How's everyone?

Where have I been? Ummm...working, reading...working...

First, need to do a belated but heartfelt thank you to rebeccama, wynkat and celandineb for the lovely Christmas cards, and to minuial_nuwing for the beautiful e-card. Thanks for brightening my holidays, ladies!

Sorry for being absent. Been dealing with a long-time health issue that I finally got off my ass and did something about. Sucks that I chose the holiday to do it, but it's getting better, so here's to better health for 2015. Hell, I even joined the local gym, just waiting for the doc to give me the go-ahead.

I have one resolution this year. It's really simple. Don't Worry, Be Happy. Basically, all this means is to stop stressing over every little thing, thereby keeping blood pressure down. Find something every day to smile about, no matter how small. And to rest more, eat better and remember: bacon is good, bacon jerky is awesome, maple bacon chips are the bomb...but, while yummy, moderation, yo! This part's gonna be hard, lol. I love bacon!!!

I'll also try to do a better job of posting. I still interact with some of you on and off social media, but need to be better about is, so, there you go.

Stop by and say hai if you're around!

Thanks to those who sent birthday wishes! I had plans for that day, but real life decided I didn't need seafood. (long story) I ended up with the house to myself and a lovely, quiet day.

Hugs and much love to:

minuial_nuwing and spike7451 for the wishes and the party hat!

leela_cat and qafmaniac for the beautiful banner and awesome fic (VAMPIRES, YO!)

zaipixie and firehead30, my bitches, for the email

the_minx_17 for the regularly scheduled Saturday gabfest (cuz she loves me!)

All the tweeps who sent birthday wishes, I love you all!

Anyone that I missed, it's only because I'm bad at keeping up with dtuff Like I'm supposed to. Work fries my brain, y'all. lol

And since I totally suck at keeping this updated like I said I was, a belated but heartfelt Happy Birthday to all my fellow Geminis! Keep being fabulous! MWAH!!!!

LJ, if I wanted a fucking Facebook, I'd fucking go get one. Please leave my shit alone, okay?

Hai!

I've been assimilated into A Song Of Ice And Fire. I really don't regret it.

This series is...DAMN.

I spent the last couple of months watching the first three seasons and reading the first book in the series. All I can say is Winter Is Coming. And it's gonna suck big time.

( Why I love this show and thoughts of last night's premiereCollapse )

FLIST!!!

DO NOT OPEN ANY EMAILS FROM ME FROM YAHOO. I HAVE BEEN HACKED AGAIN. JFC.

***NOTE

I use gmail as my primary email. If it doesn't come from there, don't open it.

People! If you received an email from me from Yahoo, delete it. Seems I got hacked. Please and thank you.

My heart hurts today.

I 'met' epicallytired, aka Vamphile, through BJFic.net. I think the first fic of hers that I read was All Mistakes Are Temporary, also known by the name End Done Right. I remember gushing to her in a review at BJF. She was very sweet, and let me know that she was posting a fic on LJ. That fic became the first part of the amazing Keeping series, Brother's Keeper.

I later became more familiar with her through LJ and IJ, and, at one time, was the keeper of her commas.

You see, Vamp had an unnatural aversion to punctuation. XD There were times when she'd send me a chapter of something and said, "Hey, so can you throw some commas and shit in there?" It was a running joke between us.

Vamp had a gift. Not just for writing, but for dialogue. No one in QAF fandom can top her on that score. She had a version of Brian and Justin that, for me, was always kind of the 'real' Brian and Justin. She had them saying things that I could imagine coming out of their mouths. She was never fluffy, and I loved that. Funny, yes, but never fluffy. She could break you with her words. Remember Whore In A Hoodie? I spent weeks looking over her drabbles and just...hurting. Anyone who can do that with 100 words at a time is a genius. And she was.

I was lucky enough to be allowed to write a fic in her Visible verse, with the stipulation that she read and approve it before I posted. She did, and told me good job. I grinned for a week.

firehead30 once told me that Vamp 'had a voice like a phone sex operator'. I spoke to Vamp once on the phone for a few hours, and Fire was right. Vamp had the sexiest voice and the most boisterous laugh. Like, deep belly laughs. She was partly responsible for luring me into Supernatural.

I could talk about her all day. I should have done it sooner. I think she knew that I adored her. I will miss her always.

Those of us who knew her, who loved her stories, take a moment to remember this wonderful, sometimes tortured, brilliant soul. Share her stories with those new to fandom.

It just occurred to me that both inhabitants of The Church Of Brian And Justin are gone. But their words remain. If there is a Heaven, I hope that Valerie Z and Vamp are there, writing porn and laughing about monkey butlers.

My bitches, firehead30 and zaipixie decided that we really needed to marathon Queer As Folk, sine it had been so long since we'd watched. Funnily enough, it coincided with the show streaming on Netflix.

Which, considering they've changed all the music, makes me glad that a)I'm not streaming and b)have all 5 seasons on dvd. Music intact.

On to the show! Oh, and stop by Pixie's LJ and check out her post. Or just go say hi!

( Hey Todd, how's it going? Fiiine.Collapse )

HEY, QAF AND GLAM FANS!

qafmaniac needs our help.

Go here, read this, and lend a hand if you can .

And boost the signal.

Gratitude.

Happy New Year, peeps!!!

Thank yous, loves and hugs to minuial_nuwing, celandineb, rebeccama and enchanted_jae for the lovely Christmas cards, and qafmaniac for the amazing calendars she sent! Love you all!

Next...I'm really gonna try posting more. I wanna rant about books and music and movies and shit. Plus, I've got a Goodreads account, and I signed on to read 25 books this year. 25, because I know how I am, and I might read more, and then again I might not. So, there you go. :)


ETA: FINALLY!!! STOOPID POST OFFICE!!! My beautiful Harry/Draco card from sassy_cissa came! You would think we lived on opposite sides of the world, instead of the US.