Pointers to good U2 slash, for seanarenay:

Fire Unto Fire, by sunrazor
To Decline and Fall In Rome by Claire
Making Christmas by natlet
Fighting the Tide by lardence_lover

And that's all I could gather up before bed. :)

Pointers to good U2 slash, for seanarenay:

Fire Unto Fire, by sunrazor
To Decline and Fall In Rome by Claire
Making Christmas by natlet
Fighting the Tide by lardence_lover

And that's all I could gather up before bed. :)

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Allow me to test this out. Melle.

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I have nothing to do! *runs around in circles* I'm gonna have to entertain myself by printing out stories and reading LJ and PhotoShopping! *runs around* *pause* Wait, why am I complaining?

Also, we'd ordered eighty mini-cakes for a meeting yesterday, and they delivered twice as much (while charging us for eighty!) So now I have cakes and coffee and slash. Mmmm, bliss.

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...

(Look at the latest review.)

Dude

I gained, like, four or five new friends overnight! Oi, I say!

So, um, hi. *waves to new friends* I'm Melle. Feel free to smack me when I become overly British, opinionated or bitchy. :)

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Okay, someone recc me a story. Fanfic, original, just something meaty. A bunch of short stories are okay, but long stuff is preferred. Something to print out and read on the train. Please? You know what I like, which fandoms I'm into, which pairings.

Please? Help out a desperate Belgian, here!

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Heh. Memories. :)

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Fuckin' 'ell!

Fucking sonofabitch PayPal is saying I can't accept payments from users who pay by credit card (as opposed to from a bank account or from their paypal balance) unless I upgrade. Well fuck you too, you fucker!

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So here I am, looking back on my first fandom, and I find this website, which I came across a few times, back in the days, and I start reading their blog and look at that. PuppyFen! :D Small world, innit?

In other news, Sae (sivan) said:

Oh, something else. In fanfic reviews, it's a common occurrence for the reviewer to concede: "Well, her spelling and grammar might be excusable if she's not a native speaker. I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt."
Now, for obvious reasons I'm very much in favour of that if the spelling and grammar insecurities are singular. If, however, a text consists of nothing but errors, it isn't not being a native speaker. It's being sloppy and too lazy to make an effort. And it always makes me feel a little resentful to see the 'not a native speaker' excuse, because I am making the effort to use proper verb forms and spell correctly and whatnot. And while I'm not saying that everyone ought to obsess over it as much as I do, I still think that even with a small amount of dedication it should be possible to make a text, y'know, intellegible.

Ah, yes. And then there's the ever-fathful "If English is your second language, get a beta," which makes me grit my teeth, clench my fists and take deep breaths.

Look. I'm going to be conceited here for a second, but I do think I can honestly say that my English is better than that of about 60-70% of the (online) native English speaking population. I have a largeish vocabulary, I know how to spell the majority of the words I use, and I know how to use a spell checker when I don't, and I may not know the formal rules of grammar, but I've internalised then rather well, I'd say. Basically, very few people realise, without me telling them outright, that I'm not a native English speaker.

And I hate being singled out one way or another because I happen to have been born in a country where English isn't the/a national language. Don't do me any favours. Don't treat me like the 'special' child in the class. Don't go easy on me, but don't tell me I should be extra careful, either. Everyone should use a beta, and wether you can get away with not using one depends on your skills and not on how old you were when you learned English.

English isn't that hard a language to learn, if only because we're bombarded with it almost 24/7 via songs, television, movies, etc. For most non-English speakers, learning a second language is also quite natural, because if you want to travel and be understood, you've to at least learn, that's right, English.

Basically, what I'm saying is, your language isn't that special, and there's probably more non-natives who speak it better than your average netizen than those who fail to use correct grammar and spelling. (And the latter will usually be more inclined to ask for help, being aware of their limitations.)

(Actually, allow me to amend that last sentence, and emphasise the word "usually". Because more and more, I see "I'm not a native speaker" being used as an excuse for not asking a native to beta, and no. That's no valid excuse.)

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To: Bloke in Meeting Room
From: The chick with the Nirvana smiley T-Shirt
Re: My breasts

I'm UP HERE, you fucker!

Sincerely,
a person

(Edit: PS: I am not here to obet your every whim. I am not some Cute Blonde Secretary with nothing better to do than sit around all day painting her nails. I have a job, and the only part of that that has to do with you is that I've to make coffee for the MR.

So stop leaning over me, stay out of my personal space, and do not under any circumstances, presume to interrupt me while I'm on the fucking phone!)

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Hrm. I have a new resolution: when I print out a story to read, and I like it, I'll feedback. I just sent off feedback for three of the four stories I printed out yesterday (see below), and I'm actually tempted to email the author of this story, which I'd also printed out, to feedback and explain why her story didn't work for me, but. I dunno. :/

So, pimping time. All of these are Legolas/Gimli, btw.
Cimorene - Promise -- Absolutely wonderful, lush story, written in Tolkienesque language, and yet she manages to throw in some smut. Wow.
Brancher - They Say of the Elves -- Equally wonderful, captures the different characters of Legolas and Gimli, and their relationship, to a 't'.
Amy Fortuna - Never Trust An Elf -- The first L/G I read after getting back on the list, and it's great. Again, good characterisation, and it touches upon the animosity between Legolas' and Gimli's families. (As someone on Axe_Bow said, even if m/m relationships are considered normal in their cultures, meeting the in-laws will prove quite the experience. :D) Also quite amusing.

I'm thinking, if I can keep this up for a while, I might start a recc site. No detailed reviews, just "These are stories I like."

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What I should be doing: Cleaning, writing, html and other productive shit.

What I should be doing, the more realistic version: Cleanoing while checking up on LJ on occasoin.

What I'm doing: Discussing what stereotype characterisation I'd have in RPS, and which pairings would work for me.

Um.