So Sleeeeeepy ...

[blamebrampton]

And after all that, poor old Cadel did not win the Tour. Sigh.

Before I go to sleep, I am reading today's really, really enjoyable entry in the AS/S fest. Two-thirds of the way in and having a very good time, even if the author infers P.G. Wodehouse was a 19th century writer (young people liking PGW is a good enough thing for me to overlook a few decades between friends). But he or she has one spelling quirk that makes me a little mad.

A pouf is an overstuffed footstool (also spelled pouffe).

A poof is a boy who prefers the shagging of other boys.

Maybe there's a mnemonic there ...

A pouf is where u put your tired and weary feet.
A poof is o my god at the size of your man meat.

I didn't say it would be a good mnemonic. Just thank goodness that's an end to the cycling and tennis for the year, I can get some sleep now. Stupid time zone. I should be much smarter for the rest of the year ;-) Well, except on post-Grand Prix Mondays. Back to the final third, which I imagine will be as good as the first two, spelling aside.

Comments

[oceaxe.livejournal.com]

I just finished it, and it was so fucking cute! Not in a bad way... it was utterly delightful.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Yes! I had the feeling that I could cheerfully sit down with that writer and we would get all of each other's jokes.

[spacefragments.livejournal.com]

oh god, i haven't read ANYTHING in the as/s fest. i want to but i get discouraged before i even look at the comm. u_u *fails*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Today's is a good start! If you want to dip your toe in, I had a few early recs, and painless_j and marguerite_26 also recced a few very good reads. I was doing well with that fest for about five days, but this is the first one I've read in weeks.

[uminohikari.livejournal.com]

I-I am so out of touch with AS/S now.. ;;

Though that mnemonic is kind of cute. *ponders*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

You are so kind to say cute where deranged might be more obvious ;-)

I had really good intentions about staying up to date with this fest, but this is the first I have read in ages. It ended up as well as it started, though!

[violetage.livejournal.com]

Lol, I could not control myself recently and was forced to explain to one author that taunt and taut are entirely two different words and a stomach taunting somebody is just not on.

Still waiting to be added to the AS/S fest so I can read, can't wait!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh dear. Yes, quite.

This story isn;t locked, so you should be OK to read it: http://www.striped-wrappers.com/afest/afest-gift-crumbfreebread.html
and it WAS good all the way through.

[violetage.livejournal.com]

Ooh, yay, thanks so much :) I recently found these incredibly apropos icons in a posting by mctabby. Hee!

[alex-s9.livejournal.com]

Could you link me to this story, please?

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

http://www.striped-wrappers.com/afest/afest-gift-crumbfreebread.html
And please leave the author a comment, the numbers of comments have been low for most of this fest.

[alex-s9.livejournal.com]

I did that, since I loved the story. Thanks for linking.

[empress-jae.livejournal.com]

you're so weird. :P

i'm only 1500 words in and i'm LOVING today's entry!

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Hehehehe! Awesome mneumonic - I admit that I've probably confused the two in my writing in the past, and will make every effort to keep them "straight" in the future. :)

[glorafin.livejournal.com]

A few months ago, I also expressed my surprise about this whole pouf/poof debate. I received a link saying how both spellings were valid to describe "sensitive boys".

Obviously, I lost the link. :)

And what do you mean, the end of the tennis. Toronto, Cincinatti, the OG and then the US Open.... It's neverending.

Oooh, the wonders of Google...

[glorafin.livejournal.com]

http://calanthe-fics.livejournal.com/69389.html?thread=3385101#t3385101

[novembersnow.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha. Oh, my, your mnemonic. ♥

I have not been following the AS/S Fest (partly because I am writing an AS/S-centric fic of my own and have been avoiding other people's interpretations of the pairing until I finish that). But I may end up looking at the fic you linked above if you particularly liked it. :)

[romaine24.livejournal.com]

Thank you for clarifying that. I know I've messed this up a time or ten two.

I must write today. No reading, nope, have to write. *bookmarks*

[gabe-speaks.livejournal.com]

i always thought both spellings were fine -- i've read real-deal literature with both spellings (with the gay-boy meaning). is the distinction new? or maybe with AusE, maybe?

i know poove is also a variant spelling.

who won the Tour? i'd google it, but it's too hot over here. :(

[flamewarrior.livejournal.com]

XD I love your mnemonic!

[joanwilder.livejournal.com]

Actually, both as used to denote a gay man, at least in the states, and are acceptable usage.

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

We record the GP and watch it the following night - but woe to the media who sneak results in (especially radio) without any kind of lead in, after a whole day of trying to stay ignorant.

Hmmm, I will have to go look - I need fun fic, and can overlook that all her gay guys are overstuffed and like having feet put on them. Hey, for all I know it could just be her way of indicating they're a bit kinky.

The poof went Poof! in a puff of smoke when his pouf exploded beneath his feet.

I am suffering from an unusually late night too - old Spooks eps, too much pasta, introducing my friend Cherry to playing bass on Rockband, a late night attempt at making chocolate self saucing pudding from scratch (I used a recipe I had in my book for years - it turned out pretty well, but I should have thought to go find yours ... - you did include chocolate self-saucing pudding, right? That wasn't just my imagination? *headdesk*), and more Spooks, left me awake at 1.30am wondering why my bed just wasn't making me sleepy.

Man it's hard to type when a large Bengal cat is trying to pummel your tummy bulge into submission where the rolls of fat rise up above the laptop keyboard.

[frantic-mice.livejournal.com]

A poof who sat on a poof who sat on a pouf. :DDDDD That makes me happy and I have no idea why. <3

Mnemonic much?

[madchemist36.livejournal.com]

I simply had to reassure you that I find your mnemonic eminently helpful! I'm sure I shall use it in the very near future. Thanks much for your fabulousness!