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So, I'm at work. It's very slow, so I had plenty of time to check my finances, pay a few bills, and then go sort of nuts on Etsy.

I now have about half my Christmas shopping done, and at least one thing figured out for every person on my list.

Hurrah!

. . . Man, I'm bored.

It's the icon meme!

1. Reply to this post, and I will pick five of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon squee. Whoo!

essene picked these:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

( She went all into aesthetics and then rambled. I . . . will probably just ramble. )

. . . 20 minutes till I have to leave for Grandma's. I suppose I should put my bag together.

One of my favorite uncles is now a granddad. His daughter-in-law gave birth to a premature but healthy baby girl very early this morning -- who they named after me.

Well, okay. So she's probably not named after me. But she shares the same first and last name, and one would hope that her father at least realized he had a cousin by that name when the naming happened -- even if we've only seen each other a handful of times and I couldn't make it to their wedding because I was officiating one that same day.

It's a very strange thing when your rare and unique name suddenly becomes popular. I'd take credit, but I have the feeling it has more to do with Katherine Heigl than me.

Anyway. Happy turkey day, American folks. Hope your turkey (or alternative to turkey) is perfectly cooked, your pie (or other dessert) is fabulous, and your family (or gathering of friends or, like, cat or something) is at least crazy in an entertaining way.

"Jesus Mom." Tim said upon seeing the new apartment. He had actually seen it before of course, but somehow seeing it now, furnished and finished made it more impressive. There were two floors. The first was mostly open space but with kitchen, dining and living room almost all one room. It was huge by Tim's reckoning. Faust's study/laboratory and Mom's studio were off to the side. The bedrooms were upstairs.

The comparison to this massive living space, and the one bedroom affair he'd lived in most of his life floored him momentarily. He had to stand for a moment and just stare.

"Yo Desmond, you're blocking traffic. Get outta the way."

Stunned into action this time, Tim stepped away from the door, and spun on his heel at the same time. That was a voice he hadn't heard in awhile. "Neil. And Eleziane." he said brilliantly.

"And T'ing." said T'ing from the door to the studio. She'd been admiring his mother's latest masterpiece.

"Jesus." he said again. This was going to be some Thanksgiving. The rest of the night mostly consisted of Tim regaling them all with tales of his adventures. From his landlords, his job, to meeting a former king of England who seemed to be a bit bitter about Tim's friendship with Gwynn. T'ing managed to not wince at the mention of Gwynn or of the lingering affection she detected in Tim's tone when he spoke of her.

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Curtains

Thanks for joining us. To our American friends, have a fantastic Thanksgiving. To all of our international neighbors, we'll eat a little extra for you!

So, every now and then, I get little bits of dialog with no connection to anything story-like or, really, use at all, flashing through my head. And sometimes, I document these little bits of dialog just in case.

Here's a few of my favorites of these:

"Well, you know what they say about demons."
"You can never eat just one?"

". . . I think that just might be the dumbest thing you've ever said."
"You sure? 'Cause I've said a lot of really stupid things."

"WYSIWYG is for jerks."

"I'm just saying. Soulmates? It sounds like some kind of soppy, girly, romantic crap."
"Yeah, well, that's 'cause you don't have one."

One of those I even kind of maybe have an idea for.

Also, I'm suddenly struck by the urge to write a crossover in which Castiel has a conversation with Artie, the Strongest Man in the World. It'd be epic.

(Dear brain: no. Artie is not the archangel Michael. No no no no. *facepalms*)

Wednesday, November 25th 2009. The Night Before Thanksgiving.....

Shadowland Lancaster Presents
ASSIMILATE!

Goth Industrial EBM club night featuring DJ's Kiltboy, Dave Ghoul and Special Guest DJ, Steven Archer of Ego Likeness!

Also Featuring the Art Of Steven Archer and of D.E. Christman!

Door Prizes!

Only at the Chameleon

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http://www.myspace.com/shadowlandlancaster
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Ganked from, like, a buncha people. I may have done this before, and the answers might not have even changed much. Ah well, I'm bored and procrastinating on this tax court opinion.

( I'm doing ___this meme___ because ___I_don't_want_to_work___ )

Exciting, no?

I'm sifting back through my old dream posts (they make me laaaaaaaaaaugh), and I stumble upon this:

. . . he had this suicide watch made up of Eric Weiss, one of my Senegalese coworkers from TJ's, and the Devil (who was rocking this totally Puffy-esque white suit).

Please note that that entry is dated September 10. The End didn't air till the first of October. And I didn't see Sammifer* in the white suit until the promo at the end of "Free To Be You and Me".

ERIC KRIPKE STOP READING MY JOURNAL.

We now return you to your regular, slightly less delirious programming.

* Shut up, it's not a shipper smooshname, it's just an easy way to refer to Lucifer-in-Sam's-body. . . . I'M SO ASHAMED! *wails*

So I took a nap after work, tonight, and ended up dreaming that I got a chance to ride my dad's motorcycle around a mall. But first I had to find the right shoes. And we had to turn this guy into a zombie so he could play on the zombie basketball team. And my coworker kept telling me I should stow all my stuff into the saddlebags. And I kept having to tip the helmet back on my head to talk to people. But, finally, it was time! I did pretty well, considering that, even in the dream, I hadn't ridden a motorcycle that much, except I hit a curve and mistook the clutch for the break and went skidding off the edge of these stairs. But it was okay, 'cause my horseback riding experience meant that I knew how to go with the flow and stay on the bike and keep it upright until it hit the ground, which totally impressed the shit out of a coworker from another job -- except then I had to stop 'cause my dad showed up and needed his bike back.

Not as totally bizarre as some of my dreams can get, but, man, it was fun riding that motorcycle.

Title: But It's Five!
Author: Bella Temple
Category: SPN, gen
Rating: Everyone
Warnings: Uhhhh. Very few dialog tags?
Spoilers: Straight on through to 5x10
Characters: Dean, Sam, Castiel
Disclaimer: The characters and basic premise within are property of their original creators and producers. No money is being made off this work of fiction.
Author's note: Come on, you know you're curious about it, too.

Summary: Coda to 5x10. Slightly more detailed summary under the cut.

( Could've sworn that wine and one and four make two )

My sinuses appear to be damming up to try and keep my brain from leaking out.

Bleeeeeeeeeeeeeergh.

Dragonfly is being re-issued next year, with additional material.
Because of this, it is no longer up on some digital sites.

Including, as has been brought to our attention, Zune, who are fuckers and included DRM with it,
meaning that, you paid for something and because it is no longer in the store
they delete it off your zune.

We are disgusted by this.

If this has happened to you, please contact us directly about it.
egolikeness at egolikeness dot com

When the raising of head is blatantly and shamelessly about fandomhigh, because applications for new students and teachers for the Spring 2010 semester are open!

Four and a half years and still going. Zoe Winchester (formerly Washburn) is our Principal. Deadpool is VP. Barney Stinson is Dean of Students, and Nathan 'Cable' Summers is the Mayor. Anakin Skywalker teaches, drives the welcome bus, and frequently gets bitten by gremlins. The students, teachers, townies and active alumni hail from 157 different fandoms and the senior class includes Alice Liddell (American McGee version), Cordelia Chase, Chuck Bass, Arthur Pendragon, Merlin and Morgana, Worf, Jaina Solo, Lois Lane, Sam Winchester, Dinah Lance, Hannibal King and Leto Atreides. Among *points to icon* others.

It's brain-sucking crackdramacomedyfun and it's entirely possible that if you join, you'll never get your life back. A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend. But don't take my word for it. The characters put together a little brochure:



[The shoeless wonder, for the curious, isn't Claire from Lost; it's Tahiri Veila from the Star Wars EU.]

$40 Each


Where we hid

$40



The Queen of Needles *Sold*
( Holes )

$40 Each



My brother is bigger