werewindle

I'm reminded on days like today why I could never live in the desert permanently. It's currently 10:15pm and 70°F. I just got out of a could shower and already starting to heat up again. :P I've got a high body temp. This makes me popular for snuggles in the winter and a pariah in the summer. BUT! On the up-side today, I have lost a few inches around the middle! My favorite summer nightdress fits better then it ever has. I'm uber happy about this because it's gone from nearly obscenely short to just above my knees.

I am feeling a bit energetic...creative? whatever. Like I might be able to convince the muse to stand still long enough to get something written. I know, shocking. I'm thinking something bandom related and possibly work on an HP fic. We'll see. I'm also making frozen cola. Which takes time, but is so worth it.

So, yeah. Just thought I'd ramble at you a bit. Goodnight, and happy Memorial Day.

( Cut to spare the people only here for fic )

Life is hurtling on full tilt, leaving me a bit dazed. I'm not going to say what is going on right now, because I don't want to jinx it. But I'm this close /\ to flailing around from the stress and hiding under the desk to get a break.

On a happier note: My cousin Jen had her baby! A cute, tiny little girl. :D

We went to visit them last week but we only got to see the baby for a few minutes, she had a doctors appointment. Then we were busy getting Ann ready for her trip. She moved with her boyfriend to Texas. Cross your fingers that she'll stay there for more then three months.

The dog is finally healed up from his surgery. The scar is quite ugly, but I guess that's to be expected. He was allergic to the suture material and the stitches had to be taken out early. The big baby won't stay home by himself anymore. We took him down to Jen's with us, thankfully he was well behaved. Jojo's dog loved Max, it was kinda gross really. Max wanted to play with the cats, the cats were not amused. Ann's BF G's dog was a little bastard. He snapped and growled at Max and bit me on the ankle. I felt like smacking G. Because after that instead of leaving the little rat dog out in the lounge he brought it back inside. It continued to lunge at Max and snarl, Max just tilted his head to the side and looked at the other dog like 'what the hell is your problem?'

In fanish news my f-list is trying to get me sucked into bandom (Tokio Hotel, MCR, etc). Really they're quite evil.

I've been writing a Wufei interlude to ISWaPM. It needs some tweaking so it's moved to the back burner. I've got a naughty story idea involving Cupid/Strife/Pete (from FOB), which I blame entirely on ink_on_the_page. And while I was doped up on cold meds I let E talk me into signing up for Six_Cocktails challenge. I know I said I wasn't going to start another big project but E has a silver tongue I swear. But she will feel my wrath, oh yes she will. >:) So now I have to work on a Harry Potter fic.

I'd feel swamped but the fanish stuff is a good distraction. (could be why I was so easily talked into 6C)

Anyway, I need to get going. I think I saw a pair of jeans trying to escape the laundry basket. I really need to wash them before they learn to speak.

I think my muse lit a fire under me, I've been such a busy little bee today. I almost finished Nephir's fic, only a paragraph or so left I think. I like it but it lacks Spike so far. I don't know if I want to change it to add him or just not use the fic for fall_for_sx. blarg.

Instead of working on my other due-date things though I've been tinkering with Tyggie's Sentinel fic. It's so close to being done. I've got the end, the beginning into the middle, the only thing I'm struggling with is the smutty center. I always struggle with the smut, but then I end up writing the story into smutty situations. Obviously I have a dirty minded muse.

Mom is pushing for more 'What Now?', or 'Malfoy' as she call my drunk!Draco series. So I'll have to work on something for her soon, as she is not reading any Smallville stuff (she grimaces and waves her hand in that 'take it away' gesture whenever I mention working on it) and I never let her near the smut/almost smut stuff. Not that she'd want to read it but I'd still prefer to let her pretend I'm a pure-minded-virgin as much as she can... pretty much indefinitely really. I'm sure all kids feel that way.

Anyway, if Gray would just work on 'Wardrobe' then Mom would be appeased and lay off me a bit. *pokes Grayswandir* Or you could at least lie to her tell her you're working on it. *pokes Gray again*

Oh! And the happiest news of all Ann is going to be staying at Aunt's until after Thanksgiving at least. *bounces*

Ann has been staying at Aunt's house. \o/ Behold the power of quietness. I've been feeling kinda yicky the last week or so. My allergies have been keeping me miserable or doped up constantly. (Enough cigarette smoke to make my clothes stink and someone at the store bathed in old-lady perfume bad enough to gag a person half an isle away. :x) Went to the Lawyer's Wednesday, have an appointment at the court house the 15th. Mom has to file things for Granddad's estate. *stressstressstress*

Working on several things at once because I'm a serious slacker. Which I'm sure ya'll know by know.

+ Clex fest 23 entry 2 is started, and for once I have a workable idea - if I can get the blasted thing written without it getting high-jacked by a stray muse.

+ Started another version of Nephir's fic. Then trashed it and started over again. -_-; Yeah.

+ Almost done with Umbra's Logan/Remy drabble. \o/ Should have that posted in a day or two.

+ Working on an idea for Purr's bloody drabble. But she's going to have to wait 'cause I'm using it for my fall_for_sx day (Nov 24th). :P

+ Art Muse bit earlier and I roughed out the_con_cept's X-mas present. I think her flamingo is more free-form-ish then abstract. Oh, well it'll be pretty regardless. (it was almost crack!flamingo with a curly evil grin and Egyptianesque eyes, maybe for her birthday...)

+ Started NightMare's pay-it-forward art weeks ago - I'm not really digging it, but that could just be the doubt bugs crawling around. It would be easier if I knew what she'd like but she hasn't said.

+ I did the random NaNoWriMo plot generator but I'm not posting the result because I may yet use it. o.O


I'm looking for a few things:
- Ideas for safely shipping watercolor pictures, that are 1] cheap; and 2] easy.
- Someone to look over my Clex fest art.
- Someone to beta my clex fest fic (when it's done)
- Someone to beta 2-3 spander drabbles (as I finish them)