My f-list seems to be shining up with happy reactions re: LJ's wonderful new ideas which completely keep users' happiness in mind and definitely don't slap us all in the faces.

So, yeah. Am I taking part in the strike?* Yes. Yes, I am.

Because, oddly, I don't really like getting slapped in the face. Weird, innit?

Also, I'm probably going to become more active in my InsaneJournal. That is, I'm going to start moving my fics and icons over. And I'll be double posting. (If you're reading this in IJ, then I guess you don't really need to be told that. :-P)

My biggest issue with completely abandoning LJ right now is that I know that LJ is more active in the fandoms, and I don't want to miss anything. Until the tables have completely turned, you can find me at either site.

( Sour Revenge News )

BTW... I'm pretty psyched about getting 100 userpics at IJ. Now I get to show off the pretties I've been working on for the past few months. :-D :-D

*I know, I know. As if I'd have posted that day, anyway, right?

Hey everyone! I figured it was about time to do a post on the current state that is me.

A few people have been asking after Sour Revenge. I'm really flattered that people are into my story enough to make inquiries on their own and I feel more than guilty that I always take so long to get the latest installments out. I have the rest outlined and, if chapters stay basically the same length as they have been, the story is going to end in somewhere around six chapters. I have almost all of the next chapter written, so I can't imagine it taking much longer to get out. I am also working on skyblue_reverie's very, very late birthday pressie, though, which I'd love to get written for her before her next birthday rolls around.

Also, I'm thinking about creating an icon journal, which got me reconsidering my LJ priorities. Here's my plan for my LJ-life future:

The journal flufshepherd will be used for personal posts and for writing. I will not post any WIPs in the same way that I've done SR. From now on, anything I post will be 100% complete when I post it. That will hopefully ward off all frustration and guilty feelings. The free time I will then have once SR is all finished might go to icon making, which I find a very relaxing and productive way to spend time when I don't have any decent plot bunnies hopping around my brain.

Also, I hope to be able to start commenting more on my friends' posts. I know that I don't do it very often, but I do read all of your posts. I've never been the greatest at things of a social nature, so I never really know what to say and often feel like whatever I am saying is pretty stupid. It's a problem I've had for as long as I can remember.

I do read every single one of your posts, though, down to the last word. For those of you who have been going through a hard time right now, as I know a few of you are, I'm really, really sorry and I hope things start looking up for you. I'm here to talk to, if anyone wants.

And, lastly, Doctor Who? So intense. I am loving this show. I want it to be Saturday right now! Or, well, more accurately, Sunday, as that's when it's normally uploaded onto the 'net.

So, uh, does anyone have any suggestions for a name for my new icon journal?

Hello all! Remember that prompt-call thingy I did a while back? Well, I finished writing them all and my wonderful, fantastic beta, kitty_poker1 has done her wonderful, fantastic beta-thingy, so I'll be posting them all shortly. I'll be posting one a day in the order they were requested so that it can last longer and be easier for me mentally.

Now, I've been really busy lately, so I haven't been on the computer much. I've been trying to keep up with commenting and reading everybody's posts, but if I've missed anything important, I'm very sorry. Please feel free to kick me as hard as you'd like. And for those of you who are waiting for an e-mail from me: I'm working on it. Again with the busy. You guys can kick me, too.

Keeping in mind how busy I've been (and still am), I might not be able to start posting the fics tonight. I am going to try, though.

Hm... Last order of business, I think I might share a few thoughts on last night's House. ( Cut for spoilers )

So those are my thoughts. Anyone's welcome to share their own. I'm going to go grab a bite to eat.

*hugs all*

If this keeps up, I'm seriously considering leaving the House fandom. I don't know if it's because the general audience for House is younger or because the main character is a jerk and the fans are modeling themselves after him, but this is getting too far out of hand. In the short time I've been involved in this fandom, I've encountered more kerfuffles, trolls, and just general bitchiness than I've ever even seen in Jossverse. I don't think I've ever even come across a single troll in Jossverse, come to think of it.

Trolls are... so bad. They do what they do only to make other people unhappy. They really crush my spirits because they remind me that there are bad people in this world. It's probably stupid to let small things like that get me down but I can't help it.

And, no, I didn't just write this post to complain. Unfortunately, there are things to be complained about. And doesn't that suck all by itself?

Oh, and don't think I'm saying that all of the House fandom is like this. There are many very nice people in it. Brilliant writers, artists, and mods who clean up the trolly mess and make my friends page pretty again. For them I am glad.

Anyway, let's talk writing. The next chapter of SR is finished. Well, that is, I finished writing it. It still has to be sent off to my lovely beta, kitty_poker1 before it can be officially labeled 'done'. But, see, the thing is, I wanted to finish at least one more chapter before sending off/posting this one, so it wouldn't be such a long wait for you guys next time.

And that's where the problem lies. Everything I write? Complete crap. I don't know why. Maybe it's 'cause I haven't written in an embarrassingly long period of time.

So, to test that theory, I need your help. All of you. Give me a fandom (one you know I'm interested in, I don't care which), character(s), and a prompt. I'll force myself to write something for whatever I get and maybe I'll be inspired to get chapter 29 written. Sound good? Good. Now hit me with your best!

Been meaning to post for a while. Just to say, "Hey, I'm not dead. What's up?" That sort of thing.

Something happened a few days ago. Something stupid. It's been taken care of, but still. Never should have happened. People can be real dumb sometimes.

In other, mostly unrelated news, I've been really getting into House MD. I started watching it when Bones was on Tuesdays at 8 and have been watching since. It's a really great show. So, uh, why didn't anybody tell me about it? You guys can't just leave me unaware of these things, y'know! So, this is me spreading the love to the rest of you who are unaware. Watch House. Tuesdays at 9. Except this coming up week, because heaven forbid I might be able to actually watch a show once I get into it. *growls at American Idol*

Also? What's with the 108 icons, LJ? I know about the whole new thing that's going on with the more userpics for more paid account time, but still! I have, what? 38 icons? Where am I going to get 70 more?!

Grr.

And I'm sick. Poo poo. It's nothing too bad, though. Just a small cold. I didn't have a voice over this weekend, but now that I've gotten through the worst it's just a stuffy nose and headaches.

Hope everything's going well for you guys.
*hugs f-list*

Yeah, I know it's not Angel, but it's still candy for the eyes, right?

http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|91513|1|,00.html

In case you're wondering 'why the hell would I click that link?' I'd just like to say that it's about David Boreanaz. They can kick his show off television, but they can't kick off his face!

(That's me saying that it's an article about how DB is going to be in a new TV show.)