Challenge...
Oct. 23rd, 2003 09:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarotgalJe suis not good with secrets.
Je suis not good at self restraint.
Je suis not good at French :-)
But I'm trying. I will say it's REALLY hard not to read the challenge fics ahead of time when you have them sitting on your computer staring at you! LOL! And it's difficult to code fics without reading them(I hope I didn't mess up spacing, etc. but I can't read them through to check). But I'm tough and strong and I'm resisting the urge to even glance at them. Tis difficult, though!
But just as an update... Annalisa's Yahoo Group looks good- I have a feeling it's going to be flooded with happy feedback when it opens up. I put myself on no mail until then, just so I'm not even tempted to read the stories. And the archive is looking okay... it's at a forced width of 800pixels which I think is a pretty standard width nowadays for a minimum, given screen resolutions. But if anyone has a problem with this, tell me now because it requires a lot of redoing if it's not okay.
Anyhoo... I'm excited... and worried... two of my stories are in fandoms I've never finished a fic in before so I'm terrified about those two. And one of my stories has underage Marauders, so I don't know how people'll feel about that. And two of them I wrote and edited VERY quickly so I'm sure there are mistakes I'll be kicking myself over. So I'm really nervous about feedback. I hope people end up liking them, though *crosses fingers*
I always go through this on Christmas, too, wanting to tell everyone what I got them days before the holidays. I'm really bad at not telling. I've been watching a lot of Yami no Matsuei to keep my mind off it, though. I watched episodes 3 through 9 today. I'm waiting for the last 4 to download now. Think I'll watch a little Dinatopia in the meantime. I got through an hour or two of it last night before bed. I adore David Thewlis in it- he's such fine actor- he does smarmy self-centered crachedy old git VERY well. I'm still sure he's NOT my Professor Lupin but he's a damn good actor so I'm willing to give it a shot. I watched some of another movie with him in it a month or so ago (have been meaning to watch the whole thing) and he was supposed to be a nice guy, but he just... doesn't do it for me. No fangirl giggling, no heart racing, no excitement when he comes on screen (assuming I can hold back revulsion at times). The best I can manage is a HUGE appreciation for his acting talents and indifference. But hell, that's better than utter dislike which is where I was at this time last year! So it's an improvement!
Je suis not good at self restraint.
Je suis not good at French :-)
But I'm trying. I will say it's REALLY hard not to read the challenge fics ahead of time when you have them sitting on your computer staring at you! LOL! And it's difficult to code fics without reading them(I hope I didn't mess up spacing, etc. but I can't read them through to check). But I'm tough and strong and I'm resisting the urge to even glance at them. Tis difficult, though!
But just as an update... Annalisa's Yahoo Group looks good- I have a feeling it's going to be flooded with happy feedback when it opens up. I put myself on no mail until then, just so I'm not even tempted to read the stories. And the archive is looking okay... it's at a forced width of 800pixels which I think is a pretty standard width nowadays for a minimum, given screen resolutions. But if anyone has a problem with this, tell me now because it requires a lot of redoing if it's not okay.
Anyhoo... I'm excited... and worried... two of my stories are in fandoms I've never finished a fic in before so I'm terrified about those two. And one of my stories has underage Marauders, so I don't know how people'll feel about that. And two of them I wrote and edited VERY quickly so I'm sure there are mistakes I'll be kicking myself over. So I'm really nervous about feedback. I hope people end up liking them, though *crosses fingers*
I always go through this on Christmas, too, wanting to tell everyone what I got them days before the holidays. I'm really bad at not telling. I've been watching a lot of Yami no Matsuei to keep my mind off it, though. I watched episodes 3 through 9 today. I'm waiting for the last 4 to download now. Think I'll watch a little Dinatopia in the meantime. I got through an hour or two of it last night before bed. I adore David Thewlis in it- he's such fine actor- he does smarmy self-centered crachedy old git VERY well. I'm still sure he's NOT my Professor Lupin but he's a damn good actor so I'm willing to give it a shot. I watched some of another movie with him in it a month or so ago (have been meaning to watch the whole thing) and he was supposed to be a nice guy, but he just... doesn't do it for me. No fangirl giggling, no heart racing, no excitement when he comes on screen (assuming I can hold back revulsion at times). The best I can manage is a HUGE appreciation for his acting talents and indifference. But hell, that's better than utter dislike which is where I was at this time last year! So it's an improvement!
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Date: 2003-10-25 12:44 am (UTC)But it'd be fun to have then every few months, certainly!
I've always enjoyed Thanksgiving Fics... always a lot of ways to be creative with those- angst, random people showing up, people being forced to be with others, lots of time for reflection. Nice stuff. But I wouldn't want to force a challenge this soon after the last one :-) Though, hey, the more fics the better! :-)
I'm still crossing my fingers that it'll be a huge turnout tonight :-) Guess we'll see!
I love Halloween... but that's probably because I'm a pagan and thus my main holiday. And I have a lot of things to be thankful for and lots of deaths to reflect on this year. Oh, and going to the Rocky Horror Picture Show like I do every year *G* That's what halloween is to me now that I'm older. Though (and one of my challenge fics reflects this) I LONG to have a house and decorate it and pass out candy to little kids. Kids don't Trick or Treat at apartment complexs in a college town- not that I blame them! But I can't wait for the day that I get to pass out candy to kids with spooky music in the background and all *G* It'll always be a great holiday for me, I think.
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Date: 2003-10-25 05:35 am (UTC)I saw RHPS on VHS 58 times before I got devirginized and saw it with the live cast and audience participation. I think it's such a fantastic and original movie. I mean, what else could get me to stand outside in lingerie for 4 hours in line to shoot water guns at friends and watch a movie I've already seen a hundred times? heehee It's really one of a kind. And I'm just thankful I get to do it once a year. And be all naughty in public for a change *G*
When I was a kid, Easter used to be my favorite holiday. I loved the rebirth and the spring and it's when my bday is, too. But now it's Halloween... quite the opposite, huh? :-)
As for decorating... yeah... I put up Christmas lights 2 years ago in my apartment. Looked so neat that I haven't taken them down. So I'm scared to decorate more for fear that they'll stay! LOL!
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Date: 2003-10-26 03:46 am (UTC)Easter was on my birthday when I was 7years old... but not since. I'm still looking forward to it happening again one year. :-)
i like the whole spiritual part of Halloween (how it used to be "All Hollow's Eve").
LOL *couh* Yeah. And before the Christians stole it, it was Samhain(which is what I celebrate) :-)