Everything seems brighter with sunshine
Apr. 15th, 2015 03:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
schneefinkMy computer has been extremely slow the past few days, so I'm trying to at least close some of my many open tabs. (So far it doesn't seem to help. Also my internet connection sucks.) I stumbled upon a DW friending meme from November and subscribed to a few people, hi! *waves*
That was the same friending meme that encouraged me to do the December posting meme, which has been very good for me. People asked questions about so many different things that I got more confident to post about whatever I want.
Hockey stuff!
Playoffs are coming!! I filled out my bracket today, half "I think this is going to happen" and half "this is what I want to happen dammit", so I have the Caps beating the Pens in the second round and being beaten by the Blues in the SCF. I don't expect the Pens to beat the Rangers, but I have hope! (And if we still had Letang... Fuck you Doan, maybe the hit was not strictly speaking dirty but it was still bad.) I'm not going to watch many live games because my body doesn't like it when I stay up this late and I'm tired for two days after, but at least one per round.
A few links:
Penguins media guide for round 1, with a lot of stats for this year
Round table about round 1, a few opinions on various things by some smart people (who all pick the Rangers to win, boo realistic expectations)
Before round 1 the PR team decided the team needs to do media, I fully endorse this. It gave us things like this Sid radio interview with Madden where he talked about doing an online course about WWII history this season, and an interview with ESPN where he said that last year he pretty much only had a couch and a bed in his house because it was still being built. Ian Cole took over the team's twitter account yesterday and it turns out he's hilarious. I hope we can keep him. (Probably my favorite: his favorite thing about playing with the Pens is Sid's standup comedy routine in the locker room. He made that up, but he hopes if he keeps talking about it it will eventually happen. So do I!) There's also a long Geno Interview that I can't watch in its entirety for some reason.
Then I thought about a scenario where Sid has to do a Twitter Q&A (or a Reddit AMA), probably because he lost a bet to a teammate (Flower, or maybe Jen.) That would be so great.
There were more interviews, on radio and elsewhere, and I can't get to them. If there was interesting info there I have to rely on other fans to catch it and share. This part of an RPF fandom is really annoying. I'm still considering making a wiki in the summer so there's at least a central place for resources.
In non-NHL hockey news, more players were announced for the US and Canada national teams, and I'm going to see them in Vienna soon :D That's the reason why I hope the Preds sweep Chicago, I would love to see Kaner.
I decided I'd like to participate in NaNoWriMo this year. I was always too busy with uni in November, that won't be a problem anymore. One thing that I look forward to is meeting with other people in Vienna who also participate, I think that could be fun. I haven't written anything near this long for a single story ever (I think - some of the stories I wrote as a teenager were pretty long), but even if it turns out I can't I could just cheat and write several shorter stories. I'll need extensive preparation, of course, but that shouldn't be a problem. I thought about Camp Nano in July, but that'll probably be shortly after moving and I'm not sure I'll have the brain space.
Current writing projects: The Maze Runner Teresa story (I'm trying to figure out how best to structure it because it needs a lot of backstory), several very rough Pens prompt fills (the mpreg one probably needs a PoV change and I don't have an ending for the one with the aliens yet), a couple of ideas for Rifter fic (including how Kahlil became an assassin) but I need to reread the story first, and one short original story.
If someone would like to help me brainstorm for the Teresa fic, that'd be great.
Uni work is being annoying, as usual. (Turns out finding data is harder than I thought, so I'm waiting on feedback from my advisor how to proceed and hoping she doesn't pick the more difficult option.) Spring is coming, the sun is shining, we have flowers in the garden and it's almost warm enough to wear skirts :) Definitely almost ice cream time.
That was the same friending meme that encouraged me to do the December posting meme, which has been very good for me. People asked questions about so many different things that I got more confident to post about whatever I want.
Hockey stuff!
Playoffs are coming!! I filled out my bracket today, half "I think this is going to happen" and half "this is what I want to happen dammit", so I have the Caps beating the Pens in the second round and being beaten by the Blues in the SCF. I don't expect the Pens to beat the Rangers, but I have hope! (And if we still had Letang... Fuck you Doan, maybe the hit was not strictly speaking dirty but it was still bad.) I'm not going to watch many live games because my body doesn't like it when I stay up this late and I'm tired for two days after, but at least one per round.
A few links:
Penguins media guide for round 1, with a lot of stats for this year
Round table about round 1, a few opinions on various things by some smart people (who all pick the Rangers to win, boo realistic expectations)
Before round 1 the PR team decided the team needs to do media, I fully endorse this. It gave us things like this Sid radio interview with Madden where he talked about doing an online course about WWII history this season, and an interview with ESPN where he said that last year he pretty much only had a couch and a bed in his house because it was still being built. Ian Cole took over the team's twitter account yesterday and it turns out he's hilarious. I hope we can keep him. (Probably my favorite: his favorite thing about playing with the Pens is Sid's standup comedy routine in the locker room. He made that up, but he hopes if he keeps talking about it it will eventually happen. So do I!) There's also a long Geno Interview that I can't watch in its entirety for some reason.
Then I thought about a scenario where Sid has to do a Twitter Q&A (or a Reddit AMA), probably because he lost a bet to a teammate (Flower, or maybe Jen.) That would be so great.
There were more interviews, on radio and elsewhere, and I can't get to them. If there was interesting info there I have to rely on other fans to catch it and share. This part of an RPF fandom is really annoying. I'm still considering making a wiki in the summer so there's at least a central place for resources.
In non-NHL hockey news, more players were announced for the US and Canada national teams, and I'm going to see them in Vienna soon :D That's the reason why I hope the Preds sweep Chicago, I would love to see Kaner.
I decided I'd like to participate in NaNoWriMo this year. I was always too busy with uni in November, that won't be a problem anymore. One thing that I look forward to is meeting with other people in Vienna who also participate, I think that could be fun. I haven't written anything near this long for a single story ever (I think - some of the stories I wrote as a teenager were pretty long), but even if it turns out I can't I could just cheat and write several shorter stories. I'll need extensive preparation, of course, but that shouldn't be a problem. I thought about Camp Nano in July, but that'll probably be shortly after moving and I'm not sure I'll have the brain space.
Current writing projects: The Maze Runner Teresa story (I'm trying to figure out how best to structure it because it needs a lot of backstory), several very rough Pens prompt fills (the mpreg one probably needs a PoV change and I don't have an ending for the one with the aliens yet), a couple of ideas for Rifter fic (including how Kahlil became an assassin) but I need to reread the story first, and one short original story.
If someone would like to help me brainstorm for the Teresa fic, that'd be great.
Uni work is being annoying, as usual. (Turns out finding data is harder than I thought, so I'm waiting on feedback from my advisor how to proceed and hoping she doesn't pick the more difficult option.) Spring is coming, the sun is shining, we have flowers in the garden and it's almost warm enough to wear skirts :) Definitely almost ice cream time.
