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paralipsis
Drawing attention to something while claiming to be passing over it.
Paralipsis is especially handy in politics to point out an opponent's faults. It typically involves these phrases: "not to mention" "to say nothing of" "I won't speak of" "leaving aside"
An example from Moby Dick: "We will not speak of all Queequeg's peculiarities here; how he eschewed coffee and hot rolls, and applied his undivided attention to beefsteaks, done rare."
This allows me to post an entry without referring to the three months in which I didn't. But I'm back now.
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Thursday, March 31st, 2005
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I heard Linda Pastan's The Months on NPR this last morning of March. It reminded me of one of my favorite poems so I'm back to share.
This is from The Months:
March
When the Earl King came
to steal away the child
in Goethe's poem, the father said
don't be afraid,
it's just the wind...
As if it weren't the wind
that blows away the tender
fragments of this world—
leftover leaves in the corners
of the garden, a Lenten Rose
that thought it safe
to bloom so early.
And this is the inspiration for that, and one of my favorite March-appropriate poems ever:
( The Elf King by Johannes Goethe )
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Sunday, January 2nd, 2005
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I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by.
-- Douglas Adams
Waaaay back in August, I was going to post about my time in Seattle, meeting the wondrous ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) darthhellokitty and tour guide extraordinaire kingchiron, then start up a new journal. Remember that? Yeah, me either. Didn't happen. One deadline missed.
Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas -- all those holidays with built-in excuses to get back in touch. Not then, either. More deadlines missed. New Year's, then. January 1st, a new beginning, a clean slate. Whoa, that deadline barely missed me as it went whooshing by.
Many thanks to those of you who kept in contact by e-mail and letters. Great to hear from you, even as I was away from LJ for so long. It's one of my resolutions to get back here on a regular basis.
So, happy new year, and what's your resolution?
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Friday, August 20th, 2004
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I've seen the Pacific Ocean only twice in my life and the urge to see it again is upon me, so I'm off to the great Northwest tomorrow, back at the end of the month.
Next week marks the second anniversary of this LJ. It's been a wonderful two years – there are so many of you who have become good online friends and a precious few I've even met in real life. In keeping with my inability to commit to anything long-term, however, I'm letting this LJ go dormant. When I return in September, it will be under a new name and with a different outlook. But you'll know.
Happy end of summer.
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Wednesday, August 18th, 2004
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Title: My Life in Black and White
Fandom: The Sentinel
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Rating: R
Warnings: AU angst, non-graphic violence, m/m
Part 11 of 11/complete
Note: written for the Third Wave Sentinel and Guide Fuq-Q-Fest, combining these two challenges:
Alternate Reality where Blair, sixteen, a freshman at Rainier and most likely a virgin, meets Jim, an upperclassman who's on a football scholarship and failing one class. Blair earns spending money by tutoring and Jim is his newest pupil. Jim’s fraternity hosts a party, they get drunk, and while they don’t sleep together, certain feelings come to light.
Peaches: furry, round and able to roll pleasantly across bare chests. Also delicious when eaten. Find some way to get a peach (as a sexual toy/fruit) into bed with the guys.
( I flash back to that moment in the library, where I held him down and first got hard for him. )
End of housekeeping. Sorry for the spamming.
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Title: My Life in Black and White
Fandom: The Sentinel
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Rating: R
Warnings: AU angst, non-graphic violence, m/m
Part 9 and 10 of 11/complete
Note: written for the Third Wave Sentinel and Guide Fuq-Q-Fest, combining these two challenges:
Alternate Reality where Blair, sixteen, a freshman at Rainier and most likely a virgin, meets Jim, an upperclassman who's on a football scholarship and failing one class. Blair earns spending money by tutoring and Jim is his newest pupil. Jim’s fraternity hosts a party, they get drunk, and while they don’t sleep together, certain feelings come to light.
Peaches: furry, round and able to roll pleasantly across bare chests. Also delicious when eaten. Find some way to get a peach (as a sexual toy/fruit) into bed with the guys.
( Wasn't his fault, but I'm not ready to talk. We sit and listen to the crickets, feel the cool night breeze, watch the deer step closer -- things we can both experience. I think for a long time about what just happened, the good and the bad, the black and the white of it. For once, Sandburg is silent. )
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Title: My Life in Black and White
Fandom: The Sentinel
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Rating: R
Warnings: AU angst, non-graphic violence, m/m
Parts 7 and 8 of 11/complete
Note: written for the Third Wave Sentinel and Guide Fuq-Q-Fest, combining these two challenges:
Alternate Reality where Blair, sixteen, a freshman at Rainier and most likely a virgin, meets Jim, an upperclassman who's on a football scholarship and failing one class. Blair earns spending money by tutoring and Jim is his newest pupil. Jim’s fraternity hosts a party, they get drunk, and while they don’t sleep together, certain feelings come to light.
Peaches: furry, round and able to roll pleasantly across bare chests. Also delicious when eaten. Find some way to get a peach (as a sexual toy/fruit) into bed with the guys.
( 'I want to go home,' he hiccups and I wonder where he's thinking of. His dorm room? The shelter? On a trek to find his mother? I'm no good at this, I don't know what to say. )
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Title: My Life in Black and White
Fandom: The Sentinel
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Rating: R
Warnings: AU angst, non-graphic violence, m/m
Parts 5 and 6 of 11/complete
Note: written for the Third Wave Sentinel and Guide Fuq-Q-Fest, combining these two challenges:
Alternate Reality where Blair, sixteen, a freshman at Rainier and most likely a virgin, meets Jim, an upperclassman who's on a football scholarship and failing one class. Blair earns spending money by tutoring and Jim is his newest pupil. Jim’s fraternity hosts a party, they get drunk, and while they don’t sleep together, certain feelings come to light.
Peaches: furry, round and able to roll pleasantly across bare chests. Also delicious when eaten. Find some way to get a peach (as a sexual toy/fruit) into bed with the guys.
( If I said, 'hey, Sandburg, I think about touching you,' he'd lean forward in his intense way and start talking. And by the time he finished, I'd believe that black was white, white was black, grey was beautiful, and nothing was against the rules. )
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Title: My Life in Black and White
Fandom: The Sentinel
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Rating: R
Warnings: AU angst, non-graphic violence, m/m
Part 4 of 11/complete
Note: written for the Third Wave Sentinel and Guide Fuq-Q-Fest, combining these two challenges:
Alternate Reality where Blair, sixteen, a freshman at Rainier and most likely a virgin, meets Jim, an upperclassman who's on a football scholarship and failing one class. Blair earns spending money by tutoring and Jim is his newest pupil. Jim’s fraternity hosts a party, they get drunk, and while they don’t sleep together, certain feelings come to light.
Peaches: furry, round and able to roll pleasantly across bare chests. Also delicious when eaten. Find some way to get a peach (as a sexual toy/fruit) into bed with the guys.
( 'Yeah, Jim,' Stephen chimes in. 'What about Carolyn? She's smart. And pretty. And a girl. A real one, not a wannabe like Sandburg.' )
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Title: My Life in Black and White
Fandom: The Sentinel
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Rating: R
Warnings: AU angst, non-graphic violence, m/m
Part 3 of 11/complete
Note: written for the Third Wave Sentinel and Guide Fuq-Q-Fest, combining these two challenges:
Alternate Reality where Blair, sixteen, a freshman at Rainier and most likely a virgin, meets Jim, an upperclassman who's on a football scholarship and failing one class. Blair earns spending money by tutoring and Jim is his newest pupil. Jim’s fraternity hosts a party, they get drunk, and while they don’t sleep together, certain feelings come to light.
Peaches: furry, round and able to roll pleasantly across bare chests. Also delicious when eaten. Find some way to get a peach (as a sexual toy/fruit) into bed with the guys.
( For once, Sandburg has nothing to say. He pushes and twists and tries to pull his hair out of Johnston's grasp. Johnston releases him suddenly and Sandburg falls to his knees. )
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Title: Black and White and Grey
Fandom: The Sentinel
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Rating: R
Warnings: AU angst, non-graphic violence, m/m
Part 2 of 11/complete
Note: written for the Third Wave Sentinel and Guide Fuq-Q-Fest Challenge, combining these two challenges: an alternate reality where Blair, sixteen, most likely a virgin, and a new freshmen at Rainier meets Jim, upperclassman, on a football scholarship, and failing one class. (Blair earns spending money by tutoring, and Jim is his newest pupil. Jim’s fraternity hosts a party, they get drunk, and while they don’t sleep together, certain feelings come to light…) and Peaches (Furry, round and able to roll pleasantly across bare chests. Also delicious when eaten. I suggest you find some way to get a peach (as a sexual toy/fruit) into bed with the guys.)
( 'Listen, you little freakin' geek.' I feel him shaking and something dark blooms inside me. I like people being afraid of me, makes me feel less like a freak myself. 'I could flatten you with one punch for pissing me off.' )
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A bit of housekeeping before I leave. Here's a story I wrote for The Sentinel Fuh-Q-Fest Challenge a while back. A new fandom for me, thanks to an introduction by remyheart and the loan of tapes by charlottefrost. An excerpt appeared in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) sentinel_thurs, but otherwise, here it is for the first time. Eleven parts, so I'll be spamming your flist!
Title: My Life in Black and White
Fandom: The Sentinel
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Rating: R
Warnings: AU angst, non-graphic violence, m/m
Note: written for the Third Wave Sentinel and Guide Fuq-Q-Fest, combining these two challenges:
Alternate Reality where Blair, sixteen, a freshman at Rainier and most likely a virgin, meets Jim, an upperclassman who's on a football scholarship and failing one class. Blair earns spending money by tutoring and Jim is his newest pupil. Jim’s fraternity hosts a party, they get drunk, and while they don’t sleep together, certain feelings come to light.
Peaches: furry, round and able to roll pleasantly across bare chests. Also delicious when eaten. Find some way to get a peach (as a sexual toy/fruit) into bed with the guys.
( Imagine, if you will, a guy's last year of college. He has some medical condition that no one can figure out, can't drink beer because he's taking Xanax, can't tolerate perfume on his girlfriend. And now he's failing Senior English, with the other courses lining up for their turn. That's me. )
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Posting twice in one week -- this might get to be a habit! Waited to post this great news until I gave the infinitely patient slashbluegreen, Editor Extraordinaire of Y-Con Anthology, the last of what I owed her.
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My Saiyuki story was selected for the yaoi.con anthology this year
-- my first time in print!
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Here's the 411 and an excerpt:
Title: Every Creature Shall Be Purified
Fandom: Saiyuki
Pairing: Gojyo/Hakkai, Sanzo/Gojyo
Rating: NC17
Warnings: non-con, abuse, interspecies sex
Summary: Sanzo, thinking he's reached India and it is Heaven, is convinced that all youkai should either be in Hell or enslaved. For Gojyo, there is no difference.
Disclaimer: The characters and concepts belong to Minekura Kazuya; theme song lyrics belong to Kurozawa Ken'ichi.
Author's note: Rakshasas are Hindu gods who revel in tormenting humans for their own power and glory, as do the vicious demons, pretas, naked spirits of those who have died unnatural deaths.
Many, many, many thanks to _fran_ for her quick beta, her generosity and her unending encouragement, and for suggesting the quotation from which the title is taken.
When all the world dissolves,
And every creature shall be purified,
All places shall be hell that are not heaven.
Christopher Marlowe, Faustus
( Every Creature Shall Be Purified )
Check out all the wonderful stories and art in this year's Yaoi-Con Fiction anthology, Surrender to Darkness.
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Monday, August 16th, 2004
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Appearing out of nowhere to send out the happiest of happy birthday wishes to:
My dearest friend and partner, _fran_
and
stillprettiest, who in fact is, despite being a whole year older.
Also, belated birthday wishes to:
tygerseye
and
disportraited.
Hope your days were wonderful.
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2004
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Woo hoo. Spontaneous trip to Montreal tomorrow. This trip has both agenda and tight schedule, but I'd love to see Quebecois LJ'ers on a more unstructured weekend. onyx_shinigami, I know you're there. We'll have a beer and review your CV.
Anyone else on my flist in the Great North?
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What a lovely long weekend. I'll take several more just like it.
Drove down country to see Fahrenheit 9/11; some surprises and a lot of heartache. Small wonder the world dislikes us. No surprises, though, with the lovely Jersey girls, betra and tygerseye. They and the sushi were terrific.
Later, I drove up to Maine. Fireworks over the ocean are spectacular, just as you remember, neo_nym, then to VT, down to Boston Monday morning, and finally back to NH late last night.
With all the driving done this weekend, I am reminded of how, no matter what state I currently live in, bad drivers are always from other states.
When I live in northern New England: crazy drivers are either Massholes (apologies to all the wonderful people in Massachusetts), or crazy Quebeckers (or Frenchmen, used interchangeably)
When in NH: Vermonters are woodchucks, too stupid to get out of the way
When in VT: Cow Hampshire drivers are emments (little ants), unable to drive in a straight line
When in Pittsburgh: West Virginia drivers were called South Vaginas (you all know what's south of a vagina, right?)
When in Boston: bad drivers are simply 'the other guy'
Not universal, of course, although no matter where I live, my driving style is perfect! *snerk*
What's your favorite bad driver insult?
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Thanks are owed to several people for making me happy. My apologies for the tardiness in responding.
stillprettiest, for the illustrated letter. Lovely stream-of-consciousness writing that I adore, every paragraph illuminated with appropriate art. You are one of the best correspondents ever.
neo_nym, thank you for all the information. I've heard most of it, but to have it in writing and so clearly explained (medical dictionary in hand) is so very helpful to me. Let's hope both our situations have happy endings.
squashed, who sent me a sparkly green notebook and a rather risque postcard of boys in kilts. Most inspiring, now if you could just send along some spare time!
marvinstwin, long, long, long pink letter whose glitter adorns my table, my rug, my couch! Thank you so much for the pictures. You are all beautiful girls in exotic costumes. More later.
cicirossi, got your boots postcard, thanks for sharing cowboy love. Do you two-step?
And my self-discipline melted down and I'm watching all the tapes a new, very generous friend has shared. I marvel again at what a great community LJ is.
Though I am addicted to the instanteous internet, it is truly a pleasure to receive snail mail. Thanks again, all of you.
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maureenlycaon's post yesterday about werewolves reminded me of a film I saw last week: The Wolves of Kromer.
These wolves are not your Wolf Pack, Maureen: no fangs, no blood, no packs running down a hapless victim. No, these werewolves wear fur coats, steal motorcycles and hold raves down on the beach.
From IMDb's description:
"Once upon a time in the village of Kromer lived two beautiful young wolves. Cocksure Gabriel takes newcomer Seth under his paw and helps reconcile him to the vilification associated with being a wolf. They fall head-over-heels in puppy love, playing together around picturesque waterfalls, secluded woodlands, and moonlit lakes. One day a wicked old crone and her goofy sidekick kill their mistress, frame the wolves, and incite a torch-bearing mob of religious zealots to seek vengeance on the hapless pair. But who will live happily ever after?"
And Village Voice's review:
"Largely inept and weirdly endearing, The Wolves of Kromer ponders the fate of two pouty, woods-dwelling young dudes banished from their provincial English village due to their pointy ears, hairy aspect (indicated by furry coats dug up from some velvet goldmine), swishing tails, and puppy love for each other. Replete with cackling witchy hags and a murderous closeted man of the cloth, the film is a fairy tale in every sense of the term; it's barely coherent, but as a goofy allegory, it at least boasts the courage of its convictions."
Don't expect a masterpiece, but see it; it's unusual enough to be fun. Watch out for the two-by-four that whacks you over the head, in case you didn't get it: werewolf = gay, werewolf = gay.
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004
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Two very nice people are celebrating today, so:
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Happy Birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday, dear maidazia and junebugged,
Happy birthday to you!
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May you both have wonderful days full of whatever makes you happiest (and I do have some idea what that might be!).
The 'yo' is an early birthday gift to tygerseye.
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