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1. Today something occurs that I haven't cared about it a very very long time. In fact, if serialkarma hadn't reminded me it was occurring I would've forgotten all over again, even though I told myself I had to see it to believe it. What is this auspicious occasion you ask? The premiere of The O.C.. And why am I watching it? Well, if you haven't seen the spoilers I won't tell you, but dude, if it's promising what it says it is? Well, who knows. People without fandoms are prone to backsliding into old relationships.

2. amberlynne loves me. You all wish you had an amberlynne, but this one is all mine and if you try to poach her I will stab you in the hand with a fork. Try me. I've done it before.

3. Snow Patrol fans, prepare for a huge deluge. You notice I haven't even said anything about [edited by attorneys for hackthis]– but I am very interested in the Gary/Lisa Hannigan song written by the guy from BellX1. Anybody got that?

4. Today is the last day to sign up for yuletide if you are so inclined. People who haven't participated in The Ol'Yule before, and hell, those who have too, I recommend a little refresher course offered by liviapenn on Recipient etiquette and How Not to Be an Ungrateful Tool, err, How Not to Ruin Yuletide. Because really, bitching that your writer didn’t write the story you requested exactly the way you wanted, and woe how they suck, because it's not exactly what you wanted is pretty much the height of crass rudeness, and I guarantee that when you are roasting in hell, no one will even spit on you to put out the fire. It's called a 'request' not a commandment. Be happy that person attempted at all. If it's not what you wanted, then hey, maybe you should have WRITTEN IT YOUR DAMN SELF. Furthermore, people will check your LJ to see how you respond, so, uh trashing the person who wrote for you later, like they probably won't find out? Wow, tacky and rude.

That is all. Carry on.

Comments

[mahaliem.livejournal.com]

Number 4 is really appropriate for all ficathons. It's sad that the people who most need to take that advice to heart are the ones who'll probably ignore it.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I never understood why you would be mean to the person who wrote some for you *specifically*. It just -- I mean you may not love it, it may not be precisely what you want, but somebody sat down and tried to think of something you might like, or something that even if you didn't love you'd at least enjoy, and your first thought is, 'oh, let's spit in their face' because GOD, I could've done it so much better, or why didn't X write it with this pairing, because this other pairing makes me gag. Dude, then you should've pointedly excluded those characters, I just. I don't get it, sweetie, I really don't. You don't have to bronze it and hang in on your wall, but is saying 'Thank You, I appreciate the effort,' really that hard?

Naturally this year my recepient will loathe my effort and spend all of next year talking about what a bad writer I am. No good deed goes unpunished.

[mahaliem.livejournal.com]

Naturally this year my recepient will loathe my effort and spend all of next year talking about what a bad writer I am.

Hee! With this post, you've practically sealed your fate, haven't you?

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Yeah, pretty much.