Okay, it's bad form of me to not make an entry in who knows how long, and then make this entry, but MY GOD:

'Bones' and 'Family Guy' are doing a crossover episode.

Why isn't today April 1st? That makes this REAL.

Ausiello has a story about it here over at EW. (Big spoilers for the home stretch of Bones.)

Current Mood: confused

Taken from ropo :

RULES:
1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
4. Tag 10 friends.
5. Everyone tagged has to do the same thing.
6. Have Fun!

I hit shuffle on my iPod, so I had a huuuuuge range of songs.

I hope everyone's teams win today!

( Me and Bobby McGee )

Tags: music
Current Mood: exhausted

Otherwise, Happy Channukah/Happy Yule/Happy Solstice/Happy Hating the Holidays!

1) Holiday cards are not out. They are going to be that pleasant surprise people get when the Christmas-is-over-doldrums take over.

2) My randomly generated carol sounds kind of racist now:



3) I get to go pick up S. and sarea_okelani on Friday! Huzzah!

4) Sadly, it will probably snow and S. and I will have to amuse ourselves until we can dig her out.

5) My house is so filthy. Between recovering from surgery and taking care of my poor mom who's laid up on her back with some kind of pinched nerve/disc out of whack in her back, I've done almost nothing. I may lose poor Sarea in the debris.

6) Assuming, of course, she is not already lost in the snow.

7) Been feeling meh lately, in an emotional way. Not sure why, though it could be a post-surgery emotional imbalance, which is what my doctor seems to think. I tell him I still have aches and pains and stamina issues, and he says, "YOU HAD SURGERY" and tells me not to worry. But I can't help it! I'm a worrier!

8) I actually got my yuletide story turned in on time! I don't know how great it is, but I hope the person I wrote it for enjoys it nonetheless, as that would be a terrible present, a bad fic. If she thinks it's bad, I hereby give her permission to make fun of it privately behind my back (not in public, because that's just uncool) with no hard feelings!

Current Mood: blah

My NaNo was a commercial failure, but an artistic success - I made it around 15k words in (plus and unknown 10 or 15 notebook pages yet to be transcribed) but at least half of them are quality words, so I count it a moral victory. It's really starting to look like a story, one I'd read about on the back cover and buy and everything. So, cautiously exciting.

Got the new WoW XP and have been playing at a moderate level. I don't know if it was the long break, or the fact that I'm not burning myself out with it, but I'm totally having more fun than I have since I first started playing, way back in the day. The content seems richer, all the little bells and whistles are bellier and whistlier, and instead of impeding me from doing things in my RL, it's a nice reward after writing, or something that puts me in a better mood so that I feel like writing, or cleaning, or whatever. So, yay Blizzard!

( This is a stupid quiz )

I loved 'Australia.' I don't understand critics and I doubt I ever will. My love goes once again to Roger Ebert, for his brain-sharing review of this Baz Lurhmann joint, much as he got my love for his review of The X-Files movie, yet another flick I alone enjoyed. Now, I'm not saying the X-Files movie and Australia are in any way the same, and Australia is clearly the better movie - I mean, fangirl obsession aside, I can be objective - but both were panned for reasons I found bizarre and arbitrary, as though the critics reviewing them had been looking for reasons to dislike the film from the outset. The more movies I see getting panned that I find delightful, the less stock I put into what anyone has to say about anything. Art is so subjective, anyway, that even having critics at all is somewhat counter-productive in my opinion.

I don't know where I'm going with this. Mostly I just wanted to say "Yay! Australia!" and mention that I'm watching "Happy Feet" which, given the vocal work, is like an acid inspired sequel. There. Done.

You, too, can be a rainbow.



Today I take my mom in for an MRI on her back - fingers crossed all goes well and they figure out what's going on down there.

Current Mood: hopeful

I've been tagged by trixiefirecra! What a beeyotch. And I've used my Mulder/Scully icon even though I haven't listed any X-Files fic here - but without the X-Files, none of these fics would even exist. Trippy, eh?

Sometimes it's ok to pimp yourself out. Post a list of your top five fic-favorites you've written, regardless of fandom or the reason you love them. This isn't about the BEST things you've written, but what you LOVE most. Then tag five other people to do the same.

Like A Stone, Harry Potter, Harry
This was part of a Christmas exchange on dearsanta - there was something about the prompt, to write an adult Harry, that somehow translated in my brain to a miserable, fucked up Harry who was all alone in the world. That probably says more about me than it does about Harry, but what came out of it was actually very lovely to me. I wrote a lot of fic for Sarea that I adore for various reasons both fandom related and out of sentimentality, but given the nature of this little pimp prompt, I'm going to go with how much I ended up digging this characterization of Harry. It almost makes me sad he turned out so happy in canon.

Paved, BtVS/AtS, Buffy/Angel
It's probably the first time I didn't take the easy out and write a neat, happy ending, and it's because it came at a time when I was not heavily invested in the Buffy/Angel pairing. Not being invested when writing fanfic? Truly the best thing that can happen to you. I love this because it feels objective, and so little of my fic feels that way to me. I also like that I got it out before everyone wrote their "Spike gets the Shanshu" fic, and it essentially became canon that it could happen. Thanks, season 5 of Angel. There's a lot in here I love, mostly the stuff to do with Connor, and in general the way Spike always knows everyone's heart but his own.

All That Glitters, Veronica Mars, Veronica/Logan
This was a challenge fic for a community that assigned at random a song lyric and an item that had to be incorporated into the fic. I am, as many of you know, a sucker for challenge fics, and so I participated and took much glee in fitting everything together, trying to make the item as significant as possible without being lame. There's something about this fic that reminds me why I love Veronica so much, why her voice is so interesting, and why the last half of season 3 seriously bugged me. At any rate, what I love most about this fic is the way the ending comes together, full circle, and pays tribute to the first season of VM, which I think everyone can agree was the very best.

Things That Never Were, Alias, Jack/Irina
Surprise, surprise, another challenge fic. The reason I love it is quite simple - it let me rewrite the last episode of Alias in a way that did not defy canon, yet was still wholly AU. See, aren't you dying to read it now?! But seriously, while I've always loved Sydney, her love life left a great deal to be desired for me, yet I was endlessly fascinated by Jack and Irina. And you know, my heart belongs to Jack. Where Victor Garber goes, so goes my nation and all that. So really, this premise was a no brainer for me. I'm also fascinated with the idea of do-overs, and the nature of time and reality, so playing with that was a lot of fun, and ultimately, I view this as a fic that I would really, really GP adore if I hadn't wrote it myself, so for the purposes of this meme - there you have it. I also love the last line. Endings are a very big deal for me - they make or break movies, fics, TV series, so in my own writing, I'm especially critical, and extra pleased, depending on which side the ending falls on.

Four Things You Can't Tell Just By Looking At Her, Serenity, multiple pairings
I <3 Firefly. Reading this fic makes me happy and sad, because I love it so, and there will likely never be Serenity, or Serenity made in Hollywood. I think that's all I really have to say. I just like this, I get happy and sad all at once, and I think that's good enough.

Now. I tag: margotlefaye, theantijoss, sarea_okelani, ropo, and yahtzee63. Go forth and give a frivolous distraction on E day.

Current Mood: geeky

This was my favorite of the "vote!" movies I saw, because it's on the money, non-partisan, and made me laugh. I never shared it with 5 friends, and felt inexplicably guilty about that, so here you go, hopefully it's not too late, even though I'm pretty sure every single person on my flist doesn't have to be told to vote; just in case there's some stragglers, however, I'm going in.



And because you can't possibly put enough graphics in one entry, NaNo update!

5,040 / 50,000 (10.1%)

I'm not as far ahead as I'd hoped to be, but I'm also not as far behind as I'd feared considering Rob and I spent Sunday at Disneyland, and watching Zack and Miri Make a Porno (short review: see it); hopefully I'll have plenty of time today after I vote, biting my nails, waiting for the East Coast to finish.

Skip this paragraph if you don't want to be awesomely inspired to vote in a way that could be construed as preachy and guilt-trippy.

Please vote. If you don't like anyone running for President? Vote, because I guarantee there are at least state measures that you would want to weigh in on, and you can write-in Mickey Mouse for President. In California for instance, you've probably heard about Prop 8, a measure that will make it constitutionally illegal for same sex partners to marry. Thank you, Surprisingly Flush Religious Nutjobs of Utah, for your unwanted out of state funding. We've been inundated with ads here, but some state measures get buried, so check yours and vote, pretty please. If not for yourself, or for this wonderful, fucked up, awesome country of ours, do it for me? Vote for the country you want, not the country you have? Vote because people died so you could? Vote because men were once denied the right because of their color, and women because they were women? Vote because agree or disagree with their politics, this is the first time I can remember where of the two guys running, neither of them made me sick to my stomach, disagreement with policy aside? Because after learning about history, and meeting some of its famous faces, even Bill and Ted understand the fundamental beauty in a system that allows us to hold the fate of our future in our own hands?

Yeah, I'm a little pumped up at the election finally being over so I can go back to thinking people are stupid for what they name their kids instead of the lame political arguments they come up with.

Current Mood: hopeful

Perhaps this pretty pink graph will make it easier!

1,900 / 50,000 (3.8%)

So far so good. Day 2, bring it.

It's raining here, and I'm hoping it stays that way, as ropo and I may go to Disneyland and I prefer Disneyland in the rain, not only because it keeps some crowds away, but also because the atmosphere is fun!

I'm slowly beginning to add extra fat into my diet post-surgery, and so far so good, fingers crossed and all that, no ill effects. Hopefully by Thanksgiving I'll be able to gorge myself without fretting about it.

Puppet!Angel so does not look satisfied. All his moods look 'angry.'

Current Mood: satisfied

Two things:

1) I am so bored as I cannot do a lot, physically, right now, and for the next couple of days, and since I can only brainstorm my novel so much before I have to actually write it, I need fic help! Fandoms I'm especially interested in: Firefly, BtVS/AtS (newer stuff, in the last couple of years I probably missed), Bones (it seems oxymoronic to have Bones fanfic when the entire series exists as X-Files fanfic, but we'll try anyway), Alias (pls no schmoopy Syd/Vaughn4evah stuff) ... as for pairings: Mal/Inara, Jayne/River, general good Firefly fic, Wes/Fred, Buffy/Angel, Spike/Anyone, Angel/Darla, Wes/Illyria, fics about Connor, anything related to Jack and/or Irina and/or involving Bristow Family Secret Missions.... and that should just about do it. Thank you.

2) and to prove the statement I was thinking earlier - that on my best day, I am not as smart, deep, or awesome as jennem  - I put my silly little fic requests/pairings ahead of something truly awesome, namely what she's doing with her journal for 50 days.  Quoted from her first entry: Today marks the fifty day countdown until election day! This election year, I have decided to countdown to the election by posting about fifty women who have changed politics (and history) in the United States.

Fifty days until the election, fifty women, fifty reasons to vote.

jennem.livejournal.com/tag/50+3x

I believe that whatever side of the issues you fall on, you need to be informed, both by the past and the present, and that you need to always remember to keep your eyes open to even the things you disagree with.  It is only when faced with opposition that we can often be reminded of how true our deepest held convictions really are.  When we disagree, we should do so passionately, of course, for these are passionate beliefs, but always with respect for the person we're disagreeing with.  Talking about politics is not some silly trifle like who Buffy should end up with - it's about honoring each other by not insulting an ideology just because you disagree with it.  I've been seeing a lot of vitriol from both sides the closer we get to election day and I think now more than ever it's especially important to remember that the only reason we're fighting is because we all ultimately want the same thing - we just disagree about how to get there.

Current Mood: hopeful

community.livejournal.com/ontd_political/660380.html

Right wing HP fans might not find that as funny as I do, but man alive is that good.

In other news, Bones is back! How I love the X-Files fanfic quality of your show, Hart Hanson. 

ETA: Jon Stewart is made of awesome. Hypocrisy is funny!

Current Mood: chipper

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin announced that her 17-year-old daughter Bristol Palin is five months pregnant and is going to marry the father.

Smart of them to come out with it first, so it didn't get leaked to the tabloid press in the wake of the first cracked out rumor about Bristol being pregnant/Palin not.  I don't care about Palin's personal life anymore than I cared about Clinton getting a blowjob (nor should we - it's none of our business, and certain questions should simply not be asked) but I will say, issues wise, Palin scaaaaaares me.  I've always liked McCain, which is why I said at the beginnning of all this political gibber gabber that, politics aside, I at least *liked* everyone running, so at least for the next 4 years, I won't have to do what I've done for the last 8 when the President speaks - cover my ears and scream why, why, WHY!!!! and that's all I can really ask of my country at this point.

But yeah, the addition of Palin to the ticket pushes him even more conservative than I like (which is good for the party - I mean, it IS the conservative party, so she's exactly the running mate he needed) and I do think it's time for change.  A lot of people who are not Republicans are starting to doubt Obama, and I think it's sad, because while he's not the perfect candidate his most ardent supporters would have us believe, he seems like a good man. A smart man. I've *missed* having an articulate president who might actually know *something* about our economy, which is about to officially declare the middle class extinct. Besides, the *president* really only matters insomuch as the people he or she chooses to surround themselves with. It *is* a powerful position, but it's also a figurehead position - that's the way it works. And I have more faith in Obama to pick a cabinet that doesn't frighten me than I do of McCain, who has made noise about keeping Bush's people in place, and has made the appropriate buddy-buddy photo ops, which is just unfathomable to me after the dirty, slimy, underhanded way Bush conducted himself toward McCain in the 2000 primary elections.

But I digress. I guess I could sum all that up with "I hate all politicians, and I'm picking the lesser of two evils" but since I actually do *like* Obama, at least I have that going for me this time.  I cannot take another 4 years of the last 8 years.

I still wish Al Gore was president. Our air would be so clean. And he'd probably take a block of primetime every night to educate us.

In other news, I am SO BORED (which is probably why I'm even making political posts) because I have a recurring gallbladder condition that flared up last week, so I have to "rest" a lot.  I don't like to "rest."  Well, I do, becuase I'm pretty lazy, but when the mood strikes, I like to run around and do stuff, and I have been almost totally unable.

Went to a Melissa Etheridge concert last Friday at the Greek - she always puts on the most fantastic show, and this was no exception. I spent more time sitting down than I ever do at a concert, due to fatigue, but it was still worth the price of admission. Her guitarist - hot damn is he good. They did this thing where they had their guitars mate on stage, and then she got behind him and started playing with her arms around him - and it sounded GOOD, man. Damn good. She does this thing that musicians haven't done in ages, where she actually tells you a little story throughout the night, things from her personal life, things from the world she believes, and the message she pushes hardest that always stays with me for days afterward is really worth the price of admisssion: speak true, love each other, find the peace. 

Watched a bit of the DNC - mostly Hillary's speech, which actually choked me up. I'm really sad she isn't going to be our president. I know she's got a lot of baggage, but she honestly embodied for me everything I wanted in the person who ran the country, and her issues and my issues lined up almost perfectly. Luckily I'm not afraid of Barack or anything, so I'm fine supporting Obama, and Biden is a solid, safe choice for a running mate, but that doesn't mean my heart has stopped longing for Hillary. Luckily I live in a state where that sort of thing is okay. And seriously, how cute is Chelsea now? And all well spoken and put together. I'm so putting up Chelsea in '36 bumper stickers.

Most of you probably heard that thing about David Duchovny, and I just want to take a moment to say something that probably hasn't been said about it: THANK YOU, David, for making the public announcement while I was in a 'forced rest' situation, because it gave me HOURS of time lecturing silly people about addiction, and generally making fun where I could, because while I love, love, love David, and wish him nothing but a healthy recovery, this little moment has been such fodder for me at a time when I needed it. So you see, even when he's at his lowest point, David Duchovny still helps others.

I'm writing a vampire novel. There have yet to be any vampire appearances, but it's coming; I can feel it.

Current Mood: bored

Over the last few months, I've rediscovered a love of the X-Files, in particular the fanfic. I'd always remembered fondly how incredibly well written the bulk of that fandom was, and assumed I was sort of idealizing it in the wake of so many other disorganized, hit or miss fandoms. But going back and rereading (and in many cases, discovering things I'd never read) I didn't idealize it at all! I can't believe how good all the fic in the XF fandom is.

Except, of course, for mine. *g* Which is criiiiiiinge worthy. Seriously, seriously cringe worthy - I was 17 when I wrote it, and almost completely inexperienced as a writer. So, yeah, it makes me cringe.

So when I saw this challenge crop up, I thought it might be an interesting exercise - in short, you're meant to take an old fic and rewrite it in some way that improves it, or makes it different, or however you want to approach it.

So, I did it! Headers are for chumps; thanks to Audrey & Ropo for the beta!

If you want to hurt me, you can check out the original on Gossamar, my author page is Trixie.

http://fluky.gossamer.org/

Also, note to All Other Fandoms: Gossamer? Really good idea. Look into it. 

Coming soon:  My thoughts on Dexter season 1 and The X-Files: I Want to Believe.  I know, try to contain yourselves.

Tags: fanfic, writing, x-files
Current Mood: accomplished

Okay, I know it's been like, forever and a day since I've posted in this thing, but I'm trying to get back into the swing of reading and commenting, so instead of a big, tedious entry telling you all about what I've been up to lately, I'll cut to the chase:

Stop reading this and go see The Dark Knight so that I can talk with you about how supremely awesome it is, and how it's officially going to be the movie all other superhero movies want to be when they grow up.

This year has been surprisingly wonderful for film, and fingers crossed, this trend will continue with the new X-Files movie, coming next week to a cinema near you (in spite of the fact that Fox apparently doesn't want anyone to know about it.).

Kisses to all of you I've been such a bad LJ pal to, and big hugs for those of you who didn't unfriend me in a an angry fit of disinterest!

Current Mood: ecstatic

I thought I would actually come out of lurking to wish everyone who celebrates it a very Merry Christmas, and everyone else a healthy, happy New Year. :D

I actually got the best Christmas present ever a few weeks ago, in the form of a rescued puppy:



This is not LJ cut because.... omg imagine if you cruised by the cut and didn't click it and missed out on the ultra cuteness of my puppy?? His name is Mal (like the space captain) and he's very naughty and doesn't really let me get anything done, but it's totally worth it.

Spent 10 days in Hawaii, which sounds lovely and relaxing, but was more stressful than anything else -- it turned into a business trip against my will and while fun was had, it wasn't the indulgence before Christmas we'd hoped.

X-mas cards are still going out -- found some cute ones in Hawaii everyone will be getting, so if you haven't given it to me yet, and you would like a card, drop me an email with your addy.

Other than the above, there's not much different with me -- still writing (less fanfic, which is both good and sad), still transcribing, still playing WoW (though my desire to do so has lessened until the expansion comes out mid-Jan), still watch way too much TV (entry forthcoming), still being a bad LJer -- it's comforting that some things never change.

Much love to you all!

photo by ropo.
Mal is a Keeshond/Shepherd found abandoned in a box outside a drugstore with his siblings.

Tags: christmas, mal
Current Mood: bouncy

Those of you who know my name might be as surprised as me to learn this is true. And here I thought I was an original! /sob

(Meanwhile, there are 58,494 in America with my first name, so why the hell could I never find my name on a freakin' keychain?!)

~

There's this adorable guy who works at the McDonald's near my house. Robbie and I took to calling him Fez because he spoke *exactly* like Fez from That 70s Show -- one time I asked him for a cup of ice, and he spent the next minute asking me if I wanted apple pies. (With his accent, apple pies and cup of ice sound identical.) Never knew much about him, but he was always really sweet -- well the other night, Robbie hit the motherload: he's from Guatamala, his name is Esi (pronounced e-sigh), and he sometimes wears the nametag Chuck, because that's his boyfriend's name. Also, he was delighted when he realized Robbie was in the backseat of the car, he waved at her happily, then started laughing like a fool, just because, I honestly believe, he's that happy with life. And he works in the drive-thru at McDonald's on the graveyard shift.

I want this guy to be a main character in a book. Perhaps I'll write it.

~

Ever since the rear ending in Oregon, I've been having neck pain -- I have some kind of pinched nerve that we believe was made worse because I had really, really bad turbulence coming home, and it was like, a re-jostling too soon after the original impact. It's getting better, and I'm having a massage later, but it's just painful enough to be a suck on my day.

~

Due to the final installment being published, I have been rereading Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series -- I really, really love the first few books in that series, and I was bowled over again by how hot/good I find When He Was Wicked, a book I just should not like at all given my own romance novel squicks. Julia Quinn's website has a ton of her personal recs, and I've compiled a list of books I mean to check out. She's also put up "epilogues" from a couple of the Bridgerton books, available exclusively in ebook format -- I'm tempted by the one for the Viscount Who Loved Me, and am crossing my fingers for follow ups to my other faves, rather than the couldn't pay me to read it one for stupid Hyacinth's stupid book.

( List of Books to Search for Used )

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I love Grey's Anatomy. And I don't hate any of the characters, and I don't care what any of you say, you can't make me hate them. They're all flawed and human and ridiculous and selfish and heroic and wonderful. Except for Bailey, who is perfect in every way.

~

That's all the random I have in me. Happy Wednesday, everyone!

Tags: books, meme, stories
Current Mood: awake

Title: Things That Never Were
Author: Jade Okelani
Email: jadeokelani @ gmail.com
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: big honkin' finale ones! If you haven't seen it, don't read this.
Summary: There were whole worlds lived and ended inside every single moment.
Notes: Wow, this is my first real Alias fic, and it was a blast to write! Hopefully it's also a blast to read. The inspiration (beyond the awesome request of eirina, which can be found at the end of the fic) comes from the George Bernard Shaw quote at the front.
Thanks: Big love and thanks to yahtzee63 for time, effort, and general reminders so I didn't forget I was writing this. Written for the Alias: Dearly Departed Ficathon.

( Things That Never Were )

Tags: alias, fic
Current Mood: content

So last night around 7:30 we lost all power in the neighborhood. I was in the middle of playing WoW, we were doing a raid, and I'd gotten maybe an hour of sleep in the last 24, and I was praying to God that it would just end already so I could go to sleep. Who knew God was listening and ready to answer my prayers so readily? He never does that when I ask for a million dollars.

I called both sarea_okelani and akscully in an attempt to explain my abrupt absense from the raid, but one was out of her house, and the other ignoring her phone. So I sat alone in my house in the dark like a dog until ropo came over and we took a dip in the pool.

Seriously, I'm not meant to live without electricty. I'm not one of those women who should have been born in another time -- I was in the middle of an Alias fic for the Dearly Departed Ficathon and it was driving me crazy that I couldn't get to it to finish it up, and I couldn't check LiveJournal, or look over my work in progress novel, or play WoW, or waste time on Yahoo Games, or obsessively check my email, or my guild's forums, or read fic, or, or, or.

*holds you all tightly*

*goes back to polishing up fic*

Today we celebrate the birth of the newest published Inara Press author, theantijoss! Hope today is excellent for you, babe!

In honor of, I offer you, whenever you next check LJ, the right to order a drabble from me, pairing, element, etc. of your choice. :D

And now, another of Sarea's drabbles. Her request: Draco/Ginny, a take off Mr. and Mrs. Smith (either the new or the old)

( Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy )

Okay, so two. First one, gacked from ropo, cut for your pleasure:

( LJ Interests Meme )

And this next one seems esp. appropriate for me, considering I'm the worst LJer ever. So let 'er rip!

How many times has someone on your friends list posted about something and you were really confused, but you didn't want to ask because you knew you SHOULD know?

How many times have you felt 'guilty' asking a close LJ friend a question that should be 'obvious'?

Well, here's your chance. If you've missed a few things, missed an entry and are confused, ask me anything. Even something EXTREMELY basic, like where I live! I'm not allowed to get even slightly irratated at any of the questions - we've all missed things before.

ropo and I are going to see David Duchovny interview Colin Ferguson tonight. Haha, that never ceases to make me laugh, just thinking about it.

Today I am:

Getting a massage.

Helping Robbie move some large piece of furniture (which will no doubt undo the work of my massage).

Doing Zul Gurub in the evening time.

Biting my nails as I watch 24. (Why, oh why, did I ever decide it would be a good idea to watch 24 week-to-week instead of waiting for the DVDs? Oh, right, bastards spoiling me. Sigh.)

Posting a Firefly fic I wrote, post-Serenity (the movie) for all to enjoy.

/end transmission.

( Four Things You Can't Tell Just By Looking At Her, Firefly, 1/1, PG )

Current Mood: busy

ropo and I went to a billion yard sales today and I managed to get all my Mother's Day shopping done. The best thing about my mom is that she's happier to get something awesome that cost a dollar, than something super expensive. I prove my love with bargain hunting.

So I've been reading Kevin Smith's blog for awhile, and enjoying how candid he is about his life, but recently he's taken an even more personal subject and given it life. In a 9 part series that began at the end of March, Kevin has chronicled his part in Jason Mewes' drug addiction saga. It's honest, it's touching, and as someone who knows what it's like to watch someone you love spiral out of control, I found it very cathartic to read.

If you're so inclined, check out Me and My Shadow over on Kevin's blog.

I know how terrible I am at updating this thing, so I'm going to tell you about some of the test screenings I've been to lately, for those interested in upcoming films. First up for this entry is John Cusack's latest effort, The Martian Child. IMDb says: Crushed by the death of his fiancée, a writer (Cusack) adopts a 6-year-old boy in an effort to create a family. The boy, who desperately wants a father, is troubled by the idea that he's from Mars.

( My mini, mostly spoiler-free, positive review )

In WoW news, I'm really enjoying being in a raiding guild. Emerge isn't too hard core (some of these guilds want you raiding 30+ hours a week, which is just insane) and has a good attitude -- Real Life > WoW. Spending roughly three nights a week invading Molten Core has gotten me 5 pieces of the Arcanist set, and a shiny new Azuresong Mageblade. Oh, how I <3 the Mageblade. MC has also gotten routine, which is something I never thought I'd say! We're about to start doing BWL; our first night is Tuesday, but I'm going to have to miss it, because Robbie and I are going to see David Duchovny interview Colin Ferguson about the book CF wrote, and there's just nothing better than that; nothing.

I love Bones a little more with each new episode, am reserving my judgment about the last few episodes of Gilmore Girls, and honestly think this past two hour Alias was the best the series has offered since the glory days of season 2. Damn you, Abrams, I can't believe you're going to get me to see MI:III.

And finally, in the interest of getting them done, already, today I will post one of the drabbles I owe you all. This one is for Sarea, who has once again grossly abused her position in my life by requesting a record 20 drabbles. (She even requested a Draco/Hermione, seemingly to punish me, but I think she will soon see that EVERYONE is hurt by Draco/Hermione.)

Her request: Mal/Inara, the first day after the events of Serenity (the first movie)

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