God, this has been one exhausting, depressing, heartbreaking, inspiring, awful, heartwarming week. I've been going with different groups each day to help in some of the most affected areas and the devastation is just.... there are no words. There are towns that are literally gone. Disappeared. There one minute and the next.... nothing. There are ( Read more... )

Thank you for all the sweet comments and good thoughts/prayers. This morning I went to Pleasant Grove with one of the local relief agencies to pass out food and supplies to victims and workers. Pleasant Grove is a suburb about 20 minutes west of Birmingham and is one of the most devastated areas in the state. I can't even begin to describe the ( Read more... )

As most of you are aware, several tornadoes ripped through the Southeast, particularly in Alabama, the state I have lived in my entire life, decimating small towns and big cities. Several small towns have basically been wiped off the map. Large cities, such as Tuscaloosa, are destroyed beyond imagining. I believe the number of fatalities is around ( Read more... )

Holy shit, I caught up on some good ol' LJ reading and SHIT HIT THE FAN. Good lord. I'm all... 'buh, wtf?' and crap at some of the posts I've read--blaming the victim what? THAT SHIT IS BANANAS.

For once, my lack of LJ interaction is a good thing, I guess.

Yesterday was Alabama's spring game aka A-Day Game aka holy smokes, why isn't it September? It was such a blast going down there, and although it's not a real game, it's good enough for right now. Ingram and Richardson are going to be a deadly combination. Julio is healthy and looking like his freshman self. Hightower is back on defense. We have ( Read more... )

Christ the Lord is risen today! Hallelujah! To all those who celebrate, I hope you have a most blessed Easter.

Title: The Search for Something More (Chapter 6)
Pairing: Nathan/Haley
Rating: Adult overall.
Summary: AU set during S1. To the outside world, they are nothing more than tutor and student. Behind closed doors, it is a different story. What happens when they both want more, but are afraid of the consequences?
Spoilers/Warnings: Spoilers through ( Read more... )

Today is Palm Sunday, ( Cut for religious talk )

Until my OTP is happily married and interacting with various HGTV stars as they redecorate their house, THAT SHIT AIN'T CANON TO ME.

Okay, I am not in the SPN fandom at all, the only thing I ever read about it are the wank reports on F_W regarding the endless Jared/Jensen "OMG SO TOTALLY DOING IT" wank. Which, by the way, is so deliciously cracktastic. So to that end:

THIS SHIT IS ABOUT TO GET GOOD, Y'ALL.

ETA: Aaaaaand it pretty much goes without saying (but I'm saying it ( Read more... )