ye fecking gods

Dear idiot who wrote "The World of the Rings":

Now, I'm no great student of Old English, but the last time I checked Westu hal was a well-documented, easily translated phrase in that language. I'm almost certain that it means "be-thou well." It's possible that Tolkien meant it as a bit of a punning double meaning, but you quoting it as though it is nothing more than a direct reference to the Rohirrim under Theoden's command riding directionally west is pure stupidity, and makes me want to throw your book across the room for being trivial and poorly-researched. In addition to the fact that most of your writing sucks ass, it makes me wish I'd never read this tripe you call a book, and wonder how the fuck you got published.

~ * ~

My life is reading. Endless reading. And stress. Lots of that, too.

At least when I'm reading the crap, I feel a sense of "Hell, I can do better than that!" As opposed to some of the other writers, who leave me wanting to curl up and whimper about not being worthy. More than anything, I find that I just... want to read the books again. And watch the movies. And that's it. So at least this whole thing hasn't done anything to my love of the original sources... it's just left me thinking "holy fucking shit, what was I thinking when I decided I should do something so gods-damned broad and huge????"

Also, it is cruel that Yahoo radio keeps playing songs that remind me of my fic. I do not have time to write fic.

that 'new computer' smell

Claire had an operation. We're not totally sure what her new name is, but it seems (*knocks vigorously on wood*) that she has survived the reformat and update to XP Professional without too many problems.

Main problem being that McAffee is a bitch and won't let me re-download because I didn't get their "extended" thingy last time I renewed. Screw them, I'm getting something different this time. I'm not sure whether I'll get Norton or Semantec - any recommendations people have to offer would be great, I'd especially like to get something not hugely expensive. But still, you know, actually good. I want this new incarnation of my computer to stay healthy, damn it!