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Because pearls of wisdom drip from my fingers every time they come into contact with the keyboard, I feel it's the right thing to do to put them in a more easy-to-access blog. |
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wOther Blogs I Like | |
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*Amanda - I Read Fanfiction *Amanda - I Hate Myself *GenX - LiveJournal *Robin - Robin's Corner o'Clutter *Robin - RobinBabbles *Robin - NanceFics *Celli - LiveJournal |
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wMean People Suck. .....no, wait. | |
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*Evil & Stupid *Fandom_Wank *Ficbitches |
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wMore Blogs Than Can Possibly Be Healthy | |
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*Passing Fancies *Confessions of a Crack Addict *Special Campers *Special Campers (LJ mirror) *More Stripping, Less Talking |
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wAll That Personal Info Crap | |
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*Name: Becky Marie *E-mail: vorpheed at yahoo dot com [AIM] |
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wOther Archives I Like | |
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*Yaoiville.net *eFanfiction.net *Fanfics.org |
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wBlog Explanation | |
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This is just a li'l blog for fannish observations and commentary. Maybe occasionally branching out into other things that interest me and produce interesting conversations. Hopefully a somewhat social blog.
Title from the Sean Cullen song, because it amuses the crap out of me, and once the idea to name a blog after it was in my head, I couldn't let go of it. URL name "midnightwaffles" from a conversation with Amanda, during which she was eating waffles at midnight and said, hey, "Midnight Waffles" would be a good name for a blog. So I snatched the name from her and am using it here. ^_^
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wThursday, April 03, 2003 | |
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Because this was too funny not to blog.... Amanda and I were discussing Alias the other nigh and amongst the "*gush* *love* *gushgush* Thatwassocool!!!" there was this: Amanda: My other pet speculation--and really, from the foreshadowing so far it seems more a matter of when than if--is that we'll eventually find out that Rambaldi is still alive and kicking. Becky: Yeah, that's what I'm thinking, too. Becky: But... what I'm curious about is what exactly he thinks of all this stuff. Becky: Because he can't not know that Sloane and Irina are putting everything together if he wrote those prophecies. Becky: But... is he ignoring everything? Kicking back on some tropical island somewhere, sipping fruity drinks? Becky: What I would find neat is if he were someone we already knew, but there's no one that would really make a good Rambaldi out of the regulars. Amanda: I think he's somewhere watching events unfold, biding his time until the moment comes to reveal himself. Amanda: Hmm, well, Marshall's really good at inventing stuff... *g* Amanda: God, that would be hysterical. Becky: .....*giggles* That would actually be really cool. Becky: I would... I dunno exactly how I would react, but there would be a lot of laughing and cheering. Becky: And, hey, people WERE a lot shorter back then and Marshall's pretty short.... Amanda: Especially because of the way everyone reacts to him. Amanda: They're snippy or put off or dismissive or tolerantly amused. Becky: Boy, wouldn't Sloane be kicking himself for being mean to Marshall THEN, huh? Becky: "Rambaldi! Tell me the secrets of immortality! Of the project you were working on! I have to know!" ".....no, you were mean to me!"
posted by Becky at 1:15 AM |
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wSunday, March 30, 2003 | |
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I am now caught up on Alias episodes. Thank god there's a new one tonight because I need another episode. Though, the promo didn't look that enticing. But... Jesus Christ, this show is trying to kill me. First and foremost.... Oh, Jack, I love you. I love you so much, mere words cannot convey my love for you. I was squee'ing all the way through Jack and Irina's scenes, squeeing when she really hadn't turned all soft on them, and then squee'ing some more when Jack planted the passive transmitter on her. Dude. Jack is so still my boyfriend. Irina. I love her. I love her so much. I am just fascinated by the Jack/Irina relationship. Oh, in a way, how I wish it could have worked out, because... there's something so incredibly appealing about these two intense, passionate, driven, incredibly... large characters dancing around each other.... These two characters that operate on different levels from other people... I'm just in love. Must... find... fic.... (And then, you know, actually read it.) And I'm actually really, really interested in Sloane and what the two of them are cooking up together. Alias sure as hell is dragging this whole thing out, but I love them for it. Emily! Nooo! I didn't want her to die! I found her relationship with Sloane to be really kind of sweet and the look on his face while asking her to come with him, while he was forced to leave her behind.... Wah. Goddamn you, Alias. Oh, and Dixon! Dixon's back! Yay! I love Dixon, too, and I hope we get to see more of him. It was so wonderful to see him coming to Sydney's rescue. And is it just me or is there a higher body count this year than last? It seemed like last year they did everything they could to avoid shooting people, but now bodies are flying left and right... I like it, though. Mmm, violence. It's so wrong that I love Will, too. He's just... so much cooler now that he knows and is working for the CIA and actually gets to go to meetings and stuff. That's so, so wrong. And Marshall! Yay for keeping Marshall! He's such a cute little dork. Sark is wonderful and sparkly and I love him, too. Shit, I don't think there's anyone I don't love anymore. .....goddamn you, Alias.
posted by Becky at 12:13 PM |
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wSunday, March 16, 2003 | |
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Bah. You suck. That '70s Show fanfic recs here. (Along with some other stuff, but it's all anime. Whee. I'm back in that mode. ^_~)
posted by Becky at 8:10 AM |
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wFriday, March 14, 2003 | |
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The other TV show I watched recently was the first episode of Married By America. I just can't make up my mind about this series. On the one hand, it's people who've never met getting married! Chosen by the public! And FOX is totally playing up the cheese. How can I not love the pandering? On the other, god does this show take a single premise that shouldn't be that long and make it last for years and uncomfortable and awkward years at that. I was totally hyped when it first came on, watching with enthusiasm and thinking, "Oh, I so hope TwoP recaps this show! *bouncebounce*" But by the end of the first episode it was more like, "....meh. Is that all there is?"
posted by Becky at 7:23 AM |
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So, I was watching TV stuffs again, which means it's time for me to Still. It was alllll worth it for the "Shut your pretty mouth." from Jayne to Simon. ^_~ Then I watched the first half of John Doe and... Jesus, why do I keep watching this show? Even occasionally? Because it's so... lifeless and every time I watch it, it feels more and more like a pale copy of Pretender. They're both kinda silly, but at least Pretender gave me some really cool acting and atmospheric scenes. I was watching the episode where John Doe finds out about his past, how he had some brain disease or whatever and that he was part of a revolutionary medical experiment program and it heightened his intelligence, blah, blah, blah. The only thing I could think of while this was going on was how incredibly cheesy it was. I know I've seen that actress from somewhere before, and while I can't place her, I wanted to say that she was usually pretty good. But... oh, this scene was so bad. So incredibly cheesy. "John Doe, this is your life!" indeed. Damn you, FOX, for putting these shows on the air, because neither stood a chance, no matter how good or bad or mediocre they were, but getting me to watch them anyway. When am I gonna learn?
posted by Becky at 7:20 AM |
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By the way, if you fan find good... okay, decent Jackie/Hyde fics, please let me know. ....dammit, I just spent the last half hour or so looking for decent fics and reading and GAH! Dammit! Dammit, dammit, dammit! I knew I liked this pairing just a little too much. It was too much fun and too sparkly for me to be able to keep it. Dammit! Anyway, I'll write/post fic recs soon, too. In the meantime, Change by Libertyne was a really good Jackie POV fic, capturing her growing maturity while still retaining her more shallow traits. Mild tissue warnings, though. *sigh* Dammit.
posted by Becky at 7:11 AM |
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wTuesday, March 11, 2003 | |
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For the first time in a few months (even before Kingpin was on), I watched an episode of Boomtown--I've liked this series since it debuted, but after the first four or five episodes, it got really tedious to watch them always save the day, always come out ahead. But I had time to kill and last Sunday's episode was queued (I think that's the right one...) up on the tape and so I figured what the hell. And I'm really glad I did, because this episode was back to what I loved about the show--not the budding romance that I hate between those two characters (Gah! Why can no one stay happily married anymore?), not that preachy, smarmy, "We'll save everyone!" plot, but a much darker, grittier, nastier plot. (Okay, I'm exagerating, but I was just so happy to see it.) The guest stars were fantastic, I am in love with David McNorris all over again, and the last five minutes of the episode... they affected me just like they were supposed to, got me right in the chest. I loved the little bit of the multiple camera angles, it should have felt jarring since it was only there for about a minute, but it worked surprisingly well for me. And I am really looking forward to next week's episode. *taps foot impatiently*
posted by Becky at 3:30 AM |
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wSaturday, March 08, 2003 | |
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Grrr. *pokes Blogger* Publish my damn entries.
posted by Becky at 2:16 AM |
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wTuesday, March 04, 2003 | |
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So I have yet to see the second season of 24, because I'm lazy and haven't organized my tapes. Especially the lazy part. But, anyway, I was thinking about the first season and realized something that kind of bugs me about the show--the way they treated the female characters. Kim and Terry were constantly kidnapped, only used as pawns in Kiefer's struggle, rarely able to do much on their own. Terry actually turned out to be my favorite, she was strong and independant and she really, really grew on me. Then look what they did to her at the end. Spawn of Kiefer was okay, I suppose, and she did seem to have a pretty good head on her shoulders and took care of herself. I'll grant them that one. The other female characters? Jamie--traitor to the CTF for only a few hundred thousand dollars and killed herself/murdered. Sherrie--started out cool then turned into the Harpie from Hell to David Palmer's Stand Up Guy routine. Nina--dammit, she was the really good, strong, female in the cast until the last episode when they made her the real traitor. It just... kind of disturbs me that all these women started out potentially very interesting and fascinating and the show seemed to rip them up into unlikable characters or kill them off. It makes me wonder if it was coincidence or if they just have some really screwed up views of women. I'm hoping the former. ^_^;;;
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So I'm browsing Fanfictioncentral.com this morning and it's yet another site with that damn archive script. The Gravi site and eFanfiction.net both have it. AdultFanFiction.net has it, too. (There's one site that did their own script and now I can't find it.... I want to say it's fanfic.org, but that's not it, because that's... damn... I forget their group name, the hentai fanboys group. Anyway.) While I have a few problems with the way this script lays things out, on the whole, it's pretty darn good and easy to navigate, attractive without being overburdened by distracting bells and whistles, etc. What makes me want to kick things is that I use Netscape 6.x to do most of my fanfiction surfing/saving to disk, because I used to use Netscape 4.x, but with the newer coding techniques out there, it crashes so much more easily. (I refuse to use IE for fic reading/saving because it is a bitch to save files if you don't want every last little image saved. And you can't just hit Ctrl+S, which annoys me. >:P) The reason this is bad, is because with Netscape 6.x, this script refuses to save, I just get a garbled mess when I try to open the file elsewhere. (It's the same for Yahoo!Groups messages. Every once in awhile FFNET does the same thing for me.) Which, okay, I can deal with, I just open Netscape 4.x, but... urgh. It's getting to be a pain to have to stop and remember which sites I can save with on Netscape 6.x and which ones I have to risk Netscape 4.x with. (Yeah, yeah, I know it's a hideously old browser, but it's still my favorite version of Netscape they've ever released.) Anyway, I know that's a terribly shallow thing to bitch about, but it's just... kind of getting on my nerves because half of the time I forget, then I have to go back and re-find and re-save those files, and it's a pain. >:P
posted by Becky at 12:14 PM |
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