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sailorhathorMe: *comes home from work on Tuesday night* Ahh, time to get on the internet and do practically everything in my life, which relies on the net heavily for job search, unemployment registration, and entertainment. Yes, I'm still on dial-up, btw.
Modem: There is no dial tone.
Me: WTF are you talking about?
Modem: There is no dial tone.
Me: O_O *checks everything* THEY TURNED MY PHONE OFF WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
Wednesday: Hi I'm Wednesday!
AT&T: We received your check a day late. One lousy day. We won't turn your phone back on until you pay us more money.
Me: But the money I get on Friday goes to rent, then no more money until the 16th! I have to have my phone!
AT&T: Tough shit.
Bank: *using Ricky Ricardo accent* The check is good. El cheque es bueno.
Thursday: Hi I'm Thursday.
AT&T: Just kidding LOL! *turns phone back on*
Me: *picks up phone for shits and giggles even though I think the phone will still be off*
Phone: Diaaaaaaaaaal tooooooooooooooone...
Me: *head explodes*
I'm convinced that if the check had gotten there just one day early, they wouldn't have turned the phone off and given me that scare. Stupid holidays slowing down the stupid mail. I HAVE to have my phone on right now for job search and unemployment. Looks like the check pacified them, which is a big relief.
Now, please to suggest phone providers to me and tell me what you pay per month for home phone. AT&T charges too much anyway; I don't know anyone who pays as much as I do for a home phone.
Yuletide authors have been revealed! Some of you will be surprised to know that I did not get a "Miracles" story this year, to write, I mean. I wrote in the "Degrassi High" fandom. It's femslash, which seems to be less popular than other genre among predominantly female fandom, but I still got more comments on my story than I was ever expecting. Boo-ya! This is my story:
Dumb Jerks -- Liz/Spike
That scene where Shane comes into the school and keeps going, "Dumb jerk! You should be kicked in the head!" is my favorite line from Degrassi EVER. It was just so random and makes me laugh EVERY time I watch that episode. I'm pathetic. XD
I also gained a new friend in my Yuletide author, who wrote me a great story based on a mediocre movie. The reason I love John Carpenter's Vampires: Los Muertos is for the casting, the performances, and the sense of family between a ragtag band of vampire hunters literally pieced together at the last minute. Even with Jon Bon Jovi playing the lead, even I had to watch it two or three times before I started to love it. Now it's one of my favorites. The fic![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shetiger wrote captured everything that was great about this movie. Her story needs more love.
The thing that I think is extremely funny about Los Muertos is the kid who played Sancho, Diego Luna, is a speck on the map here, but he's a VERY popular actor in Mexico, I hear. He's also nearly 30 now. O_o Looked 16 only a few years ago.
Her story brought up a whole new set of issues for me that I had never thought of before. I'd appreciate anyone who enjoys discussing the kind of issues that only come up in fanfic to read and respond with your opinion to the following: Spoilers ahead for John Carpenter's Vampires: Los Muertos.
Should vampires wear condoms? Oh, the ridiculous shit I have to consider when writing the kind of stuff I do. XD
Let me first set up the rules for Los Muertos for those who have not seen it. In this universe, vampires are jackshit crazy animals, pretty much. There doesn't seem to be any choice for them once they turn - they must satisfy their bloodlust any way they can. So they can't really choose between drinking from animals or people; they just attack. If this kind of vampire attacks you, and you are bitten or even scratched, you will become a vampire. So it's very contagious.
In the movie, there is a character named Zoey who was bitten during sex. She went to an AIDS clinic to make sure the guy didn't give her anything, and the doctor finds an unidentifiable virus in her blood. He slips her an experimental drug which she takes once to a few times per day, and she doesn't turn. Vampirism is almost like HIV, then. (Except there's no pill for HIV.) Does this mean that you could spread vampirism through sex with this kind of almost-vampire? No, seriously, I wonder about these things! Would the drug which keeps it in check also keep it from spreading? Or should you wear condoms?
Now let's consider the "Supernatural" type of vampire. They only spread vampirism through the drinking of their blood/blood-to-blood contact. Would unprotected sex with this kind of vampire lead to vampirism? I mean, you can spread HIV that way, why not vampirism? If bleeding into a cut on a human body spreads vampirism, why not sex? Eep.
This NEVER occurred to me until now. I've got Dean having sex with Lenore in "Lacerated Sky" and I never thought of it once. Now I have to consider it.
Opinions?
Modem: There is no dial tone.
Me: WTF are you talking about?
Modem: There is no dial tone.
Me: O_O *checks everything* THEY TURNED MY PHONE OFF WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
Wednesday: Hi I'm Wednesday!
AT&T: We received your check a day late. One lousy day. We won't turn your phone back on until you pay us more money.
Me: But the money I get on Friday goes to rent, then no more money until the 16th! I have to have my phone!
AT&T: Tough shit.
Bank: *using Ricky Ricardo accent* The check is good. El cheque es bueno.
Thursday: Hi I'm Thursday.
AT&T: Just kidding LOL! *turns phone back on*
Me: *picks up phone for shits and giggles even though I think the phone will still be off*
Phone: Diaaaaaaaaaal tooooooooooooooone...
Me: *head explodes*
I'm convinced that if the check had gotten there just one day early, they wouldn't have turned the phone off and given me that scare. Stupid holidays slowing down the stupid mail. I HAVE to have my phone on right now for job search and unemployment. Looks like the check pacified them, which is a big relief.
Now, please to suggest phone providers to me and tell me what you pay per month for home phone. AT&T charges too much anyway; I don't know anyone who pays as much as I do for a home phone.
Yuletide authors have been revealed! Some of you will be surprised to know that I did not get a "Miracles" story this year, to write, I mean. I wrote in the "Degrassi High" fandom. It's femslash, which seems to be less popular than other genre among predominantly female fandom, but I still got more comments on my story than I was ever expecting. Boo-ya! This is my story:
Dumb Jerks -- Liz/Spike
That scene where Shane comes into the school and keeps going, "Dumb jerk! You should be kicked in the head!" is my favorite line from Degrassi EVER. It was just so random and makes me laugh EVERY time I watch that episode. I'm pathetic. XD
I also gained a new friend in my Yuletide author, who wrote me a great story based on a mediocre movie. The reason I love John Carpenter's Vampires: Los Muertos is for the casting, the performances, and the sense of family between a ragtag band of vampire hunters literally pieced together at the last minute. Even with Jon Bon Jovi playing the lead, even I had to watch it two or three times before I started to love it. Now it's one of my favorites. The fic
shetiger wrote captured everything that was great about this movie. Her story needs more love.The thing that I think is extremely funny about Los Muertos is the kid who played Sancho, Diego Luna, is a speck on the map here, but he's a VERY popular actor in Mexico, I hear. He's also nearly 30 now. O_o Looked 16 only a few years ago.
Her story brought up a whole new set of issues for me that I had never thought of before. I'd appreciate anyone who enjoys discussing the kind of issues that only come up in fanfic to read and respond with your opinion to the following: Spoilers ahead for John Carpenter's Vampires: Los Muertos.
Should vampires wear condoms? Oh, the ridiculous shit I have to consider when writing the kind of stuff I do. XD
Let me first set up the rules for Los Muertos for those who have not seen it. In this universe, vampires are jackshit crazy animals, pretty much. There doesn't seem to be any choice for them once they turn - they must satisfy their bloodlust any way they can. So they can't really choose between drinking from animals or people; they just attack. If this kind of vampire attacks you, and you are bitten or even scratched, you will become a vampire. So it's very contagious.
In the movie, there is a character named Zoey who was bitten during sex. She went to an AIDS clinic to make sure the guy didn't give her anything, and the doctor finds an unidentifiable virus in her blood. He slips her an experimental drug which she takes once to a few times per day, and she doesn't turn. Vampirism is almost like HIV, then. (Except there's no pill for HIV.) Does this mean that you could spread vampirism through sex with this kind of almost-vampire? No, seriously, I wonder about these things! Would the drug which keeps it in check also keep it from spreading? Or should you wear condoms?
Now let's consider the "Supernatural" type of vampire. They only spread vampirism through the drinking of their blood/blood-to-blood contact. Would unprotected sex with this kind of vampire lead to vampirism? I mean, you can spread HIV that way, why not vampirism? If bleeding into a cut on a human body spreads vampirism, why not sex? Eep.
This NEVER occurred to me until now. I've got Dean having sex with Lenore in "Lacerated Sky" and I never thought of it once. Now I have to consider it.
Opinions?
