why am i still here?

[phineasjones]

i could be doing the same stuff at my parents' house with a much faster connection. all i have to do is get dressed and get in the car. sure, it sounds easy.

hah. starbuckle's up and going for a run. now i feel extremely lazy. will get dressed soon.

i was up til 2:30 or so... doing nothing. reading some sirius/remus that was much better than i thought it was going to be - thus, got hooked and had to read the 5 existing parts of a wip. staying up til 2:30 is nothing new. but when's the last time i got up at 7? couldn't tell ya.

so. off to the rents' where i can wash sheets and play and try to find the missing cats. then driving judy to the chiropractor. then pick up the old monster computer from dean and tracy - who are moving back to canada and for some reason don't want to take it with them. weird that they're leaving. i won't miss them. but weird anyway.

much thinking going on in my little head. about scottxwl and hominidj and starbuckle and girlslash (as inspired by lobelia321). too many thoughts to write. especially when i need to go get dressed and leave.

i was sitting across the table from rach last night when i read, "potter, you can skin malfoy's shrivelfig" and snorted out loud. thankfully, she didn't ask.

yes, as a wise friend once said, "dirty addictions are the best."

Comments

[starbuckle.livejournal.com]

me? wise? ha! that's a good one. but i like my dirty addictions, too, so i shouldn't make too much of a squawk.

my run was ok, but it was even more lovely seeing you this morning. can i wake up to you everyday? ;)

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

can i wake up to you everyday? ;)

ummm... let's see... ok!

[starbuckle.livejournal.com]

la la la, crush crush crush ...

hee!

*mwah!*

slash

[hominidj.livejournal.com]

so what was that girl slash you just read?

Re: slash

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

can be found here (http://www.geocities.com/lobelia321/ataboutsixoclock.html). happy to discuss, but feel slimy posting my opinion without having given her direct feedback. i'll just say that i am a devoted fan of her boy slash and was not as excited about this. can't entirely tell if it's the writing or the subject...

Re: slash

[hominidj.livejournal.com]

ok, so i just read most of that story. it's strange, i've read very little amateur fiction, and i've never read any slash, so i haven't got a whole lot to compare it to, but my first impression is that it's a real mix. there were a few scenes that i really loved, and a few others that didn't really appeal. hmmm... i have to say that reading about real people having a fictional fling made me feel a little uncomfortable. how do you feel about it?

Re: slash

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

doesn't bother me in the least.

i have told you, haven't i, that almost everything i (obsessively) read lately is real person slash? so, nothing new here. i could see how it would bother you as a new concept... i guess. but i see it as pretty darn harmless. they're really just characters. except we all know what they look like and some basic things about them. sometimes people can go a little too far with their real people characters... some people write deathfic, for example, and i can't even read that shit. but most of it is just fun and some of it's damn good. i would rec some of it to you, but the stuff i like is all boy/boy and i don't know if you want to go there.

i agree with your assessment of this particularly story. didn't quite work. but i feel like any girlslash effort should be applauded since there is so little in this fandom.

Re: slash

[hominidj.livejournal.com]

yeah, you'd mentioned that you're especially into real people slash, i was just wondering if it had bothered you at first and you'd somehow gotten over it or if you'd done any thinking about it in terms of why it might bother someone like me. not thay i'm all that bothered, just a little uncomfortable. the idea that liv tyler could actually get online and read that story bothers me a little. of course, it's pretty unlikely that that's going to happen and even if it did she might just shrug it off, nevertheless...

Re: slash

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

well really, suppose she did read that story... is it insulting? is anyone trying to suggest that it actually happened?
nope.
so, the thought doesn't bother me.

or if you'd done any thinking about it in terms of why it might bother someone like me

hmm... was just struck by this... what are you saying about the difference between someone "like you" and me?

Re: slash

[hominidj.livejournal.com]

it's not that the story's insulting, it's just that it would be really weird to go online and find a story about yourself, especially a story of a sexual nature.

about the "like me" thing, i only meant people who like me are made a little uncomfortable by the real people slash thing. sorry, didn't mean to attack you or anything. it's not like i think real people slash is bad, it just weirds me out a little and i was wondering if at first you had had a similar response and gotten over it or if you could at least see where i was coming from.

Re: slash

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

i don't feel attacked (dumb computer faied to expressing teasing tone of voice).

i'm trying to remember if i was ever uncomfortable with it... not sure. not for long, if i was. i guess i can see it... and sure, it would be weird to find yourself featured in a sexual story, but i suspect many things about being that famous would be weird.

i think i see where you're coming from. yeah, i just don't... well... care all that much. not that i don't care about what you think... i just am so involved in this... i haven't given much thought to how it would be weird for others. and... i don't think i will give it much more thought either. i would hate to dig down and suddenly find myself disturbed by something i enjoy so much. so, no digging for me! :)

sirius/remus

[scottxwl.livejournal.com]

Um, who are sirius and remus?

Re: sirius/remus

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

oh, my dear scott. have you still not read harry potter? sirius and remus are characters from the third book, my favorite. i will say no more. get thee hence! read!

Re: sirius/remus

[scottxwl.livejournal.com]

Well, here's my thinking: you and Julian and Sarah all seemed to have the same reaction to the Harry Potter movie: "It was...okay." Whereas I LOVED it. This supports my theory that movies just Cannot stand up next to a book. So I will read the books after I see the movies, 'cause the books will Always be good.

Re: sirius/remus

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

no no no! BAD reasoning. jeeez. you'll have to wait forever and i'll have to be all careful about spoilers and shit and... ::sigh:: you miss the point that the books will be better if you haven't seen the movies. it's so much more fun when you don't know everything that's going to happen. and... and... wrah! you would love them. why wait for the movies? read, enjoy. squee with the world!

oh, and is it true that you've foung the 'never before seen footage' on the dvd? where the hell is it?

Re: sirius/remus

[scottxwl.livejournal.com]

Oh, it is such a pain in the neck. Rather than tell you, I'll point you to the website that told me how to do it. Deleted Scenes (http://www.dvdweb.co.uk/detail.asp?mainID=920)