damn bunnies. grr.

dolores is going to die. him and faithtastic were discussing how to make the perfect musical/martial arts combo - 'Crouching Sound, Hidden Music', all about how Michelle Yeoh as a failed Buddhist nun who becomes the governess to the children of a retired Chinese sea captain played by Chow Yun Fat.

Then the damn plotbunnies took off. Eleanor Parker as the Baroness, the assassin who everyone's out to get, poison darts from her cigarette holder. Images of Michelle Yeoh leading a group of kiddy winks through their daily warm-up practice and katas while all singing. Practice in the dojo in replacement of the dancing where they realise how they feel about each other - "So somewhere in one of my past lives I must have done something good"

'Revered mother, I have strayed from the teachings of buddha and allowed passion to rule over reason'
'Child, buddha teaches us to climb every mountain, follow every stream and at the same time make sure our chi is balanced.'

Am resisting urge to kick Dol in the ankles.

geurch.

Last night was *not* fun. Woken up at 3am by excrutiating pain in feet - the sores and blisters on the insteps were in screaming agony for some reason I couldn't fathom. Eventually got out of bed to put blister plasters on just to see if they'd work some relief. They did, but half the time I was having to clamp the feet together to put pressure on them to relieve the pain slightly. This is why I'm not going jogging this morning. Trying to give them some time to recover. Fucking *brilliant*.

Oi! Yanks! No!

After much prodding from certain people (you know who you are) I wrote a small, random and still growing guide to slang, terms and life in the UK for writers, mostly inspired by how utterly crap other guides were and how full of mistakes/outdated they were.

Oi! Yanks! No!

Mary-Sueing it.

A while ago me and digigoth had a conversation about a Mary Sue site, devoted to the guilty pleasure that's Mary Sue, where you fill in the prototype of your most common Mary Sue. Sometimes you never even put her into fandom fic, sometimes you let her run rampant, or maybe she's the protoype for the characters that fuel your original fic. So, lo and behold, the Mary Sue Profile. Fill it out, all ye nutters. One of these days I'll make that site, oh yes...

Name : Jenny or Katherine
Hair : Red.
Eyes : Green.
Shape : Athletic.
Skin tone : Pale.
Tattoos y/n? : yes
Weapons : Knives, guns, swords.
Flaws : Regular hangovers. Sleeping with people when drunk.
Powers : Psychic or variation of.
Talents : Assassination, fighting, languages.
Attitude : Snarky and bad-tempered.
Relationship w/ characters : Drafted in by head office.
Job/purpose in life : Secret Service Agent.
Willingness to die for a good cause : Not bloody likely.

heh. knew it.