'Why We Slash' beta help?

[trinityofone]

So. I have a draft of the Why We Slash paper. (Yes, I know I haven't fully finished responding to the responses, but I'm really running out of time here, and y'all already know that I suck.) I don't hate it as much as I initially did, but I'm still not sure that it actually, you know, makes sense or says anything. I have to turn it in the day after tomorrow; is there anyone who'd be willing to look it over? Normally, I'd ask my mother, but despite her professed interest in the topic, um, no. It's about 10 pages long, and uses the phrase "blow job" more than any other academic paper I have ever written. (Which is to say, once.)

I also have to bang my Victorianism paper into shape. This is the one that's sekritly about how Holmes and Watson are so very, very gay for each other, and...I'm sensing a pattern here. And the scary truth is, I have written a lot of papers about--sexuality? homoeroticism?--in literature. I mean, there was the Portrait of a Lady paper about how Isabel Archer is incredibly, incredibly repressed, and how the only person in the world who possibly knows more about repression is Henry James himself. Not to mention the one about how in East of Eden, Lee is the Eve to Adam Trask's Adam. (And I still want Lee/Adam, people! You litslash folks are falling down on the job!) I guess you could say I've identified my area of interest. Now what do I do with all this? I mean, like, in life. *deep thoughts*

Confidential (by which I of course mean completely, gloriously public) to:

plainsong_x: I have acquired the book! THE BOOK HAS BEEN ACQUIRED BY ME! And the edition with the cool cover that you liked, too. (We're talking Exquisite Corpse here, for all you people who are BRAZENLY LISTENING IN on our PRIVATE CONVERSATION.)

isiscolo: So I went to the bookstore today specifically to get a computer book. I got there, I poked around in fiction and history for a while, I picked up the above piece of serial killer wacky fun, and then I walked out, having completely forgotten what had been my sole purpose in going there in the first place. *headdesk* So, goal for tomorrow, really! Seriously, though: all I need is a tweed jacket with patches on the elbows and I'd be the quintessential absent-minded professor. (Oh, and a degree. One of those might be helpful.)

And sdraevn: Damn you! You've got me listening to Bon Jovi and liking it! *is ashamed*

No, seriously: her John/Rodney mix is fantastic. Check it out: Weird About Each Other.

I should probably do some actual work now. But yeah, please let me know if I can put your mad beta skillz to work. Thanks!

ETA: Okay, I think I'm cool on betas! Thank you all so much!

Comments

[refracting.livejournal.com]

I may be a random internet person, but if you want I'd be glad to look at the paper for you.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Sure, thanks! You got an e-mail address I can send it to?

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Or, you know, I could try the one in your userinfo. *is moron*

[slodwick.livejournal.com]

Dude. John & Bon Jovi are like peanut butter & jelly, which is to say OMGMFEO!! I can't think of anything I've written that made me giggle quite so much as drunken John singing "Blaze of Glory" by campfire. *g*

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Ooh, do you have linkage? I don't know if I've read that, and even if I have, I totally need to read it again. *nods*

And hey, if Bon Jovi has John's seal of approval (not to mention yours--do you want to know the truly frightening number of times I've listened to "You're the Storm" since you sent it to me? 27. (!)) then I guess he's all right with me.

But I am drawing the line at ever liking Aerosmith, ever, for any reason. *g*

[slodwick.livejournal.com]

Heh. Drunken John appeared in New Jersey as Ice Breaker (http://slodwick.com/sgajersey.php). /self-promotion

YAY! I'm so glad you like that song! I love it! *g*

Dude, so... I kinda Aerosmith? But only when I'm in the right mood. And I bet John would, too... especially if still (or more) drunk.

Especially "Angel". And he wouldn't cry exactly, but he'd totally get misty and sing out of tune, and drape himself across the nearest warm Rodney body, trying to rustle up some saddrunksex...

"Don't know what I'm gonna do
About this feeling inside
Yes it's true - Loneliness took me for a ride
Without your love - I'm nothing but a begger
Without your love - a dog without a bone
What can I do I'm sleeping in this bed alone

You're my angel
Come and save me tonight
you're my angel
Come and take me alright

God... I can see this way too easily! *g*

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Drunken John appeared in New Jersey as Ice Breaker. /self-promotion

Ooh, yay. *adds to top of 'rewards for when finished with papers' fic list*

YAY! I'm so glad you like that song! I love it! *g*

I adore it to the point of OCD. (And, um, you did get my e-mail about that, right? Because I've been having some e-mail wonk lately, and also: paranoid.)

Drunken singing, with or without the aid of karaoke, can make me warm to almost anything. Especially if it's weepy, over-emotive!drunk singing. Hell, AtS made me like Barry Manilow, for Chrissake! Okay, maybe not like. Enjoy? In an odd, twisted little way? I could maybe appreciate Aerosmith like that.

So yes: bring on drunken John concerts! This conversation is making me realize that I really need to see him sing, drunk or sober. But preferably drunk.

[kalpurna.livejournal.com]

I'd love to take a look, if you'd like: my email is kalpurna @ gmail.com .

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

That'd be great! I'll send it off to you in just a few minutes--thank you!

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I went through about three years of listening to nothing but Sarah McLachlan, so, um, yeah.

But your mix rocks! Even the Bon Jovi and Sarah McLachlan parts! Hell, even the Madonna parts! You've totally destroyed my self-image, man.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Yeah, The Bravery is great! You wouldn't happen to have any more, would you? [/shamelessness]

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeee! Thank you!

Re: The Bravery - The Bravery

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I can't wait to listen to it. Let me know if you ever want...well, an obscene amount of U2, basically. *g*

Although, hey--speaking of downloads. I uploaded this (http://s60.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0GWW8T7XHWXBB34TSRKCPC9SYH) for dizzyditz, but then I saw that you posted about David Tennant, so you're welcome to it if you want it: the first episode of his show Casanova. He's very cute in it. *vbg*

[violin-road.livejournal.com]

I'd love to take a look over it; I haven't actually, you know, taken a grammar course yet (damn maximum credit requirements!), but I tend to be pretty decent with that sort of thing. Although I will say that if you send me a rough and I'm not quoted, I'll insert myself be quite upset ;)

Also, YAYS. You will totally like it, I swear. And if you don't, um. It's pretty?

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Coolness, I shall send it over in a few. And you are quoted--it's one of my favorite quotes, actually; it makes me giggle.

The book is very pretty. And I'm sure it won't traumatize me too much...right?

[violin-road.livejournal.com]

Ahaha, oh no; that means you picked one of the embarassing bits. And july.july @ gmail.com, for the record (although the LJ address works as well).

... Er, well. You're clear on that it's a .. necrophilia/cannibalism ... romance. Sort of. Right?

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

One of the charming, full-of-personality bits! Seriously, I love it!

Don't worry, nothing's as embarrassing as some of the things I admit to in that paper.

You're clear on that it's a .. necrophilia/cannibalism ... romance. Sort of. Right?

So sort of like a zom rom com, only without the snappy abbreviation!

Yeah, I'm clear. Prepared? Perhaps...

[violin-road.livejournal.com]

... Zom rom com. *intrigued*

I mean, I get what it's short for. Just. What now?

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Wait, don't tell me you haven't seen:

[violin-road.livejournal.com]

... Oh! Oh. Yes, I have. I was kind of disappointed by it, actually, I think because everyone had been going OMG BEST EVAR at me for months. But yes, that would indeed be a zom rom com!

Also, for the record, have read over your paper and think it = win, and when I am not doing homework and/or having Jew time, I will actually go over it and get back to you.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Man, I am so relieved that you like it. Good luck with the homework and the Jew time (*g*); if you can get notes back to me some time tonight (whatever that translates to for you...stupid time difference) that'd be a cool bonus.

Oh, and updatey one chapter into Exquisite Corpse: not freaking yet, and I even managed to eat a cookie while reading part of it. Also, important realization: forget The Inn at Lake Devine; you need to read Glen Duncan. I, Lucifer, yes, but really especially Weathercock. I hope that's out in the U.S. by now. *nods*

Okay! Back to not working!

[whiskeypants.livejournal.com]

hon, you know you don't even have to ask before you send me stuff to read, right? the answer is always yes.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

So that means I can send you my 87-page ode to Rodney McKay's eyes, right? ;-)

No, seriously, I appreciate that tons. I'll send the slash paper over in a few minutes; thank you!

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I commented with something similar over there, but...

*is dead of cute*

[darcydodo]

If you change your mind about having enough betas, then I'd have an excuse not to do my own work. ;) (Also, I'm probably less about the slash than some people on your list, so the vaguely outside perspective might be useful. *grin*)

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Well, if you insist. *g* I'm sending it over...

[dizzyditz.livejournal.com]

Good luck on your papers! And sweet lord woman do you link to past entries. It must be a writing-lots-of-papers-major thing.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I like cross-referencing and alphabetizing; what can I say: I'm a geek.

Hey, I know you're mostly checking LJ from the library these days, but do you have any way to download something onto your own computer? Or the computer of a sympathetic friend?

[dizzyditz.livejournal.com]

Yes: I always carry a flash drive. What would this be?

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Prezzie for yoooouuuuuuuu! (http://s60.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0GWW8T7XHWXBB34TSRKCPC9SYH)

To feed your obsession with Barty Crouch, Jr. ;-) Will probably take about half an hour to download.

[dizzyditz.livejournal.com]

!! I know what this is!! *bounces*

I tried to download it, realized that it was bigger than my flashdrive, so I shall try again to download it in the microcomputing facilities here and zip it if possible while I read an article about the determinants of Spanish industrial exports. Yayyyy!

[dizzyditz.livejournal.com]

Good lord the English can't pronounce things to save their lives. "Jack-a-mo?"

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I think that's so they can get away with calling him Jack. ;-)

[dizzyditz.livejournal.com]

That was fantastic! Must find a way to get the full version now. Thank you so much!

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I have two more episodes, although it may take me a couple of days to upload them for you. (My computer crashes at the end of each upload because yousendit HATES ME.) But I'm glad you liked it! I have David Tennant-->you firmly associated in my mind now, 'cause YOU SAW HIM FIRST. *g*

[dizzyditz.livejournal.com]

♥ Thank you *happiness*

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

How 'bout in a "this song is so bad it's good" way?

(OMG YOU ARE GOING TO SHUN ME LIKE AN AMISH CHICK CAUGHT WEARING LIPSTICK!)

[taelonmahal.livejournal.com]

If you still need someone... I did a term paper on fandom once. :)

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Oh...why not. The more the merrier, right?

I'll send it to you in just a minute. Thank you!

[godofwine.livejournal.com]

Wait, wait, are the rest of us ever going to see this paper? Because as a member of the "wish I had a reason to write that paper but as my major/academic interests have little to do with the subject, probably never shall" group, I am so dying to read this. Please?

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Oh, don't worry: I am going to post it. If not tomorrow, then definitely by Monday. I'm really curious as to what people will think (and, to be honest, quite nervous, too).