Stuff and nonsense

[birdsofshore]

Just my usual kind of post blethering about fannish things and pointing at things I found amusing. :D

I finished reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with my eldest, who is 10. We had such fun with it; it was my absolute all time favourite book when I was his age (there was no Harry Potter then, sob) and he loved the humour and the surreal situations, especially the names! We have had some really childish giggling sessions over "Vroomfondel", "Majikthise" and "Slartibartfast." They are great books to read aloud for this reason, and I especially enjoyed doing Arthur Dent's voice. He's such a fabulous character, although when I was a child I preferred Ford Prefect, and indeed had a massive crush on him, or perhaps it was the actor who played him in the original tv series, David Dixon. There's something just impossibly cute about him.

Anyway, I bet you can guess what's coming next. I now want to read Hitchhiker's fic, because, OMG, Ford/Arthur = slash heaven. I actually daren't look in case a) there is none or b) it is crap, but just on the really tiny offchance any of my flist know some sweet slashy Hitchhikers fic (or want to write me some :D), I am here just AGOG waiting. There would be a reward.


LOOK AT THEM! THEY ARE BEGGING, SLASH ME, SLASH ME.

Another funny thing about reading the books again was that I had to explain to J that when the trilogy was written, the idea of an electronic book that you could press buttons on and get information about virtually anything, was WILDLY RADICAL. I mean just TOTAL SPACE AGE WOW NO WAY kind of stuff. I could see J listening to the bits about how clever the Guide was, and thinking "this sounds really shit, I mean, why would you want that when you have the internet." :D



Well, tomorrow is hd_erised assignment day. *biting fist* I am equally excited and nervous about receiving mine, as I have never written for an exchange fest before and I have no idea how I am going to find it. I lost a bit of confidence about writing lately, as after fighting tooth and nail to get the brilliant hd_fan_fair prompt that I wanted (the mods will verify I totally embarrassed myself emailing them about 6 times to make sure I had actually got it O.o), I then found I could not write the blinking thing for love nor money. For a while I was thinking I would have to drop out, then FINALLY it started coming together. I've got about 13 or 14k of it now and I think the end is finally in sight. \o/ I must admit I'll be relieved when this one is submitted. And I really really hope the prompter likes it :S


Finally if you made it through all that, (or if you just want to skip straight to the funny part):

two really corking animations. The first one is for everyone who's seen Loki at Comic-Con and also anyone who's tried to hide their fandom activities from their partner. :D I especially love the lip bite.

and the second is for anyone in any fandom ever (although particularly for my lovely friends in the HP fandom). The last line kills me.

Comments

[geneva2010.livejournal.com]

I feel like I'll never stop giggling at those two animations. The boyfriend! He is awesome. And that whole fangirls meeting encapsulates everything.

[sassy-cissa.livejournal.com]

I'm equally nervous about my hd_erisid assignment. *wibbles*

I can relate to your hd_fan_fair prompt. Earlier in the year I grabbed a prompt from the bottom!Draco fest and then spent soooo much time trying to decide what alien had invaded my brain and caused me to claim a prompt asking for fic from Ginny's POV *I abhor Ginny*. lol

But like you, I managed to figure out how to tell the story I wanted and was pleased with the ending result. I'm sure your fic will be brilliant!!
*hugs*

[amorette.livejournal.com]

I seriously love you so much <3 And you sound like the best, most fun mom ever! I love that you two read so much together, it's sweet. And it will totally help him grow and learn and be more intelligent than if he were just playing video games all day and watching loads of television.

My mom read to me too, and she was a big reader who read all the classics that they teach in school, for fun! She was big on Jane Austen, as well other writers from that era. I think she is what fostered my love of reading/writing, especially since she introduced me to it at an early age.

[ashindk.livejournal.com]

I'm old enough to have read Hitchhikers Guide a few years before the internet was really a thing. I can't imagine reading it in a present day context.
I'm sure the book fair fic will be fine. I loved your smooch fic and the entry for hd cliche, and I'm looking forward to reading this one.
That last animation made me LOL. Of course Becky's fanfics were fucking terrible! How dare she put trivial stuff like having a baby before the important stuff!

[capitu]

I remember when I started reading The Hitchhiker's I did while waiting for my dentist appointment and everybody kept giving me these odd looks because I was "omg, the lulz!" :D

The prompter will love it. I can't wait for that fest!!!!!

[veritas03.livejournal.com]

Loved reading about you reading to your son. I read the Harry Potter books with mine (among others). He's 22 now, so the was just about 9 when the books first came out. He read Hitchhiker on his own when he was a teenager. :D
Thank you for posting the videos. Made me grin and I needed that. :D

[khalulu]

thanks for the animations!

[dirty-darella.livejournal.com]

Ha ha those animations were too funny. :D

[omi-ohmy.livejournal.com]

I have a feeling that there will be many 'Ah! Must slash this!' moments to come in our lives. Once you see the potential, you never unsee it...

Also, <3 you and your posts. I love the fan girl vid. :)

[icmezzo.livejournal.com]

LOL. Where do you find these vids? Amazing.

Also, I adore Hitchhiker's. Now, get back to work on Fan Fair! And don't forget your towel!

[nenne.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking yesterday actually that I have no idea what to read to the kids when we're done with HP for the second time around (currently we are at book 4), but now you gave me an idea for sure! Thanks! :)