Wow it's been a long time.

There's even a "Like" thing here now, that's new.

So. There's a lot to talk about, and every time I try to type out a post about it it gets way too long and off-topic and I stop. So, instead, I'll just say hi, and apologize for not being here.

It can be difficult to blog when all I want to do in the evenings is nap sometimes.

So...how have things been with you?

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Oh wow has it really been since May since I was here?

That's sad.

The worst part is, it's not like I don't have anything to talk about! I have lots to talk about, but that's part of the problem - things just keep happening and I have more and more things to put in an entry like this and so because I have so much to talk about I never know how to say it satisfactorially I end up never saying it at all.

New job has gone super super well so far! I think they really do want to keep me on past the end of my part-time appointment, since they talk about giving me assignments past the end of my part-time assignment, in September. Which is exciting, since I've been trying to get a full-time job for two years now, but also a little scary!

There was about two weeks there when my parents were both out of the house on vacation, and it was up to me to fix dinner, get all the chores done, feed the dog, get to and from work on time, assign menus and tasks for my brother and me to make sure the dog got fed when I worked late and the plants got watered and everything and the laundry got done, and as I was preparing bills to pay to drop off before I went to work, and it occurred to me - am I, like, being an adult? Is this what adulthood looks like?

It was nice to feel capable (and let me tell you, just having a job has done wonders for my mood, never mind holding down the house), but at the same time it's like OH MY GOD WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN.

I'm still working at the shop a few days a week, too, which means I have super long and tiring days and my back is starting to ache on occasion, but honestly it kind of feels good having stuff to do. It makes it so much easier not to feel useless or like I'm wasting time. Even if I'm creating that business for myself and it's completely false.

Unfortunately working all this time has kind of sapped my writing energy - I have ideas, but when I'm not too tired to write them it just doesn't feel worth it - either because it's something no one cares about or it'll be too much work or my writing is terrible so there's no point in continuing to write fic, things like that. Perhaps a tradeoff for feeling so good about myself in other respects?

That'll be all for this entry; I'm going to keep this short so I don't get all intimidated and not finish it again! And also I need to go to bed because commuting into the city every morning means getting up at 6, bleeeh. That's a part of adulthood I can do without.

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So, yeah, I know I haven't really been here or done anything, but I wanted to post like the one bit of fannish activity I've managed in the past however many months. Fanmix!

Mostly I wanted to express Miko's recklessness and enthusiasm (and a little bit of the dark side of that thrill-seeking) while using mostly music from her favorite genre. It's mostly metal with a bit of folk and rock-and-roll to mix things up. Enjoy!

Track Listing:

1. Mary Chapin-Carpenter – I Take My Chances

I took a walk in the rain one day on the wrong side of the tracks

I stood on the rail till I saw that train just to see how my heart would react.

Now some people say that you shouldn’t tempt fate and for them I cannot disagree,

But I never learned nothin’ from playing it safe, I say fate should not tempt me.

2. The Byrds – Mr. Spaceman

Hey, Mr. Spaceman,

Won’t you please take me along

I won’t do anything wrong

3. The Devil Went Down to Georgia – Primus (Charlie Daniels Band cover)

Johnny said “Devil just come on back if you ever wanna try again,”

“But I told you once, you son of a bitch, I’m the best there’s ever been!”

4. Black Dog – Heart(Led Zeppelin cover)

I gotta walk, I can’t stand still

Got a flame in my heart, can’t get my fill

5. Shout Your Lungs Out – The Beets

Gotta holler, gotta yell,

ya gotta clap, ya gotta wave,

Ya gotta shout your lungs out!

6. I’m Gonna DJ – REM

If death is pretty final I’m collecting vinyl

I’m gonna DJ at the end of the world.

7. Denim and Leather – Saxon

Were you wearing denim, wearing leather

Did you run down to the front?

Did you queue for your tickets through the ice and snow?

8. Angel – Solarized

She’s been flying just a little too close to the sun

On her broken wings she spirals down, way way down to the ground

9. Call of Dagon – Therion

When you watch the sky

You feel a longing from the stars

Enter the limitless

Answer the call you hear

10. Earthride – Earthride

Feel the breeze of a lifetime

The wind is whipping back your hair

Your soul it yearns for excitement

There are thirteen ways your gonna get there

11. Riding the Storm – Running Wild

Death or glory

We’re riding the storm!

12. Motorfucker – Crucified Barbara

Motorfucker is what they’re calling me

It’s no big deal, I’ll never brake

But I wish they could see me now

On the way to the top speed limit

13. Alien Shores – Augury

Filigrees all across Mercator, outlandish alien shores

Majestic signatures of wisdom lost wait

Their names erased, painted over, forgotten

You can download it here!
Cover art is by will-Ruzicka.

I'm going to get comment replies and all in soon, but what computer time I've had has been mostly devoted to either trying to write or doing work-related things, so I haven't had all that much time. Hope at least a couple of you enjoyed the mix!

Which says a great deal about my output, ha.

The reason I bring this up is because, over the past two days, I have gotten less than five hours of sleep - once due to a troubled stomach that kept me up all night and once because I was off at a midnight showing of The Avengers instead of sleeping. Which was totally worth it, so I'm not complaining about that.

No, the trouble is that apparently now is the best time to pull a fanfiction all-nighter and power my way to the end of that kinkmeme-fill-that-ballooned-into-a-4000-word-monstrosity because sleep is for quitters I guess.

I have Avengers Thoughts aplenty as well as real-life nonsense to natter about, but I am expected to be at work in the morning and thus cannot spend the entirety of tomorrow sleeping, so late-night blogging is just not in the cards tonight.

Good night, flist.

Happy Easter, loves, if you celebrate(d) it. And happy Passover, to those that celebrate that.

To those that don't, I hope you have gone out and gotten yourself some Peeps or Cadbury Eggs and had your life enhanced accordingly. And if you haven't you should do because it'll improve your day immeasurably. Have a fantastic week.

Other stuff to post, but I just wanted to get that in there before I let another holiday/special event go by.

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Just late enough to watch more TGWTG videos of cheesy horror TV shows and post a meme!

'The iPod Shuffle Meme

No, not that one. Let's be honest, when we need inspiration, the first place we go is our music library. So let's try something a little bit different. My music library is no help to me, but maybe it can be for someone else. Here's how this thing works:

1) Comment to this post, and I'll give you a prompt in the form of whatever song shuffles up next on whatever music player I've got going at the time.

2) Turn on the music player of your choice to shuffle, post this to your own journal and dole out prompts. No, you can't hide your shameful music. If it shuffles up, that's the gig.

3) Write/draw/whatever way you create for the prompt you've been given: post it. Again, no hiding the shame. Even if you think it's awful, post it.

4) Link your finished product to the prompt comment, because it's always lovely to see the results.'

I may skip a song if I can't find a YouTube link, since then I won't have a convenient way to link you to the music! 

Alas, I have not finished my own prompt because I am still slow. But again! Day off tomorrow. If I don't spend it napping (which I might) I may do some writing! Or just waste time on the internet, y'know.

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There exists, in this round of springkink , a friendship prompt for Deadpool/Pinkie Pie.

I will actually bribe one of you to write it.

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Honestly, not much has been happening that I'd talk about here! I haven't managed much writing (or at least I haven't managed to finish anything), I've drawn on occasion, I've piddled around on a fanmix and tried to work on a vid...nothing really complete or definitive. I've also been working more hours at my shop, which is good because it means I've been able to accrue some savings but also means not as much fannish downtime.

So...partly popping in to say I'm still alive, yeah. I've been commenting more than updating, and I've been more active on Tumblr because it lets me post pictures of puppies and pretend it's content, but there are also memes and stuff to do. I'm slowly going through all the meme backlogs on this journal and trying to finish them up for completeness' sake.

Also I've been spending an absurd amount of timing reading Homestuck. And reading about Homestuck. Time Sink Award Winner right there.

So, things:

1. If Movie: The Movie is not a Yuletide fandom by this December I will be disappointed in Fandom At Large.

2. I...am contemplating getting into Mass Effect? And I fully admit that this is down mostly to the pile of awesome fanart, and also Garrus and Legion who look really cool. And also the prospect of Sheppard/Garrus, because I'm just horrendously predictable that way. Really, the only thing that stopped me from seeing if my computer was up for it on Steam was hearing certain spoilers regarding the ending of ME3 that I am not sure I am down with. Maybe I can just play the first two and leave it there?

There's also the point that I want to support BioWare after they basically told homophobic gamers to GTFO after someone complained about the m/m romances in Dragon Age. I'd like more game companies to do that! It'd be nice. Maybe I could play Dragon Age instead? Hmm.

3. I've been beading! A lot, actually, though mostly simple stuff. Here, have some pictures!

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You can find most of these (save for the paper beads, which I'm not finished with yet) on my etsy page if you'd like to wear them for yourself! Or just look at more pictures.

4. I always want to write fic based on my fannish dreams and then I remember that a) nobody cares about other people's dreams and b) the whole reason they're dreams is that even in context they don't make a whole lot of sense.

...It was a Generator Rex dream wherein Noah had to go on a mission to the bottom of the ocean for some reason but then his radio cut off and no one knew where he was so Six went down after him, busted through the ocean floor, ended up in a grey lobby with someone who was either Death or one of Death's assistants and then dived out a window into a featureless void. And after that I had to leave for some reason (because the whole thing was something I was watching on a movie screen) and when I came back no one else in the theater would tell me what happened. My dream projections are dicks. :(

5. A meme answer! From caiusmajor , one of those seven-questions things wherein you comment asking for questions and I ask you things for you to post.

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6. I have some other stuff I guess but I've been typing this entry for far too long. See you later flisters.

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Today is my day off work after several days of helping with floor moves (translation: hauling heavy merch around to revamp the store layout). I am a bit knackered after all that and don't feel like doing much. 

There are people renovating my bathroom, so ideally I should be out of my house so's I can get out of their way.

There are four things I could do here:

1. Something responsible, like go out with my dad and car shop because my baby is, unfortunately, starting to have engine trouble that will cost more than she does. As much as it breaks my heart not to have her, it's probably time.

(Of course, Dad also insists that my next car be one with a manual transmission, which I barely know how to drive. I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually, but those times in between that I spend stalling it trying to get it out of the driveway are not going to be fun.)

2. Do something equally responsible but homebound, like insurance paperwork or trying to clear some of the mountain of paper and crap out of my room, because god knows that's an ongoing effort.

3. Bugger off to the bead shop (which is 45 minutes away) and gaze covetously at more beads I don't need. And also ask the folks working there if they know a way to seal paper beads without getting some expensive enameling, because I've got a sheet of wrapping paper that is way too pretty to throw out but I don't want to buy a whole big tub of UTEE if I'm only going to use it once.

4. Try to write. Because, you know, that's gone great over the past few weeks. (Hint: No it hasn't.)

On the one hand, having more hours at work means I've got more financial leeway, but it means on my days off I'm way more tempted to just tear off for the malls or the movies.

I have done some drawing, though! I'll get pictures up later tonight, probably.

Also I haven't been journaling very much have I. I'm still alive! Hi.

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I've been drawing and writing rather than posting anything. Oh, and surviving in the wonderful world of retail and its many cold germs.

...I had a cold three weeks ago, I've got another one now, and in between I had an eye infection, okay, I'm kind of pissed off.


So, in regards to the writing, would anyone be willing to beta a first draft of the first chapter of the Big Huge Crazy AU? I'd kind of like to finish at least two chapters before I start posting so this doesn't become a deadfic (although I did some writing on the second chapter of No Victims Only Volunteers today! I really really did!), but a lot of it was either freewritten or practically dragged out of my brain with a winch and cable, so I need to be sure it makes sense and I didn't muddle up my tenses again.

It's probably going to be about 2000 words when the first chapter's finished, TFA, post-S3, gen but dark. Would anyone be willing to beta?


Ugh, I hate head colds so much. *crawls through piles of tissues*


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