Random this 'n that when I should be writing...

So I took a look at the traffic report for my fics on fanfiction.net and I'm surprised and delighted with the results:

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This is just the top ten of my fics on there, and I'm surprised and delighted that my one "Truman Show" magnum opus is in the top slot. I'm also pleased that my two "Gattaca" fics ("Flesh of My Flesh" and "Blood of My Blood") are in the top ten. Three of my Cecie Martin stories ("Conversations...", "Runnin' Loose..." "One of THOSE...") are in the top ten, as well; I'm puzzled as to why "The Shadows Between the Neon" isn't there, as it's the best of the series, but it is a long (and somewhat gruesome) story. I'm pleased at how well my two personal favorite "Yami no Matsuei" fics ("Akatsuki" and "Tale of the Kun-Lun Slave") are doing. And the sheer number of people reading my "A.I."/"Harry Potter" crossover is making me realize I need to get back to that one, though I have to say, I'm still not sure where I was going with that one; I've got the climax written, but the hard part is *getting there*. We'll see...

I'm also glad I signed up on "An Archive Of Our Own": I like the interface immensely (being able to upload your fic from *anywhere* online -- that alone is priceless and well worth the waiting period I had to go through when I signed up) and I like the extremely high quality of the writing on there. Granted, a lot of the fics tend to be copied over from LiveJournal, but there's a lot that aren't anywhere else online. I wish there was a little more traffic, and that people would comment on things I've posted, but it's like a little known hideaway in a big city: you know that the people who go there really value the place and the service it provides.

Also have been poking around on Amazon.com and found a DVD of (don't laugh) one of my favorite Sesame Street specials ever, "Big Bird in Japan"; I was getting older (middle-school/junior high school) when this one first aired on PBS, but I remember it fairly well, up to and including having one of the songs from it ("We're Going to Kyoto") come back to me. Well, to quote C.S. Lewis "When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear of childish things", so I've ordered a copy.

Help Haiti Fic: "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence" -- "Archive Retrieval"

This fic was inspired by a comment from crowdog66 to one of my 12 Days fanfics, and in response to a "wildcard" prompt from ladyneferankh, I took out of the folder I had tucked it into.

"Archive Retrieval"

by "Matrix Refugee"

DISCLAIMER: I do not own “A.I., Artificial Intelligence”, its characters, settings, concepts or other indicia, which are the property of the late, great Stanley Kubrick, of DreamWorks SKG, Steven Spielberg, Warner Brothers, Amblin Entertainment, et al.

NOTES: Sequel to "Joe as Foster Father", found at http://matrixrefugee.livejournal.com/510656.html. I have a feeling this is going to turn into an unwitting trilogy, once I figure what happens after the end.
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(  'Something like him you don't put on the shelf or dissect so easily'... )

Meme-age: Lovin' the Friends List

Nicked from tomboy_typist:

Reply to this post, and I'll tell you one reason why I like you. then re-post this and spread the love.

Writer's Block: Back from the dead

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:: Doesn't know whether to use the Celtic Death Goddess icon or the icon with the cute shinigami; is in a mood for cute, opts for the latter::

I think if I was absolutely sure that I'd be able to make it back, I might, just to see what it's like, but then again I have a healthy fixation on pyschopomps (reapers, death gods, etc) of all kinds and I'm curious about what's on the other side of the veil. What does the afterlife look like? Dante's image of hell, purgatory and paradise? An idealized Edo period Japanese city (ala Bleach)? Not much different from this world, except all the bad stuff has been edited out (ie. what James Van Praagh, one of the creators of "Ghost Whisperer", has described from accounts given to him by spirits he's worked with) or with the bad stuff Turned Up to Eleven (ala the visions of Hell in "Constantine")? Is there some sort of Celestial Bureaucracy (God, I hope not, I've had enough of bureaucratic nonsense down here)?