Anesor is one of the people who encouraged me to write, and while the first thing I ever posted isn’t up any longer, she never hesitated to offer support, advice, and friendship while I tried my best to hone my craft. We wrote together, beta-read for each other, and even indulged ourselves in some private commentary on some of the more florid fan fictions in our favorite fandoms.

I got the chance to visit her in-person once, and I’ll always cherish that day. It was like sitting down with a family member, because we knew each other so well by then. Her family was warm and welcomed this online stranger with open arms, just like Anesor did when she wrote the first review on my story, and asked me what happens next.

I will miss her voice, and her strength, and her sheer determination, but I will always hold our friendship close.

So I thought it would be kind of neat to ask my AFF family what they got from their Santa (whoever that may be) that was their favorite and why.

I got some really neat stuff (A playstation 4 so welcome back carpel tunnel ) but by far my favorite gift was a box of cookies (I know I'm a cookie addict but these are special cookies) Our 6 yo niece who has recently come to stay with us conspired with our friend and neighbor on this endeavor; she asked our neighbor, who is an amazing cook by the way, to help her make macadamia nut and chocolate chip peanut butter cookies, my favorite. So my gift from my 6 year old niece was a huge tin of homemade cookies that she made almost all by herself - I cried !

Probably gonna do a RoftG, even though it IS a kids film, adventure/lemon fic for some odd reason. Never seen the film yet, but I have basics down I think, since I've read some ficlets. Pairings will either be Jack FrostX OC or Reader, not sure which. Maybe I'll add in some SMT(F!HitoshuraXJack?) too, and other Angel/Demon myth heavy games. I'm just so weird; I can find links for fics that have like nothing in common. Always had the biggest crush on him since I was a kid though, I blame the christmas specials, I know its creepy as all hell.

Fate/EXTRA type fic that somewhat crosses over with VR gaming, kinda like .hack I guess. The setting will be futuristic, possibly before EXTRA, and uses video game chars as flake servants. Only 1980s-2004 though; Reboot chars count separate if they are significantly different like NG series Ryu. Still plugging away for this though, as I have lots of Servant ideas, but I don't want them all to be from like FF or Tales, etc. We'll see where this goes. I may want a beta to look over my design doc.

Some kinda Dragon Age 2 lemon with Fenris. I've seen a lot on FF.net though and it seems to be the same crap over and over again. Fall in love, have kids, get captured by slavers, etc. I want something different dammit, and am having problems with this too. Sadly Bio doesn't really have many other countries in the Thedas region that we know about besides Orelais, fereldan( butchering these name here lol) and FM. I mean we do know about Qunari nations and such, but what about other non-human islands/towns/whatevers? There has to be more races than the typical three plus, Qunari right? I dunno....waiting on this one.

Working on this now. Random Uni/College AU with various anime/game characters inhabiting the city/town/campus that normal people live in. Boring blah blah you see on Ff.net really so far, more cause I just bored out of my mind.Want to make this different too, not a normal HS AU thing.

This is it really. Nothing too spectacular, but this is more for me anyways. I have the worst memory, and now that these are here, they aren't in my head. now I can focus on schoolwork and shit.

Regardless, I just wanted to share this with you.

Years ago, wow, around seven or eight I think, you posted a Chronicles of Riddick fanfic entitled "Just The Beginning."

I believe I've actually commented once before, but I wanted to say it again. I love this story, and I thought maybe, if you're still lurking around, it might be a nice little to perk to let you know that I saved the story, and I still come back to it every few years to read it again, because I liked it that much.

Thank you for continuing to entertain my imagination, even several years down the road.

--Doppelfisch

So, first off I was taking a beak (look) at the Hall of Shame, I was quite interested to see what people do as far as plagiarising work went...well, some of it made me chuckle but then I remembered that I myself have actually used direct quotes/sections of JK Rowling's work...and I had a brief panic where I had to go through it all and double check it was all properley cited, lol. (I hope it is...) I got to thinking about why I used sections of JK Rowling's books in my fanfiction as, let's be honest, it's not really very creative is it? I chose to do it because I try to write as close to canon as possible, I used sections from the original story to bulk out my own story and squeeze it in nice and neatly. I suppose I do that because in the story in question I was writing for 'background' characters, I wanted to write in the bits she hadn't written. I am not sure if that can be considered creative or not, it's certainly not very original!

Next random babble: Obsession! I have a thing in my fanfic writing where I insist on researching every tiny possible detail, this goes from Author's interviews to the Wiki pages...I look at it ALL! I do it so that I can get the best possible understanding of my chosen fandom, I also go to extreme's as far as other research goes. I look into phsycology, sexual kinks and basically anything that I do not have personal experience of. I want to make my stories as close to realistic as possible, I hope this shows through in my writing but I have had many people give me the impression that they don't actually like the realism...hmm. Oh I also must note that as I am writing some Original stuff I do tend to rehash over the same issues, as in, many of my stories are going to have similarities in plot, this is simply because I testing the various ways I can write about certain issues, notably child abuse. Once again, this is a sore point for many of my trolls...but I need to explore as many avenues as possible and find the best to put in my original fiction...so there we go. Basically, I get so into my fanfiction that I become obsessed! It's debatable as to how healthy that is, lol.

And another one: Personal issues: a few weeks ago my father walked out my mum...yeah, I know, that's shit. Turns out he has been having an affair, even worse! This is a man I trusted, a man I love and he has trashed everything I thought I knew about him. But on TOP of that I am also at home looking after my mother, she has been having serious heart issues which have had her in and out of hospital...then of course, we have no money so we are having to rely on friends and family just to eat. :/ Then on top of it ALL, the real icing on the shit pile that is my life at the moment, I have to be referred to a specialist to be tested for Adult Autism. Woopdy doo. So yeah, it's all fun and games in the mysterious world of Kimmimaru!

Lastly: This sounds minor but it pisses me off; E-mail spam! ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG! Hate it. :/ They get your hopes up by telling you you have mail then dash them all with some crappy dating site...

Anyways, thanks for reading...I hope to see you around.

I'm curious since I haven't been on a first date in well about a decade of what should be must have's on a first date other than the obvious money in your purse and a mint. FYI i think a travel toothbrush should be in that list personally.

Also what makes a good first date for a girl verses a guy other than the obvious potential of sex at the end of the night?

Now at the time I had the money but I didn't have it fixed or anything. Anyone have an opinion for good laptops that aren't super bulky or heavy? If anyone has heard, my laptop came from the company ASUS.

On Monday August 13, 2012, I went in on a spur of the moment decision and took my driver's test and about an hour later, I was walking back to the office with the biggest grin on my face, as I had passed the driving test with a 79. The lowest amount you can get is 70 before you fail the test and have to take it another day. I had problems with one thing only parrell parking, I did get the vehicle half in but I didn't get it all the way in, but she did give me credit for trying.

But I am now a legal driver. My vehicle that I drove is this little beauty that I named CJ.

It's a 2002 gray Rav4.

Beth

*chokes back a sob* All those opposed to change, please say AYE!

Lol. Actually, I'd like to congratulate everyone in the Admin for accomplishing so much! I hope the large list of Site Announcements encoded with Admin coding-gibberish means that it will indeed be possible to bring all of that, which I love, back. That way I don't have to resort to leaving panicky statements here... Oh wait... Damn.

Thanks again and...

*shakes fist menacingly* I better get all of my money back!

Lol. Take care and peace out!

See, about the time the G1 Transformers series came out. (80's). I was one one of those quiet, unseen, artistic-type kids. The only one I really hung out with (besides the other outcasts at school) were my birds. Small parrot-types to be exact... Ended up breeding the things all through highschool, then had to sell them/give them up when I moved out of the house.

Well, fast forwards almost two decades. Got a crazy idea to post 'an available home for an unwanted parrot' on Craigslist two days ago. Heck, figured kids were old enough to watch their fingers - so why not?

So here I was, expecting someone to offer me a feather-plucking psycho to rehab. (what do you expect when you ask them to GIVE you one?!? Common sense - right) But a gentleman emailed me. Has a houseful of more kids and more pets than I do! (and that's saying a LOT! I've got a farm you know... LOL)... Was looking for a home for both of his birds.

Well, told him I could only take one. (the birds don't get along anyways - so no big deal. I just didn't want to tick hubby off..) So I picked the quiet one. It's an Eclectus Parrot, and a female! And nothing wrong with her, tame, healthy, etc... His kids just want another puppy..

So I'm going up there Thurs with my mother (she still has a bunch of lovebirds. So still goes to parrot shows all the time...) To pick her up. The guy's even giving me the cage!!! (so he says..) So if this turns out to really be true (and not some scam - ok, I'm pesimistic on 'free' stuff) - We'll have a new, bright red, family member soon!

I took the written test today and I passed it missing only two questions.

Yes, world, look out I am now an officially able to drive with another driver in the car. First day of schooling starts tomorrow.

Beware, I am on the roads!

Beth

The neurologist said something about the nerves in his brain that control motor functions and something else burnt out, and he has about a 50/50 chance to come out of it.

Aint life grand?

Way to go!

As part of a final project for my Transatlantic Literature class at the University of West Florida, I am compiling research on the topic of Fan fiction. This class is focused on Science Fiction in the Victorian Era (H.G Wells, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, etc). We are studying the ways that this texts cross over the Atlantic to America and also, how these texts become remediated (movies, television shows, other books). For this final project, we are studying a culture of modern day Science Fiction.

I chose my topic, the Hunger Games Fan Fiction, because of my interest in dystopian/utopian fiction. My thesis will be largely based on the genre that is created by the author and remediated by the fans. I will be exaiming the ideas behind fan fiction and the intent of the creators of stories based on Suzanne Collin’s series.

This project is an ethnographic study. This means it is based in actual anthropologic research/field research. I will be reading the original Hunger Games series, your fan fiction, and cross fiction in order to come to a conclusion about the nature and purpose of Fan Fiction. This study will remain completely anonymous except for ages and geographical demographics.

Unfortunately, the time constraints of this class will give me a limited study---but hopefully, I will find some conclusive data that will be interesting and informative to all participants/my peers. I will compile my findings into a short power point presentation for my peers and a final paper with my findings. At your request, all findings, data, and information gathered will be shared.

My requests from the authors on this site: Please complete the survey on this site. Please be warned---it contains questions regarding sexual activity. Please do not click if you will be offended by these questions.

www.surveymonkey.com/s/hungergamesMA

My email is ASHLEEANNEPALMER@GMAIL.COM

You may email me with any questions/concerns/further information. Also, if you would like to submit your fan fiction to my email---I would be happy to read it and give feedback.

Thank you in advance for your help. I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

AshleeAnne

I need someone who wants to converse with me and wont be scared to call me out when I'm being a little bit stupid or bitchy. I want someone to talk to. We can have delightful conversations about the imaginary weather of the internet, while having fake tea with a lizard Queen E. We can talk philosophy! We can argue about why Twilight it a bad book. We can talk about good books. We can read Dr. Suess! Oh the places we can go. We have brains in our head and shoes on our feet!

I sound like some really sad lonely person who has a bagillion cats don't I? Rest assured though, I do not own any cats. Cats make me feel like they are trying to wiggle down my throat and leave their fury coating my throat.

(Has resigned herself to live a sad internet buddyless life)

i like to read stories (and daydream) about sexual abuse, mostly kinds that involve domination and/or humiliation. but i've noticed that i dont seem to have the same mindset of other ppl who are into bdsm. most notably i'm not 'switchable' as wikipedia puts it. i would hate to have someone do to me, everthing that i get a rush out of. i'm not a sadomasichist, i'm a pure sadist.

i've read about how 'normal' sadomasochists view their fetish, and their code of conduct, and though its interesting, its completely alien to me, and tragically doesnt appeal to me much.

i have no interest in living my fantasies out in reality, i know better than that, but still, does the fact that enjoy this stuff make me evil? would i be not evil if i also enjoyed being humiliated and abused, or would that just make me a fucked up person?

i need to know the answer, but everywhere i ask no one will tell me. absolutely no one. i needed to know the day i started to ponder it, and its been weeks now and its driving me insane. plz tell me...

"Some of the areas that I'm studying are legality, social attitude, the veiling effects of the internet, adhesion and permissiveness (or lack of) within erotic fiction communities and emotional association of author and reader with characters. I'm also exploring common theories, such as female attraction to the genre due to the emotionally available characters, the changing nature of female sexuality in general (eg, attraction to dark, non-feminine taboo such as BDSM, powerplay, alternate sexualities, age difference etc.) whether the writers and readers hold any genuine deviant desires and to what extent those involved are demonised by both on and offline communities.

This is an absolutely neutral study and what I'm looking for is intelligent, rational debate about a sensitive issue. I want both pro and anti comments, discussions with those involved, those who aren't and those who have only just learnt about the genre. I want to discuss the nature of literature as an erotic, taboo medium, both in a contemporary setting and a historical setting. I want to investigate characterisation as cathartic - do those who read or write this fiction project themselves emotionally and psychologically onto the characters (both older and younger) or do they merely vouyeristically observe the eroticism present and enjoy the taboo?"

She has an anonymous survey; http://www.surveymonkey.com/Home_Landing.aspx?sm=7sLiMQpCYjAQZP%2b9NfJOMVzoWW2FyZNDoO6ohje22II%3d

And anyone who wishes to give a more detailed opinion may email her at dissresponse@gmail.com

There was once a couple who had been married for several years. The husband worked hard, many hours and was never home and the little time he was he was too tired to spend any time with his wife.

Though the wife loved her husband dearly she had begun to feel neglected, lonely and unsatisfied, so she sought out a lover. She found one who was more than capable of satisfying her needs but there was a downfall to it. Her lover lived on the other side of town and she had to walk there and back to go and see him. She did, everyday after her husband left for work she would walk to meet her lover at his apartment.

When the affair began people around his neighborhood warned her that she must never be out at night, that she should be home before the sun set because there was a madman who would come out the second the sun was fully down and without prejudice would kill anyone who roamed around.

She heeded the warning and made sure to be home before the sun set every day. Except one day, in the heat of the passion time ran away from her and it was much later than it normally was for her to leave. She knew that she would not reach the safety of her home before nightfall and she became afraid.

She turned to her lover to help her, to perhaps drive her home or get her a taxi but he looked at her and scoffed. Telling her he was not responsible for her, that it was not his problem and it was her own fault for loosing track of time.

Against her better judgment she risked leaving, knowing she had to get home to her husband. She walked the street and watched as the sun began to set. As a last hope she saw a ferryman preparing to leave and she ran to him desperately, begging him to let her cross the river so she would not be killed.

Except when the ferryman discovered she had no money to give him he told her no and left her to her fate.

The sun set and as she was told the man came out from the shadows and killed her.

In this particular story each character has a part to play in the death. Rank them as you see who has the most responsibility. 1 for the character who has the most blame and 5 for the character you feel has the least to blame.

Example

1. 
   Wife
   
2. 
   Lover
   
3. 
   Husband
   
4. 
   Ferryman
   
5. 
   Madman
   

There is no wrong answer, choose them however you feel is right. Each character represents something you value. The first being the thing you value most the fifth the least.

]Because he likes winter, these are for Shadowknight...

I mean... Why else have that area in the Store, if we can't gain happiness from our [virtual]material things??

Just a thought

Peace out!