
TIPTREE: Hiromi Goto, The Kappa Child
WFA: Tim Powers, Declare
WFA: Sean Stewart, Galveston

2002
CLARKE: Gwyneth Jones, Bold as Love
DICK: Carol Emshwiller, The Mount
HUGO: Neil Gaiman, American Gods
NEBULA: Neil Gaiman, American Gods
STOKER: Thomas Piccirilli, The Night Class
TIPTREE: M. John Harrison, Light
WFA: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Other Wind

2003
CLARKE: Christopher Priest, The Separation
DICK: Richard K. Morgan, Altered Carbon
HUGO: Robert J. Sawyer, Hominids
NEBULA: Elizabeth Moon, Speed of Dark
STOKER: Peter Straub, lost boy lost girl
TIPTREE: Matt Ruff, Set This House in Order
WFA: Graham Joyce, The Facts of Life
WFA: Patricia A. McKillip, Ombria in Shadow

2004
CLARKE: Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver
DICK: Gwyneth Jones, Life
HUGO: Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin of Souls
NEBULA: Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin of Souls
STOKER: Peter Straub, In the Night Room
TIPTREE: Joe Haldeman, Camouflage
TIPTREE: Johanna Sinisalo, Not Before Sundown (US title, Troll: A Love Story)
WFA: Jo Walton, Tooth and Claw

2005
CLARKE: China Miéville, Iron Council
HUGO: Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
WFA: Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

Out of this list of 194 books (trusting truepenny), I have read a pitiful 14. I think I tend not to agree with awards much.

Feeling Better

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 02:23:48 GMT

I went to work yesterday, but I am finally feeling better today. My husband is feeling better too and my daughter is on the road to recovery.

What a relief!

I saw Brokeback Mountain again on Monday. It still holds my interest amazingly enough. I think the film copy at my local theater is deteriorating though. There were little black specks on some scenes. I am ready to get the DVD now.

I ordered the Brokeback soundtrack from amazon last night. Also the new book by Anne Bishop and the original cast recording of Godspell. And a Max and Ruby DVD so there will be something for my daughter when the box arrives.

No Supernatural last night. Boo. Hiss.

I have finished Cell by Stephen King. A fun read and decent book. Not on the level of his Dark Tower series of course, but certainly enjoyable. Some aspects of the book reminded me of The Stand and some reminded me of Tommyknockers.

UU

Sun, 19 Feb 2006 17:16:42 GMT

I joined the local UU church yesterday as planned. I almost didn't because all three of us were still sick, but in the end I decided I was well enough to go, and my husband said it was better than waiting months for the next time to join, or just joining without the ceremony and then having a hollow ceremony later. I agreed. So now I am a member of a church for the first time in my life. Kind of weird...

Yuck

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:54:09 GMT

I seem to have caught the flu. I almost never get the flu, but this year I did. Just to make this even more fun, my husband and five-year-old daughter both have it too. Yuck.

Valentine's Day

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 01:42:46 GMT

Happy Valentine's Day!

Crash

Sat, 11 Feb 2006 06:01:38 GMT

Just saw Crash on DVD. Overrated in my opinion. But then, I didn't really expect to like it very much because it is not my type of movie. And of course it isn't. My dad liked it a lot. He won't even go see Brokeback Mountain.