The Wanderings and Ramblings

I can't decide whether or not I want to do yuletide!  So, like most of the other decisions in my life, I'm going to let someone else make it.

Poll #1483752 deck the halls with balls
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 6

should kat do yuletide?

you should/shouldn't because...

what was the first show/movie/band/thing you ever felt fandomy about?

what is your favourite pop? (NO, I AM NOT USING THE WORD SODA. IT'S P O P.)

I think what I actually want to do is just write a True Blood fic.  I've been futzing with some stuff, but haven't actually been constructing anything because I'm crying over this monster Jo remix fic that I'm supposed to be writing for subterrain.

Jeez, it's CRAZY how many fandoms there are out there to write in.  These are the ones I was thinking about for Yuletide:

true blood
push
new amsterdam
carriers
kings
dark angel
sons of anarchy
southland
a guide to recognizing your saints
the black donnellys (the one pretty incesty show that I would never write incest for.  go figure.)
body of lies
constantine
doom
spooks (mi-5)
friday night lights
the vampire diaries

Oh my god, I would love to write something for New Amsterdam.  In fact, I'd really love to write something for the top three fandoms there irregardless of yuletide.  I was watching Push the other day and was thinking that there really ought to be some Nick/older!Cassie fic, which is strange because Dakota Fanning usually drives me up the wall, but I thought she and Chris Evans had this weird sibling-esque chemistry.  I really didn't like Kira, Nick's love interest in the film, partially because Camille Belle was sleepwalking through her role.  So awful.

Also, for those of you that haven't seen Carriers, it's pretty much Sam & Dean take a roadtrip through the zombie apocalypse with Jess and Jo.  Except Dean has a reaaaaaal mean streak.  (But seriously, if you deconstruct the two main male characters, you can fit them neatly into Sam and Dean shells.)  There should be Carriers fic, if not a SPN AU.  If it wasn't so close to what I was writing with Jen for apocabigbang, I'd totally write the SPN AU.

My answers to the two questions I asked up there are:

1.  Buffy.  I was addicted to the show HARDCORE until the last season.  I actually still remember the night Angel died at the end of season 2.  I was eating spaghetti in the living room while my mom took the dog for a walk and by the time she came back, I was BAWLING.  BAWLING MY EYES OUT into my uneaten spaghetti.  I still can't listen to that fucking Sarah McLachlan song without remembering my teenage ~trauma~.  But even though I was OBSESSED with the show (I have never been as addicted to any other show), I never got into the fandom for it.

Although I have to say that I was pretty into Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers when I was a little kid.  I totally used to pretend I was the Pink Ranger.  There is some pretty heinous porny fic out there for MMPR.  Please do not ask how I know this. I also might own the movie on VHS. You are all sworn to secrecy.

2.  I am currently in love with diet A&W root beer.  More astonishingly, zelost_mind has NEVER HAD ROOT BEER.  Is that a British thing, or a zelost_mind-is-a-fucking-weirdo thing?  After some wiki recon, I think you guys have something similar over there, but called Dandelion and Burdock.   Sounds... yummy.  Fun fact: when I was younger, root beer used to give me severe migraines.  Not anymore! 

In conclusion: I can't help it - I really, really like Megan Fox.  I find the she's-the-new-angelina craze obnoxious and mostly think she's a little nutty, but I like the fact that she doesn't try to fake a ubersugary, lovable personality like most of hollywood - she's honest, even if it makes her sound "weird" and I think that's pretty groovy.  She was also the best thing about Jennifer's Body.  I actually think she's pretty talented.  GO FIGURE.

Tell me about the weird, obscure fandoms that you guys love! Do we have any in common? I think my nervousness about writing them is that absolutely NO ONE on my flist will know them.

EDIT: zelost_mind -- who knows! but you hate festive cheer and shit! your story would be about santa's depression and then he gets stuck in a fireplace and sadly is never heard from again. OR IS HE??

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dexter 103 DVD screencaps, gallery and download links here.

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Dammit.  Fickleone had told me yesterday that the "gold-equivalent" ticket for the upcoming Leverage con was $300.  That put it out of my price range right now.  Too bad since the con's in my backyard.  But I wasn't overly bummed.  I figured I may bye a day ticket or something when the con gets closer.

But I just now looked at the Con page and noticed that as part of the "gold/whatever" ticket they are offering a set tour. 

$300 is still too much for me right now.  But that would have been sweet.

Fickleone--re-enforce to me please that I cannot spend $300 on a Leverage con????

I just noticed that Creation has not listed any additional Jared or Jensen auto tickets for sale on the Vancon page or on the LA Con page.  Given all the "limited availability" stuff around Jensen and J2 photos and the rumors about Jensen insisting on "more time" in future cons--I wonder if Creation will be selling any extra autograph tickets for the boys for future cons.  Perhaps the only auto tickets available will be for those who have purchased the package deals?????

I had actually been considering buying an extra J & J autograph for Vancon since that will likely be my last SPN con.  So I've been keeping an eye out for them. 

Now I wonder.

Looks like Creation's updating guest lists as well.  Jim and Jake have been added to LA Con 2010 and although I don't yet see it on the Vancon 2010 page, if you click through to buy tickets on that page you will see an auto ticket for sale for Samantha Smith.  So it looks like Samantha Smith is added for Vancon.

I'm hoping for Rob myself.

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News

Updated: Ratings for Episode 5x08 reported by agt_spooky
Preliminary information for the 4th annual winchestmidwest at winchestmidwest

Challenges

Song Title Challenge Extension at ruby_stills

Fanfic: Sam/Dean

A Thousand Touches 2/5 by masterlist415 (Sam/Dean, NC-17)

Fanfic: Other Slash

Uh-oh! by shadowbyrd (Dean/Castiel, G)
Lights Out 2/? by ru_salki (Dean/Castiel, NC-17)

Fanfic: Gen

Christmas Greetings by immortal_jedi (PG)
crowns and thrones by unholygrace (PG-13)
Lullaby by susannaheanes (G)
Being by one_letter (G)

Fanfic: Other

When Tara Met Jason 4/4 by shadowglove88 (Gen [crossover with Supernatural, Smallville, Friday the 13th], PG-13)
Syndicated Sci-Fi Show by claudiapriscus (Gen [crossover with SG-1], PG)
New Worlds 2/? by sarah_jones (Gen [crossover with Doctor Who, Torchwood, Buffy, and True Blood], Mature)

Fanfic: RPF

Sound Effects by eviltwin (Jensen/Danneel, G)
Not to Mention the First Son by dev_earl (Jared/Jensen, NC-17)
Days in Our Lives: For Everything You Have Missed by titheniel & splashpink (Jared/Jensen, NC-17)
Leap of Faith 4/? by something_rare (Jared/Jensen, NC-17)
Pass it On 2/9 by hay1ock (Jared/Jensen, R)
Pass it On 3/9 by hay1ock (Jared/Jensen, R)
Let Him Go by mysticwaters (Jared/Jensen, PG)
Crocodile Tears by mini_moue (Jared/Jensen, R)
If you lead, I might follow 5/19 by ellydee27 (Jared/Jensen, PG-13)
That Middle Road 12/? by nilchance (Misha/Jeremy Sisto, Adult)
TKO 1/8 by vamphile (Jared/Jensen, PG-13)
The Way We Are 5/? by moodwriter (Jared/Jensen, R)
Animal Crackers 4/? by annie46 (Jared/Jensen, R)
Lock the Doors, We'll Leave the World Outside by i_o_r_h_a_e_l (Jared/Jensen, PG)

Recs

J2 Fic Recs by ou_peachus
J2 Remix Fic Recs at spnroundtable

Icons

Supernatural & cast icons (multi-fandom post) by lellamd
25 SPN Episode 5x08 icons (multi-fandom post) by dev_earl
30 SPN Episode 5x08 icons (multi-fandom post) by leire_pj
17 Supernatural icons (including Episode 5x08) (multi-fandom post) by liy93
Jared Padalecki icons (multi-fandom post) by breannaa
21 Season 5 icons (multi-fandom post) by dawnofme
20 Supernatural icons (multi-fandom post) by spooky_window

Fanart

Happy Together (digital art) by yumezaka (Spoilers for 5x08)
6 Supernatural wallpapers by nito_punk
SPN/Twin Peaks Picspam by bold_seer
Story Art: Do You Love the Shattered Pieces Left of Me? by secretlytodream
Chibi!Dean & Chibi!Castiel art by ran_cl
Jared Padalecki wallpaper by kayara

Screencaps/Pictures

Jensen & Danneel Tribute picspam by khep_shorty
Jensen and Jared Themed Smiles picspam by anastdean
When You Say Nothing at All: A Jensen/Danneel picspam by deanscookie

Multimedia

Dean/Castiel Fanmix: I Found God and All of his devils Inside Him by janie_tangerine

Vids

Party On, Castiel by devilyouwere
Sanctuary by still404ing
Just a Little Late by still404ing
When You Fly too Close to the Ground by still404ing

Meta

Meta/Review for Episode 5x08 by sylvia_bond

Samantha Smith has been added to the guest list. Autographs are $20, and photo ops are $40.

Word just in ... no changes to the status quo with the Oz publishing scene. So while there was panic, there was also much constructive work by many people to see that the insanity of buggering around with a system that was working perfectly well for everyone wasn't tampered with.

Hats off to the great people who got involved and helped educate the Government. Now I have to go have a Bex and a lie down, because for once the Government listened to the people whose lives would be most affected by the decision.

I see Creation has posted the schedule for Chicago.  I notice that Jared and Jensen will not be appearing for separate panels, but rather will be on stage together for an hour.

I hope (know) everyone has a great time this weekend.  I wish I were going to be there with you all.  On the one hand I'm glad I'm not going because of all that travel time between where I live and Chicago.  Plus, well, those of you who know me may remember that the hotel is NOT my favorite place in the world (heh.) 

But on the other hand, I'm really going to miss seeing everyone and watching this week's episode with everyone and seeing all the panels (and the boys of course.)

I'll be "watching" via Twitter off and on--but mostly will be looking forward to reading reports and seeing photos on LJ in the week following the con.

Creation Entertainment Presents
THE SALUTE TO SUPERNATURAL
CHICAGO CONVENTION 2009

link to Creation's Chicago Con Website
link to SPN Upcoming Cons
link to past SPN Cons
link to my SPN Cons Master Posts

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Schedule

(posted by Creation on 11/10/09)

WHERE’S WHAT?

Theater: GRAND BALLROOM
Vendors: GRAND BALLROOM FOYER
Photo Ops: STEPHENS 2
Concert: GRAND BALLROOM
Sat. Eve. Dessert Party: O’HARE BM. (LL)
Sun. Morning Breakfast: O’HARE BM. (LL)
Karaoke Party: MAXIES off Hotel Lobby

Thanks for making the trip to be with us this weekend, we really appreciate it! We hope everyone has a great time. If you have any issues at the convention (with our volunteers or anyone/anything else) please let us know so we can solve problems on site. There are a few rules to make the convention safe for all:

1) Photos from your seat only

2) No photographs during autographs. Only the person who has an autograph ticket may get on the line when called.

3) Due to security considerations and guest concerns we can no longer facilitate the giving of gifts to guests at the photo op sessions. We will be happy to accept gifts for our celebrity guests after 3pm daily at registration (on their day of appearance) and we will gather them and make sure the guests get them. For Jensen and Jared, please give your gifts to registration on Sunday only and by Sunday 1pm. Please note that because guests usually travel by plane they are unable to take gifts home with them. We hope you understand the security issues involved and know that this was done at the request of the guests’ representation. Thank you!

4) At photo ops please refrain from asking guests to pose and/or use props that you have brought.

5) Our main guests have asked that questions be given directly by audience members. Please make sure that your question is a good one and does not involve telling the guests you love them, asking for hugs, photos or autographs. Let’s make the convention’s on-stage sessions enjoyable for all, including the guests! Thanks!

That’s it on rules: ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!

 

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12

5 pm to 8:00 pm: Vendors Room Set Up/Vendors ONLY please

8:00 pm to 9:00 pm: Pre-Registration for GOLD WEEKEND PATRONS, not a necessity but a convenience. Pick up your credientials, schedules, wristbands and get first crack at souvenirs. VENDORS AREA OPEN.

9:00 pm to 10:00 pm: Pre-Registration for PREFERRED WEEKEND PATRONS and GOLD WEEKEND PATRONS, not a necessity but a convenience. Pick up your credientials, schedules, wristbands and get first crack at souvenirs. VENDORS ROOM OPEN.

10:00 pm to 11:00 pm: Pre-Registration for ANY WEEKEND PATRONS. VENDORS ROOM OPEN.

 

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13 (FRIDAY THE 13TH, YEAH!)

11:30 am to 7 pm: Vendors Room Open

11 am to 11:45 am: Registration for Gold Weekend Patrons that were not present last night.

11:45 am to 12:15 pm: Registration for Silver/Preferred Weekend Patrons that were not present last night.

12:15 pm to 6 pm: Registration/Theatre Open

12:45 pm: Supernatural Music Video Open

12:50 pm: Alona Tal (Jo Harvelle)

1:30 pm: Supernatural Music Video

1:35 pm: Julie McNiven (Anna Milton)

2:15 pm: Supernatural Yes/No Trivia Competition: $1750 worth of gift certificates are up for grabs if you are the last fan standing on stage! Be in the audience to participate and make sure to cram for this test by watching Supernatural episodes!

2:30 pm PHOTO OPS with Julie McNiven. Tickets at registration for $40

2:45 pm: Supernatural Music Video

2:50 pm PHOTO OPS with Alona Tal. Tickets at registration for $40

2:50 pm: Intermission and stage reset

3:20 pm: Supernatural and Sci-Fi Genre No Minimum Bid Auction: lots of cool bargains in this fast paced event: be there!

3:50 pm: Supernatural Music Video

3:55 pm: Traci Dinwiddie (Pamela Barnes)

4:40 pm: Supernatural Music Video

4:45 pm PHOTO OPS with Traci Dinwiddie. Tickets at registration for $40

4:45 pm: AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION: “The Supernatural Movie” Pitch Session: pitch us your ideas (up to 45 seconds long) on the plot for a full length feature film version of Supernatural. The best pitch wins a $250 gift certificate!

5:15 pm: Supernatural Music Video

5:20 pm: “THE WOMEN OF SUPERNATURAL” On-Stage Photo Op (please take photos from your seats only) with ALONA TAL, TRACI DINWIDDIE and JULIE McNIVEN

5:30 pm: ON ONE SIDE OF THE THEATRE: Autographs with Traci Dinwiddie are complimentary for GOLD PATRONS and PREFERRED/SILVER WEEKEND Patrons and we will call you up row by row, then followed by those with autograph tickets (which we will call by number) for Traci, which are available at registration for $20 each. Note: if you are a Gold Patron and you have additional Traci autograph tickets kindly get everything signed when you first go up, and this holds true throughout the weekend.

5:35 pm: ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE THEATRE: Autographs with Julie McNiven and Alona Tal, which are not part of any ticket package and must be purchased separately at registration for $20 each. We will call these by number.

PLEASE NOTE: Autographing is a long process and we try not to rush unless our celebrities need to catch planes, which is not the case tonight. Therefore once you see how the lines are moving we do suggest that it is not necessary to wait in your seats for hours. You can go out and come back and then if your row or number was called you can join the line. We, of course, can not be responsible if the guests have left before you come back but it should be relatively easy to see when it is possible to leave.

9:00 pm FRIDAY NIGHT PERFORMANCE
Steve Carlson in Concert, complimentary for Gold Weekend Patrons, for others tickets are available at registration for $20 general admission, $35 reserved seating.

10:30 pm Creation Entertainment’s KARAOKE NIGHT: A free event for all in the hotel’s bar MAXIE’S! Join Creation staff, fellow fans and who knows who else for the fun!

 

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 14

10 am to 7pm: Registration, Vendors Room Open

10:30 am: Main Theatre Opens

10:50 am: Music Video Open

10:55 am: Jake Abel (Adam Milligan)

11:35 am: Aldis Hodge (Jake Talley)

12:15 pm: Supernatural Music Video

12:20 pm PHOTO OPS with Jake Abel. Tickets at registration for $45

12:20 pm: Steve Carlson (Songwriter/Performer)

12:45 pm PHOTO OPS with Aldis Hodge. Tickets at registration for $40

12:55 pm: LUNCH BREAK/Intermission/Stage Reset

1:05 pm: Autographs with Steve Carlson (Steve’s autograph is not part of any ticket package and must be purchased separately for $20 at registration). We will call you up by number.

1:00 pm: Private Lunch with JIM BEAVER, we have three more seatings available, which can be purchased at registration on Friday for $300 each. For those fans participating in this exclusive event: check at registration on Saturday for the room location.

1:45 pm: The Supernatural & Sci-Fi Media No-Minimum Bid Auction: the bidding is fierce but friendly and the bargains are bountiful: don’t miss out!

2:05 pm: PHOTO OPS with Steve Carlson, available at registration for $40.

2:20 pm: Music Video Salute to Supernatural

2:25 pm: Jim Beaver (Bobby)

3:20 pm: Music Video Salute to Supernatural

3:25 pm PHOTO OPS with Jim Beaver. Tickets at registration for $45. If you are in the costume parade please go to the head of the photo ops line and then come back to the theatre.

3:30 pm: THEATRE BREAK

3:45 pm: Supernatural Costume Competition: come dressed as your favorite Supernatural character or make up your own: $250 gift certificate award to the very best, but prizes and applause for ALL who enter. Contestants just be in the theatre at 3:30 pm and we’ll call you up!

4:10 pm: Music Video Salute to Supernatural

4:15 pm: Misha Collins (Castiel)

5:10 pm: PHOTO OPS with Misha Collins (for ticket holders with last names starting with A to L, have photo ID available). SOLD OUT. NO GIFT GIVING, PROPS, REQUESTS FOR POSES PLEASE.

5:20 pm: Music Video Salute to Supernatural

5:30 pm SUPERNATURAL “Stump The Experts” TRIVIA COMPETITION: Here’s where all the Dean, Sam, Castiel, Bobby etc. watching pays off with BIG prizes!

5:35 pm: PHOTO OPS with Misha Collins (for ticket holders with last names starting with M to Z, have photo ID available). SOLD OUT NO GIFT GIVING, PROPS, REQUESTS FOR POSES PLEASE.

6:00 pm: PHOTO OPS with Misha Collins and Jim Beaver AND YOU! First time ever! Tickets available at registration for $65

6:30 pm: Autographs with Misha Collins, Jim Beaver, Aldis Hodge and Jake Abel, all complimentary for Gold and Silver/Preferred WEEKEND PATRONS (whom we will call row by row) followed by those with autograph tickets for any or all of these stars. Autograph tickets (if not sold out) are available at registration at $20 for Aldis and $25 for Jake and Jim. Misha Collins autograph tickets are sold out.

PLEASE NOTE: Autographing is a long process and we try not to rush unless our celebrities need to catch planes, which is not the case tonight. Therefore once you see how the lines are moving we do suggest that it is not necessary to wait in your seats for hours. You can go out and come back and then if your row or number was called you can join the line. We, of course, can not be responsible if the guests have left before you come back but it should be relatively easy to see when it is possible to leave.

10:30 pm: The Saturday Evening Dessert Party with tentative guests Misha Collins, Jim Beaver, Aldis Hodge and Jake Abel. Complimentary and exclusive to GOLD WEEKEND PATRONS only. SOLD OUT! The Supernatural Centerpiece contest features a $250 gift award! If you have a centerpiece entry please bring your entry up to the front of the line so we can get you placed inside.

 

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 15

8:00 am: SUNDAY MORNING BREAKFAST, complimentary to GOLD WEEKEND PATRONS, SOLD OUT. SPECIAL GUESTS: Jensen Ackles (Dean Winchester), Jared Padalecki (Sam Winchester). Please sit at the table assigned to you. THANKS! Photos from your seat only, please.

9:00 am to 4pm Registration and Vendors Room Open

9:15 am: Theatre Open to those with Jensen Photo Ops, please be seated in the front rows and we will call you for your photo op with Jensen as indicated on the schedule below.

9:45 am: Theatre Open to those with Jared and Jensen Duo Photo Ops, please be seated where signage indicates in the theatre and we will call you for your photo ops as indicated on the schedule below.

10:30 am: Theatre Open to those with Jared Solo Photo Ops, please be seated where the signage indicates in the theatre and we will call you for your photo ops as indicated on the schedule below.

9:45am – 10:30am Jensen Ackles Solo photo ops. SOLD OUT. NO GIFT GIVING, PROPS, REQUESTS FOR POSES PLEASE.

10:30am – 11:15am Jared & Jensen Duo photo ops. SOLD OUT. NO GIFT GIVING, PROPS, REQUESTS FOR POSES PLEASE.

11:15am – 12:00pm Jared Solo photo ops. SOLD OUT. NO GIFT GIVING, PROPS, REQUESTS FOR POSES PLEASE.

12:30pm – 1:30pm Jensen & Jared Q&A. Jensen and Jared have asked to appear together on stage for their full timeframe.

1:45pm – 3:15pm Jared & Jensen Autographs, complimentary for GOLD and SILVER/PREFERRED WEEKEND PATRONS (who we will call row by row), followed by those with separate autograph tickets (whom we will call by number). ALL AUTOGRAPH TICKETS with JENSEN & JARED are completely SOLD OUT. Thanks!

3:25 pm Supernatural Music Video Salute

3:30 pm Supernatural No Minimum Bid Auction: the last chance at great collectibles from Supernatural and other genre productions all up for bidding at super-bargain prices. Also, last chance to grab our stage and other banners as collectibles!

4:05 pm Rob Benedict (Chuck Shurley)

4:50 pm Music Video Salute Close

4:55 pm: PHOTO OPS with Rob Benedict, Available at registration for $40

5:15 pm Rob Benedict Autographs (not part of any ticket package and must be purchased separately at registration for $20). We will call you up by number.

5:25 pm Upgrades for 2010: Here’s the chance for the great fans who signed up for next year (OCTOBER 8-10, 2010 AT THE WESTIN O’HARE, OUR NEW CHICAGO AREA LOCATION AND IT IS AWESOME!) to try to get EVEN BETTER seating. We’ll call you up if you are present, if not we will give you a better seat ourselves.

THANKS for your continued support!

All guests and scheduling is tentative and subject to change.

I'm still sloooowly making my way though the masterlist, but here are a few of my favourites so far.

( recs this way )

I hope you enjoy these... and please don't forget to feed the authors! :)

Our last round until Spring 2010 is now open at the Art of Vidding Awards.  Love to see lots of entries so please feel free to submit .  All the details and codes can be found here

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Dexter 407 Slack Tide Icons at my LJ

My meta/review of the Supernatural episode Changing Channels is up at Pink Raygun.

You can access via the site

http://www.pinkraygun.com/2009/11/10/supernatural-changing-channels/


or via my lj

http://sylvia-bond.livejournal.com/52255.html

So I'm closing on the home stretch. My deadline for finishing this is utterly immutable. Sunday night. So oddly I find myself in a strangely zen place. I know it's coming in short. I know I'm short changing sequences and scenes just so I can get the basic shape and structure nailed into place. I even know I've moved on from sections that if I weren't in my current position I'd have stopped the momentum for, gone back over, and rewritten before getting to the end. I can't do that this time and again ... I'm so terribly zen about it. Because I have to be. I have no other choice.

As I've mentioned before in passing, this is a totally insane year. But amidst the insanity -- and because of it -- I have learned some immensely valuable lessons. When I've had time to reflect I'll share them. Hell, when I have time I'll share them!

In the meantime, I'll share this ...

95995 / 130000 words. 74% done!

Autumn colours picspam posted over at scene_again, if anyone is interested.

It's been busy times at my house lately - I'm currently getting all set up for a decorating bonanza to begin, as my dad has booked next week off work to get started on my house. That means I have to decide on my colour schemes already! I now have a nice collection of paint samples to work my way through. The actual decorating could be interesting, with the cats underfoot. Poppy shouldn't be any trouble, as she still associates Dad with the dog and therefore keeps out of his way, but Alfie will want to be all over him - and in the paint tin, if possible, no doubt!

( Kitty update and pics )

For the last two episodes I had pretty high expectations, and I found myself sorely disappointed. For Changing Channels, on the other hand, I had very low expectations, due to its silly premise, and found myself pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Go figure! Jeremy Carver’s characterisation for Sam and Dean was, for the most part, enjoyable and felt more natural to me than in the past episodes, which was an immense relief. Additionally, I found some of the depicted TV show parodies in the episode genuinely funny and even meaningful in places, and although I also cringed at quite a lot of the 'jokes', there was enough good in the episode to outweigh the bad for me, not least because the episode managed to make a strong turn at the end and tied it into the mythology.

( It’s about two brothers that loved each other and betrayed each other. )

We're done buying meat from animal factories. I've never liked doing so (I was a vegetarian for 6 years), but felt we had to for financial reasons. This week we decided to eat vegetarian a few nights a week to defray the cost difference between organic and inorganic meats. In the past, E wasn't willing to do so, but he's changed his mind, obviously, since he was the one to suggest the change this time. Yay!

The manuscript is now edited up to page 192. What remains is a chaotic mess of fumbling bumbling late-night writing sessions that ended with a finished shitty first draft around the time of Elizabeth's conception and hasn't really been touched since. The same Elizabeth who turned 3 a few days ago. So, um, yeah. Dusty, dried, withered, lifeless, prose written in a rush while husbands pouted and a one-year-old shrieked her head off. Is it any wonder that the remaining hundred pages manages to feel frantic. Hm. Desperate? Dusty and desperate. Lifeless, yet frantic.

I've poked at these chapters. Prodded them. I like some of the scenes, hate others, love a few. The basic shape is still what it needs to be, but I'm a bit frightened of the work ahead. I have my plans. I have my lists. I've X'd out pages in my hardcopy, circling those few, solitary paragraphs or snippets of dialogue that will remain when I am done. Some of these sections are so far gone, editing would be pointless - they must, instead, be re-written. I'm 60% excited, and 40% anxious over tomorrow's work: the first huge cuts.

Time to call on my fighting spirit. Aja!

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News
Daily spoilerfree news posted at spnfencentral
5x09 clip posted by spuffy_girl [Spoilers for 5x09!]


Challenges
Claiming for round 2 open at j2_everafter
Challenge #173 results at jensenstillness
Challenge #203 at supernatural100


Fanfic: Sam/Dean
A Thousand Touches Part 1 and Part 2 by cha (NC-17)
Up In The World by jodiekat (Wesson/Smith; NC-17)
Do you love those shattered pieces left of me? by sanann (NC-17)
Forced Entry (11/?) by cha (also Sam/OMC, Dean/OMC, Dean/OFC; NC-17)
Somehwere a clock is ticking by ephemerall (NC-17)
Your Hands Remake Me by loolookitty (NC-17)
It's Not Just To Keep Human by ladyrhyanne (R)
A year with out Music (30/?) by sam_dean_fetish (NC-17)
Bridge to Everywhere by xela_fic (R)


Fanfic: Other Slash
The Soul Piece by jenniferlupin (Dean/Castiel; PG-13)
Unseen (4/5) by downfall35 (Dean/Castiel; PG-13)
All Tomorrow's Parties: Postcards From The Future's End (2/2) by yakbite (Dean/Castiel; R)
Sleep Mode by entangled_now (Dean/Castiel, Sam/Lucifer; PG-13)
Lights Out (1/5) by ru_salki99 (Dean/Castiel; NC-17)
Touch by kijkun (Dean/Castiel; NC-17)
Cold/Heat by jennigerlupin (Dean/Castiel; PG-13)
Dreams by jennigerlupin (Dean/Castiel; PG-13)
Man's Best Friend and Epilogue by whreflections (Dean/Castiel; PG)
Uh-oh! by shadowbyrd (Dean/Castiel; G)


Fanfic: Gen
Comment fic by caffienekitty (PG)
Because of Houdini (5/?) by wave_obscura (PG-13)
I’ll find you in the morning sun by tigriswolf (PG)
He said Yes by hollow_death (PG-13)
Trading Water by keerawa (G)
Deanzilla vs. Hydros: This Time It's Very, Very Personal (15/?) by queeberquabbler (PG-13)
Orange Roughy by seerargent (R)
Lock Up Your Sons by infernallysly (PG-13)
Aloha from Hell by trinipedia (PG)


Fanfic: Het
This will all make perfect sense someday by vinylroad (Sam/Ruby; NC-17)


Fanfic: Other
When You Know It's Love by spuffy_girl (Chuck/Becky, Sam/Dean; PG-13)


Fanfic: RPF
Down The Street From Hope by crackedbuthappy (Jensen/Jared; NC-17)
The Way We Are (4/?) by moodwriter (Jensen/Jared; R)
The Winchester Identity (36/36) by zuben_eschamali (Jensen/Jared; NC-17)
Big Boy Bed by raeschae (Jensen/Jared; PG-13)
Smoke gets in your eyes by freakn_out (Jared/Misha; PG-13)
Alligator Man by englishblue (Jensen/Jared; R)
Deep explorations 2 by dirtydoings (Jensen/Jared/Harley; NC-17)
The One with the Deadly Glance (13/?) by alldunn (Jensen/Jared; NC-17)
Seven Sleepless Nights (Epilogue) by me_olvidaras (Jensen/Jared; NC-17)
Crash Site by mangacat201 (Jensen/Jared; R)
The Taste Of The Wrong Side by germanjj (Jensen/Jared; PG-13)
A Kept Boy (73/?)by poisontaster (Jensen/JDM, Jensen/Jared; Adult)
Seven Days Later by i_o_r_h_a_e_l (Jensen/Jared; PG)
Play Misty for Me (13/?) by jenshih_blue (Jensen/Jared, Jared/Misha; NC-17)
New Perspective (7/?) by decodexx (Jensen/Jared; NC-17)
Let Him Go by mysticwaters (Jensen/Jared, Jensen/OFC; PG)


Recs
4 fic recs by maerhys
Icons, moodtheme, picspam and art recs at spnartrecs
Recs: oldies but goodies at sickdean
Gen recs at rec_hymenated
Season 5 AU recs at sawedoff_recs
Gen recs at crack_impala


Icons
7 SPN icons by kankonkine
20 Jared icons by spn4ever
34 SPN icons by b_split
100 5x07 and 5x08 icons by racheldinozzo
26 still icons, 16 animated icons, 18 animations (all from 5x08) and 4 animations and 3 headers (from 3x07) by deny1984
28 SPN and Katie Cassidy icons by kelzies
31 5x06 and 134 5x08 icons by moodymuse19


Fanart
Castiel manip by vanillasparks
The End wallpaper by liangmin (G)
J2, Jared and Jensen wallpapers by kjcharmed
4 Sam & Dean and 2 Dean wallpapers by nito_punk
Dead Winter by dauntdraws (G)
Dean, Sam and Ruby wallpapers and icons by lightthesparks
Story art and soundtrack for Do you love those shattered pieces left of me? by secretlytodream
5x08 animations by meg_tdj
Swoosh by nargynargy (G)


Screencaps/Pictures
Jensen and Jared picspam by anastdean
5x08 picspam by nicocrunch
J2 picspam by ina_ami


Vids
Different Tonight by maiafire
Sweet Silver Lining by sydneywaldorf
For My Brother by ancastar


Miscellaneous
Jensen and Danneel engagement announcement via missyjack and others
Sequential Tart looks at SPN 5.03: Free to Be You and Me at tartsville
Haiku Post #2 - Character Descriptions at spnroundtable
Page for 5x08 up at the Supernatural Wiki

Hi.  I just posted a new vid at my LJ.  The link for the downloadable file and an embedded version can both be found here.  I hope you like it.

Title:  For My Brother
Artist:  Blue October
Characters / Pairings: Sam & Dean
Summary: You're such a line to break and I; I'm so scared to make another mistake in the end  (The epic bromance of Sam & Dean)
Length: 5:03
Size: 58 MB
Versions:  You Tube, AVI