Holy crap, temperatures of 55 degrees! It's been in the 90s lately. It's cold and it won't stop raining, so needless to say I'm in pain.

Watched Hair last night. I'd seen it, nijawial hadn't, so we rented and watched. That movie never fails to effect me. It's just a well done film where everything comes together right. I'm actually sort of glad we ended up with that instead of Jesus Christ Super Star. I've been craving psych rock musicals and operas lately.

Tonight, I believe we're going to go see Star Trek! I'm terribly excited. I've heard nothing but good things from everyone, and what little snitches I've heard have me wriggling in my seat to go see this movie.

I've decided that my recent lack of fic writing has just been fandom boredom. Not that I'm leaving any of my current fandoms, it's just that currently I've written everything for them that I want to write. Season 4 of VB isn't out yet, and other than my epic, I've exhausted all the little plots I wanted to play around with. I still haven't finished Homecoming, so I'm stuck between-canons for Silent Hill. HBC...well, I've wandered into bizarre crossovers and AUs that shouldn't be shared with the general public. Let's just leave it at that.

I go for weeks without being able to write much of anything, and then once I turn to new fandoms I'm banging them out like usual. And the sheer fact that I wrote Across the Universe fic says something of just how starved for new fandom experiences I am. I don't even actually like the movie, I just like the music and the characters.

My parents brought me corn on the cob and artichoke today. That makes me happy. :D

So, I'm being very avoidant of LJ and stuffs today. Why? I went out for pizza with summoneddestiny and enigmablade last night, and taped the Criminal Minds finale. Yes, as in on a VHS. I'm always terribly behind the technology thing. Hell, until moving in with Nija I neve even had a DVD player. Just used the PS2. Anyway, I plan on watching it today but I want to avoid spoilers.

Yesterday I mostly just vegged and RPed. My hip's still bugging me, but I just can't get to a chiropractor to ease some things out yet. Luckily once I can, we have some amazing chiropractors in the area.

Nija brought me home a copy of Lisey's Story last night! Hardcover that was on clearance. I'm reading 'A Familiar Dragon' by Daniel Hood right now, but I'm so tempted to say 'mm, get back to it later!' and devour Lisey's Story again. It's simply one of the most beautiful, haunting, moving pieces of fiction I've ever read.

I got that Mercedes Lackey CD today. Not that good one, where the music is 'inspired by' her stuff. No, the one with lyrics she wrote herself.

I made it about 16 seconds into one song before I had to turn it off. Further investigation will be carried out at a later date.

My strawberries are turning red!

I'm in the mood for a good horror movie today.

Despite a shaky start to things Monday and the fact that my hip is experiencing epic problems, yesterday turned out to be a pretty good day.

summoneddestiny dropped by after work to hang out for a little while. We spent most of our time on our favorite subject: authors! And, subsequently, writing. I actually did overcome my writer's block a little to get some fic written last night. But mostly we discussed the ever-popular Mercedes Lackey - dissection of the specific cultures she's clumsily and ham-fistedly appropriated - and a hilarious comparison between Anne Rice and Stephanie Meyer. Interestingly enough, when dissecting their work side by side, there are some glaring and detailed similarities that can be eyebrow raising.

We grabbed a quick dinner, went into the square to take some pictures, and just had a relaxing afternoon. Then N came over for a little while, and we hung out on the porch having one of those meandering, deep thought type conversations. We somehow managed to start out on a very introspective discussion comparing and contrasting the philosophical schools of Jainism to Carvaka and end up on the archetypal symbolism of supporting characters in The Venture Bros.

I love my friends.

Then there was just vegging in front of the TV until nijawial got in and I very, very much needed to get to bed.

I've been hearing a lot about the new FMA series, but haven't been able to watch any of it. My computer doesn't have sound. I consider this a mixed blessing situation. ;)

I also got the bathroom entirely cleaned! And got to creep people out my showing them the effects of my deformed hip. :D It's just gotten to the point where my right leg is now significantly shorter than my left. I have to bend my left leg to stand properly, and when I straighten up I only stand on one foot. This amuses me - except for the pain in my hip, but I have stuff for that.

So, I've read a lot of fan fiction, for a lot of fandoms. And one of those trends that reaches across the great chasm of fandoms is this: tendency to give a character a talent at a musical instrument.

Now, there's nothing wrong with this. A couple of characters I write have some history with instruments - I see Henry as attempting to learn guitar once upon a time, and he can probably manage Bridge Over Troubled Waters and Brain Damage and the rest of the lineup of 'Ten Easy Classic Rock Guitar Songs For Beginners'.

But...I swear, there are only two instruments in fan fiction.

Piano and violin.

I have never read a fic where a character played a musical instrument and it wasn't one of those two. And it's not even characters who canonically can play (like, say, Tamaki or House). Or even explained or worked into the character's history. No, it's just completely random.

What is it about these two instruments? Is it just that they're considered cool and angsty or gothic or something? Or are they just crazily well known instruments? Or is it another one of those cases where so many people IRL have had either piano or violin lessons that they transfer it to the character?

I just want some variety, man. Where are all the drummers, the guitarists, the flutists, the cowbell players? You can have a hell of a lot of fun with the cowbell.

Has anyone else noticed this, or am I just stuck in some bizarre fic-loop where that's all I'll ever come across?

Feeling better than I was yesterday, but there are heavy dark clouds overhead and that unpleasant pressure that means more rain. The weather channel agrees with that prediction.

I've been reading Desperation. I can't say it's grabbing me or sucking me in, but it's an interesting read. For some reason it reminds me of Insomnia, even though the plots are entirely dissimilar. It's just a feel of sorts. Or maybe it's simply some convoluted way for my mind to tell me it thinks I'll like Desperation about as much as I like Insomnia. (Which is to say, something to read, and certainly has its good moments, but nothing I'll read over and over.) Of course, I know the plot and have watched the movie - albeit not paying terrible close attention. I remember the theater in the movie reminded me of the theater in SH:0rigins, though....

I'm feeling Mexican food today. I'm really tempted to try some grilled burritos and tacos, if I can conquer the cheapest, least-flammable charcoal in the world. My Chinese food cravings have been assuaged, and now it is Mexican I desire.

So, Dreamwidth. I'm terribly spoiled. I was slightly interested until I discovered you only get six icon slots. I'm all about the icons, and having as many as possible. You know, I should see if there's a way to double-post to LJ and IJ, since I do like my IJ and have a lot of folks over there who aren't here. And...I haven't updated it in over half a year. :/

Another weekend's come. Oh! We finished Rune Soldier yesterday (adorable series, very much a D&D campaign/RPG game style plot and characters) and watched Slumdog Millionaire. Very glad we rented that one - and that we watched the credits! :D I need to find the list I was keeping of 'movies we need to rent'. But hey, I finished an anime series! And nijawial offered to lend me the Bleach manga, since I like the characters and whatnot, but the filler crap chased me away from the anime.

I really miss RPing.

I have comments and emails to catch up with, and I promise I will get to them as soon as possible!

Is it really bad that I want to write an essay comparing and contrasting Mercedes Lackey's writing and Stephanie Meyers'?

I've long joked that everything Stephanie Meyer has done (plot and character type wise), Mercedes Lackey did it first in the fantasy genre. This was mainly just a humorous reference to Mercedes Lackey's heavy handed, often stiff and forced romance plots and her penchant for sparkly elves. But! If you go deeper, there are a hell of a lot of similarities. From women's issues to racial appropriation issues to victimization issues. Oh, and of course, sexual identity/relationship issues.

Now, Mercedes Lackey is nowhere near as well known, obviously. But she was quite the leading lady in the fantasy genre for a very long time, especially among teenage girls. Hell, maybe she still is, I'm not quite the follower of the genre that I once was.

There's only one flaw here. I'd have to do a lot of reading. And I don't own the Twilight books, nor do I know where my Herald Mage books are - that would be the Lackey series I'd like to draw most of my comparisons from. That and The Halfblood Chronicles, mainly the second book where Lackey's particular brand of plot and romance development hold center stage - plus, you know, The Iron People.

And before anyone gets on my case, I am not saying anything bad about either of these authors. It's no secret that I enjoy Mercedes Lackey books. Yes, they're crunchy, silly, terribly plotted escapism. But that's okay. As a friend was just talking about on my Flist, it's okay to enjoy things you know have issues. Mercedes Lackey's racial and women's issues? Piss me the hell off. Same with the issues regarding the treatment of women in the Silent Hill series. But I still enjoy the stories and the characters and the world. And I acknowledge the issues and don't shy away from pointing them out or discussing them.

The simple fact of the matter is that both of these authors (one of which I'm terribly fond of myself) have some serious, serious issues in their works. And I'm very curious to see just how deep these similarities run.

In other news! hbc_fic! The tiniest fandom on the internet has a community! And there's already a piece of absolutely gorgeous fic posted. See, when I get really into something that has no fandom, I just force and pester that fandom into existence.

I completely forgot I had to go grocery shopping this morning, and stayed up too late watching Venture Bros with nijawial. And I need to talk to summoneddestiny and enigmablade about a photoshoot this week.

The weather is beautiful, my plants are doing well, and I've got some fic to work on. Man, I could stare at my new default user-pic for hours. Guh, Bert is hot.

Whatever slump or burn out I was emeshed in, I think it's safe to say it's over. I've written four things in 24 hours - one which will not be posted, for a variety of reasons - and my brain is still crackling and popping like an electrified fence.

I think I was having withdrawals. Though it was weird, what fandoms my mind turned to first. Instead of my most recent fandoms (Silent Hill and Venture Bros) or my staple return-to fandom (HBC), I went for Xenogears and damned. Half of it has to be the simple fact that I accessed my old music. Which meant all my David Bowie and my Duran Duran. The rest...well, I think there are things I've just been missing badly lately.

I'm dragging horribly on The Dark Tower. Mainly this is because of the simple fact that if I don't finish the last book, it's never really over. And it's been a long time since I wanted something to not end like this. Plus there's the epic foreshadowing, and my insane fear of character death. And I know not everyone's going to make it, but there are two characters I really want to see make it to the end. Sadly, I have a bad history with Stephen King killing off my favorite characters. To drag things out, I'm reading Desperation at the same time.


After a very, very long day for the Silent Hill household yesterday, nijawial and I are kicking back today with our Stephen King DVDs and a very large pizza order from Domino's. Nija has to work again tonight, and I figure I'll take this evening to work on more writing. We watched disc two of Nightmares and Dreamscapes. The End of the Whole Mess was amazing. I don't see why I wasn't reading stunning review after stunning review for this one. For anyone who's read the original story, this is a rare treat. Nothing was changed. Nothing was taken out or added in. The only thing different was that in the adaptation, Howie is a documentary filmmaker instead of a journalist. I'd just been reading the story a few days ago (Nightmares and Dreamscapes was my bathroom book until I replaced it with Desperation) and the dialogue was word-for-word perfect. The Road Virus Heads North was pretty well done, too. No, not dead-on accurate but an entertaining piece and a fair adaptation.

Then we hit The Fifth Quarter. I was watching the opening (heavily camera filtered angsting of a wife and child) and trying to figure out which story it was. I had thought I knew, but as I watched, I was doubtful and wondering if maybe I really had come across a short story I hadn't read.

But no, the plot had just been butchered so badly that it was unrecognizable. Once they got to the part about the map it all clicked, and I was a bit appalled. We actually shut it off. Now Accepted is on Comedy Central, and I consider that a vast improvement.

Last night, someone accused me of plagiarizing myself.

I have an ff.net account, and the nickname is different. It still says in my profile that this is my LJ, and there's even a freaking picture of me right there. But I got an angry PM ranting at me about how this person had read a lot of the same fics on livejounral by 'someone else', only they were 'a little different and definitely better' and pointed out that I'd kept some things the same and they were going to report me for stealing someone else's stories!

I responded by pointing out I was the 'someone else' on livejournal, and the only editing done between LJ and ff.net was language and sex. Those were taken out to comply with ff.net's rules.

I haven't heard back yet.

Sylvia cosplay isn't going to work out for this con. But that's alright, I have a super secret cosplay that will be. That no one will recognize, but I don't care. All I will say is this: my god it's pink, and my god I'm going to have so much jewelery.

I managed t hit Joanne's right as they were having a massive bead sale. 40 percent off all bead making supplies. Last night I made a hairpiece involving pearls and pink stones and ostrich feathers. Yes, this is for my cosplay.

Has Livejournal stopped giving advance warning about paid accounts? I'm used to getting the '12 days, 7 days, 5 days, etc' warnings. Not just 'tomorrow your account expires'. And since this was yesterday, today marks the day that all of my RPG accounts are back to basic. I'm slowly getting to used to the lack of icons - Tamaki's still the hardest. I just like a bit more warning. :/

This morning, a tiny elderly woman came by to invite me to a semi-religious get together on Easter. She was very, very nice, and explained at length that it didn't matter what religion you were, all this gathering would be for would be to remember the life of Jesus Christ, as a man and a teacher. I thanked her very much, but I'm going to be out of town. Still, I think it was very nice and I like how she stressed it wasn't about religion, it was about a good man who lived a very long time ago and changed history.

This weekend I plan to work on cosplay, work on damned stuff, and hopefully finally adjust properly to these pills. Working good, but there's still that period of weirdness when I first take them.

So...anyone on my Flist who's in damned still need NS plans? I've got a couple of characters with nothing to do! That would be two lovely ladies (Eileen and Naomi) and one somewhat patronizing elf (Valyn). :D Naomi's been posted already and is in the FA hall, Eileen and Valyn haven't been posted yet and can be sent anywhere. :D

And I really want people to wander into my monster sections. Every time I see a bathroom post I get so excited, and then realize it's not one of my bathrooms.

Well, clearly whatever weird funk I was having has passed. Which is always good. I'm even almost tempted to return to AIM. We'll see, though.

Last night I got to missing Harry Potter RP and fic again. Every so often it hits me, but last night it hit me hard. I was watching the third movie, and I got so damn nostalgic. To the point where when I woke up, the first thing I wanted to do was call my sister. But then I remembered it was Sunday and weekday mornings are best for calling her, so now I'm just sitting here considering going and reading some Snupin fic.

I've been having these bouts of nostalgia. Last week, it was for the old Dragon Riders of Pern RPs. Which I haven't been a part of in...seven years maybe? I don't know if it's just because my birthday's coming up or what, but the trips down memory lane have been more frequent and very, very strong.

I don't know. It's not like my current interests are waning any. I'm still very strongly into Silent Hill, Venture Bros and HBC. And yet....

Well, we'll just see what happens.

I hate when the mind refuses to cooperate. On anything. Maybe I still haven't properly woken up and that's the problem. I'll confess, I lazed half-awake in bed until 8:00. And I haven't technically gotten 'up' yet, as I haven't done the morning dishes or made myself some sort of drink to give me energy.

Somehow, over the course of the last few months, I've completely turned myself into a morning person. Instead of taking my pleasure in staying up late of nights, watching TV and enjoying the darkness, it's now all about the morning.

I love the quiet of it. I love standing at the kitchen sink as I dry or wash the dishes and watch the light come up. It's a contemplative, reflective time. I think we all need that at the start of the day. It certainly keeps me calm. Why, I'm not even the list bit angry over things I probably ought to be angry over. Either I've become terribly zen, or I've just become terribly used to being blown off and forgotten about.

That, or I'm so wrapped up in TBC that I just don't care.

I've decided I am most definitely cosplaying Sylvia. But instead of Sylvia and Lamika, I'm doing Sylvia instead of Lamkia. Realistically, I don't have the time to get Lamika done between now and AniZona. Not with my novel, damned, finally learning how to drive, getting the garden set up and helping everyone else with their costumes. Plus the normal little things that eat away at my time, like cooking and cleaning.

I was tagged to do that 'pick ten people who make my day' meme thing, but...I can't bring myself to do it. I can't in all honesty or fairness pick just ten people, and I'd hate to leave anyone out. Usually I love jumping on memes, but that one just leaves a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. (Which is not directed at anyone who's done it! Just my own personal viewpoint here, nothing more.)

I've been abed too long, and the morning light is nearly gone. I'd better catch it before it's too late. ;)

So, apparently my brain would rather do anything but write. Despite mapping things out in my mind and booting up the computer at around 7:00 AM, I wandered away to have my morning smoke and got distracted by the idea of breakfast. Generally, unless it's Sunday, breakfast is composed of a) toaster strudels, b) cereal, c) a microwavable Jimmy Dean breakfast sandwich.

This morning I fried some of the worst bacon I've ever seen - it was cheap, and it's terribly fatty - and made a coffee cake. Technically I was going to make cinnamon swirl bread, since I have an overabundance of cinnamon, but when I finished the batter I found I had lost my bread pan. So I switched a couple things up, grabbed the cake pan, and there's coffee cake in the oven.

Now I'm contemplating hash browns and scrambled eggs. Or playing No More Heroes. With the little voice in my head saying 'it's not even 9! You have plenty of time!'.

But that's what got me into this trouble in the first place. I can excuse breakfast because hey, nijawial's got a big day today! (So everyone wish her luck and send her good thoughts!) So a big breakfast is a necessity! Maybe I could have gone without baking an entire coffee cake, but...why not? Besides, all I had to eat yesterday was a Sonic burger and some rice cakes.

Oh yes, and I also spent some time over at the Animanga Multi-Fandom Frieding Meme. Hello, new friends! Welcome to the madness. :D

Wajas has also been offering distraction, but there's only so much to do there, so it's an alright distraction. I only spend maybe ten or fifteen minutes over there. And now even less, since I went broke buying a breeding pair of Banes. Both of them have 100% cheetah marks, both have a visible mane. Their first pup is due day after tomorrow!

But despite all this, as soon as my cake is done, I'm buckling down. I've got a good feeling about this one. This one wants to come.

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO TELL YOU....

Baw, I'm a sheep.

I also have a confession to make. A fandom confession, not the naughty sexy fun kind. ;)

I have a terrible weakness for band AUs. I don't know why, I can't explain what my fascination is, I just love fic or art involving characters as musicians. I know that these are usually terribly done, and they make no sense, and in most of my fandoms it's a ridiculously stupid idea, but the fact remains.

I don't generally go reading these fics, and I'd never write one to post online, but I liked thinking about who would be in a band together, what sort of music they'd write, would they be famous, what would their albums look like?

I guess it's my 'guilty pleasure' scenario, or something. We all have them.

There was also a time I really dug vampire AUs. I've moved beyond that stage, but in the interest of full disclosure, I felt it bore mentioning.

I was up before 10 AM today. I'm going to shoot for that every morning, if possible. I'm very much trying to adopt an 'early to bed, early to rise' pattern - which is why I seem to drop off the face of the earth around 7 or 8 my time. (Though last night it's because I was cooking then eating dinner, then beginning my pre-bed routine.)

I'm starting to get new calluses in my hand from my new cane. It sits just a little bit differently in my hand then the old one.

Holy crap I'm sleepy! I was exhausted last night and ended up in bed around 11 or so, and I just woke up maybe ten or so minutes ago. I have no idea why I slept so late, but there you go. And I'm having a hell of a time waking up.

Which is bad, because I have a fuckton of posting to do! O.o Both my actual games are jumping, to put it mildly. But hey, I think all my damned characters have NS plans! Which I'll get to posting as soon as my brain wakes up enough to function. Though I'm still not sure what's up with Valyn. Well, other than he's in a slightly better mood now that he's had his therapy.

I love how the only thing that gets a reaction out of him is the careful hinting to find out whether or not his sister is a legal adult. He may be a philandering manipulating bastard with an incest fetish, but at least this time the object of his interest is technically an adult. ;)

Myre's getting a lightsaber, which made me squeal like a little girl. It's simple geek math. Dragons? Awesome. Sith Lords? Awesome. Draconic Sith Lord? Even more awesome.

And I did get another 30_lemon's prompt done. Prompt 9 'Sex Under the Influence' or 'That's Some Mighty Funny Tobacco In Your Pipe, Mr. Caterpillar'. I decided I'd take the prompt literally, so expect some bizarre, surreal porn later on once I clean up anything that needs to be cleaned up.

talia_speaks! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Package arrived safe and sound! Yours should be on its way to you. :D I have hardly any music. I put all of what I had on the shiny new Ipod, plus an episode of Criminal Minds, and still had a fuckton of space left. Clearly, I need more music.

Whatever the hell I'm drinking to wake up needs more chocolate. And if I don't get a call in 10 minutes about plans today, I'm making us some rainbow omelets and hashbrowns or something.

I had smut dreams about Wilson last night. He walked me home from work, we stopped in a gourmet cheese store and bought cheese, and then he invited me back to his place to 'smoke up and maybe get to know each other better'. I think we ended up running a bath, and it overflowed because we were too busy getting naked with each other on his couch. So there's someone new I've had a naughty fandom dream about.

Apparently, the inspiration bug is still biting, which is a very good thing. I've been working on Some Things, and I think they're coming together nicely. Though it most likely helps that the research aspects have been quite fun. Mmm, burial and sacred ground folklore.... I'm also working on fic, though my fic takes very little research.

I am practically dying over Winry and Tamaki's fourth shift conversation over at damned. Mmm, epic misunderstandings abound! Poor Tamaki spent a brief moment under the fear/impression that Ed was married with children. ;)

I think tonight I'm going to do homemade pizza. I have a delicious recipe for honey seasoned pizza dough I've been itching to make, and we have this exquisite fancy garlic dipping sauce I picked up a few days ago on a whim. I love discontinuation sales. And I am determined that we are going to eat well in this household. We may be dirt poor, but by Hohenheim we can still have delicious food!

It's still raining and icky, but I can't really find it within myself to complain. If rain and clouds end up putting me in the mood to write, then sound that thunder and bring on the storms!

I should get my butt up to Hasting's to pick up those issues of Marvel's 'The Stand' that summoneddestiny is holding for me. 2 and 3, respectively. This is the only comic that I will actually purchase volume by volume, rather than waiting for the trades. Screw the eventual trades, I want my epic apocalyptic battle between good and evil and I want it now. I also want to pick up Pet Shop of Horrors: Tokyo - Volume 3. And possibly Just After Sunset. Bah, I also need Fables trade 3, I believe. And the seventh VHD novel. I'm terribly behind on my publications, I'm afraid. And I'm still somewhat aching for the Cosmode USA Glamour Book. It's worth it for the tutorials alone, honestly. I'm kicking myself for not snagging it for 20$ in Phoenix now that it's basically only available online.

Well, I can actually afford my comics at the very least. The rest can wait. And eventually, I'll get my hair done. Though that's looking more and more like wishful thinking at this point.

That's life. ;)

I woke up this morning thinking about fandoms. Specifically, that meme that did 'your fandoms as lovers/exes'. I couldn't remember what the different lists were, but I sort of did it myself. Now that I'm pretty settled as far as fandoms go, anyway. Because it's just so true! And it's nearing the end of the year, so it's about time for a review of this sort.

Obviously, at the moment, my Main Squeeze is Venture Bros. I'm wrapped in a steamy, torrid affair that doesn't seem likely to end anytime soon. We're in it for a while, me and the Ventures. ;) It wasn't exactly love at first sight - I was intrigued, but needed to be won over. We flirted for a season, a season and a half. And then, somewhere in the middle of season two, we just clicked. Maybe it was the strung out, drug addicted middle aged Johnny Quest. Maybe it was re-casting the Scooby Doo gang as a group of sociopathic wandering serial killers. Maybe it was Dr. Girlfriend flawlessly recreating some of Aeon Flux's most famous moves, I don't know. But it was Love.

Of course, I am still carrying on an affair with Silent Hill. Silent Hill is kind of like that SO you're hesitant to show off to new friends or family, because it can be a little weird and scary. A little dangerous, pushes your limits a little, but underneath it's a lot of fun and love and laughs. Maybe you seem like a weird couple to outsiders, but those on the In understand completely. It's not all tentacle rape porn and guro! Really!

HBC is, and forever will be, my steady mistress in Europe. ;) We've gone the distance and proved it's For Real. But such a tiny and often mocked fandom? It remains only in my LJ. There's no where I could take it in public!

Death Note was a flash in the pan romance that I should have realized was bad for me right from the start. It was painful and full of fights and for all that there were one or two things that I did really love, overall, there just wasn't anything there for me. We still keep in casual contact, and every now and then I'll muster up some effort to keep the connection alive, but it soured early and it soured badly. I just hung around because everyone was so used to us together.

Ouran was the popular guy that I went on a few dates with, had a couple of drunken one night stands with, and then parted with on friendly terms. There is little interest to revisit, but I've got nothing but fond memories.

FMA. Oh, FMA. No matter where I roam, no matter what shiny new fandom I woo and court, it will always be you I come home to in the end. It's always you I think of when caught letting my mind wander. It's always you, will always be you. Everything about you makes me tremble and shiver. You're beautiful, you're intelligent, you're complex, you make me laugh and cry and keep me on the edge of my seat...even when I know your story already, it doesn't matter. I can watch again and again and again.

Just you wait, baby. I'll be back again. I always am. ;)

Holy crap, still cold! So cold that the porch heater was turned on this morning. And despite the weather on my desktop assuring me that rain was not coming, as I was taking out trash, I was rained upon.

Everything's gray and dreary and miserable out. On the one hand, my body is not happy. On the other...it's beautifully gray and dreary out. It's a perfect Silent Hill day. It makes me want to bake. Hopefully tomorrow will be the same way, as I'm going to be spending the day making pies.

I am feeling better than last night, at least. I headed to bed early and slept through most of the night. I was awakened by the Naked Neighbors' Band at around 5:30 AM by...you guessed it. The engine. If I had been more coherent and my legs were working at that point, I would have gone out and yelled at them. As it was, I managed to get to the bathroom and drink some Gatorade before falling back into bed and dozing for an hour or so until I got up for the day.

I can't believe Thanksgiving is day after tomorrow. Where the hell did the month go?

Now that I've abandoned NaNo, I've gone back to Twilight Princess. And writing actual fic. But most importantly, Twilight Princess. ;) I'm almost done with the Lake Temple. There's only one small problem. The boss battle? Is underwater.

I have a problem with underwater parts of games. This has been a problem ever since Tomb Raider. I'm terrified of being enclosed under water. Especially under deep water. Like Twenty One, I can't even swim Lara through a tunnel without freaking out. So when Link started diving deeper and deeper into black, impenetrable water....

Yeah, I freaked out. I freaked out badly. I had to turn off the game and step outside to calm down. And then I made some Miis. I made me, Hughes, and some of the Host Club. I should finish my Host Club Miis, but I started getting a headache and then everything went down hill from there.

I am enjoying the game, though. It's a Zelda game, there are very few I don't enjoy. I didn't like Wind Waker, but I blame that on the cutesy style and endless amounts of time spent on the ocean. There is a beautiful predictability to the Zelda games that I appreciate. Like the order of things. It's always the same: forest temple, mountain temple, water temple. Next I will bet money that we get the Master Sword. Then all hell's going to break loose.

I'm thinking of maybe giving Resident Evil 4 another shot, though. Or finishing up SH3 today - it's one of those days. But first I need to finish cleaning and getting recipes copied over!

And finish my delicious peppermint mocha.

I think I'll just assume that I didn't surprise anyone on my Flist save for talia_speaks. Or I'll knock off the memes, since this is the fourth or fifth one I've posted with next to no results. ;)

When the hell did I get so boring? Somehow, when I lived in the middle of nowhere and did nothing, I was more interesting than I am now. Mark that one up in the old irony column. And no, I'm not being whiny and emo over this, and I honestly don't care if people do memes I post. I just find it interesting. But I've always been interested in things like 'what makes an LJ entry eye-catching' and things like that. It's all about the writing, baby.

I'm just in a particularly strange mood this morning. I'm going to blame everything on hormones and let that be that.

My mother called me last night because she'd lost one of our traditional family recipes. Luckily I had it mostly memorized, and the internet was able to help me fill in a few gaps by looking up similar recipes. No Thanksgiving crisis yet.

I think I've wandered away from NaNo. This doesn't mean I'm going to abandon the fic, but I think trying to race to finish it in time will leave me stressed and worried and freaked out and massively disappointed if I don't manage it. So I'd rather save my sanity. Plus, both RPs have been massively distracting lately. ;) And I have another project in the works, and today I just want to write a lot of pr0n. So I think I'm just going to write a lot of pr0n today.

Maybe I'll do that shuffle meme, and write five pieces based on whatever songs come up, or something.

(Speaking of...I need more music!)

Today is just sort of a quintessential fall Saturday. I hope there's a Law and Order: SVU marathon on USA today. Or a House marathon. I kind of just want to curl up on the couch, watch TV and write and RP all day. It's just one of those days.

Nija appears to be on the improvement, but I'm still making sure she gets plenty of rest.

I've really got to get a 'No Solicitors' sign that's bigger and better than the one we have. We also need a new mailbox, ours is broken.

I can't believe Thanksgiving is coming so soon. And then it's Christmas season! I still need to get cards to send out. I've got quite a bunch this year! :D And soon there will be Christmas baking and Christmas decorations and Christmas fic! Which, despite not doing Advent this year, I still plan to write some.

And now a meme, ganked from etrangere:

What has surprised you the most about me (if anything) since joining my flist? Was anything completely unexpected or have I always fit the picture of me you have in your head? Post this in your own journal and see how you have surprised people!

I'm actually really, really interested in the responses to this.

“Honestly, Dean, we’re twin brothers being raised in complete isolation on a compound. What else are we supposed to do?”


Cold morning is cold. Holy Molotov, it's 33 degrees out!

Errands this morning! Hopefully I can finally get my shelves. We also need trash bags and dish soap.

I think today is going to be a cleaning day, once I'm done with errands. I got some NaNo done last night - though I imagine I will edit this scene out post-November and make it a stand alone.

Eagle Eye was an awesome movie. What's his face there - I can never remember his name, but the main guy, he was in Transformers, too - reminded me a great deal of a young Edward Norton in that movie. Which is promising for him, as I consider Edward Norton one of the best actors out there. But it was definitely worth seeing in the theater. The action struck that perfect level of not overdone but not underdone, the plot had a few layers to it so it wasn't just mindless action, acting was phenomenal, atmosphere and cinematography were wonderful....

Definitely recommend that one.

While I am still wrapped in my epic Venture Bros kick, I have found myself falling head over heels back in love with FMA. AS has been playing it again, and it's grabbed me all over again. Some love affairs never fade completely. I guess if I were doing that 'fandom as exes' meme, FMA would be the one I always come back to. Death Note would probably be that sexy bad boy that I flirted with hard and heavy for a bit, but wizened up and realized wasn't for me before it got too serious. I don't know what I'd classify HP as. HBC will probably always be 'best friend with benefits', or something. ;)

Adult Swim has also been playing the old Clerks tv show. God I loved that show. And it's still as hilarious now as it ever was. Is that out on DVD anywhere, does anyone know?

I should get dressed and see about some fresh coffee, or something.

Last night was one of those nights that rekindled my love for fandom.

enigmablade and summoneddestiny came over, and were extremely awesome and took us out for pizza. Delicious stuffed crust meat pizza.....mmm.

Anyway, most of the evening was spent in discussion of various Venture Bros things. Random tangents, canon inconsistencies (of which there are dozens!) and random plot bunnies for fics. So many random plotbunnies for fics. I wasn't even the only one getting bitten! I laughed so hard at points I nearly choked on my pizza. Crossover fics, future fics, AU fics, we discussed them all! It was a...a bread and cheese filled think tank of fandom!

We decided we needed a community, as venture_fandom is slash only - which sucks, because it's a good general fandom comm name - and so upon coming home, venture_inc was born. And then enigmablade and I sat on the couch, each of us hammering away at fic, reading over what the other had, offering suggestions and advice, while summoneddestiny fueled the creative fires and nijawial drew.

I haven't had a night like that since Seattle. And it was good.

Oh, chocomimi, I found that anime you were telling me about! Uh...Kuroshitsuji! I've only watched the opening so far, but it's very, very pretty!

And there goes Nightshift in damned which I am so very unprepared for. I have plans for only half my characters I believe. (Naomi, Lust, Hughes and Citan. And Tamaki gets...generic clinic stuff.) It's always difficult to find plans for Lyta, which is slightly frustrating. Whenever I do adoption posts, she's always the only character left unclaimed. And when I toss her out, no one responds (save of course for Fox, but she can't thread with the same person all the time).

I need to figure something out. :/