Here I Am

So things are going all crazy and wanky, it seems. The whole thing seems bizarre and while I think trying to catch real predators is important and that livejournal has to cover its own ass, well, fiction is still fiction. That said, I understand why people are locking things down and such. I don't think I'm going to quite yet. I've never used any of the inflammatory keywords in my userinfo, but we'll see how things goes.

For worst case scenarios, I am dastardlyspoon on greatest journal and thankfully, I have my own domain, so I could always just go back to primarily posting there.

Also, if it comes to it, and I need to lock down, I will give ample warning.

But again, we'll see how all this plays out.

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The Tuesday Ten

1. Ever performed in public? Sung in a choir, done karaoke, school plays, play-plays, etc etc?

Yes, I was a dancer and theater geek from the time I was four. I loved performing in front of people - singing, dancing, acting. I sometimes miss it now and think about getting involved in community stuff, but no time.

2. Your best subject at school is/was? History and English

3. Your favourite dessert is_____? (It would be polite to share recipes here :) )

Strawberry frazier from Miel

4. Pick a superpower, ANY superpower! Whatchu pick?

Invisibility

5. Whats your worst habit that you're prepared to admit to here on LJ?

I bite my nails. The minute they grow at all, I bite them.

6. How often do you visit the: Dentist/Doctor/Hairdresser/Beautician

Dentist = every six months for cleaning (more if issues), doctor = all the freaking time, hairdresser = every six months or so

7. What's that ONE word you can just NEVER say properly out loud?

coupon

8. Your fave new purchase is? My new mattress topper

9. Ever faked your folks signature?

My mom's iss bloody impossible and my dad's was chicken scratch, but I tried

10. Do you prefer cold or hot weather? Winter Vs Summer!

Winter. I can always bundle up, but god, I hate being sweaty without a good excuse for it. Hee.

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SPN Fandom: Don't forget to participate in my first weekly Supernatural Hiatus Fandom Frenzy question. And please feel free to pass it onto your fellow friends as well.

schmoopfest is still taking prompts until Friday. All fandoms, all pairings, just bring the schmoop.

Now, I'm going to try to finish the first ficlet for iamentheos since I didn't get to it earlier like I had originally planned.

Ciao darlings!

I know recently there have been lots of discussions over what constitutes a spoiler to some people and harshing squees. So I thought I would just let y'all know where I stand on these things.

Spoilers:

I do *not* want to know spoilers. I consider spoilers to be anything about the storyline of an episode that isn't out yet and/or information on an episode that has just aired in the past week. While I personally try to cut anything that has to do with episodes that I think people might not have seen, I don't expect someone to cut something from Buffy for god's sake.

If you constantly put spoilers outside of a cut, I will probably defriend you. Accidents happen, but if you can't bother to cut your thoughts on an episode that just aired over and over, I'm gonna pass on reading you. It's your right to not cut anything, but it's also my right to not want to be spoiled.

That said, I don't consider spoilers to be, "oh my god, so good" or "What the hell was that?" That stuff doesn't bother me and I don't really think that gives anything away.

So that's where I stand on spoilers.

Harshing Squees:

I'm totally okay with people talking about things they didn't like about episodes, even when i thought it was a great one, in my journal. I'm cool with discussions on what worked and what didn't. I only get upset when it turns to things like, "This sucked and anyone who liked it is obviously stupid." Because that's just rude. And do we really need that? Does that offer any insight into why it was bad?

So yes, please feel free to talk about things so long as you're not rude to me and/or other people.

Nothing too major. I'm pretty "whatever" about most things. And I understand that people have bad days and crap happens, so I'm more likely to let things slide, but my feeling about fandom is that it should always be fun. This is a hobby. If I stop having fun or start worrying about coming on livejournal, it's time to walk away.

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( The Tuesday ten on Wednesday becausee that's how I roll... )

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Today my goal is to get caught up on friends list and post some recs over at polyfandomrecs. I'm a tad bit behind on things.

I'm not really sure where my week has gone thus far. That's actually good when it comes to work as who wants that to drag, but I have accomplished nothing the past few days. And Remix is due this weekend and I keep going back and forth on the story I want to remix. See, there is one I really want to do, but the character I have the idea for? I'm not sure I can do this character justice. So I'm tentative on undertaking the whole thing, and really, I think that's how the story would work best. So then I was thinking of doing this other one, but in the back of my head, it just feels like a cop out. Can I blame the author for having so many good, fun stories?

I didn't think so.

I did manage to write my 200 words last night for stilettocamp last night. Not much more than my goal, but I made my goal. I might actually finish the next part of Winchester Meets Halliwell in this lifetime. Even though every time I think I'm close to finished with this story, it gets longer. Oh, just wait until Steph and Lara get their hands on it to beta. They will so love me. Heh.

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I should officially call this "The Tuesday Ten that I Do On Wednesdays" because I never seem to get it done on time.

( Onto the tuesday ten, random info about me... )

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Not that I didn't already appreciate y'all who run/post for newsletters, but now that I'm helping dragonsinger with the het_newsletter, I am so much more impressed with you guys. My night was fairly easy and it was still hard work. Goodness.

That said, if you ever have any het news, please be sure to post it over at het_alerts or hook me up with a link. And if you want to know all about the het fic out there, just check out het_newsletter.

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I will have a pimpage post in the near future. I'm sitting on links that I should pimp like mad, but haven't had time to go through and properly do anything with them. I'm trying y'all. Bear with me just a little bit longer.

Ciao.

The Supernatural Friday Five (spn_fridayfive) – Week 25:

1. If Dean were setting up Sam on a blind date, what kind of girl would he pick out? Feel free to include details like appearance, personality, hobbies, oddities, etc.

Dean would totally be thinking “booty call” for Sam, so he would try to find a really hot girl who would put out. I think he would be wary of trying to find someone more permanent for Sam, given their lives.

2. If Sam were setting up Dean on a blind date?

And here is the opposite. Because I think Sam would want to find Dean someone that he could actually be with and count on. It would probably be a hunter or someone well aware of that lifestyle, who would be willing to tolerate Dean doing it. At the same time, it has to be someone as stubborn as Dean because you know what ever girl that boy starts to fall for, he is going to put through the ringer.

3. When was Dean's first date? How did it go? Where did they go? How long did it last? Anything else? I can see Dean being the boy that hooked up and had lots of first dates, but no real gilfriends. I’m guessing he was pretty young for going far, just based on the way he grew up and the total allure of the bad boy and his utter HOTNESS.

4. How do you imagine John and Mary met? He was just recently out of the military and working as a mechanic. She brought her car in and as he was ringing her up he said something like, “You probably get this all the time, but can I have your number?” And then he smiled an irrisistible grin (One that both dean and sam have inherited) and how could she refuse?

5. How do you imagine Sam and Jess met? I imagine Jess as being the one to take the initiative, mostly because Sam seems so shy around girls that he actually likes. So I see it being Jess chatting him up and initially asking him out.

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And so what if it's Friday? Does that mean I can't do the "Tuesday Ten"

( This past week's Tuesday Ten...I did warn I might be spamming... )

Hey everyone! Hope all is well. It looks like livejournal/fandom was a wonderful place of love this weekend. Of course I miss out on that.

But just so we're clear. I love you all. If you're on my friends list, you're here for a reason. And in general, my feelings about fandom are usually great. Almost everyone is kind and generous and smart and so damn talented.

(I also have not forgotten about finishing my friends love for the new year. I'm a tad bit behind, but it will get done. Really. It will.)

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I also seem to have some new friends through recent friending memes and other arenas.

::waves::

So I figured it was time to do more facts that no one really wants to know about Tommygirl. (Links to Volume 1: Who is Tommygirl & Volume 2: laws of land & more facts)

( Random things about me... )

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And since this week's Tuesday Ten hasn't been posted, I'm going to take the opportunity to do last week's first.

( Last week's Tuesday Ten... )

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If I spam today, I apologize ahead of time. I'm trying to get caught up on things and I'm bored at work. Double trouble.

Ciao darlings!

Sorta snow day! We got to come into work an hour late this morning and the boss is buying those of us who showed up lunch and probably letting us leave early. Woo-hoo. This has the starts of an awesome Valentine's Day.

First, let's start with yesterday's Tuesday Ten because I forgot to post it then.

( It's a day late, but not a dollar short... )

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I didn't watch Gilmore Girls last night. Mostly because I love Lorelai/Christopher and I'm not sure my heart could've taken it, but also because my sister and I wanted to watch 24 and it's her "birthday week" so she gets her way.

( Thoughts on the last two hours of 24... )

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To everyone on my friends list (new friends and old): Happiest of Valentine's Days! I love you all. Each of you make me smile, laugh, and think in various ways throughout the year and my life is that much better for having y'all in it. ::huggles each of you::

Now I'm off to catch up on friends list and pretend to work hard on a snow day!

Ciao darlings!

I'm feeling a lot better today, which is good considering I really don't want to miss another day of work and weep at the state of my desk when I return.

But being home sick did give me time to rewatch two of my favorite shows...

( First there was Heroes... )

And then 24 broke my brain, but when doesn't it?

( So yeah, uh... )

Other television:

Dresden Files was okay. I love the books a lot, so I knew it would be hard to live up to them, and I'm trying to make my peace with some of the small changes. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't the strongest start. I just hope it gets better because the guy is HOT.

the Class continues to be hysterical. I'm so not the normal CBS sitcom girl, but this show is crazy fun.

NCIS I'm at the end of season three and I love it so much. I'm a Tony girl, but I love them all. Such good stuff.

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Ryan Gosling got nominated. He kicked ass in that role and that movie was so freaking good. I know he probably won't win, but it's just so cool that the academy acknowledged him with a nomination.

A little miffed that Dreamgirls didn't get a best movie nod. I loved that movie. It was so freaking good. Mostly I'm peeved that I have to see Babel, when I'm in my anti-Pitt mood. Tomorrow night I'm going to see Pan's Labryinth so that will take care of one of the many movies I still need to see.

Overall, there weren't a ton of surprises with the nominations, but Ryan Gosling just makes me so happy!

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The Tuesday Ten:

1. How would you describe your High School self? Maybe there's a neat lil stereotype you fit in, maybe not, but tell me what you woulda put on your passport back then. Nerd. Cool Kid. Band geek. Drama student. etc etc(Me? I was no doubt a nerd to some, a rebel to others, never really the cool kid, never really the geek, just lil middle of the road Mel.)

There were two versions of me in high school. I was popular and bitchy and participated in everything for my first two and a half years. After that, I sorta became more comfortable in my own skin and realized that popularity wasn't worth having people you really couldn't count on as friends...so I mostly stuck with the drama squad after that. That said, my school was not the typical high school...the popular kids weren't the football players and the cheerleaders. In fact, we tended to mock the cheerleaders. We were more a school where the cool kids were smart and took part in government and theater.

2. Fave subject at school?

My law class was my favorite class. We took a trip to hear a Supreme Court case in DC. Very cool.

3. If you're done with school, think you'll ever go back? Study something else? If you're still at school of some sort, what are you studying now?

I want to get my masters/doctorate in either English Literature or Creative Writing.

4. Fave teacher?

Mrs. Mueller, my fifth grade teacher

5. Alternatively, worst teacher? My junior year English 3AP teacher. She was just...she based every grade she gave you on your very first paper. No matter what I did in her class, I could not get better than an 88...she was out to get me, I swear. And she was convinced, based on my emo creative writing, that I was mentally unstable and kept trying to get me to "talk" to her.

6. Which of your current fandoms really pwns your soul right now?

Supernatural! Heroes is a pretty close second though.

7. Which of your current fandoms are you not-so-much with the obsessive love right now, but you're not quite ready to let go?

Gilmore Girls. It still has it's good moments. And I do like Lorelai/Christopher, but it's nowhere near the par of earlier seasons.

8. Which two of your current fandoms would have the most fun getting together for some crossover action? Characters, actors, I dont mind which.

Supernatural & 24! Dean WInchester and Jack Bauer would be an awesome team! Terrorist are working with a group of demons...and only those two can save the world! (Feel free to write this for me - wink, wink, nudge, nudge)

9. Which guest character/actor/MOTW/etc etc would you most like to see pop up in your fave fandoms canon?

Adam Baldwin as a badass hunter on Supernatural!

10. If the world of your favourite fandom was real, what would your Mary-Sueing self get up to there?

Well, in Supernatural, I would totally be needing Sam and Dean's help because I lived in an evil demon house last year.

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Alrighty, gonna watch GG and then probably get some sleep.

Ciao darlings!

My yuletide story has been edited and is now uploaded. Woo-hoo. That's one down and a billion writing obligations to go. But that really was the hardest one for me and now it's done. Woo-hoo.

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Work was crazy busy today and last night, due to drugging myself out of a headache, I fell asleep before the finale of Dexter. What is wrong with me? My one co-worker came up to me ready to discuss and I had to cover my years, shouting, "Fa, la, la." Not fun. Plan to watch it tonight. Because really. I need another cliffhanger type thing to add to my television neurosis.

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( The Tuesday Ten...on time this week... )

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So, do I catch up on the friends list or go watch Dexter and let the friends list wait another day?

I'm thinking Dexter wins. I mean, love you guys and all, but really, there's nothing like a show about a serial killer right before hunkering in for bed.

Ciao darlings!

The Tuesday Ten this week was all about celebrities/characters from fandoms. Yeah, I know it's no longer Tuesday, but rules are for losers.

( The Tuesday Ten, but done on Wednesday... )

Sorry for the spammage! For reals. I'm awake now. Dammit. I think I need to dose myself with some Tylenol PM on top of my regular meds.

The Tuesday Ten by mel_b_angel:

1. Do you have a Hero? (Wind beneath your wings or otherwise :)) If so, who? Kevin Smith is totally my hero. I love that man.

2. What are you currently REALLY looking forward to? I cannot wait for the four day weekend of Thanksgiving. I really need four days off and the boy will be down and it will be lovely times.

3. What’s your absolute favourite meal? PIZZA! Though I don’t consider that a meal, so uh…I love grilled chicken & broccoli pasta. YUM.

4. What’s your physical!kink? Hands, necks, chests, feet, bellybuttons ( munchkinfdoom ;) )... what does it for you? I have some vampire tendencies. I love boys with pretty necks and arms. Gah. Like Keanu Reeves in Speed? You just want to BITE them.

5. Is Grease really the word? According to the song…

6. Got a green thumb? Alas, I have the brown thumb that kills things. Dude, I’ve killed cactuses and bamboo, two things that apparently are impossible to kill. I’m gifted.

7. What’s one thing *I* (and my flist potentially!) should know about you I don’t already? I’m an insane Philadelphia Flyers fan and have been since the womb (my mother says I used to kick a lot when she was at the games…)

8. To fake-tan, or not fake-tan? I don’t bother. I’m so pale and I’ve grown used to it.

9. Do you smoke? I tried it when I was in college because most of my sorority sisters smoked, but it was just gross and expensive, so I stopped rather quickly (like after a pack).

10. If you were head honcho in your part of the world – PM, President, King, Emperor, Chief etc etc – what’s the first thing you’d do? People would need my personal permission to be able to drive.