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posted by [personal profile] stunt_muppet at 10:05pm on 23/09/2008 under , ,
So. Um.

I feel kinda bad for leaving that Epic 4 a.m. Meltdown on the front page of my journal, so:

Essay finished and turned in. Is probably crap but I don't really care, except I will when it comes back with the inevitable bad grade. Gah.

Bio professor (who is also a better and more understanding human being than I deserve) gave me another day to finish doing glossary entries, so that crisis is averted too.

Plans for the evening: Finish Chemistry homework that I don't really understand (but I'm going in for help! I really am! I can maybe not fail this class!) and go to bed as early as humanly possible. Should probably get back to that then.

Also: Does anyone else, when they're bored and brain-dead, re-read their own fic? I mean, I normally read other people's more than my own, but occasionally, I'll come across fic that are beautiful and eloquent but also absolutely destroy me (in a good way), and I don't feel like running the risk of getting sucked into one of those when my brain's on half-power to begin with. So I just re-read my stuff, because I know how it ends and the phrases are familiar, known.

Plus, when I re-read a fic and like it, it makes me feel a bit better about my writing as a whole. And the best way to recover from sleepless essaying is a quick writerly ego-boost, naturally.

(What's really sad is that the ones I ended up re-reading today were, for the most part, Those Fics What I Don't Talk About In Public Entries. I am secretly prouder of those than I am of almost anything I have written in near of a month. I mean, if nothing else, these got feedback. Good feedback.)

Back to Chem homework. And then good night, good night.

Mood:: 'drained' drained
location: Chem Computer Lab
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posted by [identity profile] rhia-starsong.livejournal.com at 03:25am on 24/09/2008
Well, I'm not exactly a fic-writer per se, but I do know what you're talking about. Yeah, I often go back and read stuff that I have bookmarked, which isn't quite the same, but some of the people on my flist, whom I consider very good writers, occasionally post about how they just sort of found themselves rereading stuff they'd written, and remembering how much they loved the fic/fandom/pairing.

Also, I don't know why I'm commenting on this when I just told you all that in RL just now, but there you go.
 
posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 03:12am on 26/09/2008
I often go back and read stuff that I have bookmarked, which isn't quite the same

Kind of is, though - it's the whole principle of reading something familiar over again.

And yeah, you're kind of right over there, so I could just go talk to you or something. Not sure why I'm still typing. Hmm.
 
posted by [identity profile] rhia-starsong.livejournal.com at 08:30pm on 29/09/2008
'Cause we're totally inept people with no social skills? Nah. Can't be it.
 
posted by [identity profile] livii.livejournal.com at 03:38am on 24/09/2008
Oh, I do that quite frequently, re-reading my own stuff - sometimes I've forgotten it (my catalogue is getting, er, large) and sometimes I just like to remind myself that I do quite know how to write, which is nice. I was just re-reading my Fitz/Anji yesterday. And I like reading the old reviews again. Really, reviews are the bestest thing ever. :)
 
posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 03:24am on 26/09/2008
Oh, good - I was hoping it wasn't just me. :D And yes, re-reading reviews is especially nice - and something I'm guilty of too, I'm afraid.
 
posted by [identity profile] widdledragon.livejournal.com at 02:20pm on 24/09/2008
Glad the universe is fucking you a little less now :( I sowwie little sis.

Yes, I re-read stuff all the time, much to my enjoyment/chagrin. One of the fics I re-read recently was my CSI: Miami one-shot, and I really need to re-post it after spotting those obvious type-os.

Speaking of Miami gay, I hope at least the abundance of that in the season premiere cheered you up a little.

Eric: :(...why Wolfe? Why didn't you come to me?

-Flashback-

Ryan: *drawing Horatio's blood*
Horatio: Remember, you have to pretend that I'm dead.
Ryan: ;_; Ok.
Horatio: And if one of those crazy Brazilians/Thugs/Annoying Rich Guys finds out I'm still alive because I spend the whole episode walking around in broad-daylight...
Ryan: What *sniffles* what'll happen?
Horatio: *cups his face gently* ...this might me out last time together.
Ryan & Horatio: *MAKEOUT*

-End Flashback-

Horatio: (Think of an excuse, think of an excuse, think of an excuse...) I...didn't want to get you involved ?_?
 
posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 04:14am on 26/09/2008
...Once again, you version of Miami >>>>>>> the actual episode. :P I didn't catch it live, but I saw it shortly thereafter and...er. Yeah. Needs more sharks. And Horatio/Ryan mansexings.

That said, this does make H/R that much more canonical, yes? Which means maybe other people besides you and I will actually write it. XD

*hugs back* Thank you so much. These past few weeks, they have been madness. I'm so looking forward to the weekend (and catching up on the like 10 pages of flist I haven't read, oh dear).
 
posted by [identity profile] acrophilia.livejournal.com at 03:22pm on 24/09/2008
I don't write fic either, but I go back and flip through old notebooks, journals, and sketchbooks. Especially sketchbooks.

I also feel the need to tell you that my host sister is playing "Hallelujah" on the piano (Jeff Buckley/Rufus Wainwright on Shrek/John Cale on Scrubs)... I don't know why I need to tell you that, but it's a very pretty song that I tend to hear when I'm in a bad mood. So, listen to it? I dunno.

I hope all's better! I don't miss the Davidson work and I'm not looking forward to going back to it.
 
posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 04:16am on 26/09/2008
Oh, I didn't know you drew! But yeah, it's the same basic thing - just going back and looking at something you've done and being proud of it.

I love "Hallelujah". I stole the Rufus Wainwright version from my brother off the Shrek soundtrack and it's one of my favorite bad-day songs. Good for letting out a little self-pity. :D

It's been kind of a hectic week, but it's dying down a bit now. I'm looking forward to this weekend, what can I say. And thanks for the good wishes.
 
posted by [identity profile] acrophilia.livejournal.com at 10:59am on 26/09/2008
yup. the longer I'm in Berlin working toward something of a sham of a German major, the more I want to switch to studio art.
 
posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 06:38am on 27/09/2008
Is there still time for you to switch, though? Or minor?
 
posted by [identity profile] pimpmytardis.livejournal.com at 03:29pm on 24/09/2008
I do, and it makes me annoyed because I hardly ever finish what I start writing. So then I look at my sketchbooks and feel better.
 
posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 04:20am on 26/09/2008
Oh, neither do I - my hard drive and whatever notebooks are lying around are littered with old unfinished story bits. Every so often I page through them and think "I really should finish that one...". Of course, then I forget about them again. XD

But looking at your old drawings is the same kind of thing I'm talking about; it's nice to go back and look at something you've done and be actually proud of it. It makes me feel better, anyway.
 
posted by [identity profile] viralmancer.livejournal.com at 02:21am on 25/09/2008
Every now and then I'll reread Vertigo, my insane PWP play. Since it's currently 301 pages long, this is an excellent time-waster. Oh, and I also go diving through many fics that haven't seen the light of day in years, including every single one of my horrible fanfics (lulzfest ftw!), when I'm out of ideas for another story, have a deadline, and need something to jumpstart my brain again. You'd be surprised at how often this actually works.
 
posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 04:21am on 26/09/2008
You know, I can imagine. If you haven't looked at those old fics for a while, the ideas might be new(ish) and worthy of a second look or two - and you can look at them from a different perspective than when you originally wrote them.

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