It's too bad my sisters and I are going to St. Louis on Sunday and not Saturday because Serenity is playing there for the Equality Now fundraiser. (Other locations and dates at that link.)

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spn_xx is taking prompts for a women in Supernatural ficathon. I am really, really tempted, even though I've pretty much reached my limit of ficathons for the summer.

The ficathon is for:

Female characters from the Supernatural television series or the related Origins comics

Original female character(s) in an SPN setting

Crossovers featuring female characters from SPN in the setting of another source text

Crossovers featuring female characters from another source text in an SPN setting

It's exactly the kind of ficathon I love. Lke I said, very tempting.

From aliaspiral, Television Without Pity has an excellent recap of Serenity, that wonderful big damn movie.

Seriously, I swooned. And cracked up a lot. And yeah. Lunch now!

Woe! I just realized (yesterday) I will be in Orlando with thestalkycop and scouseboy when Serenity is released. I'd planned on attending in costume with people here. I still want to see it opening night, and probably in some sort of costume. I wonder if I can drag them with me? I wonder if I can convince them to dress up? They've not even seen Firefly. (I know! Sarah is not perfect, but she is still super speshul!!11!!)

Of course, since I've seen Serenity twice already, I could wait until I came home.


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No, I don't think so.

I bet it will be harder to get tickets opening night in Orlando than St. Louis. Anyone in Orlando? Any suggestions?

Also, a warning. There will be squee between now and September 24, when I fly to Orlando to meet up with my bestest best friend and some other people. (I kid, Craig and Sarah's mum. You're are both super speshul too!) I will try to restrain the squee, but it is difficult.

We may post fandomy things, since I will take my laptop.

Argh. Must go away again now. Sister K wants to watch a movie and I have to find transportation to her house. J ran off with my car to go visit his sister, who just moved to right outside Nashville and is much closer than her previous location in California.

I think J. has become obsessed with the Spider-Man. Every time it is on tv, even though we own both DVDs, he feels the need to watch it. Yes, he's turned it on now, while we ate Chinese and while I try to write. I'm not feeling well, and it seems the whole family has passed this around this week. At least I got it on the weekend, where I don't have to miss work (though I felt like crap yesterday, too, and today I missed the triker meeting).

I've written, oh, approximately 3,000 words today, though, and I'm still going strong (more or less) so it's not too bad.

Serenity on Thursday, this time with manymany people, most of whom have not seen it. Also not a long drive because we'll be going to the St. Louis show. I am excited and, as usual, anyone who would like to meet up before feel free to contact me.

Maybe this time I'll post my thoughts. The weekend following it is not as hectic and packed as the last time (five days off, five days of nonstop traveling). Maybe I have a chance.

I have an urge to read fanfic for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, preferably the books, but the movie would work, too. I read the first book when it first came out and the others immediately as well, but I've only ever bought the first one, yesterday. (I read so many books on whim when I worked at a bookstore. I miss that. I miss being in the know.)

I refrained from buying the latest Preston/Child book, Dance of Death, to my surprise. I just didn't like Brimstone as much as Still Life With Crows, and I tend to adore every other book and not really enjoy the ones in between until a third read, so I didn't want to pay full price. I'll order it off of amazon one of these days, or used, or something. (For the record, I adored The Relic, Thunderhead, and Still Life With Crows, liked Reliquary but not as much as The Relic disliked Cabinet of Curiosities with a passion until the third reading, and was very blah about Brimstone. I've not read The Ice Limit or Riptide, but I also don't think those are Pendergast novels so I can wait.)

(Also also, is Tyrannosaur Canyon the sequel to Preston's The Codex? I enjoyed The Codex much more than I expected, because I like the combination of the writers so much I doubted I'd like only one at a time. It was sloppier than I expected, weaker, but still good. I like the name of the new one, at the very least, and I'll probably buy it (and The Codex because that was another read through work) when it comes out in paperback eventually.)

In non-book news (but close):

I don't even know if you read this journal, crazylady42, but did you see the new Lost magazine? Pricey but ... well, honestly, too pricey for me.

I now have a paid journal for a little while. I need new icons. Yay.

I am really looking forward to seeing the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movie. However will I make it until June? (It is opening in June, correct? I believe so.)

Oh, wait, going to see Serenity at the end of the month will be one distraction.

I squeed at work. Since I'm fairly new at the office, they weren't used to that aspect of me. But I managed to find out, buy tickets, and arrange for impatienke to attend with me. We'll be at the Kansas City, Missouri show, so if anyone wants to meet up before the show, maybe for dinner, let me know. Squee is more fun in a group, I know.

Other than that, life has been crazy. I want to say happy birthday to shisaiyan and apologize because life has been so hectic, I haven't had time to write any of the things we're writing together or the (not so) secret (now) birthday story. It will be late (obviously), but I did think about you. I swear. Happy birthday!

J. is trying to encourage me to make vids. As if I don't have enough on my plate. He's very convincing, though, and he keeps providing me with shiny things to use.

I've beenr eading X-Men again, voraciously. I haven't reread Ultimate (for the hundredth time), but I did read the run of Uncanny I have and I'm working my way through New. I found out I'm two graphic novels behind on the Mystique line, so I ordered them, because man oh man, how much do I love Mystique, a crazy, sexy woman with a (lot) of guns? I can't find the words.

I've been writing a lot, but not enough, obviously. Only three days left and maybe ...

OHMYGOD, Hurley is on BECKER! HURLEY! HURLEY HURLEY HURLEY HURLEY!

J. noticed first. I'm going to remind him of that fact the next time he teases me about watching the show. (Also, he's finding songs for me to make vids for Firefly. He claims he's not a geek.)

HURLEY!

Oh, sometimes the squee is so intense it hurts.

HURLEY HURLEY HURLEY HURLEY HURLEY HURLEY HURLEY HURLEY.

I've barely started here and it's already time to go curl up in bed and read the next New X-Men graphic novel. I love my new job, but sometimes these early mornings suck.