well crap

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I had a book on ciphers and it was kind of important to the fic I'm working on...and now I can't find that book so I'm sort of screwed.

I remember the book was yellow and belonged to my brother or sister when they were in school...so it's pretty old.

but it's not on my bookshelf, and I don't know where it can be. Looks like I'm going to have to put this fic on hold until I find the book, or another book on codes and ciphers.

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I beta read a story for someone where English wasn't their first language and corrected the errors to "Americanize" it, but when they posted it, it was like I didn't even touch the story!

There are errors I know I would have corrected and it makes me sort of cringe reading it. I'm comparing it to the corrected version I have still saved and I'm like "it's been changed back?"

Why did I spend nearly a month correcting the fic if my corrections were going to be tossed aside or changed back?

looks like gibberish to me

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took me an hour to figure out how the code worked, then code this statement

Axkkv ilsbp Pqbsb

I dread how long it's going to take me to code other stuff for the fic I'm writing. OMG

I wish I had a program where I could input the text I wanted coded, choose the code and bam, coded text. that would be so much easier for the purpose of this fic.

eta: I figured out why this particular cipher was so difficult to "get". it required a 3 shift to the left and I kept wanted to go to the right 3 spaces.

now I don't have to worry about that because [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] pointed me in the direction of a couple of useful sites. it'll make my coded text so much easier (as I don't have to do much thinking lol)

Monday: Body Swap

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Hey, everybody, I'm ibonekoen and I'll be your host for the week! As you can see, I'm already off to a great start! Sorry for the late start; I'll try to make it on time tomorrow!

Anyway, onto the prompt: Body Swap! Think Freaky Friday, only featuring your characters! Go wild with the AUs, mix it up with some crossovers! Whatever you do, always remember to have fun! ;)

As always, here are the rules:

-No more than five prompts in a row. If someone fills one of your prompts, you are then free to prompt again!
-No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
-No spoilers in prompts!
-If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space.

Prompts should be formatted as follows:
-Fandom, Character+/Character, Prompt

Here are some examples to get you started:
Glee, Kurt+author's choice (except Karofsky), Wait a second, this isn't my room!

Avengers movieverse, Clint+Tony, He's always wondered what it was like to wear the Iron Man suit.

Glee/White Collar, Neal(/Cooper)+Blaine, So this is what it's like being 17 again...

tag=bodyswap

it makes me giggle

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reading part 8 of huntress69's Out of the Past and there was a part where it was said that Steve gives a running commentary of everything he and Danny does and he has a filthy mouth...well in my head, it's clearly Steve, but with Alex's accent and it just makes me giggle.

I hope this isn't the summer where anything I read that's supposed to be Steve McGarrett sounds like Alex O'Loughlin. It'd be amusing, but I think my neighbors are tired of the Hawaii Five-0 theme song. They hear it every morning thanks to my alarm.