Music and a poll
Jan. 3rd, 2006 08:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geovikiI just posted four songs on ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
audiography, one of which is a gorgeous jazz ballad by Les McCann, With These Hands. Songs available to upload for one week.
My next topic was going to be "Why Frozen Strawberry Daquiris are the Adult Equivalent of the Slurpee, and Why I Need to Find a New Drink To Order In Bars", but I think I covered the whole discussion in the topic sentence. Which means it's time for a poll.
I don't do enough polls. For "not enough" read "more than the lone one I did about a year ago". This one feeds my little worried obsession about whether or not I'm normal. You know the feeling? Am I doing it as often as everyone else or am I abnormal? I'm talking about reading Works In Progress; why, what do you think I was talking about?
I glance through a few of the Harry/Draco comms on occasion, because I can sometimes help with recs or fic searches, but I find I cruise right on by all the WsIPs there, because I rarely commit to an unfinished story. I have a few that I keep up with, but it has to be compelling to tip me over the edge to read them in the volume I used to as a newbie. And it's not only the fear of being left hanging, although that is a concern. Sometimes I want to wait and indulge in one fell swoop - I think it helps my enjoyment of the fic. Well, plus I have a spotty memory these days from being a young adult during the '70's and a menopausal mother now.
What about you? You can even tell me which WsIP you follow in the comments if you like.
[Poll #645057]
audiography, one of which is a gorgeous jazz ballad by Les McCann, With These Hands. Songs available to upload for one week.My next topic was going to be "Why Frozen Strawberry Daquiris are the Adult Equivalent of the Slurpee, and Why I Need to Find a New Drink To Order In Bars", but I think I covered the whole discussion in the topic sentence. Which means it's time for a poll.
I don't do enough polls. For "not enough" read "more than the lone one I did about a year ago". This one feeds my little worried obsession about whether or not I'm normal. You know the feeling? Am I doing it as often as everyone else or am I abnormal? I'm talking about reading Works In Progress; why, what do you think I was talking about?
I glance through a few of the Harry/Draco comms on occasion, because I can sometimes help with recs or fic searches, but I find I cruise right on by all the WsIPs there, because I rarely commit to an unfinished story. I have a few that I keep up with, but it has to be compelling to tip me over the edge to read them in the volume I used to as a newbie. And it's not only the fear of being left hanging, although that is a concern. Sometimes I want to wait and indulge in one fell swoop - I think it helps my enjoyment of the fic. Well, plus I have a spotty memory these days from being a young adult during the '70's and a menopausal mother now.
What about you? You can even tell me which WsIP you follow in the comments if you like.
[Poll #645057]
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Date: 2006-01-04 10:01 am (UTC)The trouble is, it being H/D and only 3 plots to go round, it becomes quite difficult to remember what happened. I can remember Eclipse quite clearly but my other huge favourite, Shadow of His Wings, although fantastically well done is sort of old-skool H/D and as a result when it's updated I have to go back 4 chapters to remember what happened.
In fact I've just done this, because ravurian was nagging me to read it and I realised Mira was up to 18/20 chapters now. But the chapters are LOOOOOONG and yes, I'd forgotten everything. I haven't even caught up on myself yet, let alone chapters 14 to 18 which are the ones I've never read.
On the other hand, I adore novel-length fanfic; most short one-shots don't do it for me at all.
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Date: 2006-01-04 07:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-04 10:18 pm (UTC)This one kills me :)
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Date: 2006-01-04 10:24 pm (UTC)Did
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Date: 2006-01-05 04:49 am (UTC)it being H/D and only 3 plots to go round
Hahaha! Let's see:
1. They're forced together by a bond/spell/improbable condition, have hatesex, then fall in love.
Your turn....