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Borders has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This, thankfully, means reorganization, not liquidation. But some stores are closing. Check the master list to see if your store is safe. http://www.bordersreorganization.com
I've been aware of this impending problem for a while, largely thanks to Crystal, and I've been hoping that if they filed, it would be for Chapter 11 and not Chapter 7. It could still happen if Chapter 11 doesn't work, but I'm hoping it will work. Look at K-Mart; they filed for Chapter 11 and emerged stronger than ever. They bought Sears instead of the other way around, as I'd originally thought. I have high hopes for Borders and fully support them in this move.
My store, by the way, seems to be safe.
Does anyone find it odd that Tony behaved so strangely in the prologue of Alias Micky Dolenz? I mean, it was all for humor effect, of course, but he seemed so different there than he did later on. He acted downright afraid of Baby Face and then kept whacking Micky with the newspaper while apologizing for it. LOL. Later on he seemed far tougher. I can't imagine him apologizing in the later scenes. Maybe he felt tougher with Vince and Harry there to back him up? Or maybe he just needed to get over the initial shock of Baby Face being out of prison?
I even wondered if Jimmy Murphy was pulling double-duty and playing two characters in that episode, but I don't really think so. In the prologue the character was dressed just the same; the only thing different was the sunglasses. He surely must have been Tony.
And I've been working feverishly on my Monkees fic. The first draft is, I think, about done. I made a lot of edits in the morning, too, so I'm hoping the whole thing is almost all the way done. I may end up posting it to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
monkeesfic before Amnesty Day at 31_days.
It's depressing to see the Yahoo Groups so dead. Five years ago I thought they were slower than usual, but they were still going. Now it looks like people haven't been posting stories at all. I was hoping Antenna TV would jumpstart a new generation of Monkeemania, as well as to invigorate older generations. It was so exciting eleven years ago when Monkeemania was going strong. That was a wonderful time to become a fan. This year is the 45th anniversary of the start of the TV series. I'm hoping to see more fan activity as it goes on.
I wonder what to do and where to post the other chapters of fics I've already started, if I end up writing more. I'm trying to remember what Groups I was in before. I was hoping someone would step forward and let me know which ones I was in. Maybe I can look through the posting archives and see if I can find my posts. I don't want to suddenly post chapter 5 or 9 of something to a Group where I hadn't even posted any of the previous chapters.
The last time I skimmed through what I have posted of This Just Doesn't Seem to Be Our Day, I determined Tony would be dead when I ever got back to it. This time I'm feeling far less cruel. Under the circumstances, it would be all too easy for the drugs and the microchip and the whatever else to slow his vital signs enough to make him look dead. He'll recover.
I had a terrible, summarizing writing style at that time, though. Both that fic and Prisms Of No Color really need overhauls in their writing styles. I was cringing reading through them and seeing both the summarization and how detached the narration was.
I've been aware of this impending problem for a while, largely thanks to Crystal, and I've been hoping that if they filed, it would be for Chapter 11 and not Chapter 7. It could still happen if Chapter 11 doesn't work, but I'm hoping it will work. Look at K-Mart; they filed for Chapter 11 and emerged stronger than ever. They bought Sears instead of the other way around, as I'd originally thought. I have high hopes for Borders and fully support them in this move.
My store, by the way, seems to be safe.
Does anyone find it odd that Tony behaved so strangely in the prologue of Alias Micky Dolenz? I mean, it was all for humor effect, of course, but he seemed so different there than he did later on. He acted downright afraid of Baby Face and then kept whacking Micky with the newspaper while apologizing for it. LOL. Later on he seemed far tougher. I can't imagine him apologizing in the later scenes. Maybe he felt tougher with Vince and Harry there to back him up? Or maybe he just needed to get over the initial shock of Baby Face being out of prison?
I even wondered if Jimmy Murphy was pulling double-duty and playing two characters in that episode, but I don't really think so. In the prologue the character was dressed just the same; the only thing different was the sunglasses. He surely must have been Tony.
And I've been working feverishly on my Monkees fic. The first draft is, I think, about done. I made a lot of edits in the morning, too, so I'm hoping the whole thing is almost all the way done. I may end up posting it to
monkeesfic before Amnesty Day at 31_days.It's depressing to see the Yahoo Groups so dead. Five years ago I thought they were slower than usual, but they were still going. Now it looks like people haven't been posting stories at all. I was hoping Antenna TV would jumpstart a new generation of Monkeemania, as well as to invigorate older generations. It was so exciting eleven years ago when Monkeemania was going strong. That was a wonderful time to become a fan. This year is the 45th anniversary of the start of the TV series. I'm hoping to see more fan activity as it goes on.
I wonder what to do and where to post the other chapters of fics I've already started, if I end up writing more. I'm trying to remember what Groups I was in before. I was hoping someone would step forward and let me know which ones I was in. Maybe I can look through the posting archives and see if I can find my posts. I don't want to suddenly post chapter 5 or 9 of something to a Group where I hadn't even posted any of the previous chapters.
The last time I skimmed through what I have posted of This Just Doesn't Seem to Be Our Day, I determined Tony would be dead when I ever got back to it. This time I'm feeling far less cruel. Under the circumstances, it would be all too easy for the drugs and the microchip and the whatever else to slow his vital signs enough to make him look dead. He'll recover.
I had a terrible, summarizing writing style at that time, though. Both that fic and Prisms Of No Color really need overhauls in their writing styles. I was cringing reading through them and seeing both the summarization and how detached the narration was.
