This is me...a good year after my last LJ post. I'm going to try to use it again. I have a plan. I'm not saying it's a good one, but it exists. Hopefully, I'll be writing some fanfic again.<\/p>I'm ridiculously excited for the Glee <\/i>season premier tonight! Maybe I'll find some inspiration.
","comments":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/53105.html?view=comments#comments","category":"ramblings"},{"guid":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/52878.html","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:21:27 GMT","title":"Random Post","author":"mapanda","link":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/52878.html","description":"
Testing my app, 1, 2. Picture of my cat:
<\/p>Finally there's an app for this! From LJ!<\/p>
Posted via LiveJournal app for Android<\/a>.<\/i><\/span><\/p>","comments":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/52878.html?view=comments#comments","category":"via ljapp"},{"guid":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/52598.html","pubDate":"Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:19:23 GMT","title":"NaNoWriMo: Day 1 - Part Deux","author":"mapanda","link":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/52598.html","description":"So, I took today off of work in order to get some writing done. I woke up to a phone call from work asking me to come in. I went to work, had a total Clerks<\/i> day (You know, when everything goes wrong and you aren't even supposed to be here today?), came home, changed real quick so I could make it to my karate class, while making get together plans with my RL NaNo friends, almost got punched in the face while working on katas, then quickly changed into different pants, grabbed my one friend and the baby, ended up at another friends house, and now we're trying to get something written, but...
I'm just so freaking tired.
I only got maybe three hours last night and I was so busy all day. I just want to take a nap.
Current Word Count: 427<\/b>","comments":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/52598.html?view=comments#comments","category":"nanowrimo"},{"guid":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/52238.html","pubDate":"Mon, 01 Nov 2010 06:33:36 GMT","title":"NaNoWriMo 2010: Day 1","author":"mapanda","link":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/52238.html","description":"It's now two and a half hours into National Novel Writing Month. So far, I've managed to write 354 words, watch two episodes of Red Dwarf<\/i>, drink a Monster, find a Red Dwarf<\/i> mood theme, and get halfway through the process of applying said Red Dwarf<\/i> mood theme to my LJ.
I'm truly, seriously, actually<\/b> doing better now than I was at this time in the past three years.
I have tomorrow off and I'm tired, so I'm going to bed for now.","comments":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/52238.html?view=comments#comments","category":"nanowrimo"},{"guid":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/52208.html","pubDate":"Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:25:30 GMT","title":"It lurks, just around the corner...","author":"mapanda","link":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/52208.html","description":"NaNoWriMo. I have an idea. I have a plot. I have some scenes roughly outlined. I am determined. I hope that determination holds out. I am also very nervous.
Good luck to all those participating. I know that we will all need it.","comments":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/52208.html?view=comments#comments","category":"nanowrimo"},{"guid":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/51869.html","pubDate":"Wed, 13 Oct 2010 06:06:19 GMT","title":"Good morning, Control!","author":"mapanda","link":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/51869.html","description":"Fry and Laurie's pleasant guys of MI-5, are some of the greatest sketches I have ever seen, and I've seen a lot of sketch comedy.
Now, I'm thinking about coffee.","comments":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/51869.html?view=comments#comments","category":"ramblings"},{"guid":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/51688.html","pubDate":"Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:59:26 GMT","title":"Things I Am Never Doing Again:","author":"mapanda","link":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/51688.html","description":"Reorganizing my photobucket albums.<\/b>
Customizing my mood theme took forever the first time and now I have to do it all over again. I am twenty minutes in. I have maybe 40 done out of 132.","comments":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/51688.html?view=comments#comments","category":"things i am never doing again"},{"guid":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/51273.html","pubDate":"Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:16:51 GMT","author":"mapanda","link":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/51273.html","description":"Hi.
My name is Liz.
I'm addicted to land communities.","comments":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/51273.html?view=comments#comments","category":"rl"},{"guid":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/50527.html","pubDate":"Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:39:57 GMT","title":"I'm tired of working. It's driven me insane.","author":"mapanda","link":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/50527.html","description":"Things that are kicking my ass:
-school
-nanowrimo
-life
I've been feeling quite depressed over it all lately. So I tested my insanity:<\/a>
Which Historical Lunatic Are You?<\/a>
From the fecund loins of Rum and Monkey.<\/a><\/small>","comments":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/50527.html?view=comments#comments","category":["rl","quiz results"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/50325.html","pubDate":"Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:04:04 GMT","title":"LoM US Edition: It just isn't right.","author":"mapanda","link":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/50325.html","description":"I am only 15mins into the series premier of the US version of Life on Mars<\/i> and it is making me sick to my stomach. It just isn't right. They've made everything practically the same. I was expecting similarities, but not as exact as it's being. The beginning was the same. The shots were almost exact. As much as I love Harvey Keitel, the line \"Don't waltz into my kingdom acting like king of the jungle.\" just doesn't sound right coming from him.
It's back on...and I'm back.
Even when he was knocking Jason O'Mara around it seemed wrong. Speaking of Jason O'Mara, he doesn't pull off the 'insane victim who toughs it out' like John Simm does. He just seems angry and pathetic. It is very early for me to be making judgments, though, I guess. Maybe I'm just not giving it the shot it deserves because of my devout loyalty to the UK version.
Hang on...okay.
It is so similar, that my brother asked me how I could not like this version. Well, because it feels awkward and doesn't fit right. Oh, look! They did the desk leap! It's still cool.
I don't like it, but I'll probably keep watching it. le sigh","comments":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/50325.html?view=comments#comments","category":"life on mars us"},{"guid":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/50063.html","pubDate":"Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:56:42 GMT","title":"It might actually be the end of the world.","author":"mapanda","link":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/50063.html","description":"So, I don't know if you guys have heard this yet, but today might be the end of the world. I understand that sometime today CERN will be turning on the Large Hadron Collider. The test, I guess it is, will run from 0900-1800 GMT. If you live on the East Coast of the US, it should be over by 1pm, if I did that right. It will only be operating at something like 7% capacity and they aren't actually colliding anything, I think, but there is, apparently, a 0.005% chance that it will create a blackhole that will destroy the world. I looked up what could happen and it's not pretty. On the upside, it'll only take seconds.
In October, they plan to actually collide.
I'm not a scientist, in fact, I barely scraped C's in my university science classes. (I did better in high school.) This video helped me to kind of understand what it does, though. Plus, it's fun.
If they world does end: Love to family and friends. It's been great knowing all of you. If there is an other side, I hope to see you all there.","comments":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/50063.html?view=comments#comments","category":["ramblings","end of the world","rl"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/49795.html","pubDate":"Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:11:56 GMT","title":"Due to length, I wonder if anyone will actually read this.","author":"mapanda","link":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/49795.html","description":"Okay, so I'm not dead, despite the fact the I didn't think that I would survive the summer. I worked two jobs. I was a bank teller Monday through Friday, and tended bar on Saturday and Sunday. Days off, never seemed to happen. When I wasn't working, I was sleeping, except for those times when my family and friends demanded my attention. I didn't sleep much at all, about four hours a night actually, at the most. 'Why did I go through all of this?' one might care to ask. Well, I wrecked my car. It's embarrassing how it happened and I'd rather not talk about it, but my insurance didn't cover it and my parents blamed my own dumb ass, so I paid for car repairs myself.
Thankfully, now it's over. I'm back in school and finally getting a break. It's my last semester. I'm graduating in December. I'm alternately freaking out over it and not giving a crap about it. My mother is no help because all she can go on about is how her baby is graduating with two degrees and pressuring me into walking in graduation so she can watch. I don't want to be forced to shake the hand of the asshole who became president of the university and I don't want to spend six hours in the cold for 30 seconds of satisfaction. I'm gonna have to do it though, because if I don't I'll never hear the end of it until one of us dies, especially around the time my brother graduates.
On a related note, my brother started college this fall. He followed me up here. Even majored in the same thing, kind of, for now at least. (He hasn't settled, but he has some time to decide.) I don't like it really. I've been told this makes me a bad sister, but it really isn't anything against my brother. He's a tooly pain in the ass, but I love him and for the most part he isn't bad to have around. My problem is that for four years this has become my home and having him here is like having my hometown (which I can't stand) invade. I'm a small town girl and being in here has made me feel more free as a person and going back is just suffocating me anymore. It's not my brother, or my family, or my friends...it's my own neurosis. If that makes sense. I hope it does.
On fandom related notes: YAY FOR NEW SEASONS!!!
- I just got to see the summer series of Top Gear<\/i> and fucking loved it! If I were to start going on about it I would never stop, so I'll cut it off here before you all ignore me like my roommate did.
- The end of the fourth season of Doctor Who<\/i> was wonderful and tragic. I laughed, I squeed, I cried. (And was slightly sad the Master didn't show. I should know better than to get my hopes up.)
- I just found out the Torchwood<\/i> was, for sure, having a third season. I bawled at the end of season two, but I'm intrigued to see what they'll do for the third.
- I love my friend JD with all of my heart, (Dearly, but not queerly. As we say.) but I wish I hadn't let her talk about Heroes<\/i>. I was steering clear of the sites to avoid spoilers, but she couldn't and she was spazzing over wanting to tell me, so I let her. So instead of having the suspense, I already know who shot Nathan Petrelli. I've also been informed of something about Sylar, that I'm not quite sure I believe...or fully understand. However, go Mohinder go!
- Chuck<\/i> is coming back! Zachary Levi is so adorable when he's dorky. If I'm lucky, Adam Baldwin will be missing more clothing this season. Oo! I read somewhere that there is the possibility of a guy\/guy kiss this season. I don't know who it's supposed to be, but I've reason to suspect it's Chuck and Casey. (Again, avoiding spoilers. I like good surprises.)
- The US version of Life on Mars<\/i> hits the small screen on October 9th at 10pm. I can't wait to see it, but I bet I'll hate it. I might actually have to leave anime club early to catch it. I'm feeling very apprehensive about it. It just won't be the same. I bet I spend the whole thing comparing it to the UK version and it will fall horribly short.
In fic news, I'm hoping to get my creative muse back soon. I've been too worn out this summer to even really think. I have some things in the works, though.
- I started a genderswitch Death Note<\/i> fic months ago, which I'm hoping finish. It features girl!Mello, oblivious!Matt, and eyerolling!Near.
- I'm trying to plan the sequel to my genderswitch Heroes<\/i> fic.
- I have porn for my Torchwood\/Doctor Who<\/i> fic Uniforms<\/a> in the works. Finger-crossed, I hope it works out.
- I have an idea for a multi-chapter crossover fic, but I'm a bit unsure about the premise. It's Life on Mars\/Doctor\/Torchwood<\/i> (Real original, I know. :\/). The idea is that the Master survived and is now in 1973 (Also real original, feel free to rag on me). There he finds Romana. Then the Rani shows up. The Torchwood team is pulled back as well. Then the TARDIS brings the Doctor to join the party. Someone is trying to collect Timelords for a sinister world-ending purpose and they're forced to work together to stay alive. Does anyone want to guess why Torchwood is there? I plan for there to be action, drama, romance, confusion, tragedy, explosions, and m-preg at least mentioned. There is conflict in my head right now over Doctor\/Master and Gene\/Sam(Master). I'd love to bounce it off someone if they're willing.
- Also, I will be taking prompts or requests, I really need to get back into the swing of writing, what with the graphic novel being put on hold over the summer and the creative writing class I'm taking. Feel free to shoot me one.
Good news, methinks: I've decided to quit smoking. Not right now, because I think it would be too much on me because of graduation coming up, my search for graduate schools, and the feeling that my future is hanging in the balance, but after graduation in December. I'll probably become a chronic gum chewer or lollipop sucker to resist the cravings.
There's more I want to talk about (such as the planning of my trip to the UK), but this post is long enough already, I think.","comments":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/49795.html?view=comments#comments","category":["help!","rl"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/49465.html","pubDate":"Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:43:26 GMT","title":"WOOT!!!","author":"mapanda","link":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/49465.html","description":"I HAVE THE INTERNET BACK!!! YEA!!! It took weeks, but I've finally returned to the wonderful land of teh interbuttz! It's all thanks to John, though. I tried to fix it and not only epically failed, but somehow managed to delete my set up for the internet at the apartment (I've temporarily moved). He works wonders. I bought him a shirt for Christmas that says \"No I Will Not Fix Your Computer\", but thankfully he still fixes mine when I need him.
Now I have to try and catch up on everything. I also need to do laundry and put gas in my car, which I've kind of wrecked, but it's not bad and I can still drive it. The damage is pretty much cosmetic. I am going to have to take money out of my \"Fix the Car Fund\" to put gas in it though.
Later!","comments":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/49465.html?view=comments#comments","category":["fuckin' car","ramblings"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/49301.html","pubDate":"Wed, 07 May 2008 02:42:16 GMT","title":"Got these from...everywhere","author":"mapanda","link":"https:\/\/mapanda.livejournal.com\/49301.html","description":"![](\"https:\/\/i76.photobucket.com\/albums\/j35\/pandora_6666\/ollivanders\/birch.gif\")
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