Clever people other than me speak

"if I was fairly happy with what I'd done, then listening to someone who disliked it for reasons that had nothing to do with what I was trying to do and whether I actually got there or not was a deeply silly thing to do, as was deciding, because two people didn't like it, to shelve the story for ever."

-- Neil Gaiman

"The world is always trying to narrate itself. That's fine. I just wish it would stop trying to title itself."

-- irongall

and we're all people like me

My friendslist has come through with lots of information on allergy shots and getting rid of mold and dust mites. I had no idea that so many people in slash-land had allergy problems. I'm going to have to update my concept of the Stereotypical Slasher: Intelligent, imaginative, bisexual, introverted, somewhat perverted, myopic female with a small tattoo and non-functioning sinuses.