Here I Am

I am trying to accomplish some writing this afternoon. It's not going to well, aside from Party TARDIS stuff that is just for me and larah33's eyes at the moment. (Speaking of, Lara, do you think we should create a back-up of that over here?)

I really need to get to work on my Multiverse story, which is do in four days and finish up my Apocalyptothon piece as well. I feel bad about apocalyptothon at the moment because last year I worked my ass off on a good story (and I do think it's a good one) and I never got one in return. So while I try not to let it affect me, it sometimes does. Le sigh.

Also working on outstanding drabble, first kiss ficlets, five things, and abc pieces that still need to be finished. I have them all written down and I slowly cross them off as I go...so maybe two years from now I'll be caught up.

Huge list of things I should be doing, mostly work related, but I'm not in the mood anymore. I feel broken.

Stupid allergies.

::shakes fist at horny plants::

Last night was violently ill and can't decide if it was brought on by Barry Gibbs' night on American Idol. Seriously, my friends, if you pick someone like that how can you expect *any* of them to do amazingly well with the song options?

But Blake continues to be adorable. I don't care if he wasn't great. I love him a whole lot. And my sister and I voted for him a whole lot too. (Yes, I'm what's wrong with American Idol - I vote based on CUTE).

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iamentheos did that "stories you think I won't write" meme a few days ago and she totally emailed me a scene where our character, Emmy meets Jensen Ackles. Hee. As she pointed out, we really did turn Emmy into a boy-crazed lunatic...but really, we love it. Hee.

Now I'm thinking of writing more of it. Could it be that transienttimes will get revisited, but with a new boy in the mix?

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Much writing to do. My Kink/Cliche piece is underway. I'm writing Sam/Dean cave fic for the win! Woo-hoo! Now I just have to finish that and the many other pieces I'm currently working on.

You know what would help? Allergies to stop being so bad so I could keep my eyes open.

::sits and waits for Dean Winchester to rescue her::

Happy Friday!

I am having so much fun over at Sweet Charity making bids on people's talents. Alas, I'm pretty poor so I'm not going to be able to do a lot, but it's still fun. And remember everyone: you have until March 24th to get any bids in if you're interested.

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So let's cut right to what's important. Supernatural was new last night and I loved it as always!

( My review with Spoilers through the episode... )


And then there was new Ugly Betty

( I love this show a whole lot... )

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It was so lovely here in the middle of the week and now they're calling for sleet and snow starting this afternoon into tomorrow. Such a fun weekend. So i'll probably end up not going to NYC to see the boy and just laze about, writing, reading and watching movies. I really need to do some writing that's more than just scribbled notes in one of my numerous notebooks. So many ideas, so little time. Okay, it's more like: so many ideas, so little energy.

Ciao.

So the Eagles won yesterday. Woo-hoo?

I know as a girl born in South Philly and raised in a Philadelphia suburb (on the Jersey side), it's like law that I love and adore the Eagles, but I really couldn't care less. I was actually hoping they would lose so I wouldn't have to hear anymore drunk idiots screaming "E-A-G-L-E-S...Eagles!"

The boy wasn't happy though because he's a huge Giants fan and they lost. He rambled on to me on the phone about how that never should have happened and this was horrifying and I pretended to care, the same way he does when I talk about hot boys making out with each other.

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I had hoped to do some writing and reading this weekend, but my wrists were killing me. A few years ago, I had a really nasty fall where I sprained both my wrists and both my ankles...and alas, to this day, when a weather front is coming, I have nothing but severe pain to deal with. Fun times.

So I didn't spend much time on the computer. Instead, I got caught up on my television viewing (How much do I love Matt Saracen of FNL? So, so, SO MUCH) - now the only thing I'm behind on was last night's Brothers & Sisters, which I'll watch tonight.

The remainder of my weekend was made of reading the new traveling pants book and sleeping a lot.

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New Supernatural episode this week! I cannot wait! I want it to be Thursday already! I want some Sam and Dean love. Gah.

I may be a tad attached to these boys. Like more than I've ever been to television characters before...and that's saying a lot as I tend to be a tad obsessive with characters I adore.

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Alrighty darlings! I'm off like a prom dress!

Ciao.

Happy Feet was adorable, but the little bit and I had the screaming baby and mother who WOULDN'T LEAVE THE THEATER WITH SCREAMING BABY sitting right behind us. Ellen kept leaning into me and whispering, "This is not a good movie experience, Tommy." But we still loved the movie.

Then, my favorite moment was as we were leaving the theater, some father was saying to the mother, "This movie was made by liberals trying to force their beliefs down our kids' throats."

Uh...what?

It's a kid's movie, not part of the liberal agenda. Do liberals even have an agenda? We're not that organized.

And isn't it a good message for kids to think it's a *good* thing to be true to who they are and not hide from it? And to realize that every action a person makes has a consequence?

But really, I don't expect kids to go that deep. My little bit really loved the dancing and singing.

I have now gotten suckered into taking her to see that one about the kids unchaperoned at the airport on Christmas. She has me wrapped around her finger and when we get home, Jeff just laughs and says, "Hey, daddy likes his free time."

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Jsquared story is still not done because I'm a lazy, terrible person who chose to catch up on Dexter instead of writing last night. And today was insane with my crazy mother demanding we decorate. Bah.

So now I must try to finish this thing tonight. It's going well, except um, the boys are not helping me get to the porn. It's like they're suddenly waiting until they have a committment ceremony on a beach or something.

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Alrighty, I'm going to skim the friends list and then finish this story. Tommygirl vs. Jared & Jensen...who will win?

Ciao darlings!

Happy Supernatural Day, everyone! Sure, it's the only one we're going to have for awhile, but let's not focus on that. Let's focus on the hotness that are Sam and Dean Winchester.

Gah.

So happy Supernatural day! Feel free to write me some Sam & Dean to add to the day's celebrations!

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Much writing to do. Much writing to do.

And I can't keeping writing the Winchester Meets Halliwell story because that's not one that's due soon. But that's all I want to write. Sometimes I really hate the way my brain works.

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So where is all the Post Fallout, Nathan & Peter fic for Heroes. I want it. I want *lots* of it. And really, isn't that all that matters?

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Alrighty, I'm going to attempt to make the Jsquared come out.

Ciao darlings!

I have a horrible confession to make.

Don't worry, I am a real person.

But a real person with absolutely no taste whatsoever, which can be proven by the fact that I love all those cheesy holiday movies. Movies like A Boyfriend For Christmas and The Christmas Card and, my personal favorite, Comfort and Joy. Obviously, I am mentally unstable.

Mix in a few episodes of NCIS season two and Ugly Betty and that was how I spent my weekend.

I was bedridden with further adventures in sinus hell for the most part and it seemed the only cure was Hallmark and Lifetime channel movies.

Oh, the shame.

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I really need to get to work on my numerous fics due throughout this month. First up is the RPS advent story that is due next week, so I really should start that in the next few days. That'd be a good thing. It's been so long since I wrote the Jsquared though. I'm not sure why I stopped writing it, but what if my Jsquared abilities are broken? What if what I write is terrible and makes people cry with the badness?

And then I'm trying to find time to research my yuletide fic with the canon before undertaking the story - but as described above, I'm too busy ingesting every holiday movie known to man. Really must stop that.

But not right this second. Because I'm in the mood to read fic and I'm still way behind on my fic reading (Dude, SPN fandom is like *impossible* to keep up with!)...

So ciao darlings!

I. AM. BORED.

And I'm not having any luck writing. This is why I prefer my "just go where the characters take you sort of writing." Because I know where I want to get to, but do you think Sam Winchester will let me do that? Oh no, he's being a pissy little bitch. He's enjoying my torment. I know it.

So in lieu of that, I bring you some *fun*

( the Tuesday Ten Two Days Late... )

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Sum up your former/current fandoms in a few sentences, as if they were human beings/very convincing sockpuppets on your flist. All of these are fandoms that I have written in. Guess which fandom I'm talking about!

( Eight fandoms in a few sentences for you to guess... )

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ignipes posted an interesting question on what makes you click on a recced story. I especially found it interesting as half of the duo responsible for polyfandomrecs. I mean, I'm not sure I'd stop doing recs the way that I already do, but I think it's interesting to see the things that people look for in a rec. It's something to keep in the back of my mind when I do a recs update. I do have to agree with the main one of how it does depend on how much you trust the person reccing you the story. It's all about finding a reccer that constantly provides you with links to stories that you both share a mutual enjoyment of. I try to avoid phrases like "best story ever" and "we like good stuff" because that's quite subjective.

It's funny that this discussion began today when I've been pondering the whole "what makes a story a worthwhile" rec thing. Because I read a lot of fanfiction, but I only rec a small amount of it. And it's not that the majority of the fanfiction I read isn't good (because I have no qualms about x'ing out of the really bad fic), but that it just wasn't really memorable when I'm putting my lists together. And I think, for me, that's really the biggest piece of criteria (I've gone on about what I look for in fic I'm reading many times before and will spare you all) that I have - the story is memorable. Whether it's from a really original plot, a style of writing that is brilliant, some really great banter that sticks with me...that separates it from me thinking "good story, what's next" and me reccing it.

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Quick pimpage before I go:

Hey Supernatural fandom artists? Have you checked out spn_color? Submissions are due by December 22nd

spn_christmas has opened the post for claiming prompts here. Tons of holiday themed Winchester fic could be ours, people. And some of the prompts are just hysterical.

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Half hour left. Half hour left.

Ciao.

Dude, my co-worker, Mike, is a drinking ENABLER and I am a lightweight when it comes to alcohol. It was just a very interesting happy hour that lasted a whole lot longer. Well, by the end it was me, Mike, and two others...fun times.

By the time I got home, I simply collapsed into bed so Supernatural did not get watched until this morning...

( My thoughts on the episode - possible spoilers included... )

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I signed up for yuletide on Friday morning because I wanted to get my requests in so that I didn't forget (as I'm prone to do with most things)...but I keep pondering it and looking at the requested fandoms to see if I want to change any of my requests or fandoms I'll write in. Mostly, the fandoms I'll write in though because I'm happy with the four requests I made. Sure, I'd love to make a few more because I'm a greedy whore, but I'm happy with my choices...and they shall remain a mystery because I'm crazy like that.

But dude, Thunderbirds made the list and someone other than me offered to write them! How happy does that make me? I love that movie and the show and dude, it has BROTHERLY LOVE (Not like the levels of SPN) and it's awesome and cheesy fun.

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer is also on the list and I offered to write that one. I'm already working on one story for that because my sister demanded it of me. She came to me asking if there was any fanfiction out there and I replied that any I had found would make the baby Jesus cry...so now I have to write it for her.

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And no, I didn't do any of my writing to do list today. The landlord was out to take a look at all the crap going on in the house (most of which was CAUSED by his handyman FIXING things) and then I went to Target with the mother. Came home, watched Prince and Me 2 with her because I adore it and Target had it for 10 bucks so we got it, and then I napped. Because it's my weekend and I love napping. Had dream where Dean Winchester was dating Vincent Chase. Now thinking of adding that to my Dean Crossover of Doom because it was hot (I was Vince's marysue bestest friend in the dream!) Sadly, when I awoke from my nap, my sister dragged me on errands with her.

Tomorrow, people. I will write. Dammit, I *must*. Beat the crap out of me if you notice me dawdling about.

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A few more Dean fic ideas:

-So there was a show a few years ago that only me and my sister seemed to watch called Dead Last, where these three musicians found an amulet and suddenly they could see ghosts and had to help them. And they hated it. And I want Dean to have something like that happen. Hee. Where he picks up some amulet and next thing he knows, he sees dead people. So he starts wearing sunglasses and pretending he doesn't notice all the people, but they keep bothering him to help them with their unfinished business. And Sam keeps wondering who the hell Dean is talking to because Dean doesn't want to worry Sam at first...but finally he's just like, "dude, these fucking ghosts better shut up or I'm going to salt their asses." Really, it could be so much better if someone wrote it.

-Christmas Fic based of It's a Wonderful World. Since Dean is dealing with his whole "I don't belong here, I should be dead" woes, I think it would be great if he saw how bad things would be without him in the world.

Feel free to write them. I can't. I just can't, people. It would never get done for I am a lazy whore.

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Alrighty, I shall bid you all adieu for the night.

Ciao.

Tommygirl versus Post Devil's Trap project of doom...project is totally kicking my ass. Every time I think I'm about to wrap things up, it gets bigger and bigger and bigger. And my betas are totally going to love me for this project. Oh yeah. Sure. Hopefully, I'll get it done today. I have to stay downstairs tonight to wait for the stupid handyman to replace the dishwasher. He's cancelled three times already and I've figured out why - my brilliant landlord paid the dude already in cash. Smart move, really.

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spn_gleeweek continues to be a lot of fun and a time killer and I've made wonderful new friends via the comments. Welcome new friends. I'm tommygirl, I'm a rabid fangirl, and I'm pretty darn boring most of the time.

I'm also counting down the days until I have the season one dvds. I've seen some of the gag reel stuff through various livejournals and I can't wait to have them in my pretty little hands. Best Buy better ship them out rather quickly, dammit.

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I have an awesome friends list, a friends list that understands the point of cut tags, especially when spoilers are involved, but I thought I should be clear.

I live in fear of spoilers. I avoid spoilers. Some might say that I hate spoilers. So please be sure to use cut tags on your entries and in my entries do not post any spoilers. I'm a pretty laid back girl, but you don't want to see me upset. It would make the baby Jesus cry.

But like I said. I've never had a problem with you guys so uh...keep up the good work!

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Everyone and their mom has done it already, but what the hell?

You post a topic, list, category, whatever, in my comments section. (examples: "Five songs Dan wishes never existed" or "Five things Ray puts up with because he loves Fraser"). Then, in a separate post, I'll post the answers to your Top 5 ideas, according to me. Serious or fun!

Fandoms: SGA, Supernatural, Sports Night, Joss-verse, Veronica Mars, Alias, Charmed, Joan of Arcadia, Wonderfalls...pretty much anything in my user info is fair game.

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And on that note, it's almost lunch and by god, I will tackle this project of doom. I have two ficathon pieces to get done, man. I need to finish this project. Me and my *brilliant* ideas.