| Drabble-ish - Rules |
[Jan. 29th, 2012|01:59 pm] |
Um. So I kind scrawled half a drabble this morning before going back to sleep. Just scrawled out the other half. Not actually beta'd (as it's a *drabble*), but did run it past ![[personal profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) linda3m to check for glaring errors.
NCIS. Not rated, nothing graphic. Refers to events in episode 7.15 Jack Knife. Not even bothering with a cut tag.
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Tim figures it out while he's the designated Gibbs-keeper. He keeps it to himself because while he hasn't actually heard them for this situation, he knows Gibbs and knows there are rules.
The first rule of Gibbs and Fornell - You do not talk about Gibbs and Fornell.
The second rule of Gibbs and Fornell is YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT GIBBS AND FORNELL.
He mentally gives Tony a head-slap; it's his fault Tim's making movie references in his head now. When he's paired with Tony in the van while Gibbs and Fornell follow Ziva and Werth, he almost hopes Tony mentions Gibbs-and-Fornell. Tim making a Fight Club reference accompanied by a head-slap might actually get Tony to shut up for a while.
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[Jan. 28th, 2012|08:18 pm] |
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| Festus, Missouri |
[Jan. 27th, 2012|09:47 pm] |
Seriously, who names a town "Festus"? Whatever.
First day of *work* in over a month. Spent the whole day on my feet *outside*. Much gravel, and there was never anywhere to set my stuff. So I spent the day awkwardly carrying my laptop in my left arm and well... dammit, my wrists, particularly the left, are *killing* me. (abuse of asterisks much? sorry)
I'll be sleeping with my wrist braces on once I get home.
Not that I'll be home long. About 24 hours-ish. Drive home tomorrow - about 315 miles. Do some laundry. Repack. Drive to Emporia, Kansas, Sunday afternoon. Spend the week there. Come home Friday afternoon. Drive to Tulsa Sunday. Three days in Tulsa. Spend Thursday driving across Oklahoma and central Kansas to (ugh) Garden City where I'll be for nearly two weeks. THEN... Escapade. :)
Oh yeah. Two days after booking my flight? I found the $500 airfare voucher I got last June. Dammit.
Got my taxes done the other day. Enough to pay for Escapade. :)
Knitting project I'm working on ( (cut for awful webcam pic) )
... well, I ran out of yarn once and had to improvise. And now it looks like it's going to happen again. Dammit. At least I'll be home tomorrow to go through the stash to find yet another improvisation?
Okay. Time for more tylenol.
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| I suppose an update might be in order. |
[Jan. 23rd, 2012|08:13 pm] |
Yeah, saw the shrink this morning. Got a lovely list of stuff to take and how to gradually step up doses. Bag o' samples.
I felt actually kinda hopeful when I left his office, but by the time afternoon rolled around, I was back to the pit.
Got email from work... got a job in the St Louis area Friday (no, not the same place as the debacle last month). So, yay for money, boo for losing the last of my downtime.
Okay. Tired now.
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| oh yeah, I made it home safely. |
[Jan. 22nd, 2012|08:30 pm] |
Went out to dinner with loreleif Friday night. It started snowing while we were out. By the time I hit the interstate to go back to my hotel, there were only hints of lanes here and there. If there hadn't been so many stupid people on the road, it wouldn't have been bad.
Made it back. Packed. Slept a little. Got up early in order to allow myself extra time to get to the airport. Cleveland to Detroit is a seriously short flight. I had a tight connection to make in Detroit (why, oh why, did they keep needing to say "Detroit, Michigan" instead of just "Detroit"? Is there another Detroit out there with a decent sized airport?), but it turned out my inbound flight came into the adjacent gate for my outbound. And then... I arrived, just a couple minutes before the boarding time printed on my boarding pass... just in time to hear "Um. Sorry. Delay." The plane had just left Cincinnati, sorry.
Argh. AND THEN. Something happened on the jetbridge after that flight got in. Something with the gate attendant and a passenger that necessitated calling in the police. Bad enough having to sit there (alas, too far away to hear wtf was happening), but I felt slightly less bad when the guy was taken out of the way by the police... .and more people started coming off the plane. At least a dozen people were held up by this chowderhead.
At any rate, flight left 15 minutes before it was due to arrive in KC. So much for having a nice chunk of Saturday at home. Got home just before 4pm. Then my internet didn't work. Had to wrestle with the modem and router. By the time I got it working again... I was done. Serious Stick-a-fork-in-me territory. I took half a xanax and went to bed.
And woke up at 7am. Oops.
Spent today feeling asleep on my feet. Not that I was on my feet much. I did not go to services at the Buddhist center. I did not do laundry. I did not do dishes. I did not properly unpack. I really have no idea how I spent most of the day. I did some knitting. I watched the beginning of Inception. I went to the store (why I did that at 1 on a sunday, I have no idea. not enough teeth grinding this weekend?). I took a nap. I watched Rocknrolla. I watched some NCIS (not even a whole ep).
The only thing I did that I even slightly count as "doing something" was weaving in the loose ends, soaking and then blocking out the gateroom shawl. It's all pinned out on blocking mats on the front room floor. That sucker is six feet across and about three feet 'long'. So many pins. I would have liked to use more, but I seem to have misplaced about half of my pins (and the nifty magnetic dish too).
Oh. Yeah. Something else accomplished today. I finally did all my booking for Escapade. Should have done that two weeks ago. Airfare went up significantly, dammit. Flying into Santa Barbara as my nerves are shot in general, I really don't need to add driving the 405 to the mix, yeah? Room reserved. Car reserved. Hope I'm not forgetting anything.
And now it's not even 9pm and I am done. Gonna read a bit then that's it. I have an appointment with my psychiatrist tomorrow. I really hope he can help.
Sorry for the ramble and laundry list. One of these days I'll be better. At least I really hope so.
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| Thursday? |
[Jan. 19th, 2012|09:53 pm] |
Almost done with this crap. Apparently I'm going to play office drone tomorrow and be doing computer work that needs to be done. Whatever.
Meanwhile, I finished the knitting on the gateroom shawl. Arthur wanted to try it on.
Doesn't show how big it is. Not that it's huge or anything. But across the top it reaches hand to hand with my arms spread. :)
Okay. Beyond time for bed.
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| eh. |
[Jan. 18th, 2012|09:08 pm] |
Not a good day by any stretch of the imagination, but it wasn't awful.
There were three of us the first day of training. Today was day two (of three. though I'd swear it wasn't just three days last year), and one of the other guys apparently decided after yesterday's stuff that this wasn't his cuppa. Must be nice to be able to afford to opt out. Y'know? It's not my cuppa either. And from his comments when it's just me and him, it's not the other guy's choice either. Some of us just gotta do what we gotta do.
Email today from my scheduler. More work, yay. And it's only a couple hours from home. 4.5 days worth of work week after next. Back to food processing work - this place apparently does beef, chicken and pork. Ick. But, again, it's work. It's being able to pay my damn bills.
Meanwhile, whoever decided the room next to the training room was a good place to put the foosball table needs to be taken out and slapped. If you've got that much time on your hands, fucking go home.
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| Hm. |
[Jan. 13th, 2012|09:57 pm] |
So lately I've been getting a little itch in the back of my head... no, it's not dandruff. I'm thinking it might be time to try a little writing again. Just drabble-y sorts of things.
Only I'm without any inspiration at the moment. I'm hoping y'all might be able to help.
Prompts, anyone?
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| the book meme |
[Jan. 12th, 2012|09:34 am] |
So I seem to have fallen off with the Fandom Snowflake. Dammit.
Meanwhile, here's a meme I can handle!
Pick up the nearest book to you.
Turn to page 45.
The first sentence describes your sex life in 2012.
"I could swear you were standing there in a SCUBA outfit."
Um. Yeah.
(The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman)
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| Fandom Snowflake Challenge, day 5 |
[Jan. 5th, 2012|05:10 pm] |
Day 5
In your own space, share something non-fannish you are passionate about with your fannish friends.
I think it's funny this comes along after yesterday's post. Because yarn and knitting is my thing. It's not really sharing anything new, but, well.
Thing is, there's very little in my life that's not somehow touched by fandom. I've never knit a Doctor Who scarf, but I've knit several Harry Potter house scarves.. and some other vaguely fannish things. I don't think I ever took a pic of the Atlantis socks. Current project is what I'm calling an Atlantis gateroom shawl. :)
Translates better in person. I'm thinking of putting it the Escapade art show. Opinions?
Going to knitting group tonight. Haven't been since May. Wish me luck. The women is this group aren't even vaguely fannish.
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| Fandom Snowflake Challenge, day 4. But mostly other crap. |
[Jan. 4th, 2012|09:27 pm] |
And hopefully not too much of it.
I was sorta productive today. Went through all the yarn I bought last year and hadn't yet knit into anything. Took pictures and put it in Ravelry. All 116 skeins. Um. Oops?
This is just a portion -
That was just the laceweight (in the upper left) and sockweight. DK, Sport and Worsted were piled elsewhere. And this was before I found two more bags. I apparently have become a yarn hoarder. Stopping now.
Mind, this is just what I bought in 2011. I still have a sizeable older stash.
Fandom Snowflake Challenge, Day 4!
Day 4
Introduce yourself to someone you admire and friend/follow them on whatever platform you use - journal or Twitter or Tumblr or whatever.
Hard again today, mainly because lately I've been either friending/subscribed or getting notifications of posting with specific tags. Not going to name names, but Hello! to lj user I friended today, in case you're actually reading.
Other news? Work remains quiet. Spent most of the day wrangling yarn. Then sat and knit this evening.
Following up on stuff I mentioned before -
I checked the schedule at the yoga studio. Put tomorrow evening's class on my calendar with email prods enough ahead of time. :)
I checked the KC Zoo's website. Reduced admission during the winter. Cool. Only open until 4:30, but that makes sense with how early it gets dark.
Guess I should check showtimes for Sherlock Holmes.
Oh, I haven't made any response here to the new episode of the BBC's Sherlock. While I terribly loved bits and chunks of it, overall? Didn't care for the episode, sorry.
Aaaand that's enough ramble for today.
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| Fandom Snowflake Challenge, day 3 |
[Jan. 4th, 2012|01:28 am] |
Didn't post earlier, because.
Day 3
Comment to someone you haven't ever interacted with before.
It doesn't have to be anything complex - it can be feedback for a fanwork or discussing something you might have in common or even simply admiring their icon. The point is to reach out to someone you normally wouldn't and connect with them, even if it's only for the briefest moment.
And I did that. Go, me. Day 4 challenge has been posted, but I'm gonna have to chew over that a bit. Not that I haven't had to stop and think and chew on any of the first three days. It's a proper challenge, at least for me.
Meanwhile, life goes on.
Still no work. :( Still not getting the office and guest room in order. :(
Knitting! Been plenty of that. I really should take pics and share. But that's all I've really accomplished since my folks left last week.
Random things I'd like to do this week. Or very very soon (because for all I know, my downtime will end. knowing my company, it could be very abrupt). ... Go to the zoo. I've never been to the zoo in Kansas City. I haven't been to any zoo in... decades, I think. Also, I *need* to go see the new Sherlock Holmes movie. And yoga class! I have pre-paid classes... why am I not going?
I'm going to make a big batch of chili this weekend. Freeze up most of it.
Whatever, I guess.
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| The Fandom Snowflake Challenge - day 2 |
[Jan. 2nd, 2012|04:31 pm] |
For most of us, we share our creativity with the simple hope that our fanwork will resonate and inspire. Maybe put a smile on someone's face, or make them laugh, or cry. We don't create with the intent of garnering praise and comments and adulation, but it's nice to know our creativity touches someone, in some way.
Connection is a large part of what fandom is. Take the time to let creators know you've enjoyed their work.
Day 2
In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you did not create. Drop a link to your post in the comments. See if you can rec fanworks that are less likely to be praised: tiny fandoms, rare pairings, fanworks other than stories, lesser known kinks or tropes. Find fanworks that have few to no comments, or creators new to a particular fandom and maybe aren't well known or appreciated. Appreciate them.
honey bees, come build in the empty house by coloredink. I don't know how this came to cross my path, but I'm so glad it did. These days, I don't save very much fic, but this one I did save. I have so much love for it. No porn. It's not needed.
The Baker Street Tinies by ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) swtalmnd. Okay, I may be biased because I actually own this on paper. Still. Sherlock in Gorey style. How can you not love that?
Okay... how about something a little different? ![[journalfen.net profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif) denisleary. Journal created by linda3m for an RPG a million years ago. I really think she nailed Denis Leary in a very short/small space. I used to play in that RPG a million years ago. Sometimes I miss it. *sigh*
I suck at recs.
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| The Fandom Snowflake Challenge - day 1 |
[Jan. 1st, 2012|04:26 pm] |
Let's see if I can follow through on this... The Fandom Snowflake Challenge as put forth by akamine_chan
Day 1
In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you have created. It can be your favorite fanworks that you've created, or fanworks you feel no one ever saw, or fanworks you say would define you as a creator.
Van Pelt's Five, co-written with j_crew_guy. I don't know about 'defining me as a creator', but. It's silly and off-the-cuff, which really suits.
Half Jack. I still like this and still think it's good work. Also demonstrative of how I tend to put myself in a corner - this one was guaranteed not to have a large audience due to it being for an AU fanfic of a shrinking fandom. Still, I kicked ass and took names culling source from a whole load of ...uh... sources. *facepalm*
Tick Tock (4 Minutes). Leverage team vid. I just really like the way this one came together and am not embarrassed to point to it.
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Huh. That wasn't awful.
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| almost done |
[Dec. 31st, 2011|05:25 am] |
2011. It's almost over. It's been a particularly shit year. I don't think I need to go into detail.
I woke up almost three hours ago. Tried and failed to get back to sleep. I haven't fully given up yet, though. I'm still in bed with the lights out. And I may be online at the moment, but I've got my George Winston Pandora station playing.
Made the mistake of logging on to my tax site. Okay, that wasn't an actual mistake. Wanted to lock-in the promotional rate for upcoming tax season. What was a mistake was doing anything more than that. Because while going through some preliminary stuff, I came across a reminder that I'm totally screwed this year.
And with that going through my head, sleep wasn't going to happen. So about a half hour ago, I think, I toddled downstairs and took a damn xanax. What the hell, I was going to be completely useless today anyway.
Randomly, I am going to attempt to make meatloaf later in the day. Thank you, linda3m for the recipe.
Okay. Maybe I can sleep now.
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| grrr. |
[Dec. 28th, 2011|09:29 pm] |
So yesterday I get told I have to go back to St Louis. Fine. I contact the customer, get it set up. Let my coordinator know where and when I need a hotel. Fine.
Drive out to St Louis. Get to my hotel. Get checked in, get my stuff in, bathroom break. It's about 3pm. My work phone rings. It's my boss. I've been pulled from the inspection. He says the customer doesn't want me there. Yes, those words.
I check back out of the hotel. Turn around and go home. Keep expecting the phone to ring again with a 'you're fired'. But no, it stays quiet.
Home at 7:30pm. I drove about 540 miles today. I am tired. I am annoyed. I am worried.
But right now, tired wins.
...edit. This was going back to the place I was last week. Someone somewhere apparently has their panties in a twist because I didn't do all the things. Not my fault they scheduled electricians on the same day and they fucking cut power to the building.
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| the day after... |
[Dec. 26th, 2011|07:23 am] |
Parents left before 7 this morning. They accidentally woke me around 6, but since I had gone to bed not much after 10pm, well, wasn't much point in staying in bed. Saw them off and immediately put on the Doctor Who Christmas special. But there's children in it... so my attention is straying.
I'm thinking about hitting the crowds today and finding bargains. I don't really need anything, but... *shrug*... y'know. I didn't do Black Friday or really any serious Christmas shopping ordeal things. So, it's like there's something lacking. (and, yeah, the money I got from my parents is already burning a hole in my pocket)
Hm. Guess it wouldn't hurt to get properly dressed and see what's up at the local WalMart. If I'm still up for it, I could make the half-hour trip to Target.
...or I could start in on the disaster area that is my office. And spare room.
But first, breakfast. Mmmm, leftovers.
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