the soon to be history hexwood archive
Well, here I am. I resisted putting up a personal blog for a long time, basically because I didn't have anything to say. Now I do. So witness the birth of xen's spleen. A place for me to rant and vent about whatever is up my ass at the moment. And at the moment, there is a big ol' bug up there.

First, the link above will lead you to the biggest, best organized Due South slash archive currently available on the net. And if you scroll down the page you will see that it is going to be removed after March 1st. While I completely understand the strain of maintaining a fan-fiction archive (and believe me, I really understand) I can't tell you how disappointed I am. I just discovered Due South, and have been soaking up all the Fraser/RayK fic I can find, and now my archive is being shut down. So I am downloading stories as fast as I can, trying to prepare myself. One of my favorite authors already pulled her web site from the 'net after some unrelated ugliness, and I didn't get a chance to download all of her stuff, and I deeply regret it. Now this.

Second: I will never, ever, ever get involved in the gen side of fandom again. I'm not talking about gen fanfiction. While I don't actively seek it out, I don't hate it either. I'm talking about the fan website, (like my site, chiana.net, now defunct) screen caps, wallpapers, winamp skins. First of all, its not worth having to put up with the ridiculous amount of email such a site can pull in. After answering the same question 50 times (and yes, said question was answered on the FAQ page, not that anyone ever reads those before emailing the webmistress) I finally quit answering any of the emails I got at all. No, I did not have any more pics of Gigi without makeup. I tried, people, I really tried. After being told that Henson would not allow any pics of Gigi without makeup on the web, I stopped trying. Now guess what? Gigi has a new site, with, you guessed it: tons of pics without the Chiana gear. Well, that'll show me, huh?

I'll be sticking with the slash fandoms, thank you very much. I've met so many nice people on slash lists. Where else are you going to find people that will make you copies of just about any show, blooper tape, or movie that you need for a collection? Where else can you find mature, grown-up fans who aren't going to get bent out of shape over mature, grown-up discussions? I know slash fandom has its problems too, but by and large I prefer hanging out with the grown-ups. Let the kids run the fan sites, I'm done with it.

And to top it all off I still have this old monitor to deal with, that only displays in 16 colors. Which is why I'm using the same layout for this page that I use on slashrecs I can't very well try anything new if I can't freaking see it. And my son is watching Blue's Clues Musical (tm) for the 150th time since Christmas and I seriously think it's going to push me over the edge. I dreamed about Blues's Clues last night, which totally upset the balance of smut in my brain. A singing side table, I do not need that floating around my brain. Naked Ray and Fraser, that's what I need.

Whew, I feel much better now.