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Dopey was always my favorite of the classic Disney version.

Though, I did love Leroy/Grumpy's recent episode on "Once Upon A Time".

30 – Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link!

I have two that I'm insanely proud of.

Galileo (Angel) - This one because of the amount of research I did to make it work, and because I felt like I proved you can make an MPreg fic that, you know, actually works and makes sense. (Not that I'm opposed to some handwaving, but when it's like, "Guy A and Guy B have sex and Guy B is pregnant!" with *nothing* else it's like, ummm...no.)

Gaijin (Stargate: Atlantis) - This one, again because of the research (about 90% of which I'm pretty sure I didn't use, but it was still fun). And also because I had been convinced that I wouldn't be able to write a fic a) from Rodney's POV and b) that long (and, yes, there were a few days I was doing it out of spite more than anything else).


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And for a fun diversion:

Your Past Life Analysis:
I don't know how you feel about it, but you were male in your last earthly incarnation.You were born somewhere in the territory of modern East Australia around the year 1775. Your profession was that of a leader, major or captain.
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Your brief psychological profile in your past life:
Timid, constrained, quiet person. You had creative talents, which waited until this life to be liberated. Sometimes your environment considered you strange.
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The lesson that your last past life brought to your present incarnation:
Your main task is to make the world more beautiful. Physical and spiritual deserts are just waiting for your touch. Keep smiling!

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There's a few. But the main one is Train's "Hey Soul Sister".

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I actually have two - the opening lines of The Iliad and The Odyssey. And I think it's because of the way they sound, especially when you speak them.


Sing, O Muse, of the wrath of Achilles Peleus' son, the ruinous wrath that brought on the Achaians woes innumerable, and hurled down into Hades many strong souls of heroes, and gave their bodies to be a prey to dogs and all winged fowls; and so the counsel of Zeus wrought out its accomplishment from the day when first strife parted Atreides king of men and noble Achilles. (Lang)


Sing, O Muse, of the man of many ways, who was driven far journeys, after he had sacked Troy’s sacred citadel. (Lattimore)

Taken from nyxocity:

Name any story I've written, and any character in it, canon or OC. I'll tell you (at least) three things about that character that I didn't put in the story.

I had breakfast for dinner. :-D

I made pancakes, eggs, and vegetarian sausage (Morningstar - quite good, actually).

I made the pancakes from a recipe libralyte found the last time she was down visiting. At first, I was a little worried, because the batter looked too thick, but it worked well. (Though, I think I underestimated cooking the first batch just a *tad*, but they were edible.) The rest of the pancakes are now in the freezer for future meals. (The recipe made 21 pancakes! 18 of them are now in my freezer!)


Speaking of which - overall, I'm very happy with how my eating's been going the past two weeks. While I'm not "counting points", "journaling", or anything, I'm definitely more conscious of what I'm eating, how much, when, etc. And I'm more careful to make sure that I'm physically hungry before I eat than mentally hungry. (Granted, there are times when schedule doesn't allow this, but if it can, I'll make sure it does.)

And I have more of an attitude about my eating/cooking too, along the lines of "Screw it, I'm making it!" I figure that if I want some cookies or pancakes or whatever, it would be better for me to make it - where I could control the content and portion size than go out and buy it and not have that control (or as much). And I've found it works too - I'm okay with having the smaller portion because I can grab another cookie later or thaw-and-heat some pancakes another night.

So, I'm rebuilding my eating habits my own way, with influences from all sorts of areas. I'm sure it's going to take a while and there's going to be some mucking up and back-tracking along the way, but I think that overall, it'll be better this way, since it's not my dad's way or my brother's way or my grammy's way - it's my way. And at this point, I know I'm doing it by the grace of God, because I can't do it on my own.

And I've done a bit more organizing in the kitchen, so now I feel a lot more comfortable about knowing what ingredients I have at my disposal. Now if I just knew what to *do* with some of them.... (Hmm...maybe I should check Iron Chef archives? :-P)

I feel like I should get a magnet that has a kitchen knife and says, "This isn't the kitchen of an Iron Chef... yet."

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7. Do you lis­ten to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your char­ac­ters?

Heh. Yes. Yes, I do. :-D

A little bit of everything, but mostly rock with some pop, country, showtunes, instrumental pieces thrown in.

I don't usually relate any to any of my characters, but there's a couple that have associated themselves to characters. For instance:
- "Two Is Better Than One" by Boys Like Girls and Taylor Swift is a duet sung by an established couple to their new lover in a threesome I'm working on.
- "Time of My Life" by David Cook is Richard Woolsey.


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1. Tell us about your favorite writ­ing project/universe that you’ve worked with and why.

I think that so far it's doing the "Rodney epic" (as I affectionately called it while I was working on it) "Gaijin" - which was a *huge* SGA fanfic. And it's because I hadn't thought I could write Rodney, or do the amount of world-building that I did, or write something that huge. But I did all of it.


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Day 30 - Saddest character death

It's a toss-up. I'm going to have to go with Carson Beckett (SGA) and Doyle (Angel).

Oddly enough, though, the one I cried the most actual tears for was Cyril O'Reily (OZ). Sure, I liked Cyril, but not as much as others. Go figure.

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Day 28 - First TV show obsession

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

It was the first time I wanted to know more about the actors - and Anthony Stewart Head in particular. From there, I fell into fandom and have enjoyed it ever since.

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