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DST Ends

  • Nov. 3rd, 2007 at 8:08 PM
theemdash: (FMA Ed & Al)
In my part of the world, today is that wonderful day of the year when DST ends and time "falls back." This day is like a personal holiday, a day I always allow myself to goof off and chill out, fully taking advantage of the one day of the year that literally has 25 hours. (We shall not speak of that day in the Spring when I have to give back my coveted hour.)

Today I was up at 7:00, a little groggy but awake enough to squint at the television and by the time I was done with Supernatural, I was ready to dive into fanfic, fandom essays, and scads of doujin. Tonight I'm looking forward to more Fullmetal Alchemist, more fanfic, and who knows what will become of my extra hour? Time: tonight I am her master.

So, in honor of this blessed day (and to make this poll accessible even for those who do not conform to the rigors of DST), I ask: Given an extra hour, what would you do with your hour?

[Poll #1082418]

Comments

[identity profile] roseangelo.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 12:53 am (UTC)
As much as I love having the extra hour, I hate having less sunlight. :(
theemdash: (TMNT)
[personal profile] theemdash wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 12:59 am (UTC)
It gets dreary later on, but I love my hour so much.
[identity profile] dragonbetween.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 12:53 am (UTC)
You were a little groggy because you stayed up all night talking to me about... what were we talking about again?
theemdash: (FMA Ed)
[personal profile] theemdash wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 12:58 am (UTC)
I was trying to figure out what time I went to bed and I think it was around 1, does that sound right? Also, I think we were talking about FMA and you were trying to get me to write fic. Which, y'know, duh.

Also:

He shouldn't be here, he knew that, but Ed was always a little too curious for his own good. He knew that, too, and yet. . . .

He popped the lock with alchemy, quietly sliding into Mustang's dark office, clicking the door shut behind him. He just wanted to know what Mustang was hiding from him. He knew there was something; in his personnel file, in some secret file on Al, in some innocuous file on military uses for potato farming, who knew. But there was something, some secret Mustang was purposely keeping guarded, some reason for keeping Ed at arm's length while moving him like a chess piece. Well, Ed was damn tired of being a pawn.


It worked. :P
[identity profile] dragonbetween.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 01:02 am (UTC)
Yeah that's about right, maybe a little later. Definitely talking about FMA. (When are we not right now?)

Sometimes I am good at getting you to write fic. And along those lines, there can be more now?
theemdash: (FMA Roy/Ed)
[personal profile] theemdash wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 01:07 am (UTC)
My last comment was at 1:17am, so yeah, a little after. I then listened to McKay curse at Harry Potter for another half-hour before I finally fell asleep.

We should never not talk about FMA. That would be stupid.

There can be more now. Actually, I'm really excited because one of those doujins got me started and then that little passage exploded something else in my mind and now I have a title and a metaphor and I'm good to go for some smut. Woot!
[identity profile] dragonbetween.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 01:20 am (UTC)
Why was your husband cursing at Harry Potter? Is he jealous that Harry was getting it on with Daniel and Ed and Roy in your head?

That would be stupid. Why did it take you so long to watch it so that we could be not stupid and talk about it?

WEEEEE!!! Wants!
theemdash: (FMA Hughes)
[personal profile] theemdash wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 01:32 am (UTC)
He was playing HP on the Xbox. I was very annoyed at hearing this:

Harry: Incendio.
McKay: Fuck!
Harry: Wingardium levisoa.
McKay: Damnit, motherfucker!

Though now it's pretty funny.

Ah, Harry, Daniel, Ed, and Roy had a nice time in my head last night. *sigh*

Why did it take you so long to watch it so that we could be not stupid and talk about it?

I have no idea what this means.

Right now Ed is still exploring in the fic, but soon Roy will enter and then . . . er, I'm not sure. Because I think the sex is coming later actually. Whereas I meant to start a quick wham-bam, I think I may have actually started something a little lengthier. Which is nice, really. I should play with more of the characters on my first time out.
[identity profile] dragonbetween.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 01:46 am (UTC)
I figured that's what he was up to. And your little dialog planted a completely different picture in my mind of Harry and the real McKay having a show down over something and McKay is totally losing!

I have no idea what this means.

And you think I do? Don't be silly! I think what I meant was "Why did it take you so long to start watching FMA so that could stop being stupid, by not talking about it, and start being smart and talking about it?" Something like that anyway.

Porn is good but sometimes plot is better... especially if it comes with porn. :P
theemdash: (FMA Ed)
[personal profile] theemdash wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 01:52 am (UTC)
I like the idea of Harry and McKay having a show down. I can see McKay totally perplexed at the idea of magic and trying to determine the physics involved in a wand. Man, it would piss him off.

Your sentence is twisted and I don't want to think about it any more.

I'm not sure there's actual plot, yet, though! I think I started too soon, or haven't given enough filler yet. There's something missing, though.

I'm taking a break to watch FMA and maybe eat something since, um, I haven't since about 1:30. Ha ha.
[identity profile] dragonbetween.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 02:03 am (UTC)
That's pretty much the picture I got. McKay cursing and thinking "how the fuck is he doing that!" and John standing off to the side flabbergasted but trying not to laugh at the way Rodney is freaking out.

Fine. Be that way.

Well I hope you figure out what's missing and get it added in there so that I can read it soon!

Have fun with your watching. Fill me in on all that parts that make you go OMG! :P
theemdash: (FMA Shrimp Ed)
[personal profile] theemdash wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 02:47 am (UTC)
John isn't flabbergasted! He's a Death Eater, after all! XD

I think this one will take a while to write because, like I said, this is going to be longer than I anticipated and I can usually write 1,000 words of just smut. Right now this is promising to be 3K at least. Heh.

OMG post is already up. There may be more, but that episode was so funny it deserved its own post.
[identity profile] dragonbetween.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 02:58 am (UTC)
Clearly he is flabbergasted that there is another wizard on Atlantis and it's Harry Potter to boot!

That's alright. I can wait because I am looking forward to reading your de-virgining of writing FMA fic. :P

Weee! I'll run and go read it.
theemdash: (FMA Ed Humor)
[personal profile] theemdash wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 03:15 am (UTC)
My FMA fic virginity will be gone very soon. And then I can say that I've written fic in 11 fandoms! MWHAHAHAHA!
[identity profile] dragonbetween.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 05:19 pm (UTC)
Soon I will be able to read it all! But until then there can be more posting bit and pieces so I can read them?
ext_303: ([ff] because i don't have enough.)
[identity profile] barbed-whispers.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 01:04 am (UTC)
I love time travel!

I am using my extra hour to (finally!) build my Lego Hogwarts. It is looking pretty sweet so far!

(My brother gets all sad in the spring, cos what if that hour we lose contained free pony rides?)
theemdash: (Doctor Who Tardis)
[personal profile] theemdash wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 01:08 am (UTC)
I'm glad you also called it time travel. *snickers*

Lego Hogwarts is of the good. *claps*

My lost hours always contain free pony rides. Alas.
ext_303: ([tee] pogs)
[identity profile] barbed-whispers.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 01:40 am (UTC)
How else do you explain it? Sunlight wha?

(Wait, does this mean it won't be dark when I drive to work in the morning? I don't actually understand how the whole thing works. We get more sun in the morning and less at night, right? If so, EXCELLENT. I am so over driving to work in the dark.)
theemdash: (PMK Saizo)
[personal profile] theemdash wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 01:43 am (UTC)
It gets to the point where it's dark in the morning and the evening for me, so it doesn't really make a difference.
[identity profile] mirankos.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 01:42 am (UTC)
My "other" would be work on graphics in PSP7.

That is what I'm doing right now. Although, if I didn't have a project, I'd most want to use the extra hour for sleeping.
theemdash: (Buffy/Angel Xander)
[personal profile] theemdash wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 01:56 am (UTC)
That's a good thing to do, but sleeping? Really? I am so disappointed by the number of sleepy people on my flist.
[identity profile] mirankos.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 02:34 am (UTC)
Sleep is precious. I usually spend most of my off days trying to get rested up.
[identity profile] chang-lee-ninja.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 02:26 am (UTC)
Sleep ... Probably not.
Read or write fanfic ... I really need to bet back to reading
Watch tv ... If I had a few more channels than WGN/CW, Fox, MyNetwork
Hang out with friends ... On the phone counts, right?
Read a book ... Skimming through HP CoS again.
Take a shower ... yes, so nice to have towels again
Do laundry ... That's woman's work.
Post to lj ... Replying is posting, right???
Bake cookies ... Bake, you mean they don't just come in packages?
Eat hummus ... don't know what it is, and not interested.
Teach Em the wonders of the "outside world" ... Don't know any wonders of the outside world.
Watch paint dry... only if I really, really wanted to sleep
Learn to ballroom dance ... If I had someone to partner with
Practice changing channels with my mind ... Psionics would be cool!
Other (to be specified in comments)... ....
[identity profile] chang-lee-ninja.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 02:29 am (UTC)
Read or write fanfic ... I really need to bet back to reading

Get back to writing, I meant.
[identity profile] greenwillow27.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 03:23 am (UTC)
Normally I'd be reading and writing fanfic. But this time fer sure it's gonna be trying to figure out what the heck my NaNo is about. =op

Sleep? We don' need no steekin' sleep!
theemdash: (M Dead)
[personal profile] theemdash wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 11:59 am (UTC)
NaNo, for she is fickle and will turn on you the first chance she gets. Good luck with that. ;)

Right now I'm running on four hours and honestly, I'm not sure if I could sleep for any longer. Heh. *falls over* Cat. Why must you insist on being fed when there is still food in your bowl?
[identity profile] re-animating.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 05:49 am (UTC)
I'll probably be screwing around on the computer making silly icons! :P
theemdash: (M Flail)
[personal profile] theemdash wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 11:59 am (UTC)
That's a pretty excellent thing to do!
[identity profile] re-animating.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 06:35 pm (UTC)
It's very addictive. Similar to potato chips, I can't stop at just one. :P
[identity profile] melayneseahawk.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 06:18 am (UTC)
Heh, at con, so I'm using my extra hour to stay up late after we sat around in the bar waiting for the guests to come down to get pissed and shoot the shit with us. :) I like staying at the hotel.
theemdash: (Firefly Dork)
[personal profile] theemdash wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 12:00 pm (UTC)
Staying at the con hotel is always the best way to go! I approve of the use of your hour!
[identity profile] turalu-21.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 09:37 am (UTC)
Obviously, the answer is "all of the above"!
theemdash: (Buffy/Angel Family)
[personal profile] theemdash wrote:
Nov. 4th, 2007 12:01 pm (UTC)
I'm pretty sure that no one can do all of those things in an hour not without trying anyway.

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