Persistence of Memory

For those that pay attention, I've moved the HP/Twilight fics from Misc. Slash to their own page, here. I've also added two new stories to that, both Harry/Edward.

Added the story Abused to Harry/Lucius Recs, and Haunted By Dreams Deferred to the Final Fantasy XII section of Misc. Game-Related Recs.

On the way back from Orlando I happened to notice a couple of signs which made me laugh.

Catholic Church
All you can eat seafood

I don't know why that struck me as funny, it just did.

→ Landfill
→ Senior Center

All I could think here was something like "Aw shit, Ethel kicked it. Joe! Pop her on a handcart and hit the landfill across the street. We get a discount."

( Sea World (one image included) )

A story, Surprising, has been added to the Final Fantasy VII section under Cloud/Sephiroth for Misc. Game Related.

Added a story to Misc. Slash. This one is actually an amusing crossover of Harry Potter/Twilight, weighing in at 61 chapters and 145k words.

I admit, I actually like what FFN has done. Not only can you now properly place crossover stories as crossovers (I went ahead and fixed Convergence and Persequor), but you now see the character selections in the info line, which means I can spy that revolting little Harry P & Ginny W and ignore the living daylights out of those (etc., etc., so on and so forth).

In other news, while I have yet to reach level 30 with my higher character (Nimby, presently 26, Justus, presently 25), I am still waffling like mad over which sidekick to choose when I'm able. While I do not care in the least about the increased carrying capacity of the Kid, I do care about the extra AP and the loot stuff. I already chafe at a mere 30AP per day, so more would be welcome. On the other hand, the Accountant with her skills at buffing my zorkmid stash and giving me discounts to purchase and bonuses on sale of loot, in theory giving me the ability to purchase better equipment faster.... I just don't know.

I'm also getting use out of one of the Fanucci calculators, here. I was doing all right on my own with the diagrams, but the calculator is squeezing out extra points for me, which is always welcome.

I've realized that a lot of people put a great deal of thought into their chapter titles, often with some arcane and mysterious reasoning or pattern behind them.

And then I realized, I almost never pay attention to what chapters are called, even though I've always named my own. It's like they don't register.

The heck with all these newfangled games! Why, in my day, we only had text and sixteen colours! That's right!

So, I've been playing around with a couple of emulator-type dealies so I can get me some good old fashioned Infocom lovin'. That's right. Of course, all those years playing DragonRealms has me frequently typing in stuff like "sigh" and "roll eyes" and having the parser get all pissy at me, but whatever, right? (Sadly, Mr Parser does not recognize commands like: stabbity <target>, the bastard.)

As much as I'd like to blow $50 on a permanent account at IJ, I just can't justify it. I also can't justify $20 over at Something Awful to get an account and access to archive threads, so I guess I'll just have to content myself with non-archived Let's Play threads. *sobs* Still, I'm having a serious craving to reinstall Tropico and the expak, and maybe certain Myst games. There's just something about wandering around in the D'ni city that's... magical.

Writing, you say? Don't be silly! I'm too busy surfing my brains out. Though, I did get a Nimby request, so I may just go do that soon, as I get the feeling the Let's Play cornucopia is about to tap out. (Okay, fine, I do have a number of chapters/stories in progress, but those are top secret still.)

Meanwhile, we've been beadily eyeing the calendar, waiting for the 26th to arrive so we can get those permanent caps in place. While not sick of yogurt, I would like to be able to eat actual food. You know, like steak, damn it!!!! Or that chicken John used to make and gave me a recipe for ages and ages ago, not that I cook, because I can't cook, but that's part of why I married someone who can, right?

Tried (very carefully) one bite of a blue raspberry Twizzler from the fruity rainbow pack and hated it. Almost no flavor, they're limp and hard to manage, and they leave a nasty aftertaste. It's like flavored coffee, you know? The smell is fabulous, but the taste? Blech. Except, the smell of the fruity rainbow pack is like someone dumped several gallons of Kool-Aid on the floor, which brings back not-so-fond memories of Jim Jones.

Having said all that, I really don't have anything of interest to say, do I. Bwuahahahaha!

Most recent additions:

One in Misc. Het, one in Misc. Slash, one in Gen/Other, and one under Seriously Ambivalent.

I wouldn't normally bother to link something like this, but a particular entry from FAIL Blog showing up in my feed was just too much: Recycling Fail.

I are confused. Why is it that in every HP/Twilight crossover I look at, Harry always gets told by the school secretary/admin/whatever to have every teacher of his sign a slip, and he's to return it at the end of the day?

I've never transferred schools... am I missing something here?

I'm kinda shocked, actually. I realized I hadn't been over to FAP in a while so I visited the ship, then made the customary check of the Help section. And whoa! There's someone there (who admits to thinking CI has waaaay too much torture in it) chucking Control Issues into Help threads all over the place. Whoa! That's so cool.

On the other hand, there seems to be a fun split between me being referred to as either Grazhir or Shivani. Maybe I should add a sticky note to the site? Or should I just laugh and argue which of Me, Myself, and I is Grazhir, Shivani, and Nimby? I already know that Self = Nicole, so....