I've said it before and I'm sure to say it again -- generally I do not like actors. They tend to be self-serving in ways that call attention to themselves that should shame anyone. Everytime I read about an actor who tells fans details of their personal life that should be kept under lock and key, or says the most skeevy things, I want to smack heads. [Don't get me started on the fans who encourage this behaviour and/or are worse. That's a whole other ball of crap.]

Anyway. I understand that actors need to walk around with giant arrows pointing at them going, "LOOK AT ME! SEE? I WILL BRING YOUR movie/tv show/reality series/magazine article/brothel/etc
PILES OF MONEY" because that's what gets them noticed, and then cast. But I don't have to like it.

Every once in a while, however, an actor will do things that make me step back and go, "OK, you're using your Evil Acting Power for GOOD!"

In that vein -- Edward James Olmos may have a share of my soul. Mary McDonnell and Whoopi Goldberg can also have a slice.

Because, DAMN, people! Chanting, "So Say We All" WITH people at the U.N.?!

One of my stories [the really kinky one (well, really kinky for me)], has been nominated for an SGA Kink Award.

I'm kinda embarrassed to say this, but -- I didn't nominate myself here :-). I dunno who nominated me, but wow. Just having someone else nominate something I wrote is awesome.

Of course I cannot (and would not!) tell you go to vote for me. I would tell you that if you have any kinky leanings at all, you should go read the stories there. Some of my favorites are there. Note that there's a guide to what the categories mean, and any seriously hard stuff (like blood, etc.) are notably warned about.

Voting runs through 4/25. Vote early, vote often :-P.

p.s. ION I am way totally behind on reading LJ again, but things should settle back down soon. I'm moved, I'm trying to get up to speed in the new job, I'm just a giant stressball! WHEE. Let me know if you've done or seen something you think I should take note of, gimme a link or two, let me know someone remembers who I am! :-P

Dear LJ friends who offer me up to join Twitter,

I am sorry that I cannot join you.

As I've mentioned before, I'm pretty rigid about keeping my RL and "fan" LJ's separate. Infinimato has it's own email address (which can't easily be tied to my RL self), and some other accounts (including YouTube, PhotoBucket and I forget what else). I don't have the energy to create another Twitter account. I have one for the "real me". (Keeping up with two sets of LJ friends? Hooo boy! Bad enough.)

It's nothing personal against YOU folks, it's just that I feel very strongly about keeping things separate for a variety of reasons, including that my current job & I are having... difficulties, to put it politely, and I'm trying to find a new job, and also do some consulting on the side.

It's not that I want to hide, per se, my fan side, but I also don't want to go screaming out to the universe.

Maybe some day my life will settle and I can "come out of the closet," (well, this closet :-P). For now, please understand that sometimes Infinimato just can't come play in all the raindeer games.

I OFFER UP SMOOCHES

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I should really work on that 3rd fic....

From an online chat with, mostly, a bunch of students:

PersonA: SUMMON: people taking (a senior-level CS class)

PersonA: ... slash the answer to 1.c


PersonB: It's really sad that I read that and thought PersonA was telling
everyone to write slash fiction about their homework

ME: THANK GOD IT'S NOT JUST ME

Me (privately, to PersonB): of course the fact that I've been writing TOO MUCH OF THE STUFF lately isn't helping.

PersonB (to me, privately): Really? Write anything good?
Wait... you're writing CS homework slash?
I just ... I ....
No words.



At this point I laughed so hard I nearly fell out of my chair.

CS HOMEWORK SLASH.

It's even worse than RPS!!!