Monthly Archives: April 2009

Apr
15

Pictures of Lucy

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Heh. For some reason I only managed to snag pictures of Lucy at Easter. (Probably because Connor wouldn’t stand still long enough to get his picture taken.) On the other hand, Lucy loves playing dress up and wore her little dress all day. Thought I’d share a few of them here. 🙂… Read more
Apr
14

On Writing Rape…

Posted in craft, rape, writing | 3 Comments
Ugly, ugly subject. Unfortunately it’s necessary to the plot at the moment. I’d like to think I redeem it some because it’s not actually occurring. It’s more of a dream, and it happens at a point in the story where the reader would probably figure that out, even if the heroine hasn’t. The hero certainly does, anyway. But then, I have to wonder, does it need to be there at all? Is the act cheapened, in a way, *because* it’s a dream? Or really more of a nightmare. It’s a bit complicated to explain – it’s not quite a dream, not quite reality, but in either case it’s not actually happening except in her own mind. Although, does that lessen the impact for her? Should it? The hero isn’t a rapist, after all. In her heart of hearts, the heroine knows this as well, but still, I needed something to… Read more
Apr
12

Amazon, How Ye’ve Wronged Us.

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Complete and utter bullshit. I’m not going into massive detail here, because it’s being covered nearly everywhere, but I highly suggest everyone go sign the petition. –> https://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/in-protest-at-amazons-new-adult-policy For more info on it, go here: https://markprobst.livejournal.com/15293.html It’s crap. You can buy *vibrators* on Amazon. WTF does this electronic book-burning bullshit come from? Edited, for more info here –> https://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/weblog/comments/amazon-rank/ and because this is funny: https://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/amazonrank… Read more
Apr
10

Ye Ye and kids…

Posted in Connor, Grandpa, Lucy | 2 Comments
Thought I’d throw these up here today. Daddy Pang has Parkinson’s, so it’s hard to sometimes get a good picture these days. These were taken last month, but I really love them – it looks like he’s his old self, at least for a few moments. 🙂… Read more
Apr
10

Welcome to America! Now change your name so people can say it easier.

Posted in asian, rant, TSTL | 4 Comments
https://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/brown-asian-names/ Meh. I’m not Asian – but I’m married to one, so therefore, my surname is Asian. Admittedly it’s an easy name to pronounce, but seriously? Does this woman really think we have the right to ask people to give up their culture, just to make it easier for her? “Rather than everyone here having to learn Chinese — I understand it’s a rather difficult language — do you think that it would behoove you and your citizens to adopt a name that we could deal with more readily here?” Brown said. Ok…let’s not forget all those German names. Or Polish names. Or Indian names. Or Russian names. Or Hispanic names. Oh hell. Let’s just give *everyone* a nice WASP name like Miller, or Smith, or BROWN. You know. To make it easier. Feh. The mind boggles.… Read more