Here I Am

Thanks to the Vampire Diaries friending meme, I've added a few friends. I also added a few friends a few weeks ago, so I figured it was that time again where I post a little bit about myself. I've done it the past here, here, and here.

Some things have changed a bit, but mostly, I'm very good at saying a whole lot of nothing about myself. I do warn that my mother died this past January and it has taken it's toll on me. I don't say this for pity or attention, just to make you aware that there may be times where it seems like I'm not posting or commenting, but I'm almost always still reading. I just tend to avoid bringing drama to a place that I think of as supposed to be fun.

I'm a writer, a liberal from South Jersey, who works for a nonprofit environmental company, who is pro-choice and somewhat anti-religion, though I believe in God. Most of that doesn't make it into this journal at all as I try to keep that stuff to my personal journal. However, if you find that fact that I feel these things impossible to deal with, go on your merry way and I will harbor no ill will. Maybe a little. Okay, it really depends on my mood, but it would definitely be kept to myself and not shared with the world, that I can promise.

Fandom

My fandoms continue to change and expand based on the day and/or if iamtheenemy, my partner in crime, has decided to get me addicted to something (don't worry, I always return the favor). Supernatural still owns my heart because Sam and Dean Winchester are SamandDean!!!, but I love many things, especially if they have hot boys. And if they have hot angsty boys or cute socially-awkward geniuses? I'm hooked.

My most active fandoms: Supernatural, Criminal Minds, NCIS, Numb3rs, and Twilight. I'm also madly in love with Harper's Island in addition to Vampire Diaries at the moment. I'm very polyfannish. And I have a huge love of short-lived, canceled shows.

Main Communities I run (along with iamtheenemy): polyfandomrecs - our reccing journal, though I'm pretty sure I haven't recced much in months; moviefanfiction - an archive for any/all movie-based fanfiction; bookfanfiction - an archive for any/all book-based fanfiction; 25moments - a prompt table, but with no claiming necessary as some of us like writing many fandoms/pairings; and quillandink - a writing community with prompts and such.


How to Find Me

--I did a post back in June on how to find me, but here's the one for dreamwidth. It's locked to friends, but basically, it lists all my other journals.

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I think that's pretty much everything. Don't feel pressured to read or overwhelmed. I'm really easy-going for the most part and love making new friends.

I have pulled out my surefire happy-inducing movie to watch. I pulled out Miracle, which is the 1980 Olympic hockey team story. As a girl who was going to Flyers games from the womb and has been obsessed with hockey her whole life, I adore this movie so very much. I remember watching this game with my dad when I was four years old. I remember cheering and chanting "USA" (I was *four* and easily swayed by promises of being tossed in the air), but I didn't really get it until later.

And I just love how these guys accomplished something that no one thought was possible and with sheer determination and hard work, they were able to do it. And it makes me believe that anything is possible.

Plus, the movie has really cute boys. And nothing can ever go wrong with that.

Anyway, if you've never seen the movie, I highly recommend it. And if you don't find yourself cheering and clapping at points (and yes, I know how it turns out), I'm not sure what I think.

I also watched The Seeker: Dark is Rising tonight. Nowhere near up to par with the amazing books and they took some weird liberties with the movie that I'm not sure I really understood the point of. Overall, not nearly as terrible as I expected and it had Nine from DW.

As my friend, Jason, said to me the other day. It really does come down to hot boys with me.

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Can someone give me the html code so that I can add one of those boxes with info that can be copied into comments? It's for something fun I'm working on.

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With everything that's going on lately, I feel that I should remind people where else I can be found.

Insanejournal: tommygirl - I use this account a lot. I don't crosspost, mostly because I never think to use semagic, except for stories.

Journalfen: tommygirl - I mostly just check my friends list there for those that moved over there.

I still have greatest journal, but it seems to have tons of issues, so I just don't sign in there anymore.

So yesterday I asked you guys to share with me your favorite schmoop fics (any fandom/any pairing), but only skuf has responded.

::prods y'all::

Come on, guys. It can have angst, just as long as it gives me a happy ending. But it can just be all fluff too. Share your favorite schmoop fics!

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In case anyone is interested:

- Find me on Goodreads. If you're a reader, especially an avid one, I highly recommend this site to you. And be sure to friend me!

- Find me on Bakespace. It's for both "cookers and cakers" but I really only fall into the baking category. I've found some great recipes this way and I would love to friend those of you who bake/cook as well.

- Find me on Twitter. I still enjoy Twitter even if I do have trouble with the less is more philosophy.

The recent downtime from Livejournal (along with the ongoing battles with the TOS stuff) have me thinking it would be good to reiterate where y'all can find me. I tried to friend most of you that I could figure out on my own over at greatest journal and insane journal (alas, I have no way to set up a journal fen account Thanks to arby_m, I now have journalfen!).

So here ya go...

The Other Journals

- My Greatest Journal - Dastardlyspoon - I've had this account since GJ first came along, but only recently started using it. I mostly only utilize this one when LJ is down.

- My Insane Journal - Tommygirl - This one I've been using more often. I plan to slowly move more of my fiction over there for archiving...and I also use for muse stuff as well. I like IJ much better than GJ overall and one day when I have a few bucks to spare I'm gonna buy the permanent account.

- My Vox - Tommygirl - This one I've been using regularly since I set it up. I tend to do the QoTD and use it to track books I'm reading. It's much more personal than anything fannish.

- My JournalFen- Tommygirl

- My GoodReads Account - Tommygirl - This isn't a blog, but rather a place for keeping track of books you've read/books you want to read/etc. I've become addicted to this site.

Email

1) tommygirl828 (at) gmail (dot) com - my main account
2) storydivagirl (at) hotmail (dot) com - I mostly use just to have my lj comments to go there - but I do check it.

Chatting

I no longer have Yahoo and while I have the LJ chat program installed, I don't really sign into it.

AIM: storydivagirl
MSN: tommygirl


Feel free to add me to any/all of the above. Feel fre to email/ping me on AIM at any time. I like to think I'm friendly.

So these are all the places to find me if livejournal is down or there is a fandom exodus. Despite everything though, I do still love livejournal, mostly because I'm comfortable here.

The drama going on continues to unfold around us and I'm still not sure what to make of it. My journal will continue to remain unlocked as much as it has always been over here. Quite frankly, if my journal ends up getting deleted because I've posted a few Sam/Dean stories where they are CONSENTING ADULTS and have clearly marked it not for children, then I'm not sure I want to be posting my stuff here anymore.

Livejournal is going to have to do something to work with fandom at some point, as I'm guessing the collective we (all fandoms) make up a hell of a lot of their revenues. I can't imagine they want to alienate us all away from using their product.

That said, I went around over at greatest journal and tried to friend those of you on my friends list that I found there. So if you're wondering who dastardlyspoon is, it's me. And feel free to friend me over there if you wish. While I'd hate to ever leave livejournal after so long, dude, greatest journal gives me SO MANY icon slots!

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Fannish Goals for today:

-Finish iamentheos's first prompt
-Post some recs
-Finish the last of the first kiss drabbles (so if you want one, go here)

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I ended up signing up for spn_harlequin because Nan is evil and posted really interesting and ping-worthy prompts. So yes, another challenge. larah33 and ladybug218 are going to make a community that's all about pestering me - I see it now. Heh.

Dear livejournal,

I'm glad you're back. I'm a bit more than mildly addicted, you see, and it was a very sad Saturday. My bubblefic, however, thanks you, as I was able to get it written rather than playing around with you.

Missed you terribly,

Tommygirl

So yes, livejournal was down. In case you're interested, I can be reached when livejournal is down at:

My Greatest Journal where I'm dastardlyspoon - this account only really gets used when livejournal is down.

My Vox Account where I'm Tommygirl - I actually use my Vox account frequently. Mostly for QoTD and book/movie/tv stuff.

AIM: storydivagirl
GOOGLE CHAT: tommygirl828
EMAIL: tommygirl828 (at) gmail.com or storydivagirl (at) hotmail.com

As always, feel free to friend those or not. Feel free to chat me up anytime I'm on AIM or google.

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Fortunately, iamtheenemy and ladybug218 were not my assignments for various challenges and our beta relationships have not been affected. Woo-hoo. I was a bit worried about getting assigned Steph there for a bit, not realizing until too late that I should've NOT signed up to write for her requests. But yay. Have already begun discussing yuletide and other pieces with Steph, trying to figure out the "oh my god what was I thinking? How did I think I could handle this many challenges?"

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In other news, I am way behind on my fanfiction reading due to Nano, school, and work. Also because I get home on weekdays and want to DIE, so I just veg out with my soap operas, begging Jessica not to marry Antonio and to run off with Nash.

I have some Supernatural recs saved though so I might put up a small batch over at polyfandomrecs.

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Finally, a request, what are some songs that you guys associate with Dean Winchester? I'm looking to make a Dean mix for my Nano writing. So I'm up for all sorts of suggestions (and if you upload it, you rock even more!)

Ciao darlings!

FYI...I got the google talk thing set up on my computer. I friended some of you that listed your names and such, but feel free to friend if you want - tommygirl828 (at) gmail.com

I doubt I'll be signed in very often, as I rarely have time for yahoo chat or AIM as it is - and I tend to go with AIM (storydivagirl) - but yeah, I figure I'd give it a try. I like shiny objects.