I'm not a coward, I've just never been tested

Who the fuck let me near a computer four years ago? Matter of fact, why are you still letting me near a computer? I've been rereading all my old things, journalling and fic writing both, and am generally mortified. I certainly violated some sort of unlimited italics license, not to mention the friggin' pretentiousness of busting out non-capitalized phrases and such in the middle of paragraphs for no reason. We shall not even speak of the horrid abuse of parantheses. And now I want to clean up everything I've written ever-- not sure why it's one of those nights, but it just is. Ai-yah.

There's a certain pronunciation and inflection to that which loses something in being text on a screen. It's something I picked up off my aunt, and it's a phrase pronounced in such a way which I'm convinced only Chinese-American ladies of a certain age can do.

( Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again )

Anyhow, that's said and done. Have some AIM. Have a lot of AIM. And remember: parody. I actually do think Zack's intelligent and Cloud's capable and Sephiroth has a sense of humor and the clones... well, actually, I do quite like making fun of the clones. But not because I actively dislike them or anything, it's just because it's so damn easy to do. Poor spirits.

( Son of AIM recap! )

Everything of flesh and bone, he could call it all his own

And as long as I can't sleep and am despairing over writing: a meme! Ask me what happens after the end of one of my stories, and I'll tell you as best I know. And because I always think memes like this should be give and take, I'll ask you back. (Or, if you'd like to give me a shove, remind me that I should be writing something for you and I'll tell you either what I'm planning to do, or a panicked and outrageous lie about why you haven't gotten it yet. Or both.)

I hate doing meme only posts, because it seems so desperate and I'm always terrified to come back and find that no-one cares at all. So, uh, please?

And to keep it from being a meme only post, have some stuff.

SNAKES ON A PLANE. Snakes flying the plane! I'd wear it.

Candybar Dollmaker. Always good to blow twenty minutes at, designing a doll. Make yourself, make your OC, make a canon character, make Michael Phelps, I dunno.

The Snowman site. Does anyone remember this book and movie with the same alarming fondness that I do? Walking in the Air still gives me good chills.

Really fantastic Japanese illustrations of fairy tales. God, what I'd give for that artistic talent.

Rookery of penguin chicks. Also known as "EEEEE SO CUTE."

I should do recs and the music post, but those require more thought. Good night.