Fanfiction

I've realised lately that I have been writing fanfiction most of my life. If only in my head. For many years I didn't really think it was a legitimate form of fiction because it used other people's ideas, hence I didn't write down much of it, just made long sagas in my head.

Some of my most memorable "fanfics"
The Bon Jovi one (Sarah will remember this one, "Gusty!")
One based on the whole JFK assasination (I was briefly obsessed)
Young Guns
Robin Hood
American Gothic (this one was when I was I learning that fan fiction actually existed and many people wrote it, not just me)
and now something X-men'ish

Those are the ones I can remember best.

So yeah, now I realise this is a legit form of fiction and I am not the only one making it. So... who knows, maybe I will stick some online, now I know it's not worth just cringing over and that others write much worse than I do.

Fanfiction

I've realised lately that I have been writing fanfiction most of my life. If only in my head. For many years I didn't really think it was a legitimate form of fiction because it used other people's ideas, hence I didn't write down much of it, just made long sagas in my head.

Some of my most memorable "fanfics"
The Bon Jovi one (Sarah will remember this one, "Gusty!")
One based on the whole JFK assasination (I was briefly obsessed)
Young Guns
Robin Hood
American Gothic (this one was when I was I learning that fan fiction actually existed and many people wrote it, not just me)
and now something X-men'ish

Those are the ones I can remember best.

So yeah, now I realise this is a legit form of fiction and I am not the only one making it. So... who knows, maybe I will stick some online, now I know it's not worth just cringing over and that others write much worse than I do.

Semi-rant - speeding etc.

Most of Roe Hwy is a 100km/h limit, except at lights where it goes to 80 (this I learned the hard way). However there is one section where it is 80 for seemingly no reason at all. Anyway, I can't afford another fine so I slow down to 80. Today 6 cars passed me in the less than kilometre that was the 80 zone.

I got to thinking, these advertising campaigns don't work because people don't give a shit if they cause accidents or kill people. What people care about is their money. Telling people to slow down because it's safer won't work because everyone thinks they are the best driver in the world and an exception to the rule can be made for them. However stick cameras everywhere and tell 'em you'll be slugged $100 for each violation and see how driving habits change.

Ideally you would have sequences of cameras so you could see if the speeding was a brief slip up by the driver or if they are consistently speeding and breaking the rules. But of course this costs too much money. Bah.

Semi-rant - speeding etc.

Most of Roe Hwy is a 100km/h limit, except at lights where it goes to 80 (this I learned the hard way). However there is one section where it is 80 for seemingly no reason at all. Anyway, I can't afford another fine so I slow down to 80. Today 6 cars passed me in the less than kilometre that was the 80 zone.

I got to thinking, these advertising campaigns don't work because people don't give a shit if they cause accidents or kill people. What people care about is their money. Telling people to slow down because it's safer won't work because everyone thinks they are the best driver in the world and an exception to the rule can be made for them. However stick cameras everywhere and tell 'em you'll be slugged $100 for each violation and see how driving habits change.

Ideally you would have sequences of cameras so you could see if the speeding was a brief slip up by the driver or if they are consistently speeding and breaking the rules. But of course this costs too much money. Bah.

For all you Wolverine freaks

http://www.wolverinefoundation.org/

ner!!

"Picture a weasel -- and most of us can do that, for we have met that little demon of destruction, that small atom of insensate courage, that symbol of slaughter, sleeplessness, and tireless, incredible activity -- picture that scrap of demoniac fury, multiply that mite some fifty times, and you have the likeness of a Wolverine."

*searches more*

HAH!! I was right, they are mustelidae

For all you Wolverine freaks

http://www.wolverinefoundation.org/

ner!!

"Picture a weasel -- and most of us can do that, for we have met that little demon of destruction, that small atom of insensate courage, that symbol of slaughter, sleeplessness, and tireless, incredible activity -- picture that scrap of demoniac fury, multiply that mite some fifty times, and you have the likeness of a Wolverine."

*searches more*

HAH!! I was right, they are mustelidae

SETI Update

700 packets

Still no aliens

SETI Update

700 packets

Still no aliens