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Unfinished Fic Meme
Jan. 12th, 2009 06:21 pmFrom looking at my journal entries, you wouldn't be able to tell that 90% of my free time is spent writing fic. Seriously. It's practically my default setting: "Hmm, I'm bored. I know! I'll write a few scenes." It always has been, since even before I knew how to write. I'd dictate stuff to my parents and then draw the illustrations. The problem is, I don't finish things. Ever. Well, not ever ever. I have a few short fics, drabbles and the like that are floating around on the internets.
But for as much as I write, the proportion of it that is complete is so astronomically unbalanced that it might as well equal zero. With that track record, writing is a huge, HUGE waste of my time. So much so that I'm thinking I might give it up for lent this year as a vice. 0_o.
It's a terrifying thought, but it's either that, or I finally discover a fount of discipline somewhere and start finishing stuff. I'd very much prefer the latter to happen, but the only way it's likely to is if I become accountable to somebody other than myself. I'd like to make it a quasi-New Year's Resolution, to finish my fics.
So in that spirit, here's the Unfinished Fic Meme that some of you out there have done already. It's a simple one, to post snippets of things that are rotting away on your harddrive. Since that basically constitutes the sum total of my documents folder, the following is a very small, hand-picked sample.
First, the fanfic. More specifically, the non-Doctor Who fanfic.
Star Wars
1. A tiny scene, set between the two trilogies.
( Darth Vader! )
2. A longer scene from another project, set somewhere post-RotJ
( Jedi! And bombs! )
The Mummy
1. Would you believe there are almost no Indiana Jones/The Mummy crossover fics out there? Here's the sum total of one I tried to write.
( Imhotep and Jones )
2. I love the idea of an Imhotep revenge fic. And ideas were about as far as I got on writing one.
( Imhotep! And snarky Rick! )
Star Trek: TOS
Set during the first five-year mission, I had a complete synopsis written up for this, and then...it just kinda stalled on me.
( Kirk, Spock and McCoy banter! )
The Magnificent Seven
Demonstrating my love for teensy, tiny fandoms! This thing died a quick death when I realized I was writing a Mary Sue.
( Cowgirl! )
The Wild, Wild West
In the last couple weeks I've dreamed up at least 3 different, full-length fic ideas for this show, two of which I promptly lost interest in. Here's a bit from one of them.
( James T. West! )
Aaaanndd...that brings us to Doctor Who
1. My only attempt at writing Martha.
( Martha! And regeneration! Apparently. )
2. I keep toying with the idea of writing a sequel to Fission, but somehow it keeps eluding me. My working title, appropriately enough, is Fusion.
( Identity issues! )
But for as much as I write, the proportion of it that is complete is so astronomically unbalanced that it might as well equal zero. With that track record, writing is a huge, HUGE waste of my time. So much so that I'm thinking I might give it up for lent this year as a vice. 0_o.
It's a terrifying thought, but it's either that, or I finally discover a fount of discipline somewhere and start finishing stuff. I'd very much prefer the latter to happen, but the only way it's likely to is if I become accountable to somebody other than myself. I'd like to make it a quasi-New Year's Resolution, to finish my fics.
So in that spirit, here's the Unfinished Fic Meme that some of you out there have done already. It's a simple one, to post snippets of things that are rotting away on your harddrive. Since that basically constitutes the sum total of my documents folder, the following is a very small, hand-picked sample.
First, the fanfic. More specifically, the non-Doctor Who fanfic.
Star Wars
1. A tiny scene, set between the two trilogies.
( Darth Vader! )
2. A longer scene from another project, set somewhere post-RotJ
( Jedi! And bombs! )
The Mummy
1. Would you believe there are almost no Indiana Jones/The Mummy crossover fics out there? Here's the sum total of one I tried to write.
( Imhotep and Jones )
2. I love the idea of an Imhotep revenge fic. And ideas were about as far as I got on writing one.
( Imhotep! And snarky Rick! )
Star Trek: TOS
Set during the first five-year mission, I had a complete synopsis written up for this, and then...it just kinda stalled on me.
( Kirk, Spock and McCoy banter! )
The Magnificent Seven
Demonstrating my love for teensy, tiny fandoms! This thing died a quick death when I realized I was writing a Mary Sue.
( Cowgirl! )
The Wild, Wild West
In the last couple weeks I've dreamed up at least 3 different, full-length fic ideas for this show, two of which I promptly lost interest in. Here's a bit from one of them.
( James T. West! )
Aaaanndd...that brings us to Doctor Who
1. My only attempt at writing Martha.
( Martha! And regeneration! Apparently. )
2. I keep toying with the idea of writing a sequel to Fission, but somehow it keeps eluding me. My working title, appropriately enough, is Fusion.
( Identity issues! )
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I need a life
Oct. 30th, 2007 07:37 pm1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car)
Tiffy Crown Victoria
2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, favorite cookie)
Cookie Dough Sugar
3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name)
A Sny
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)
Green Tiger
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
Corinne Harrisburg
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)
Snyam
7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, first tool that comes to mind, put “The” at the beginning)
Blue Trowel
8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers)
Dale Dick
9. STRIPPER NAME : (favorite candy, the name of your favorite perfume/cologne)
Truffle Seabreeze
10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names )
June Calvin
I'm rather pleased with my stripper, gansta and detective names. The NASCAR one makes me giggle. As for the rest, meh.
*Needs to stop doing these silly memes*
Tiffy Crown Victoria
2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, favorite cookie)
Cookie Dough Sugar
3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name)
A Sny
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)
Green Tiger
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
Corinne Harrisburg
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)
Snyam
7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, first tool that comes to mind, put “The” at the beginning)
Blue Trowel
8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers)
Dale Dick
9. STRIPPER NAME : (favorite candy, the name of your favorite perfume/cologne)
Truffle Seabreeze
10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names )
June Calvin
I'm rather pleased with my stripper, gansta and detective names. The NASCAR one makes me giggle. As for the rest, meh.
*Needs to stop doing these silly memes*
Career Matchmaker Meme
Sep. 13th, 2007 05:42 pmGanked from several peoples on the flist:
1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/.
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top ten results.
1. Pipefitter
2. Steamfitter
3. Construction tradesperson
4. Bricklayer / stonemason
5. Drywaller
6. Plasterer
7. Insulator
8. Zookeeper
9. Veterinarian
10. Concrete mason
Yikes. What am I doing at a university, then??
Other fun options it gave me included vending machine servicer, airport ground crew, sprinkler system installer, stuntperson and dancer (How'd that get in there??). I think the problem is that the test only asked what you'd like to do, not what you think you'd be good at!
Edit: I took it again, this time answering according to my actual skill set. "Vending machine servicer" came up #1 this time, followed by "auto detailer." Interestingly, "anthropologist" made the list, at #33! Taking the option to answer more questions, the top results changed to "stenographer," "historian," and "anthropologist," but "vending machine servicer" still came up in the top five.
1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/.
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top ten results.
1. Pipefitter
2. Steamfitter
3. Construction tradesperson
4. Bricklayer / stonemason
5. Drywaller
6. Plasterer
7. Insulator
8. Zookeeper
9. Veterinarian
10. Concrete mason
Yikes. What am I doing at a university, then??
Other fun options it gave me included vending machine servicer, airport ground crew, sprinkler system installer, stuntperson and dancer (How'd that get in there??). I think the problem is that the test only asked what you'd like to do, not what you think you'd be good at!
Edit: I took it again, this time answering according to my actual skill set. "Vending machine servicer" came up #1 this time, followed by "auto detailer." Interestingly, "anthropologist" made the list, at #33! Taking the option to answer more questions, the top results changed to "stenographer," "historian," and "anthropologist," but "vending machine servicer" still came up in the top five.
