Maledicte

• anoyo and I are writing an epic Merlin AU to her already epic Merlin Big Bang AU. We've split it up into two parts: plot and smut. She'll write the former, I'll write the latter. And it will somehow work out exactly right. But holy crap, what were we thinking, Liz? It will be epic and awesome, but also epically huge and awesomely life-stealing.

• I have Merlin icons. I have Star Trek XI icons. I am still looking for Sherlock icons, Covert Affairs icons, and White Collar icons. I have not yet hit 100 icons. Oh jeez. (And now I can't decide which of the new icons to use for this post. This is my "fail" face.)

• Clearly Kirk/Spock wins everything.

• While plotting with anoyo, I came up with an awesome plot for another Merlin fic, and then while falling asleep I came up with an awesome plot for a Covert Affairs fic (Joan/Arthur ftw!). I do not have time to write all these things that I want to write! Maybe I ought to find awesome writers and give them prompts and have them write me fic. That will solve all my problems.

• Or I should just write them. I am banging my head on the desk, you just can't see.

• My mother isn't coming home tonight, like I thought. Complicated travel plans are complicated. Still, it will be slightly more relaxing for her, and that's always good. I wish she got to spend more time at home, but at least she enjoys her work.

• It's a really good thing I could never do justice to Sherlock Holmes's intelligence/arrogance or Spock's intelligence/logic or the sheer mind fuckery of anything from Inception. I don't have to worry about wanting to write fic for those fandoms. I am Sky's huge sigh of relief. I can sit back and just read all the fanfiction from those fandoms.

• This is a giantly fandom filled post. This is not normal, I think. (I am experiencing a strange desire to post tons of fanfic on my AO3 account.)

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• I has a chocolate muffin. It is the best chocolate muffin I have ever had. Nom nom nom.

• And then I saw Inception. Oh holy god. I... will need to see that again, obvs. I will also need to scour the internet for Arthur/Eames and Arthur/Ariadne because holy crap Joseph Gordon-Levitt is beautiful now. (So is Cillian Murphy, but he doesn't lend himself to much slash in this movie. Oh well.) I definitely need to see that movie again. And then I will need to own it and make it my own. (And I will definitely need to make sure my work buys it when it comes out on blu-ray and that we play it on our little theater.)

• I definitely need to stop saying "definitely".

• I has my "Keep Calm" poster and my necklace. Now I am waiting for two pairs of shoes to arrive in the mail. And then I am going to stop buying things for a while, I think. My bank account could stand a little stagnation.

• Driving test on Monday. I am... somewhat nervous, I guess. My dad and I went over to MVD—it's in a city an hour away, since the ones in my town are asshats—this morning and drove around in the neighborhood of where I'll be taking my test, and I think I will do all right, so long as I remember to really pay attention. My dad gave me the best compliment ever today while we were driving around: "I'm not nearly as nervous with you driving anymore." Thanks, dad!

• It's hard to be in a new fandom. There's very little fic to read. It's hard waiting around for new Sherlock fics when I wants them now. Luckily, Inception has been out for like... at least a month now, so there should be some fic out there.

• Because I forgot to mention it here, Author sign ups at fantasybigbang end tomorrow at 12pm PST. If you were thinking about signing up and haven't head on over here and sign up! If you were thinking about signing up but don't have time right now, there will most likely be a second round sometime during my winter break (probably in January) so you'll have a chance then! Thanks for helping me out with this Big Bang, guys!

• I thought seriously about organizing all my tags today. And then I started looking at the sheer number of them, and my mind sort of went, "Oh hell no." I missed my chance, somewhere about 2 years ago. Fuck. I'll never be able to get them organized, now.

• Going out to a thing tonight. A music thing. With my dad. Should be interesting. (And if it's not, well, I have a book with me.)

• I downloaded "A Study in Pink" the fist of the Sherlock (BBC) miniseries. Hopefully I will have time to watch it tonight. I have heard many awesome things about it, so I am looking forward to it being awesome. And the next one airs in... 2 days. So I won't have to wait long to get the next part. :D

• Now that my jeans have arrived, I am impatiently waiting for my posters and my necklace. I wants them. I wants them now.

• Also, as August is rapidly approaching, the date I can get a Blackberry is seeming much closer than before. I am excited. QWERTY keyboards ftw.

• exrpan reminded me that I found a neat old camera in my closet the other day. It even has two lenses and a flash. It's teensy, though, which is neat. The whole bag, with the two lenses and the flash is about the size of a small-medium sized current camera case. It takes some sort of weird film, though. So I'll have to check out whether it can still be used. Should be an interesting adventure. I have no aspirations of becoming a photographer, but still. A neat old film camera would be fun to take around and take pics with.

Aaaand, work is closing so I am leaving!

• It's hard for me to update LJ when I'm frustrated with life. It's so much easier when there are good things to say. I almost wish I felt violent and angry, but I just feel sick and stupid.

• I want some "Keep Calm and Carry On" paraphernalia. Like this shirt though I'm considering a poster—or 8. This phrase could totally be the motto of my life. Also, they have band-aids—apparently called "plasters" over there, who knew? It totally took me a moment to work that one out, hah. Adorable!

• Along those same lines... I'm interested in the variants of the "Keep Calm and Carry On" phrase. I've seen "Get Excited and Make Things" in a couple places. And aramly has an icon that says "Keep Calm and Deny It All" which cracked me up. I think I've probably seen some other variants, but I haven't been able to track them down or anything. Seen any other interesting ones, guys?

• My mother has suggested that we could go to Ireland over Winter Break—she found some super awesome deal online—but I... kind of really want to go somewhere warm. Like Mexico. I'd rather go to Ireland for my next Spring Break, or even next summer. Even though that's a really long ways away. Not that we can afford to do tons of traveling, but you know.

• It was cold here today. There was lots of rain, and I actually wore a sweater and a jacket. Maybe summer is winding down? ... AHAHAHA. Yeah, right. Not for a while yet. August will still be stupidly warm, and it'll probably start cooling down in September. Which... is usually when I break out the winter gear, so I'm just going to enjoy my warmth while I can.

• I read a whole book today on the assumption that it was going to be good, and it wasn't really. I kept trying to get invested in it, but I never seemed to be able to. I was pleased to note from the author's bio that it's the first in a trilogy, so maybe something will be explained and the main character won't do things I think are stupid. I might just be curious enough to pick up the next book when it comes out. It does leave me with the question of which of my library books do I read next, though... Or do I reread some Lackey and enjoy the familiar ground? Hm.

And now, because I can feel my depression making me physically ill, I'm going to go write in my paper journal and go to sleep.

• I WENT A WHOLE DAY WITHOUT MY COMPUTER.

• Relatedly, I might be getting a blackberry tomorrow—apparently I am eligible for an upgrade now, who knew?—so I will never have to be without internet access again! I will never be without you, my beloved flist!

• I am going to look at the car tonight! Cross your fingers for me, please. We wouldn't buy it tonight—if it's worth it, we'll jave a mechanic come and look at it to make sure everything's sound—but I desperately need the freedom that a car of my own would bring. I might be getting a little bit of cabin fever.

• Also, via rubyd, Avatar: The Last Airbender sequel is greenlighted! I cannot tell you how excited about this I am. I'm not even going to bother with the live action movie (too many people told me it was bad) but I will gleefully look forward to this.

• I joined a really neat writing community: writerighton.


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• Already this week is slipping towards the not-what-I-was-hoping-for. Still, there is room for improvement, and some real possibilities.

• Plus, you know, car and blackberry possibilities as well.

• This morning I tried to reactivate my WoW account. I'm not sure whether it's a good thing or not that I couldn't seem to navigate the new account system. (And... I totally sent Blizzard an email asking what could be done...) I would only activate it for a month, though. Since that's about the amount of time between now and when school starts up again.

• TATTOO. I'm seriously excited. I haven't stopped being somewhat giddy about this yet.

• I might not go to the masquerade tonight. I don't know that I can get a ride or find a place to crash, so I might see if a friend wants to come by my house and spend the night. (Yay sleepovers!) Plus, there was no experimenting with the sewing machine last night. Not that that means I wouldn't have a "costume" but still.

• I have no idea whether or not my weekend—which, for me, starts tonight when I get off work and goes through Monday—will be awesome or not. I've got my fingers crossed. Guys, think good thoughts for me. Or, really, send hopes that I can get what I want. Hah. Still mentally flailing about, here. :o

• I called a guy about a car. 1996 Ford Taurus, supposedly without any mechanical flaws and only a few cosmetic flaws, for just $1000. I've got enough money to pay off insurance for six months, and not have to worry about it for a while. So I'm really hoping. GUYS. A CAR OF MY OWN. Oddly, having a car, might actually make it easier to get my drivers license. Hm. (I should probably see about a license plate and registration and all that.)

• It's so cold here at work. I can barely feel my fingers.

• Yesterday was not nearly as good as I'd hoped it would be—which is not to say it was bad, it just wasn't... what I was hoping for. I don't really know what to do about that. Mostly this whole situation is making me mentally flail around a lot. And as I haven't yet hit on what to do, I suspect that the mental flailing will continue for a while.

• My mother has headed off to NYC again. She's stopping back here between NYC and Haiti though, so... yay? I'm happy that things in her business are picking up and being productive. So I guess that's good.

• Guys, the place I work is freezing. The other receptionist brought in a thermometer—because she and I were convinced that it was way colder than 70ºF in here—and left it over night. It said 62ºF. When she showed this to our boss he was like, "No, I don't think that's right." Both of us were like, "...wtf. We're freezing." Wtf, I ask you. WTF.

• I discovered The LXD last night. If any of you are at all interested in dance movies and dance things, check it out on Hulu. (It's Hulu exclusive.) It's totally awesome. So far as I can tell, there are going to be two dance teams, one is Good and one is Evil, and at some point they will dance-fight! And it will be awesome!

• Also, I think White Collar and Covert Affairs premiered last night. ... Yeah, they did, and I now have them downloading, so that I don't have to wait for them to go up on Hulu. I don't like waiting. :>

• Before the summer is over, I want to go to what passes for our amusement park here. I haven't been in years and I definitely want to have some fun. (Since my dad refused to make up for being stuck in Denver an extra day by taking me to the Six Flags there...) Besides, it's not outrageously expensive, they have a few neat rides, and I think it would be fun. Clearly I shall have to see about this...

• Oh! Oh! Also! I'm getting my tattoo this weekend. I'm excited. :D

• And then my life went from mostly boring and uninteresting, to super interesting and weird and crazy and unexpected and awesome. I don't... even. *beams*

• My mother and I are trying to figure out if we can afford to go to Ireland this summer. While I am sad that I might not be able to go (this is what comes of not doing your financial aid until the beginning of the summer instead of when it's actually due) it might end up being good for us financially. Ugh, decisions.

• Finally got my hands on Dragon Soul. And while I am driving to Denver with my dad tomorrow (and then back on Sunday) I think I'm going to bring library books so that I can return those before they become overdue. Which means I am putting off what is sure to be an awesome book for even longer. I am only a little bit sulky about this.

• So yeah, Denver. Should be interesting. Going to meet a lot of my dad's friends and their kids (who will all be younger than me, ugh) and go to a Rockies game (that's baseball for the sports clueless). I am excited. Now that I'm legal, I'm really looking forward to having a beer with my hotdog at this game.

• I haven't written any fanfiction. Yet.

• Actually, I haven't written a whole lot of anything lately, because work was crazy this last week or two. But it should settle down, and I should be able to, you know, write something because I am getting so desperate.

• And I still want to join a LJ RP. Because I am so totally nutsy. Apparently.

• Guys, I'm so happy right now. Everyone at work noticed that I was happy today. It was noticeable. And I'm just... Just. I feel like I could fly.

• Mother is home... for a day. She goes to Texas tomorrow morning, but will be back in a few days. I'm mildly worried about her health—physical and mental—but she's strong. Plus, it's all for business and she's being really productive and... you know, entrepreneurial. So, hopefully there will be more money for the family and for the world's impoverished.

• My grandmother is coming for a visit on Sunday and staying for a few days. That should be fun. I haven't seen them for a while. At least a year. My dad and I are figuring out things to do with her while she's here—including a movie, and possibly an opera. I am desperate to see Madame Butterfly, though I would settle for The Magic Flute. :D

• I was virtuous for the first time this whole summer and I exercised this morning. My abs hate me right now. But, I still feel pretty good about it. I'll have to remember to do another round before I go to bed. Must get back into routine!

• I'm feeling content this morning. This is rare, and rather enjoyable. I am relishing it.

• I keep reminding myself, "Now is not the time to start new projects. There are enough things that you have planned for this summer and you don't need more things to take away time from those." It's hard to keep that in mind, though. There are so many things that I want to do, that I want to learn how to do. Sigh.

• Why are there so many books I want to read? I'm trying to be careful and save the easy reading ones for when I'm in school. I can't read really long books or really involved fantasy books when I'm also trying to read philosophy. Which means I'm saving all the romance novels for school (ok, I confess, not all the romance, I'm reading some now because I shamelessly adore it).

• I had a dream last night that my cat came back, and her tail (which was crooked) was miraculously straight. Which I knew meant it had to have been broken. D: Then, I woke up and it took me a minute to remember that she hadn't returned. Sadness. And I can't get a new cat until I have a place of my own (because I'm not sure I really trust my parents' house with my animals anymore) and am kind of stable. That could be a long time from now. It makes me even sadder to think that I won't have anything to cuddle for a long time.

• With the Nook and the Kindle doing price battles, I stumbled upon the Kobo. It looks nice. I mean, the Kindle is kind of the biggest thing, because Amazon has the biggest online store (and e-readers are going to inherently be attached to online stores) but I wasn't impressed with the Nook's touch screen and the Kindle is still a bit too pricey for me. But the Kobo? Looks kind of awesome, and we have Borders stores here in Santa Fe—and no B&Ns, so. Anyone hear anything about the Kobo? Good reviews? Bad reviews? Anything?

• I've decided that one way to be less lonely is to start going online more often. I mean, I only get lonelier when I don't make myself available to being contacted. Hopefully I'll be online a little bit more (or, you know, at all) from now on.

• I keep putting off writing in favor of reading—possibly because they're library books and I have to read them and then return them, and possibly because I read quickly and can get through them quickly and then do other things. Either way, I need to do more writing. I keep telling myself, just because it's summer, doesn't mean you can give up budgeting your time wisely. It's not really helping, and my coworkers are giving me werid looks. >.>

• I finally emailed my mother... a minute ago. I am so forgetful and lame. Still, here's hoping that I will here from her soon. It's not even close of business over in NYC yet, so there's a possibility that I'll even hear from her today. :>

• Help me promote fantasybigbang! Because... you love me, obvs.

• I am liking my haircut more these days. As long as I don't try to put my hair up (which isn't that hard at work, since it's air conditioned and freezing) it looks really nice. I am pleased.

• There's a movie theater here in Santa Fe that seems to have $1 Wednesdays, which even my father can't complain about taking me to "bad" movies (read: movies he doesn't want to see) because it's only $2 for the both of us. He took me to see Clash of the Titans last week, which was super fun. And he couldn't complain because it was only $2. And also because I bought him Junior Mints, which are his favored movie treat. :D We're skipping out tonight to make a delicious dinner, but maybe by next week they'll have some new movies. Or I'll just have to drag my dad to Letters to Juliet. Mwahaha.

And I think that's probably it for today. :D