Jen

I think I'm going to regret this...

Thu, 10 Aug 2017 02:34:48 GMT

1.Name any character from one of the fandoms you know I'm into and I'll tell you three things from my personal canon about them.

2. Name any story I've written, and any character in them, canon or original. I'll tell you three things about that character which didn't make it into that story.

3. Give me the title of a story I've never written and some sort of feedback about what you liked best about it, and I will tell you at least three of the following: the first sentence, the last sentence, the thing that made me want to write it, the biggest problem I had while writing it, why it almost never got posted, the scene that hit the cutting room floor but that I wish I'd been able to salvage, or something else that I want readers to know.

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Yuletide Letter

Sun, 19 Oct 2014 17:21:53 GMT

Hi, dear Author, you are my new favorite person for writing me this fic, whatever it is.

A few basic things before we dive into the specifics of the fandoms. I'd like kink left out as much as possible -- it isn't that I don't enjoy a good story with kink, I'm just not sure how well kink would fit in with most of the requests I've made. (That having been said, if you WANT to write me kink, I'd like the milder side of it as opposed to the darker side.)

I like happy endings, but even more than that I like angst. I LOVE angst, actually. If you can do an angsty fic that has a happy ending -- or even just a "happy for now" ending -- then have at it and I will love it to bits. (I'll love anything you write me, but angst is my favorite thing ever, pretty much.)

I don't like one character triumphing over enough at the cost of the other person's dignity or putting another character down just for the sake of putting them down (it's different if the character doing it is the kind of character who WOULD do it).

And now, on with the show!

( Details, whee! )

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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 02:53:52 GMT

Okay, guys, I don't ask for things very often and when I do they're not for me.

shadowcat needs help. Badly. She has a post here detailing the writing and tarot reading services she's offering.

Please, guys, help her? Even if you can't donate anything, please boost the signal? She's my best friend and the sister of my choosing, and I hate seeing her suffering like this.

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Snowflake Challenge Day 1

Wed, 01 Jan 2014 17:00:59 GMT

Day One

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. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

OTHER STUFF!

( Two fics )

And now, THIS YEAR'S YULETIDE FICS!

( Four fics )

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Fri, 18 Oct 2013 20:17:19 GMT

I go home tomorrow and I really, really, REALLY don't want to. I'm infinitely more comfortable here than I am back home. I honestly wish I could just move out here.

Of course, I'd need a job out here, and I can't afford things like rent and bills and food, and I'm pretty sure there'd be a problem with me living in shadowcat's living room, so the moving out here isn't such a good idea.

Yet, anyway. Maybe someday.

Also? I want my Yuletide assignment, man. I really do. I have my suspicions on what I'm going to get matched on to write, but I want my assignment so I know for certain.

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Thu, 17 Oct 2013 11:38:31 GMT

So one of my friends on FB shared some damn "Because I believe in family, I pledge not to shop on Thanksgiving, everyone should have a holiday" image.

I've got news for you, lady. You don't shop on Thanksgiving, that's fine. I don't expect you to and I'm proud of you for sticking to your beliefs. But you're also assuming that magically means everybody will just as magically be sent home to spend the holiday with their family. Can't speak for everywhere in the employment world, but I know my subsection of hell is far more likely to shuffle us around and invent meaningless tasks for us to do if we're scheduled that day.

Or what about those of us that don't mind working the holiday because hi holiday pay? But I think if I pointed that out, I'd make her little brain explode and I generally like her too much to do that.

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Yuletide Dear Author

Tue, 08 Oct 2013 01:54:44 GMT

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 04:22:48 GMT

You know something? I'm proud of myself. The prompt table I'm doing, I've actually finished three of the ficlets -- I'm posting the third as we speak -- and that's more than I've ever finished any other time I've done a prompt table.

I think this is a good thing.

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Sun, 29 Sep 2013 04:57:14 GMT

Had a seizure at work this morning, which was all kinds of fun. Only, y'know, not so much.

Spent four hours in the ER and came out of it with a doctor's note excusing me from work tomorrow and a recommendation to see a neurologist. We're going to call and make that appointment on Monday.

It was... incredibly surreal. I was sitting in the break room before work, checked my phone at 8:22, and next thing I knew it was 8:26.

Was actually pretty scary because I KNEW what was happening but couldn't really do anything about it. Thank God I don't have the type of seizures that involve shaking or twitching -- I just have the ones where you pass out or have altered consciousness or something like that.

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Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:38:35 GMT

Copying people left and right here. Doing a prompt table. Leave me as many prompts as you like!

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Fri, 27 Sep 2013 01:55:13 GMT

I took my lithium today after not having it for four days due to an inability to FIND the damn prescription in order to get it filled. Hopefully I'll get back to mentally and emotionally balanced soon, because I'm really not enjoying this whole depression spiral I've got going on.

I need to write. I have a bigbang fic due the 13th of next month and just, um... I'm at 8.2k out of a minimum 10k. This should not be as hard as my brain is making it. Because I've done 7k in one day before, so in theory 1.8k over the course of days shouldn't be that difficult.

"In theory" being the key phrase.

In actuality, my brain is just locking up.

But I still have basically two weeks -- I have to pretty much finish the thing a few days early due to vacation -- so I'm not actually panicking about that. Yet. (Just flailing, lol.) Because we all know I will sooner or later.

Speaking of writing! I kind of want to do a big prompt table of some kind, like both Mylia and Pesha are doing. Except I know that I will fail miserably at it, like I do every time I try a prompt table. This does not, however, keep me from wanting to try again.

In other news... vacation! I'm going out to Maryland again to visit shadowcat, which is going to be fun. It's also going to be Tattoos For Everyone, because there's going to be five of us -- the two of us, her daughter, and two other friends -- getting tattoos. Kind of nervous, since it's my first one and I don't do well with needles or pain. But it's a pretty simple design, so I should be okay.

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Memes stolen from aoifes_aisle

Tue, 27 Aug 2013 04:13:31 GMT

Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:48:14 GMT

Hey, arty type people who like doing stuff for bigbangs! scifibigbang still has a bunch of fics that are available in art claims. One of mine, yes, but also some other really interesting sounding fics. So go take a look, see if anything interests you!

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Mon, 13 May 2013 21:11:14 GMT

Went and saw Iron Man 3 with my mom today. Holy crap it's all kinds of awesome.

I need paid time for this journal again so I can upload Marvel Cinematic Universe icons. That fandom has taken over my damn brain, I tell you.

This post brought to you by my love of the movie -- Savin in particular, because eee that actor! -- and also by Pepper being awesome.

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Wed, 13 Mar 2013 02:28:03 GMT

Am currently sitting on shadowcat's bedroom floor -- yes, I know there's a chair, I'm comfortable here! -- and I dun wanna go home on Sunday. I just don't.

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Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:29:35 GMT

Does anybody have an invite code for Graze or know someone who has one? I want to sign up but unfortunately you need an invite code first.

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Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:07:20 GMT

I know very little about some of the people on my friends list. Some people I know relatively well. But here’s a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Any old thing at all. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: “Ah, there’s Parker… she likes money and cereal.” I’d love it if everyone who’s friended me did this. (Yes, even you people who I know really well.) Then post this in your own journal. In return, ask me anything you’d like to know about me and I’ll give you an answer.

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Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:06:44 GMT

Tell me about stories you think I should write. I mean, if you could sit me down for a day or whatever and say, "I want you to write this story for me," what would that story be?

I'm not actually promising to *write* any of these, mind you, but it's fun anyway. And who knows if I'll be inspired!

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Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:25:51 GMT

All you arty types, heads up!

We need artists over at angstbigbang @ LJ. If you can create art for a fic, art of any kind, we need you! The summaries are here, and the artist sign-ups are here.

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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:14:51 GMT

Am marathoning Primeval seasons 4 and 5 -- or at least season 4 -- because I need it for my fic for villainbigbang @ LJ.

I should not find Ethan so adorable, given that he's the batshit crazy to end all batshit crazy. But I do. We all know my taste in characters is... eclectic at best.

I need to write -- I have my angstbigbang fic due 2/9 but I'm stuck. So I'm trying to work on something else, only my brain won't decide what. Rather, it knows what it wants to work on but I can't figure out how to start it. Sigh.

Haven't written in five days -- today's day six. I need to get writing again so I don't fall into a pattern of not writing.

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Day 7

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:25:57 GMT

Skipping day six of the Snowflake Challenge for now because it requires thinking about comms and stuff, lol.

Day Seven: In your own space, share something non-fannish about yourself. A passion or a hobby or a talent, something that people might not know about you. We are more than just our fandoms. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I... don't know what to say for this, honestly. I know there's stuff about me that's non-fandom, but I can't think of it for the life of me, gyah.

I think the biggest one is that I like to read. A LOT. Which, yeah, some people already know, but... books are my life, pretty much. Books and writing. If I'm not reading, I'm writing and vice versa, more or less. I'll give any book a chance. I won't finish it if I don't like it, but I will try reading pretty much ANYTHING. Gimme a book and I'm all like "YAAAAAY MORE BOOKS!"

And I'm totally the person that people at work give their books to when they're done reading them, lol.

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Day Five

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 23:36:53 GMT

Day five involves going outside your comfort zone -- reading a pairing you've never read, or recording podfic if you never have, or writing something you've never written before.

Was going to write fic but things are happening today and my depression just sucked the want to write right out of my day. So instead I'm gonna go read fic for a pairing I've never read before.

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Day Four

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:26:35 GMT

More snowflake goodness!

Day Four -- fannish requests

In your own space, create a list of at least three fannish things you'd love to receive, something you've wanted but were afraid to ask for - a fannish wish-list of sorts.

-Avengers Coulson-centric fic recs. I have plenty of stuff I've read and liked but I'm always up for finding new-to-me stuff.
-Cover art or icons or anything for any of my stuff on AO3/
-Lost Girl icons. You don't even have to make them for me, just link me to posts other people have made. I love this show and need more icons of it.

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Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:45:55 GMT

Just worked the 1 to 10 shift. I should be tired, but... I'm so not. So, so not tired.

So instead I'm watching Lost Girl from the beginning. So many pretty people on this show, so so many.

And fun fact: One of the producers is Kiefer Sutherland's twin sister.

Bought my ticket this morning to go visit shadowcat in March. Am much with the excited. Gonna be out there for an entire week this time instead of just like four days.

Need to write tonight, work on one of my bigbangs because OMFG the rough draft is due in... six days.

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Day Three

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:40:03 GMT

Day three of the snowflake_challenge involves interacting with people you haven't interacted with before and/or friending them, so I'm working my way through that. Just posting this here in the interests of having it all documented in one place.

And now I'm caught up, so no more journal spam from me today, I promise.

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