Odds'n'Ends

+ If you haven't checked out the Bechdel Test Fic-a-Thon Masterlist, you so should, because there is much great fic there and angearia has put in a ton of effort in compiling it. Thanks so much to everybody who has participated!

+ In not-unrelated news, there's a new fic-a-thon on the block: The NOT MY FANDOM Fest!

Welcome to the first ever Not My Fandom Fest! The fest will be running from tonight, Thursday, October 14 through the weekend until sometime on Monday, October 18! Pimp to your friends! Feel free to use the banner! Tell everyone you know! We're going to have fun, guys!

We all joke about "fannish osmosis," and this comment ficathon is going to put that to the test. The object is to write a ficlet for a fandom you're not a part of based solely on what you've learned from your friends list and fandom at large. Silly, serious, the tone and approach are up to you. The only rule is that you can't write for a fandom that you have actually seen the source material for.

Obviously, hilarity ensues. Check it out!

+ And I even wrote Legend of the Seeker fic! It's probably not that funny, but I tried!

+ Also, I was kind of loopy on Benadryl at the time because somehow I'm managing to have horrible allergies and can't find my knockoff Claratin, but I think that Community was pretty glorious last night. I'll have to rewatch it to be able to tell. I do know that I have such a crush on the wonderfulness that is Donald Glover. Just sayin'.

+ Everyone has been going on and on about how good Glee was this week, so even though I stopped watching sometime during the back nine of last season, I decided to check it out anyways.

( spoilers )

+ Apparently there is a meme where you're supposed to post all of your icons with female characters in them? Um, that's like 75% of my (many, many) icons. So I'm just going to link you to them at the source and you can admire them there. They're very pretty.

+ I'm sure there were some other things I'd been meaning to share, but now I've forgotten what they were. So enjoy your Friday!

Odds'n'Ends

+ If you haven't checked out the Bechdel Test Fic-a-Thon Masterlist, you so should, because there is much great fic there and angearia has put in a ton of effort in compiling it. Thanks so much to everybody who has participated!

+ In not-unrelated news, there's a new fic-a-thon on the block: The NOT MY FANDOM Fest!

Welcome to the first ever Not My Fandom Fest! The fest will be running from tonight, Thursday, October 14 through the weekend until sometime on Monday, October 18! Pimp to your friends! Feel free to use the banner! Tell everyone you know! We're going to have fun, guys!

We all joke about "fannish osmosis," and this comment ficathon is going to put that to the test. The object is to write a ficlet for a fandom you're not a part of based solely on what you've learned from your friends list and fandom at large. Silly, serious, the tone and approach are up to you. The only rule is that you can't write for a fandom that you have actually seen the source material for.

Obviously, hilarity ensues. Check it out!

+ And I even wrote Legend of the Seeker fic! It's probably not that funny, but I tried!

+ Also, I was kind of loopy on Benadryl at the time because somehow I'm managing to have horrible allergies and can't find my knockoff Claratin, but I think that Community was pretty glorious last night. I'll have to rewatch it to be able to tell. I do know that I have such a crush on the wonderfulness that is Donald Glover. Just sayin'.

+ Everyone has been going on and on about how good Glee was this week, so even though I stopped watching sometime during the back nine of last season, I decided to check it out anyways.

( spoilers )

+ Apparently there is a meme where you're supposed to post all of your icons with female characters in them? Um, that's like 75% of my (many, many) icons. So I'm just going to link you to them at the source and you can admire them there. They're very pretty.

+ I'm sure there were some other things I'd been meaning to share, but now I've forgotten what they were. So enjoy your Friday!

*ahem*

Dear German language,

I love you and the fact that you have a word for everything. I also love that when there's not a word for something, you make one up by smooshing already-existing words together. I hope we get tons more loan-words from you (schadenfreude is one of the most useful words in the world!), but I hope we steal this one from you next:

fremdschämen: cringing embarrassment for the actions of others

What English says with seven words, you say with one.

SO. USEFUL.

It describes why I can't watch The Office or America's Funniest Home Videos and why I can't be friends with that one--very nice girl--from high school who I have a lot of common interests with but who makes me wince whenever she's around.

Thank you!

Umarmungen und Küsse,

Lauren

P.S. You are also the most fun language in the world to sing in.

*ahem*

Dear German language,

I love you and the fact that you have a word for everything. I also love that when there's not a word for something, you make one up by smooshing already-existing words together. I hope we get tons more loan-words from you (schadenfreude is one of the most useful words in the world!), but I hope we steal this one from you next:

fremdschämen: cringing embarrassment for the actions of others

What English says with seven words, you say with one.

SO. USEFUL.

It describes why I can't watch The Office or America's Funniest Home Videos and why I can't be friends with that one--very nice girl--from high school who I have a lot of common interests with but who makes me wince whenever she's around.

Thank you!

Umarmungen und Küsse,

Lauren

P.S. You are also the most fun language in the world to sing in.