Maggiology

Free Kinky Presents!

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:23:19 GMT

Sit on Kinky Santa's Lap at Fetlife!

This is an awesome drawing over at Fetlife.com. They're giving away 217 kinky presents for the Holidays. You can enter to win one. Their advertisers donate the presents to fetlife. It's another form of advertising but in this one you actually have a chance of winning really nice stuff. Like corsets and floggers and all kinds of cool stuff.

Fetlife is a social networking site for people into fetishes, kink and/or BDSM.

Good luck!

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:06:15 GMT

Haven't posted one of these (or anything ) in a while, so thought I might as well!

What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Literature Nerd Does sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary sitting there with your insomniac appearance? Then you fit this category perfectly! You love the power of the written word and it's eloquence; and you may like to read/write poetry or novels. You contribute to the smart people of today's society, however you can probably be overly-critical of works. It's okay. I understand.
Social Nerd
Drama Nerd
Artistic Nerd
Gamer/Computer Nerd
Science/Math Nerd
Musician
Anime Nerd
What Be Your Nerd Type? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

California court upholds same-sex marriage ban

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:21:33 GMT

Jeezus fucking H. This is absolute bullshit! At least I can be thankful that my friends S&B are still considered married. It's a bitter congratulations though. And what the fuck is with Obama not saying anything? He had the support of almost every openly Queer person in this nation and now what? Please, Mr. President, don't be a fair-weather friend. As I understand it, never before have our civil rights been put to popular vote. For a court to uphold this precedent, makes a mockery of not only our legislative system and our national values, but of our court system as well. Can this go to the US Supreme Court? I damned well hope to see it there. See it shot down.

All I have to say is this: "Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo, as far as I know. There is no stopping this. There is only stalling and obstacles that shall be overcome. I can only hope that victory will be all the sweeter for the fight that we have put up in defense of our rights!

And yet one more fandom! Heroes, Star Trek and a bit of ZOMG

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Tue, 26 May 2009 04:52:28 GMT

Okay, first a little fanish backstory. I first discovered fandoms and the amazing world of fanfiction at the tender age of 13. Star Trek: TOS was my very first fandom and K/S began my love for slash at an age when I was far too young to be reading such things! ;-) Then Harry Potter happened and I suddenly had two fandoms. Somewhere in there I discovered that some absolutely brilliant folks had taken it upon themselves to slash my beloved Holmes and his dear Watson.

Then I started college, and as I'm sure anyone who's ever been can tell you, there was little time for fan-squee. I was focused elsewhere for a while and then when I came running back to fandom it was to Harry Potter and Sherlock Holmes. Somewhere between adolescence and adulthood my love for Trek had waned. I still hung on to my old books but gave up most of the other memorabilia. I had no regrets. I was left with a distant fondness and what I came to think of as a slash-fiction legacy. I moved on and that was all good. Totally cool. Yeah.

Until Zachary Quinto.   Now, don't get me wrong. There isn't a soul in existence who could replace the inimitable Leonard Nimoy. But ZOMG Quinto brought it all rushing back to me. I'm head over heels for the Human-Vulcan hybrid all over again! I have a feeling that J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci, and Alex Kurtzman may have a little to do with this as well. However, seeing Zach Quinto's amazing performance had me racing to watch all the episodes of Heroes. The show was awesome and I was hooked before I ever layed eyes on Quinto's character, Sylar, who doesn't show up until eight episodes in and it's not until the tenth that we get a good look at him.

So I started watching Heroes on a Friday night only to wake up shaking my head on the following Wednesday, three quarters the way through the entire show! LMAO   I haven't felt this level of single-mindedness in years! I've breathed a bit and managed to pace myself. I'm finished watching all the episodes and I think I'm going to be just fine.

Now I find myself with a new fandom! One that hasn't been written in nearly enough. The show is funny and exciting but very dark and intense. I find myself hungering for some absolutely sick and disturbing fanfics. So if anyone can help, please:

Point me to your sickest most depraved Heroes fanfic! Thank you!

Star Trek 2009 - Spoiler-ish

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:45:57 GMT

I saw the new Star Trek movie on Monday and I cannot believe how much I loved it. I've been head over heels for TOS since I was 12, but I'd kinda forgotten how much I enjoyed the characters. This completely re-opened my interest. Mostly, I just can't believe I'd forgotten how unforgivingly HAWT Spock is! Jeez, I'm going back to see the IMAX experience but we're going to have to bring a fire-extinguisher to put me out! So, yeah. I'm totally slashing new Spock and new Kirk. And I'm adding Uhura to the mix, cuz damn! That was steamy. How can one kiss be heartbreaking and unimaginably sexy at the same time?! Definitely my favourite on-screen lip lock of 2009.

Ciao

University Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual study

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:56:50 GMT

I thought I'd post this because I think I've got at least a few LGB folks on my flist. This is a graduate psychology research project coming out of the University of Kansas. Being a sociology major myself, I highly encourage any of my flist friends who qualify to engage in this survey.

Please feel free to post this link elsewhere. And please only take this survey if you are Lesbian, Gay or Bisexual.

------ Forwarded Message
From: "Martinez, Richard Aaron"
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 15:31:33 -0600
To: David Greene
Subject: Question

Hello David,

My name is Richard Martinez. I am a graduate student at the University of
Kansas. I am looking for LGB individuals to participate in a research study
in psychology. I would greatly appreciate it if you could forward the
following information to any type of distribution list you have available.

"I need LGB individuals to complete an anonymous online survey that takes
around 20-30 minutes of your time. Your participation would be appreciated
and you would be helping psychology research at the University of Kansas.

If you wish to participate, just follow the link below:
Take Survey

Thank you!

Richard Martinez"

------ End of Forwarded Message

Hello old friend

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:08:18 GMT

Wow! It's been a while since I've been on here. At first I was sick and busy with work and holidays. The dizzy spells have become rarities and now I have zero hours at the bookstore due to economy and everyone's hours being cut. Being the new kid that means I get to take the brunt of the after holiday hours cuts.

I snagged a quiz from gin_tonic. It was a clever little thing but I'm not at all surprised with the results.

Your result for The Harry Potter Husband Test...

Mrs. Snape

Your perfect HP man is Severus Snape.

You like a guy of loyalty and intelligence and don't really mind if he comes across as a bit harsh. Or a bit bastardy. Or if he happens to terrify every child who crosses his path. The point is that under that rough exterior lies...well, a rough interior. But under that is a soft, squishy center and you don't mind at all that you're the only person in the world who gets to see it.

(Fanart by Grant Gould GrantGould.com Used with permission.)

Take The Harry Potter Husband Test at HelloQuizzy

Creepy sickness

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:52:06 GMT

So, I was at work on tuesday - I work at a book store - when the whole world just tilted on its side and I landed on the floor. I was really disoriented and I thought I had passed out but I guess I didn't loose consciousness. But I was so dizzy my boss and a co-worker had to help me to the back room. They called glass_dancer who left work and came and picked me up. I had had a nice breakfast not three hours before and hadn't skipped a meal lately so it was clearly not my blood sugar. I'm 23 years old and in fairly good health but I was so dizzy even nearly an hour after falling that glass_dancer had to help me to the car. He wanted to take me to the hospital but I really just wanted to go home, so we compromised and stopped at a pharmacy on the way home so that I could take my blood pressure. I thought perhaps it was low and that had caused the dizzy spell. I've had trouble with ulcers on a few occasions, so I thought perhaps I had a bleeder. My blood pressure was fine but the machine also takes your heart rate and mine was 58 beats per minute. It's normally about 72. This was a bit concerning but we were only a few blocks from home so I said I'd go to the doctor in the morning if I still wasn't feeling well. The dizziness eventually lifted for a few hours only to come back for another few and repeat the cycle.

In the morning I was still dizzy so I called into work and glass_dancer took me to the emergency room. They were very busy and it took us two hours to get in and I was there for another eight hours while they made pin cushions of my arms (10 sticks: four to get my first IV, including the most painful needle poke I've had since the spinal tap when I was nine. She put it in my wrist and dug around for a while until I screamed and made her stop. Another five pokes, including a blown vein were required to find a vessel that would give up it's precious fluid; then a tenth and final poke to a very deep vein in the crook of my elbow when they realized that the IV in my hand was too small for the purposes of a CAT scan). They ran loads of tests on blood and urine and gave me an ECG and a CAT scan. I had an allergic reaction to the IV/Iodine contrast in the CAT scan that swelled my face up and forced them to put five big syringes full of steroids, benadryl, and pepcid into the small IV in my hand. That hurt really bad as well since the IV was on the hand that had had the wrist obliterated by needle.

Anyway, they ruled out a blood clot in/near my heart and determined that I have an abberant subclavian artery though they said that should have nothing to do with this. Apparently they felt I was well enough to be packed off home and sent to my primary care physician. So I have an appointment for 1:15 today and absolutely no idea how I'm going to pay as I don't have insurance and I'm flat broke!

I'm dizzy even now and this has been a terribly creepy illness. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. Thanks.

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:34:02 GMT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRUISE DIRECTOR!

I'm Bi! About as bi as you get, actually

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:23:30 GMT

Nicked it from VeniVincere! A lovely little meme if a little simple. It's probably very accurate!

Yes We Did

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:27:35 GMT

I was 14 years old when George W. Bush was first elected president of the USA. My eyes had just opened to politics and already I knew he was not someone I could love or trust. He did not represent me. My entire political life he has been the leader of this country.

I was 16 when we were thrust into a war against terror, an intangible notion. I saw friends, children I had grown up with, march off to fight. For what, our freedom, others' freedom? Sometimes. For our ideology, undoubtedly. For oil? I'm sure. We didn't always know. Some have returned with nightmares and flashbacks, unable even to watch the fireworks we light to celebrate the nation they fought for. Some will never return. I wish with everything that I could say I am proud of all of them, because I am proud of so many. But I can never be proud of a torturer. There were those few. Some whose faces I looked into in press photos and wondered, 'could you have gone to one of my birthday parties? Would I have thought you were evil when we were kids? No, I can't imagine I would.'

As a teenager I came to terms with being bisexual in a country where everyone is expressing their beliefs on the rights that I am to be allowed. Passionately, over half of them have argued that women cannot marry women and that men cannot marry men. Last night, Arkansas approved a measure to ban unmarried couples from adopting or fostering children. They aim to prevent gay couples from raising children. Arizona, Florida and California, a state whose court ruled marriage between same sex couples constitutional earlier in 2008, passed measures to amend their constitutions to prohibit same-sex marriage.

Still we are at war. Still my country does not know if I deserve the same rights as all heterosexual citizens. Still we are living in the second greatest depression. And still I am filled with exuberant hope! Last night, for the first time in my life, someone I voted for won. For the first time in my life I am represented! I would like to welcome President-Elect Barack Obama to his new responsibilities. Sir, I cannot bid you ‘no pressure’.

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:47:19 GMT

Hummph! My beta is brokened. *pokes beta* Rather my beta is terribly busy at the moment so... The story is officially finished and in need of a beta. I am off to find one.

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:51:19 GMT

Well, I'm a right wanker! I missed the deadline for Snupin Santa, my first ever fic exchange! Gotta keep this short so I can finish. But I've made this post of SHAME. :\

Grabbed from alwaysasnapefan

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:52:12 GMT

I loved this so I just had to take it! Looks like alwaysasnapefan and I have pretty similar tastes. Not surprising, really, fabulous as we both are!

Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test...

Traditional, Vibrant, and Tasteful

9 Islamic, -8 Impressionist, -11 Ukiyo-e, -9 Cubist, -1 Abstract and 0 Renaissance!

Islamic art is developed from many sources: Roman, Early Christian, and Byzantine styles were taken over in early Islamic architecture; the architecture and decorative art of pre-Islamic Persia was of paramount significance; Central Asian styles were brought in with various nomadic incursions; and Chinese influences . Islamic art uses many geometical floral or vegetable designs in a repetitive pattern known as arabesque. It is used to symbolize the transcendent, indivisible and infinite nature of Allah.

People that like Islamic art tend to be more traditional people that appreciate keeping patterns that they learned and experienced from their past. It is not to say that they are not innovative personalities, they just do not like to let go of their roots. They like to put new ideas into details and make certain that they will work before sharing them with others. Failure is not something they like to think about because they are more interested in being successful and appreciated for their intelligence. These people can also be or like elaborate things in their life as long as they are tasteful. They tend to prefer geometric patterns and vibrant colors.

Take What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test at HelloQuizzy

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:21:06 GMT

LoL! Tweak said "It's not slash; it's canon" when I came in. Just had to share that!

Politics quiz I snagged from Veni

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:15:44 GMT

You are a
Social Liberal
(90% permissive)

and an...
Economic Liberal
(6% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Socialist

Link: The Politics Test on OkCupid.com: Free Online Dating
Also : The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

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Celandine's meme

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:47:02 GMT

I decided I was up for the challenge of Celandine's meme. I'm doing a lot of memes lately. Maybe I should write something of substance, lol! Anyway the meme works that the questions can only be answered by one word. (Yay! I just did html) Here goes:
You can only type one word. Tag 7 people (or not!):

1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Where is your significant other? work
3. Hair color? Brown
4. Your mother? Sweetheart
5. Your father? Republican :(
6. Your favorite thing? Teddy
7. Your dream last night? vivid
8. Dream/Goal? accomplishment
9. The room you're in? study
10. Your hobby? orgasms
11. Your fear? spiders
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? somewhere
13. Where were you last night? home
14. What you're not? average
15. Muffins? Yummy!
16. One of your wish list items? socks
17. Where you grew up? Joplin
18. The last thing you did? peed
19. What are you wearing? Jammies
20. Your TV? Off
21. Your pet? Pushkin
22. Your computer? Brian
23. Your life? jumbled
24. Your mood? languid
25. Missing someone? Scarah
27. Something you're not wearing? socks
28. Favorite store? online
29. Your summer? short
30. Love someone? terribly
31. Your favorite color? green
32. When is the last time you laughed? today
33. Last time you cried? reading

Not tagging - do it if you like!

Snagged a Meme

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:37:26 GMT

Found this on flist via cruisedirector first thing this "morning". However, morning meant noon for me today since I'm having trouble waking up again. It's like I keep dreaming and I just can't wake up. Idk, pretty sure I have a sleeping disorder though. Anyhwo, the rules of the game are these: Take a picture of yourself, right now. Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair, just take a picture. Post that picture with no editing and post these instructions with it. So here is a picture of me within ten minutes of waking up!

Maggie's Kinkology

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:59:46 GMT

I've been working on the website. Maggie's kinkology, that is. It's a conceptual archive; a place to archive HP fanfic that include kinks or fetishes. I'm hoping to some day include more than just Harry Potter but that's my main fandom and it's huge. I knew the archive was going to be a lot of work but may I just take a moment to say ZOMG!!! :-P It's rewarding tho. I feel like I'm actually starting to get somewhere. This is just like me to take on such a big project as my first attempt at a webpage. I have no idea what I'm doing half the time and right now I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to organize the stories themselves. I may have to write someone and ask for advice. It's getting time to start hunting down authors and asking permission to archive their stories anyway.

In the meantime, I'm brewing over my Snupin Santa piece. I've got the first concept written out already but there are another three sections at least to the story and it looks like I'm gonna have to do some outlining. That's fine, it's just something I like to avoid for as long as I can because sometimes I later feel boxed in by an outline. Overall, things are going well.

Snupin Santa

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:05:35 GMT

Yay! I've joined Snupin Santa 2008. This is my first gift exchange so I'm really excited! I'm so eager to get my assigned person that I've been checking my email every 10 minutes! *snort* I'm such a goof. She's barely had two days to match everyone up. Wish me luck!

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:49:28 GMT

Just seeing if I can link to a story I wrote. <a href="http://asylums.insanejournal.com/pervy_werewolf/tag/author:+maggie_umbra">Eat It Too</a>

A little survey about me!

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:57:52 GMT

Yanked this from Julie Lynn Hayes' greatestjournal. I had fun filling it out. Thought it may give people a little insight into moi.

*TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey*
Name:	Maggie
Birthday:	March 21, 1985
Birthplace:	Joplin, Missouri, USA
Current Location:	Kansas City, Missouri
Eye Color:	grey
Hair Color:	dark brown
Height:	5 feet 3 inches
Right Handed or Left Handed:	ambidextrous
Your Heritage:	Irish, English, Italian, Cherokee
The Shoes You Wore Today:	none
Your Weakness:	procrastination
Your Fears:	Fear
Your Perfect Pizza:	brick oven, pepperoni
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year:	finish a screenplay and move to pre-production
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger:	Hugs
Thoughts First Waking Up:	I love this microfiber blanket, wish Robert was here
Your Best Physical Feature:	My breasts
Your Bedtime:	2am to 4am
Your Most Missed Memory:	Photoshoot with Scarah
Pepsi or Coke:	Coke
MacDonalds or Burger King:	Burger King
Single or Group Dates:	Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:	Eurgh... Neither one of those is tea, you realize?
Chocolate or Vanilla:	Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee:	Coffee
Do you Smoke:	Yes
Do you Swear:	Like it's going out of fucking style
Do you Sing:	Yes, often poorly
Do you Shower Daily:	No
Have you Been in Love:	Yes
Do you want to go to College:	Been there. Shall go back.
Do you want to get Married:	hmm... not really. I want the pretty dress though.
Do you belive in yourself:	Usually
Do you get Motion Sickness:	Not a bone in my body. I've done things in motion that made OTHER people sick (inadvertantly)
Do you think you are Attractive:	Sometimes
Are you a Health Freak:	Hah! I wish...
Do you get along with your Parents:	Fairly well.
Do you like Thunderstorms:	Love them.
Do you play an Instrument:	When I have occasion to.
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol:	Yes
In the past month have you Smoked:	Yes
In the past month have you been on Drugs:	No
In the past month have you gone on a Date:	Yes
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:	I went to a Hallmark that was in a Mall.
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:	Erm... yeah.
In the past month have you eaten Sushi:	Nope
In the past month have you been on Stage:	Unfortunately not
In the past month have you been Dumped:	No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping:	The past month has mostly been February! So, no.
In the past month have you Stolen Anything:	No
Ever been Drunk:	Yes
Ever been called a Tease:	Yes
Ever been Beaten up:	Yes
Ever Shoplifted:	Yes
How do you want to Die:	Post 80, just after orgasm while having bungee sex.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:	A Renaissance woman.
What country would you most like to Visit:	England, India, Guatemala, New Zealand. You know, whatever.
*In a Boy/Girl..*
Favourite Eye Color:	Brown
Favourite Hair Color:	Black, Dark brown, or Sandy
Short or Long Hair:	Yes! I tend to prefer mid length: chin to collar.
Height:	4'10" to 7'
Weight:	Don't care.
Best Clothing Style:	Victorian, steampunk, gothic, unique or well dressed.
Number of Drugs I have taken:	*I assume this doesn't include prescription. snort* uhm... 3**
Number of CDs I own:	Hundreds
Number of Piercings:	two
Number of Tattoos:	none
Number of things in my Past I Regret:	zero. I don't do things I'll regret.
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:01:41 GMT

alwaysasnapefan left a link in her journal that I decided to pass on. It's an excellent little survey and since I was a Sociology major this sort of study is close to my heart. If you'd like to help her gather information about fanfiction and those who read it, write it and beta it, please follow the link to a quick and fun survey:

Friending

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:15:19 GMT

Okay, so apparently my first step in making this IJ into a little haven for me has been running around trying to find people and asylums to friend! This is all very good fun, but just in case I've tried to add you as a friend and you're wondering who the heck I am, I promise I'm trying to work out a good bio.

Also: nope, you probably don't know me, and nope, I'm not new to fandom. Yup, that's mostly why I'm here.

Just getting started

subtle_incandescence@yahoo.com — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:01:13 GMT

I've just created this journal. I've used LJ for quite a while now. I've noticed, however, that many ficcers are switching over to IJ. Since one of my favorite parts about blogging is the opportunity to easily share categorized fanfiction or art, it's become apparent that in order to feed my vices I'll need an InsaneJournal. It seems to be an alright place so far but I've got a bit of work ahead of me.