The "countries visited" map meme

( I am nowhere near as well-traveled as I thought )

Unless I've forgotten something.

I'm rather glad that we decided to come home early, given how spacy I am today.

Literary fanfiction

Just before I went away, suelac posted an interesting essay on her discomfort with literary fanfiction; I've been thinking about the issue ever since, if only to try to understand why I don't consider my Harry Potter fanfiction different from my XF or Alias writing.

( much blathering below this about Tolkien and Homer )

( but you know, there is a problem )