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My name is Lu, and I am your hostess. For more about me, you can see my profile.

These are the stories I write. These are the stories I've read and liked.

While you are here, please feel free to join in the squeeing about ridiculous boys, smartass con artists, awesome demon hunters (and the actors who play them), sardonic doctors, fast-talking scientists, and psychic detectives.

Please refrain from bashing any of the representatives of these groups that I love, especially the hippie boys.

Please feel free to shower me with spoilers for any show that I love EXCEPTING SUPERNATURAL AND LEVERAGE, because I have a policy about those two. Also please refrain from spoiling me about the Dresden Files, because if you had told me the end of Small Favor I would have wasted the whole book crying.

I don't have an automatic friending policy, but the good news! Is that if you are here for the fic (or the meta, or the icons) these are posted COMPLETELY UNFLOCKED over at my creative journal lu_fics, and you are more than welcome to watch that. In fact, PLEASE DO, because if you get even a little pleasure out of what I work on, it makes me incredibly happy.

Okay, so: is there anyone out there who would be willing to look over a paper on folklore (specifically the hair-in-cookies urban legend) in bandom? Preferably someone who is familiar with academic writing. I don't need an in-depth beta--I hope not, anyway--but just someone to look it over and make sure it doesn't sound completely weird? I've never written a paper based on fieldwork instead of plain research, and I am really enormously nervous.

Hey, are any of you out there in Chicago?




...and going to see Greta's new band perform?



Actually, even if you aren't going to see Gold Motel, are you in Chicago?

How do all the models and Navy wives and people get illegal prescription drugs on shows like Castle and NCIS?

Do you think you need contacts?

Do you think I could find contacts?

How does one make contacts?

Is shooting your contact when s/he tries to blackmail you a requirement?




I would kill for a muscle relaxant right now, is what I'm trying to tell you.

OWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWWOWOWWOWOWOWOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW.

So, I figured out where the food poisoning has been coming from--yay!

Apparently two of my enormous projects are due next week and not the week after as I had originally thought--boo!

What I wish more than anything is for it to be possible for me to type papers while sitting in a hot bath, but you know...electricity and water probably aren't all that hot an idea, as a combination.

TIRED OF ACHING.

People should not tempt me to run away to Canada when I have so much to run away from, I am just saying. I DON'T LIKE BEING A GROWN-UP, IT MEANS I HAVE TO SAY NO SOMETIMES.


(I really want to go to Canada, y'all. REALLY REALLY REALLY.)

I keep trying to schoolwork, because it needs doing, but I'm tired. There are other things I could be--should be--doing as well, editing for friends and writing, for an exchange and for friends and just for my own self, dammit, but...school has to come first. But school is so boring that I can't focus on it in the face of being tired.

It's not that I don't love my classes--I still do, PROMISE--but the papers have always been the part I could live without and there are so many and I hate them. Also, writing my emotional response to each chapter of this book is the stupidest thing ever.

Bah.

Spending ALL of today being insanely busy with schoolwork, but if I can't take short breaks I will go insane, so:


Gacked from arsenic_jade and ignipes


Ask me either a broad question (i.e 'who is your cruelest character?', 'what is your most optimistic story?') or a specific question/request ('what world does ___ come from?', 'tell me about ___') and I will answer you. Or you can ask meta- questions like 'what was the inspiration for creating ____?'

Yeah, okay, so Dallon is rapidly approaching being my favorite.

I got Talkative to dress up and come down to Provo with me to see the Brobecks perform live.

The Brobecks in concert: ( Read more... )

Weight of life trying to crush my skull momentarily lightened by:

1) Last night's Greek. ( cut for spoilers )

2) Last night's Castle. ( Cut for spoilers )

3) Twitter spearheading a Hush Sound Revolution.

4) People who use Blue's Clues metaphors on my flist. You know who you are.

ITEM: Ryan is coming around to "so faily I have to love him" again. With his bus. And his car at the airport.

ITEM: Somebody picspammed The Like and between Z's fashion sense (NO WONDER SHE AND RYAN ARE FRIENDS) and their music--not to mention ACTUAL GIRLBAND, PEOPLE, HOW AWESOME IS IT--I have decided to add them to my list of Bands I Like. Although I wish somebody would teach Z to enunciate, because I am 92% a lyrics girl, I am sort of impressed with how far my appreciation has come, because I still enjoy listening to the songs I can't even tell whether she thinks she is humming or singing. I used to immediately say, "If I cannot sing along, I shall not keep it on my iPod!" but bandom=things have changed, etc.

ITEM: Not really a bandom item (cheating! sorry) but now shihadchick has sent me to get Cavashawn's free downloadable music and I love ALL. OF. IT. There should be more! They should tour Utah! Something! The problem with getting hooked on unsigned bands is that all I can do is listen to the music. Thank heaven for the Brobecks.

ITEM: Gabe's twitter is making me fall for him. I'm sort of afraid of what might happen if I add Vicky-T.

ITEM: Pete agrees with me about Bronx's looks! This makes me happy.

ITEM: Starting to think I can only really write when I am procrastinating schoolwork. That's bad, because I have too much schoolwork to procrastinate.



/bandom


RL CONTENT: IT'S COOOOOOOOOOOOLD. AND MY ROOMMATES KEEP TURNING OFF THE HEAT. WHY DO THEY DO THAT?

I have done amazing things to two old pieces of clothing I never wear to create a fabulous costume. I'm going to add some beads and sparkly things, and maybe pin some leaves to it, plus make a crown of autumn leaves and wear lots of bright makeup and I will be the loveliest autumn dryad EVER.

I WIN TODAY.

OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!

Whoever it is of you who told me about White Collar--if I ever have children, you can take the one of your choice.

SNARK! CRIME FIGHTING! QUEER FEMALE CHARACTER OF COLOR WHO IS AWESOME! BRYCE FROM CHUCK ON YET ANOTHER SHOW WITH A BAYSIDE HIGH GRADUATE! (He was always kind of too good for a bit Chuck part, anyway.) EVERYBODY LOVES EVERYBODY AND KNOWS EVERYBODY REALLY WELL AND ACCEPTS THEIR FLAWS AND TEASES THEM AND LOVES THEM ANYWAY!

WEIRD PARTNERSHIPS THAT SURPRISE!WORK!!!!!!

Everybody should go watch this. You can get the pilot free off iTunes, and the second it ends, you will WANT to click the "Buy Season Pass" button. Seriously.

I haven't really done the episode-reaction thing for a show in over a year, but I feel the need to begin documenting ( Glee )

I need Glee icons.

Okay, here's the thing: I am stupidly excited about this book. I am worlds and worlds and worlds of excited about this book. And every little milestone you're gonna hear about if you hang around here, because I am EXCITED and I have JOY and I want to SHOUT IT TO THE ROOFTOPS.

SO FAIR WARNING: THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF SQUEE ABOUT THIS BOOK AROUND HERE. Not often, because book-publishing is a slow, slow process, but occasionally. And on those occasions, there will be glory and gloating and capslock, okay?


Today, the cover art for Feed, by Mira Grant, was released. Isn't it awesome?




Here's the thing: of all the books written for adults in the ENTIRE. WORLD. (that I have read, anyway), I have three favorites, for making me laugh, and cry, and love the characters. I love Goldman's The Princess Bride, and Pratchett's Night Watch, and I read them over and over and over.

Feed is the third of them.

I love Shaun and Georgia Mason with an unholy love, and I love their story beyond all limits, and now there's a COVER. Look at it: isn't it awesome?

It's that much closer to a real book. HOW AMAZING IS THAT?

I'm happy with my life. I'm excited about my classes and maybe-flirting with a cute boy and in a fandom I love and actually getting along okay with my family. My second family of old friends are actually more available than usual, and I feel like I can ask to play with them. My roommates are cooperative and adorable in a baby-kittens way. I'm eating a balanced diet and exercising regularly.

...why, exactly, I'm still having trouble getting out of bed and tired all the time and all the rest of it, I don't know and would like to find out. Presumably it means I need different meds, because this is depression even though there is no cause for depression. Or it might be the fibromyalgia really getting a grip; I have a lot more aches and pains than I used to. But I would like it to stop, whatever it is.



IN OTHER NEWS: I was trying to downsize my mother's applesauce recipe to be A) makeable in individual portions B) within a half-hour space C) by small children with supervision, for my Preschool Methods class. Originally, I bought six apples for experimenting. This morning, in the depths of despair, I returned to the grocery store and bought two dozen. I promptly discovered what I had been doing wrong and now have twenty-two apples.

...There will be a lot of apple-eating in my future. I'm also considering giving apples to my teachers and hoping they're amused, or something, because LOTS OF APPLES. ^_^

I really do try not to do the copy-paste thing often; I know it can get irritating. But some issues are too important not to spread the word as widely as I can.


The military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is an unfair, outdated measure that violates the civil rights of some of our bravest, most heroic men and women.

That’s why I am so proud to support Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who has been working with her colleagues in the Senate and activists across the country to overturn this unfair policy. Today, there is great news: We have convinced Senator Carl Levin, Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, to hold the first Senate hearings on repealing DADT this Fall.

We have to prepare for these hearings, so Sen. Gillibrand has launched a nationwide call to action. I was eager to stand with her to show that this country is ready to repeal DADT. Please join us.

Click here to help end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
http://www.kirstengillibrand.com/DADT

ITEM: Interesting (just to me, probably) update: I prefer my spice bar-muffins with sweet potato over having them with pumpkin.

ITEM: Starting to worry I actually tore something in my lower back. That's not good, correct?

ITEM: There is a freckled surfer boy in my Storytelling class, and I think we're flirting. He has actual muscles, and enjoys mountain biking. I BLAME SPENCER AND BRENDON, OKAY. It's kind of freaking me out! Not necessarily in a bad way, just in a wow-this-is-new way. I mean, expanding your horizons is awesome and stuff, just...I'm not quite sure what to do with this.

ITEM: Hey, I already have a bunny in my WiP folder that works for my Christmas fic fest assignment! This makes me happy on indecent levels.

ITEM: I have lost the page of the syllabus that tells me my professor's office hours. That CAN'T be good, considering I am doing a really weird project and need to talk it through with her.

ITEM: A lot of people are having a sucky time: HUGS TO YOU, OKAY

Well...shit.

So, hahahah, the construction? Is not just a weekend's project. It's a TWO-WEEK project. TWO. WEEKS.

Which means: A) figuring out the bus system so that there can be groceries in my life, B) figuring out how to get down the mountain next weekend possibly in a stranger's car, C) letting my prospective job know that while I can probably get to a second interview, I can't start for two weeks and possibly LOSING the job, and D)...crying? Probably. Why I'm such a nitwit, there is no explaining.



ETA: How illegal IS IT to drive on someone else's lawn? Is it less illegal if you do it at two in the morning and don't get caught?

For the record, this has been a week of Big Projects and Midterms, about to culminate in my scariest midterm (folklore) and a job interview. I will be glad when it is all over.

JOB INTERVIEW!!! And it would be PERFECT for me, if our schedules are compatible: she has a three-year-old with developmental delays and a six-month-old baby, and she wants somebody to take care of the baby during therapy appointments and to play with both of them while she cleans and stuff. I could do this, I could do this well, I am highly qualified to do this and I JUST HOPE I CAN MAKE IT TO THE INTERVIEW.

The obstacle is that I have no car. Not really, I mean, I have a car, it's just that they are doing something to the entrance to the street where my house is and I can't move the car and use it to drive places. I have a call into a friend, who may be able to drive me, and if not I can take a cab--I hope, anyway--but I am really nervous about none of these backup plans working out.

If there are good vibes out there you're not currently using, sending them toward the cab company would be awesome, thanks.


ETA: THE INTERVIEW WENT AWESOME, Y'ALL!! I got a second interview, which is five pounds of greatness. I COULD HAVE A JOB AND KIDS TO LOVE I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW EXCITED THAT MAKES ME.