EveKnight75

Human Torch

Ernest P. Worrell

Firefly (unless I'm supposed to do G: Ghostboy)

Catwoman (Does it look like I'm trying to fix it anymore?)

Nope Madapple?

D: Daredevil

Prissy

Shallower (I think I fixed it!)

If she hadn't added the fic to her "Alerts" list, I'd have to wonder whether she had any interest in the fic itself at all. I didn't reply to that comment. The pairing she asked for is within the fic, so it's not a totally moronic request. I get plenty of people asking me when the sex is coming. I don't blame them because I've given the fics a high rating and the sex isn't there yet. I'm actually working on that right now. I'm one of those people who take a really long time to update. It doesn't mean that I've forgotten - I keep them up-to-date on the stuff in my personal life that slows me down. I'm just a bit OCD about my writing, that's all.

I'm a very creative person, but I'm also very logical. I've always been good at math and science, but I'm also good at creative writing, designing clothes, and working with colors. Basically, I have a strong left brain (logic), and a strong right brain (creativity). Maybe that's why I'm ambidextrous. We actually had a survey done in the 12th grade on exactly this theory. 82% of the righties found math and science easier, and 88% of the lefties found social studies and the arts easier. I was the only ambidextrous student they had come across, and I claimed to find it all relatively equal. My grades backed that statement up. It was an interesting study and it definitely supported the theory, but I'm still not sure I believe in it. There's still a significant percentage to prove the contrary, and I say that there's a lot more to favoring a hand and personal mental strengths. In fact, tools from the Bronze Age and further back suggest that our early ancestors didn't have any notions about right-handedness or left-handedness. Some schmuck made it up along the way to opress the lefties. A lot of scientists say it's evolution that made the majority favor the right hand and that lefties are an anomaly. Sure.

I ocassionally have Nutella and peanut butter on toast, but only if I get a really low reading on my monitor. Safety first. I want bottehamen met hagelslag! I'm a chocoholic! Damn you, WotanAnubis, for bringing that up!

I wasn't exactly sure what hagelslag was, but now that you've described it, I guess you could translate it to "chocolate shavings". "Shavings" would be a more accurate translation in light of the fact that hagelslag probably doesn't look like what we consider chocolate sprinkles (like the stuff on donuts and ice cream).

I don't like working with time constraints and specific subject-matter rules when it comes to creative writing. That's why I don't tend to write holiday specials if I don't have to. Don't get me wrong - I'm not against writing an occasional holiday special, but don't expect me to post during the right holiday or by the time the holiday rolls around. If I do, you're likely to get a crappy rushed job with great manipulation of the English language and a creative plot but the characters aren't well-written, and there's a lot of plot holes regarding settings and time-flow. In short "you show promise but you're not living up to your potential." In short, I'd rather avoid a rushed-job holiday special unless I hit a stroke of inspiration. But that's just me. There's plenty of people who are way better at writing holiday specials or writing something quickly without compromising quality. I'll pin this topic every time a major holiday rolls around, OK? That way, people are bound to remember.

How about taking gender out of the equation when writing those sex scenes? Just write the dominant/submissive part then add the body parts in later. You could write D/s based on personality rather than gender. If that doesn't work, how about imagining the characters in a matriarchal society? The social restriction on women and promiscuity is present in patriarchal societies, but not so much in matriarchal societies. You specialize in vampire fics, right? This one is just for you: let's say the woman is a vampire who's been around a while. If she's existed longer than the man/men in question, then it's only natural that she'd be more in control of the situation based on more experience over the years. A gangbang could be her idea of avoiding a rut and not conforming to mortal ideals because she's above them. I know that this factor is usually involved in bad sex fics, but I think the best thing you could do to overcome this problem is forget society and concentrate on the individuals. What goes on in the bedroom stays in the bedroom, and no one else needs to know. When I actually write a bona-fide sex scene and show it to someone, I'll get back to you. I do have some idea of what I'm willing to write, and what I prefer to read. When I'm more awake, I'll edit this post and answer your question, I swear.

I'm taking a wild guess here - you had chocolate spread on bread? Like I said, a wild guess, but let me know if I'm anywhere close. I usually have cereal for breakfast if I can stomach it while in a rush. If I can lounge around, I'll have pancakes. If I have at least half an hour, I'll have cheese omelets. There are also occasions where I have cream cheese on bagels or peanut butter on toast. If I wake up really early and feel like throwing up, I'll grab a breakfast bar and water. Actually, I'd prefer to skip breakfast altogether on those mornings, but I'm diabetic so skipping breakfast is not an option.

I've always been against Bush, and if I had been old enough to vote back then, I definitely would have voted against him. As it is, it was a sad day indeed when Bush got re-elected. I remember that one of my cousin's friends voted for Bush the second time around even though he claimed to hate the guy. When asked why he did what he did, his answer was "let the fucktard clean up his own mess". At least the answer made some sense to me. Bush hasn't done anything to clean up his mess. I'd expect as much, but I don't think Kerry would have done a much better job because things were just too fucked up. Bringing up an impeachment for Bush now is just ludicrous. If it were introduced after his ineptitude became painfully apparent for the very first time, it would have served a purpose. It takes forever to introduce the option of impeachment, and it'd take forever to go through with it if it were approved. By the time the impeachment would be wrapped up, we'd already know who the next running candidates are. Bush has two more years to go, so we might as well suck it in and stick it out (that made a weird mental image). After that, we really don't need to worry about him anymore because he won't be allowed to run again. I somewhat agree with nikola. Bush's influence on Americans is comparable to Hitler's influence on the Germans. Germany's a great nation full of wonderful people, but it was just too hard to not be pulled in by Hitler's manipulations of their fear. Once they started to see the errors of his ways, they became a wiser nation for it. WWII was one of the most terrible periods in history, but where would we be now without it? The Holocaust played a large part in significantly decreasing anti-Semitism because of the unspeakable treatment of Jews. Once America emerges from this period in history under Bush, its people shall be wiser, and the whole fiasco will also play a major part in fighting negative stereotypes about Muslim "terrorists". I just hope that the rest of the country votes more wisely next time, and that the extreme-rightist Texans who can consider forgiving the Dixie Chicks will watch Shut Up and Sing. Fortunately, I will be legally old enough to vote in the presidential elections for the very first time when the next one rolls around.

I plan on reading that book once I can get my hands on it. After exams, I plan on finishing off the Vampire Omnibus, and The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction. Vampires have always been my favorite mythical creature. I'm also fascinated by Irish folklore and literature - they come up with some of the best stuff. I've already finished reading Madame Bovary in French (great way to study for a French exam without boring yourself to tears or getting confused) and Memorias de mis putas tristes by Gabriel García Márquez (one of my fave authors). Neither book was required reading, but they really helped me study for the exams and I enjoyed the abridged versions of both novels. I had to read Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood for an exam, but I can't say I enjoyed it. What can I say? I've always been an avid reader nearly my entire life (and I say "nearly" because I wasn't born with the ability to read. I still love Amelia Bedelia, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Good Night Moon, Berenstain Bears, and anything by Beverly Cleary (especially the Ramona series).

Reading that, I now remember why I didn't go into the sciences even though my aunts and uncles were pushing me towards that. Not the hardest subjects in the world, but it could be considered downright easy if you're a natural who studies hard.

Not in this course, fortunately. This course is just one of many needed to get a pre-law certificate. There's another course where we have to study the history of the Canadian justice system, and that's where we compare the French and British criminal systems in relation to the modern Canadian criminal system, as well as compare how the British system influenced the American and Canadian systems. This course is where we study prison, reformation, and the punitive system. It was supposed to be interesting because we were supposed to be studying from the prisoner's POV, but it didn't turn out like that. If it had, I could've written a historical fiction piece from a Canadian prisoner's POV, handed it in as a paper, and gotten a good grade for it. One can only dream.

Gotcha!

Why can't I see my own warning bar?

I think I hate you right now. My last exam is going to be on the 22nd. I have to study the history of both the Canadian and American prison systems. They would have stuck to Canada only, but apparently there's not enough material, the history's not colorful enough, and a lot of us are interested in applying to American law schools. When we go into the exam hall, we have to turn in our papers before sitting down.

Hmm... we'll see. . Am I allowed to give myself a bad rating? The masochist in me needs to know.

You know that concrit article I'm working on? My partner on that, sweetblood, says she's run into that issue before, and she's not the only one. Sometimes, it's you. You may have been a bit harsh in the tone without realizing it. Sometimes the person you've given concrit to is a brat. They don't want concrit - they want gushing praise for their crap. Any negative comment, no matter how politely put, irks them. The result: "Wah! ur meen!" Then they send their posse after you. She says she's actually writing a section to address that issue. Of course, she'll put the info in much nicer terms. I don't know what her solution is, but I'll ask her so that I can pass it on to you before the article's posted. The only problem is that she's never had to deal with floods of troll reviews because she doesn't write stories herself. Last I heard, she's consulting a member of FF who has dealt with posse flame attacks before (the member's mature but under 18, so we won't post a pen-name when giving credit). As it is, the article should take another 2-3 weeks to finish. Personally, I haven't run into that issue yet. I've had only one person ignore me, and the others have appreciated my concrit. Many of them also ask me to become their beta. When I had my old account, I kept getting flooded with hate mail for one of my fics. Apparently, I'm a sick incestuous pedophile who needs to be taken away by the authorities ASAP. Better yet, I should do the world a favor and kill myself. I'm not an adult writer - I'm a sicko with deranged fantasies who can't draw worth crap. And the list goes on and on. At least they were polite enough not to leave the comments on a review board (except for one reviewer who was automatically negated by nearly every following reviewer without any flames and without sounding like a posse). Believe me, honey, you don't want to deal with them just to have an excuse to rip into them. The sheer number will eventually overwhelm you, no matter how ridiculous their comments. If you really want to rip into them, go to a badfic site/group.

I was actually born with an issue regarding the thumb on the right hand. It makes it harder to grip things. For all of that, my parents forced me to learn everything with the right hand because of some dumb old-fashioned belief. When I was around 10, my father admitted he should have just let me use the left hand. The truth is, when I was around 9 years old, I started doing stuff with the left hand at school. By the time I reached high school, I was fully ambidextrous in everything. I'll admit it's easier to perform certain activities with the left hand (chopsticks anyone?), but I don't have any issues performing them with the right hand. Despite the comfort level with the left, I don't actually favor either hand for some reason. My mother, on the other hand, still gets all weirded out if she sees me eating french fries with the left hand (some myth about washing yourself with the left hand). The only weakness issue I have is that sometimes one hand will swell up and the wrist will become extremely sore, forcing me to depend on the other hand. As a result, I think I can give you some advice on how to deal with developing the abilities of the recessive hand or depending on one hand altogether. My first piece of advice would be "practice, practice, practice". Even if you're not used to the paper-and-pen method, try writing out a few drabbles/short stories on paper with your right hand. Eventually, it won't feel awkward anymore. Speed and increased clarity will come later. The second thing is "patience". There have been plenty of times where a wrist went bad during a time where I had to keep typing. I know that it's slow and frustrating, but keep doing what you're doing now. Don't worry about becoming slow, and remember to take frequent short breaks. A 5-minute break every 15 minutes is a good starting point. Usually, I move my hand to the center of the keyboard, allow my fingers to spread out, then keep glancing between the keys and screen when typing. You don't need to assign a finger to a key, and it's pretty fast once you get the hang of it. The main thing is to know where each key is located on the keyboard. Too bad it doesn't work that well when playing the piano. I don't think I'll ever be able to fully understand how you feel. When I have an episode, I know that the hand will be OK again, and I'm lucky. I can empathize with your situation to an extent. And you certainly have my full sympathies. I just hope some of this advice helps you out. As for the keyboard, go for it if it'll make your life easier. Don't worry about the amount of time it'll take to master it.