Digital Eclipse

Emma's still here.

WHY? Why cruel world? D: Hopefully she will be leaving today, but that it what they said Wednesday. And Yesterday. :|

Question for the Circle: Is it or is it not creepy when someone hits on you by leaving a note on your car in a parking lot? The note has a yahoo email and the lines:

Hi, your nice looking... Would you like to talk more?
Email me [redacted first name with Xtreme Kool Letterz]4you@yahoo.com
Love your hair by the way. I am 33 white male.
:)

According to my family, I am weird for feeling oogy about this. :\ But I was jumpy in the car all the way home, and I couldn't get through the door fast enough. Why is it that guys always hit on me via note? I'm not sure what bugs me more. The misuse of "your/you're" or the obviously skeevy email address.

Speaking of WalMart... Knitters of the DW, UNITE and save me from myself. One of my resolutions this year was to learn to knit again. I used to do it with Nana when I was little (I would start things for her; this was a source of much pride), but I've lost it. This tends to happen with skills learned when you're 4 and never used again. While I was in WalMart being hit on long distance, I browsed through the craft aisle looking for some sort of Learn To Knit Kit. All I wanted was maybe a pamphlet, a set of needles, a teeny thing of yarn and plans for some ridiculously easy project to get me started. I found nothing of the sort. Nothing. The internet has not helped. D: sophie_448 has told me that a scarf is a good first project and offered to show me some things, but that still doesn't tell me what size of needles, type of yarn, etc etc would be good for someone with 22 years inexperience. Looking over the journals of knitters I know, I know that some yarns are easier than others and needles make a difference. How and why? IDK.

So... halp? Plz? ILU all?

In work this week I have been a mix of busy and bored. When I am busy, I am very busy. Mostly, I am bored. (sigh) Students returned to my domain on Thursday, and I was also greeted with delicious scans, the gift exchange reveals, bangin' art (check out Luke!), and beautiful fic which I still need to review. I also discovered that Ao3 now allows us to use custom stylesheets for our fic, which means I was finally able to post Betwixt and Without Irony, in addition to updating ♥. I'm pretty sure this means that all of my Marvel fic (save one) is now available on Ao3.

So overall, yesterday was a Good Day. :D And since the reveals are up, I can (not) shock you all by admitting I wrote...

Engaging the Enemy by tsukinofaerii for brilligspoons
Universe: Marvel Adventures: Avengers AU
Beta: penumbren
Rated: PG13
Warnings: None
Prompt: AU in which villain!Tony pulls Steve's metaphorical pigtails to get his attention! (AKA: The best prompt evar homg.)
Summary: Iron Man is one of the more persistent villains that the Ultimates face, with a special fondness for one Captain America. As Steve starts to find out more and more about him, the lines between hero and villain begin to blur. Sometimes, you don't have to be on the right side of the law to be in the right.

SHHH. Be vewwy vewwy qwuiet. This isn't beta'd yet. Marvel Adventures, 1,000 words. (facepalm)
( Tony's Very Bad No Good Horrible Day )

You know, I had a topic this morning. I really, honestly and truly did. (headdesk) So sleepy....

Comment if you want on my WinCon 09 filter. If I make a WinCon 09 filter. The need for a filter is still very much up on the air depending on how much I babble. As yesterday's firestorm of ETAs proves, I cam babble. Especially moments like now when I have to be awake and coherent for work reasons but don't really have the brainpower available to add "sane" onto that.

This icon makes me wibble. /random

Yes. Yes I desperately want a SPN/Avengers massive crossover fic like burning.

SAM AND DEAN ARE TIGHTLESS AND CAPELESS. THIS IS A TRAVESTY. THAT IS ALL.

Actually, that's totally not all. We all know Blue Soaring rocked out with the Iron Man/Winchester fic like whoa. And I fell in love. Now I just sort of have this burning need to add Steve to the mix somehow. And a kitten. Because I love kittens.

I mean, Dudes, the Winchesters are dealing with... Ahem. All the stuff they are dealing with. (dodges spoilers) You can't tell me that it's impossible that something could come up and take them to New York. From there, it's a matter of coincidence and bad guys, right? I'm thinking something that works both their angles. A supervillain (this is a requirement) who uses magic would not be new. Demons? Demons are always fun. Or (!!!) the Avengers are dealing with something freaky (we'll say demon) and Tony had past dealings with John of the type John used to have with all sorts of people. Favors owed, consulting done, etc etc. Maybe Tony's parents died as part of a curse and John was "a specialist" who helped handle the problem. Anyways, when faced with something that they can only understand using a lot of "WTF" and "DAMN IT" phrases, Tony calls in some assistance, because He Hates Magic and Dr. Strange is... off somewhere. Or he could he scratching his head too. Something. Meanwhile, on the Sam&Dean angle, whatever's going on in New York has a tie-in with a case they just "solved" for a given amount of "solved", so they go check it out.

I have no idea what the plot is to this, but I want it anyway. And tie it in so it's a CW fix-it too. That's the ticket!

Gods, I need more coffee. OH. That reminds me. I need ideas for this year's WinCon Chat goodie bags. Candy is a foregone conclusion. As are paperclips. (I WEAR ONE THANK YOU. DO YOU?) There will also be salt, and this year I have time to make sure it's done in a way that's nicer. (Yes, I still have a large bag of salt in the driver-side doorwell of my car. It makes me feel better. STFU.) I also have another idea, but I'm going to be hushy hushy about that because I want to surprise people. :x Other ideas?

ETA: BRB Reading All That Remains again. Sam&Dean think they had a messed-up childhood. HA.

ETA I SWEAR THIS IS THE LAST ONE: Sam totally needs to be a hero/villain called "Antichrist". Because that would rock on so many crack-filled levels, I don't even know where to begin.

I promised content! And I bring you fake!tabloid. Well, sort of tabloid, sort of Cosmo, sort of hobby-mag. Blame bounces off of me and lands in IT, where it will be shrugged off as usual. I was bored at work yesterday. Well, not bored so much as just busy enough that I couldn't settle down into any one thing. So I wrote a small something. Just a tabloid-like article that got stuck in my head. I had to use the phrase "super-bachelor". It was a visceral need, almost as great as the urge to suggest Tony and Iron Man share chicks. (I didn't get to work that in there. Maybe next time.) And then I got home and the internet was evil, so I played with PSP and... Anyways, I bestow upon you horror.
( For images )
Mock away!

In more familial news... My brother might have fathered twins. (headdesk) Why? *sigh* But I posted part X of the drabble series? yay?

(is too sober for this)

ETA: And now I have an urge to write tabloid-fic. Yes, definitely too sober.