Paid! And Updated!

[tarotgal]

I updated tg's Realm. Gave it a new look :-) There are some new vids, sounds, and stories(Gravitation). So check that out if you're bored and let me know what you think of the layout. I think it might download a little too slowly... but like my advisor says, it just means my users need faster comps and better connections. LOL

Um. Just to clarify... my advisor says that about developing computer programs in general... NOT specifically about my website LOL!!!

I'm watching a Queer Eye episode right now... have a craving for quiche now. Did I spell that right?

Anyway, just now I got an electronic pay stubb in e-mail. I was under the impression that I wasn't getting paid until I graduated (I should have read my contract better before I signed it) but not only did it say I'm getting paid this Friday BUT ALSO it's about $25 more than I used to earn under my old contract! I'm floored. EXCITED, of course, but stunned. I was SO worried yesterday that I wouldn't make my rent next month. (Of course, I still bought the Sleeping Beauty DVD for $16) But I'm SO happy. Just had to share. I like being able to pay my bills! Especially with the medical costs lately! (Most of which is covered under my student fees, but not all of it)

Anyway, just had to share. MONEY! YAY!!!!

I'm thinking of taking off for a few days to visit parents/family. My sister just got her permit... I'd love to force her to drive for me. She was SO supportive of me when I was learning (stuck up for me and my skills whem Mom had me in tears) And I need a haircut before I defend because hair length is inversely proportional to confidence level, as my former roommate and I decided :-)

I'll, um, stop rambling now.
I'm just SO happy that now I'll be able to buy things without worrying about making the rent (and electric, and ethernet, and phone, and cable and VISA bills)

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[tarotgal]

I was also going to mention, crossover story wise, that I think it's a very creative idea and one I'd never have come up with! I'm most impressed with your ambition and I'm sure you'll do it justice. I'm just impressed with the creativity of the idea in the first place :-)
Good job! :-)

Love the new site! (and a rambling thank you)

[ladykorana.livejournal.com]

Hi tarotgal! Just wanted to let you know that your new site is simply lovely! I've always been fond of pictures from that era...particularly the one that you've chosen for the 'Male Stories' section. I've always interpreted it as a lovely young elf maiden charming and seducing a young human soldier who'd lost his way and wandered into a mystical forest. Anyway, congrats on a great update!

I'd also like to offer you a huge THANK YOU for putting up the movie clip from DS9 about them guessing Kira's sneezes. This show was my sole obsession for several years of my life (after ST:TNG ended), and after watching this scene, I remember why. Jadzia Dax is my hero. Smart, loves science, has a great sense of humor, knows how to have fun, and her race, the Trill...I always found that idea fascinating. God, I missed Jadzia Dax after they killed her off. I stopped watching after they introduced Ezri Dax (a pale imitation of the former Dax), just as I stopped watching SG-1 during the season that Daniel was gone, and replaced by the wanna-be Daniel clone who was responsible for his death (sorry, still bitter about Jonas). She had such chemistry with everyone on the show, and her scenes with Ben Sisko evoke the best of the friendship stuff between Jack and Daniel, or Aragorn and Legolas in the LOTR fic-verse.

DS9 was also my first introduction into the realm of fanfiction. I spent much time on the Jadzia and Julian shipper site, before finally exhausting the supply of fics and getting bored with what was (in comparison to XF, SG-1, and now LOTR) a very meager supply of fics. But for me, it was the key to a whole new way to spend my time...a whole new depth and understanding and way to expore the characters and the world more fully.

To finish the story, DS9 led to X-Files, which, interestingly, was the last time I actually enjoyed reading het fic *G* Watched X-Files from 5th to 7th season (and played catch-up with the rest of the series), and in XF, discovered the Muldertorture Anonymous archive and the wonders of H/C fic. I was a lost cause from then on...it was so easy to make the transition to Obi/Qui after TPM, then to SG-1, and then LOTR. I can't list POTC in this list yet, because while I love the movie, I can't seem to get way, way deep into more than one fandom at a time...probably a good thing in the long run, considering the amount of time I already spend online! *G*
So there you have it, my long history of internet fandoms. Boy, my thank you really went way off on a tangent...my typing fingers had a mind of their own!

Re: Love the new site! (and a rambling thank you)

[tarotgal]

Thanks for the compliments on the redesign. It took about a fraction of the time I'd thought it would so I just ran with it. Very random.
Ohh I love that one, too. The beautiful lady without mercy... it's a lovely poem by Keats that inspired it and a number of other paintings on the subject by other artists of the era. http://www.nouveaunet.com/prbpassion/supernat1.cfm But JWW did several versions of it himself... that's my favorite. I love the look in her eyes. And you're right, there's something very magical and alluring about it. The poem is about a faery woman who enticed the men

And Oh, you have such EXCELLENT taste! Jadzia Dax was my favorite character on DS9 (very closely followed by Julian who was actually 90% of my inspiration for Tala) I, too, adore the entire concept of the Trill- and especially love Dax's friendship with Ben(who has always been a character I like as well... with his strong and commanding yet very gentle and logical nature). But Jadzia... I actually watched Becker quite a lot just because I missed Jadzia :-) I stopped watching it at that point as well... it just wasn't the same... and I was never into the whole Worf thing. Bless his heart. I love the man to death, don't get me wrong. I was a Worf/Troi shipper as much as a Ricker/Troi shipper... but Jadzia and Julian are just too adorable together. And there's SO much to imagine and so far to go where a Trill is involved! I think my all-time favorite episodes are the ones involving her hosts- especially the one with Joran, I think his name was (the murderer). It's been a while. I'm fuzzy on the details.
Anyway, I always felt the whole Worf entering in and Kira carrying Miles' child and all started making it feel a little too soap opera for me. But when Ezri took over I lost interest.

And no worries. I always love to hear how people get into the fandoms they follow... and how they get into fanfic, etc. I find myself going backwards so many times (reading a fanfic then deciding to follow the series more faithfully, etc.) that it's refreshing to hear that other people have very complex accounts of their delving into internet fandoms and fanfic, etc. And I say it again- you've got excellent taste!! :-)

Oh, and on the Jonas note, I was bitter for a very long time... still am a bit. I think he did make a good addition (I found it a bit comforting when they kept going through 4th members so rapidly, no one fitting in well) and though he was very similar to Daniel (too similar at times, like they didn't bother writing new characterstics for him) I actually grew to like him... and am at least glad he was around on a number of missions. I think for me it's a case of being able to appreciate Daniel more after living through Jonas' presence in his absence. Jonas was great... but he wasn't Daniel And there's so much to Daniel (like his friendships) that really make me love him in ways I could never love Jonas(because he wasn't developed as much, etc.)

Aaaaand now I'll stop rambling, too! :-)

Re: Love the new site! (and a rambling thank you)

[ladykorana.livejournal.com]

Wow, you have a good memory! Joran Belar! That was his name, and I *adored* that episode. I must have driven my parents crazy with how many times I watched that episode. I actually tried (and failed) to learn how to play that music, which Joran composed and she kept hearing in her head, on the piano *G* The preview for it alone had me in ecstatic anticipation for days. You know how much I love H/C fic, right? Well, before I found fic, all I had were episodes like that, which put my favorite characters in jeopardy. I was quite delighted that it seemed so easy to hurt Trills...that symbiont thing is a huge physical weakness, along with the blessing of shared knowledge and wisdom. (Kinda reverse of the way the elves have all this physical stamina, gracefullness, deceptive strength, yet can die from grief). The 2nd season episode where the guy actually stole her symbiont was my favorite for years, and still is very high up there on my list. It pretty much cemented the Jadzia/Julian thing in my mind, and I felt so bad for the poor Doc for being forced to perform the surgery!

As for Jonas, I only watched maybe half of an episode here and there during the season Daniel was gone. I was very glad to see that the powers that be didn't just instantly put him on the team, but once he was there, I just couldn't forgive him. It was so violating, to see him pouring through and memorizing stuff in Daniel's most private diaries. And in the 2 parter where Daniel came back, I felt like TPTB were making it rather forced for Daniel to like him, so that we Daniel fans would then like him. It was like 'See, Daniel forgives him and likes him...you should too!' Nope, too little, too late for me. That part at the end where Jonas takes a blast in the leg to protect Daniel...and then Daniel says 'I owe you.' and Jonas says 'Let's call it even' or something like that. NO WAY! A little scorched leg, IMHO, in no way, shape, or form equals dying horribly and slowly from radiation sickness (my worst nightmare) after saving an entire planet and then being blamed for the whole thing, with wussy Jonas not even enough of a man to come forward and clear Daniel's name. I just can't forgive him, and to quote Daniel in Window of Opportunity 'I'm sorry, but that just happens to be how I feel about it. What do you think?' :)