pride_of_erin: (Wanted)
Very busy with stuff for university lately - don't these bastards know that I'm supposed to be writing Oz fic, not essays about crap I don't care about? Sheesh. Although, I did get a lovely little ego boost the other day, when one of my tutors asked me if she could photocopy one of my papers and give it to other lecturers in the faculty to read, because none of them get that topic at all, whereas I got it, analysed it, and explained it really well. She was like, "You don't mind, do you?" And I'm thinking, 'You essentially just told me that I'm a lot smarter than my teachers (which, quite frankly, is something I've suspected for a while) - why the hell would mind?' *g*

I'm doing prac teaching at a local pre-school now too - oh joy! I get to spend hours and hours writing up observations, making conclusions regarding developmental milestones, and programming learning schedules, classroom organisation, and individual learning experiences weeks in advance! Plus I get to wipe the snotty noses of poor kids who have had the flu for three weeks, yet their idiot parents still send them to pre-school in addition to not taking them to the doctor, with the end result that I am now sick too, whilst trying to do all this work. Sweet.

And while I'm ranting - what is up with the weird-ass names parents are calling their kids these days? I've taught kids named Taj, Angus, Alister, Ted (that's his full name - Ted), Kai, Hunter, Karne, Griffin, Reily, Banjo, Impi, Koen, Murion (that's a boy), Millicent, Tully, Bijou, Pippa, Cashel, Jed, Estelle, Ireland, Ellie-Tiarne (no, I'm not fucking kidding), and so on. Then there's the kre8tyv spelling names, which I really love - like Oskar, Alysha, Jazmin, Jorja, Kayleigh, Jodi, Lili, Izak, Kaitlyn, and Taylah (yes, that would be 'Taylor' spelled phonetically, at least the way we Aussies pronounce it). Then there's the parents who decide to give all their children names that sound weird when grouped together, like siblings named Liam and Lachlan, Hugo and Rohan, Hugo and Miles (what's up with 'Hugo'?), Ruby and Ophelia, and, best for last - I shit you not - Hawke and Knox. *is still bowled over by that one*. Seriously, Hawke and Knox. And those parents will probably be mystified as to why their children will grow up to despise them.

And I thought I had it rough being named after the chick who played Joanie in Happy Days.

(Incidentally, how I got my name is perfect anecdotal evidence for why a woman should never let hubby name the children. Although it's not like my mother did a spectacular job with naming either - this being a woman who named two of her other daughters Narelle and Michelle. *sigh*)

On the plus side, I did manage to write some drabbles for [livejournal.com profile] hardtime100 - yay! And I've read some great crack fic from the [livejournal.com profile] sga_flashfic Harlequin challenge. Now there's a challenge I'd love to see Hardtime rip off borrow.
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And if anyone feels like vomiting at the level of ignorance, bigotry, and sheer stupidity there is in this world, go read The American Taliban. Just be sure to take a spew bucket and a pillow to pummel the shit out of.

*Sigh*

Aug. 24th, 2005 09:01 pm
pride_of_erin: (woobie)
Here is a perfect example of how I know I've been reading *way* too much Season 1 SGA fic. I'm writing a ed. psych. paper on Vygotsky's theory of the zone of proximal development or ZPD. I read back through my work and realise that every single time I've meant to write ZPD I've accidently written ZPM. Damn Rodney and his obsessions - they're rubbing off onto me! Thank Christ I checked the paper before I handed it in - that could have been *mighty* embarassing.....
pride_of_erin: (woobie)
Is it wrong that I've watched the David-Hewlett-gay-kiss-from-Century-Hotel clip like 30 times in a row? Not just once, but on several occasions since I downloaded it the other day? I mean, it doesn't *feel* wrong, but I get the impression that it should be wrong - you know, like there are incredibly odd people out there who might find this kind of behaviour strange....*g*

Oh well, I guess it's no worse than watching the Toby-gets-off-the-pot-scene from Oz - in super slo-mo - a time or two (or three, or four....). And it's definitely not worse than watching the Keller-mooning-Beecher scene in Zoom x3 vision (it was only *once*!!) just out of curiosity to see if you could actually see his, uh...'moon' (you can, by the way).

And now I'm *sharing* this information......I think I may need help *eg*
pride_of_erin: (Comic!Lee)

I swear to God there is some cosmic conspiracy keeping me from watching Stargate: Atlantis. Last night I was watching The Brotherhood. I was happy – Rodney was at his adorable woobie best, to the point where I was literally bouncing up and down in front of the TV and making little squeaking sounds. And then, not even halfway through the ep, some fuckheads in London decide to set off copycat bombs, and I don’t get to see the rest of the ep because fucking Channel 7, decides to stay with the news coverage for the rest of the night.

Okay, okay, I know this sounds horrible, to be bitching about this when people got hurt, etc, but no-one died, and for Christ’s sake – it’s not like non-stop coverage of the story is actually helping anyone – the situation is going to be exactly the same whether you do that or just do periodic news updates during the commercials, and let people actually see the rest of their SGA ep! In fact non-stop coverage probably makes the situation worse – not only are they just repeating the same info over and over, but they kept interviewing people who had just run away from bomb blasts – really sensitive, guys. I’m sure if I had just been in a traumatic, life-threatening experience, the very first thing I’d want to do is share it with a fucking news crew. Uh-huh. NOT.

Yes, I’m  being bitchy, petty and incredibly selfish about the whole thing, and I’ll probably feel incredibly guilty about it later, but at the moment, I’m pissed off enough to not care. In closing, can one of the SGAers on my f-list please tell me where I can find episode transcripts? I’d like to read what I missed.

pride_of_erin: (Wanted)
You know what's fun? Logging onto Babel Fish, typing in random chunks of man-on-man porn, and translating it into foreign languages. For example:

Turning...
'Chris took Toby's throbbing penis into his mouth and sucked until he heard Toby cry out in ecstasy, and felt warm salty semen pulsing in his throat'

Into Dutch…
'Chris nam de throbbing penis van Toby in zijn mond en zoog tot hij uit de schreeuw van Toby met ecstasy hoorde, en voelde warme zoute spermaimpuls onderaan zijn keel'.

Into French…
'Chris a pris le pénis de palpitation de Toby dans sa bouche et a sucé jusqu'à ce qu'il ait entendu le cri de Toby dehors avec l'extase, et a senti le sperme salé chaud palpiter en bas de sa gorge.'

Into German…
'Chris nahm Tobys throbbing Penis in seine Öffnung und sog, bis er Toby Schrei heraus mit Ekstase hörte, und glaubte warmen salzigen Samen, hinunter seine Kehle zu pulsieren.'

Into Italian…
'Chris ha preso il penis throbbing del Toby nella sua bocca ed ha succhiato fino a che non sentisse Toby gridare fuori con ecstasy ed ha ritenuto il semen salato caldo pulsare giù la sua gola.'

<input ... ><input ... >Into Portugese…
'Chris fêz exame do penis throbbing de Toby em sua boca e sugou até que ouviu o grito de Toby para fora com ecstasy, e sentiu o semen salty morno pulsar abaixo sua garganta.'

Into Spanish…
'Chris tomó el pene que palpitaba de Toby en su boca y aspiró hasta que él oyó el grito de Toby hacia fuera con ecstasy, y sentía el semen salado caliente pulsar abajo de su garganta.'

Hee - very small things amuse very small minds...


Ooh, speaking of smut - anybody who has ever written or just read slash simply must read Rules of M/M Slash Fiction by Down Slow - if you can laugh at yourself, it is the funniest shit ever!

 
pride_of_erin: (Wanted)
Every time I try to post a pic, nothing but that stupid little box comes up. Stupid, evil LJ; conspiring to make me feel dumb and impotent - see, this is why technology is the root of all evil and we should go back to living a simple, pastoral existence .... dear God, did I just channel Neil from The Young Ones? Bloody hippie. Oh well, at least it wasn't Rick.

Anyhoo, back to my point - I've discovered why one must never share fandom obsessions with family members. Believe it or not ( I mean, who would've thought?) there are people out there who think an addiction to slash is something to be mocked - the nerve! *g*. I found this out last night when I walked into my bedroom and found THIS stuck to my wall. I'm not sure when I gave off the impression that I actually wanted to be a gay man, as opposed to just wanting to read about them getting nekkid together, but clearly, I live with some very immature people who found the whole thing a lot more amusing than I did.

Poo-poo to all of them - they clearly just don't get it and I pity them for it. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm spending my Friday night the way any girl should - drinking wine and reading gay porn *eg*
pride_of_erin: (Comic!Lee)
THE GOOD: My parents bought me a laptop as an early birthday present. Squeee x 1,000,000!!!! I'm so fucking spoiled - of course, getting such an expensive gift means I've forfeited the right to ever get any birthday or Christmas presents from them ever again, but who cares, 'coz I got me a brand new shiny plaything! *Pets my shiny*
Finally finished my LW fic and sent it off for beta. Whooo!!!

THE BAD: This 'temporary Stargate: Atlantis hiatus' on Australian TV is continuing to fucking kill me. It's supposed to start up again on July 14th, but who knows with the people at Channel 7? "Bastards! You do not let me discover teh geeky hawtness that is Rodney, and then fucking take him away from me! That's just cruel" And you know what they stuck in SGA's old timeslot? Fucking Simple Life 3! A pox on thee, Paris Hilton, a pox! *Sigh* Is it the 14th yet?

THE UGLY: Some evil person, who shall remain nameless, thought it would be sooooo funny to steal my Oz DVDs, hide them, and then watch in amusement as I had a fucking heart attack trying to figure out what the hell had to happened to my babies, and tore the house apart looking for them. Evil Person got smacked several times, before finally deigning to tell me, yes they had stolen them, and yes they knew where they were. Crisis averted - my DVDs are now back where they belong, and I am not speaking to Evil Person. Fucking bitch...

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Jul. 1st, 2005 10:41 am
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Before I forget, [livejournal.com profile] rojimouse posted a late response to Mav's haiku challenge, so if she's not on your f-list, go check them out (I swear she and I have the same brain - I'm lamenting over the fact I forgot to write a LT Tongue haiku and she goes and writes a bunch of them).

Feel free to skip the rest of this, I'm just trying to get plot bunnies straight in my mind.

Fic To Do List:
1. Finish LW fic like NOW ([livejournal.com profile] magickslash, I'll be sending it soonish for beta, 'kay?)
2. Finish Ch 3 of TIAG,KBTN (note to self: choose shorter titles in future). I've just have to write the scene with the cop - Keller being charming and manipulative. Unfortunately I'm not very charming or manipulative, so I have no idea what he's going to say.
3. Write the Admin fic I said I was going to write in like MARCH!
4. Finish off TIAG, KBTN completely.
5. Write the 3 planned Oz fics that already have titles - 'Wrong Number', 'Nature vs. Nurture' and 'Back to the Beginning'.
6. Write the other 3 planned Oz fics that don't have titles yet.
7. Write my original fic for FictionPress.

Wow, that should only take me like...forever. *sigh*
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SO. FUCKING. COLD.

It's just wrong that I am sitting here in a great big woolly jacket that's designed for, you know, outside. Winter has well and truly arrived in Sydney and I, for one, am not happy, but that's mostly because I'm living with psychotic nutcases who are ideologically opposed to the concept of indoor heating. I know it's punishment for being 21 and still living with my parents, when the majority of my friends are out on their own, but c'mon, I'm a poor, penniless student. Besides, I 've got a 26-year-old sister and a 29-year-old brother who also still live at home, and as far as I'm concerned, I don't have to go until they do.

Living rent-free ain't that great when you're living in a giant fridge though - my mother doesn't think there's anything weird about having to rug up like you're going on an expedition to the Arctic merely to get out of bed. My parents are from the 'why waste money on a slightly different version of something you can already get for free' school of thought - which is why neither of them will ever spend money on things like indoor heating, cable TV, bottled water or prostitutes.

 Meanwhile, my numb fingers are about to fall off from all this typing/whining, so I'll shut up now.
pride_of_erin: (Default)
So I'm telling one of my sisters (I have six of them) about LJ and mention that my user name is pride_of_erin. She goes, "Huh? What, 'cos you're really proud of yourself?"
I'm like, "No, you freakin' idiot - it's after the dance."
She had no idea what I was talking about, so I thought I'd just make it clear that there's a traditional
Irish dance called 'The Pride of Erin', and because my name is Erin I thought it would be a (not so)clever play on words for my lj name. I didn't call myself that because I'm full of pride. I'm mostly just full of shit.

In other news, I have two new favourite quotes. One is: "Cry me a river, build me a bridge, and get over it!" Can't remember where I read it, but it made me giggle. The other one is courtesy of another one of my sisters, who actually said this to me: "Hey, for your information, on a scale of one to cool, I'm like...up here."  Snerk!

Stargate Atlantis rambling followed by Lee Tergesen rambling )
pride_of_erin: (Default)
Oh god - I'm not usually the type to cry when I read a sad story, at most I'll get tears in my eyes - but I am sitting here fucking bawling, literally sobbing my guts out, and it's all Princess Max's fault. She's an author on FictionPress and I just got done reading her original slash fic, 'My lover, Victor'. Angst galore, and not even remembering the very nice m/m sex scenes can cheer me up after that heart-breaking ending.

If any of the Oz peeps on my f-list are willing to give original fic a try, then definitely check out her stuff  here,  because it's all amazing - she's written a series using the same characters, but they can be viewed as stand-alone stories - 'These Days', 'My lover, Victor', 'Life in the Suburbs', 'Three Plus One Equals Havoc' and 'Brett & Michael'.

Why aren't there any damn tissues in this house? *sniff*

Randomness

Jun. 6th, 2005 10:18 am
pride_of_erin: (Default)
First off, it turns out Rozalia from TS got an LJ the same day I did. Man, everyone at TS is going LJ! Well, since all the old-timers are over here I guess it's the only way Oz newbies can get into the loop. Anyhoo, she posted about a very interesting B/K dream she had -  [livejournal.com profile] rojimouse - go read!

I wish I would have a B/K dream - I've dreamt about them seperately, but not together. Mind you, in most of my dreams they've been either half-nekkid or fully nekkid, so I'm not really complaining.
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I've got so many people on my f-list all of a sudden! LJ friends are multiplying like my plot bunnies (I was struck by inspiration again last night - go away muses, I don't have time!). Hugs and cookies to my f-list :D.
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Oz is on SBS tonight. Don't know why I'm excited, when I've got the DVDs and can watch it whenever I like, but for some reason it seems more...I dunno...'real' when it's on TV. Maybe 'cos I'm forced to watch the whole thing, instead of just skipping to the B/K bits. Not that I've ever done that, of course. *Whistles*

Tonight's ep is 'Revenge is Sweet' - how much do I lurrrve that one? Beecher looks so fucking hot throughout the entire thing - esp. when he's sitting in his boxers when the lights go out, and he just says, "Finally" in that Voice-of-a-Sex-God whisper, with that look on his face that isn't so much 'Come hither' as just 'Don't move, 'cos I gonna pound you through the fucking mattress'. Mmmmmmm.....

Plus there's the Blow-Job-of-Death. It's unhealthy, the amount of times I've watched that scene, but the way Keller breathes, "Suck my dick", still sends shivers down my spine. Love that sexy, psychotic bastard beyond all reason. How can a relatively sane person, such as myself, find a murderer so damn appealing? Reminds me of my favourite Stabler quote, "Well, serial killers are very popular." When I heard that, I burst out laughing and said to the TV, "No shit! And you'd know, wouldn't you?" I'm positive that the SVU writers do this kind of thing on purpose. Like when Stabler read the name 'Christian Kessler' off a suspect list.
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[livejournal.com profile] bundy1988 is the queen of random comments, that I end up quoting over and over, 'cos they're just
so damn funny, esp. when taken out of context. Classic example from yesterday: "Fuck you -
I'm taking my Vaseline and leaving."
Bwahahaha! Still chuckling over that one,
my darling.




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Big hello and thanks to people who have friended me - nice to know I'm not all by myself here *g*.

*Yawn*. So bloody tired. I've got a 3000-word essay due, and all I really want to do is work on 'There is a God - Keller Be Thy Name'. It's been months since I posted Ch 2, I've had people e-mailing and asking when it's going to be finished (which is flattering, but really puts the pressure on), plus I've got half of Ch 3 sitting here, whispering "Finish me. C'moooooon - you know you want to." The voice sounds remarkably like Keller actually *g*.

And that's not even taking into account the Administration fanfic I said I'd write about 3 months ago, before RL went haywire and left me without a minute to spare on writing. I'm tempted to just let it go, but I promised April on TS, and she's so excited about it that I'd feel horribly guilty if I didn't do it.

And I've got the Lyric Wheel challenge due at the end of the month. Sweet freeping jebus - talk about spreading myself thin....
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So I decided to overcome my fears and post something to [livejournal.com profile] hardtime100. I've been wanting to try a drabble for ages, and one virtually wrote itself in my head at 6 am,when I was lying in bed half asleep. So I did it - and people commented! Yay! Feedback is the world's most addictive drug, I swear - keeps me high for days.

And [livejournal.com profile] rileyc was one of the people who fb'd! It's pathetic that I got such a thrill out of that, but as far
as Oz fic writers go, she's like my freakin' hero, so that was great. *does the happy dance*

I really need to get myself some lj friends. Maybe I should just ask people that I know (well know of)
 on here...
pride_of_erin: (Default)

So my sister, Eleena, and I have decided to get lj's. How fun. Mostly we are both just fiddling around, learning how to use things. Eleena's lj name is [livejournal.com profile] bundy1988

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Jun. 3rd, 2005 04:10 pm
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My very first post. Just checking to see if  everything's working.

lj cut test )

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