Hello out there?
Uh...hi everyone. I really have no excuse for being gone so long. Sometimes I just develop these weird mental blocks against certain part of the Internet, and then I fall behind and it makes it even harder to get back into the swing of things. But I'm breaking the ice now, and I'll try to be back more often/ answering comments/ keeping up with my flist better.
So what's new? In my personal life, I've moved and am living in my cousin's spare bedroom, about a block away from my old high school. It's very strange. My two second cousins (7 and 2) are adorable and it's good to be with family, but they're driving me and my sleep schedule a little bit crazy. My father has uncharacteristically offered to support me and pay my rent for an apartment of my own, and though part of me is steeling myself for some kind of trap (my father is not generous with money...ever) I think I'll go for it if I see a place a love. I just really want a kitchen of my own. I'm tired of living on the edges of other people's lives, trying not to disturb them.
I'm working half-time helping a friend of mine with disabilities with daily living, and I'm not sure if I'll try and find another part-time job on top of that, or focus on a French course, getting my driver's license and the dreaded PhD applications. It feels very strange to be back home after grad school. I guess what I didn't appreciate while I was there was how much grad school is a place, for young women especially, where you're allowed to swear all you want, and speak as loudly as you want, and be as unapologetically political as you want. I hadn't realized how much I took those things for granted, but being back in a place where I need to check my language and my volume and my opinions before every little thing I say is feeling really stifling. I'm going back to school at the end of the month for my convocation and I am looking forward to it so much.
My sister's alcoholism is still putting a really terrible strain on my whole family. We actually weren't speaking for about a month, and we still haven't addressed any of the problems seriously. My family (except Dad, of course) has always been really close, and it's really breaking my heart to see this happen to us. She's the Sam to my Dean, you know?
OH RIGHT, SPN HAPPENED TO:
Overall, I think this has been an incredibly strong start to the season, and if the last three minutes of 7x3 had never happened, I wouldn't have a negative word to say at all. I loved every single second of 7x1 - from the BAmFness of all the guest stars, to the unabashedly and hilariously political agenda, to the beauuutiful D/C moments and crazycakes Misha. It may be my favourite episode of the series. And where 7x1 catered to the D/C (and Sassy!) side of my soul, 7x2 was full of glorious Wincest, plus Mark Pellegrino being the best. 7x3 started off alarmingly like that fanfic mementis and I made, and generally proceeded in awesome fashion until the last three minutes which LALALA NEVER HAPPENED RIGHT? So, overall, impressed.
In other fannish news, I am writing all the fanfic and I hope it's not awful. I'm excited to be working with some really talented artists! Speaking of talented artists, winchesterxgirl made my first ever out-of-exchange art based on my fic, for "Safest Place to Hide" and it is beautiful and fills me with squee.
I watch Occupy Wall Street with admiration, fascination and hope. I drink a lot of bubble tea. I experience romantic angst. I never miss an episode of Project Runway. I dyed my hair bright red again, and have taken to wearing a hat and sunglassed everywhere I go. Not much else is happening in my life.
How are you guys all doing?
So what's new? In my personal life, I've moved and am living in my cousin's spare bedroom, about a block away from my old high school. It's very strange. My two second cousins (7 and 2) are adorable and it's good to be with family, but they're driving me and my sleep schedule a little bit crazy. My father has uncharacteristically offered to support me and pay my rent for an apartment of my own, and though part of me is steeling myself for some kind of trap (my father is not generous with money...ever) I think I'll go for it if I see a place a love. I just really want a kitchen of my own. I'm tired of living on the edges of other people's lives, trying not to disturb them.
I'm working half-time helping a friend of mine with disabilities with daily living, and I'm not sure if I'll try and find another part-time job on top of that, or focus on a French course, getting my driver's license and the dreaded PhD applications. It feels very strange to be back home after grad school. I guess what I didn't appreciate while I was there was how much grad school is a place, for young women especially, where you're allowed to swear all you want, and speak as loudly as you want, and be as unapologetically political as you want. I hadn't realized how much I took those things for granted, but being back in a place where I need to check my language and my volume and my opinions before every little thing I say is feeling really stifling. I'm going back to school at the end of the month for my convocation and I am looking forward to it so much.
My sister's alcoholism is still putting a really terrible strain on my whole family. We actually weren't speaking for about a month, and we still haven't addressed any of the problems seriously. My family (except Dad, of course) has always been really close, and it's really breaking my heart to see this happen to us. She's the Sam to my Dean, you know?
OH RIGHT, SPN HAPPENED TO:
Overall, I think this has been an incredibly strong start to the season, and if the last three minutes of 7x3 had never happened, I wouldn't have a negative word to say at all. I loved every single second of 7x1 - from the BAmFness of all the guest stars, to the unabashedly and hilariously political agenda, to the beauuutiful D/C moments and crazycakes Misha. It may be my favourite episode of the series. And where 7x1 catered to the D/C (and Sassy!) side of my soul, 7x2 was full of glorious Wincest, plus Mark Pellegrino being the best. 7x3 started off alarmingly like that fanfic mementis and I made, and generally proceeded in awesome fashion until the last three minutes which LALALA NEVER HAPPENED RIGHT? So, overall, impressed.
In other fannish news, I am writing all the fanfic and I hope it's not awful. I'm excited to be working with some really talented artists! Speaking of talented artists, winchesterxgirl made my first ever out-of-exchange art based on my fic, for "Safest Place to Hide" and it is beautiful and fills me with squee.
I watch Occupy Wall Street with admiration, fascination and hope. I drink a lot of bubble tea. I experience romantic angst. I never miss an episode of Project Runway. I dyed my hair bright red again, and have taken to wearing a hat and sunglassed everywhere I go. Not much else is happening in my life.
How are you guys all doing?