Digital Eclipse

Hello, first day of the semester. Why are you already being mean to me? I've loved you and petted you and done everything exactly the right way. Yet my inbox has 63 messages complaining that they can't access their classes yet, the earliest dating from 6PM last night. Enrollment gets started at 8AM the day classes begin and finishes around 10AM. There are biiiiig signs posted all over the website about this. Why for do people not read? It's especially annoying in the teachers, all of whom seem to swear blue that last semester their courses were available to students early. Trust me. They weren't. I know, because I handle enrollment, and I never do it early, not for love nor money.

On the other hand, I've had a few very sweet people calling with actual problems that don't stem from reading fail. It's nice when callers are polite and understanding. Also, I have dark chocolate covered pomegranates OMG THERE ARE NO WORDS FOR THE JOY THIS BRINGS. OMNOMNOMNOM.

This is what I call comfort food.

Now! A short meme!
( Inside the Tin )
Okay, thanks to fandomsecrets, I read this. And you know what I want now?

I want an epic crossover. EPIC. Somehow, The Avengers (meaning at least Tony, preferably plus Steve and a few others) end up universe/time bouncing and land smack dab in the middle of London, specifically somewhere that will bring them to the attention of a certain detective who lives at 221 Baker. Time bouncing would be preferable, because how amazing would that be, that Holmes was pre-modern Marvel? ANYWAY. There needs to be a "Dear God, he could be your twin!" moment with Tony and Sherlock and amusing stereo one-line responses from both of the aforementioned. ("Nonsense, he looks nothing like me.") And Hijinxs, of course, must ensue. Strangely, I envision this as a Holmes fic with Avengers characters, because the Great Mystery of how these peculiar people arrived in London and, more importantly, how to make them go away again before that Stark fellow causes any more difficulties would be amazing. Watson and Steve, I imagine, would bond over certain shared troubles.

Why yes, I did see the movie. How did you guess? Fortunately, I think this is going to be a "sit back and read the shinies other people produce" fandom, because I'm not particularly Holmsian, and mysteries are something I prefer in small doses. The thought of actually writing one makes me crinkle my nose.

What? Evil? Me? ¬¬ (hides the porn)

12 pages left to base-edit in NaNo! That means editing will be done today at least! HUZZAH. (collapse) How did I forget that I shot him?! /random But I'll make sure that gets tied off, and run around catching the weirdness. Then it's just to beg, borrow and wail until someone pats me on the head and gives me a cookie. (What? I like cookies.) I have a horrible feeling that I'm going to end up writing a villain epilogue, which will leave open the way for a sequel I am D: about. Maybe. IDK. (headdesk) My focus, she is away on vacation.

Soooooo... Do any of you fancy taking a gander at it? For to lash me over plotholes, characterization fail and general wonkiness that I can't see? (For that matter, one prompt left to edit, if I could just smack myself hard enough to make it happen. Fail, self, so much fail.)

[/whining]

ETA: DONE MWAHAHA.

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In what many of you might consider happier news (lol), I'm not going to be able to do a Christmas gift/smush/whatever this year. :( I'm heading to my parents, so between that and Life In General, I just won't have time to write. Considering that this was the result last year, I'm sure there's a giant sigh of relief.

Because I have a sneaking suspicion that it's Monday...

The problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away.

Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you.

ETA: Why do I desperately want to send a Cthulhupus to someone? o.O

(returns to arguing with Tony)

Fie, self. FIE. (headdesk) Shiny fandoms are baaaaaaaaad for my writing. And by "bad" I mean "really really good".

I have porn to write this weekend (and it shall be short porn! Do you hear me, prompt? [fistshake] SHORT AND PLOTLESS). In addiction, I'm steadily prodding away at multiple others, including Halloween!fic (I♥Halloween), head!fic and several others that that I'm trying not to admit to lest they rise up and crush me beneath their wrath. The beta-pile is 15 long in various stages of beta. @-@ It grew! halp

I'm tempted to just self-edit and post the smaller ones, but I know for a fact that betas make me a better writer. I have hard evidence of this, obtained by using the Wince-o-meter. When I read self-edited a month or more after the fact, I wince roughly 3 times more than when I read beta-read.

I don't even know why I'm posting this. (flails) Here, have a meme, because jazzypom is far too adept at making me want to write lol.

Never Will I Ever meme: Name three fics you think I will never, ever, ever write. In return, I will attempt to write a snippet of one of them.

ETA: A second Meme, snatched from jazzypom. (My enabler. ♥)

Missing Scenes: Give me the title of a story I've never written, and feedback telling me what you liked best about it, and I will tell you any of: the first sentence, the last sentence, the thing that made me want to write it, the biggest problem I had while writing it, why it almost never got posted, the scene that hit the cutting room floor but that I wish I'd been able to salvage, or something else that I want readers to know.

Family times tonight, apparently. DNW. (headdesk) My cousin and her gf want to come over and play Scattegories, which I had to Wiki because I know Monopoly and that's about it. I'm not sure how they think including me in this is a good idea, especially when alcohol will be involved. My mind is never the cleanest to start with, and I still have explosives left over from the 4th. If I'm cornered and drunk, gods know what will happen.

To get my mind of off this impending fail, a meme! Clearly, I am a ship. BAAAA. (misspelling deliberate, if you get the reference, I will love you forever)
INFO
1. Name:
2. Birthday:
3. Where do you live:
4. IM:
5. What are you studying/What are you working as:
6. What makes you happy:
7. What are you listening to now/have listened to last:
8. Weirdest food you like:
9. An interesting fact about you:
10. Are you in love/have a crush at the moment:
11. Favorite place to be:
12. Favorite lyric:
13. Best time of the year:
14. Put a picture of yourself:


RECOMMEND
1. A film:
2. A book:
3. A song:
4. A band:
5. A tv show:

PLUS
1. One thing you like about me:
2. Two things you like about yourself:
3. Put this in your lj so I can tell you what I think of you?
INFO 1. Name: 2. Birthday: 3. Where do you live: 4. IM: 5. What are you studying/What are you working as: 6. What makes you happy: 7. What are you listening to now/have listened to last: 8. Weirdest food you like: 9. An interesting fact about you: 10. Are you in love/have a crush at the moment: 11. Favorite place to be: 12. Favorite lyric: 13. Best time of the year: 14. Put a picture of yourself: RECOMMEND 1. A film: 2. A book: 3. A song: 4. A band: 5. A tv show: PLUS 1. One thing you like about me: 2. Two things you like about yourself: 3. Put this in your lj so I can tell you what I think of you?

Stolen from eowyn_rain

YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I want to know 28 things about you. I don't care if we've never talked, never really clicked, or if we already know everything about each other. I really don't. You are obviously on my flist, so let me know with whom I'm friends!

1. Your Middle Name:
2. Age:
3. Single or Taken:
4. Favorite Movie:
5. Favorite Song or Album:
6. Favorite Band/Artist:
7. Dirty or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:
( For the rest )

<b>1. Your Middle Name:</b> <b>2. Age:</b> <b>3. Single or Taken:</b> <b>4. Favorite Movie:</b> <b>5. Favorite Song or Album:</b> <b>6. Favorite Band/Artist:</b> <b>7. Dirty or Clean:</b> <b>8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:</b> <b>9. Do we know each other outside of LJ?</b> <b>10. What's your philosophy on life?</b> <b>11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?</b> <b>12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?</b> <b>13. What is your favorite memory of us?</b> <b>14. What is your favorite guilty pleasure?</b> <b>15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:</b> <b>16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they?</b> <b>17. Can we get together and make a cake?</b> <b>18. Which country is your spiritual home?</b> <b>19. What is your big weakness?</b> <b>20. Do you think I'm a good person?</b> <b>21. What was your best/favorite subject at school?</b> <b>22. Describe your accent</b> <b>23. If you could change anything about me, would you?</b> <b>24. What do you wear to sleep?</b> <b>25. Trousers or skirts?</b> <b>26. Cigarettes or alcohol?</b> <b>27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? (If you have no idea, just say something crazy, it'll entertain me!)</b> <b>28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you?</b>

ETA: Why did I flock this?

\♥/ I WROTE MORE. This is getting to be a habit, y/y? And I'm consistently finding it strange how much I still like this story. o-O;

This baby looks like she's coming in at 20k or so, but she's still growing. You have no idea what sort of temptation it is to keep it rolling, but I only have plot planned out for the next (checks clock) three hours of fic-time. And then there's a long, slow lag. I suppose I could manufacture something, but that would be kind of obvious. (handwaves) So I'll end it as planned, and then if the bug bites (which they are @.@), it's an open universe for more stories. :D

The powercord on my laptop fell apart last night. *sigh* Should have seen that coming. So tonight I'm swinging by Best Buy to pick up a new one. This sort of sucks, because what I'm working with now is an adapter, which was expensive, and what I'm looking at are adapters (which are expensive), and there's not a single thing there that doesn't seem to have "warning! I will suck!" written all over it. If I weren't desperate... Ah, well. That's what browsing online is for. :\

My Wallet Angel had better be on hand, though. ¬¬ Best Buy is right by Borders. D: And the mall. Also! There is a Cinnabun! (Weight Angel! YOU TOO!) D: D: D: D: Nevermind the games and music and...

*whimper* I'm so weak.

(clutches WinCon) Must. Save. MUST. *pantpant*

ETA: I think I'm going to go see Star Trek this weekend. I'm pretty sure I can't consider myself a fangirl if I don't. It's like a calling. Also, everyone else is doing/has done it.

Name your 15 absolutely favorite couples (het/slash/canon/fanon) and ask people to see what trends they notice about your couples. Try to pick different fandoms.
( meme-age! )

The first TEN people to comment in this post get to request a drabble-ish of any pairing/character (with a prompt) of their choosing from me. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their ability level.

I'll do just about anything lol, but anything NWS is going to take longer than the lower-rated stuff, and I'm not up to date on the SPN.