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It's perfectly okay to name your internet self after the cry of a giant purple cobra, sorry, kobra. 'Kay?

Friends-only, but for a poisonous snake, I don't bite much.
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Dec. 26th, 2004 @ 06:49 pm unlocked in case my SS is reading and not on my flist
Dear [info]yuletide Secret Santa, strict family rules prevented me coming online even though wanting to look at my fic was killing me, so I'm sorry this is late.  I hope you weren't worrying that I didn't like it because...

It is the most perfect wondermous story ever. Thank you so much. I didn't dare hope for anything so beautiful.

The rest of you, go read.Before Peter and After - a Tangled Web saffic. Virginia/Donna. Heart-breakingly sympathetic portrayal of poor ridiculous Virginia and Donna is just so and I loveitloveitloveitloveit. Donna was at the heart of all Virginia's posturings - Oh, Virginia. And Cousin Mahala! Uncle Pippin's assessment of Mahala was that she was 'something of a queer fish'. Eee!

If my SS isn't already involved in the saffic minimovement thingie, I want to hunt them down and coerce them in, because this is the kind of thing saffic is all about.

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Christmas was noisy and tiring but, hey, I love my family. Belated and loving Christmas wishes to you all.

And my recipient is being really really lovely about my giftfic, which is causing me excruciating guilt because I wanted it to be so much better than it ended up. Maybe they just felt how hard I tried.
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huggle by kanna base by mija
Nov. 10th, 2004 @ 01:26 pm (no subject)
letter to my yuletide santa )
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huggle by kanna base by mija
Sep. 24th, 2004 @ 09:53 pm I don't update for weeks, and then look what happens...
Current Mood: giddy
OH GOD MY JOURNAL IS ALL TERRIFYING SHADES OF BRIGHT ORANGE.

I love it. It's like I let Roxy design it or something.
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ranmachan - by kannaophelia
Jan. 15th, 2004 @ 03:11 pm (no subject)


This LJ is now friends-only. If you want to be added, then don't be afraid to introduce yourself.

(Thanks to [info]kannaophelia for the beautiful schoolgirl special-friends banner)
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ranmachan - by kannaophelia
Jan. 7th, 2004 @ 12:50 am (no subject)
Ugh. Much as I luv my cartoons, anime fen totally piss me off. Dubs are evil! Subtitles are evil too! You are only a true fan if you watch teenage girls in short skirts waving around magic wands IN RAW JAPANESE!!!

And then this gem:

AMEN! x_____x; Someone at our bookstore here says SahKUUrah, even AFTER I point out several times that it's SAKURA. X.x kdjf, ARGH! ;____;

I hope the next time she tries it, the person at the bookshop beats the pathetic little loser to death with a REAL BOOK. Who's Who in Enid Blyton in hardcover should do nicely - nice solid book.

Please tell me Malory Towers fandom will never wank like this. I know I hate stupid changes in reprints, but please please tell me that's different to having hysterics over where the emphasis is put on the name of the heroine of a mind-bogglingly boring comic book apparently aimed at pedophiles. (Look at the teeny tiny lesbian! Look at all the pretty gay teen boys! Look at the overtly sexualised ten year olds! Ooh!)

I'm almost inspired to do my own ten unpopular opinions thingie, except I'm too damn lazy, and also, sometimes I might say "senshi." But only because evryone else does - which, now I come to think of it, is a dumb reason to do anything, especially when "everyone" refers to anime fen.
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ranmachan - by kannaophelia
Jan. 7th, 2004 @ 12:16 am (no subject)
Current Mood: addicted
There are no words for how much I've missed roleplaying. It's my personal crack.
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ranmachan - by kannaophelia
Jan. 6th, 2004 @ 11:45 pm (no subject)
Hey. *blinks sleepily*

Anyone miss me?
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ranmachan - by kannaophelia
Dec. 25th, 2003 @ 04:16 pm Yuletide
Current Mood: jubilant
*squeals* Shiori/Wakaba! And it's so cute and sweet and fluffy, and Shiori is *happy*, and... *squeals again*

I wasn't expecting it to be up so soon, but I'm so glad I checked! I love it!!

Going to my brother's now, all bouncy and happy.

I'm having terrible nerves over my own recipient, but I'll have to wait a couple of days to see how it went.
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ranmachan - by kannaophelia
Dec. 25th, 2003 @ 12:33 pm (no subject)
Current Mood: happy
Have a wonderful Christmas-or-whatever-you-celebrate, dears! *loves you all*

And this is in case my [info]yuletide writer pops in over the next few days to see how I react - I may or may not (it's currently under discussion in the lounge room) be going to my brother's for a few days starting from Boxing Day - which is when, I think, given the calendar differences, the stories will go up in Australian time. So if I preserve a silence, it is not icy with disappointment, merely the effect of being out in the boondocks with no 'net access and not having been able to read it - much as I am longing to.

I just know I'll adore it to death - it's a present!
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ranmachan - by kannaophelia
Dec. 23rd, 2003 @ 02:21 am (no subject)
Current Mood: amused
I must go to bed. But yay, I'm having so much fun!

I've missed [info]malorytowers like anything.
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ranmachan - by kannaophelia
Dec. 23rd, 2003 @ 01:38 am rec! I'm recc'ing!
Current Mood: impressed
Not many of you seem to have read this, so - GO. It's Harry Potter all Malory Tower'd-up by our [info]calanthe_b, subtle McGonagall/Grubbly-Plank, and you just have to read it to see how perfect and Special Friends-y it is.

I never would have thought an MT/HP crossover would *work.*
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ranmachan - by kannaophelia
Dec. 23rd, 2003 @ 12:56 am (no subject)
Current Mood: guilty
Lovely girls, I'm sorry I haven't been around much lately. It sounds melodramatic to say I've been too depressed to go online, but, yeah. Things haven't been wonderful on the rl front. I think I had a mild dose of the flu, too, that always gets me down. Usually, I'm a cheerful kind of sheila. ^_^

Also the phone bill was not very good, so it avoided family friction if I stayed offline for a few days, so it seemed a good idea under the circumstances. I feel bad about stopping posting at [info]malorytowers while I was off, that's all, especially when I came back to find smashing answers from Daphne's concerned friends. ^_^ At least I'd uploaded my [info]yuletide fic well in advance.

The DB and I may fight like cat and dog, and I wish he'd stand up to his family about me, but breaking up for two whole days showed me how little I can cope without him. I may sometimes wish I was in a shcool stories fic with a Special Friend, but in the end I love him to death.

Things are kinda back to normal now, and going online is no longer a major sin, so I'll be updating more often. I should be getting more work. I'm only casual, and I've been very short on hours lately, but it should get better now.
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ranmachan - by kannaophelia
Dec. 14th, 2003 @ 09:02 pm (no subject)
Current Mood: confused
So the mystery of Bessie's name change in crappy editions of The Magic Faraway Tree has been explained - Bessie is a bad evil name because it has connotations of black slavery. Apparently.

Any Americans on the friends list want to explain that to me? Because it makes no earthly sense to me, that a traditional English nickname should have anything to do with black slavery... and I can't see why English books should be massacred to fit (presumably) American sensibilities in the first place. ~sigh~ The world just seems so... bland... sometimes.

Couldn't resist doing a little plug for our fandom there. I meant to link to our beloved [info]malorytowers, but I forgot.

Speaking of which... ~sniffle~ Do neither Mary-Lou nor Mavis care that their best friend has started showing her light fingers again? Poor insecure little girl is going to work herself into even worse fits without them... and into worse trouble. [/guilt trip]
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ranmachan - by kannaophelia
Dec. 12th, 2003 @ 11:03 pm (no subject)
Current Mood: frustrated
The FUCK? I just tried to post as Daphne, and it told me my trial account had expired and posting was disabled.

Hey, guess who just got metaquoted

Oh, and - Congratulations, Calanthe
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ranmachan - by kannaophelia
Dec. 10th, 2003 @ 10:34 pm Secret Mother Christmas!
Current Mood: accomplished
Whee. Thanks to my wonderful darling incredible beta [info]shortcakegreen, who will have a letter gushing at her tomorrow when I'm less exhausted from wrestling with the automated posting...

...my [info]yuletide fic has been uploaded, with plenty of time to spare.

Nearly seven and a half thousand words, which makes it the longest fic I've ever completed, and I still kind of... like it. I was lucky with the pairing, of course. I hope, hope, hope the recipient likes it. And I'm still amazed I finished the thing.

I'm dying to know about my own gift, now.

*goes to bed in a happy glow of accomplishment*
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ranmachan - by kannaophelia
Dec. 9th, 2003 @ 11:08 pm (no subject)
Current Mood: irate
Don't you just love the way people who are almost complete strangers think they can tell all about your relationships from a handful of lj entries? Did I miss it when the tinhats were being handed out?

I'm just glad *my* friend has enough honesty and *sense* to call me and ask me about it instead of brooding over sheer malice.
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ranmachan - by kannaophelia
Dec. 3rd, 2003 @ 10:08 pm (no subject)
Current Mood: amused
I'm sure I did this on paper in high school.
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ranmachan - by kannaophelia
Dec. 3rd, 2003 @ 05:58 pm (no subject)
I seem to have missed the "femmeslash is about hating penises" kerfluffle... very sad. Or fortunate. considering how annoyed I am at the idiots... You lot showed great self-control. I'm impressed. Also impressed by Kanna and Isobel's iconage. ^_^

A post-Utena, fluffy femmeslash drabble, then, without a strap-on in sight.

Dedicated to my dear [info]kannaophelia, who was complaining that post-series Shiori is always written as a bitter slut, when the last few scenes of Utena clearly suggest that the Revolution of the World involved fixing Shiori's poisonous envy and resentment of her hated/beloved Juri. (I agree, incidentally... those last few Ohtori/Student Council scenes are so sweet and redeemed.) So here, for your pleasure, is Happy!Redeemed!Shiori.

1.5 Drabble: Miracle in Baby Steps )
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ranmachan - by kannaophelia
Nov. 30th, 2003 @ 12:37 am (no subject)
Current Mood: annoyed
Stupid trolls. *contacts LJ-abuse* With the emphasis on stupid.

This of you likely to be open to trolling on this matter, I suggest go to http://www.livejournal.com/admin/console/ and enter ban_set hired_goon as a command.

And yes, I made the entry private, because i have no intention of letting that particular piece of immature nastiness meet its target. My comfort is that I suspect that, deep inside, the troller knows she is worthless and always will be, and that her target is more intelligent, creative, caring, brilliant and most of all loved than she could be even in her dreams. Jealousy is so sad - all it does is expose inadequacy.

All I can say is, in order to screencap something friendslocked, you have to be on the friendslist. And you can tell people by the comany they keep... if your friendslist is full of spiteful, vicious, brainless little trolls who aren't even capable of trolling intelligently, what does it say about you?
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ranmachan - by kannaophelia
Nov. 27th, 2003 @ 08:35 pm (no subject)
It probably would have helped if I'd actually used the icon in my GIP. *blush*
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ranmachan - by kannaophelia