It is officially beer and chilled watermelon weather

[fredericks]

I'm not going to bitch about the heat (*much*), but I will say that I much prefer it when it's cold outside. During the winter you just have to layer like a motha and you're okay. When it's hot and you don't have A/C? You're S.O.L.. I'm in absolutely no mood to stick anything on the stove and there's nothing in the fridge that would work as a whole meal that doesn't require heating to become edible, but I feel awful even thinking about asking delivery folk to bring food over. And it's supposed to be this hot until Tuesday. Sweet Gee.

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[emily-goddess.livejournal.com]

"Boomerang! You do always come back!" Srsly, the funniest thing I've heard in a long time. I'm laughing just thinking about it.

I like the random, hybrid animals, too. When they go to Ba Sing Se, and are all mystified that the Earth King's new pet is just a bear? Gold. I especially like the penguins.

Characters? They're all kinda "seen it before": the Mother Bear, the Bad Guy Trying To Make Good, the Comic Relief...but they're complex and original enough that I like them. I think Iroh and Toph are my favorites.

I haven't started writing yet; still trying to pick a character or even a fandom. I've been reading the entries from the original challenge for inspiration. I don't want to be all maudlin, though it would be easy. I'd like to try to be funny, so I'm contemplating doing a letter from Bender. We'll see...

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

"Boomerang! You do always come back!"
All the snippets of that episode with Sokka are golden ("the meat and sarcasm guy"). It's just a funny show that works just as well for kids as it does for grown-ups.

A Bender letter would be neat. She's running the challenge until August, so no pressure. :) I've scribbled down some stuff, but I'm also fighting my damndest not to make it all weepy.

[emily-goddess.livejournal.com]

I don't know how familiar you are with Buffy, but check out the letters from Mayor Wilkins at the challenge link. They're creepy, and kinda funny (though none of them really capture his personality), but not weepy. Writing a letter from a bad guy would be a way around the weepies, now that I think of it...

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

That is true. I think I'll just hustle out Harry's letter to Thomas this evening. I'm spending way too much scratching stuff out in my notebook.

That is, if I'm not made a victim to heatstroke. :/

[emily-goddess.livejournal.com]

OT: you have some icons that I love. Are they mostly gankable?

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

Course! Just give credit to the maker(s) if I have 'em listed.