Here I Am

It's Friday! The weekend is upon me! And I don't think I have any plans...well, pretty sure, but that could change if I'm not careful. I'm hoping to get some writing done, but mostly, I want to do a lot of reading. Books are starting to pile up in my room because I'm so far behind. And the library is having a book sale today and tomorrow - I must check it out. I have an addiction.

And the new rachelcaine Morganville Vampires book is out. I have to pick that up in the next few days. I love that series. It's an interesting take on the vampire lore and I really like the main characters. Especially Shane and Michael. They are yummy.

Also, I'm a little more than halfway through Evernight by claudiagray and I am loving it. Bianca is a great character and the whole premise is very interesting. I'll do a better review once I finish, including spoilers, but for now, I just suggest picking it up if you're looking for a read with a good, young female character.

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Tomorrow I'm trying to get NKOTB tickets for the Philadelphia show in November. We were unable to get any for AC, so this is our last shot. And I've never missed a New Kids concert in my area. Sure, I was 12-14 the last time around, but still. Irish Power, my friends. It'll be amusing at the very least.

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Still can't find any good Samantha Who fic. this makes me sad and think I need to write some for myself. And I don't have time for such things. Must remember to nominate this for yuletide this year. I want fic! Lots of Sam/cute boy fic!

Latest Musical Obsession: Duffy. The girl, not the guy. She's awesome. Itunes had her one song "Mercy" as the song of the week...and it was actually good (which surprised me as lately the Itunes songs of the week have been crap). And it got stuck in my head. And on amazon it showed she had a CD, but it wasn't available on Itunes, so I had to go about *other* methods of obtaining it. Highly recommend.

Also, I had an idea for a fic challenge based on a Regina Spektor song that I want to do. It would be low pressure, but there is already so many challenges going on that I think I might sit on it for a bit. Mostly, I'd feel horrible if I couldn't finish a story for my own challenge. Wouldn't that be grand?

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I picked up the new Rob Thurman book! More Cal and Niko! My love for brothers fighting the supernatural knows no bounds and these books are wonderful. And I just love Cal. I never fail to adore the smartasses. I'll be interested to see how the characters further develop, but mostly I just want my brothers fighting supernatural and always having each other's backs. Because that is my great love. It goes back to discovering The Outsiders by SE Hinton when I was ten. Darry, Soda, and Pony broke me forever.

Feeling much better today. Can't decide if it's that my sinuses are under control, I got plenty of sleep last night, or that DNC last night (specifically Oba's speech) was freaking fantabulous. As my wonderful bud, Carly, put it, "It's political crack." -- anywho, I try to keep the fandom and everything else separate, so if you want to know my thoughts on such things, just see the latest entry in my normal journal randombtchchick

Anyway, the point of that meaningless diatribe was that I finished the back-up story for charmedflashfic that I was writing. Not the best thing I've written, but I enjoyed it and I think it meets the requested requirements. What more can I expect from myself? (that's a rhetorical question, self, so stop making lists!)

So here it is: Second Chances

Remember: Feedback is always my friend. Heh.

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In other happy news, I just got notice that The O.C. Season 1 will be relased on dvd on October 26th. A week before the premiere of the new season! Double fabulousness as Seth Cohen comes to live in my bedroom...er...um...

Makes me think maybe I should finish the first draft of that O.C. story I was writing for the Multifandom Soap Opera Cliché Challenge. Speaking of which, the stories are going to be due in a little over a month. My god, how is it almost August? In one month I'll be another year older and none the wiser. Good Lordy.

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Purchased the new Meg Cabot book, Teen Idol, at lunch and started reading it. Yes, I still read young adult books. It's the genre I write in with my regular fiction stories/novels and I like to keep up on what's going on. Not to mention, I'm just addicted to her books. They're easy, fun reads with lots of pop culture refernces.

But this one particular passage struck me because it totally sums up my life: "...seemingly since birth I've been cursed with being everybody's confidante. Seriously. I used to think I was a weirdo magnet or something, because it seemed like I could never go anywhere without random strangers coming up to me, telling me all about themselves, like about their hammer collection or their sick ferret or whatever..."

That's my life and part of the reason, I suspect, that I always end up with male stalkers. Because I have this flashing neon sign embedded in my forehead or something that says, "Share with me. I care." The ironic part? I don't really.

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Okay, I'm off to conquer the beast that is Chapter Six of TIMH once and for all. I will finish it tonight. I will dance on the ruins of the stupid chapter and send it to Steph iamtheenemy laughing as she weeps and plots Frankie's demise. Mwahahahahaha.

Ciao.