A Mighty Fine Life

I'm on my way to bed, but here: a meme, from, like, half of my flist:

Name a fandom and I'll tell you 3 pairings I love, 2 pairings I consider shipping, and 1 pairing I hate.

I'm taking tomorrow off and giving myself a 3-day weekend. Again. (I was sick last Friday.) This time will be awesomer, though! I am going to see the Yankees' parade! I mean, I assume "see" is an exaggeration, as I am very short and they're expecting hundreds of thousands of people. And also I hate crowds, so... we'll see how that goes.

WHATEVER, point is I am going to celebrate and also take a day off just for fun! I never do that! :DDDD

And now a meme. Variation on one I've done before. Whatever. Still fun.

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.

And now I should eat dinner, it being 10 at night and all.

I'm starving and would like to go eat something, to pick up the living room a little, etc. But the cat, when last seen, had murder in her eyes (and tried to bite me), so I'm hiding in my room with the door shut. Stupid cat.

Have a meme to help me pass the time (from lynstraine):

Ask me either a broad question (i.e 'who is your cruelest character?', 'what is your most optimistic story?') or a specific question/request ('what world does ___ come from?', 'tell me about ___') and I will answer you. Or you can ask meta- questions like 'what was the inspiration for creating ____?'

Go! :D

MAH ICONS.

default	oldest	newest
saddest	happiest	angriest
cutest	sexiest	funniest
fave ship	fave fandom	fave animated
best quote	best textless	best stolen idea
use the most	favorite

HOW MANY ICONS DO YOU HAVE: 52
OUT OF HOW MANY AVAILABLE ICONS SPACES: 54
IF YOU COULD BUY SPACE FOR MORE, WOULD YOU: Depends on how much disposable cash I have, I guess. It's not exactly a priority.
DO YOUR ICONS MAKE A STATEMENT: "I love homoerotic Disney movies," if that counts.
WHAT FANDOM DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: Newsies
AND THE SECOND MOST: High School Musical -- this has more if you include pics that are just of Corbin
WHAT SHIP DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: Tie! 3 Blink/Mush; 3 Chad/Ryan
ARE YOUR ICONS MADE MOSTLY BY OTHER PEOPLE: Mostly, yeah
DO YOU MAKE ICONS: Occasionally
ARE THEY ANY GOOD: Very few of them
ANIMATED ICONS ARE: Fine if they're very funny or very subtle.

DO THE MEME.
Coding can be found here

Had to fiddle around with that a bit; that's actually my second-newest icon, for example, since my newest was also my sexiest (and I don't really have a lot of sexy icons).

In unrelated news, I possibly spent a lot of time watching videos of Drew Seeley being ADORABLE (as he does). Important for you all to know: when asked how HSM would be different if Troy was a vampire, he said they'd have to call it High Ghoul Musical instead. OMG I LOVE HIM. (I hate puns, but I love people who make puns. IDK, it's complicated.)

I'm still sick and super whiny about it. Blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

Here, have a meme.

Ask me my fannish Top Five [Whatevers]. Any top fives. Doesn't matter what, really! And I will answer them all in a new post in the comments.

Conversation at work today...

Me: I feel so dreadful I couldn't even drink coffee this morning.
My Boss: That bad? Don't come in tomorrow.

(And that was the mean boss.)

Speaking of work, I got paid to watch and discuss this video today. (Warning: NSFW. Gay sex. Penis rollercoaster.)



Also, meme from harmonyangel:
1.) Comment with any character you know I've written.
2.) Receive three bits of trivia about their sexuality: practices, preferences, experiences, fantasies, kinks, etc.
3.) Profit!

I did something last night I haven't in quite awhile: I stayed up until 1 AM writing Newsies fic. Possibly because a deadline was involved. I was going to write something sort of meta about how prompts don't really work for me at all as a way to inspire writing, but then I ran across this meme from roseclaw and decided to post that instead.

The Hypothetical AU Meme: Take any one of the fandoms you know I write in (or think I should), and give me a type of AU (space opera AU, pirate AU, superhero AU, Ancient Rome, etc). I will then explain what story from your chosen fandom I would write for your chosen type of AU.

1) Sign ups for Secret Slash at the Refuge! Obviously totally important.

2) Daria is finally coming out on DVD! Not until next year, but still! Hooray!

3) There is no three, I lied.

The end. No, I lied again. ETA: Meme from falco_conlon. Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.

( My words: Newsies, The Refuge, HSM, Slash, Sprace )

Whew! The crazy bookathon weekend is over. If you didn't follow along as it happened, you can see all the various gathered bits and pieces with the Book Challenge tag at AV. My vital stats:

Books Read: 8
Pages Read: 2,306
Hours Read: 26:41

Not as overpowering as some folks', but not bad, if I do say so myself.

And now a meme from falco_conlon.

01. Anyone who looks at this entry is invited to post this meme and their current wallpaper at their LiveJournal.
02. Explain in five sentences why you're using that wallpaper.
03. Don't change your wallpaper before doing this. The point is to see what you had on.

( Hint: he's curly-haired and super dreamy. )

I'm having a nicely chill Memorial Day. Doing some reading and writing, off to run laundry shortly. *shrug*

Meme, from harmonyangel: Comment to this entry and I'll pick up to three of your fandoms. You must then update your journal and answer the following questions:

1. What got you into this fandom in the first place?
2. Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
3. Favorite episodes/books/movies, etc?
4. Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
5. Do you think more people should get into this fandom?

She gave me Newsies, High School Musical, and Terminator.

( Newsies )

( HSM )

( Terminator )

Ok. Laundry time!

It's Friday night. I'm snuggling my cat, watching some back episodes of Sarah Connor, debating making dinner, and generally chilling out. I can mostly type again, so:

Give me one of my own stories (or oneshots or anything, I'm even open to doing o.fic) and a timestamp sometime in the future after the end of the story, or sometime in the past before the story started, and I'll write you at least a hundred words of what happened then, whether it's five minutes before the story started or ten years in the future.

From lielabell. I know I've done this (or something similar) before, but it's super fun, so yeah. Have at.

A meme! From harmonyangel: Leave a comment asking me for commentary on any of my fics (or at least a chapter therein, 'cause damn, some of my fics are long). I will provide it! (Probably over at my writing journal.) Fun times. My Newsies fic is scattered about, but can mostly be found here; my master list of HSM fic is here.

Oh: regarding the last post... Heeheehee. Yes. $3 margaritas are very good things. \o/

( #3: All Through the Night by Suzanne Brockmann (reread) )

Answers to the OTP meme!

1. Matching outfits for him and him: Blink/Mush from Newsies, guessed by harmonyangel, clio21000, and poisonivory (and probably also everyone who read it and didn't bother to comment). This was pretty clear, because for one thing, it was the title of the Blink/Mush manifesto I wrote. It's a reference to the last few scenes of Newsies, where the boys are wearing almost identical outfits, but Blink is in pink and Mush is in blue. This is also what they're wearing when Blink casually pats Mush on the tummy as he walks bye. 'Cause THAT'S a typical platonic gesture between two dudes, right.

2. One night to last a lifetime: Sarah Connor/Kyle Reese from Terminator. I'm not shocked no one guessed it, since it's one of the ones that isn't really a fandom of mine, per se, but I loooooove them. In the last scene of the movie, when recording a letter to John, Sarah says something along the lines of, "It may comfort you to know that while we only had one night together, we loved enough for a lifetime."

3. Pitcher/catcher: Chad/Ryan from HSM, harmonyangel, clio21000, and poisonivory. Obviously a reference to the Big Gay Baseball Dance Off. I know, I know, technically they both pitch during the dance number, but who can resist using baseball as a metaphor for gay sex? NOT ME! Besides which, I know I'm in the vast minority in the fandom, but I generally do write with the assumption that Ryan is pitching and Chad is catching. So to speak.

4. "Who's on top?" "Whichever one the blond wants to be.": Miguel/Tulio from The Road to El Dorado. This one is a bit in-joke-y, but basically, Leah and I were watching in our mod senior year, and our housemate Sam came in to watch with us. And commented, basically, "Usually I think you two are reading into things when you think everyone is gay, but WOW. They're in love." And when asked who would be on top, that was his answer.

5. (Almost) primary colors: Will/Warren/Layla from Sky High, guessed by poisonivory. The costuming in that movie is fantastic, especially the color coding of all the characters. Will is blue and Warren is red. Layla is green, unfortunately, not yellow. Otherwise they would be primary colors! (Also, I wrote a ficlet about that.)

6. At one point, they were locked in a closet together. In schoolgirl uniforms.: London/Maddie from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, guessed by poisonivory. Because, you know... at one point, they got locked in a closet together, while wearing schoolgirl uniforms. And then climbed all over each other trying to reach a ceiling vent or something to get out. They are really pretty much in love.

7. Fanon. Awesome, but fanon. No, srsly.: Spot/Race from Newsies, guessed by harmonyangel, clio21000, and poisonivory. Because, while an awesome and super-popular pairing, like I said. Spot/Race is entirely fanon. But still awesome!

8. "Anna Banana would like to hear 'Venus' by Bananarama. Banana.": Shawn/Gus from Psych, guessed by ienablu, poisonivory, and hilaryscribbles. What I really wanted was to post one of the awesome fake names Shawn gave Gus, but I couldn't think of any (except Magic Head). So instead I went with the line that got me hooked on the show.

9. Inconsistent accent/no accent except for one line!: Jack/David from Newsies, guessed by harmonyangel and poisonivory. Because Newsies was filmed well before Christian Bale learned how to actually do and hold an American accent, and so it's hilarious to listen to how many times he slips up. And because David doesn't have an accent at all, except for that one line in King of New York.

10. "I'm nice men.": Han/Leia from Star Wars, guessed by poisonivory. My all time favorite screen couple. YEAH.

11. Sex. In. The limo.: Jules/Robin from Suzanne Brockmann's Troubleshooters series (see the review at the top of the entry!), guessed by poisonivory. Because omg I LOVE THEM and yes, the first time they get it on is in the back of a limo. AND IT IS AMAZING.

12. They should both wear leather pants. Always.: Jon/Aeryn from Farscape. BECAUSE IT'S TRUE.

13. No one loves them. But they love each other!: Jackson/Cody from Hannah Montana and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody respectively, guessed by poisonivory. What, you mean a cracky crossover pairing I've rarely ever discussed wasn't completely obvious?! Pshaw.

14. Passion fruit.: As implied by the footnote, there was no way for anyone by poisonivory to guess this one, since it's a joke from a scene that hasn't been written, about a pairing that doesn't actually happen, in a book we're cowriting. But trust me. It's hilarious!

- Pick up to 15 OTPs.
- Describe them in less than 15 words.
- Have your flist guess the OTP.
- PROFIT.

1. Matching outfits for him and him
2. One night to last a lifetime
3. Pitcher/catcher
4. "Who's on top?" "Whichever one the blond wants to be."
5. (Almost) primary colors
6. At one point, they were locked in a closet together. In schoolgirl uniforms.
7. Fanon. Awesome, but fanon. No, srsly.
8. "Anna Banana would like to hear 'Venus' by Bananarama. Banana."
9. Inconsistent accent/no accent except for one line!
10. "I'm nice men."
11. Sex. In. The limo.
12. They should both wear leather pants. Always.
13. No one loves them. But they love each other!
14. Passion fruit.*

[One fandom has multiple pairings there, and I wouldn't normally consider a lot of these my OTPs, just couples I really like; and also, I'm not in this many fandoms, so some of these are just things I like a lot but would never write. *shrug*]
*Apologies to people who aren't Jess.

And why the hell not? WIP meme.

( Chad/Ryan, frat!verse, maybe being written for SOMEONE'S birthday this weekend... )

( Chad/Ryan, future fic )

( Ortegaverse crossover (Chad/Ryan, Jack/David, Ryan/David. DON'T ASK.) )

( Newsies, G&D curtainfic )

( EYDW!Verse's next story arch )

In utterly unrelated news, I have a four-day weekend! Sat/Sun, holiday, and then inauguration day -- our company HQ is in DC, they can't get to the building because of the inauguration, so the whole company gets an extra day of PTO. Obama is making my life better before he's even sworn in!

From _bellisima and poisonivory: The Microfic Meme
Try to write different categories of fic (angst, fluff, UST, etc) in 10 words or less.

Angst:
Chad waited by the phone. Ryan hadn't called.

AU:
"Squire Chad, you shall be serving Sir Evans."

Crackfic:
Then Chad and Ryan had PixieStix and a pillow fight.

Crossover:
Ryan perused the headlines and sighed. "Need some improving."

Episode Related:
With a baseball in hand, the motions came back easily.

First Time:
After, Chad collapsed on Ryan's bed, remembering how to breathe.

Fluff:
Chad dunked Ryan; Ryan swore revenge, but kissed him instead.

Humor:
It wasn't funny when people fell down. Except Jason.

H/C:
The third day Chad missed school, Ryan appeared with soup.

Smut:
Ryan flicked his tongue and Chad couldn't stop moaning.

UST:
"What would you have me do?"
Ryan smirked to himself.

This was actually really hard, because I am the longest-winded ever. I might do Newsies tomorrow, though.

The TV station I'm watching just tried and failed to show two commercials at once. So What I saw was a 1-second clip of John McCain declaring, "Through the last eight years -- " He was then cut off by a giant add beginning, "REPOSSESSED HOUSES FOR SALE!"

Yeah, that's kind of the end result of the last eight years, isn't it?

In other news...Oh, Mike Rowe. You're kind of a douche. And I find that charming. ♥

ETA: More questions from the interview meme. ( Questions from Cymbalism )

Had a lovely dinner with physicstattoo last night. Good vegetarian food. Good times.

This has been going around my flist. ( Ten years later meme )

I am just about to head off to see THE COBRA with about half the internet! But before I go, a meme. This has been done about a thousand times, but I've never participated before, so.

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you 5 questions.
3. You should then update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You should include this and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed you should ask them 5 questions.

( My questions from Lielabell )

( Questions from Margot )

I will possibly ETA this with more questions later.

AND NOW, THE COBRA.

1) pepino21786 mailed us cookies!! Cookies!! ♥

2) Lots of things got posted at Tweenage this week. I wrote about New Kids on the Block reuniting, Zac Efron not showering (vote in the poll!), how Ryan Evans is totally gay (a category that now has its own tag), and about Disney's "music videos". Jess wrote about Tizz's Rick Astley cover (aka, OH TIZZ HONEY NO), and the greatest collaboration of all time ever made!

Basically, you all should subscribe to tween_wasteland, although I will probably continue to link to posts, assuming I remember to.

3) Hot Starbucks Guy wasn't at work at all this week. I fear he may have quit or been fired or changed his schedule so he's not opening. Perky Starbucks Girl is kind of adorable, but it's not the saaaaaame.

4) Meme! From everyone:
You know how sometimes people on your friend's list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when are they working THERE? Since when are they dating HIM/HER? since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you *should* already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.

Please copy my response below, erase my answers putting yours in their place then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration! One-word answers seldom help anyone out. :)

( Me-me-me-me-me )