WTF?

It's only now making it into the mainstream media , but Canadian author Peter Watts reports that he was "punched in the face, pepper-sprayed, shit-kicked, handcuffed, thrown wet and half-naked into a holding cell for three ****ing hours, thrown into an even colder jail cell overnight, arraigned, and charged with assaulting a federal officer, all without access to legal representation ... ...

...is from Wednesday. You know what I did last year? I roadtripped with meletor_et_al and fairestcat from Madison to Chicago to see Fall Out Boy. There's so much from that ... PETE WENTZ, that's how I got squished Anyway. Again, I want to thank fairestcat , izzybeth and lovelokest for letting me stay at their place in Madison, meletor_et_al for both...

Another thing after rebuilding fireopal.org

... firehead.org andrew firstam.com tshows forty-two.co.nz kerry freaknation.com djfanboy gethappyservices.com abartman home.com cynthia1960 dru.miller hotmail.com bimulouspaghetti bjoerngroening fairestcat jacjac966 kmileham liadran s_corbet huntel.net lrichardson igc.org adillon iname.com venkarel insightbb.com kslind interaccess.com vladt iuoe399.com cookie ix.netcom.com ...

Meta: Beta Resources List

I made a Writing and Fandom Resources post on idolmeta a while back, and at that point I promised a beta version. So here it is! A (kind of small) list of how-tos on beta reading and being beta read. As before, these are arranged with the ones I thought were most useful at the top. Table of Contents On beta reading On being beta read On the relationship between ...

Shirts: Dragon, Moose, Wings, and -- yes -- chibi pope.

T-shirts I painted, some of them a while ago, and never posted pictures. For fairestcat , replacements for a pair of shirts that got lost in the mail. Both of these were done partially by stencils (with my trusty exacto knife and acetate), with details and outlines added after. For cesperanza , a pair of wings. These look better in person, and by that...

Star Trek XI: Kirk, Bones

For fairestcat , Star Trek XI. I did not look up what color Eomer Karl Urban's eyes are because my new computer just arrived. (!!!!) In other words, I should name it Bones and dress up as Kirk in this picture. The only other thing I would say is that I have no idea what is going on in this picture. Later, dudes.

Writing and Fandom Resources List

..., and...Something Else Alliterative - "Our fourth wall is more of a picket fence sometimes..." airinshaw: Ranty McRanterson - "Because it's not about them. It's about us." fairestcat: Compartmentalization and RPF ignazwisdom: RPS and privacy - on keeping the wrong people from finding rpf (comment thread) Slash minisinoo: RECLAIMING PHILIA: on the mis-sexualizing of ...

Conversations past

In fairestcat and lovelokest 's living room: fairestcat : Hey, lovelokest , here's your bill from the Frank Miller Body Shop. lovelokest : You mean Don Miller. Me: Wouldn't that be great though? Me: "So, uh, did you figure out what's wrong with my car?" " Whores !" "Um, okay... can you fix it? Them?" "Kill them! Kill them all ! Whores !" Driving down ...

Departure announcements

We are sad to announce the departure of our long-time editors fairestcat earlier last month and likealocket at the end of this month (one and a half+ years!). Thank you, fairestcat and likealocket , for all your hard work and dedication in dotcoms_refresh 's name. We will miss you!

Beta reading: A khr_undercover guide for writers and betas

... the author what you think about her fic. Useful overall guides to working as a beta Workshop: Giving Great Beta by girlmostlikely Beta Thoughts - shared_wisdom How I Beta - by fairestcat On the beta process and how to get the most out of it by synecdochic Final note: If you are not already beta-ing for one of your friends in ...