Fic Progress...

OMG I love this new LJ client, Semagic *snuggles* Makes me want to constantly write journal entries. Hmm. Maybe my flist doesn't like it so much... LOL

Anyhoo... I have been getting NOTHING of major importance written. I have all these fics with deadlines and all the other bunnies come a-calling instead. DOH!

What I SHOULD have been working on:

• Numb3rs fic for the Love Challenge- I wanted to have this finished Saturday. Arg. I didn't even touch it. I taped the show on Friday, though, so tonight I want to watch that and write while watching it. There are only two scenes left to write so hopefully I can get it done by the end of the weekend
  
• Spander fic for a challenge that's been stalled for a few days as I'm not sure I like where it's going. The thing's already overdue and I can't seem to make it go *prods muses*
  
• GWT's giftfic- haven't touched it in a few days. GWT, I sent you a few e-mails about it, just to check and see if pre-HH5 would be okay to write
  
• Maria's giftfic- haven't touched it in a few days, either, but I've still got a good feeling about it :-)
  
• SW Love Challenge fic- it's halfway done but I haven't written anything in it in days
  
• LotR Love Challenge fic- it's all just notes still. I have NO clue how I'm going to get it done in time for the challenge now. Eeep!
  

What I HAVE been working on instead:

• Really random SW Obi-rape fic- totally popped into my head Friday (was inspired by a comment on the M_A Yahoo list) and I've been writing it. Having trouble with wording, but I've been going to town on it instead of working on what I should be working on
  
• Even more random SW sneezefic that popped into my head yesterday that was terribly nummy and irresistable. Qui was all "Pleeeease tg! Look at the sexy, sneezy Obi-Wan! Write him instead!" and I was all "Okay, Qui-Gon. If you get naked I'll do whatever you say" and he was all "Clothes? What clothes? *hops into bed with sexy, sneezy Obi-Wan*"
  

Incidentally, all of these are open on my computer and clogging up my taskbar. You'd think that would be enough incentive to finish them, but nooooo. OMG I'm so not going to make the challenge deadline *kicks muses* At least the SW fic I'm writing for it is short.

Last post tonight, I promise!

Gacked from bant

( OMG too wide, it breaks my layout. So it's cut here )

Innit purrrdy? *snuggles*

Blood, Books & Fun!

Well, I tried to give blood. My pulse (which is always on the fast side of nornal anyway) was apparently too fast. 102 I think she said. Which was over the limit, so I was turned away. That's never happened to me before. It always feels faster to me when I'm having it taken :-)
But, grr! Oh well. I'll try again when they're back in February.

I went to Barnes & Nobles- no LWW board game (I figured as much, I should have bought it when I had the chance) but I thought I'd check. I got a gift card for B&N thanks to my Visa Extras Debit card points and decided to spend all the gift cards I get through the program on Anime since I don't have the money to buy manga otherwise. I wanted Gravi Vol1 but they were out, so I decided on Wolf's Rain Vol1 instead and was very happy with the choice... then I saw Gravi Vol1 on another rack and got all indecisive. LOL I nearly got X/1999 Vol1 as well but decided not to just yet. I ended up getting Wolf's Rain because, yeah, I love wolves. Why don't I have a wolf user icon? I must remedy that immediately!

While I was at the library to donate blood I picked up a few excellent books to Bookcross with, as well as: X/1999 Serenade for $1. SQUEEEE! I have NO clue when in the series it takes place, it's larger and squarer than a typical manga, and it seems to read backwards from a usual manga so beats the heck out of me what it is! But the point is an X book for $1! Can't beat that! *snuggles angsty Kamui* Anyway, yes, so two mangas in a day. For a total of $1.49 out of pocket for me. Gotta love that!

And I went to Borders to see how much was on the gift card I got for Christmas from my boss (that part of the holder was ripped off to fit in the envelope, LOL). I was thinking probably $20 but hoping for $30. Instead $50!!! OMG I'm so happy! *does happy dance* However, the prices in the store were WAY too high and they didn't have a few of the books I wanted. So I'm going to use the gift card online instead. Which saves gas in the long run anyway.

OH! And while I was looking for a book or two in the literature section, my eye caught a familiar name: Horatio Hornblower. It was a biography someone had written of the character. I almost nearly bought it. But the funny thing was, on the shelf right below it was a little label that read: SEE THE GAY/LESBIAN LITERATURE SECTION FOR MORE. LMAO!!! See, even Borders sees the slash in the series! ROTFLMAO! Okay, so the labels were on every third bookscase in seemingly random locations, but, seriously, that's got to be a HUGE coincidence! LOL! *snuggles Horatio*

So, yeah, I'm still bummed about not donating blood. First time that's ever happened to me in all the times I've donated. But, hey, my iron levels kicked ass and my blood pressure is great... so at least that's something!

EDIT: Bwahaha. X/1999 Serenade has a TINY Vol5 label on the spine. Got it. Less confused now. *still snuggles Kamui*

ANOTHER EDIT: Okay, so there goes $50, far too easily. I bought: Dragonology, Wizardology, Brokeback Mountian: from Story to Screenplay, Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, and a small gift for my KS. Yay. I'm so psyched. I can't buy anything else for myself for, like, years now, though. LOL Oh, and at the library I got a paperback of Timeline that is in PERFECT condition. My parents have a rather used copy but I didn't have one of my own... and this one is BEAUTIFUL and only fifty cents. So, yeah. Today rocked in the area of buying myself random stuff :-)

Yikes

So... yikes. What a night. The guy who lives next door to us is a jerk. He's renting. He works for the military (like most of Northern Virginia) but is incredibly mean. HUGE temper, yells at us every time we mow our lawn too close to his (despire us showing him the property line). He spits every time my mother or I walk by and he almost hit my father once. Several time we've heard very loud yelling and banging from next door but the woman who lives there with him (they're not married, but her daughter lives there sometimes as well) is sometimes outside crying or talking on the phone outside where he can't hear her. She's a SWEETHEART. She holds down 4 different jobs and is incredibly smart and nice. We've all made it clear to her that she can always come to us or talk to us if needed. My mom's also offered her "help" if she ever needs it.

So tonight when I went to walk the neighbor's dog there was a woman outside their house, talking through the door to someone. Yelling things like "let me in!" and she looked like she couldn't get the door open. She was out there for at least 10 minutes. About half an hour later the assistant to the woman who actually owns the house (she's had maybe 5 families there renting from her in the time we've lived here) was over. We called her (she lives several towns over) and apparently the front door knob/lock was broken so he was there fixing it. Apparently they're very "hard" on all the knobs in the house- all were broken and handles on appliances had been pulled off as well.

We heard banging from next door and assumed it was the guy fixing things. Then we look outside and there are SIX police cars. My dad was out walking the dog and the police told him to move on. But he saw the neighbor woman crying on another woman's shoulder and saw someone being taken away in a police car. Later we saw an ambulance and neighbor woman limping out of the ambulance into her house, supported by her daughter in pajamas. Thank gods she's not hurt worse, and the daughter looked fine.

But OH my gods. Poor thing. I'm really worried about her but thank gods the police got involved, finally. SO terrible. And scary. Knew that guy was mental.

Kinda scary- I started writing a story this morning with a domestic abuse theme in it... I need to stop writing things with heavy themes because fate clearly is paying attention. Yikes.