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[wook77]

In less photo meme news - work is kicking my ass. We're implementing five new large projects by August 1st. I'm spearheading all of them. For the next week and a half - I will be conducting training sessions on a timekeeping software system that I'm only half trained on meself. I had to be at work at 7am this morning and have to be back at 7am tomorrow. The nap, however, totally fucked over my sleep schedule. I'm also rolling out a new office supply inventory system (JIT FTW!), new merchant service ageements, our annual audit and redoing how we handle billing of customers (as we didn't have billable customers a year ago). GAH. Too much to do and not enough time in the day to do it.

Add in that, honestly, I was tired and annoyed at work so when I got a call from a friend, I leapt at the opportunity to go to happy hour with her. Prickly Pear Margaritas (of which, I forgot to take a photo) FTMFW. They were so nummeh. I got my friend trashed, we bashed dating/marriage (she's starting the divorce process due to some wtfery on her "husband"'s part) and it was all good. I poured her into her house with her mum and headed home where I promptly fell asleep in the middle of a chat. Proof positive that I am OTP with someone.

Psuedo-Random observation: Rabid shippers in any fandom really scare the crap out of me. I don't get how a character flaw is proof of twu wuv in one ship while proof positive that there cannot be love in another ship. Dude. That character will act as that character as that character unless something really major happens. IE - Harry is not going to change how he reacts to things whether he is with Hermione, Ginny, Snape or Draco. He is still going to have his chest monster. Isn't that part of why we love him? (and no, this isn't about HP shipping wars)

Also - sort of along that line - I think killing off a character to solve a love triangle is the height of lazy and sloppy writing. That was my complaint in the *Uglies Series by Scott Westerfield* (Highlight to read as it contains spoilers) and that's my complaint if it happens in a tv show. It's like writers think that if a person chooses one love interest over another, they'll show that person to actually be *gasp* human. Or it's cowardice because the writer doesn't want to piss off the rabid shippers of whatever ship it is.

I'm still in love with this icon.

Comments

[best-of-five.livejournal.com]

MUH OTP!! ♥ ♥ ♥ are you still "working" the message boards? i'll jump back on IM :D

[lurkitty.livejournal.com]

You know, I'd love to get smashed with you on prickly pear margaritas and bash dating and marriage. That'd be downright awesome.

[fitzette.livejournal.com]

prickly pear? Yes please!

I'm a pretty rabid Harry/Ginny fan myself, though that doesn't stop me enjoying Harry/Pretty Much Anyone Else. Someone once recced me a Draco/Ginny story and I read it and LOVED it and then at the very end they offed Draco and stuck Ginny with Harry. It was probably the most disappointing fanfic I've ever read. If you're going to do something, own it.

[kethlenda.livejournal.com]

Definitely in agreement, especially about the series that you whited-out above. That pissed me off so much and felt like a cop-out so she wouldn't have to choose.