Ever notice how it's the little things in life that amuse us so much? More to the point, ever notice how it's the silly little idiocies in life that amuse us more than anything else? Well, this is not as much ''the little blog that could'' as it is ''the blog that enjoys going up the down escalator in your local mall.'' Will it have anything of real importance? No, probably not. But enjoy the ride never the less!

 


Well, after a great deal of beating the apparently dead horse that was my Email account, we have Confic signs! Which is good, since that means (provided I'm able to take a further crack at the plot in the next few days) the next time we're at Kevin & Donna's, there will be substantially less for Kevin & I to work on. Which means less time being harrassed by Mel, who for some peculiar reason feels that we should be getting up off our asses and writing the fic, since it's nary a month away now.

Weird, huh?

In other news, I have found a test that is both English- and win-filled. Alas, 'tis not my creation. But it's still filled with awesomeness. After I read it the first time, I giggled insanely for a few minutes. After rereading it a few minutes ago, I'm starting to seriously think this sort of written test (and the passing of it) should be a prerequisite for anyone writing a fanfic. Or attempting to delve into some of the more crack-infused fandoms out there. At least then you'd get forewarnings on which authors/fandoms to avoid.




The link itself can be found here: http://redscharlach.livejournal.com/120637.html

Labels: a test for all the scary fanwriters out there, Confic 07, sexyblog

posted by Phillip at 9:25 PM

 

Gemini Jetpack's inevitable departure comes closer to reaching its deadline. This became all the more apparent when Mel & I stopped in yesterday and discovered that their incredible video collection had been reduced to...well, a paltry fraction of the glory it had once been. So I guess the firesale they'd been hinting at happened--though damned I know when this suddenly occured.

It's rather sad to see the once mighty selection so terribly diminished, though the silver lining in the cloud is that all the still-present titles are available for purchase. And while I'm not particularly fond of the circumstances surrounding my reason for acquiring it, I finally managed to nab the Haunted Junction box set. (A remarkable feat unto itself, since production on the DVDs was discontinued years ago, and the box set is nigh impossible to find for purchase...beyond the obvious Youtube or BitTorrent.)

So at least I have Haunted Junction to remember Gemini by. There's about 2 weeks left before it closes its doors for the last time. I'll have to make sure and stop by in the last few days to giving my fond farewells.

In other news, this morning I have been sorely tempted to rehire those flying monkeys at the store. (Bad enough I have to contend with meltdowns on days I'm not there at all, now it's happening on days I'm slated to work, but just haven't started my shift yet. Grrr, argh!) Hence the reason the subtle, sinister and probably some other alliterative word that starts with 'S' mission to find something a little more cubicle-based has begun.

Huzzah!

Which brings us to Today's Poking: Kevin, I still need the updated Confic file lurking on your computer, as my Email never saw fit to let me mail the file to myself when we were visiting. The sooner, the happier. ^-^

Labels: flying monkeys strike back, goodbye Gemini Jetpack, need Confic

posted by Phillip at 8:22 AM

 


By now, we have completely forgotten what the initial statement was supposed to have been, but all I managed to hear out of it was:

"Vampire butt chewing?"

On the plus side, a great deal of Conficcage was written last night. Somewhere amidst the underwear jokes, really bad Chaosfics (and amazingly enough, we discovered that the old Chaosfic list had not in fact been destroyed. Gloriously bad pun-ridden titles, they return!!) and the Hysteria rants, I think we've got a plotline!


[Cue the Confic hype!]


Narrator: "As the Fanboys debated the finer points of alcohol abuse, the door to the laundry room was thrown open and a small tan-and-white hamster came running out, screaming and waving a pair of boxers over her head."

Ebichu: "EMERGENCY, DECHU! EMERGENCY, DECHU!"

Carnage: "Oh great... what the hell do you want now, Ebichu?"

Hotaru: "You guys have a hamster for a housekeeper?"

Pesti: "She works for cheese. With all the repairs we have to make, she's all we can afford.”

Demolition: “So what is it, Ebichu?”

Ebichu: “Ebichu was washing the Fanboys laundry, dechu! She used the new washing machine in there...”

Mayhem: “Wait, what new washing machine?”

Carnage: “The only new machine in there is that Decepticon I was fixing...”

Demolition: “You gave our laundry to Megatron?!”

Ebichu: “He converted the clothes to Energon cubes and left, dechu!”



^-^ See?

Labels: Chaosfic, Confic 07, Decepticons stole my laundry, vampire butt chewing

posted by Phillip at 7:58 AM