It's meme time again! Yay! Picked up this meme from my lovely new friend nemrod ! Hi, nemrod , hii!!!!!

Here's what you do:

• Leave me a comment saying "OBJECTION!"
• I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can get to know you better.
• Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.

( My responses to nemrod's five questions... )

Got this from the lovely and ever-populargatorgrrrl. :)

1) Post a list of up to 20 books/movies/anime/TV shows/video games/bands [fannish etc.] that you've had an obsessive fannish love or interest in at some time in your life.

2) Have your f-list guess your favorite character/member from each item.

3) When someone guesses correctly, strikethrough the item and put the name of your favorite character next to it.

1. Buffy: The Vampire Slayer (TV) - Spike
2. Xena: Warrior Princess (TV) - Xena
3. Star Trek: The Original Series (TV) - Spock
4. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Picard
5. Supernatural (TV) - Dean
6. Audioslave (Band) - Chris Cornell
7. The White Stripes (Band) - Jack White
8. Ender's Game and subsequent books in the series by Orson Scott Card
9. Lord of the Rings (Books and Movies) - Aragorn
10. Firefly (TV) - Mal Reynolds
11. Northern Exposure (TV)
12. Terminator 1 (movie) - Kyle Reese
13. Terminator 2 (movie)
14. Star Wars 4-6 (movies)
15. The Beatles (Band)
16. Bones (TV) - Seely Booth
17. The Vampire Chronicles (Books)
18. Moonlighting
19. Bring It On (Movie) Don't judge. I'm obsessed, okay? - Missy
20.  Sense & Sensibility (Movie) 

Well, there you have it. The off-the-top-of-my-head list. Guesses, anyone? :)

Oh I do love a good meme as you all know! The ever gorgeous rivers_bendhad a great one today so I snagged it and did it. It was fun! It did make me realize that I have some great icons but I need to go looking for more. ;o)

Anyway, happy meme-ing, all! Smoochies!


( On to the meme! )

Dear flisties  -

It's official. I'm in love! Don't tell me you all haven't seen this coming. I stalk her. She lets me. I adore her. She humors me. She's witty. She's intelligent. She's the cat to my pajamas. She's the peanut butter to my jelly. Who is this mystery woman, you ask? She's the lovely and effervescent gatorgrrrl, of course! 

She is always such a good friend to me but today she did something that was so unbelievably sweet and generous that I had to dedicate an entire post just to her.

Thank you, my darling gatorgrrrl for your generous gift today! An entire year of lj usage! Wheeeeeeeeee!! You are the best!!  xoxoxo

As you all probably know, I'm trying (slooowly) to finish a J2 fic and I need some of your awesome and creative input, dear flisties. What song(s) would Jensen sing to Jared? I could use ideas for a couple of songs. One of them could be a pretty sappy love song. The other could be anything that Jensen could sing softly without musical accompaniment. I'm totally stuck!

Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope! 

Smoochies, my lovelies! Thanks! :)

I just found out that Dreamwidth hasn't been crossposting. So, I'm testing the waters. While I'm testing, I'm going to post this little delicious tidbit that I found on twitter via bobbinrob. All the text around it was in Spanish and since I don't hablar, I couldn't figure out who posted this originally. If you are the owner, please let me know and I'll take it down. Otherwise, enjoy!

I should so be writing, but I can't do it. My brain cannot do that at the moment so imagine my joy to find a fun book meme just wanting to be ganked at gatorgrrrl 's lj! w00t! Twas fun. :)

"The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed."

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Strike out the books you have no intention of ever reading, or were forced to read at school and hated.

 

( Meme-y goodness... )

Just thought I would take a moment today to say "Hi" to everyone. As you all know, I'm writing a fic for a challenge and my deadline is looming. I'm no stranger to deadlines as my job requires me to write based on deadlines. I just haven't really done it for "fun" before and I've had a bit of an epiphany.

Deadlines can make even the most enjoyable task, HELL. ON. EARTH.

That is all.

Hello, my lovely flisties!

As you all may or may not know, I'm writing a challenge fic for spn_meanttobe  This will be my first "big-girl" fic (I wrote a short prompt!fic some time ago) and I'm hella nervous. My fic will be fairly long when totally complete, 10,000+ words and the posting timeframe is 8/10-24. 

I'm going to be needing a beta soon. I'll need the full treatment, my dears, including flow, characterizations, spelling, grammar, you name it. I can accomplish this through more than one person so if you can/want to provide assisstance with one or more of those areas, please let me know, k? I may need a fairly quick (couple of days?) turnaround as my muse is being a bit stingy. Would you any of you be interested/available to possibly beta for me? If not, no worries at all as I am also posting a plea in several other places including j2_newbies  and spn_betas . Just let me know. :)

Thanks!!! <3<3<3

So I went to visit my daughter this weekend. We always talk about fandom and we were discussing our deep and abiding love for all things SPN plus Jared and Jensen when she her eyes got big and she said she had something to show me. We were out of the house eating lunch at the time so it had to wait for a while. She basically told me she was going to show me a picture of Chad Michael Murray being surprisingly sexy.

I find many of the tangentiel characters in the SPN/J2 world attractive and totally doable. Chris Kane? Fuck, yes!!! David Boreanaz? Every, single day!!! Tom Welling or Mike Rosenbaum? Check and double-check! Chad Michael Murray? Not so much. I like Chad in fic, as does my daughter, but neither of us watch his show or fangirl him in any other way. So, naturally, I was a little skeptical about this, but willing to give it a go. We got back to her house and she played me this vid. When the vid reached 1:01, the world tilted on it's axis, the magnetic poles flipped, time stopped and gravity failed. There was the Chad being sexy as shit. I kid you not, people! Go. Check for yourself. I'll wait.

See? I told you! Sexy fucker, right? I must say that I would climb mount Chad. I would most likely not respect myself in the morning because, let's face it, he's still the Chad. Honestly, I don't know if I respect myself now. But. .....0.o..... Damn! Who knew he was capable of this? Not me, ladies and gentlemen, not me. *sigh*

One final thought/question. Is surprise!Chadlust a sign of the apacolypse or just a sign that I need to get laid, like, yesterday?

The lovely and talented rivers_bend  has posted an incredible gallery of hotass women here and inspired me to post my own. These are the women I find the most riveting and luscious and all-around smokin'.

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I just realized it has been an entire month (almost) since I posted on my own journal. Geez! Where to begin?

I'll start with work. I don't know if I've posted what I do for a living, but I'm a grant writer. I basically write proposals and get bunches of money from the federal government and others to do all sorts of things. So, I live and die by deadlines. This is very stressful work. Most grant writers average 3-12 grants per year. I write an average of 20-35 depending on whether or not we have another writer on staff the entire year. With the stimulus package this year, there are more grants and more applications than ever available. I am approaching a burnout of epic proportions, people. I'm feeling a little lighter right now because I'm only working on 3 grants at the moment rather than 6 or 7 at a time (!!!!!) like I have been the last few months. I really do love my job because I get to see the results of my work. I see the programs implemented, the buildings built, the equipment purchased but mainly I get to see the people helped as a result of what I did. Every. Single. Day. That is pretty fucking terrific. However. This pace is about to grind me to dust. All I can say at this point is AAAAAAUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

So, yeah. One small reason I haven't posted. I'm basically just reading my flist and keeping up with all the terrific fic out there. Plus I have a fic due for a challenge and I haven't even started on it yet. I'm working on that this weekend. Very much looking forward to writing something purely for pleasure. :)

Speaking of pleasure, (see what I did there? *points and winks*) I think my daughter, xenachakram12 , and I converted another innocent into the wild and wicked ways of Supernatural fandom. *wicked grin* My stepsister, her husband and my 21-year-old niece, Cat, were visiting from Memphis. Cat has long been considered the "baby" of the granddaughters because there were only 3 grandchildren (all girls) for quite some time. Then we got twin boys when my daughter, the oldest of the grandchildren, was about 12 or 13. When the last granddaughter came along 4 years ago, my daughter was already 21 and we still think of Cat as the baby of the granddaughters. The 4-year-old seems like a different generation almost. Anyway, my daughter and I got to talking about our pretty boys, as we are wont to do, and Cat wanted to know who these young lovelies were. So, my daughter whipped out her laptop and proceeded to pull up pics of Jared and Jensen both together and separately. She also showed Cat a very mild cute vid or two. Well, within minutes Cat was saying they should totally take their shirts off and kiss. We were a little caught off guard what with the baby saying something so scandalously delicious. She also wanted to see Show. My daughter and I practically squeed with delight and promptly watched the first 3 episodes of season 1. We believe Cat may be a family prodigy. So proud! *sniff*

Well, that's about all I'm up for at the mo'. Hope you all had a safe and fun holiday weekend. <3<3<3

This is a lot later than I had intened but I had to wish the lovely and talented gatorgrrrl a very happy birthday. Hope you are enjoying/have enjoyed your special day, bb!! *hugs*

Okay. Here's the sitch. Our Misha has been arrested by Her Majesty the Queen. Yes, of England. As you may or may not know, he stumbled upon a certain royal somewhere and let it slip in a tweet and then maybe at a con. So now, she has him and she won't let him go unless he is voted Mr. Twitter Universe. Please help and vote now, vote often and vote Misha!

Ganked the icon meme under the cut from the lovely and talented gatorgrrrl . 'Twas very fun and I highly recommend it. :)

In other news, I set up an account in dreamwidth today. You can find me here. I'll be primarily on lj at this time but I'll try to keep up with both. We'll see how it goes.




( This way to meme-age fun... )DO THE MEME.
Coding can be found here

Okay. So this past Thursday and Friday I had the following e-mail exchange with my daughter, xenachakram12, after I forwarded the top e-mail to her. We both lead rich fantasy lives and are special, special snowflakes. 

One small note: Rolling Hills is our local looney bin, er, mental health facility. *g*

Btw, when I asked her if she minded if I posted this, she did comment on my lameness quotient to which I quickly pointed out that it is quite high so why should I bother trying to be cool now? Word.

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From: lizajaneok’s work friend

To: lizajaneok

Begin forwarded message:

 

Do You Know Your Neighbors?

I mean, REALLY - Do you know your neighbors?


Just put in your address & your neighborhood map will pop up.

Every place you see a red balloon or thumb tack is the home of a convicted felon.

Just hover your mouse over an icon & not only will the name come up, but also the crime they were convicted of.

Share with your friends . . . safety first. This was disturbingly interesting.

http://www.felonspy.com/search.html

 

 

From: lizajaneok
To: xenachakram12

Holy crap! This is very disturbing!

 

From: xenachakram12
To: lizajaneok

whoa!! i didn't know that this was public record. the nearest guy to me was convicted of assault, but he's 71, so i'm thinking it was a while ago. *shrug*

I saw your bubble, btw. I didn't know they could get that big. "lizajaneok, 47. Stalking in the 1st degree of Jensen Ackles, Aggrevated Sexual Assault of Jensen Ackles, 1st degree kidnapping of Jensen Ackles..." I bet your neighbors move.

From: lizajaneok
To: xenachakram12

Was at the dentist. *ugh* Yeah, my neighbors are already suspicious. Especially when I brought in that “expensive, rolled-up carpet” that made noises all on its own. They never bought the story that it was haunted. Plus, I didn’t even get to keep Jensen long enough to have any real fun with him. That boy is wily. I think he must do his own stunts on SPN. He didn’t even blink before he jumped from a second-story window and booked into the woods across from the house. He was hardly even limping. Also, he is a really sweet guy. At the trial, he even testified that I treated him humanely and the judge just put me on probation. Well, that and the time I spent “resting” and “gaining perspective” in Rolling Hills. God, I love him so much!!!

 

And the nut doesn’t fall far from the fruitcake, missy. What about your bubble? Just substitute Jensen Ackles with J-Pad and there you go!

 

From: xenachakram12
To: lizajaneok

Yes, except add one Misha Collins as accomplice to the kidnapping charge. He wants a piece of Jared, too. Unfortunately, Jared held both of our arms down with one hand and then squished us 'til we passed out. Then we woke up and gelled Misha's hair. And stole Jensen's sweater vest. We are like the gruesome twosome of mischief. *nods*

Also, you + Jensen Ackles = true forever love. Don't let those a-holes at Rolling Hills tell you it's a "fantasy" or "obsession". They are just jealous cuz your true love is the hottest of all the world. Trufax.

From: lizajaneok
To: xenachakram12

Misha is indeed in it for a piece of the boys. I saw the way he was panting and drooling when we had Jared cornered. And he kept stroking Jensen’s hair after I unrolled the carpet. But he’s adorable and funny, so what can we do but keep him around? Plus, he’s scrappy in a scuffle! You’re stronger, but he’s definitely got some moves.

 

You’re right, those Rolling Hills beyotches ARE jealous!!! I remember seeing the lust in their eyes when they found my secret stash of Jensen pics. (By the way, they do strip search you before you go into RH. Just an FYI, in case you ever need it or in case you ever need to remind me of it.) Anyhoo, our love is true and no one can change that. Jensen, ilu, bb!!!! *sigh*

 

I’ve been out long enough that another attempt should be imminent. “The elephant is wearing blue pajamas.” Repeat. “The elephant is wearing blue pajamas.” Over and out.

 

From: xenachakram12
To: lizajaneok

Lollerskates

Okay, so I'm checking my friends page today and come across some incredibly disturbing news. Seems sales rankings began disappearing from certain books at Amazon.com recently. These were supposedly books containing "adult" materials. Actually, Amazon.com seems to be making a very thinly-veiled attempt to censor out gay reading materials as many straight pornographic and erotic materials have maintained their sales rankings. Take a look at this post from rivers_bend . She has a very good synopsis of the situation. 

I mean, really, Amazon? Do you think we are stupid? Do you think that we will not take action? Write to these people! Boycott Amazon.com! Also, I'm getting a little campaign together to get this issue some media attention and here is what I think we need to do.

1. Report this incident to GLAAD here.
2. Contact the Rachel Maddow Show at rachel@msnbc.com.
3. Post this information on your flist.
4. Send this information to your local news media: newspaper, tv news station.

Here is a one-page statement to send to local media under the cut. Also, I have it in PDF format. I just don't know how to get it to here so it can be downloaded.

 

( an example.... )