and at the suggestion of a friend, I set up a blog. But it's just for movie reviews, so if that's of any interest to you, hop on over to A Movie Lover's Movie Log to see my first review.

What's it of, you wonder? Star Trek, of course!

COME REWATCH 1X04 CUTE POISON @ 7PM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME!

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I might as well get (possibly) flogged before I try my hand at real fiction.

THE ANONYMOUS WRITING FEEDBACK MEME

Circus


ETA: I JUST READ THAT CASTLE GOT RENEWED FOR A SECOND SEASON! THANK YOU ABC!

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Okay, look. I'm a Prison Break fangirl through and through. I've loved that show in a decidedly unhealthy way since I first discovered it in early 2006. I've written 112 PB related stories, some of which have been many, many, many chapters (and yes one or two may still be unfinished), and I have become friends with many of you because of the fic you wrote that I found to be either wonderful, in character, an extension of the show, or all of the above. But the one thing PB has never given me in full is an OTP I could just go nuts-zoid for. That hasn't been a hindrance, as I just made up my own (Linc/Sara) and also had tons of fun with other ships of equal caliber (Linc paired with just about lady makes me giddy in some way, and strangely Michael/Veronica floated my boat quite nicely).

The point of this bla, bla, you ask?

I found the fic of lowriseflare a few weeks ago. She doesn't write PB fic, she writes ER fic; specifically Ray/Neela ER fic, and I suddenly know how all the M/S fans of PB must feel every time they read one of the plethora of fics out there about their favorite couple that is really well done because every piece lowriseflare writes steals my breath, or makes me cry, or dammit, makes me wish I had half her ability when it comes to writing these two characters. Some of you have already suffered through me badgering you to read her fic, but SERIOUSLY, YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT. You will wonder, like me, how you lived this long without these fics in your life. You will wonder how it is possible to feel like you're getting bonus episodes of ER. You will wonder how in the world you can hear Shane West and Parminder Nagra's voices in your head as if they were reading the fics to you like an audiobook.

They are that good.

I'm that excited and amazed by these stories that I cannot stop talking about them. It is imperative that if you ever liked the pairing of Ray/Neela that you read them. YOUR LIFE CANNOT BE COMPLETE UNTIL YOU DO. (and you should leave her comments telling her just how amazing they are.)

Okay, that's it. I will stop now with my obsessive fangirling. I've read a lot of fanfic through the years, much of it yours who are reading these words right now, and I've loved a lot of your stories and prose, but I think this is the first time since I first discovered there was such a thing as fanfic back in 2000 that I've felt this crazily passionate about someone's work. So just go read it. Make me shut the heck up!

So ER has come to an end. After 15 years, and many wonderful characters, storylines and gruesome moments, the final episode aired last week on April 2.

I watched this show from the beginning (I was a Clooney fan before he was anybody famous) and with the exception of some of seasons 4 and 5 that I missed while I was serving as a missionary, and all of S14 which I boycotted for character-demolition reasons, I've thoroughly enjoyed this showed for all of my adult life--it debuted when I was 19, and I still remember the excitement of watching the Pilot episode, because it aired on a Monday and then replayed on Thursday, and I watched it both nights! I also feel that no other medical show has ever, or will ever, touch ER with its innovativeness, because, well, without ER, there would be no innovativeness (which perhaps is not a real word).

Some of you know I dabbled a little in the fanfic aspect of ER, because of my OTP for the show being Ray & Neela. I've written two fics within the last couple of years that were nothing special. I say that because I found three fics by lowriseflare that are simply brilliant, and if you like Ray/Neela, you must read them.

Yes, I’m Cold
Set during S12

Telephone Song
Set after S13

Finochietto
And Our Cracking Bones Make Noise
Post-series, AOCBMN follows Finochietto.


[If you need further proof, after you've read those masterpieces, try reading mine. Just. Not. Good. Enough.
Why She Says No (Set during S13, spoilers for S10-13)
Why She Might Never Say Yes (Set during S15, spoilers for S10-15). My point is, I'm never publishing another Ray/Neela fic unless I think it's as good as lowriseflare's work.]

I was going to post my complaints about the finale, because it wasn't perfect IMHO, but I don't think I will. Like real life, it didn't tie up neatly with a bow, so I guess that's to be expected from a show that showcased flawed characters that you couldn't help but love.

ER, I WILL MISS YOU!

If you liked the Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire, you should read the fic Mimosa by my dear friend burntcircles.

I mean it, click right now, and grab a hanky. It's beyond beautiful!