January 2012
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So I'm working my way through The Office (US)
Which I had never seen. After watching the UK version a million times I thought it was time.
I just watched the scene where Jim conditions Dwight to expect an Altoid every time Jim reboots his computer.
I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard in my life.
December 2011
321 posts
goldfish945 asked: For College Anon: As a college sophomore, I remember your feels. You have to let go of high school some time. Not necessarily your friends, but HIGH SCHOOL MENTALITY. I didn't have a girl/boyfriend when I left high school, but I literally ran away. I went from southwestern Pennsylvania to southeastern Arizona, and it was the best decision I could've made. The school I go to is in the top...
itemfinder asked: I have several friends who chose a school based on their boy/girlfriend, and all of them have told me they regret it. Even the one who is still with the same guy. (I'm sorry this isn't a reply, my phone doesn't work with those.)
mazarin221b asked: Ok, butting in - for your anon worried about going to school far away. LISTEN TO LORI, ANON. I made that mistake. I went to school near my house (I lived at home my first year) because it made my parents happy, I got a scholarship there, and my boyfriend of like 9 months was there. It's a decent school but I qualified for so much better, and I could have played NCAA Division 1 Women's...
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How I will be watching Sherlock.
Informational post for anyone who hasn’t seen this information yet.
Tzikeh and I have A Plan. Our Plan is to watch the live airing with minimal chatting, then download the torrent when it’s available, and rewatch with extensive chatting.
I will be using Expat Shield to watch it on BBC1’s live player. I just tried it out and it works great. Expat Shield is a utility that...
Anonymous asked: Thank you very much for your answer. But then how do I deal with the fact that I'm willingly choosing to go to a school that's four hours away from my girlfriend of (as of Feb. 2) a year? My parents have finally gotten used to the fact that I have a girlfriend and I'm very much in love with her. I just hate the idea of being so far away from her...
Anonymous asked: Okay, I just saw that person's ask, and now I have to ask, you can ignore it if you want. I'm a senior girl in high school and I also have to choose between two schools. One school's in Chicago. It's a good school, and I'll get free public transport all around Chicago and my girlfriend and one of my best (guy) friends are planning on attending a school that will be 15...
Anonymous asked: So ... More of a life coaching question than a science question, but please bear with me. I have to choose between going to a very expensive, very good private college (University of Pennsylvania) where I would get an awesome education, but at a very high cost, and attending a very good state school (University of Michigan) where I would be able to graduate without student loans. What should I...
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moonblossom replied to your post: I am determined to reply to every LJ and AO3 comment I received on the final chapter of Performance.
I can’t speak for everyone here, but I know I wouldn’t mind not getting a reply to a fairly generic comment. Performance is so enormous, and you’ve gotten so much feedback, I think it’s understandable to only reply to specific inquiries at this point
Yeah,...
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I am determined to reply to every LJ and AO3...
It’s hard. I am not always super great about replying to comments, which I should endeavor to correct. But responding isn’t super easy.
Some people cite specific things or ask questions and those are easy to reply to. But a lot of people say something more general, like “thanks for writing, I liked the story” which is GREAT and FINE and I appreciate every single comment,...
niish-vehtam-tor asked: Thanks. I picked Physics because I truly fell in love with it (and Astronomy/Astrophysics) in high school. I've loved science all my life and I've always wanted to understand everything (problem there). I honestly think Quantum Mechanics just defeated me this semester so I almost feel unworthy of being a Physicist, but I love the research project I'm a part of (Nuclear Physics...
niish-vehtam-tor asked: What branch of science did you major in/specialize in? I'm a Physics major and I currently hate and love it at the same time. I'm not sure if it's my illness on top of the stress, but I'm starting to wonder if I even want to continue with it. So any tips for a fellow scientist? And any particular tips for a fellow female scientist?
Anonymous asked: Newtonian mechanics for a ball rolling. How does it work? It's the most frustrating thing to be a science student almost done with college and still not grasp basic mechanics ;^; thank god i'm in biology
Anonymous asked: Have you pretty much always been an over-achiever? I realize you haven't been a huge success at everything you've put your hand to-- no one is, after all-- but you're a successful person on many wonderful levels-- to what do you attribute this-- the way you were raised, work ethic, what? *anon smooches*
Anonymous asked: What are your thoughts on the neutrinos which, so far, seem to be actually going faster than light?
Anonymous asked: Your opinion on the credibility of string theory? Also how many spacial and time dimensions do you think are in the universe, do you think it's three spatial + 1 time, or is it more but we can only compute the first four?
gingermous asked: I don't know much about any science, how do I go about educating myself?
shooting-stetsons asked: If I left a bottle of syrup in the garage overnight by accident (I'm in Minnesota and it dips below freezing at night), should I expect an exploded bottle/frozen syrup?
redeadlauren asked: Why does water freeze into ice, but when it's below 0 degrees centigrade it snows, not ice pellets?
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Ask Lori a Science Question
I am feeling sciencey tonight.
So hit me. No homework problems, please. The best kind are those everyday things that have scientific reasons that people just wonder about.
Ask Lori a Science Question
angelzash replied to your post: Netflix fail.
I blame Vista. It’s always good for it. And I remember I had a lot more trouble with Netflix when I used it. You might want to also write Netflix. They could have a method to fix the problem? I doubt it’s anything new…
Well, I watched all of Avatar on this exact same computer and OS two years ago. Could be my computer. After awhile they get junked...
Netflix fail.
Why won’t Netflix play streaming nice and smoothly on my laptop? It’s all choppy. Sometimes it’s like watching a series of still frames.
Any ideas, Le Tumble? I use Chrome on a PC running Vista.
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lady-karasu replied to your post: Hi! I was wondering if you have an AO3 account or will be putting your stories on pdf? I would love it to be part of my reading material on my kindle on the boring long train journeys to and from uni. :) Thanks so much for Performance and have a Sherlock New Year! x
Speaking of Senza Catene, where is that posted? I enjoyed it rather a lot, but my links are a mess...
jazzijenni asked: Hi! I was wondering if you have an AO3 account or will be putting your stories on pdf? I would love it to be part of my reading material on my kindle on the boring long train journeys to and from uni. :) Thanks so much for Performance and have a Sherlock New Year! x
Anonymous asked: Chapter three gets me every time T_T you're a lovely writer. i wish you all the good feels and a happy new year and such.
Sherlock fans who make gifs: a question!
loveparalytic:
tzikeh:
Why has there never ever ever been an animated gif in which John opens the fridge and, instead of a severed head, there’s a BAFTA?
THIS IS A GRAVE OVERSIGHT. SOMEONE GET ON THIS, PLEASE.
REBLOG IF YOU WANT TO SEE THIS. SPREAD THE NEWS FAR AND WIDE.
/insert witty caption
AH HA HA HA HERE IT IS!
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Sherlock fans who make gifs: a question!
tzikeh:
Why has there never ever ever been an animated gif in which John opens the fridge and, instead of a severed head, there’s a BAFTA?
THIS IS A GRAVE OVERSIGHT. SOMEONE GET ON THIS, PLEASE.
REBLOG IF YOU WANT TO SEE THIS. SPREAD THE NEWS FAR AND WIDE.
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Anonymous asked: First off, I love your work. It's so much fun. Secondly, do you have any tips on where to post fics once you're ready to share? You have a large following, but for those of us new to the Sherlock fandom (tho veteran in others over the years), where do you suggest we unleash our fics?
Anonymous asked: Where did you get your gorgeous beta? Did they fall from the sky? I really am in need of a good beta if you have any advice on where to find and how to find them! Oh, by the way, my favourite is Senza Catene. So lovely and with the music you serched out makes it fantastic! listen to the tunes all the time and think "sherlock sings there". Thanks so much for releasing your fangirlyness!
timberwolfoz asked: A semi ask: partway through the reread and reading the chapter where John showed up in Sherlock's dressing room the last night of his play (sending him a bunch of roses with a hydrangea - nice touch) the night Sherlock was going to fly to L.A. and surprise John. Did you ever consider having them just miss each other: Sherlock not having a bouquet and flying to LA and John coming to his...
Anonymous asked: DON'T FORGET ABOUT SHERLOCK'S LETTER, PLEASE!
Anonymous asked: Oh, Lori of the Golden Pen, would you be kind enough to share some of that beautiful, sparkly, fanfiction magic with us plebs? For example, how does a homely, awkward, heterosexual, fourteen-year-old girl even BEGIN to write "chemistry" between two handsome, charismatic men???
nonsequiturtle asked: So I read the Blog of Eugenia Watson a month ago and LOVED it. And then very recently someone sent me a link to Performance in a Leading Role (the last chapter was EXCELLENT, btw, congrats on finishing it!). And then I read Alone on the Water. And THEN I found out they were all written by the same person, which I somehow missed. And those are probably all in my top ten favorite Sherlock fics. So....
thebraveandvigilant asked: What are some of your favorite books or written works? Something that inspires you?
Anonymous asked: Congrats on finishing! I thank you, and the fandom thanks you.
anglofile asked: Any plans for a tipsy New Years Eve? I figure if I drink early enough and manage to get hungover, I'll still be fine for Sherlock come 2 p[.]m. CST.
Anonymous asked: Hi Lori. :) I've written fanfiction before, but never for Sherlock... and I have a few ideas that have been swimming around in my head for ages, but I'm just so unsure of myself, especially when it comes to my writing capabilities, and staying in character. I have no idea what I should do, do you have any suggestions? Sorry this is a bit random, it's just that you're a...
leftinstitches asked: Lori, first off let me say that your work is so inspiring! It has prompted me to be a Beta for my friend and together we are working on a piece near and dear to our hearts. Sometimes is hard, but then we look back at Performance and say "If she can do THAT, then we can at least do this". So thank you for being such a big influence on my creativity and fangirlyness. Secondly- are there...
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skyremains:
Diane: Who’s more romantic? John and Sherlock: [at the same time] He is.
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This is the point at which I actually collapsed onto my bed and started crying.
And then when it was over I wept some more.
This fic is, as I have always tagged it, fic of my life.
It dragged me over broken glass, made me cry with joy, and gave me something to look forward to these 6 months,...
goldfish945 asked: I raise my glass to you, Lori, my dear. Thank you for writing that story. It's been a fucking pleasure and a joy to follow that wip. PERFORMANCE IS NO LONGER A WIP, YOU'VE DONE IT. Tip of my hat to you. I hope I write half as well as you someday.
Anonymous asked: Is there any chance of a Eugenia extension?
“Martin Freeman is a genius, he really is. He gives you every colour of the...”
– Lara pulver (Irene Adler - BBC Sherlock)
Yes, he is. I also read in a recent BC interview that Benedict talked about how Martin is a better actor, and that he’d be off doing some subtle Mike Leigh thing while Benedict was doing the big showy monologues with the flouncy coat. HA.
mallamun asked: How do you feel now that you're finished?
chwiliwr asked: Hey Lori! I was wondering if you ever considered writing To A Stranger? I know it was originally meant as a screenplay, but would you consider writing the whole thing out novel-style for us? I find myself so incredibly curious about Mark and Benjamin's amazing story, and I suspect you must have planned the whole thing out while writing Performance! So, pretty please, would you share it with...
moonblossom asked: Whenever Word suggests I replace "Semtex" with "semen", can I blame Antoine?
studentoutofbed394 asked: Also- rereading Performance like a boss. Remember this?: "Note: I usually do not post stories until they are completed, but this one is really just for fun so I'm not going to stress about it." LAAAAAWLZ.