aimeelicious | Jan. 7th, 2005

So as I stated earlier, I was lucky enough to snag

calixta9 for the big (and I mean big, last I looked, Circe's post for this had almost 1,000 comments!) friend-swapping thing. And it has been oodles of fun...see list below for details.

Stuff I learned from Calixta and her friends:

quickquotes. How cool is that?
Calixta and I share a ~~hatred~~ distaste for misspelled & misused words that are alike, such as bear and bare. About the omnipresent prostrate vs. prostate she says, "You hurt me when you do this." Amen, sister.
lots of people are doing the 'how far' meme, where you calculate, in literal miles, how far you currently are from where you were born/grew up. I find it slightly disheartening that my miles are only in the double digits, but on the other hand, I'm not much like my mom anymore and sadly, that is a good thing.
omgwtf, Jen & Brad broke up? /singsong. Really, that's unfortunate. I actually thought they seemed kind of happy.
I will be visiting hp_graphics for some icons once I'm back on my own pc and not borrowing a laptop from work. Such great images there, very talented iconers.
Story warnings that contain the words 'bondage' and 'graphic rimming' are shiny and easily capture my attention.
There is such a thing as Jerry Springer - The Opera. Cover your ears, kiddies.
Okay, so I thought Cali's friend's list was soooo long, except I took a good look at mine and OMG I've friended 97 people! (only 74 have friended back, but see next bullet for comment on that) For today's date, we both have skip=120 before we hit January 6th. No wonder I spend so much time on LJ. Doity doi.
We also share confusion/irritation about folks who friend back but then never read or comment. I mean, I admit there is something ego-satisfying about having a longer list of people who have friended me, but if a third of them don't really care, then what's the point?
I had a huge crush on Jared Leto when he was on My So-Called Life. I adored that show and him too (aimeelicious=cradle robber). Now Cali has re-introduced me (look at her layout OMG!) to the sheer hotness that is JL, and I think I might need to find some RPS starring him. Um, yeah.
I came across this really interesting post about gender assumptions, fandom and sexual identity online. It's an especially good read considering recent wankage.
There are very cool daily LJ digests of HP goings on in other LJs, including recs and art and other stuff. Do we have anything like that in the Jossverse?
Finally, two recs in the HP fandom. I did read a couple of scorching dark!fics, but I can't rec them in good conscience because wow, I think I might have burned my eyeballs reading them. Which makes no sense if they're dark, but I digress. Cali herself wrote a very hot ever-so-slightly BDSM Harry/Draco that may or may not have caused a spontaneous orgasm. It's called Denial. Also, I have to recommend another Harry/Draco, this one by justabi. It's called Love Letters and the first installment can be found here. The rest of the chapters are in her memories, but I don't think it's complete yet. A compelling combination of art and fic that I've only ever seen in the QaF fandom.