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weekend update and fan fiction

Post author:HFM
Post published:June 24, 2002
Post category:Journal Recently Read

So, this weekend, I saw Minority Report on Friday with Dan and Doug, then went to the Metro softball diamond to watch the Mutual Friends softball game and hang out with Michelle, Deb, Lisa & the team. Then I went to Dan and Dougs and fell asleep watching Atlantis (very boring Disney movie).
I went to my dads on Saturday, and hung out with my family, then dropped by Sunil’s party. Met Barry’s new friend Alice; she seems nice (Hi Barry!). Talked to Joel and his wife and Jen.
On Sunday, I laid around the house and watered the lawn and basically did nothing but read a book. Although today, the guys are coming to fix the gutters, so I guess that’s progress. I did get some more of the entry window woodwork stripped, too. I think the next big investment project is going to be installing the water hook-up for the washer and dryer. Then I’ll worry about the living room. Because going to the laundry mat sucks. I’m thinking that I might want to have them installed upstairs in the back bedroom. There’s already pipes running up there through the kitchen, so it might not be as hard. Plus, then I wouldn’t have the running up and down the stairs issue. The only problem is that it would take up a lot of room in the back bedroom. I’ll have to think about it more closely.
Now here are some fun online fiction links. I may have posted some of them before, but a couple are brand new.
Nifty Archives.
Alt Fiction.
http://www.slashaholics.org/.
fanfiction.net.
Fan Fiction on the Net.
Fan Fiction Links.
Fan Fiction by Sharon Bowers. — Sharon’s a pretty good writer.
Writers University. — Scholarly type site with legal info on online writing.
CABS: Citizens Against Bad Slash. — another scholarly type site to help people improve their writing.
Extra Flamey. — Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Slayer Pride. — Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Slayer’s Fanfic Archive. — Even more Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Homoeroticism Yay!. — This link is basically a fan club for people who like to fantasize about their favorite TV characters as being gay. Mostly, you just look through and see other fans websites; most of them have some fan fiction. I’m in there somewhere, although I haven’t written any Buffy fan fiction. Except in my head, of course.

Links for 2002-06-17

Post author:HFM
Post published:June 17, 2002
Post category:Recently Read

I’d love to add my name to this letter on Prominent Americans who refuse to sign on to the “war on terror.”

Scientific American magazine gives us 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense.

Here’s a fun link: celebrity gossip. I don’t believe a word of it. And I did read every word on the page. Check out the entry for Billie Burke. 🙂 Also, Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett a couple? Ha!

Origami Boulder

Post author:HFM
Post published:June 6, 2002
Post category:Recently Read

Okay, if you are going to buy me something for my birthday (and you should, because I’m famous — see post below) don’t buy me an origami boulder. I already have some that I made myself for the cat.

DVD Special Features Nobody Wants

Post author:HFM
Post published:May 30, 2002
Post category:Recently Read

DVD Special Features Nobody Wants A pretty funny list of stuff that won’t really cause people to by a DVD.

Junkbot Lego Game

Post author:HFM
Post published:April 30, 2002
Post category:Art Recently Read

I spent a couple hours last night Junkbot, playing this online game from Lego. Unbelievable addictive. Very cool.

A variety of fun links to check out

Post author:HFM
Post published:April 1, 2002
Post category:Odd Holidays Recently Read

Google Technology run by pidgeons.
Bin Laden arrested in New Delhi, India. (Psych! not true.)
Dalnet to sell Bahamut ircd to Microsoft.
AOL buying up the most popular weblogs. Can’t be true–they haven’t contact me yet. 🙂
BBSpot — now part of the MSN network of sites.
Thinkgeek has the new “Wheatonix” software platform for sale, and also, Boba Fett’s original Helmet.

My junior high tennis shoes

Post author:HFM
Post published:March 25, 2002
Post category:Anecdotes Brain Food Journal Recently Read

Hey, look! It’s the tennis shoes that got my ass kicked in junior high school. Some genius has scanned the 1980 JC Penney catalog and put it online for you to peruse. I wonder if they also have the “Chic” jeans my mom made me wear; the ones that got me beat up in the gym locker room. Yeah, thanks for the memories, man. Thanks a lot.

Hats in the Belfrey

Post author:HFM
Post published:March 19, 2002
Post category:Recently Read

Another of my favorite websites ever: Hats in the Belfrey. They put new stuff up all the time that I like.

cool movie reviews

Post author:HFM
Post published:February 19, 2002
Post category:Funny Websites Movies Recently Read

And as an apology for ranting so much today, here’s a site with the funniest, most interesting movie reviews I’ve ever read. Before I go see a movie in the theatre, I read the review here first.

My Hobbit Name: Peony Smallburrows of Sandydowns

Post author:HFM
Post published:December 20, 2001
Post category:House and Home Recently Read What Am I?

Okay, so my Hobbit name is: Peony Smallburrows of Sandydowns. Cool.

I didn’t get the house, so I guess I’m going to build after all. Should be fun. (2014 update: I didn’t build. Spoilers)

Also, here is the comedy website/magazine that hosts my favorite movie reviewer ever, The Self-Made Critic: The Brunching Shuttlecocks. They have a great review of Vanilla Sky.Plus they have a bunch of other good comedy as well. You should check it out. And go through the archives and read all the movie reviews by The Self-Made Critic, especially the one for Josie and the Pussycats. It sounds like something I would have written.