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Well, another November is about to end, and for the second time, I've managed to get to the 50,000 word mark for NaNoWriMo. My final word count is 53,305, and I finished a day early and just wrote those last 3,000 words today. So I'm proud of myself, because even though I finished a day early, I didn't just stop writing. Hopefully this will be the beginning of a good habit of writing something every day. Congratulations to everyone who made it to 50,000, and to everyone who's still trying to get there! It's an incredible thing, to try to write 50,000 words in a month, and no matter how far you get, you've still written words that have never been written before, and that's a good thing. Goodnight, everyone. Tags: nanowrimo, writing
Current Mood:  accomplished
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So last night in my dream I was checking my Grandma's mailbox, and in everyone's mail there was a Supernatural comic. And attached to that was, "Would you like to meet the actors? Come to the movie theater today!" So what do I do? I rush down to the movie theater, and there they are, signing autographs. I couldn't stay and get anything signed because I had to go babysit (thanks, real life), but I hopped up on a ledge and was watching for a little while. And they were so pretty. Only Jared had cut his hair kinda short, so I was all "OH NOES SAMMY YOUR HAIR!", and Jensen was looking kind of scruffy, handsomely scruffy, but not exactly Dean. But man, that was an awesome dream. Can I go back to sleep and have some more? :D Tags: dreams, j2, supernatural
Current Mood:  cheerful
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In the hopes of getting my number of open tabs down to a manageable size, I'm posting some fic recs! Okay, the first isn't a fic, but a comic based off of a fic: The Epic Love Story of Jared and Jensen. I love the style of it, and there are 48 pages so far, but it's updated kind of sporadically. SPN Ficlet: Can't (But I Can)Summary: Just because you can’t hear, doesn’t mean you can’t. Sam has always been deaf and Dean has always been a little stupid. And here are a couple of its sequel fics.Deaf!Jared now, with Sound of Settling. Summary: Jared’s lost, Jensen’s barely hanging on, and the bottom line is that everything has changed. This one also has several sequel fics that are quite good. Can you tell I've had a reading theme the past few days? There's also Stopframe, which is still a WIP. Summary: Jensen is a Pixar animator spending his life in a daze. Jared is a special young man that worms his way into Jensen's life. That's when Jensen realizes he doesn’t need a normal life. He just needs Jared. Notes: Mentally disabled!Jared and caretaker!Jensen. Not your thing, stay away! Anyway, that's about it for now. Enjoy! Tags: fic recommendations, supernatural
Current Mood:  busy
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So, first of all, I went to see Julie & Julia tonight. Really good movie. Having not had a lot of previous exposure to Julia Child, though, I will forever think of her as Meryl Streep. Now I'm interested in reading the book by Julie Powell that the movie was based on, and I find myself wishing that my own blog had more substance to it... Working on that. Also? Amy Adams is adorable. (And ohmigod, she's Cousin Beth! From "Family" in season 5 of Buffy. I totally never made that connection. That's hilarious!) Anyway, back to talking about writing, I recently came up with what I think is a brilliant way to make myself write. See, one of my biggest problems, and possibly the reason I write fanfiction more often than original fic, is that I can never seem to come up with characters that I like writing. I think part of it is that I overanalyze them, and I can't just start writing them until I feel like I know everything about them, which is never going to happen. So in an effort to give myself some boundaries to work within, I've given myself a time limit to creating a character. What I do is put my iPod on random and start writing a scene, sometimes inspired by the music, sometimes not. And when the song is over, I immediately switch to writing a completely new story with new characters. It seems to be working well so far, and I've actually found one or two characters that I might like to continue writing about. It also helps with the word count if I can make myself keep going for a bit. Sunday night I wrote about a thousand words. Anyway, it's getting late and I'm about to crash, so I think I'll leave it at that. Goodnight. :D Tags: buffy, movies, writing
Current Mood:  sleepy
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So I'm back from my mini-vacation to Baltimore. It was pretty awesome. Relaxing and fun and all that jazz. I spent all of the car trips listening to podfics by ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) juice817, which I highly recommend. I listened to Common Knowledge, Sam Winchester and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, and part of Somersault, which are all awesome fics. Friday we spent in the Inner Harbor area of downtown Baltimore. Ate at Johnny Rocket's (always nummy), rode around in the water taxis, and visited Fells Point -- very cool area with an old town feel and an awesome music store called The Sound Garden. We also went to Geppi's Entertainment Museum, which was so cool. It's all entertainment and pop culture stuff, dating back from the late 1800's to the present, apparently all from this guy's personal collection of stuff. My favorite rooms were the ones about more recent pop culture - they had a bunch of Star Wars, Star Trek, Batman, Indy, Beatles, all the stuff I liked. Saw some Ninja Turtle action figures that I think I had when I was a kid, which was a very odd experience. For the whole last half of the museum, I was grinning so much that my face actually hurt by the time we left. Also, if you go on a day when there's a baseball game going on, because it's right next to the stadium, admission's only a dollar per person, which was a great deal. Saturday, we went to the Baltimore Zoo and saw the polar bears and the African animals. Nice place, but I'd recommend going on a day when it's not excruciatingly hot, because we didn't stay that long. It's a nice zoo, though. By far the most awesome part of the day, though, was going to Medieval Times, a themed restaurant where you're seated around an arena and there's a medieval show put on, complete with jousting and sword fights. (And you get to eat with your hands! Save room for the roasted potato - it's yummy.) They give each guest a crown to wear, and you cheer for the knight who represents your color. Ours was the Yellow Knight, and he ended up winning the competition. Hooray! Afterwards, we walked around the mall that Medieval Times is connected to for a little bit, and I played Eye of the Tiger on Rock Band 2 in Best Buy. :D Got home Sunday and had to go straight to work, so I was pretty tired last night, but it was definitely worth it. Tags: vacation
Current Mood:  happy
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Got a new mood theme last night! Took me hours to upload all the pictures because my photobucket wouldn't cooperate. But I'm done, and it's pretty. I liked my Justin theme, but I was starting to get tired of it, so SPN now. :D Also, I've got a few fic recs: Title: Dangling On A StringFandom: Supernatural Author: legolineRating/Warning/Notes: Gen. R. Deals with violence, torture and insanity. Summary: It's been two years since Dean and Sam disappeared. When Ellen, Jo and Bobby find the brothers they're beaten, broken and perhaps, beyond hope. It's heartbreaking, and wonderful, and full of angst and I'm in love with it. Title: In From The ColdFandom: Supernatural Author: ladyjanellyJ2 AU where Jensen is homeless and a little crazy, and Jared works at a health clinic. Jensen shows up at the clinic one day, and things go from there. Guest starring an awesome Jeff Morgan. I'm only halfway through reading this fic, but so far I'm hooked. And I'm sure there are other fics that I should be recommending, too, but they're lost in my ocean of tabs and windows. I'll find them later. For now, enjoy these. Tags: fic recommendations, supernatural
Current Mood:  pleased
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