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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
little_details
[ kurotoboe ]
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12:04p
Attention seeking?
I'm dealing with a teenage character with obvious security issues that manifest as attention seeking. She is selfish, prone to jealousy, loud, obnoxious, rude, impulsive, and hates to have her flaws pointed out. She is at her worst around her family, especially when being "overshadowed" by a younger sibling, but in the beginning of the story she leaves home along with her older brother and joins a quest. I'm curious as to what would trigger this behavior in her away from home and some possible reactions / manifestations on her part. I'm sort of thinking all of the focus on helping their lady companion would trigger jealousy or something.
Also, can her attention seeking be overcome easily? Would it die away entirely or would it more likely manifest as the complete opposite (overconfidence?) Could it be overcome in the story at all, considering her role in her family is the source and not something from the outside? (She does gain a love interest, so maybe her attention-seeking efforts may become concentrated entirely towards him, but I'm not sure.) And are there any other ways this may affect her relationships with others outside of being considered annoying or a total bitch? She's supposed to gain at least one "best friend."
I've googled "attention-seeking behavior", "teenage attention seeking", and "attention seeking teenager".
Thanks in advance.
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drzarron
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3:25p
Nuclear Supplies Anyone?
-- ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) bigtig reports:
It looks like United Nuclear is going to move to new facilites and open a showroom in Laingsburg, Michigan.
If you live in MI, you will be able to shop for chemicals, nuclear materials and other cool bric-a-brac.
Want a 3"x2"x2" Neodymium magnet that can cause staplers and scissors to come flying through the room at you when you hold it? Road trip time!
That's Northeast of Lansing... Road Trip indeed... They've always been a great source of hard to find scientific gear... Welcome to the Neighborhood.
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truepenny
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11:39a
Waterlog
TIME: 30 min.
DISTANCE: 3.5 mi.
TOTAL DISTANCE: 24.6 mi.
NOTES: Got up as high as 9 mph there at the very end, but that is so exceedingly not sustainable.
SHIRE-RECKONING: 1 Road, ever on-going, hobbits, for the use of.
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sartorias
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7:06a
Bittercon: Fantasy of Manners
![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) bittercon is off and running! Great conversation on Why YA is Booming, and Limits and Stereotypes--do they limit or spur creativity?.
There's a nifty topic right in bittercon on heritage in fantasy.
Technically this topic on researching in difficult-to-find periods or places was meant for Friday, but hey, unlike cons Out There, we can have pre-discussion!
The topic I wanted to offer up, if anyone has an interest, is an old favorite around here, but it seems to me there are always aspects to be explored. That's because I keep seeing slangs and sneers thrown at Fantasy of Manners, usually by folks who pride themselves on their egalitarian high tech, scientific viewpoints.
Is Fantasy of Manners really hearkening back to days of yore, when everyone knew their place, and were content to stay in it? Or is it really subversive, as many afficionados claim--subversion implied as a good thing?
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willshetterly
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9:07a
teensy update just for LJ
It's official: my new blogging address is my old one: http://shetterly.blogspot.com. I made my last post at WordPress today, but because I hear the requests of my LJ friends, I will continue to crosspost here.
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mizkit
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3:25p
WOOT
I have just reached
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND WORDS
for the year. And now I am going to go watch the X-Files movie to celebrate! YAY!
ytd wordcount: 300,100
(x-posted from the essential kit)
current mood:  productive
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aimeekitty
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8:18a
APE?
is APE worth going to? I've never been before.
I seem to remember people saying good things about it?
I probably can't really go this year because of the steampunk convention. (or can I? dunno)
current mood:  curious
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onyxhawke
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10:15a
Day 1 in the books day two preview
Yesterday's Shmoozing 101 panel was fun. Unfortunately Ginjer Buchanan wasn't with us, but thanks to Mary Robinette Kowal and John Sclazi, it was a fantastic panel. I like panels that don't suffer from dead air and panic as people realize they will have to actually talk instead of just sit at the table and hope someone will buy somethign in the dealers room or art room with their name on it.
Schmoozing 101 was a lot of fun, I'd never met John Scalzi before even if I've commented on his blog a couple times, Mary i met and got a ride to the con hotel from the overflow at WFC Austin and have run into a couple times since. The two of them did a lot of the work and I chimed in to the person who said "don't be stupid." I don't think i actually said it in those words, but I'm sure the sentiment got across.
I did get to meet a couple of my readers, and someone who submitted something to me during the Winter Workout and was willing to speak to me anyway.
For those who hadn't noticed, there is a full page ad for Lunacon in the program book right next to the one featuring Lois Bujolds new series. There is also a full page color ad that features both Slow Train and Pyramid Power, both of which are available for pre-order.
Today i have two events.
one is an eleven thirty panel The Agent Behind the Curtain in room 506, and the other is immediately after at 1pm a signing in Hall D. After that i can go back to being invisible and maybe go to lunch. Please stop by the signing even if just to say hello, feel free to pitch your book to me.
For those who know them: Silverdrake, and Mike, The Hoyt Collective Family, Kate Paulk, Greg D, Cynthia Gonslaves, and a few others are here.
Oh yeah, for anyone at the con who hasn't discovered it there's free Wi-Fi on the 16h street mall, its the "Downtown DenverWiFI" network, I'm able to sign into it sitting in the lobby of the Sheraton Plaza.
Cheers,
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matociquala
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10:29a
i'll show you where the white fishes swim on the bottom of the sea
...okay, this is sovay's fault, with associate blame to cristalia and stillsostrange.
A Demon Lover Muxtape.
( What's on it, and why-- )
Runners-up:
- Neko Case - Dirty Knife (no room; already had some creepy girls; all my friends already know this song)
- Cat Power - Werewolf (no room; already had some creepy girls)
- Blue Oyster Cult - I Love The Night, oh and also that other really famous song of theirs. (everybody's heard this already)
- Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting (everybody's heard this already)
- David Bowie - Width of a Circle (too long, but really, if you want extended devilsmut, that's your song)
- Joan Osborne - Man in the Long Black Coat (everybody's heard this already)
- Sarah McLachlan - Angel, Possession, and about sixty others. (well-enough known that I didn't feel the need to unearth them)
- Leonard Cohen - Light as the Breeze (ran out of room.)
- Steeleye Span - All their other Demon Lover songs: The Demon Lover, Tam Lin, King Henry, Orfeo, etc. (could only fit one. and the live version of Tam Lin is eleven minutes long.)
- Sting - Moon Over Bourbon Street (not going to surprise anybody with that.)
- Jethro Tull - All their other Demon Lover songs: Kelpie, Witch's Promise, Velvet Green, etc. (I thought this one fit the theme best.)
- Garbage - Queer (well, not technically a demon lover. But really, close enough for government work.)
- Chris Smither - Lola (Okay, really, it's a bad woman blues. But what a bad woman.)
- Jonathan Coulton - I Crush Everything, Skullcrusher Mountain, The Future Soon (all wonderful. all not quite demon lovers, but in on the same technicality that covers the Andrew Bird song. But you can hear them all at JC's website!)
- Terri Gibbs - Somebody's Knocking. (oh, but here's the Youtube to make it up to you, because I can hear your cries of 80's cheese dismay from here.)
- Six million versions of "The House-Carpenter." (too obvious.)
current mood:  lazy
current music: She Wants Revenge - Sister
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dhstein
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9:55a
Went to the Detroit Institute of Arts yesterday. They had a photographic display of Sacred Places which I enjoyed very much. We went around the new wings and looked about. Nice. Took the whole family with me, so Sabrina is having some kind of cultural summer.
The Detroit Zoo millage passed! Huzzah!
The last two Thomas pics behind the cut. ( Read more... )
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johqliini
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4:36p
Roro-shoot!
current music: Coldplay - Yes
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melvh
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8:24a
Status Report
Reading my own journal, I've noticed that I haven't given my faithful readers any real content in most of a month. Sorry. Of course, there really isn't all that much to write about.
I am gainfully employed. At a salary about $9K less per annum than I was expecting, but in this economy I'm just happy to have full-time. Problem is, I work in a 7-day/week environment, and being low-man on the totem pole means I get stuck working Holidays & Weekends. Nor does this look like it'll change any time soon. In September, there'll be another bid for shift preference & what I end up with will be mine for the next year. As I have the penultimate choice, I expect I'll be stuck with "whatever's left" --likely Thursday to Monday, with Tuesday/Wednesday off. Which means there'll be very few free Saturdays until at least Oct 2009.
This means that I'll be a phantom to my SCA friends. My shift ends at about 1pm on Saturdays, so I don't see myself going to any events that are more than an hour or two away. Settmour Swamp, Eisental, Owlsherste, Bhakail, Ostgardr and maybe Iron Bog, Rusted Woodlands or Endless Hills. But no further afield than that without a damn good reason, since anything else will cost me a vacation day. (Not to mention that I'd have to be in bed at a reasonable hour so I can be functional at 4am on Sunday.) This actually annoys me more than I can say, but the practical Mel insistes that paychecks are more important than playtime. So... I'll miss everyone tremendously, but such is the life of a working stiff.
In other news, my Divorce is one form away from being put on the judge's desk --and since absolutely nothing requires his intervention, I suspect things will happen pretty quickly after that. All the property has been divided, neither one of us wants maintenance, no one is contesting anything. So all we need is a signature saying "congratulations, you're single". I expect to be a free woman by the fall. (I adore the idea of an amicable divorce! It's so much easier and cheaper. Start to finish, this thing is costing under $200, and Terry's paying half of it!)
And lastly, the happy thing that I was keeping to myself in July? blaecstan was elevated to the Noble Order of the Pelican by Konrad & brenwenthefaire at EK Southern Region War Camp on July 19th. (Yup, they finally flipped him the bird!!!) After 21 years as an Officer of some kind or another, and 22 years as a Scribe, he has finally been recognized as a man with a Terminal Case of Helium Hand™. We are both incredibly jazzed about this.
(And congratulations go out to fosveny who is currently on vigil for his own elevation to that Illustrious Order. He should be offering his decision up to Their Royal Majesties tonight, IIRC. This is all incredibly cool!!!!!!)
So, that's the State of the Mel. I hope life is treating the rest of you well, and offer thoughts and positive energy to all of you currently navigating serious bumps on the road.
current mood:  informative
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matociquala
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8:20a
Link salad for breakfast:
1) Infoworld article on a security exploit for Firefox 2.0. Sadly, upgrading to 3.0 lost me my snap links.
2) Nine hundred thousand pounds... of bananas.
3) In Shoreditch, archaeologists unearth what seems likely to be the remains of The Theatre. (This is the Burbage's original playhouse, which was pulled down after a lease dispute, the timbers then being used to construct its more famous offspring, The Globe, on the opposite bank of the Thames.)
4) My monthly article at Storytellers Unplugged, which is (this time) on self-promotion.
5) Due to the incredible coolness of the fan community, the Shadow Unit Wiki is full of spoilery and speculaty goodness.
Right. Time to get that last pile of books out the door. By the way, if you ordered books, and you get your books, and I screwed something up, please let me know and I will fix it to the best of my ability.
current mood:  awake
current music: NPR- Morning Edition
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