JINXED WOOD'S TREEHOUSE

Highlander Secret Santa FIc ( hlh_shortcuts) is up and running on DW/AO3!

Sun, 08 Oct 2017 19:35:52 GMT

Sign ups are from Oct 6 to Oct 15 MIDNIGHT EST and can be found HERE. Come join the part. I've already signed up (in BLOOD)

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Back in college again!

Sun, 01 Oct 2017 16:22:59 GMT

Year three is a bit stressful as I'm jugging classes, studio time, and an internship at the National Photographic Archive. Starting my first proper printed photo book this semester - so I'm probably going to spend the next three months obsessing about paper weight, image quality, and design. I'm creating a still life series for this and my theme is climate change. I suspect I'm going to have fun/a mental breakdown translating such a big real life issue into a small inanimate still life, but I like a challenge, I guess?

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New Star Trek

Wed, 17 May 2017 21:05:00 GMT

I've just seen the photo of Captain Philippa Georgiou and first officer Michael Burnham from Star Trek: Discovery and I think I may drooling a little. Put under a cut just in case some might think it spoilery...

( So pretty! )

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It's been a million years since I've posted...

Sat, 15 Apr 2017 20:17:25 GMT

...and I found myself guiltily looking at my last blogpost as I was migrating a few things from LJ to DW, and wondering how tumblr ate my soul.

It's probably because Tumblr is not as much of a commitment as LJ/DW and my life has been eaten up in the last couple years by a series of unfortunate events that culminated in me saying to myself. 'Well, fuck it, if my life is gong to be a shit heap it's going to be a shit heap of my own design"

Which is how I ended up back in full time education and completing an honours degree in photography.

On the whole, it has been fun if rather stressful. It's also been a rather steep leaning curve as the last time I was in college it was back in the dark ages when a camera still only used film. Also, this whole 'group learning' thing has seemed to have taken off in the last couple of decades. Group projects, group presentations...in the old days, it was everyone for themselves, Gladiator style :P It's slightly frustrating if you're a known as a 'stronger' student, so they pair you with the weaker ones of the class and basically you end up doing the lion share of the work in order to keep your grade average up.

I get to play with lots of really shiny cameras though, and I'd be totally into talking about them if anyone is interested. I use both digital and film (medium format and 5x4)

And that's it, that's my life at the moment. Hi everyone!

*Waves*

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Prequel to Asylum of the Daleks...

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:36:53 GMT

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CROSSOVER FIC: Line of Confluence [TW/Blake's 7 | Avon, Jack, ensemble | 4/5 | PG]

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:00:59 GMT

Is this the end of my writer's block? Probably not... but at last I'm trying to beat it into submission!

Title: Line of Confluence (4/5)
Author: jinxed_wood
Rating: PG13
Spoilers Blake's 7, season 2/ Torchwood, season 2
Characters/Pairings: Jack, Avon, ensemble.
Disclaimer: Both belong to the Beeb, all hail the almighty Beeb…
Summary: Kerr Avon and Jack Harkness swap bodies through time and space...things go downhill from there.
Previous parts: ONE : TWO : THREE

( ~~~Line of Confluence: Part Four ~~~ )

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Amazon Fails yet again!

Fri, 29 May 2009 18:32:25 GMT

Remember the 'fun' we had when Amazon delisted all those books with gay content?

Well, you' re going to love this one.

(Yes, this is me laying on the sarcasm with a trowel!)

layla_aaron just posted this link to Rick Reed's blog .

A)Read.

B) Fume.

C) Wonder how they're going to explain this one away as yet another 'accident'

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Mowing through all the new Trek fic like it was going out of fashion

Fri, 22 May 2009 01:53:45 GMT

Which isn't likely to happen anytime soon!

Actually, I'm more than a bit spoiled, at the moment, as not only is the genfic pretty awesome, but my favourite pairing is also getting some excellent representation (Uhura/Spock, a totally illogical OTP!). There are few OOC Mills & Boon type stories beginning to surface but, thankfully, they're still a minority.

Here are a few stories that A) I really liked and B) I actually remembered to add to my memories! (This latter part is very important!) These are all links to LJ:

nomadicwriter's Uhura, listening. (Gen -Uhura) written as a prompt for the Star Trek Reboot Drabble Challenge, this wee ficlet is about Uhura's love for language - wonderful stuff!

stoplookingup's Three Times Uhura Said No, Two Times Uhura Said Yes, And Once When She Didn’t Get the Chance (PG13 - Uhura/Spock, Kirk, Gaila) I just love stoplookingup's vision of Uhura's character, and this ficlet, using the five things format, perfectly demonstrates why.

loneraven's (PG13) Formal Dance in the Bowling Alley (PG13 Gen) - Chances are you've already read this wonderful trip through Kirk's mind as he tries to figure out his crew, but if you've been hiding under the proverbial fandom rock, here's a link :-P

tokenblkgirl's fic, Nyota (PG) is a short and fluffy Uhura/Spock fic, that made my shippy heart smile :-P

vampychic wrote Earth Kids Are Assholes (PG -Gen) A cute and short AU story, in which Spock and Kirk first meet as kids.

And because all my other choices have been very PG and vanilla, up until now, here is link to svilleficrecs's Observe (N17) In which Kirks tries to wrap his head around Uhura and Spock's *cough* relationship, and lets his voyeuristic imagination get away from him - not work safe! (Uhura/Spock, slight Kirk/Spock)

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XOVER FICLET: Spanner in the Works [DW/ST Movie | Gen | Martha, Ensemble]

Wed, 20 May 2009 18:29:52 GMT

It was all that talk about tribbles, dammit!

Title: Spanner in the Works.
Author: jinxed_wood
Wordcount: 2,200
Fandoms:Doctor Who/Star Trek
Rating: Gen
Spoilers: Pretty much all the new Star Trek movie
Summary: Martha does the Doctor a favour.
Disclaimer: They're all mine, I tell you, all MINE!

( ~~~SPANNER IN THE WORKS~~~ )

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Star Trek novelisation

Sat, 16 May 2009 02:36:01 GMT

So, at the moment I'm listening to the Star Trek novelisation, written by Alan Dean Foster and read by Zachary Quinto. It's unabridged, so it's eight hours long!

( Spoilery comments about the novelisation )

( Sexism in the Star trek movie )

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XOVER FICLET: A Delicate Destiny [DW/ST Movie | Gen | Spock, Ten]

Thu, 14 May 2009 01:30:44 GMT

It's official, I don't have a clue what I'm doing (but I'll give it a bash, anyway)

Title: A Delicate Destiny
Author: jinxed_wood
Wordcount: 800
Fandoms:Doctor Who/Star trek
Rating: Gen
Spoilers: pretty much all the new Star Trek movie
Summary: Sometimes, destiny needs a little nudge.
Disclaimer: They're all mine, I tell you, all MINE!

( ~~~A DELICATE DESTINY~~~ )

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Your Government at work - ten months later, and just before a European Parliament election...

Tue, 12 May 2009 17:35:29 GMT

So, today I found an email from Proinsias De Rossa (an Irish MEP) in my inbox and, as it had been ten months since I'd fired off my email to him, I had to scratch my head for a moment to remember what had annoyed me so much that I'd actually pressed the send button on my email.

What was it? A proposed regulation that would give my government the power to read my emails, and listen in on any communications I may have online. To which I say to Brussels, are you mad? Have you not had any dealings with the Irish government - the nod, wink, and nudge brigade?

Anyway, here is my email

( Subject: Re: European law on electronic communications )

( And this is what I got in my inbox today. )

Keep in mind, that I'm usually quite happy with Proinsias De Rossa's work in Brussels - but from the email's opening sentence, in which he told me was pleased to inform me that he'd voted in favour of the amendment, I knew I was getting a reply from someone who hadn't even bothered reading the first paragraph of my email, never mind the points I'd made.

Word of advice, Mr De Rossa, If you can't be bothered to read what one of your constituents has to say, then don't even bother to send them a cut and paste reply. It's more honest that way.

P.S. I really don't care about how many people voted in favour or against the amendment, I want to know why you voted in favour of it - or was it a cut and paste ballot, too?

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I'm back!

Wed, 06 May 2009 20:22:29 GMT

Yay! After a week of not being able to load the dreamwidth site on my computer, I can now (just as mysteriously) access it again! This means I can also get my sticky paws on my invites, and I have four going a begging - want one?

P.S. I'll need an email address to send it to you.

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Dreamwidth crosspost?

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:26:15 GMT

Crosspost tester from dreamwidth...

~~And it failed! Ack!~~
And it worked! Yay!

For those who were wondering, I'm jinxed_wood over on dreamwidth, too. Come, join me on the darkside...

jinxed-wood.dreamwidth.org

I have no invite codes yet, but let me know if you want one and I'll see if I can drum one up for you...

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