Babbling

[rusty_halo]

So, I'm sort of slowly drifting my way back toward Buffy fandom.

Well, that's not exactly true. More like there are two very different sorts of Buffy fandom (in which I'm involved), and I've drifted from one (the fanfic side) toward another (the convention side). But I'm tentatively inching back toward the fanfic side (I'll still be doing cons all summer, but I really need to catch up on fic for Writercon anyway....)

My god, this fandom is a strange place. I didn't quite realize the extent until I came back after a month away from LJ. I started reading my friends' list again yesterday and just ... what the fuck? Or maybe right now is just a particularly weird transitional period. I'm thinking of stuff like fanfic_hate -- how stupid and juvenile and pointless, petty anonymous cruelty directed at writers who have the generosity and courage to share their work with strangers.... (I'd like to see this community become more comfortable with criticism, too, but cruelty is an entirely different thing.) Well, Kita said it better than me, anyway.

So, I did update my website finally (I know, I suck). And I'll be continuing to try to catch up with fic. If you've written something you think I should archive, or you've seen something someone else wrote that would be appropriate for my site, please let me know. Especially if you're an author I've archived before--I really want to read what you've written lately. A couple of people have done this already and I thank them immensely.

And if you haven't submitted your author bio yet, please do.

And in other news, I brought Lucifer with me to work the last two days. He hated being in the cat carrier (I put him in it and took a cab), but he quite enjoyed the office. He's a people-cat; he needs to be around others in order to be happy. He hates being left alone all day.

Everyone in the office fell completely in love with him. He's the perfect office cat--lounges around, sits near people or on their laps, totally well behaved and affectionate. People kept coming in and saying how calming our office was--no one ever says that. It was Lucifer's influence.

Probably the only problem was his name--I got quite a few weird looks. We are supposed to be this progressive, spiritually in-tune place, so why is the cat named Lucifer? Y'know, when you're a sixteen-year-old goth girl, naming your cat Lucifer seems perfectly normal. When you're a twenty-two-year-old professional bringing your cat to work ... well, "The cat in Cinderella was named Lucifer" isn't much of an excuse. Ah, well -- everyone calls him Lu or Luce or Lucie anyway.

He was exhausted after two days of "work" (we decided that he's officially responsible for office morale) so I let him stay home today. Hopefully I'll be able to bring him in at least once a week, though--it's good for him to meet new people and have some excitement in his life. He's an adventurer/explorer in spirit.

I still haven't found a roommate. Five days until rent. *panic* I think I'll go put another ad on Craigslist....

And also, btw, I scanned my Ghost of the Robot in Long Island photos. Go here to see:
http://www.allaboutspike.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=6

My favorite photo is one that Ingrid and I took of ourselves scrunched together in the front row, but alas, Ingrid has it, not me. If I can get a copy I will scan it, however.... these are just photos of the band. (And I will say, one more time, at this show in Long Island, they played well, they were in good moods, they were "on" creatively--they were not too drunk to play well. That came two days later....)

Comments

[magarettt.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's always great to see you post! :) And stories of the cat are nice to read.

Hope you're having a fabulous summer and getting some well-deserved vay-cay at the cons.

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :)

[paratti.livejournal.com]

I'm writing a post-NFA fic, both parts of which are on the first page of my LJ.

There's also a Spike/Lilah ficlet, but it's related to one of jennyo's, so I'm not sure how much sense it makes without that one.

I did also dust off a Monty Python treatment of the Fanged Four to try and allieviate the football stress.

Most of the rest of the page is footy related fun/venting not serious fic set in Not-Lionsverse.

I'd link, but LJ keeps being an absolute mare and not showing me the page. ::twaps LJ::

There's also a new constructive criticism community con_critique, which has started promisingly.

Cat day at work with the Prince of the Morning sounds wonderful.

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

Excellent; thanks for letting me know about all that. :)

I've put your stuff on my reading list. Your post NFA fic is a WIP, right? (I might wait until it's finished, just because I'm having such a hard time keeping up with WIPs right now.)

Thanks for sending the author bio! I'll get that posted asap. :)

[paratti.livejournal.com]

Happy to do it:) I'm just sorry I've been so delayed in getting it out, even with the computer and football nightmares.

The post-NFA fic is a wip, but should be finished soon. I'll mark it accordingly:)

[ryokoblue.livejournal.com]

Try posting ads on roommates.com and roommateaccess.com. I found my current roommate through the latter. It's really nice because it gives you the option of filling out this detailed questionnaire about what you're like and what you're interested in as a roomie. Good luck roommate hunting!

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much. I posted on both. :)

[cindergal.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the roommate search. I can't imagine having to interview all those people. ::crosses fingers::

Oh, and did you get my email?

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :)

Your email about 2 new stories, right? I got that one and will be archiving them next week. :)

[bandgeek.livejournal.com]

Hi,

I'm really sorry to bother you about this, because I know you have tons of people to get back to and I'm sure you wouldn't ignore anyone on purpose, but I just wanted to make sure you got the email I sent you a while back.

My personal website has changed to http://www.geocities.com/spartus1999 -- or rather, I'm now hosting all my fiction on my own page instead of on the one _green_ created for me. That archive of my work is much more complete than the old one.

Also, I sort of called your attention to [read: shamelessly pimped] another of my stories that I wasn't sure if you'd seen. It's Another Day.

Again, I don't mean to push you or anything. I'm endlessly appreciative of what you do for us. :)

Jingle
joyful_unicorn@hotmail.com

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

Please don't apologize; I really need people to remind me of this stuff.

I updated your website link (I'm so sorry for taking so long) and I'll be archiving "Another Day" next week.

Thank you!

[bandgeek.livejournal.com]

Your fabulosity exceeds.

:D

[http://users.livejournal.com/opalescence_/]

I love your cat tails...err...tales. :-)

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :)

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

So, conster, where are you heading next? Writercon?

I have Toronto Trek next week, with Stephanie Romanov and George Hertzberg, but I'm really looking forward to meeting Lani Tupu from Farscape. (umm, Crais...). Doing 6 panels, 3 Buffy, one Smallville, one Firefly, one Farscape.

Then, of course, writercon.

End of August, SFX here in Toronto with Emma Caulfield, then Sunnydale Central in October with Jonathan Woodward and Clare Kramer.

I'm in James withdrawl, but I'm trying to be budgetarily conscientious, so no big expensive out of town Marsters related con activity. *sigh*

I have a fic in my lj, probably not your cuppa, but the one shot ficlet that it was is now up to Chapter 8.

Looking forward to seeing you at Writercon.

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

Aw, man, looks like Writercon is probably the only place I'll see you...

There's not really anything local going on here (Moonlight Rising was the closest ... and it wasn't close). So I've gotten resigned to a lot of travel.

Next up is Writercon, of course, and then ...

don't tell anyone...

don't hate me...

I think ...

I'm probably going to Oakland.

Not to support those greedy opportunistic assholes at Vulkon, but because I really loved the people I hung out with at Moonlight Rising, and this might be the only chance I have to see them all together again.

Then, after that, DragonCon, and then the London thing with Marsters and Boreanaz.

Thanks for letting me know about your new fic ... I'll definitely check it out.

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

I don't begrudge you Oakland. I have friends from here going, but I'll see Emma for the first time instead, and that's fine.

I am jealous of the one in England, but I just can't justify it.

[kita0610.livejournal.com]

I can't write bios for shit. One night when I'm drinking wine I'll give it a shot. Sorry, hon.

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about it! And don't feel obligated--you don't have to if you don't want to.

(And if you decide to, you can use this questionaire as a guideline, or you can totally make something up from scratch ... anything you want.)

[riani1.livejournal.com]

She's back, yay!

Check my LJ for the newest stuff. A post-AtS finale piece and a brand new big thing that's an AU set in Renaissance Italy.

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

Ooh, cool, thanks for letting me know. I love your stuff ... will definitely check it out.