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Nov. 22nd, 2011 @ 09:24 am Yuletide: Dear Yuletide Author
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I'd been meaning to do this all last week but kept getting distracted. since I just saw that I received my assignment and pinch hits have started, I realized I better get this letter up.

Dear yuletide author:

Hi! Thank you for undertaking writing in one of these fandoms. There isn't a lot of fic in most of them and I will love anything that you make. I know that some authors love more ideas and some authors don't - so take as little or as much of this into account as you need to. I know I will love whatever is written because each of these fandoms is amazing and wonderful and filled with characters that I love. And that you offered to write them means you are awesome.

General things I love in fic: schmoop, hurt/comfort that leads to happy ending, banter (I love banter!), protective behavior (but not to crazy levels), characters that behave like the characters

Things I tend to veer away from: non-con, rape, torture, death fic, AUs that are like "x & y in the 1800's", mpreg. I'm okay with dark if I'm left with hope at the very least.

Fandom 1 - New Girl
My request: I would love a fic that involves all the roommates in some manner. I'd also love a fic that has Nick/Jess or deals with the obvious attraction between the two of them.

So yes, I would love Nick/Jess. I think they're full of possibilities and they obviously care about each other even if neither of them gets that yet. I'd love them figuring it out with the help of Schmidt and Winston. But again, I'm just a huge fan of the dynamic between all the roommates. I love that Jess exasperates them and yet they are completely charmed by her. (And they've got the coolest apartment ever).

Fandom 2 - Against the Wall
My Request: I love sibling fic and these siblings are so much fun. I would love the brothers all being overprotective and worried about Abby in some way.

I have a huge love of the sibling relationship, especially when it involves protective older brothers. And this show is so perfect with that...I love Abby - she's strong and smart and does what she knows she has to, even if it's not what other people want for her. And I love her brothers, who might be pissed with her, but also have her back. So yeah, sibling fic would be fun - whether it's Abby getting into trouble on the job or her dating someone or whatever, I would just love to see Steve, Donnie and Richie going into full-on big brother mode.

Fandom 3 - Switched at Birth
My request: I would love Bay/Emmett. I think they're adorable and fun together. Basically though, I would love an Bay-centric fic as I love her.

I did not expect to love this show. I watched it because I was bored and it was on...and I loved it. I especially loved Bay and Emmett separately and then they got together and it was so cute and awesome. I love them together. I think they're both good and bad for each other in all the ways that teenage love should be. I would really love some happy, fun Bay/Emmett fic, but I'd also be cool with a Bay story that involves her relationship with her dad or either of her moms or Toby. i'm not a huge fan of Daphne, so as little of her as possible would be great.

Fandom 4 - Falling Skies
My request: The family dynamic. It would be interesting to see how the boys react to what happened in the season finale. Or a fic that deals with the early days of the invasion or even before the invasion.

Another summer show that I loved and adored and I can't believe we have to wait until next summer for more. I'd be up for a lot of different things with this fandom as long as it includes the family dynamic and how much they all love and take care of each other. I love that as hard as it is for Tom, he lets Hal and Ben do the things they need to because the world has changed for them. I'm intrigued by Ben's abilities and how that scares both Tom and Hal. I'm curious about what their lives were like before the invasion or right after the initial invasion but before we meet them in the pilot.

Please remember, all of these are suggestions. Go with what inspires you and I'll be happy. if you're looking for examples of my writing, I have it posted to my livejournal and dreamwidth (tommygirl) - just look to the tags - and I've started to archive it at the Archive of Our Own as well - http://archiveofourown.org/users/tommygirl

Thank you in advance! I can't wait! And now i'm off to begin the annual yuletide routine of rewatching canon, panicking and writing.

Lots of love!

TommyGirl/Mare/that girl with crazy love of schmoop
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Oct. 12th, 2011 @ 04:35 pm lady gaga songs are stuck in my head
Current Mood: cynical
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I've been thinking about fannish endeavors lately and not just because [personal profile] iamtheenemy likes to subtly remind me that I haven't posted recs in years and years. I've been battling an ongoing mix of ennui with a bigger case of wanting to be away from the computer when I'm not working. Unfortunately, that's not ideal for fannish pursuits, so I'm working on it. It would help if my laptop loaded within the current century, but it wants me to pay more attention to my desktop computer.

Anyway, with the new season of shows and the return of those I love (or used to love but are so far behind on now they've revoked my fangirl status), I'm trying to get back to more involved. Baby steps. Like thinking about what I would like to nominate for [community profile] yuletide. I love the New Girl and would love to see some Jess & the boys fic (and there is total Jess/Nick subtext to this show, though I'm not sure I'm on board that train yet), but I also love Against the Wall and falling skies and of course my old favorites like Veritas and The Class. Oh, small fandoms, I wish I knew how to quit you. Or I wish more talented writers wrote fic for you all the time.

From the new season of shows, I've picked up: the New Girl, Two Broke Girls, and Ringer. I'm also watching Terra Nova, but I'm not completely sold on it yet.

I need to watch Homeland and I'm kind of excited for Once Upon a Time.

Mostly, I'm just trying to stay afloat with my current faves while playing catch up on things that I've let slide. Why is there so much good tv?

What are your favorites this season? Anything I should be watching? And isn't it true that no matter what Hawaii 5-0 writers seem to want you to think, Danny and Steve are married and stuff?
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Aug. 28th, 2011 @ 12:28 pm a quick check in...
location: home
Current Mood: relieved
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We have survived Hurricane Irene in my neck of the woods in South Jersey. Somehow, my little part of the state has managed to avoid losing power and flooding ::Knocks on wood:: but a lot of my area is deluged with flooding and road closures. My house has a little bit of a leak in the sun room's roof, but considering what was possible and the preparing we had to do, I'm very grateful. Maybe it won't be such a bad birthday today!

I hope everyone else is okay out there!
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Aug. 27th, 2011 @ 09:34 am So...
location: home
Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: abc action news
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There is not a banana or D battery to be found in all of South Jersey. We're okay for the batteries - just was hoping yesterday to get some extra - but who stole all the bananas? I've been to three different grocery stores and no bananas! I'm guessing it's because they don't require the refrigerator. Here's to hoping Irene isn't bad and no power goes out.

Mostly, I hope everyone in the way of the hurricane is safe! Now I must go finish with "hurricane preparedness"
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Apr. 12th, 2011 @ 01:20 pm Times Like These (PG) - Alias, Syd/Weiss
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I ended up skipping around on the kiss drabbles as one of them (::coughsMEDIEcoughs::) has sent my brain spinning into a huge story. I tried to go back and do something smaller and different, but that just seemed to all occur in my head in the same world. So, first up is the one for [personal profile] celli, who asked for Alias, Syd/Weiss.

( Onto the ficlet because I don't know how to write drabbles anymore... )
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Apr. 4th, 2011 @ 12:26 pm I'm a lemming...
Current Mood: lazy
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I'm at faviconTommyGirl on the AO3. Subscribe to me - fandoms in the immediate queue include Glee, Castle, Supernatural, Alias, etc.! (You'll need to log in to see the subscribe button.)

I'm still in the process of moving everything over to to AO3 because I'm slow-moving like that, but my latest stuff is all there and I'm hoping to get on the ball and post a fandom a day over the next week or two.

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I have no motivation to do anything today. I was barely able to drag my butt out of bed and get to work. There is stuff I should be doing, but I can't concentrate. I hate days like this.

Also, as mentioned in last post, please feel free to leave some prompts. I need to get my writing mojo back. I'm currently in the middle of a creative writing workshop that I won a membership to, but that's mostly journaling at the moment. It's good for me and I'm hoping it will help in the end, but currently, I'm still not producing any actual pieces - fanfiction or original.
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Apr. 3rd, 2011 @ 08:53 pm sunday evenings come so fast & a request for prompts
location: home
Current Mood: apathetic
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Seriously, where do my weekends go and how do they pass so fast? I mostly accomplished errands and things I had put off - doing my taxes. Sadly, yesterday morning I watched the movie Bride Wars, not once, but twice, while doing a few other things. It's not even a good movie, but I watch it. I have these weird movies that I didn't particularly like the first time I saw or ever think it's good, but I will watch it repeatedly. One of the many ways I waste a whole lot of time.

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We attempted to bathe the baby kitten, Katniss, as we tried to switch her to a covered litter box as she liked to toss her litter everywhere. Well, she seems to be having issues with lifting her tail up enough not to get the poo stuck to her. The bath did not go so well. We found her when she was only like a week or two old outside, but sometimes, the feral in that monster (cute as she is) comes out. And this is one of those moments where, as I clean off my cuts, I wonder why I'm so anti-declawing. OUCH.

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They have all of season three of In Plain Sight for view on Verizon On-Demand. I somehow missed the last season, in the midst of other shows and such, so I'm slowly trying to catch up on that. Also, as I said in last post, rewatching season four of BSG. My sister keeps asking me questions that I can't really answer without giving stuff away. My new answer is, "You'll see" or "well..."

Any of you watch the Biggest Loser? Last week's episode...oh red team, what were you thinking? And it was so upsetting because I love both those girls, but I love the one who was able to stay a little more. Still...oh red team. And yeah, I was really hoping Black would fall and Rulon would be gone.

Also, keep seeing previews for this singing show with Carson Daly (oh TRL time of years yonder) and Christina Aguilera. So watching. Because I need more reality television in my mix now that Teen Mom 2's finale aired.

So much television, so little time.

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I need to get back to writing things that aren't epic stories that might never see light of day or get finished. So provide me with characters and a first line and I'll write a drabble of sorts.

Let's limit it to these fandoms: Supernatural (less season six), Glee (no Finn or Quinn), Chuck, Castle, Criminal Minds, Veritas, Numb3rs, Haven, Sports Night
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Jan. 13th, 2011 @ 11:21 am Never Bet a Cheat (PG) - Sports Night
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Title: Never Bet a Cheat
Author: TommyGirl
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sports Night
Summary: Dan loses a bet and has to go to a concert with Casey.
A/N: Written for starseverywhere during Yuletide Madness. I saw her [community profile] yuletide letter and the idea came right to me.

( Dan and Casey and the concert from hell... )
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Jan. 13th, 2011 @ 10:51 am That's All (PG-13) - Castle
Current Mood: cold
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Title: That's All
Author: TommyGirl
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Castle, Ryan/Esposito
Summary: In the aftermath of 3XK, Ryan is hurt, Javier is worried, and everyone feels like they screwed up.
A/N: This was a pinch-hit for [community profile] yuletide for sixthlight. This was so much fun to write as I am a sucker for hurt/comfort and fluff. Much love and gratitude to mel b for the beta work.

( Kevin Ryan is adorable... )
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Jan. 13th, 2011 @ 10:36 am Lost in Desperation (PG) - Hunger Games
Current Mood: bored
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Title: Lost In Desperation
Author: TommyGirl
Rating: PG
Fandom: Hunger Games series - through first book
Summary: Prim is only certain of one thing - Katniss.
A/N: This was my main entry for [community profile] yuletide. Much love to my sister for the edits and listening to me fret about getting Prim's voice. Even more love to [personal profile] wanderlustlover, who made the request and challenged me - I hope you enjoyed it.

( onto the story... )
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Dec. 26th, 2010 @ 08:27 pm my friend got me a beaker from muppets hat!!!
Current Mood: cold
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I hope everyone who celebrates had a happy holiday! We are currently in the midst of a snow storm here and I'm on vacation from work and trying to take it easy.

Between the holidays and trying to ingest as much fun with [community profile] yuletide as possible, I've been slower on getting caught up on things the way I had hoped to. I loved my story for Yuletide this year. It was Boondock Saints, with an injured-but-stubborn-Murphy and a frustrated-but-overprotective Connor. Just like I asked for and so perfectly in tune with both the boys. It'll definitely be at the top of my recs for [profile] polyfandomrecs, but in the meantime, Halves .

My recipients seemed to like their stories, which is also very awesome.

And of course, the number of amazing stories and the level of creativity continues to just blow me away.

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Now it's time to focus on [profile] fandom_stocking. If you've signed up and have a quick link to your stocking posting, please leave it here. I plan to go through as many as I possibly can and write something between this evening and January 6th, but I definitely want to get to my friends. I love you guys and don't always get to show it and this is something small I can for you guys.

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There are currently six cats under my roof this evening. One of my sorority sisters joked that I was turning into crazy cat lady. Unfortunately, my neighbor's daughter's house had a bad fire last night. She went back in for her cats and took in a lot of smoke. So her daughter is currently at Temple hospital and everyone in their family is either helping our neighbor (who is older, on an oxygen tank and currently suffering with a broken rib) or allergic to cats. And they know how I am with cats and rescuing them...so we're taking care of her two cats until she's released from the hospital. They are very sweet cats, who are a little freaked out (understandable) and my neighbor has done so much for me and my sister since my mother died, so I am currently the home with six cats. Kinda seven if you include the cat outdoors that we take care of (Sidle, we call her, she's Katniss' mom). I think my sorority sister is correct.

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I finally saw Social Network Really good movie, even if it made me angry at several times. Poor Eduardo. I'm still not sure why he would even have been friends with Mark at all. Was there a side to Mark's character that we are never privy to because it's based mostly on the creation of Facebook. Because seriously, I was almost convinced Mark was a sociopath at times.

Also saw Tron: Legacy. I admit, I saw it for purely shallow reasons being Garret Hedlund (part of the reason I want to see Country Song too), and a nostalgic attachment to the original. I found the whole young!Jeff Bridges face thing creepy not innovative, but it wasn't bad. Enjoyable.

Still so many movies to see, especially those nominated for Golden Globes and probably Oscar nominations: The Fighter, 127 Hours (which seems to be playing nowhere around me anymore), Black Swan, the King's Speech, Blue Valentine...too many movies, too little time.
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Dec. 12th, 2010 @ 07:32 pm My Friend Masochism (PG-13) - Glee
location: home
Current Mood: bouncy
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Title: My Friend Masochism
Author: TommyGirl
Rating: PG-13
Fandom/Pairing: Glee, Puck/Rachel
Spoilers: Through A Very Glee Christmas
Written For: [profile] undermistletoe - non-holiday cliches (I went with trapped together)
A/N: Thanks to my sister and [profile] tinylegacies for last minute, amazing beta work. I love to procrastinate and they helped me out. Feedback always appreciated.

( Rachel & Puck are stuck in a closet )
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Nov. 30th, 2010 @ 11:00 pm lucky 7 list of sorts...
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1) very excited about my yuletide assignment. I actually could do two of the options, even though I only signed up to write one of them, but the other could be a fun challenge. Also, need to write my cliche fic for undermistletoe. And [profile] fandom_stocking just opened up. I always love doing that!

2) Okay, because I feel I must discuss tonight's Glee before my head explodes. ( Major spoilers for tonight's episode! )

3) Let's talk happy place of Raising Hope. This show is so perfect and inappropriate and hysterical. I got my best friend hooked on it and a co-worker as well. It's the best crack in the world, pretty much tied with Modern Family for best show on television right now. Everyone should watch it.

4) The "big" finale for The Event was hardly big, they've had bigger cliffhangers on a weekly basis. But that is fitting for this show. I'm stupider for watching, I'm pretty sure my cat judges me for watching it, and yet, I keep tuning in. And my love of Jason Ritter is not a good enough reason - so I'm just a big loser. The show makes no sense! It's ridiculous! And yet, I watch!

In other television news, there is only one more episode of Walking Dead this season and that makes me very sad. I love this show. It's awesome. Of course, it could be renamed, "how big of an ass can Shane become?" But really good stuff has been set into motion and there is Norman Reedus!

5) No work tomorrow! I have off! Viva la day off! Now, do I go see Burlesque or instead see Harry Potter again?

6) Why do ION and A&E show the same episodes of Criminal Minds over and over again? How many times do I have to watch the comic book artist episode?

7) This one is just for [personal profile] zeplum - I started a girl!Niko/Berg fic. Only four paragraphs right now, but I think it's one of those that only you and I will like (that happens so often, doesn't it?)
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Nov. 5th, 2010 @ 04:44 pm Give me prompts...
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Real post to come in the near future. I'm participating in Mini-Nanowrimo again this year, with a daily word count, in hopes to get myself back on track with my writing. Just writing something. I am working on two ongoing projects - a girl!Niko Veritas fic and a Supernatural/Warehouse-13 fic set after the end of last season's SPN and somewhere in the Warehouse-13 realm...but those are both longer projects and some days I don't feel like working on them.

So I turn to you guys.

Please feel free to provide me with some fandom/pairing/small prompt and I'll see what I can do. Give me as many as you want as I've decided to just go with whatever strikes my fancy at any given moment. I think that's part of the issues I've had with writing (it's a very long story that only my therapist really needs to hear)...I'm too worried about what I should write that I'm become paralyzed.

So again, please feel free to provide me with a fandom/pairing/prompt. For fandoms, good rule of thumb, is any fandom I've written before or those listed in my user info. And some of you know other stuff I love and am willing to try.

**

Also, I want everyone to give mad props to two of my lovely ladies - Jen and Steph - for getting into graduate school! They rock!

Real post to come soon. I swear!
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Jun. 5th, 2010 @ 12:16 am sending gratitude...
Current Mood: grateful

Thank you to everyone who voted for my first line for the Savvy Authors contest. I seem to be in the top thirty, which is what i need to move to the next step. I'm working out the details of that now and may be turning to a few of you for some help, as summaries have never been my forte. If you've read my stories, you probably know that. "There was this girl and she was, like, in love with her best friend, or something."

Again, thank you, guys. I'd really like the opportunity this would give me to focus on my original writing and your help has not gone unnoticed. You rock.

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This has been a long, hard week and I'm so glad it's over. But this is a weekend where I must get stuff done. Last weekend I lazed about, which I'm glad for and was probably needed, but there are a few things on my to-do list. One of those things is to catch up on all my fandom fun - reading, writing, reccing, and community stuff. I hope, anyway.
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Jun. 2nd, 2010 @ 09:12 pm come vote for me....please...please...
Current Mood: hopeful

Hi everyone! Thanks for putting up with my woe-is-me feelings in my last entry. I really do try to keep that out of here, but sometimes it spills over. I don't know how I feel about this therapy thing. Until I started last year, I might've been depressed, but I wasn't emotional and crying all the time and remembering things better forgotten. And yeah, logically, I know that's not true, but I was raised hardcore Irish Catholic and you do not talk about feelings and such.

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Now to the main point of this: I am hoping for a favor from y'all. I've been trying to get back into my regular writing to get back on the course to get published. Anyway, I entered this contest where you provided your first line of the current first draft and through each voting round, you get closer to winning a chance to work with some professionals in a writing workshop. I would really love a chance at winning this. And I would love y'all forever and ever (okay, I already do) if you would vote for me.

Link: http://www.savvyauthors.com/vb/content.php?242-First-Step-Contest
My Entry: 58. Looking around the makeshift living room of their apartment, at the broken furniture and holes in the wall, Lauren turned her attention to her brother's annoyed gaze and offered, "Hey, it's not easy saving the world."

I will warn that when you click on the "Vote Here" link at the top, for some reason they remove the number to help you find it. I don't know why.

SO yes, please vote! And please feel free to pass it along. And hey, if you think my line sucks and can't bring yourself to vote for me, just vote for the line you like more. Someone might as well will if I'm terrible. But I hope I'm not.

SO vote here: http://www.savvyauthors.com/vb/content.php?242-First-Step-Contest

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I'm playing catch up otherwise. Work has been insane. Like working through lunch, coming in early and staying late. Fun times. Hopefully, after this week, things will get back to my normal level of busy.
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May. 24th, 2010 @ 09:47 pm my flyers are going all the way (I hope)
They barely made it to playoffs...and then they were way down against Boston, the underdog, and somehow...

FLYERS ARE GOING TO THE STANLEY CUP!!!

I think it's fitting it happens right around the same time that the Broadstreet Bullies documentary aired on HBO. Because this team has that same sort of grit and determination.

Now, I know my boys well enough to know not to get my hopes up too much - especially since the Chicago has been playing well...but YAY!

::dances around::

This so makes fighting off a cold/allergies worth it!
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May. 15th, 2010 @ 08:11 pm my team pulled off a WTFPOLARBEAR thing...
Current Mood: ecstatic

I clutched my Mike Richards jersey tightly last night. If you know my boys (the Flyers) the way I do over our thirty-some year history (I was going to games in the womb, my mom used to say, which is why I'm a die-hard Flyers fan), you would know I did not see last night coming.

BUT OHMYGODMYBOYSKICKEDBOSTON'SASS!

Sorry Boston. But the # 2 team in the conference coming into the playoffs with a three game lead loses to the team that barely made it into the play-offs. And yeah, if you look at the Bruins record this year, they play worse at home than away over all, so maybe that worked to our favor. I was joking with my friend that you know the way the Flyers go, if there was a year they'll win the goddamn cup it will be the year no one expects it to happen.

But go Flyers. That made me so happy! When I could watch! Games 1 & 2 Conference Finals will be home. Luckily I'm broke, as every play-off game/stanley cup game I've gone to in the past, the team loses. I'll watch from afar.

And I love Mike Richards.

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Still not caught up on Supernatural, so I can't speak to that. I'm hoping to catch up in the near future, but I've been watching hockey and reading a lot more and working out and just sorta eh about most television. Except Justified. And Glee. And Chuck.

But C'mon Flyers!

**

Now I'm off to catch up on the friends list and maybe read/write some fic.
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Apr. 15th, 2010 @ 03:06 pm 4 X-Men (movieverse) drabbles
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This is the last of it for the day. I'm trying to break things down slowly, but I'm not sure which is less annoying - breaking it up or all at once.

( 4 X-Men drabbles )
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Apr. 15th, 2010 @ 03:02 pm 7 West Wing drabbles
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West Wing, mostly Josh/Donna...

( onto 7 drabbles... )
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