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So stuff and things!

First Fing! I have FINALLY gotten to post my second ever completed BigBang for

bigbang_mixup and I am totally freaking impressed with both myself for having finished it and with the mix I got to write for and with the gorgeous art that was made for the mix and story. Made of love yall. Made of love. So yeah, if yall are bored and in the mood for some Pushfic with Nick/Cassie and ALL THE ACTION SCENES, then feel free to scamper over. It's here on LJ http://hiddencait.livejournal.com/63402.html and over here on AO3 http://archiveofourown.org/works/440398/chapters/750926 Hopefully you enjoy - and if not I know you'll enjoy the pretty. No really - take a look if you don't believe me!:
( Nick/Cassie ftw. F. T. W. )

Second fing! On a similar BigBang related note, I am DETERMINED to get some more of my

het_bigbang fic going this weekend. I have a whopping 1100 words of the required 28k and I just need to get my ass in gear already damn it! To help me with it, I've joined up with

fic_rush which is basically a 48 hour marathon of fanfic insanity that started roughly 20 minutes ago. I'm totally diving in for Hour 2 and my goal is to at the VERY least get the first "chapter" done. And with 6 chapters to take up the total 25, that's roughly 4 k min per chapter. So 3k for the weekend is my very very lowest goal. I will love it if I kick that goal's ass of course, but for now, that's the plan. Of course the farther I get with the writing, the closer I get to these two stupid faces on each other's stupid faces. How's that for some encouragement??
( Such sexy stupid faces... )

Third fing! I will not be only writing this weekend though - as I have lots to do around the house as *insertsdrumgirlandflailycaity* week after next my betaluv

askita is invading my house for the whole week!!! She is even in Texas as we speak which gets me all flaily. The crazy fangirls shall unite! Which could equal massive amounts of mayhem, possible Avengers drinking games, and for sure a postapocalyptic photoshoot with several OTHER fangirls including my other best chica the darling

kymyume. Sadly Kym couldn't get off work so we only have her in our clutches for the weekend. But that's probably for the best. I think the universe might implode if we had the three of us in one spot for longer than that. But yeah, so I'll be puttering around the house in between writing sprints. Here's hoping I can be all kinds of productive!

Fourth fing! OK so I totally did a fangirl cave and bought The Cape. You know that epically cheesy comicbook style show that got cut after only 10 eps? Yeah I totally did. Though in my defense it was only because my mother had a $15 Barnes and Nobles gift card she couldn't use, and the DVD was exactly that. And yes I know just how bad of a sign it is that the show was only $15 to buy lol. I just.. gah it's too much fun. Plus once again, I had shipper thoughts like whoa. Shame the fandom is so tiny and the current members of the fandom were lead by such a possessive bitch. I'd love to actually write for it but after being told what I "wasn't allowed to write in their fandom" I have a hard time working up the effort. But the scenery's still pretty, so I'll prolly be able to have it on for mindless fun. For reasons... namely these two:
( The Cape and Orwell being hot )

Hmmm I need a Fifth Fing!

seren_ccd How do you always manage to have five whole fings??? Oh! I managed to win actual money off of 2 scratch off lottery tickets in a row for a total of $28 bucks! Hows that for random? I never EVER win money. I am crossing my fingers though - I also dropped off a box fan today for my favorite radio station's fan drive for the elderly. Every person who donated gets put in a drawing for a new Heating/AC system. I highly HIGHLY doubt I will win, but man that would be awesome if I did!!!

But yeah, that was five and I think I'm out of babble.. enjoy the pretties though. What are yall up to this weekend anyway?

So this is the second weekend in a row I've pretty much accomplished nothing. Like no writing (not even a week drabble), no betaing (which fuck I need to get on that before

askita starts stressing), or either of my two art claims (which FUCK the

angstbigbang posting date is the 10th!) .

So yeah not too fantastic, but then I knew I was feeling off due to the crazy girlie health crap so I sorta gave myself a non-stress weekend which was awesome (And yes for those of you who were encouraging me to do so - I do have a doctor's appointment on Friday so hopefully me and the doc can start figuring out what I need to do to fix this).

I did manage to walk every day this weekend though which is awesome for my New Years fitness goal. And gah, today I actually walked 2 hours for a total of 5 miles with Tristen my workout buddy. My feet are sore as all get out, but it makes me feel a lot less intimidated by the 6 mile Cap 10k fun run/walk I'm doing the last weekend in March with some people I work with.

So yeah, that was good at least. And hey - I did read some delightful fanfic, including a wereworlf SGA epic by darling

irony_rocks and an epic amount of Glee Rachel/Puck fics after

aj recced the hell out of them. Of course, I probably have issues considering that I've seen all of 2 and a half eps of Glee and so probably shouldn't give a crap about the fandom yet, but what can ya do? LOL.

Anyway, I'm mostly babbling but I did have a small request for those of you with more photosearching googlefu than me. My art claim for

witchesbigbang is for The Covenant and I am having a HORRIBLE time finding decent hi res photos for that movie. I specifically need good ones of Chase and Caleb, but I'll go with anything at this point. It's really pretty pathetic actually. So yeah, anyone who can link me and/or email me some decent images will definitely earn themseves a pressie, probably along the lines of a 1k minimum requested fic.

Oh! And does anyone know the normal dimensions for fanmix covers? I just want a rough guage and I'm feeling clueless at the moment.

...or Caity prepares for New Years Eve...

( Mostly TMI - feel free to skip it )

So I've pretty much given up on getting anywhere close to 50k since I wrote next to nothing all weekend. But I had an awesome weekend so that was OK. Happy belated Thanksgiving btw to those of you who celebrate it!

Anyway, I've gotten 400 words on my Primeval Denial Secret Santa, and I think I've solidified my Supernatural Secret Santa enough to dive into it here in the next few days. I decided to just flat scrap what minescule bit I'd completed on chapter 8 of Hart of Wonderland and change the POV, and that definitely seemed to help, as I am now 500 words in in just the past half hour or so.

I'm tempted to keep going, but I had decided to head to bed by no later than 10pm as I'm trying to start working out in the mornings with a friend, and considering I have to be at work at 7:30am, we're talking crack of dawn in the morning. I'm not so thrilled with the hour but damned if I don't REALLY need to do something to actually make some progress on my weight loss goals and feeling healthier again. So yeah, if you want to hear me bitch and moan feel free to ask how the walk/runs are going in the morning. Running+Caity=not so fun, but something's gotta give ya know?

Anyway, I'm going to check over my wishlist comment for

fandom_stocking one last time I think (I've editted waaaaaaaaay too many times already but hey it's my wishlist lol), and then prolly head to bed. Unless I decide to keep writing and make myself a sleep deprived idiot. Lord knows that's probably more likely lol.

So had another set of random really nice things happen today (intermixed with a bit of bad news, but I'm willing to go with the majority here!), and I thought I would share.

First, the owner of our company actually quoted the little book "Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten." Specifically, the section about Friday afternoons being better with cookies and milk. Which he bought for all of us in the office. And sure enough, Friday afternoon was better for them!

Next I found a box in my mailbox containing another box of awesome. All pretty shaped and stained and inscribed and just made of win. We've discussed how much I love mail, so no surprise that I squeed like a loon for that one!

Finally had the bonus of a couple neighbor kids coming around door to door to mow front lawns. For $5 dollars. No really, it was two of them and they only asked for 5 bucks. I gave them 7 and was thrilled about it. They also gave me their number as they do a variety of odd jobs of that sort. This will save me having to buy a lawn mower for quite a while I think, and save me labor when I fianlly put in a flower bed in the front of my house!

So yeah, pretty good day! I'm getting ready to re-settle into writing for the evening. My goal is to have the next chapter of Hart of Wonderland done by the end of the weekend, so wish me luck.

I'm also still (and probably for a while) taking prompts for the Tell Me a Story meme, and I'll prolly work on those in between bouts of batshit crazy Cheshire. 'Course at least one calls for a slight crazy River with alcohol....

*suddenly feels she needs some whiskey to get through these crazies*

So yes I'm spamming LJ this morning, but it's my journal so I can lol. Anyway I'm off today because I have jury duty this afternoon (which is weird as everyone I know has always been called in the morning but who knows?), and I've already gotten a ton of stuff done and it's barely 10:00.

The pest control guy came right at 8, so I'm all settled and anti-bugged for the next two months which is great as the colder weather usually forces the creepy crawlies indoors, and here is Texas we have TONS of creepy crawlies in a plethora of many-legged varieties.

In a similar vein, it was time to put the flea/tick/mosquito drops on the fuzzies again, and while they're not fond of it, we all MUCH prefer that to flea attacks.

I've paid ALL THE BILLS for this month, so while my bank account looks rather sadface, it won't look any less sadface except for fun stuff. And you know food, but that's doable.

Also on the money side of things, I went up to the bank to see about changing the type of checking account I've got in hopes of avoiding the fees I've finally started noticing as my budget gets tighter. And I was forcibly reminded of why I occasionally like my bank. Not only did I not have to change anything on my end (as the lady did some quick checking and my mortgage will now wave all fees on the checking account), but they refunded all of the fees back to when I signed on for the mortgage! So now I have extra money in my account that I wasn't counting on which is always fun. I'll have to figure out something fun to do with it... though I suppose I should be good and just toss it on the credit card. Maybe I'll compromise and do half fun and half responsible.

In LJ land, I posted the answer to my Number Meme and finally got around to doing a daily draw which I've been lax on the past few days and managed to pull my signature card which is always a sign for a good day me thinks!

But yeah, quite a few things checked off this week's to-do list so I'm feeling pretty good about today!

In other more NaNo news, I didn't write a damned thing last night again, but I think I know why. I've decided to try to go off Dr. Peppers (or at least significant cut back) again, because I was drinking a stupid amount. Which is bad for my weight and for my wallet. So yeah, cutting down is definitely a good thing, but as I don't really enjoy anything else with caffiene, I'm having a hard time focusing and may be for a little while until I wean myself off of it. This is probably why I did so well with the mass of Karl ficlet options - I had an excuse to let my writing brain be totally scattered and it worked for me.

I probably just need to open 4-5 word docs again and just flash from one to another. That seems to work for me. And hey, I don't have to be at jury duty until 1:30, so I've got a couple hours to try to write right now. And added bonus, I can take my laptop into the courthouse until I'm actually sitting on a jury (if I even get selected), so I can probably get some writing done then. So yeah, Caity is determined and stuff!

BTW, for those of you who care - the Reaper!Vaako fic has come out ahead in the poll so I'll be starting that as well. Bring on the eyeliner!Karl!

Why yes this is a Caitybabble post. Why ever do you ask?

1. My whole freaking house smells like bacon due to these little appetizer things I'm making for an office potluck tomorrow. I know those of you who know me best are going "But she can't cook... since when does she cook?" And the answer apparently is now. *beams* Here's the recipe for those of you who like such things:
( Recipe! )
2. I have decided on which FakeTV will become my NaNoWriMo concept (with yall's help of course). And the winner is Taking Eden! http://hiddencait.livejournal.com/10191.html Post Apocalypse in the Texas Hill County (where I'm from and love best!) and religious fanatics with a cast of flat out awesomeness. So there. Still up in the air about how to do the story telling though - should I stick in a single POV (1st or 3rd?) or doing several running story lines ala Game of Thrones? I don't knows!

Also on the NaNoWriMo topic - I have uploaded FAR too many icons. They make me happy. *beams*

3. I heart getting mail. I really really do. You know who you are, and they're pretty and awesome and make me smile. Though, dude, I think you tossed in even one more than you told me! What is it???

4. Trick or Treat is in process. I got lots of people coming to my door which is awesome, but it also means that I've got a lot to do lol. I'm doing them as I have a burst of thought for the person, so they'll be done in a completely crazy order probably. Oh! BTW, if you still want to come knock, my door is here: http://hiddencait.livejournal.com/25570.html

5. Soooooo trust me to get hooked on a fandom AFTER IT'S ALREADY FREAKING CANCELLED. *headdesk* But I've done it again. I just discovered "The Cape" on netflix and oh good lord I'm way too attached to this show and totally bummed that it's only 10 episodes. Hell, I'm braving NETFLIX to watch. Yeah, that place that I seriously loathe right about now. Tis sad I tell you.

Basically it's like an old fashioned comic book made into a TV show. It's so awesomely over the top I can hardly believe it. Lots of angst of course, though I'm sad to say the main source of angst is the one part of the show that seems to lose me. They keep his family alive, which is a switch for this kind of plot, but unfortunately, I so totally can't connect to his wife or his kid. Is it bad that I wish she'd hook up with her friend so Vince can hook up with Orwell free of guilt? Le sigh.

Anyway, here - I offer excuses for my minor obsession:
( Hellllo picspam! )
*shrugs* I think I have run out of babble for the moment. My bacon wrap thingies STILL are not done. *headdesk*

Wow, so I apparently have TOTALLY been neglecting LJ. See, Askita: this is why I was worried about joining this! I forget the whole actually blog and reading and commenting thing lol.

Anyway! I know I have drabble requests I owe to several of you, and I definitely plan to work on them!! I really do!!! Believe me and ignore the muse in the corner who's been mixing vodka and pixie sticks again.

HE IS THE ENEMY I TELL YOU!

...OK yeah.. I think I might have had a bit too much caffiene today... eek...

Current Mood: crazy

I had avoided LJ for a while now (mostly cuz I'm not techy savvy, and already have 1 too many sites I post on lol) but my

kymyume and my beta

askita dragged me this direction.

If I scare or confuse you.. just blame them lol

I'll prolly be posting some of my fanfics here (or at least the links..) as far as what I write.. if there's scruff, sarcasm, weaponry, or shirtless men, I'm probably a fan.. and so will be writing fiction.. just wait for it lol

Anyway, yeah, not sure what else to say.. my babble quota is apparently ful.. tis sad aye?