Here I Am

So a few weeks ago, my partner in crime, iamtheenemy asked me questions for the interview meme. My head is killing me and I'm bored, so I shall answer.

1. Really, though, how am I so amazing? You always take the amazing pills that I send you like a good girl.

2. If you had to get a tattoo, where would it be and what would it look like? I'd get masks of comedy & drama...very small...and I guess on my ankle? I really have no interest in any tattoos because they involve needles.

3. What are you reading right now? (Besides J2 porn, dirty girl.) Actual books? I just started Moyers on Democracy by Bill Moyers, which is a collection of speeches/editorials he made over recent years. In fanfiction, I"m currently reading a lot of IronMan fic and maybe David Cook RPS. er...

4. Who are your five ultimate OTPs?

Buffy/Angel, BtVS; Maria/Michael, Roswell; Sam/Dean, Supernatural; Mohinder/Matt, Heroes; Tony/Pepper, Iron Man

**This was pretty hard because I really don't have many OTPs for most fandoms...For example, for Alias, I love Sydney with a bunch of people, depending on the writer. So the above were the ones where I tend not to like them with anyone else (though it depends on the day and my mood!)

5. What is your dream vacation spot? I would love to rent a house in Maine for a month during the summer that was right on the beach...and just spend time on the beach, reading and being lazy.

6. What is the best concert you've ever been to? Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. I've seen him a few times and he's just amazing.

I saw the new Harry Potter movie today. Highly enjoyable. May discuss more later, but for now, I just enjoyed it.

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( Supernatural Friday Five - the last two weeks... )

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Some questions from the awesome vinylroad:

1. If you were to have a child (haha! I'm not saying you're GOING to, but if you did!), what would you name him/her and why? Give a name or two for both sexes.

So the boy and I have had these conversations from time to time, which usually end with my saying something like, "If I have to have the thing, I think I get the right to name it whatever the hell I want" and him using words like "irrational" and "maybe we shouldn't talk kids until you stop referring to them as things" - that said, I love the name Nicholas. If I had a girl, it would be Emma or Alexis.

2. When was the first time you fell in love? What happened? Are you in love now?

Real love was probably not until college. We met at a mock United Nations competition at Yale. Looking back, we were completely wrong for each other, but his West Point Uniform tended to make me forget that. It did not end well though. We were going in different directions with our lives and as the boy now likes to say, he was a complete lunatic.

In love now? sureyeahuh-huh except when he says i'm irrational or he's snoring really loud

3. What is your favourite book/movie/song and why?

The Outsiders and Pride & Prejudice are my favorite books of all time. I read them both for the first time when I was young and they just showed me all the things that a writer could be capable of getting across with a bunch of words. And I'm pretty sure SE Hinton is responsible for my brother kink though I probably didn't realize it at 10.

Movie will always be Say Anything. It's just wonderful, even if it broke me for most real boys.

Song is "Wonderful World" - I have about ten different covers of that song and I love it. It's just a beautiful song.

4. If you were President of the United States, what would you do FIRST?

After I had a good cry because something went horribly awry? I've never wanted to be president. I was always the little kid who wanted to be a Supreme Court justice because they had the real power. First thing I would do is work on getting everyone some sort of health care.

5. What is the one thing you regret the most? If you had the chance, would you go back and change it?

I'm never really good with these things. There are things I regret, but at the same time, they were all learning experiences that made me who I am today. But yeah, I've hurt people with some nasty words and I do regret that.

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My sinus headache has still NOT gone away. I wanted to write tonight, but I'm not really a "push past the pain" sort of girl. Instead I might re-read some of my favorite sam/dean stories.

Hope everyone is having a good day.

It's going around again and I quite enjoy it:

THE RULES:

1. Leave me a comment saying anything random, like your favorite lyric to your current favorite song. Or your favorite kind of sandwich. Something random. Whatever you like.
2. I respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. Update your LJ with the answers to the questions. (This is why I don't do memes all that often.)
4. Include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be asked, you will ask them five questions.

( Questions & Answers from poisontaster... )

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I'm going through caffeine withdrawal, my sinuses are killing me, and the boy has left to go back up to NYC. He was in a lovely mood this morning because his week of vacation is over. Cry him a river. My vacation isn't until October.

We were incredibly lazy yesterday, watching a bunch of crap on television and reading and napping. We are so damn lame. SOmetimes I think we're together because no one else would tolerate our lameness.

However, I did manage to finish up the first draft of Daddy!Dean fic which iamentheos is going to beta and I also wrote out the first draft of cricketkate's Kat/Ethan fic in a notebook. Now I just have to type it up, do my own edits, and look for a beta. I like it when I'm productive with my writing.

Still have tons to do though like Jen's b-day story 'o doom that won't end and ficathon pieces. So much writing, so little time. It doesn't help that random ideas keep coming up. I think my Sam/Dean story, I Can Feel Your Heart Beat from a Thousand Miles, has spawned a possible 'verse and that scares me. Mostly because there are so many ideas that started coming up when I began writing that piece, but I couldn't get it all in. But I'm not sure I'm the right type of person to undertake creating a whole 'verse at the moment, as my writing is so damn sporadic. Then again, I tend to feel like that line from Idina Menzel's song "Still I Can't Be Still": I resist the muses, but they sing to me in exile... Lordy, I'm broken.

Dear sinuses,

You suck. I'm not sure what purpose you're *supposed* to serve, but severe head pain is not my idea of a good time.

No love,

Tommygirl

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Dear Fall Out Boy,

You are all ADORABLE. And yours songs are like crack! And Pete/Patrick is owning. And this is all Steph's fault.

Love,

Tommygirl

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Because I always love this meme!

1. Leave me a comment saying anything random, like your favorite lyric to your current favorite song. Or, your favorite kind of sandwich. Something random. Or whatever, I don't care.
2. I respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better. If I already know you well, expect the questions may be a little more intimate.
3. You WILL update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be asked, you will ask them five questions. if you do comment, expect some delays in the questions!

Questions from iamentheos:

1. Is Ben still THE.ONE? Oh yes! I love him so much.

2. If yes, what keeps him in the top spot. If not, who beat him out and why? He was just on Bill Mahr a few weeks ago and I just *love* him. He's smart and funny and well-read and LIBERAL and hot. Seriously, I love many hot boy celebrities, but Ben is just my favorite. I love him so.

3. So, you and Steve. I'll be invited to the wedding, yes? *giggles* ::looks around innocently:: If hell freezes over and I agree to not only get married, but have an actual wedding, you would totally be invited.

4. Are you coming to Vancouver next year? Please?! I'm already saving up! How can I miss my evil weeble's 30th b-day bash???

5. So, Emmy goes Goes what? Where does Emmy go (aside from all the way with Jensen while jake watches?)

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Army Wives is actually not that bad of a show. I'm watching purely for Drew Fuller, even if he will always be Chris to me, but the show is entertaining. And it has Gordon from SPN as a nice army husband.

Must pop some pills again and then I'm going to catch up on friends list and then try to write for a bit.

It used to be that I was able to get caught up on livejournal, fic, and writing on the weekends, but lately my weekends are passing in a blur of craziness. I'm not sure what to make of that.

It started with going out drinking with some of my co-workers for our one friend's last day. And moved at lightening speed from there.

I took my little bit to see Meet the Robinsons in 3D. When I asked if she wanted the regular or 3D version, she rolled her eyes at me and said, "Tommy, 3D will be much more fun." How silly of me. Anyway, I loved it as much as she did. It's hysterical. And has a very nice message, especially about how the villain came to be a villain.

Then there was the boy and hanging with some friends and errands and watching the first three episodes of Robin Hood (finally!!!) and now it's Sunday night and my weekend is over. Bah. At least I have off for Good Friday this week and I'm tempted to put in for Easter Monday off as well. Hhhmmm...must decide on that one.

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More interview questions, this time from pun because, as I said in her journal, I am an egomaniac.

( More random information about me... )

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Is Brothers & Sisters new this evening? I hope so. I miss new episodes of that show. Plus, it ended in a place where I want to see what happens next.

Still behind on 24 as I chose to start Robin Hood and got sucked in through the first three episodes. I knew this would happen. I have a love of the story of Robin Hood and I've always loved Marian because she was strong and opinionated and her whole life wasn't just about her love for Robin. And the show is just so entertaining and funny and Robin is HOT. And while I think my favorite Sheriff of Nottingham will always be Alan Rickman (Why a spoon, cousin?), I think the actor in the role on the show does a really good job of playing the character.

Also forced the boy to sit through the last few episodes of General Hospital, which was a mistake. He likes to point out how ridiculous the storylines are. Like I don't know that. I'm an addict. And there are cute boys! And it's just...I *know* how dumb some of the storylines are, but I still watch.

And honestly, he shouldn't be surprised. I loved Fastlane for god's sake.

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Alrighty, I'm going to try to catch up on the friends list and catch up on comments. However, I think I'll probably end up watching some more episodes of Robin Hood.

Ciao.

It's Tuesday and it's snowing. Fun times.

So I was wrong last night. I ended up watching The Class and Heroes.

Dude, the Class was funny last night. I've always been a Kat/Ethan girl, but I'm really loving the addition of Kyle to them. The three of them together are so much fun.

And right to Heroes...

( I love this show, and I really love Nathan... )

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And now, I took part in the Interview Meme that was going around.

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better. If I already know you well, expect the questions may be a little more intimate!
3. You will update your lj with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

( Below are 4 sets of interview questions from people... )

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Please let us get to leave early. Please let us get to leave early. I want a snow day!

Happy Supernatural Day! Yay for the boys of Winchester - Dean, Sammy, and Papa working together. It just fills my heart with glee.

Seriously, Supernatural is my new favorite thing about Thursdays. Yes, there is still Smallville and the Welling prettiness, but Supernatural long ago surpassed my love of every other show.

And that's taking into account the rockingness of this week's Veronica Mars. But poor Veronica - while it has a Logan, it does not have a Dean & Sam.

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So last night's American Idol...

( Spoilers on who went home... )

Also, since my sister and I finished Christmas Invasion episode of Dr. Who on Tuesday night, last night we watched the first episode of the new season.

Don't have much to say on it currently, but dude, as much as I came to love Nine, I think that will be far surpassed by my love of Ten. And not just because it's David Tennant and he's hot. But he's just...I can't explain it. I mean, I love Nine immensely...so damn adorable and wonderful. But Ten in just Christmas Invastion and 2.1 has completely won me over.

I didn't have a chance to watch Alias yet, but I'm greatly looking forward to it. It seems that JJ and company are trying very hard to make up for some downward spiral times and giving the fans a kick-ass ending. Here's to hoping.

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More interview questions, this time from dragonsinger:

1) Read anything good lately? yeppers. I read Peeps by Scott Westerfeld, a young adult book about vampires done a bit differently. And, of course, Charmed Thirds by Megan McCafferty came out two weeks ago so I read that book in three days! I love my Jessica Darling books.

2) Dean comes to you for help on an investigation, what would be your expertise? The Jersey Devil. South Jersey has been my home all my life and I know that story very well. Though my favorite sighting story of the Jersey Devil was someone who saw him driving down Rt. 206 in a Ford Bronco. Hee.

3) You've been turned into a Charmed One. What's your power? Can I have Piper’s powers? She rocks.

4) If you had to choose a favorite book, what would it be? That’s actually easy. My favorite book of all time is The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. I read it for the first time when I was eleven and I’ve read it at least once a year since. I just love it so much.

5) Does this jacket make me look fat? You? Fat? Never darling!

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Okay, off to do some work and hopefully some writing at some point.

Ciao.

Argh. It should be law that Monday mornings at work can't start until at least 10am. It should especially be true when one wakes up to thunder storms. Like I really wanted to get out of bed to that.

I'm not really sure where my weekend went. I read a bit, slept a lot (damn sinuses), and watched a whole lot of Doctor Who with the sister so that we can start season two. I didn't do anything fandom-related and now the crunch is on to finish many things by this coming weekend. Oh why do I procrastinate?

I really need to work on my smutbox stuff so that I can get it to magickly with enough time for lots of changes and new ideas and such before the due date on Sunday. We chatted some about what we wanted to do and I started something...just never finished. Bad fangirl that I am.

Oh, FYI...Target is having one of their Tv-shows-on-dvd sales again. West Wing seasons 1-5, Gilmore Girls seasons 1-5, Nip & Tuck seasons 1-2, and Veronica Mars are all on sale for like 23.00 bucks. I picked up season three of West Wing. Is it weird that I only want seasons 1-3 (which I have) and then 6 & 7? I mean, the show just lost me for awhile there. Sadly, I still watched each week.

On the bright side to a miserable monday morning...new 24 tonight! God, I love Jack Bauer...and this so is just so damn good.

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The Interview Meme

01. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
02. I will respond by asking you five questions of a very intimate and creepily personal nature. Or not so creepy/personal.
03. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
04. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
05. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.


5 Questions from carrielh:

1. Name three things that you absolutely can't live without. books, my computer, my Tivo

2. What's your favorite fic you've ever written? Hhhmmm…this is quite hard, but I’m pretty fond of The Proposal, which is a Haley/Nathan One Tree Hill story set during the first season. I think it turned out rather well.

3. If you created a television show, what genre would it be? And name five actors that you would do absolutely anything to have on your show. Oh, this is easy because it’s one I’ve always wanted to do if I had those type of connections. I want to turn the Stephanie Plum series of books into a television show – so action/mystery/romance…Actors I’d want versus actors who’d be good for the show becomes hard though. But five actors I’d do anything to work with: Matt Damon, George Clooney, Jennifer Garner, Reese Witherspoon, Jensen Ackles…however, I don’t know that they would fit the roles in the show.

4. What's your job like? Is it what you'd like to do for the foreseeable future, or do you have another dream career in mind? I work in transportation management, trying to get people to use alternate choices rather than single car driving. It’s not a bad job and I love the people I work with, but I’m working on many degrees so that I can become a college professor of English instead. My goal is to be a professor/novelist.

5. What's your favorite song of the moment? “Love that Will Last” Renee Olstead

5 questions from nicalamity:

1. if you could live in one fandom, which one would you pick? Supernatural, but I wouldn’t be a victim, I’d be a hunter who happens to have to work with Dean and Sam and they both adore her and she gets them to walk around wearing only towels and...

2. super powers. everyone wants one. what's yours? I’m invincible!

3. is there any particular celebrity gossip or even celebrity in general that irks you? Oh, so much that irks me, but the trend started with “Bennifer” to combine names of dating celebs. Is it really that hard to say both names? It’s just…it turns them into entities.

4. what's your "comfort food"? Pizza. It’s my favorite food, my comfort food, my *every* food.

5. i have a time machine. which time period would you like to go to? I want to go back to the early sixties and be on Bandstand.

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A Little Pimpage:

- Supernatural & Stargate Atlantis People: There are still some prompts in those fandoms up for claiming for the original character fanfiction challenge
- Since us Brothers Halliwell girls aren't getting a spin-off, dragonsinger is running the Brothers Halliwell Prompt-a-thon. So go and offer up some Wyatt & Chris prompts.
- A new round of rec50 begins on May 1st. So go claim a fandom, pairing, character and rec anywhere from 10 to 50 of your favorite stories.

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Okay, off to catch up on friends list and do some writing. My new mantra is must write, must write, must write...

how much do I love my new 140 hour TIVO. I mean, our other one, which is now in the sister's room, was great and wonderful and lasted a very long time (it still works), but it was one of the first models and only held 30 hours of time at its most basic.

::hugs her tivo::

::Wonders if she is crazier than she originally suspected::

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For all my Charmed girls out there, question regarding the finale:

( I'm cutting away in case people haven't seen it yet... )

I haven't seen 24 yet, but otherwise, I'm up-to-date on all my finales for the season. I'm waiting for the sister to watch the new QAF, hoping it's goodness and lots of hot Brian Kinney. Really, he just has to be on the screen and I'm a happy girl.

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Today I must finish my story for the Jack/Sawyer/Kate Ficathon. It's in a really rough place right now (dirty! but not!), so it needs a lot of work before tomorrow's deadline. Must. Finish. Story.

I will not sign up for any more ficathons until yuletide...that is my new goal. I will do the ones I've signed up for already, but I need a break. It's my own fault. They're all so appealing and I have an addiction, but no more! sdlucly said so!

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Speaking of, had fun conversations with both sdlucly and iamtheenemy last night. I'm trying to get sdlucly to write a Seth/Ryan piece where they go see the new Star Wars and Seth compares Marissa to the dark side. Hee. I even helped with some possible dialogue. So let's all bug her to write it!

And Steph had to explain CSI world to me so that I could properly beta her CSI fic...and now, she's made me a shipper on a show that I don't even watch. I don't know if that proves her brilliance or her evilness. Maybe both.

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( I think this is the last of the interview questions, but really, feel free to ask away if so inclined... )

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It's a Tuesday, I'm procrastinating, so be warned that there may be a few more posts throughout the day.

But, for the meantime, I shall bid you adieu.

First, happy birthday to carrielh!!! I hope you have a great day!

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Last night I did something that I rarely do anymore – I read a very long, unfinished WIP, all 34 chapters in one evening. I was minding my own business, perusing the recent fics posted over at fanfiction.net in the Charmed section and there was this story called He Did It For Me by Teal Lover. And I got sucked in right away, as if this author knew every single of one my kinks in fiction, the stuff that makes me swoon and lose all sanity that would tell me, “Don’t read a story all in one sitting, dude. You have things to do, your own writing to complete.”

There is an interesting plot, but really, it’s about the characters and how they deal with things and their reactions to the reveals. There is Good Adult Wyatt, Wyatt/Chris as best friends, and angst out the wazoo. I don’t want to give anything away, but really, oh the angst! It hits you in the first chapter and just keeps building and building until you’re hoping for an emotional release that hasn’t come quite yet.

There are a few grammar/spelling issues that arise throughout the chapters, but nothing too annoying that I couldn’t overlook it – and if I can get past it, probably most people can because I have issues. I found myself willing to ignore them because the story was much more powerful than that.

So seriously, I know some of you out there (dragonsinger, ladybug218, supernaturalhel) share my love of the boys’ lives as adults and this is just...oh my god.

Go read - He Did It For Me

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Needless to say that I didn’t get any writing of my own done last night or get updates done to my website that needed to be handled.

I did, however, get hit with large amounts of angsty!Chris muse who thinks that I should be bringing the angst like Teal Lover did. Good god. Beware ladybug218 that I don’t go all misery & woe on our A/U.

I did not forget that I need to get the Princess Bride ficlet done, as it was a reward fic for April Fool’s Challenge and since it’s over...but I’ve never written in that fandom before and I’m quite panicked that I will ruin one of my favorite movies.

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( More interview questions because I love them - these are from louisemcgregor )

( And these are questions from dragonsinger... )

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New Veronica Mars this evening! I’m both looking forward to and fearing this episode. How are there only two left to this season? It’s seriously my favorite show this year. It’s the one that I think about and the one that constantly makes all coherent thought go away...and maybe it’s because the creator seems to notice what the fans want and gives it to them (even if it’s in evil small doses filled to the brim with angst and obstacles).

Battlestar Galatica would be a close second for favorite show for those same reasons and because there is no getting around Apollo’s hotness in my opinion.

Yes, it’s true. I’m shallow and what usually gets me to watch something in the beginning is the promise of a cute boy, but then I need more, preferably with snark.

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Alrighty, most of the office is out today. I found myself singing “All By Myself” until one of my co-workers said I should audition for American Idol. He swears he wasn’t being sarcastic, but I’m not so sure.

Have a good day everyone!