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[rm]

I really loathe April Fool's Day on the Internet. I've already been taken in by that horrible report about an order for 13 eps of Torchwood US, involving Gwen's cousin. Yesterday, a whole mailing list I was on fell for something that Patty debunked via Snopes. I will not even address the legion of surprise pregnancy posts. I AM DOUR AND FORMAL AND NOT FUNNY, AND I HATE APRIL 1 ON THE INTERNETS, AND YOU CAN'T MAKE ME CHANGE MY MIND.

In other delightful Torchwood news, there's a contest to have a TW short story pbulished in Torchwood Magazine. You must have never received payment for fiction in the past and you must be a UK resident, which rules out nearly everyone I know, which means I can pop popcorn and kick back over this baby.

Werewolves are almost done. And they are good! Tonight, it should be FINALLY off to the editor. I'm thinking I should be done in time for Project Runway.

Hey, Anna Paquin's bisexual, although I feel like I already knew that.

Can animals be gay? Also, is this good or bad for queer humans and will the whole debate eventually drive scientists out of their minds?

Comments

[smirnoffmule.livejournal.com]

I like clever April Fool's jokes (loved the Guardian's today), but I think there's a real knack in doing good April Fool's jokes and too many people who try don't have it. There has to be that slight air of implausibility, those little internal clues of something being off that are there within the thing itself. If you just go around telling people something that's really plausible but happens not to be true, that's not really how you funny.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yeah, on that score, the Torchwood US thing was prettty genius. And I think if I hadn't been all "WHY IS MY CASTING INTEL FAILING ME?" I might have appreciated it a little more.

[smirnoffmule.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I must admit there were some notes in there I quite liked. But I was forewarned.