Oh, boy.

[kasche]

I have only just discovered the "read aloud" function on Acrobat Reader.

You have no idea the kind of stuff I've been making it read.

There is something about hearing it say "He just does me right, man" that had me in tears. ♥

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And now, something of a rec :) This article is very, very old - I didn't even have a LJ back then, go figure. But I was already stalking Kimagure like it was my job, and so I stumbled on (and saved) this: Reacting to constructive crits.

I found myself agreeing with it quite a lot - and I found myself thinking back to it when I got my own concrits, years later. And who knows, it might be interesting for other people as well. :3

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Aaaaah! Oona reminded me - I haven't been talking about the Olympics in here much, but I have been following them, and.

Matthew Mitcham.

I missed all his dives, when I switched on the tv he had just found out he'd won the gold medal, and the parade of hugs started.

...now, is it just me, or it really looked like he gave happy hugs to the girls, yes, but it was the boys he actually clung to like an octopus? On top of that, there was this pretty guy he was hugging that also gave Matthew a kiss on the cheek, and aw.

My little slashy heart. So happy, it was. ♥ ♥ ♥

Comments

[a_shadow_there.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reccing the entry on crits - just had a read of it and think I will keep it in mind.

xxx

[ourmutualfiend.livejournal.com]

And his bf is really so much taller than him, hee! They showed the two of them and his mum on Aussie tv.

[sopdetly.livejournal.com]

A little Google-fu tells me that he's the only openly gay athlete in the Beijing Olympics. So there you go! IT'S CANON! ;)

[onehundredmoons.livejournal.com]

I totally own that container of butt paste, btw! It's really good!! :D

[carmine-ink.livejournal.com]

It's definitely not just you. ;)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/feedarticle/7747453

[penhaligonblue.livejournal.com]

Um, did you see this?

[werewolf-lib.livejournal.com]

So many pictures of the male Olympic athletes congratulating each other looked like stills from a porno movie I'd like to see!

[aunt-agatha.livejournal.com]

Your icon! They sell that here! :D

I missed all the slashy swimmers and will be feeling it for years. Years!

[ourmutualfiend.livejournal.com]

Stolen from somewhere else (and hee hee at #6)

"Here are the top nine comments made by NBC sports commentators so far during the Summer Olympics that they would like to take back:

1. Weightlifting commentator: 'This is Gregorieva from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing.'
2. Dressage commentator: 'This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother.'
3. Paul Hamm, gymnast: 'I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.'
4. Boxing analyst: 'Sure there have been injuries, and even some deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious.'
5. Softball announcer: 'If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again.'
6. Basketball analyst: 'He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces.'
7. At the rowing medal ceremony: 'Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew.'
8. Soccer commentator: 'Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field.'
9. Tennis commentator: 'One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them... Oh my God, what have I just said?' "