Here I Am

Thank the lords this is only a three-day week. I'm so lethargic and disinterested in the world at large at the moment. I'm hoping it's because of the cold of doom that just won't go away (it's going on a month) and that my energy is just sapped because of it. Or maybe it's just the change of season brining on some ennui. Whatever the cause, I apologize if I'm less that chatty and fun.

Does anyone know if there is any good It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia fanfiction out there? I'll try pairings, no real specific one in my head, but I'd love stuff in the same vain as the show (totally inappropriate and hilarious).

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I started rewatching the canon for my yuletide fic and it got my mind whirling with some ideas. I really love the characters that I'm writing for...I just worry about getting their voices right. Nothing worse than a character that doesn't sound like s/he should. Especially since this is a gift for someone and I want it to be great and everything that they were hoping for.

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Seeing twilight has gotten my brain going on more ideas for Alice/Jasper fic. Probably just because they weren't featured nearly enough, but when they were they were so darn cute together. I just love them lots. And I guess it's a good thing since I have 18 more fics to write for the twilight20 prompt table.

How is my weekend over already? Yesterday, there was house hunting and shopping with the mother before sleeping due to head pains of doom. Then today, my sister and I were supposed to look at a few more houses, except my back tire went flat. So I ended up at Pep Boys getting all four of my tires replaced. Argh. There goes the tax refund that we're all getting next week. Mine went to tires. Sometimes being an adults sucks.

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Supernatural this week. New episodes makes me happy. New Sam and Dean make me very happy.

( to be on the safe side...spoilers... )

Oh life, why must you be so busy? And by "life" what I really mean is work. Argh. I don't mind covering the other position for the most part, but part of that job is packing for fairs/distributions and god, I hate that. It's so annoying.

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In other news, I've lost my cotton-picking mind and signed up for spn_j2_bigbang. I have an idea and I think it will end up being gen, but really, I have to wait and see how Dean and Sam react to that, especially with something of this length. But I think it's time for me to try my hand at a long story again. It used to be all that I wrote and now I tend not to go in that direction. So wish me luck.

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Also, winchestercon is coming to Boston! Who's planning to go? I figure I went all the way to Los Angeles last year, I can manage a quick train trip up to Boston. And it was a lot of fun and cool to meet so many wonderful people...so, yeah. Tentatively planning to go!

::looks at iamtheenemy::

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Not much else to report at the moment. Work has fried my brain so I'm going to wait to do some reviews of television shows. Just know that the Terminator series owns, but I love all the movies (yes, even three, ::hangs head::), so I'm probably a bit biased. And One Tree Hill is back and Nathan with the grunge look is YUMMY (even if he's an ass). So I'm watching tv, just have no brain function after work to do anything about it.

As larah33 pointed out in an email today, I wouldn't be me if I wasn't running behind on things...so holiday drabbles are coming. I swear. Sickness combined with a need to finish my yuletide fic and help others with betas of theirs...well, drabbles fell to the wayside. Hopefully, over the next few days I will catch up.

And okay, when I'm not feeling well, I tend to read fic rather than write it. And since I only came into Numb3rs this season, there is a plethora of fic for me to go through. I'm loving it, though it does seem to suffer from the same problem that a lot of NCIS fic does - the use of "lover" repeatedly in fics. It just bugs me. Why can't you just use the person's name? Why would you ahve to say, "He studied his lover's cooking." BAH.

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Hope all is going well for everyone. I'm going to attempt to catch up on the friends list, but I'm not sure how far I'll make it. Life is a crazy blur at the moment. I haven't even had a chance to do a review of last week's Supernatural - though it should go without saying that I LOVE OUR BOYS!

::huggles you all::

I've spent some time going through my tags and updating them a bit. I think I still want to get them better organized and such, but for the time being, I think it will be easier overall.

Also did some organizational work for polyfandomrecs.

Now I shall try to write a little before I head home in the terrible weather.

Happy Supernatural Day, my friends! New Sammy and Dean tonight!

Alas, I'm sick. Stupid sinuses. It's moving to my chest so I left work early in hopes of combating the yuck before it became too bad.

Have not watched any of the three awesome shows on at 10pm on Wednesday yet. Tivo'd Dirty Sexy Money and Project Runway at eleven, and then I just need Life. Why must all the shows be on opposite one another?

I should try to do some writing today, at least my 500 words, but I'm not sure what I'm in the mood to write. Maybe some sam/dean schmoop that no one but me will ever see. I don't know.

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In the meantime, I'm once again on the hunt for schmoop. So rec me your favorite schmoop fics. Any fandom, any pairing!

Yesterday was a wash as far as writing went. I ended up going shopping with the mother for a large portion of the day and then I was adding Christmas music to my ITunes (which becomes an ordeal because I'm anal and crazy) and by the time I showered, cooked dinner, and watch the last three days of All My Children I was ready for bed.

And seriously, I love Aidan and Greenlee. I love them. Only reason I'm watching this show currently. They better not screw this up for them because I'm about ready to stop watching GH due to the horrors of no more Robin/Patrick.

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I'm working today so that I can use a floating holiday at Christmas. It will be lovely come the end of December, but this morning I was wondering what is wrong with me. The office is pretty quiet though, which hopefully means I can make up my writing from yesterday.

So this afternoon at the end of my lunch hour, I managed to spill my large soda all over me, the chair, and the floor. It went everywhere, especially all over me to the point that I had to take a few hours of personal time in order to come home, shower and change. Decided it best not to go back for the last hour.

Then our internet went down until just about fifteen minutes ago.

So I ended up succumbing and watching the ITunes free gift of Supernatural season three premiere. Don't worry, my review won't come until tomorrow as I'm about to go to bed and wish this day away. Then get up early enough to watch SPN again.

Seriously, y'all, the cosmos is conspiring against me.

Argh. Long day at work, compounded by heat, exhaustion and sinus pain, only to return home to no electricity once again. Seriously starting to get annoyed. I'm a huge ass baby who loves air conditioning and hates the heat. I don't care that for years and years people survived without it. I hate heat, especially when it's chock-full of humidity.

Also signed in to see that livejournal is at it again with deletions. I'm of the belief that they do have the right to delete whatever they don't want associated with their site, but it would be nice if they clarified exactly what that is. Yes, they have the right not to provide a certain service, but then a consumer has the right to then decide that livejournal isn't the right product for them. And this is why I didn't buy the permanent account...because LJ has been so ambiguous and why would I fork out all that money if it decides it's not about its fannish side.

And what's with this new flagging system they've set up? What is this? The McCarthy era?

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On a brighter side, Carly emailed me and Steph with this information. Lance and a memoir! Oh, this is awesome! I cannot wait! I want the dish, Lance. I love you, Lance. Tell me how you made out with JC all the damn time! Tell me about the porn Joey forced you to watch on the tour bus. Tell me how Justin asked you to make out with him just to make sure he wasn't gay. Tell me it all!

I'm so sending a copy of this book with my notes to vinylroad when I'm done. We can see how close her fics were to accurate. Hee-hee. (I know most of mine are off - I made him straight. BWAH.)

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The Supernatural Friday Five - Week 43

1 Do you think Sam and Dean ever ran away/contemplated running away when they were younger? If so, do you think they would have run away together, or separately? Where would they have gone?

I'm sure Dean contemplated it at some point, but he would never act on it. His family, specifically Sam, needed him and that would've kept him. Plus, I honestly think Dean and John had a good relationship, so in Dean's mind there was no real reason to contemplate it aside from the normal angst of being a teenager. Now Sam...I could see him when he's little packing a bag and then Dean catching him and Dean totally getting him to stay. Because when he was young, Sam's whole world was made up of Dean and he didn't want to lose that even if he was mad at his dad.

2 What can you imagine Dean and Sam watching on TV when they were younger?

Sports, cartoons, and Dean loves ABC soaps, but no one is supposed to know that.

3 Imagine you're on holiday in Vancouver, and as you're wandering around Downtown, you look up to see Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles talking and walking towards you. What do you do?

Spontaneously combust! Duck into an alley as not to be seen with the drool on my chin! I don't know. Seriously, I'm not one for invading someone's space, celebrity or not, when they're just out and about. So I'd definitely look and swoon, but I doubt I'd approach them.

4 Do you think John ever gave Dean and Sam the "sex talk"? Or do you think Dean tried to be a smart-ass and explain it to his brother in his own words (while laughing in his head)?

I think Dean got a to-the-point sex talk, one that probably focused more on the being safe side rather than "sex is about love" stuff. And then Dean is probably the one that Sam went to with questions after he read everything in various books. I just can't see Sam wanting to have that conversation with his dad. As it is, I picture Sam's face getting bright red when he's asking Dean questions and dean's snickering...

5 Would you rather have an hour's time for lunch with Jared or Jensen (one of them only!) or spend an hour on the set with both boys and the crew members (although keep in mind that their attention would be divided between you and their job)?

I'd rather have an hour on the set. I love so much about this show - it would be interesting to see how it all comes together. And really, I want to one day create movies and television shows, so it would be a good experience.

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Okay, I'm going to attempt to catch up on the friends list until I end up stabbing my eye out with a spork - stupid headache.

Have not checked friends list since Monday or Tuesday (days are blending together on me) and I'm not sure if I'll be able to get to it tonight or not. Work and life are crazy at the moment, which means that of course, I get random ideas for stories that I have no time to write. And when I'm suddenly free of things to do, I'll be sitting here wondering where all my ideas went.

Le sigh.

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I see that y'all are just as evil as iamtheenemy when it comes to bandslash and MCR. Why must they be pretty? And have brothers? And be from Jersey like me (which means awesome)...

So where are the good MCR and Panic icons? If one were looking...not that i'm sure I'm ready to give up my metric ton of SPN icons, but just in case...

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Anyway, if I'm missing something terribly important or you just want to berate me for being a shitty livejournaler, just holler.

Ciao darlings!