Breathe. Don't think.

Have compassion for yourself. Center it in your heart.

Stop trying so hard.

***

Consider your sphere of influence (what you can and can't change).

Practice sharing an opinion without defending it.

Breathe.

So, for some odd reason beyond any I can imagine, you decide you want to become Michelle's magic fanfic-wish-granting genie. Awesome, I say.

( Here's my wacky, wacky wish list. AKA the list no one will touch with a ten-foot pole. )



(Please note: I've made this list mostly because I want to remember what wacky pairings I'm interested, not because I actually think anyone will write me made-to-order fic. If you really do get that urge, however, know that D/s, rape fic, and crack are not high on my want list.

Unless Care Bears are involved.)

Abby and Tony were sooo flirty in Ice Queen. *loves*

I am going to write. Yes, I am.

Except I'm currently trapped in the unending circle of "I should work on this...no, this. No, this!" I can't make it stop. Hellllllllp.

Poll #1217169 Round and round and round and wheeeeeee!
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

Which story should Michelle work on _right_ now?

Star Wars is on Spike right now. I watched this (and the other two) so many times as a kid--it was one of the movies we were able to tape off tv, and my brother absolutely loved to rewatch it. I'd kind of forgotten what a wonderful movie it is, since everything Star Wars has been soured so badly in my mind. (It's kind of impressive how all of Lucas's 'improvements' look so fake in comparison to the original footage.)

My favorite scene, I think, is after Luke and Ben have discovered the dead Jawas, and Luke races back home. Love the speeder racing over the desert, and then we get that wonderful blue sky marred by the smoke. The horror of the burned body. I just love when Luke looks away--and when he looks back, you can see how everything has changed for him.


Of course, I've always been a Luke girl.

Criminal Minds Season 3 DVD cover art.

What the fuck did they do to Hotch?

I did drabbles for people over the weekend.

For kuwdora, ( John, Rodney, and Ronon playing a game )

For torra, ( Tim/Tony, 'Has anyone ever told you you're annoying?' )

For kimberlyfdr, ( McShep, 'When I said touch it, I didn't mean THAT!' )

For margarks, ( John and Rodney watching Eureka )

For celli, ( Tim/Tony, word games )

For thepouncer, ( Derek Morgan, thunderstorms and wine )

You know what one of my favorite things in the world is?

When kitties block out the light while they're napping with their widdle paws over their eyes. *luffs*

Is anyone around? I imagine many of you are a-Whoing or about to be a-Whoing, from what I can tell of my flist. *g* But if perhaps anybody is bored, you might leave me a prompt? Fandom and character/pairing, and if you wish, a phrase or situation. I'll try to give you at least a drabble. (Stuff I'll definitely do is here. I might be able to squeeze out Torchwood, but I feel very, very iffy on it. And I have no knowledge of Who whatsoever, so you're taking your chances.)




* Therapy yesterday was all about doing the things that are fun for me, the things that I want to do, rather than the things I think I should do. So this is part of that.

This was supposed to be a things of joy post, but I can't figure out how to make this all pretty and my stomach feels funny (actually, really nauseated) and I'm now all kinds of cranky.

But! That doesn't negate the fact that this brings me great joy: So You Think You Can Dance, Katee and Joshua dancing the samba. Hot, very hot.

The process of me transitioning from input (sucking down shows and stories) to output (writing) generally involves me making a lot of lists.

Guess what? I'm sharing. :D


( Shows I'm watching (including those on hiatus): )

( AS INSTRUCTED BY KAGEYGIRL: Shows planning on watching: )

( Fandoms I am still considering myself actively writing in (for varying definitions of 'actively'): )

( A cut wherein Michelle indulges herself by making a list of pairings that interest her: )

So, yes. Consumed Torchwood last week. And after a day or two of digesting, I've concluded that I like it. Don't love it, but it's definitely something I'll watch when it comes back on. Didn't feel a single urge to write it, though, and I probably won't be reading much (considering the shit-ton of dreck one has to wade through to find a good story). But yes, overall, a happy place.

I made a few notes while watching. Not in any kind of logical order, and I got kind of worn out after a while. ( The good, the bad, the weird, and things probably funny only to me )


SGA - I'm not watching 5.01 until it airs, in the vague hope that I'll actually crank out my Sweet Charity fic before I have new canon to mess with my brain. But I am looking forward to it, yes I am. :D

Meanwhile, mcshep_match is in progress, with two wonderful McKay/Sheppard stories being posted daily. Go read and vote for mcshep_home! I have a story in it, which may or may not have been posted yet. *is super sneaky*


My recent 'revelation' about being an introvert--combined with my good time at con.txt--has left me feeling a lot less pressure to produce fic quickly. At the same time, I still want to write and share and squee--and I still have a buttload of WIPs to deal with. So I'm confused by where to start and what to write and how to finish, but in a new and more relaxed manner. Right now the stories making the most noise in my head are the Sweet Charity (a John/Rodney/Teyla fic), a longer NCIS Tim/Tony that I plotted out for NCIS Big Bang (but probably won't finish in time), two Criminal Minds fics, a porny Ezra fic that stalled out at the porn a year ago, and a John/Rodney hurt-comfort that I'd really love to finish.

*ponders*

So anyway, that's where I am. *waves*

So Gareth David-Lloyd played another queer character named Yanto Jones in something? What? Did they do that on purpose?

(All hail YouTube, I swear.)


*continues to boggle*

Due to a very irritating problem with my computer, I can only watch files from beginning to end, with no pausing, rewinding, fast forwarding, or stopping. (Is very irritating.) I was watching TW 2.11 and just happened to look away...when a certain greenhouse scene happened. Grr, argh!

(Hubby said if he could transfer image from his brain to mine, he would. Isn't that love? *g*)

But lo, there is YouTube, and it is good.

Am back from con.txt, yay! I want to write up a report, but I'm lazy, so for now just let me recap in a word: Fabulous!

And somehow smittywing and reccea talked me into trying out Torchwood. (There may have been clips involved.) I do know many of the basic storylines through the end of season 2, so don't worry about spoiling me. I've just finished watching They Keep Killing Suzie. ( And can I ask )

- Kinky Boots is teh awesome. Yuletide, here I come. (Must have Charlie/Lauren/Lola!)

- Hot German gay boys really are hot. And gay. And hot.

- Super cute dress? Actually made of fail.

I typed this up a couple months ago while I was bored, but I just now got it to the neat and tidy point. If anyone's interested, the unmarked-up story is here.

Title: Office Romance
Author: tigerlady
Fandom: NCIS
Pairing: McGee/DiNozzo, mentions of several past relationships
Rating: NC-17
Spoilers: Through Season 5 Corporal Punishment

Summary: In the aftermath of Tony's deep-cover assignment, Tim tries to help Tony move on, but Tony's romantic past might prove too great an obstacle.

( Story with commentary, part 1 )

(Continued from Part 1.)

( Office Romance Commentary part 2 )

So, having superficially browsed various upper-class emporiums (CVS, Walmart, Osco) over the past few weeks, I have come to conclude that you can't get wacky hair dyes at these places. Does one need to visit a salon to get pink streaks in one's hair? Or must one wait until Halloween and visit those specialty stores? I don't particularly feel up to trying Spencer's, but they'd be my next guess.

(Does Spencer's actually pump eau de mildewed smegma through all their stores, or does that lovely odor just build up over time?)

Obsession # mumblety in project Avoid Writing to Deadline is from So You Think You Can Dance.

This guy didn't make it to the final twenty (so I suppose this is a spoiler if you're into such things?), but man, if he had, I'd be watching every freakin' week like obsesso girl. A little young and adorable for me, but I love the way he has this bit of humor that just lights him up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_gIWzBn-FQ

Oh, man. Ewan McGregor on Craig Ferguson. Hi-larious. One and two.

In an effort to avoid writing my mcshep_match fic Because I've been bored lately, I've been doing some late-night channel surfing. And I realize I'm late to the party, but...

Craig Ferguson? All kinds of hot.




Just sayin'.

From malnpudl (and adapted for my fannish use):

1. It begins with a list of all 26 letters of the alphabet. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
2. Comment with something fannish for me to talk about that starts with one of those letters. Make me babble about anything fannish-- shows, actors, actresses, pairings, writing, plot arcs, whatever. (I'd prefer not to get meta about fandom itself, but shows, go for it.)
3. One topic per letter -- it's like a claims list. I will cross off letters as topics appear.
4. I will post a new post talking about all 26 topics given to me.


And from tinx_r: List five fictional people - from television, movies, books, whatever - that you had a crush on as a child (or early teens). Then post this on your LiveJournal so other people can know what a dork you've always been.


1) Mark (I think) from Battle of the Planets. I haven't seen this show in at least thirty years, but I've googled enough to be pretty sure this was the incarnation I watched, and if I remember right, that's the name of the guy. (The leader of the group.) (I also liked the female character an awful lot, but I can't remember her name.)

2) Apollo from the original Battlestar Galactica. Guh, guh, guh. And Richard Hatch still does it for me today.

(Those first two really shaped my preferences, it seems.)

3) BJ McKay from BJ and the Bear.

4) Birdie? from BJ and the Bear. Blond good guy cop.

5) Daisy Duke.

I need some kind of fannish meme to do. Anybody know of a good one?

We're having a tremendously awesome thunderstorm right now. You know, the kind with medium rain, where lightning flashes in the distance and the thunder rolls in louder and louder until it just cracks against you, and nicest of all, no wind.


Oh, while I'm here, I'll mention summer_of_giles started up yesterday. Several posts a day for the next couple months, all art or fic or whatever creative goodies people come up with featuring Rupert Giles. Gen and pairings of every kind. It's a good comm to watch. ;)