Me, procrastinate? Never!

[brigdh]

I'm totally not working on at all writing a paper for tomorrow. Entertain me, please!

Ganked from many, many people: If you make up titles for stories I didn't write, I will respond with details of those non-written stories.



ETA: I just got an email that the NYU graduate program is "is very favorably impressed with your application"!! There's a letter to inspire paper writing.

Except now the professor wants to call me. Ha, ha, nerve-wracking phone calls ahead.

Comments

[b-hallward.livejournal.com]

Nor Through the Eyes of the Dead

[telophase.livejournal.com]

The Pimp, the Pirate, and the Pile of Purple Pants

hah!

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

A YnM AU which asks the question "what if Tsuzuki had managed to kill himself in Kyoto before Tatsumi, Watari and Hisoka arrived?" A decade and a half later, Tsuzuki's reincarnation becomes a pawn in the ever-more dangerous competition between Hisoka and Muraki.

[chiasmus.livejournal.com]

my capitalization eloped with your punctuation

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

In this amazing, multipart crackfic epic, Paris Hilton is transported back to the 1700s, where she attempts to remake the unwashed masses in more flattering fashions. Her first victim is Captain Jack Sparrow, who vows enternal revenge when she steals his hat and sells it to the Vatican to escape being burnt as a witch.

Unfortunately, in chapter 58, she contracts syphilis and soon goes insane, which doesn't seem to affect her speaking pattern any.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

A postmodern epic making full use of the multiple possibilities of a text in hyperspace, including color-coded dialouge, images and sounds integral to the story, free-flowing chapter order, and user modification, which ultimately culminates in a stirring examination of the true meaning of the phrase "...".

[wildelamassu.livejournal.com]

...I would read that. Probably more than once. ^^;;

[wildelamassu.livejournal.com]

It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing

[p-zeitgeist.livejournal.com]

I got no titles. Yet. I just don't want to wait until I've got one to register a squee about that NYU phone call.

It would be so cool to have you in New York. So very, very cool.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

A Saiyuki reinc fic set in the late 1920's in an underground cabaret in Berlin. Although originally conceived as a joke (the first scene introduces Warren, an eccentric, focused writer of avant-garde plays and song, and his star performer, Roth, a sensual, good-humored musician), it quickly developed into a serious story. The final chapter, set on Kristalnacht, has inspired more than one sequel by other writers unwilling to "let things end so depressingly!"

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Oh, God, I know. I don't even care about the program or liking the people there, I just want to live in New York.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Now if only I could actually write something like that...

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

Forgotten words.

Also, more NYU squee!

[questionable537.livejournal.com]

Wanted Dead or Alive: Apple Pie

...I'm not that creative today. ^^"

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

Its Hour Come Round At Last.

They have winter in New York. Are you sure that's the right coast for you?

[chiasmus.livejournal.com]

So would I, actually. XD;

[animadri.livejournal.com]

Bwahahaha! ::loves you::

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Hey, it sounds good to me.

A YnM casefic written in the style of noir literature, Tsuzuki tracks down a series of seemingly unrelated demonic possessions and murders, only to discover the missing link: they all happened in bakeries!

After a battle scene putting an end to the cultists who have been summoning dark gods with sacrifices of cream, sugar, and flour, it dissolves into porn featuring Tsuzuki, Hisoka, Tatsumi, and baked goods.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

A series of exactly 500-word pieces telling pivotal scenes from Saiyuki from the pov of the sutras, Forgotten Words relied heavily on imagery and metaphor rather than plot, but was a fascinating character study.

...the things I came up with for the scrolls in Nii's possession still give me nightmares.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Gah, don't remind me. I looked at every. single. college in California, and not one had the program I need. Berkley had one a few years ago, but the woman running it retired and it apparently fell apart.

You can't imagine how bitter I am that all three of the places I applied are likely to have, if anything, even worse winters than here. I'm thinking of running away and becoming one of those people who sing on street corners. It'll be a good life.

In the year 2176, there are hovercars, videophones, unbeliveable nanotechnology, and a real cyberspace. Unfortunately, civilization is crumbling, most cities are slums with people making due in the ruins of skyscrapers, and Ethopia and Chile (the two major worldpowers) are on the brink of nucleur war. The gods and figures of legend aburptly begin appear and acting in ways unheard of since the times of mythology, and the shinigami of Japan, including Tsuzuki and Hisoka, find themselves caught up in an effort to save humanity.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Hee, thank you!

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

Truth be told, I have lived very few places with winters as bad as Ohio. Utah, though it's a different kind of bad. Utah and Ohio were the worst.

Did you check out colleges in the South? *G* How about Hawaii?

I so want that story, now.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

The other two colleges are in Philadelphia and Wisconsin. Philadelphia and New York, in truth, are probably about the same as Ohio, or at least Columbus, since we get less snow than further north. But Wisconsin? Save me from going there.

I'm quite willing to believe that Utah has terrible winters. When I was living in a tent fifteen minutes from the border, the temperature dropped below freezing several nights in September. Mmmm, yeah. Nothing like crawling out of bed only to have to break through ice so you can get water to wash your face and hands.

I checked out colleges everywhere. But there are only four schools in the country (or in other English-language-speaking countries) with appropriate programs. The one I didn't apply to was Harvard, because when I contacted the professor there, he was an elitist asshole. Ha, if he wants to insist that I might not comprehend the difficulties, he can bite me once all his colleagues are fighting over me and paying me to go work with them.

...not that I hold grudges or anything.

I've been reading too much cyberpunk this week.

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

I lived in Dayton, and the winters sucked. Of course, in Dayton, pretty much all the seasons suck, especially if you have sinus issues.

Utah is high desert. Searing days, freezing nights, scouring mountain winds in the winter, dry snow. Truthfully, the winters it snows a lot are better than the ones when it doesn't, because that usually means it's too cold and dry to snow, and you could never pay me enough to live in such a climate again.

We like grudges, especially when I have no doubt his colleagues will be fighting over you, and he'll join the fray only to get the cold shoulder.

Vindictive is me.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

God, yes. Dayton has horrible winters.

Yep. Though they only charge $4 for movie tickets, which I found pretty amazing!

I hate to sound arrogant, but dude. Obviously this is a way rare and specialized topic. He can't possibly get that many people saying specifically, yes, this is what I'm interested in, and certainly people who can claim the kind of credentials I can have got to be few and far between. Why be insulting?

He deserves it, I say.

[b-hallward.livejournal.com]

Oooh, older and potentially scary Hisoka? Reincarnation? Death!fic that isn't? You've managed to plug directly into the massive-but-very-secret-Yami-kinks portion of my brain.

And congratulations! That's fabulous news. I don't envy you the phone calls with professors, but living New York? Yeah, I'd envy you that. All those resturants...

[wildelamassu.livejournal.com]

...oh, Lord, it'd be a cross between the Comedian Harmonists and DADA. XD With more reluctant Sanzo.

[wildelamassu.livejournal.com]

(*was reading all the other crack AUs*)

Re: the school in Philly, if you ever have any questions about the city/campus (or anything you'd rather ask a student than a brochure), know that you have an secret undergrad spy at your disposal. *G* One who often trots her guests through the Museum of A&A, at that.

[weirdquark]

Strike a Pose

Yay for graduate programs being favorably impressed with your applications.

[weirdquark]

The one I didn't apply to was Harvard, because when I contacted the professor there, he was an elitist asshole. Ha, if he wants to insist that I might not comprehend the difficulties, he can bite me once all his colleagues are fighting over me and paying me to go work with them.

Yeah, some of them are like that. My roommate quite likes her Harvard advisor, but... yeah.

On the other hand, by not being at Harvard you'll miss our cracktastic New England weather.

fics

[(Anonymous)]

I really am sorry, i searched the archive of your fics everywhere but i can't find them, and i know i've already asked, but my pc blacked out last month and i need to have back your link.. sorry to bother you, really. Sometimes i'm awfully air-headed. :P
Thanks

Kyio

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

Yes! Come to New York!

[redshoeson.livejournal.com]

Oo, congrats congrats! ^^ What say ye to next weekend?

[p-zeitgeist.livejournal.com]

I realize it's a different department, but it may amuse you to hear (if you hadn't already) that The Handmaid's Tale was actually written about the Harvard English department. Or at least, so I have been told repeatedly by people who are in a position to know.

And the winters aren't that bad in New York. Not as bad as they probably are in Ohio, anyway; all the water has a mitigating effect. Plus, you almost never have to be outside unless you really want to be, so it almost doesn't matter.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I hadn't even thought of the resturaunts! I have a whole new area to squee over, now. ^^

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Man, I'd never heard of the Comedian Harmonists before, but judging from imdb's description, I need to rent it immediately. *grins*

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's awesome! I love the internet; it lets me in on secret knowledge on every topic I could possibly imagine.

What college do you go to? I'm applying to UPenn.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

A two part fic, it sets up parallel scenes from Hisoka's and Tsuzuki's povs, contrasting their delibrate attempts to project certain images, and their fears of failing to do so.

The third part, added later, was pretty much just porn.


Hee, thank you!

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

I was so surprised. I didn't expect him to carry out the stereotype at all, especially since everyone else I contacted was incredibly nice and enthusiastic about it.

But if I get to avoid terrible winters, I don't mind at all. *grins*

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

I'm trying!

Re: fics

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

No worries!

You can find everything by me in this post (http://wordsofastory.livejournal.com/176436.html). If there's anything else you're looking for, just let me know. And thanks so much for reading!

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Next week sounds good. As far as I know, I'm open any day but Wednesday & Thursday, again.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Ha! I'd never heard that. Wasn't it a Harvard dean too who got in so much trouble a while back for claiming women weren't good at being scientists? Harvard is just not looking good. I suppose I should feel lucky that I was only insulted, instead of having to bear children or stone a friend to death.

I would be willing to deal with any kind of winter to live in New York, but that's still comforting to hear.

[wildelamassu.livejournal.com]

I'm in my second year of Penn undergrad, which means I'm just starting to start flipping out about grad school. XD;

[wildelamassu.livejournal.com]

I've only ever seen the film in German, which means I really can't speak to the quality of the dialogue ("Hey! He just said the word "Devil" to those Nazi-looking guys!"), but "Mein kleiner gruener Kaktus" is painfully catchy. *G*

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Dude! How cool. You don't happen to know Dr. Poesshl, do you? He'd teach archaeology.

And yeah, applying to grad school majorly sucked. Of course, so did applying to undergrad. I hate the whole application process in general, actually.

[p-zeitgeist.livejournal.com]

Indeed it was. Larry Summers, who was just forced to resign as Harvard's president a day or two ago, having offended such a high proportion of the faculty that his letter of resignation actually said as much.

A friend of mine worked closely with Summers when he was at Treasury back in the late 90s, and he was notorious for the degree to which he was a jerk even then. He's a very bright guy, but sadly, by all accounts not quite as bright as he thinks he is -- a thing not entirely surprising, since Shakespeare, Galileo, and Einstein were not as bright as Larry Summers thinks he is -- and he gets into trouble from the routine assumption that nobody around him can possibly be as smart as he is, or have thought things through as well as he has. You can see where the Harvard faculty would have issues with that sort of thing.

Even if he hadn't gone and suggested that women aren't as prominent in the sciences as you'd think they should be because our little brains are all specialized for relationships rather than for mathematics, and then wondered why people were mad at him.

[wildelamassu.livejournal.com]

I'm in the English department, so I don't know him, but I have heard the name. However, I *can* answer questions about more general topics (e.g., "Tell me more about that special lounge for teaching assistants that undergrads aren't supposed to use. Wait, how do you know about--", "Is the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology anywhere near the actual campus?", "What's this I hear about someone getting shot?" et al), so just remember I'm here as your application process marches on. *g*

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

I don't even know enough to know what questions I should be asking yet, but if there's anything you think I should know, feel free to say! (Also, someone getting shot? Pshaw. If that's it, I'll be safer there than here, because at least I'll avoid the multiple excution-style murderers, arsonists, and serial rapists.)

I will have to stalk you once I hear from Upenn's admissions and have better things to ask. *grins*