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Round-up of me
Nov. 15th, 2009 12:09 pm
The Archive of Our Own is now in open beta! Consider this my plug for the archive. Seriously - I may have my reservations about some of the OTW projects but this one is a winner. The archive software itself has some quirks (it took me ages to get used to the tagging system) but it's very flexible and the archive is the only one out there created with fandom - all of it - in mind. Most important, we own the servers, so there's no danger of getting TOSsed out of there just for doing what fans do. Nearly all of my stories are already posted there and no matter my website problems, there they'll stay.
Anyone who wants an account there can add their name to the invitation queue, but I do have an invite to give away. Let me know if you want it - first come, first served. (Comments are screened)
Other news...2012 was fun. Incredible effects, terrible science and the lead character is...d'you remember that episode of Red Dwarf with the luck virus? That's what I was continually reminded of while watching. Because, in all seriousness, the way falling buildings and trees and tsunamis kept just missing him - they guy is officially the luckiest man in the universe. Skill and knowledge can't account for it, not in this film. In Emmerich's other disaster movies, he's always got a lead character who has a natural advantage, so it makes sense for him to survive. In this one the dude gets by on the kind of luck that is just literally unbelievable. Which is a shame, because it does take something away from the film. But it doesn't matter that much because the movie is really all about the spectacle, and on that it delivers.
I had my first meeting with my new OU tutor yesterday and oh, man is he useless! The guy can't stay on-topic for a minute. In a two-hour tutorial I learned a lot, actually, about Guardian journalists and geology and ley lines (no, I'm not kidding) but darned little about sociology. Ah, well. It's only 'till May.
Yuletide assignments are out! I got mine and it's...a little strange, actually, but I can do it. I'm gonna have to do loads of re-watching first.
Hope you all are having a great weekend!
*hides under the bed*
Anyone who wants an account there can add their name to the invitation queue, but I do have an invite to give away. Let me know if you want it - first come, first served. (Comments are screened)
Other news...2012 was fun. Incredible effects, terrible science and the lead character is...d'you remember that episode of Red Dwarf with the luck virus? That's what I was continually reminded of while watching. Because, in all seriousness, the way falling buildings and trees and tsunamis kept just missing him - they guy is officially the luckiest man in the universe. Skill and knowledge can't account for it, not in this film. In Emmerich's other disaster movies, he's always got a lead character who has a natural advantage, so it makes sense for him to survive. In this one the dude gets by on the kind of luck that is just literally unbelievable. Which is a shame, because it does take something away from the film. But it doesn't matter that much because the movie is really all about the spectacle, and on that it delivers.
I had my first meeting with my new OU tutor yesterday and oh, man is he useless! The guy can't stay on-topic for a minute. In a two-hour tutorial I learned a lot, actually, about Guardian journalists and geology and ley lines (no, I'm not kidding) but darned little about sociology. Ah, well. It's only 'till May.
Yuletide assignments are out! I got mine and it's...a little strange, actually, but I can do it. I'm gonna have to do loads of re-watching first.
Hope you all are having a great weekend!
*hides under the bed*
