Dear Fandom High Students and Teachers,

If you don't know who I am, feel free to disregard this message. For those of you who do know me...I don't remember who knows the truth about me and who doesn't. When I came to Fandom High I told people that my parents were dead, and that I was a ward of the state. The truth is that I was, (and am again) in witness protection, as is my mother.

My father is an international terrorist with global conquest as his goal. And I'm afraid to say that he may be about to succeed. He has taken the White House, and Buckingham Palace. The President has been taken prisoner, possibly killed, and the royal family as well. His forces are in every country it seems, gathering followers left and right, and sowing discord and chaos.

US forces are scattered around the globe, and local militaries are hard pressed. I don't know how long they can hold out.

I have to try to stop him.

I consider my time at Fandom High to be the best years of my life. The people I met there and the experiences I went through made me a better person. I hope to see you all again. But if not, I just wanted to say thank you. And good luck.

Sincerely,
William "Billy" Kessler
Fandom High Class of '08

 I had a dream about my grandma last night.  We were at her old house and she was sitting in her favorite chair drinking Pepsi from a glass, condensation dripping down the sides onto her coaster.  She looked really healthy, her hair freshly permed, and in her lap she had a crochet project. 

Grandma was telling me that she was going to die soon and for me to not be so sad about it.  I started to cry.  She said that everything was going to be okay because she loved me and she was going to be in a happy place.  I woke up then, but I swear I felt her touching my hand.

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 Things are ridiculous right now.  My grandma is dead.  My sister is a  piece of shit junkie who has abandoned her children.  My mom is at the end of her rope with everything.  I'm scared to death that she's going to have another heart attack any minute now.  My dad's so frustrated he's a jerk 80% of the time.

I'm lost.  The only thing keeping me grounded in this electrical storm is Brian.  If I didn't have him, I would be falling head first into a black hole.  I don't give a damn if that sounds warped.  But it's nice to have a glimmer of light in the darkness.  I just don't know what to do.  I feel like I'm carrying a ton of bricks and at any moment I'm going to drop them.

So, TJ's news! The evil manager (the one who gave my dad all the grief and whom Dad thought was trying to get him fired) has been transferred to another store! New manager starts tomorrow. Which is the same day the store starts opening an hour earlier (thanks for the two day notice on that, Corporate!), so tomorrow should be super interesting.

I, on the other hand, will be at my other job. Fun times.

Tomorrow is also maintenance coming in to change filters. Hopefully before I leave for work, so I can make sure poor Ginger isn't too traumatized/doesn't escape.

Speaking of, today marked the first time I had visitors over since getting her. Mom, Dad, and J all came over to meet her -- so of course they got to see her for a second before she ran off to hide in the litter box. But, hey, a second isn't bad!

I've got sixteen sock critters for the craft fair, now, and I'm about halfway done with the seventeenth. The fam seems pretty convinced they'll sell. Here's hoping! Two more weeks. I can maybe manage an even 20 critters by then.

There will be pictures, eventually!

*glees*

My dvd of Blackpool with David Tennant and David Morrissey that I preordered from EzyDVD arrived today! So now I three shows that have actors from Doctor Who in them.

In addition to Blackpool I also have The Catherine Tate Show Series 1 - 3 + the 2007 Comic Relief Special and Life on Mars Series 1 the British version with John Simm.

On the night of November 15th Coooobraaaaa!!! Will invade Fandom. They'll be landing troops at the lighthouse with the goal of securing the entire island. This mini invasion will be repelled by Monday night, and is open to all who want to participate.

It won't be hard to avoid the plot of course if you want to, it won't go beyond the lighthouse.

Oh, and I'll be posting it on Saturday night for great SP of Justice. Questions?

Title: Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree
Author: Bella Temple
Category: SPN, gen, crackish
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Winchester free, fairly absurd
Spoilers: Everything aired, including 5x08
Characters: The angels
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: If Kripke can play fast and loose with angel canon, so can I, right? Right?

Summary: Family dinner amongst the angels.

( 'Dinner' was something of an abstract concept for beings that were sustained by the will of God rather than actual food. )

Don't mind if I do!

From dodger_winslow:

Pick a paragraph (or any passage less than 500 words) from any fanfic I've written, and comment to this post with that selection. I will then give you a DVD commentary on that snippet: what I was thinking when I wrote it, why I wrote it in the first place, what's going on in the character's heads, why I chose certain words, what this moment means in the context of the rest of the fic, lots of awful puns, and anything else that you'd expect to find on a DVD commentary track.

Well, maybe not lots of awful puns. We'll see.

Mah fics live here.

The empire strikes back

In recent weeks, we've taken huge steps towards blocking spam accounts on LiveJournal. In fact, we've suspended as many as 30,000 accounts in a single day! We've implemented several pre-emptive measures to prevent the creation of spam accounts, and we've honed our detection of suspicious content. Spam bots are a crafty lot, so we'll continue to refine our tactics and keep up the good fight to keep you safe from spam attacks on LiveJournal.

RSS feeds again

If you're addicted to xkcd_rss, icanhaschzbrgr, or other syndicated feeds, we're pleased to report that we've resolved the update error that was mucking up your RSS feeds. While content was being pulled correctly, it wasn't being posted to the feeds themselves. Late last week, we finally nailed down what we hope was the root problem, so content should post properly. We thank you for your patience.

Wii have killer CSI Deadly Intent contests!

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If you're a gamer who loves CSI, have Wii got news for you! c_s_i is sponsoring killer contests. Simply post a question to a member of the CSI crew. The winner will get a free copy of CSI: Deadly Intent for Nintendo Wii (with a retail value of $39.99) and get their question answered by a member of the CSI writing team! There's also a fantastic monthly contest. To enter, join c_s_i, play the online version of CSI: Deadly Intent, and respond to a two-part query for a chance to win a Wii! Entries will be judged on composition and originality. Sorry, but you must be a U.S. resident and over 18 years old to participate. Check out the rules here.

Enveloped in postcards

Last week, we asked you to send in postcards to help us decorate our drab concrete walls. Here's a photo of the results so far! Thank you so much and please keep them coming! You can mail them to Frank the Goat, Esq., c/o LiveJournal, Inc., 539 Bryant Street, Suite 210, San Francisco, CA 94107. Be sure to include your username, since we'll be giving ten random users paid account credits.

Photos of the week

If you haven't visited our new LiveJournal photo community, you're in for an amazing visual trip. LiveJournal users from around the world will take you on a scenic journey to everywhere. Post your own pictures or kick back and enjoy at lj_photophile. You can view some of this week's awesome photos after the jump. Please start tagging with geographic location, since we'd like to track all the places around the world represented in this community. Keep on commenting too!
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Since both Ginger and I appear to be night owls.

( Watch the kitty lounge! And glare! )

Corrosion Productions present a bad-luck bash on Friday the 13th at the Howlin' Wolf!

Join us for Bella Morte and special guests Ego Likeness and Versailles!

( Flyers )
The afterparty begins at midnight (or so)
$3 cover at the door
The Rubyfruit Jungle
1135 Decatur Street

This event generously sponsored by:
Skully'z Recordz
Sigh Co. Graphics
Seraphemera Books

We recently did an interview with the Innsmouth free press!
http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=2749

Via tABFF:

Allen v. Roig-Franzia -- a play by play of the events leading up to and following a Washington Post Style editor hauling off and punching a coworker. For, as tABFF puts it, "journalistic integrity or something".

And people say newspapers aren't interesting any more.