I was up early this morning. It's been raining off and on for two days, with the kind of cold, dreary weather that's usually reserved for weekdays when you have to leave the house and go do stuff. But it's Sunday, so I just made myself some hot chocolate and slipped back into bed. The air had that chill in it that is only successfully combatted by curling up under the covers, perhaps clutching a stuffed buffalo that in turn is clutching a stuffed piglet. At least, that worked for me.
Someone in our house brought home microwavable pork rinds. And I'd mock, except I know that I'll end up eating them.
Today's kerfuffle? Dude, I stand by what I said. There's no reason to go out of one's way to make others feel unwelcome in this fandom. It seems to be happening more and more, and more and more I really want to be somewhere else. Edited to Add: Oh, my gosh! That's it! I'm going to start my own fandom. Around common household items of food. And my OTP will be white bread dipped in ranch dressing. Theircreamypaletrans-fatloveissopure.
I'm teaching myself sign language. I keep waiting for the sense of accomplishment and reward from bettering myself in a way that may someday help others, but mostly my fingers just hurt.
Tonight I'm going to a strip club. Alas, no lap dances, but we do have a bunch of free drink vouchers. I enjoyed my first visit to one a few months ago, back in L.A., so I'm looking forward to this as well.
So this is my Labor Day weekend; I feel confident I have done our holiday justice. Hope everyone else is having fun. If you're at loose ends allow me to direct you to the new 'Buffy' game. I'm just saying.
08.29.03
Conversation In A Car
Boy (casually): So...if for some reason, you know, I had to change my last name...which would you prefer? ____-____ or ____-____?
Piglet: What?
Boy: I said, if I had to --
Piglet: I heard what you said. Why would you need to change your last name? Why?
Boy: Well, in case I ever --
Piglet: Oh, God. You're a criminal, aren't you? You're on the run from the law!
Boy: I am not!
Piglet: I knew there had to be a catch. I knew it. You're all, "Oh, Piglet, let me spirit you away with my sexy British accent and ex-rugby player body and Range Rover!" See, that stuff just does not happen to me.
Boy: You do realize you're insane, right?
Piglet (narrows eyes): Are you a drug dealer? Are we living on drug money?
Boy: I'm supposed to go back to England and pick up a title. Sometimes they require that you take the family name along with it.
Piglet: ...Oh.
Boy: Is that better?
Piglet: No. That's freaky and messed up, dude. Get out of my car, foreign devil!
08.26.03
The Desert Island Meme, stolen from 
keswindhover.
Isle of Man
Clive Owen: Clive has given many varied and lickable performances; he has played a croupier, a hitman, an incestuous-minded brother, and a wickedly enigmatic manservant. I trust him to take inspiration from that last role should we ever encounter one another.
Kiefer Sutherland: I have been Kiefer's bitch a fan of Kiefer's work since 'The Lost Boys'. Our very own Spike was partially modeled after Kiefer's character in that film. And I'm so pleased that he's working again! If I could, I would employ all of the Brat Pack. In...various capacities.
James Marsters: What, you thought I was going to be all cool and so-over-that and leave him off the list? No way. I'd tap that ass in a second. He'd have to adhere to my 'No Talking' rule, but then so do most of the boys on this list and some of the girls.
Nicholas Lea: Take me, Krycek! I'm yours forever.
Andy Garcia: Another old favorite. I'd like him to attend to my 'Internal Affairs'. Ha! Get it? Get it?
Isle of Lesbos
Angelina Jolie: Number one, no question. I think she'd be lots of fun in bed (okay, maybe life-threatening) and we could also compare cutting scars. You know, I saw her interview with Barbara Walters and she was really very well-spoken and polite. Much more appealing than nutty Lisa Marie Presley.
Halle Berry: Halle is what God intended all of us to look like, back in the day, before Adam and Eve got all up in His shit, and then God was all, "Oh, yeah? Screw you! Now you get large pores and excessive body hair and cellulite! How ya like them apples?!" (I paraphrase, here.)
Lucy Liu: I love that very cool, considering attitude plus she wore this very tiny skirt in 'Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'. And as further confirmation that we're compatible, she used to dated the aforementioned Nicholas Lea.
Angela Bassett: I'm not sure if I want to do her as much as be her, but either way she's on the list.
Charisma Carpenter: Or more accurately, Cordelia. Back when she was bitchy and fun.
08.25.03
This Is As Meta As I Get
 You are "Happy Go Wacky Fun Time" LJ!!! |
The questions made me laugh my ass off. And I have, on occasion, been told I look like Parker Posey. No, I have. Stop snickering, I can hear you. I also like to dance. |
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You're a sex bomb, fun lovin', wildly creative and adventurous, and your significant others / friends / family members / co-workers are, too! Sometimes more so! All the time! To a degree apparently much larger than regular people's! To the extent that they must continuously be "quoted"! The rest of us need to kill you / wish we were you / want to have sex with you. | |
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#$%&*@! French films. I knew I should have gone to see 'Freddy vs. Jason' instead.
If I ever used mood icons, this is where it would say pissed off and out twenty bucks (including Raisinettes).
08.21.03
Added the final chapter of Wayward. I never really expected anyone to read this fic, so I just want to say that the feedback I received was wonderfully surprising and supportive and it kept me going. Thanks to everyone who encouraged me.
Now, I'm going to celebrate with two bowls of Rice Chex (maybe three, tops) and repeated viewings of 'She's All That'. Yeah, shut up. You watched it too. There need to be more kind-but-geeky-unpopular-girl/handsome-jock-about-to-embark-on-a-journey-of-growth films. [/Mary Sue]
Kisses and more to the sexy nautibitz and lovebytez. And kjdraft? Break out the Marshmallow Peeps, I'm a-comin'.
08.20.03
Behind The Orange Curtain
So, I thought yesterday was going to be my Why Piglet Reeeaaalllly Needs To Leave The Fandom Day, but it turned out to be Why Television Is The Best Invention Ever Day. What happened? 'The O.C.', of course!
In a fit of domesticity I was hardboiling some eggs, and while I waited for them to finish I turned on the TV. I haven't watched, um...much of anything since 'Buffy' ended; I'm trying to be more active and healthy and crap like that so at nights I've been walking the dog. I always knew exercise was a sucker's bet and last night proved it. I love 'The O.C.'
It's pure frothy fun; everyone's beautiful and skimpily clothed and great stuff happens: last night a lady got drunk and went splat! on a table and the male lead almost became a prison bitch. Jane Espenson wrote this episode, and I can't think of a better show for the newly unemployed 'BtVS' writers to flock to.
In its way, it's the perfect program to watch post-'Buffy'. There's no emotional investment on the part of the audience -- I'm not going to agonize over the unrequited love story or be devastated by a plot development; God willing, I won't feel the need to write any 'O.C.' fanfic. And if there are 'O.C.' icons I think they should be silly and stupid, like "Peter Gallagher's Eyebrows Fan -- No Apologies" or "My Fandom Judges You Based Solely On Appearance."
The acting is...hmm. Okay. Maybe I've been spoiled by the 'Buffy' cast. But nobody's terrible, and hey! The first year of 'Beverly Hills, 90210' wasn't exactly like having season tickets to Steppenwolf. The important thing is: pretty people with capped teeth and horrible flaws.
I lived in Orange County for a while, and there are bits you'd think are over the top, like the gated communities and the lifted trucks and the way they refer to Chino like some Third World leper colony. But it's really like that. In Orange County, there are ads for au pairs placed in the PennySaver, a publication that everyone else on the planet uses to get rid of broken refrigerators and push lawnmowers. Everything in Orange County is shiny and new and sterile; it's probably one of the nicest and easiest places to live in Southern California but sometimes it reminded me of the Initiative.
So, yeah. I sat in front of the television, ate half a bag of Cheetos Twists, and remembered what life was all about.
Edited To Add: Yes! canadia_bit made the "Judges You" and "Peter Gallagher's Eyebrows" icons!
08.18.03
Added Chapter 16 of Wayward.
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A belated thank you to Slappy, who is sending me this poster. Despite its overtly homoerotic overtones, Slappy sought it out and acquired it, in the presence of others, who may very well now believe he's totally gay -- all because he knew I'd like it. (I'm trying to quote verbatim here.) Seriously, he's the best. Even if he does someday ask me for a life-size cardboard Hooters girl in return.
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08.17.03
Today I walked downtown to the local art fair. Lots of really nice stuff, not to mention all the booths serving a variety of fried food. Then I stopped at the general store to pick up postcards (for friends who still refuse to believe that I've actually moved). I missed the annual post-Sturgis pig roast, but you can't have everything.
My town couldn't be less like Los Angeles, but I love it (and that's surely one of the reasons). It's easy to live here, and small enough so that I can feel like I'm part of the community. Strict zoning laws have kept most of the cozy older homes intact, which pleases me. My hometown outside Chicago, which I remember as comfortable middle-class but is apparently in high demand among the young and affluent, is filled with gargantuan new residences that elbow each other across the lot lines. Twenty-five years ago, houses on my block were going for between $30-50,000. This year builders tore down the vintage Sears catalogue home across the street from us, and put up a $1.2 million dollar monstrosity. I know it's progress, it's just...not the same anymore.
Anyway, this is the view from the hill I live on now. After moving four times in four years, it's good to feel settled.
08.16.03
I've spent a lot of time recently investigating volunteer opportunities, looking at community college course offerings, and generally trying to expand my horizons beyond "what should I eat next?" It's been really rewarding already, and I'm glad that I finally have some time and decent health to pursue this. (For anyone in the Colorado area, please check out Black Tie - Denver, a comprehensive listing of nonprofit organizations and their needs.)
The boys have been doing the protein diet. I'm a half-hearted participant, grudgingly going along because the only other alternative is cooking for myself. But I get a little...twitchy when I haven't had my daily intake of refined sugar, so I've modified the plan slightly. Current tally is:
8-ct. boxes of Hostess Cupcakes consumed - 2.
Pounds lost - 13.
At this point I can actually buy Sarah Michelle Gellar's outfits off the 'Buffy' auction. You know, if I wanted to pay seven hundred dollars for a peasant blouse the color of toxic chartreuse.
I'm trying to see how long I can go without tweezing my eyebrows. I think I only make them worse, honestly.
lovebytez sent a CD I've been listening to obsessively. My dad sent me a stuffed buffalo. My boyfriend bought me a pig mug and bowl.
I measured myself and discovered I am even shorter than I thought I was. Am I shrinking or just stupid?
Was alerted to the alarming invasion of PigletBots, by sisabet.
Completed a post-'Chosen' Spike/Buffy fic that made me remember why I loved to write fanfic.
Watched 'Cradle 2 The Grave', and developed a strange, passionate crush on DMX. X gon' give it ya...
08.13.03
Added Chapter 15 of Wayward.
Roundabout is nominated for Best Angst Fic and Best Long Fic at the Vampire Kisses Awards. It's also nominated for Best Long Story, Best Spike Characterization and Most Unique Storyline at Eternal Devotion.
All That You Leave Behind is nominated for Best Minor Character Slash at the Precious Kisses Awards. I've created a Nominations page; thank you to everyone who thought of me.
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