| Yuletide and AO3, wooooohoooo! |
[14 Nov 2009|08:26pm] |
I have my Yuletide assignment. I am very pleased with it and think I am going to have lots of fun!
And...I now have an account on An Archive of Our Own to archive fic on! I've uploaded most of my one-shots already, but am nervous about the multi-chapter things (of which I have several!). I'll have to find out how those are going to work.
So far, it seems like a really nice archive. They clearly put a lot of thought into how to set things up. The autocomplete function when you're inputting things into the upload forms is especially handy.
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| there are other sorrows |
[14 Nov 2009|10:48am] |
A friend posted a couple of lines from one of my favourite Faiz ghazals today on Facebook: 'Aur bhi gham hain zamane mein muhabbat ke siwa/ Rahatein aur bhi hain wasl ki rahat ke siwa.' I remember the first time I read this couplet, in a newspaper article somewhere; how it haunted me for days before I was able to find the entire text of the poem. I went looking for translations today and I found this one by Agha Shahid Ali:
Don't Ask Me for That Love Again
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That which then was ours, my love,
don't ask me for that love again.
The world then was gold, burnished with light –
and only because of you. That's what I had believed.
How could one weep for sorrows other than yours?
How could one have any sorrow but the one you gave?
So what were these protests, these rumours of injustice?
A glimpse of your face was evidence of springtime.
The sky, whenever I looked, was nothing but your eyes.
If you'd fall into my arms, Fate would be helpless.
All this I'd thought, all this I'd believed.
But there were other sorrows, comforts other than love.
The rich had cast their spell on history:
dark centuries had been embroidered on brocades and silks.
Bitter threads began to unravel before me
as I went into alleys and in open markets
saw bodies plastered with ash, bathed in blood.
I saw them sold and bought, again and again.
This too deserves attention. I can't help but look back
when I return from those alleys – what should one do?
And you are still so ravishing – what should I do?
There are other sorrows in this world,
comforts other than love.
Don't ask me, my love, for that love again.
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It's a good translation, although the shimmering, lyrical grace of the Urdu is quite lost in the process. I went around looking for other translations. This one, for instance, translates the couplet as 'Other pains exist than those that love brings,/Other joys than those of lovers' mingling,' which doesn't work for me. This one does, 'If these images also seize my eye / even though your beauty still enthralls, / it's because there are sorrows other than heartache, / joys other than love's rapture,' which is even further removed from the succinct beauty of the lines. Then I looked around for VG Kiernan's - the most celebrated Faiz translator out there - versions of the same poem, but the internets failed me.
There are other sorrows in this world,
comforts other than love.
I suppose this one will have to do.
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| Ficlets |
[14 Nov 2009|06:23am] |
Ficlet dump.
Title: and my fingernails are long enough
Fandom: Merlin
Pairing: Arthur/Morgana
Rating: NC-17
Summary: 'I'm not your dog,' he tells her.
A/N: Modern AU, for the ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) kinkme_merlin prompt: 'Arthur/Morgana - stepsibling AU where Arthur's father marries Morgana's mother. ( rest of it under cut ), originally posted here; 516 words.
Please be warned about the step-siblings part.
( fetch )
Title: to honour you with shells and colourful bottles
Fandom: Merlin
Pairing: Gwen/Morgana/Lancelot
Rating: NC-17
Summary: It seems like a good idea at the time.
A/N: Modern AU, for the kinkme_merlin prompt 'Gwen/Lancelot/Morgana, falling in sync', ( rest of it under cut )', originally posted here; 650 words.
( it seems like a good idea at the time )
Note: Titles are from Leonard Cohen, Song of Patience.
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| Your partner. |
[13 Nov 2009|10:05pm] |
I am continually surprised that this exists in the same canon as SVU.
( L&O 20x09 )
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| Dear Yuletide Writer |
[13 Nov 2009|06:23pm] |
Hello, Yuletide writer!
First of all, I want to thank you for volunteering to write in any of these rare fandoms. I love them all so much, it will be a thrill to see any story written for them!
Second, my prompts were really just intended to provide some inspiration if you need it to get started. If you have a plotbunny of your own, go for it!
But now I will ramble on a little bit about the fandoms/characters I chose and what I love about them, in case that helps you.
( Read more... )
I hope this is helpful to you, and thank you again!!
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| Gone Til November |
[13 Nov 2009|01:17pm] |
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Going on hiatus for a bit. Out of town jaunts and real-life problems (job.... where art thou?). Oy vey. This calls for a Friday the 13th GIF PARTY.
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| Wanna see the ship I work on? |
[13 Nov 2009|05:01pm] |
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Ludde got his swine flu shot this week. I'll wait another week to get mine. Can't afford to get sick now! (Being a temp sucks sometimes but at least I could say No thanks, I want Xmas and New Years off!)
My new laptop has been fixed. Had to send it to repair because the screen kept twitching. Something wrong with wires and they have been replaced. Hopefully Thomas agrees that it's important enough to pick it up tonight! Heh
ETA - I managed to persuade him and now I have my baby back! ;)
I found a Stena Line commercial earlier this week! This is what Norwegian moviegoers were subjected to earlier this year… It's my ship M/S Stena Saga looking very bleak IMO but it's kinda funny after all. (Remember Fat Boy Slim’s video with Christopher Walken? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Ky5R-vxns)
Too bad you don't get to see the shops.
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[13 Nov 2009|04:29am] |
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Friday the 13th.
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| 30 Rock Quick Take |
[12 Nov 2009|10:09pm] |
( And... )
Meanwhile, UI guy at work has confirmed what I thought: Squarespace is for the win. I will probably pay for this at the end of the month, because...sigh. I'm easy and I get a 10% discount thanks to him. Now I just need to set up a theme that looks kind of like this and then Fitness for Amazons will be a go, because if there is one thing I can write about all the time, it is my workout and my endless frustrations with my life as a semi-fit person.
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