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

So my muse crapped out on me again this morning. I've been sitting here staring at my various open WIPs in desperate hope that an idea will hit me like a bolt out of the blue, but so far? Nothing. I want to write and I know where I want the stories to go in a loose sense, but the actual words just won't come. So this is basically me right now:



Oh well. On the bright side, I cut something like three inches off my hair yesterday. It's all cool and short and wavy now, which is actually really handy considering how goddamn hot it is outside, plus it temporarily cured the sense of boredom I was developing with my appearance.

Anyway, I also clapped eyes on the trailer for Breaking Dawn (part 1) just now.



I can't. I don't even have words for how cracktastic this movie looks. I might even actually go see it if I manage to get a free general movie ticket or something.

ETA: I just realized that, if you consider how his costars go by KStew and Rpattz, Kellan Lutz's name can be shortened to KLutz (as in klutz, a clumsy person). For some reason, I find this incredibly fucking hilarious.[/riveting tale, old chap]

And now back to trying to resurrect my poor muse. See my previous post for some Idiot!fic (and a link to other potentially interesting things).

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"I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night..." -- Galileo Galilei

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Cheers.

P.S. - In the course of listening to Set Fire To The Rain - ADELE, I came across the following lyrics:

My hands, they were strong, but my knees were far too weak/
To stand in your arms without falling to your feet...

I feel like there's the potential for an amazing fic prompt in here somewhere, but I can't think of anything (see previous complaints re: dead muse). Anyone wanna take a shot at it?

Random philosophical questions that have crossed my mind recently:

1) Okay, so we know that when a (closeted) gay guy goes out with a woman to try to look extra heterosexual, that woman is called a beard. What's the male equivalent? (Like, if a closeted gay woman goes out with a man to look extra straight). Is there a name for that?

2) When did Bon Iver suddenly become such a huge deal? I'd never even heard of them except for a tangential mention in some Stark interview (shut up, I know I'm a sad, pathetic fangirl for remembering that) and suddenly they're EVERYWHERE. Obviously, the hipsters are taking over.

3) Why is Charlie Sheen still a thing? Did he do something extra wacky and insane recently that I missed?


In other news, generation_kill hosted a themed recs post for crossovers and someone rec'ed the batfic!



This makes me absurdly happy, moreso than it probably should. Remember that I have a tiny, fragile ego when it comes to any sort of fanfic that I do anything for (either on my own or in a collaborative capacity), so people rec'ing anything I worked on sort of makes my week.


Finally, I'm composing a list of movies I need/want to see (and possibly review) this summer. So far, I've got...

Thor
Priest
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Hanna
Scream 4 (am going to have to Redbox/Netflix/pirate this, evidently)
X-Men: First Class (it's probably going to be hilariously awful, but I cannot resist the sexy siren song of James McAvoy)
Green Lantern (mostly because Le Boyfriend is going to drag me to see it whether I like it or not)
Captain America: The First Avenger (see above)
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Not to mention the other movie review posts I have that I'm supposed to do at some point (like 2012 *sigh*). Any other suggestions? Between my junior physical therapist duties and my summer classes, I'm going to be really, spectacularly bored this summer, so any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

And now back to desperately trying to unfuck my creative muse and waiting pathetically for January so The 2-2 can start and I can have an excuse to fangirl on a weekly basis. Ta!

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"As the twig is bent the tree inclines..." -- Virgil

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Cheers.

So, internets, in a concentrated effort to jog my poor flagging muse, I've been re-watching Generation Kill...( I had some kinda jumbled thoughts about Disc 1 )

If my energy holds out (and my migraine wears off), I'll have at least Discs 2 and 3 up tomorrow, but ideally my two late True Blood reaction posts as well. Y'all would be amazed how much one's impressions of something can change the second (or third...or twelfth) time one sees them.

In the mean time, allow Ray-Ray to express how much I love y'all for putting up with my short-ass (read: nonexistent) attention span:


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"Better is the enemy of good..." -- Voltaire

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Cheers.

Dear M. Night Shyamalan,

I'm already pissed off with you for the race/culture!fail that you're perpetrating against Avatar: The Last Airbender. But now, because Le Boyfriend has gotten me started on watching the actual cartoons, I hate you for a few more reasons:

1) Sokka is supposed to be funny. You will never know just how irrationally angry it makes me that you appear to have sucked all the humor out of my favorite character (so far). I get that some of Sokka's gags would be hard to translate into live action acting, but you could salvage some of it if you'd cast someone who can...I don't know...actually do comedy.

Also, there's suspension of disbelief and then there's pretending that Jackson Rathbone can act looks anything close to fifteen years old. I feel vaguely insulted, and I watch a show where two guys who are almost thirty pretend to be sixteen, so that's saying a lot.

2) Aang isn't exactly all srs bznss either -- Avatar or not, HE'S TWELVE. I give you serious side-eye for forgetting that, especially considering that you have children.

3) If you get Momo wrong, I may be forced to hunt you down and beat you to death with a box set of the series. (Ditto re: Bumi, but that's another threat for another day)

4) Why did you take away Katara's hair loops and, as far as I can tell, her braid? I saw some of the other people in her tribe wearing Nicola's look, but it just bugs me and I can't quite put my finger on why.

Finally, I don't get why you felt the need to do a ~dark and edgy~ take on a children's show (that you signed on for because of your children in the first place). I think that's what annoys me most of all -- that you've completely lost sight of your original purpose because you got caught up in egomaniacal douchebaggery.

Piss off (and expect more letters as I watch more of the show),
emerald_skies

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So yeah, as the letter suggests, I've started watching the Avatar cartoons (because of Le Boyfriend). I LOVE THEM (and am retroactively kicking myself for not getting into them sooner). I think I'll be staying out of the fandom though, because I understand that they're more than a little bit crazy (and I've had my fill of fandom crazy for about the next six months).

Meanwhile, I'm still trying to make myself catch up on all the stuff I said I'd post (I haven't forgotten, the list even has its own sticky note!) -- I'm so sorry I keep getting sidetracked. In particular, I'm trying desperately to revive my muse because I miss my Starsgard fic ;__; Maybe watching True Blood with Le Boyfriend tonight will jog my muse a bit.

It really doesn't help that, in the wake of the whole GK drama, I've developed a rather worrisome addiction to reading fandomsecrets. Seriously, y'all, it's like a sickness.

OhGodpleasesendhelp

Finally, just so I'm not boring my poor flist to death with my sad, nonexistent life, have a meme that I gacked from spirited_lizard:

1. Bake cupcakes for:
2. Trust with the keys to my car:
3. Put thumbtacks on their chair:
4. Have a crush on:
5. Pack up and leave if he/she moved next door:
6. Vote for as president:
7. Pick as my partner in a buddy movie:
8. Pair up:
9. Vote off the island and into a volcano:
10. Wheedle into fixing my MP3 player:

Thank you for your time. Feel free to join Castiel in wondering why this entry is here:


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"In dreams begins responsibility..." -- William Butler Yeats

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Cheers.

Howdy, internets. Sorry I didn't post earlier, but I've been feeling sort of physically and emotionally crummy all day so I couldn't really gather any remotely entertaining thoughts until just now. Basically, I spent the whole day lounging around watching OZ and I realized it'd been a while since I'd posted anything about my progress on the series.

( A jumble of thoughts on all of Season 4 and most of Season 5, I has them... )

I may add more as more occurs to me, but that's the bulk of my thoughts for the moment.

Meanwhile, it's currently raining like a bastard (again) complete with lots of thunder and lightning (again) and it totally spawned an excellent prompt but I can't seem to make it go anywhere. It started out Starsgard in my head but can totally be adapted to any GK pairing that tickles anyone's fancy if anyone wants a prompt. Me, on the other hand...



I hate my brain sometimes, y'all -_-

Finally, happy (actual) birthday to meeks00! I send you hugs from JGroff



and was pleased to see that you seem to have had an awesome day.

That's all I've got for now, hope everything is going well for y'all out in internetland.

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"Neither blame or praise yourself..." -- Plutarch

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Cheers.