Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo! So little time! So much to know!

Howdy, internets, just dropping in for a minute to say that I'm not dead, just busy. Horribly, ridiculously, soul-crushingly busy (because next week is the week before finals and the professors like to pile shit high and deep right about now). It's made me tired enough that I've passed out asleep at 10:00 p.m. more than once in the last week (which, for someone who normally goes to bed around midnight, is a big deal), plus I really hate how much it's cutting into my fandom/internet time lately :\


Me these days....

Long story short, my life would be so much easier if I could just live in the internet forever.

On the bright side, I got to spend the afternoon watching Jason X (hilariously bad) and playing with Le Boyfriend's and my bb!kitty (hilariously adorable) over at Les Neighbors', so things aren't as bad as they could be. In the mean time, I promise I'll get a real post up some time before doomsday *facepalm*

ETA: My family sent me this video earlier and I only just opened and watched it just now...

( Marines and Britney Spears...you know you're curious )

It's almost scary how well they know me.

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"War is the science of destruction..." -- John Abbott

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Cheers.

Dear LiveJournal,

If you could unfuck yourself soon, I would really appreciate it. Because this is basically me right now:



And my poor computer can only stand so much abuse.

Thanks (for nothing),
emerald_skies


In other Glee-related news, FUCK YES. (Warning: slightly spoilerish)



I don't care that my geeky joy is making me look like a total loser, I AM EXCITE.

Also, jean_iris and I totally had the best casting/episode/song idea ever:

emerald_skies: for real, this stark as will's little brother thing needs to happen
jean_iris: totally
emerald_skies: and he needs to teach something so all the girls can sing Hot For Teacher
emerald_skies: XD
jean_iris: lol xD
emerald_skies: the powers that be could wait until he grows his hair back and then have him do a slow motion hair flip as he walks down the halls :P
emerald_skies: mostly because that makes the best mental image ever

THINK OF THE HAIR FLIP. I can't possibly be the only one who finds this concept hilarious.

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"Time, the devourer of all things..." -- Ovid

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Cheers.

P.S. - See my previous post for more Starsgard fic, lots of gifs, and general rambling goodness.

THING THE FIRST: I finally got my camera! After I wrestled the box open, I promptly spent the next thirty minutes annoying the bejeezus out of Le Boyfriend with scenarios like...

Me: *holds up tiny plastic whatsit* The heck is this?
Le Boyfriend: That's the battery.
Me: *holds up another tiny plastic whatsit* And this?
Le Boyfriend: That's the battery charger.

And so on. There was also much marveling over how friggin' tiny it is (seriously, it's the same approximate dimensions as a box of Altoids). Y'all might laugh at me for my confusion over the many tiny plastic whatsits -- which, incidentally, have a frightening talent for disappearing -- and the battery but, for reference, the last digital camera I had regular access to a) belonged to my family, b) was roughly the size of your standard full-size matchbox (or a smaller film camera), and c) ran on AA batteries. In other words, I AM NEW TO THE TINY CAMERAS OF THE FUTURE, OKAY?

I'm also impressed with all the software functions. It auto-corrects red-eye (I used to have to do that on my computer), has a blink detector (which is causing me no end of amusement), and can distinguish/orient faces in a given frame (it puts little blinky white corners around them). The jury's still out on whether it can slice/dice/make julien fries, but I wouldn't put it past this thing. I fully intend to spend the rest of the afternoon playing with it -- which might involve further annoying the bejeezus out of Le Boyfriend.


THING THE SECOND: I finished my finals today! Spanish was easy (God bless online classes), Stress Management was easy (see previous), Sports Nutrition was so-so (I barely studied anyway because I'm pretty sure I could've skipped it and still made a low B in the class), and Physiology of Exercise was GOOD GOD SO STUPIDLY HARD. Well, the essay wasn't so hard, but there were parts of the multiple choice that had me going like this:



Except quietly in my seat. At least I wasn't the only one writhing in anguish.


THING THE THIRD: I finally got Le Batfic posted to AO3 for ease of re-reading (and posting to generation_kill. I was delighted to discover that it doesn't freak out at LJ formatting, but enraged at how MOTHERFUCKING SLOW it is, and then there was this whole thing where it posted an extra chapter and I couldn't figure out WHY. Much rending of garments (figuratively speaking) ensued until I finally figured out that it had somehow posted the last chapter twice.


THING THE FOURTH: I should probably get around to picking out possible dates/times for the Die Mommie Die re-watch in stark_sands. Um.

THING THE FIFTH: Happy birthday, muthine! I bring you eyefucking as a birthday present


THING THE LAST: The New York trip is in four days. FOUR DAYS.



Plans for a meet-up are in progress (with a million thanks to pjvilar for helping with my hilariously awful planning skills). Incoherent flailing has already begun.


That's it for now! How are y'all?

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"All sins are attempts to fill voids..." -- Simone Weil

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Cheers.

Howdy all, just checking in with a couple of things so y'all know I'm not dead or anything.

1) Because it's been about a million years since my last ASkars post:

( Raptor Jesus bless all personal trainers... )

My face at that pic:



2) Glee and Supernatural reaction posts are in progress, but might still be a while because I'm doing about five gazillion other things at the same time. Apologies for the wait.

3) More Bat!fic is also coming very soon. Including things that bumped its overall rating into the R/NC-17 range. Stay tuned :D

I'll also probably compile a list of big bang recs at some point soon, once I get a chance to actually read them /o\


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"Truth sits upon the lips of dying men..." -- Matthew Arnold

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Cheers.

Actually, it's kind of a big surprise. "About 3700 words" big, to be more accurate.

Title: Celer, Silens, Mortalis (Part 3)
Authors: emerald_skies and mcl4r3n
Summary: In which storm clouds build on a seemingly sunny horizon and we see two sides to a particular coin.

( Godfather leans against his desk as he silently finishes the report in his hands... )

Enjoy (and thanks for waiting so patiently)!

Cheers.

Internets, let me tell you something. Many times, I fail hardcore at being a responsible adult in some way, shape, or form. We all do, it happens to the best of us really (Google Hyperbole and a Half if you don't believe me). Because of this common human condition and my own personal whacked out brain chemistry, many simple tasks often become impossible for me very quickly.

Studying for tests is one of those things.

( A brief, gif-riddled, extraordinarily random insight into what my afternoon has been like... )

And that's how my last four hours have been going (and how making myself perform important tasks frequently goes for me). I know, I know, it's riveting, as is the fact that I'm about an inch away from doing this:



Save me.

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"Try to relax and enjoy the crisis..." -- Ashleigh Brilliant

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Cheers.

Now, I know it's pretty common for most people to get some wacky shit in their spam folders. Comedians have been joking about it pretty much since email was invented. Even I've gotten some pretty weird things including...

- Mail-order bride ads (Le Boyfriend finds this hilarious)
- Various and sundry male enhancement ads (which seemed stupid given that I'm a girl, until I realized the potential jab at Le Boyfriend -- then it was hilarious)
- Ads encouraging me to watch supposed celebrity sex tapes
- Ads for guns/knives/hunting gear (the combination of this and the one above it make me wonder what watch lists I must be on by now)

( But this, internets, this cracks me up the most... )

1) I'm in my twenties.
2) I'm pretty sure Paypal knows I'm in my twenties considering I dimly remember being asked to enter my DOB when I registered.
3) I'm in college. I'm still getting the hang of financial responsibility.

Bonus: Note the link/ad across the top of my Spam folder -- Google usually chooses things for that place based on key words in the folder (or email if you happen to have one open at the time). So Google selects a Spam recipe for the spam folder; is that meta or what? XD

Just had to stop in and have a laugh about that. Feel free to join Bud in being horrified by what the internet appears to think of me:


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"The basis of optimism is sheer terror..." -- Oscar Wilde

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Cheers.

P.S. - I promise I'll at least get the Glee reaction posts up today if it's the last thing I do. This shit is just getting ridiculous.

***ETA: Done and done!

Glee Episode 2x01( 'Audition' )

Glee Episode 2x02 ( 'Britney/Brittany' )

Things I learned from watching Zorro earlier this afternoon:

- Anything and everything Antonio Banderas does is sexy. Even getting into a shouting match with Catherine Zeta-Jones.

- Catherine Zeta-Jones uses the same mix of witchcraft and virgin blood as Stark to avoid obvious signs of aging.

- Grand, sweeping, Spanish-sounding orchestral arrangements make everything better. Everything.

- Rich people are bad (unless they are Zorro).

- Americans are worse (rich Americans are, by extension, the Antichrist).

This was the second movie but, now that I think of it, those pretty much apply to all of them.


Anyway, here's the long-promised first snippet of the GK Batman!AU mcl4r3n and I have been cooking up:

Title: Celer, Silens, Mortalis
Author(s): emerald_skies and mcl4r3n
Pairing: Brad/Nate
Rating: PG-13 so far (for language and violence)
Summary: A Batman AU featuring Brad as Batman, Ray as Alfred (yes, you read that correctly), Walt as Robin, and many others.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. No profit is being made, all non-original content is the property of its respective owners, no infringement is intended, etc.
Author’s note: Many thanks to everyone who gave feedback, helped with the little details, or just generally waved pom-poms in support of this little story that could. This story is for all of you <3

(  The weather forecast for the greater Gotham area promises that the thundershowers of earlier in the afternoon will melt off by nightfall… )

Happy (very late) birthday, pjvilar. Hope you like your present *g*


Cheers.

Dear kid in my class this morning,

I realize that college is the perfect time for wild and crazy shenanigans. I also realize that I'm in no position whatsoever to judge you for stupid decisions.

However, when you show up to class so drunk that people three rows away can smell you? Not to mention rambling loudly about how drunk you are? You really shouldn't be surprised at the looks you got in response.

Sincerely,
emerald_skies (the red-haired girl sitting three rows behind and two seats over from you)

P.S. - Even money says I did at least thirty points better than you on the test.


Dear inconsiderate dicksucks above me,

Are you seriously at this ear-assaultingly loud bullshit again? Even after two noise complaints from us and at least one more from other people in the building?



Le Boyfriend just managed to talk me out of calling the cops on you right now. You have one day's grace period before I call them anyway, Le Boyfriend be damned. I am so fucking done with this crap.

Sincerely hoping your speakers blow out,
emerald_skies


Ugh, between this crap, my cramps, and the fact that some crazies scared PJ off Twitter/Tumblr a few days ago, I'm pretty much ready for a PMS-fueled rampage. At least Glee's on in an hour.

Cheers.

Salutations, internets. After spending an afternoon poring over medical journals until the words started to blur, I came home determined to resolve this computer issue bullshit once and for all. So, one cleaned up hard drive (I erased a bunch of language display options I'll never need) and whole lot of determination in spite of an astonishingly shitty internet connection later, I bring you...

The famously ill-fated True Blood write-ups! The last for this season.

1) Episode 3x10 ( 'I Smell A Rat' )

2) Episode 3x11 ( 'Fresh Blood' )

3) Episode 3x12 ( 'Evil Is Going On' )

I'm not even really sure what to say at this point, y'all. I'm still processing the cracky little clusterfuck that was the last episode in particular, Enjoy!

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"To light a candle is to cast a shadow..." -- Ursula K. Le Guin

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Cheers.

ETA: Soooooo, GK-wise, this photo album was just brought to my attention. In spite of the fact that Billy's facial hair in some pics alarms and bewilders me, I think I'll be looking at this for the next two...maybe three hours. Oh boys <3