I have Monitor Envy
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crossover_chick-D:. . . I'm not touching that one.-
:) My parents just bought a new computer for downstairs, since I decided that I wanted to keep this baby. Thing is, it has a huge monitor. The one that came with our VAIO now looks a bit dinky. *laugh* Dad actually offered to get me a new monitor before buying the new 'puter, but I didn't realize what it would look like. The new one looks like a TV.
-VD: Does it really matter what monitor you have?-
It would be nice to play Sims with that sort of monitor. Maybe it'll shut Mom and Dad up too. For some reason, they don't like the fact I chose to keep the old computer rather than buy a new one. I don't know what's with the guilt, I like this computer. It has all my stuff on it, and fulfills my needs. This is what I do on this thing:
A) Surf the web
B) IM friends
C) Write stories
D) Play Sims (and sometimes other games)
I don't need a whole new computer.
-VD: I can see the logic of that. Still not sure on the monitor thing.-
Do you not see the monitor behind you?
-VD: *turning* I haven't -- *drool*-
What did I tell you?
Speaking of Sims, I'll do my best to get Castle House pics today. I didn't play for long yesterday -- Mom and Dad were setting up the new computer, and my stupid MSN Messenger kept signing itself back on! *sigh* It goes off randomly, it comes on randomly -- luckily I have a way to beat that, I can just exit from MSN Messenger before putting on my Sims. According to the message I got yesterday, it'll come back when I go back on the web. :) I did notice that I got a pretty new crystal in my yard.
-D: Another one?! You're going to get all the crystal abilities before you get to Magic Town!-
Maybe, but that's okay. Madison will be able to learn from the ones I get on the new lot. Plus they're very pretty and act as lamps. Their current house has a black one (Extinguish), a green one (Spook), a white one (Levitate), a red one (Hot Foot), and now a blue one (Hand Buzzer). The nice thing is that they'll stay when I move the family out (since it isn't an eviction, per say), so the new family for that lot, our Spenglers from the Ghostbusters, might be able to use them. *fingers crossed*
-VD2: Oh, Egon's moving into the neigborhood?-
It's my most magical, I figure he belongs there. He's coming with Janine (or Jeanine). I'm also going to break my "no dead Sims" record by moving in a Dummy Sim before hand and killing him on lot to have a ghost.
-VD: *shaking head indulgently* I guess that makes sense.-
Hey, they're Ghostbusters! They need a ghost!
-J: Am I a Superstar yet?-
Didn't get to send you to Studio Town yesterday, so we'll have to see today.
Setback on the fan fiction front. A couple of days ago, I got a disgusting review. Somebody complimented me, then asked me to WRITE MORE SLASH.
-VD2: Who do I kill?-
Already been taken care of. I deleted the review, then told the person (pretty politely in the fact I didn't swear) that they had insulted me horribly and that I did not want to hear from them again. (To anyone who says I overreacted -- I was disgusted and the person did seem to acknowledge my e-mail in a way that said they didn't care that much about it.)
I DO NOT WRITE SLASH. Any tolerance I had for it was pretty much destroyed with the Marty/George fics. I acknowledge some people do like that stuff, but for Newton's sake, don't accuse me of writing it! (Or if you must, FLAME me for it. I prefer the negative comments I got for "Ich Liebe Dich" to this.) As a result, I've been kinda lazy on the typing front -- I don't write well if I'm too emotional. I'm feeling better about it now, so maybe I can get things back on track.
-VD: You'd better, I can see you're almost done with "Judgement Day."-
*sticks out tongue*
:) My parents just bought a new computer for downstairs, since I decided that I wanted to keep this baby. Thing is, it has a huge monitor. The one that came with our VAIO now looks a bit dinky. *laugh* Dad actually offered to get me a new monitor before buying the new 'puter, but I didn't realize what it would look like. The new one looks like a TV.
-VD: Does it really matter what monitor you have?-
It would be nice to play Sims with that sort of monitor. Maybe it'll shut Mom and Dad up too. For some reason, they don't like the fact I chose to keep the old computer rather than buy a new one. I don't know what's with the guilt, I like this computer. It has all my stuff on it, and fulfills my needs. This is what I do on this thing:
A) Surf the web
B) IM friends
C) Write stories
D) Play Sims (and sometimes other games)
I don't need a whole new computer.
-VD: I can see the logic of that. Still not sure on the monitor thing.-
Do you not see the monitor behind you?
-VD: *turning* I haven't -- *drool*-
What did I tell you?
Speaking of Sims, I'll do my best to get Castle House pics today. I didn't play for long yesterday -- Mom and Dad were setting up the new computer, and my stupid MSN Messenger kept signing itself back on! *sigh* It goes off randomly, it comes on randomly -- luckily I have a way to beat that, I can just exit from MSN Messenger before putting on my Sims. According to the message I got yesterday, it'll come back when I go back on the web. :) I did notice that I got a pretty new crystal in my yard.
-D: Another one?! You're going to get all the crystal abilities before you get to Magic Town!-
Maybe, but that's okay. Madison will be able to learn from the ones I get on the new lot. Plus they're very pretty and act as lamps. Their current house has a black one (Extinguish), a green one (Spook), a white one (Levitate), a red one (Hot Foot), and now a blue one (Hand Buzzer). The nice thing is that they'll stay when I move the family out (since it isn't an eviction, per say), so the new family for that lot, our Spenglers from the Ghostbusters, might be able to use them. *fingers crossed*
-VD2: Oh, Egon's moving into the neigborhood?-
It's my most magical, I figure he belongs there. He's coming with Janine (or Jeanine). I'm also going to break my "no dead Sims" record by moving in a Dummy Sim before hand and killing him on lot to have a ghost.
-VD: *shaking head indulgently* I guess that makes sense.-
Hey, they're Ghostbusters! They need a ghost!
-J: Am I a Superstar yet?-
Didn't get to send you to Studio Town yesterday, so we'll have to see today.
Setback on the fan fiction front. A couple of days ago, I got a disgusting review. Somebody complimented me, then asked me to WRITE MORE SLASH.
-VD2: Who do I kill?-
Already been taken care of. I deleted the review, then told the person (pretty politely in the fact I didn't swear) that they had insulted me horribly and that I did not want to hear from them again. (To anyone who says I overreacted -- I was disgusted and the person did seem to acknowledge my e-mail in a way that said they didn't care that much about it.)
I DO NOT WRITE SLASH. Any tolerance I had for it was pretty much destroyed with the Marty/George fics. I acknowledge some people do like that stuff, but for Newton's sake, don't accuse me of writing it! (Or if you must, FLAME me for it. I prefer the negative comments I got for "Ich Liebe Dich" to this.) As a result, I've been kinda lazy on the typing front -- I don't write well if I'm too emotional. I'm feeling better about it now, so maybe I can get things back on track.
-VD: You'd better, I can see you're almost done with "Judgement Day."-
*sticks out tongue*
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Re: Slash and Fanfics
Date: 2004-09-15 11:32 am (UTC)Out of sheer curiousity, I actually read one or two slash fics. What they seem to have in common (aside from being all Marty/'55George) is making excuses for George to have been uninterested in Lorraine, as that was some kind of secret, obsessive crush on Marty. That was what got me more sickened by the whole thing.
Even the most casual BTTF viewer could tell that the guy was just shy! (Both at 17 and TP 47). It didn't mean he wasn't into women, and there's no evidence to support otherwise - if there was, we would've known about it in the movies.
Ironically enough, the review was for "For Love or Marty," which contains the line "God help me if I ever start liking Marty like that!"
I haven't even read that one, and I already can -- by way of hearing Doc's distinctive tone in my head -- tell it's just a harmless joke. People, I think, just see what they want to see in anything.
Thanks for the heads up - I'll also check out the topic on Tracie's board.
Re: Slash and Fanfics
Date: 2004-09-15 02:55 pm (UTC)How did that person interpret "For Love Or Marty" as a slash fic? Ugh! There isn't a grain of slash in the story! I think the phrase "Get a life," applies here.