Others volunteering to help out a friend is a whole lot different than trolling for donations for oneself, Erika. Hell, my Best Friend is paying for my ticket out to see her, which is my Birthday/Christmas present, amounting to, oh, 4 times what I got her for those holidays, but she has lots of money and I don't and I would do the same for her in a hot second if the situations were reversed so it's cool.
Zoe: First rule of battle, little one. Don't ever let 'em know where you are. Mal: Whoo-hoo! I'm right here! I'm right here! You want some of me? Yeah, you do! Come on! Come on! Aaah! Whoo-hoo! Zoe: Of course, there are other schools of thought...
'The Message'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Scrappy - Aug 10, 2005 11:57:34 am PDT #861 of 10434
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Katie M - Aug 10, 2005 12:02:52 pm PDT #862 of 10434
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Right, exactly. "I had the money to enable my friend to do X cool thing/have X thing/eat something other than baloney for the next three months and so I gave it to them" is totally fine--it's a gift. Feels different.
I keep seeing the Cassie thing referenced but I'm not sure I remember the deal.
The plagiarism thing or the computer? The computer was when... she and her roommates' apartment was broken into, and their computers were stolen, and a friend took up a collection to buy new ones? Collected thousands of dollars, if I remember correctly. And then there was an iPod involved somehow, but I didn't really follow it closely enough to be able to describe that bit.
Emily - Aug 10, 2005 12:10:50 pm PDT #863 of 10434
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Hey, my friends bought me an iPod. But that's okay, because I did absolutely nothing in return ("I am not a prostitute, mister! I'm a housewife. I have sex for free!"). Oh gee, you think it was a subtle hint to finish that Smallville WiP?
§ ita § - Aug 10, 2005 12:14:26 pm PDT #864 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Back to work!
Emily - Aug 10, 2005 12:16:46 pm PDT #865 of 10434
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Aw, crap. Well, at least there's a soundtrack, now. Although I'm not sure how the angsty aliensexness of it will be affected by the accompaniment of Skee-Lo's "Mr. Morton" or Blind Melon's "My Hero Zero."
(Or Pizzicato Five's "Twiggy Twiggy" which I just ran across in a box under my bed, much to my delight.)
erikaj - Aug 10, 2005 12:19:29 pm PDT #866 of 10434
Always Anti-fascist!
Is she...like, very stoned? And if I declared that I was founding the Church of St. John The Munchkin and that haj was one of its tenets, and I'm very impaired and haven't been to Fell's Point and wish to pay my respects, could I get to visit the Balmeristas? (if so, I'm too fucking honest.)
Emily - Aug 10, 2005 12:20:26 pm PDT #867 of 10434
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
RWA kerfuffle?
Anne W. - Aug 10, 2005 12:28:18 pm PDT #868 of 10434
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Katie M - Aug 10, 2005 12:29:50 pm PDT #869 of 10434
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Awards ceremony involving footage of Tiananmen Square set to "Don't Worry, Be Happy."
Dana - Aug 10, 2005 12:33:00 pm PDT #870 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Cassie Claire: Long HP epics which lifted lines of dialogue from Buffy without attribution.
I forget what else, if anything, she got caught taking, but it got her kicked off ff.net. Yet her supporters are legion.