Title:Â Reminiscences of a Techie
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Characters:Â N/A
Rating: G-
Warnings:Â Implications of a lot of things no one remembers, but me.
Notes:Â Ars(e) Poetica :: March 2, 1998. "Techie" in this context is a backstage tech — lighting, sound, costumes — anyone working on a show who's not an actor.
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Title:Â Madonna of the Loft
Fandom:Â N/A
Characters:Â N/A
Rating: G-
Warnings:Â Teen wangst
Notes:Â Ars(e) Poetica, #8. March 2, 1998. I was listening to a lot of Robyn Hitchcock, at a guess, and at this point in time, I was pretty sure I wouldn't make it into college, and I had no idea what I was going to do with my life. It was one of those few moments in life, when all illusions of immortality and importance were stripped away. (And bonus points to anyone who knows why Robyn Hitchcock is at all relevant, here.)
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Title:Â Apologia
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Characters:Â N/A
Rating: G-
Warnings:Â Angst
Notes:Â Ars(e) Poetica, #7. February 27, 1998. Someone knows who this was for. That's all that matters. I was sorry then, I'm sorry, now. (And now I'm even more sorry I couldn't write a decent bloody sonnet, all those years ago!)
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Title:Â Entreaty
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Characters:Â N/A
Rating: G-
Warnings:Â Self-sporking
Notes:Â Ars(e) Poetica, #6. February 27, 1998. It's a joke. A taunt. A not so gentle fork in the face, mostly directed at myself. This was when I decided I was going to publish a book of shitty sonnets, and stick this on the back cover.
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Title:Â Eden for a Letter
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Characters:Â N/A
Rating: G-
Warnings:Â So shallow, I don't even splash.
Notes:Â Ars(e) Poetica, #5. February 27, 1998. The Thespian president cut his hair, and I know I wasn't the only one horrified by it. However, it was for a part — it was for the art — so we couldn't hold it against him.
Eleven years later? Yeah, still that shallow. Even bald, I'd have done him, though, if he swung that way. Can't say no to beauty and talent.
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Title:Â He Runs With Scissors
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Characters:Â N/A
Rating: G-
Warnings:Â Applied religious themes
Notes:Â Ars(e) Poetica, #4. February 27, 1998. Runs-With-Scissors is a place up in the mountains that has a real name, but we've never asked what it is. The road on the way up leaves much to be desired.
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Title:Â Serapi
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Characters:Â N/A
Rating: G-
Warnings:Â Angst
Notes:Â Ars(e) Poetica, #3. February 26, 1998. I got nothing to say about this one. Seriously. Even now.
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Title:Â To Astrid
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Characters:Â N/A
Rating: G-
Warnings:Â Angst
Notes:Â Ars(e) Poetica, #2. February 26, 1998. There is no Astrid. This has entirely other meanings…
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Title: The (Other) Spam Song
Rating: G-
Warnings: Put down your coffee, first. No, really.
Notes: Okay, this was totally for the lulz. My mum's boyfriend was the leader of a Boy Scout troop, and they called themselves 'The Spam Brigade', and even got patches for it, from Hormel. No shit. So, they used to filk pop songs, on hikes, but inserting the word 'spam' in place of other things. This resulted in classics like 'Black Hole Spam', and other utterly tea-spittingly good stuff. So, one night, I wrote them their very own song about spam.
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Title: Dark Star
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Characters: N/A
Rating: G-
Warnings: Emo-fabulous teen angst
Notes: Fuck off. I was fourteen, at the time. … Actually, I might be overestimating the time, here. We still had AOL. I might have been thirteen… *shrugs* Anyway, I'm pretty sure this was 1994, so I'm just gonna pick a random date and stick with it.
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