Here comes the sun, little darlin' Here comes the sun, and I say

[itsallovernow]

Mmm. It's gorgeous here, warm and sunny and lush (and I talked to my Mom yesterday and it was sadly snowing in CO, well raining with intent:) Do I miss late spring storms, with heavy thick flakes of snow, damp with water, soppy and sloppy, but unbelieveably lovely? No, I really, really don't.

For anyone in the greater Los Angeles area, this weekend is the L.A. Times Festival of Books at UCLA. If you've never been, it's a lot of fun. UCLA is a beautiful campus, and seeing it filled to the brim with books, and authors and enthusiastic readers is just such a joy. We rarely get to go, and so I want to encourage others to go so I can live vicariously. The last time we went, we stood in line to see Michael Chabon, met George Plimpton and showed him the children's book I'd just bought on coyotes (so wow, that means the last time we went was probably 2001 or 2002).

There's food and readings (although you need tickets), but authors run amok, being less well behaved then actors and preferring to escape their handlers, and all in all it's a very nice day. And the children's area is also a lot of fun:)

Huge shoutout of thanks to riarambles for the super quick, and very thorough beta of the Remix story! It's a relief to be done, even though, once again, I'm kind of straining the Remix concept. As rubberneck said though, it's a growth experience.

Taught bellydancing last night, and am teaching again on Monday. I had a really small class, and managed to confuse them thoroughly because of my catlike distraction:) (Hee and so channeling Futurama - It's true, all of it, my female incompotence, Zap's catlike reflexes, all that stuff in the middle that made no sense - it's all true. Hee:)

Monday's class is a little more staid. They get really panicked if I try and teach 'em something new:) They get these big round doe eyes when we do chest shimmies because their regular teacher doesn't do 'em. I love freakin' them out:)

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[rubberneck.livejournal.com]

It's a relief to be done, even though, once again, I'm kind of straining the Remix concept. As rubberneck said though, it's a growth experience.

I'm starting to get excited about seeing all the Remixes when they're posted. I think the concept is stretchy enough to take in a lot of interpretations, as long as there's come comparison and familiarity between the two stories (if that makes any sense--the remix can be totally different from the original as long as it hinges to it somehow).

Now if only I could think of a title/subtitle for mine 8 ( Hmmm. That will be my task for tonight, I think, on the drive home.

I wonder who got me? I feel kinda sorry for the poor fuck. I know I'm just itching to out myself to the person I got, to the point of restraining myself from commenting in her journal using subliminal icons.

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[thassalia.livejournal.com]

Now if only I could think of a title/subtitle for mine 8 ( Hmmm. That will be my task for tonight, I think, on the drive home.

I'm having the same problem. All of the plays on the original title don't make any sense for the story:) Normally, I don't let that bother me, but you know:)

I wonder who got me? I feel kinda sorry for the poor fuck. I know I'm just itching to out myself to the person I got, to the point of restraining myself from commenting in her journal using subliminal icons.

Exactly. It's so hard to not poke them and say, hey,hey!! I got you! i have similar sympathies for whoever got me. Based on the laws of the universe, it's bound to be someone with an aversion to both J/A and porn:)

[riarambles.livejournal.com]

Am still thinking on your title, fwiw. Not having much luck. Somebody stole my title mojo, I swear.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

Hee. No worries. If something springs upon you, fantastic, if not, I'm still so thankful for the beta:)

[elliejane.livejournal.com]

Based on the laws of the universe, it's bound to be someone with an aversion to both J/A and porn:)

Ahem - so which fic of yours is being remixed? And where can I find it the unremixed version? Heh.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

I don't know:) That's what's kinda fun about the remixes:) No one knows who has what and we're not supposed to tell:)

[kernezelda]

I like the way you put that, that it's 'raining with intent.' The image springs to mind of an angry little cloud, puffed in furious grey and shooting out its drops like fast hard pellets, aiming for Denver's hapless citizens.

And chest shimmies frighten the poor students? Aww. Have you ever seen "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark"? The title's something like that, anyway. It's a totally cheesy and cute movie, ending with an eye-catching performance by the titular actress. Man, her breasts had amazing talent.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

hee hee. You said titular:) hee.

It's more that you have to learn how to do the chest shimmies without moving anything else but the chest:) It freaks 'em out to see boobs moving independently:)

[kernezelda]

hee hee. You said titular:) hee.
For that, you should be using the B/B icon.

And you said boobs!

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

MMM. Animated shirt removal icon.

I'm sorry, what were we talking about:)

[elliejane.livejournal.com]

Darn it but that icon is hypnotic...I keep have the twitchy urge to freeze it at different moments just to get the full effect! Sighs...*may have to dig out my Premiere dvd*...

Even the bemused look he gets on his face is sexy!

[somedaybitch.livejournal.com]

AMEN, SISTER! out in the Inland Empire it's a magnificent 85F degrees and there's a light breeze. the Santa Anas cleared out the smog and the foothills are so close i could kiss them, and despite the fact that they burned in October, they are again covered in lush green. spring in SoCal is unbelievably beautiful. *sigh* i love my home.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

Mmmm. It's awfully nice isn't it:) And so hard not to gloat when I know a bunch of people got snow dumped on 'em this week, but well, it's just awfully nice:)