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Cheerio and have a lovely day!
Anna

p.s. And if you're not here for me (what?!), but for slash, then go here! :)

Firstly, thank you guys for your input on my little spell of paranoia the other day. I started worrying that the angst was the only thing people have gotten out of my stories, which admittedly upset me because I've always wanted to write about love in its many shapes and sizes, the gains and the losses, and not just angst that makes you want to slash your wrists. To be dramatic. But you put it in perspective for me, showed me the big picture, and made me realise that my paranoia was, indeed, just paranoia, and the rep I've gained really is not something I should worry about. So really just thank you for that. Slash is such a happy thing for me, and I don't like it when I project negative thoughts on it. We have now officially moved on from that.


But also, dear flist, I don't only want to thank you, but I also want to apologise.

Because of the walk down memory lane, I ended up going through an old fic of mine where Brendon, who is a drug user and a bisexual man, has unprotected sex with Ryan and ignores Ryan's request that they use a condom.

Dear flist... I'm so sorry.

Men who screw other men are considered to be in a risk group for HIV, but this Brendon was also a junkie, and thus also in another risk group. And I didn't make them use a condom. I know it was kind of the point to show how selfish Brendon was (and how desperate), but I am nonetheless disturbed by my own writing.

Dear flist, use condoms. Not only to prevent STDs (STIs, whatever) but also to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Not that the characters had to worry about that, but most of us are women.

I apologise for that particular scene in that story where it was painstakingly obvious that they needed to use a fucking condom. I know that at one point I harboured the notion of unprotected sex as romantic or as a sign of intimacy, but I have since wisened up. The only reason the guys in THROAM don't use them is because gay men just did not use protection in the 70's. I'm not saying no one did, some did, but based on my research they generally didn't see a point in it.

In that story there was no excuse. I'm sorry.

Sincerely,
Me.

( Now, we move onto tennis! )

( I got home early! And had all this time on my hands! So I naturally started pondering about all the stories I have ever written. This is only about my old stories and, therefore, is rather self-indulgent and potentially pointless. )

Uh, that's all. Happy February! <3 Should pop down to the shop to buy spaghetti but can't be arsed. Such is life.

Did a small friends cut, which is to say that all seemingly inactive and dead accounts were removed. However, if you feel like I did you wrong, let me know and we'll talk! :)

I recently joined fanficrants and it's been a rather interesting experience. Some of it is just useless wank, but there have been useful grammar lessons and other things that I hope will improve my skills!

( I've also learned a few more general things that are useful for writers everywhere. )

p.s. Federer totally rocked my world today. Ungh, that man!

( Wank. Crazy people. Wank, wank! No wank, actually. But crazy people. YOU. )

'Night. <3

( Jon Walker and the Usage of Twitter: a preliminary discussion )

In other news, I've been watching the original QAF aka the UK version.

Verdict:
Stuart/Brian - Brian is hotter, sexier and cockier than Stuart. QAF USA wins.
Nathan/Justin - Nathan is hotter, bitchier, more dramatic and comic than Justin. QAF UK wins.
Vincent/Michael - did anyone ever care about this character? Seriously?

The UK version has some great moments that aren't in the American version, which is a shame, but then again the US version has great moments that are missing in the UK one. Anyway, my favourite is Donna/Daphne exclaiming, "It's like a novel with you! It never ends!" to Nathan/Justin. I laughed until I snorted.

Or did I?

I'm really glad I ranted about Haiti because quite a few of you had some really interesting and different views on the topic of religion and others alike, and I just really enjoyed the discussion that ended up taking place.

But okay! From religious pretenses to something entirely different: Brent is hot. When did he become hot? Why did no one tell me? This is like Jon having long hair, when the way you see THE WORLD changes. (Except Brent change good, Jon change not good.)

Brent Wilson is totally fuckable now. Who knows what he does anymore, but I've said that out of bb!Panic, like really infant!Panic, circa 2004, Brent was the most fuckable. Spencer looked like a lesbian, Ryan like a whiny emo fag and Brendon like a nerdy dork, Brent was the only one with a hint of masculinity about him and thus he was the most fuckable. Then B/S/R all grew a bit and Brent became the ugly one. Aww, poor Brent.

Now, Brent is hot. He is totally freaking hot. I discovered this via the unofficial PATD documentary no one told me about (my fault, I am never in the loop) and I don't care how late I am! (lolz at Brendon's German teacher ~analysing the impact of virtual social networking on the music bizz.) Now I feel bad I made Brent such a mean, ugly douche in THROAM because he is freaking hot.

I present blurry screencap evidence:





A handsome face, love the hair and the arms. Check out those arms. Ungh. Plus he even has a pleasant voice to go with his looks! (Refer back to my saddening realisation that I don't like Spencer's voice.)

You know what this means? BRENT NEEDS TO MAKE A COMEBACK. (That deserved caps.) Ignore all the "Brent is selling popcorn outside" jokes, ignore how he used to look like a caveman. Brent Wilson is slashable once more.

So! Brendon bumps into Brent and is shocked because hello and then it's awkward because they kicked him out and there was a law suit, yada yada, but then smut happens! Kind of nostalgic, familiar but new, hot as hell. I'd love to see those strong arms wrap around Brendon's narrow waist and you can see where I'm going with this.

First person to write me Brendon/Brent gets cookies. :D

I'll post some snow pictures as well as some Copenhagen pictures at some point because I know everyone's just DYING to see them! ... Pretend you are.

For now, I'll focus on bandom and slash. Yaaay! So Brendon's get another dog. He's got like... three now. Dylan is Shane's and lives with him, right? And I've assumed Bogart and Indie are Brendon's. And now he's got Penny Lane to go with that. Is Indie actually his dog? We hear of Bogart all the time, but not Indie. Rumoured TYV tours, Brendon and Sarah look exactly alike, Spence and Hales go to Disneyland (it's cool Spencer's okay with Haley dumping his ass for a girl) - *deep breath* Am I missing anything? I haven't been online in nearly a week. The break did me good, but I want to keep up with the news.

I just kind of realised that following these people's lives is like watching TV for me. That's cool.

( Slash update. ) And I'll try to catch up with emails etc. tonight, so if I haven't gotten back to you yet, I will soon!

2010 is around the corner. Thus it is time for The 10 Best Albums of the Decade. Yay! Compiling this list was insanely hard, and I felt horrible having to exclude some of my most loved albums from it. ( Here goes! Praise and some more praise! )

( Fic 2009 meme. )

Spiderman 2 on TV tonight, I've never seen it so we're watching. Worked a bit on the Ryden mpreg. Only a few days until Christmas. I want that iPod Nano, lol. Good times!

*waves* Hey! How you doing? I got to my parents' house this morning and I'll be here until New Year's. I spent last night sleeping on a train. I was being stingy and refused to pay the ridiculous price for the sleeping compartment, so I just nodded off, trying to fit on my seat in a comfy position from 10.30pm to 07.50am. It wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be.

Haven't been writing any fic. I am hoping to finish Chapter 2 of Vol.1: II soonish. Maybe work on that Ryden mpreg sequel, but I've got an idea for a sequel as well as a spin off, so I'm not sure what to do with that. And then I want to write that age difference Joncer where Jon is an actor in LA and Spencer swears he's eighteen. (Spencer is so not eighteen.)

One day and I've already had my fill of MTVs "reality" TV shows. Made? So much secondhand embarrassement. The Hills I can sort of live with. Brooke Knows Best is so acted that it infuriates me that my sister refuses to admit that it's fake as far as "reality" is concerned. Oh, how about 16 and Pregnant? That show should be called "Use a Condom". Music Television. Where's the fucking music, MTV?

Okay, smut time! Where did Ryan have his hand again...

Thank you for the snowflake cookies! And Angela for the quill! I woke up to all these snowflakes and I was like this. And then I was feeling all the love and sent a few of my own! And then my sister sent me the loveliest email and I sort of cried, but they were happy tears! I was touched and moved. And then Angela sent me such a lovely email too, which practically made my heart melt. I have no idea why, but this Monday is full of love. Can you feel that? Right there.

I <3 you all more than you know. Especially you.

Things that don't suck: waking up to find joncerjumpstart in full swing! YES. OMG. ALL THE JONCER YOU CAN EAT. ...if you can...eat... Joncer?

Things that suck: waking up too effing early to catch a train to the next town over and not coming back home until who knows when, thus being denied awesome Joncer for an entire day. :(

But you don't have to wait (I hope), so for the love of Joncer, gooooooo! OM NOM NOM.

( And this is why I write slash. Under cut if, idk, you're in some place public and some EXTREMELY INNOCENT boy kissing might upset someone. )

I need to run to catch the tube to the train station, aaah! Have a lovely, Joncer day. <3

It's that time of the year again! Yes. I will be making my Xmas Indie Mix '09, which of course has been preceded by Xmas Indie Mix '08, '07 and '06. The term "indie mix" is becoming less and less accurate since it's a collection of songs I happened to love that year, regardless of genre. But this year's is going to be good. (It's always good.) And I will share it with you! It'll be my holiday present! From me! To you! *SQUISH SQUISH* I've been compiling it already. It looks awesome.

( To Write -list )

( A conversation with my mother. CAMERA PEOPLE. CLICK. )

I will be doing that voice post, I swear! Requests still being taken if you've got something.

Have a good Friday! <3