Me: Don! Pssst, Don! Wake up! I just had the bestest idea evar !!! Don: Murble? Me: Wake up! Trust me! Best idea! Totally worth giving up sleep for right now. Don: Is this going to be like your idea...talk about it and it'll be famous and then Elizabeth May will come to our house and I can give her a pony !!!! Don: When was the last time you slept? Me: I dunno - why do you ask? ETA : So true

I had plans to write something really really witty today about how I'm going to the midnight opening of the Big Box Bookstore for the latest Twilight book (complete with Sparkles!) but I've had too much...screened) with your address (and maybe something you'd like to read about - no guarantees)! I have this Brand Spanking New Printer to try out, and I bought some nice paper last week. Come one, come all

I've been wanting to write a post about the Orange Prize for about six months now, and every time I sit down to write it gets side tracked into this gushing post about Lionel Shriver. I think this is...of my home as soon as I'm done them. I think they are amazing. I think they are evil. I think the next one isn't coming out in North America until 2010. Damn it, that's a really long time to wait

A few days ago Lauren of FauxRealTho invited people to not only see into her past at her obsession as a child with Zamfir, but also invited folks to do this same . This, of course, led to my embarrassing...whole long angsty story involving best friends and lovers and he doesn't love her until she realised that he didn't and left and then he realised he did love her and... You're not listening, are you?"

I got an email from my friend Mark today that he said I could quote up here. For a bit of an establishing shot, Mark is far more of a movie person than I am (and talks a lot about movies on his blog... Mark didn't come up with that title, I did, as the song's stuck in my head. His email to me was "Wonder Woman's Latest Portrayal". He's much more practical than I am, but I've been to more musicals

Welcome to Part III of the Feminist Science Fiction & Fantasy Carnival! This is, I promise, the last part of my particular Carnival, but if you've been having fun you may want to know that this Carnival...section on Anime and Manga, as well as wuxia (traditional coming of age stories set in Ancient and Medieval China). It is, as it always is, a marvellous set of reads, so do be sure to check it out

Welcome to Part II of the 18th Sci-Fi/Fantasy Feminist Carnival ! Part I, Women, Gaming and You! , was posted late yesterday evening, and Part III should be up by the end of the evening for me. My apologies... don't hesitate to check out the last 17 Carnivals ! They have some great reading in them, and I can't recommend them enough. Part III is now up! Reviews, Reactions, and Recommended Further Reading

Welcome to the Regrettably Late Carnival of Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy! I apologise for the lateness of my post - when Ragnell said "This is a lot of work!", I don't think I quite believed...and please check back soon for Part II! and feel free to move on to Part II These Things We Love, and How We Interact With Them , and Part III Reviews, Reactions, and Recommended Further Reading

A friend of mine lent me a book a while back and I hate it. Not in that "I enjoy loathing this book" sort of way, but in the "I wish someone would take the author out back and give him a beating stern...Honour by Lois McMaster Bujold also has a very pro-active set of women, but it's the only book by her I've read so I can't speak for the rest of her work.] [Previously: Heroes, Heroines, and Fandom

Ah, Elizabeth. Heroine of the Pirates movies, she starts out the series waiting for her life to begin, and ends the series waiting for her lover to return. In between, she learns about sword play, pirates...is, characters based off the author, or an idealised version of the author). The male equivalent is either "Gary Stu" or "Marty Stu", depending on who you ask, and the term is used a lot less often.