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Today I found out that my contract at my horrid temp job has ended. Hopefully this means that the universe is going to reward me with work that doesn't involve feeling my IQ drop by the minute, and dealing with Dicks.

Anyway, I have fabulous adventures to relate to you!

On Friday I headed off to celebrate the birthday of the excellent [livejournal.com profile] playwithfyr , aka Pyro but mostly aka Play. It was a Fish Birthday Meetup, with Isi and Bec and Lisa, oh my, all there too.

Me: *arrives*
[livejournal.com profile] altogetherisi : Thank god you're here. They don't like Lady Gaga!
[livejournal.com profile] r_hayburn : Would you like a glow in the dark gecko?
[livejournal.com profile] lisaheron : Why is the ukelele being like this? 
[livejournal.com profile] playwithfyr : It's okay, Lal is here now to be the Responsible Adult.
Everyone: *looks doubtfully at Lal*
Me: I also go by "Corrupting Influence"?

We had barbecue food indoors, because the summer conspired against us. During the meal we talked about Many Things, such as pirates and demons and the Guardian of the Dead and booklust and memes. There was also debate on what constitutes shipping and what is some separate thing where you don't need anyone has to like each other or be happy, you just want them to have really, really hot makeouts. (I do not call this shipping)

Isi and I also told everyone about our RPS conversations, aka The Greatest Conversation Ever Had In A Starbucks Before An Adam Lambert Concert.

Isi: It's like Lal and I were saying, once you've slashed the President of the United States, there's no going back.
Me: Don't forget our metaphor! RPS is like a slippery slope...
Isi: But a slope into a really fun place. More like a slide...
Me and Isi: Like a ball-pit!

It's the truth, people.

Then we went out to the campfire and toasted marshmallows and made s'mores. I would say that it was the sugar high that made us go slightly crazy, but that would be a lie. A terrible lie.

People were supposed to be teaching me how to play the ukelele but we kept getting sidetracked by, well, everything. We did a LOT of singing. It turns out that you can sing almost any song in the world to 4 chords played on the ukelele. You haven't lived until you've heard Take On Me, Don't Stop Believing, No Happy Ending and Let It Be all sung together. 

The plan had been to go inside and watch the first episode of Firefly (because there were people present there who hadn't seen it!) but the plan ended up devolving into Lal and Isi quote the first scene then fall asleep. This was after some discussion about how Bec might be a werecatapillar. 

The next day Lisa thoughtfully woke Bec by jumping on her and then we had cookies for breakfast. That pretty much set the tone for the day.  We were meant to be going on a picnic, but it was raining. A lot. But we were determined, so we packed the car full of food and set off.

Lisa: We are five fish and a ukelele. Sounds like a band!
Isi: Or a bad euphemism.
Play: The Bad Euphemisms would be a great name also.
Isi: In ~your~ endo...
Me: I'd like to double ~your~ entendre.
Bec: Now we have two album titles.

Then we sat in the in car, balanced food on every available surface and had a very fine picnic. We were occasionally beset by spies, and then the End Of the World (or at least the part where the sky turned into water and then fell on us) happened. But we sang the Zombie Song and braved it out.

Sadly then I had to leave. But, it was because it was Nat's birthday! We went to a huge family barbecue at his brother's girlfriend's father's house, and it was great! I made pistachio cupcakes for Nat, by the way, and it took a really, really long time. Turns out finely chopping 100g of pistachios without a blender will <i>break your spirit</i>. They are delicious, though!

I think the evening can best be summed up by this conversation, which I am naming A Treatise on the Perils of Drinking

Girl I have just met: Hey I like your necklace. It very much compliments your breasts.
Dude I have just Met: Even as a gay man, I can appreciate that those are very good breasts. 
Me: Er, thank you?
DIHJM: I also like your top!
Me: Thank you! I like your top too!
DIHJM: You should come into this room and swap tops with me!
Me: OK!

So that was fun!

As for the rest of my life.

It looks like this. ALL THE TIME.
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ETA; YOU GUYS, WHY IS MY .GIF NOT GIFFING?

Date: 2010-08-17 03:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] miabee023.livejournal.com
I WISH MY LIFE LOOKED LIKE YOURS. Though, come to think of it, it will this evening, as I will be going to see Inception for the third time. EXCELLENT.

I have to say, I am still not convinced as to the non-creepiness of RPS. It just kind of weirds me out, I'm sorry, and the friends I have told about it rather agree. However, I did not tell them that there is slash fic in existence starring our president... mostly because I think their brains would explode. I just-- this is a thing which-- I don't even--

... yeah.

(HE'S THE PRESIDENT, FOR GOD'S SAKE. I mean, yes, he's very handsome and charismatic, but... THE PRESIDENT. Would you slash your prime minister? I mean, with good conscience on your side?)

Your life continues to amuse me endlessly. How do these things happen to you? They're all very hilarious.

Date: 2010-08-17 08:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] laliandra.livejournal.com
Inception! Excellent. I cannot stop thinking about it, even though it was kind of silly and ridiculous.Have you seen much of the fandom? The fandom will actually eat your brain.

Well,

It's more that I read lots of fic ABOUT the President and it was awesome. So... I am not a tin-hatter, I don't actually think these people are doing the things in fic. IDK, sometimes I feel like a horrible creeper, but mostly I think that fiction is fiction, you know? I would not want not to have read so much of the amazing stories that I have, like [livejournal.com profile] novembersmith's ghost story or [livejournal.com profile] bexless 's Unholyverse orororor god, so many AI fics. But, eh, it's not for everyone, I am unbothered. And hope that we can still be friends despite my creepy!

Also, with good conscience doesn't really come into it! But, hilariously, we were talking about that very situation, because basically all the newspapers were doing JUST THAT and one of my friends is in a fandom that does, so... I don't, because I find him hateful. Because, I think RPF goes along with a sense of loving a character?

I have no idea. I am a weirdness magnet or something :D

Date: 2010-08-18 09:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] miabee023.livejournal.com
I have actually read a hundred-some Arthur/Eames fics... most of them quite mediocre. And then I finally decided that enough was enough and from now on I'll only be reading them if they're actually recommended to me first. As it is, I just follow fuckyeahinception and pray that candle_beck takes the suggestion of some of her followers that she write some Inception fic.

Like, I understand the CONCEPT of RPS, and why people would be into it... but to me it's just weird, because treating real people as characters just seems odd to me. I mean, I know we already tend to do that all the time - we define people, we give them identities, etc - but it seems too intentional of a simplification of real people. I think it's an interesting genre (?) conceptually, at least in the questions it raises about real people vs. people's ideas of real people vs. fictional characters, but I just feel like I am seriously invading on someone's life when I read it. EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT THEIR ACTUAL LIFE.

But don't worry - of course we can still be friends. (After all, I did read your RPS fics... and adored them.)

...really? Lord. It's actually kind of interesting for me, having an attractive/likeable president for the first time in my personal life. Like, I feel this weird sense of national pride because of it. Or maybe it just feels weird because having any national pride as a result of our president has been essentially impossible for half of my entire life so far.

Date: 2010-08-18 10:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altogetherisi.livejournal.com
Hello! *waves* That was actually part of the original RPS discussion we had, about how before (I, at least had felt it) seemed weird, creepy, an invasion, just plain odd, why would you do that. And then how despite feeling this, I somehow found myself (and Lal took a similar route I believe) sliding inexorably down this slippery slope, and before you know it you are in an RPS fandom, and it was great. I mean, for me anyway, obvs not for everyone.

So a scary steep slide into a ball pit is actually a really accurate metaphor. Also, because its easy to get stuck in ball pits, and never want to leave :P

Date: 2010-08-19 04:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] miabee023.livejournal.com
Yeah - I don't judge people who read RPS fic as, say, having something wrong in their brain, because, well, different strokes for different folks. People can RPS their hearts out - just so long as I am not required to read it, because it makes me feel terribly guilty in a horribly moral sort of way, like, if I were to steal money from a charity jar or something.

I did enjoy Lal's fics, though, so... obviously I will read it if it's my friends writing it. It's just that... Lal is my only friend who writes fic, RPS or otherwise, so it's not like I'm going through much of it.

Date: 2010-08-19 03:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] laliandra.livejournal.com
Dude, have you read enjambement or hackthis ? So good, OMG. I can imagine that there is a lot of dross out there because, hey, it's fandom. I have been using bookshop as my resource, both her LJ which has loads of cool rec posts and such, and her delicous. And then just clicking around the tag on delicious, because it's my Guiding Light through the neverending night that is a massive fandom! I hope this toooo! My friend is trying to persuade me to sign up for Inception BB...

Well, I never used to. I also sometimes feel creepy. Like, I don't really understand RPF about things that are really real? If you see what I mean? About real couples or whatever, that tends to make me feel weird. Sigh. This is clearly me drawing lines in the sand in my head but... Sorry, I doubt you wanted to get drawn into this debate!

Anyway, :D, I am glad that you liked them. Even though I hardly count those as RPF anymore.

We are jealous, let me tell you! Our Prime Minister is such a poshboy private school conservative. The Deputy (the guy he has to share power with) is pretty cool though. He speaks many languages! I like that in a person :D

Date: 2010-08-19 04:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] miabee023.livejournal.com
Hoookay, so I went to check out [livejournal.com profile] bookshop and of course clicked on her post about Why Eames Is Awesome and then I read her RP discussion of the Inception characters regarding Harry Potter and my brain promptly imploded from awesome. THANK YOU. I will start plowing through her rec lists when I have some time on my hands and I'm sure it will be amazing.

DOOOOO IIIIIIIT. Or just write anything, period. I suggest that.

Hey, it's all good. I'm sure one day I'll probably cross over into RPS and then I'll look back and go, What was all the fuss about?, but... for now I'll just stick with fictional characters.

Well, you might get on with my sister then - she speaks fluent German and Spanish, as well as some basic French. As you might imagine, this makes me feel a bit unimpressive with my mediocre Italian and patchy Japanese.

Date: 2010-08-20 04:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] laliandra.livejournal.com
See, all you need is a good guide! Glad to help :D Oh! I feel that you would love [livejournal.com profile] pyramidine 's boarding school AU, especially.

I am! Now we have until November to think of a plot. At the moment all I have is "I just want to write them all sitting round chatting and mocking each other" which is what every fic of mine would look like if I had my way...

That is pretty cool, nonetheless :D

Date: 2010-08-18 04:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mcollinknight.livejournal.com
I would not slash my prime minister.

But that's because my prime minister is Stephen Harper, so.

I think I can be forgiven there.

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