Been playing around with the characters of QaF set in the world of The Hunger Games for days.

At first I tried playing with the characters of The Hunger Games set in the world of The Hunger Games but thanks to Mockingjay I don't like any of the characters anymore.

So then I decided, fuck it, if I'm going to hang out in this dark horrible world for weeks on end, I'm at least going to bring people I like with me. Even if I do have to kill some of them off...

In Wisconsin we gathered over 1 million signatures to recall our Governor. We needed 540,000. It is the most participated-in recall in American history. For the first time in over a year I'm proud of my state again.

Fantastic day.

Without going into detail for those who don't want to be spoiled but still want to know what I thought.

Mockingjay was just alright for me. But the series as a whole was really good, and I definitely would recommend it. However it is depressing. Start to finish. So if you are looking for this great big ball of redeeming happiness at the end of the series, Hunger Games is not for you.

( And now there will be Spoilers for Vampire Diaries and The Hunger Game series )

Meh.

Aside from working yesterday and hanging out with the family for 5 hours yesterday, I've pretty much spent the weekend reading The Hunger Games series. And I've been getting more and more excited, thinking, YAY NEW OBSESSION.

And then I started Mockingjay today.

And I know. Without doubt. I'm not going to like the ending.

And now I don't even know if I want to bother finishing.

This sucks.

Also, I need a hunger games icon.

ZOMG! I not only finished my exchange fic. But then I went and wrote 3 drabbles for the gusmas challenge! I haven't written a drabble in longer than I can remember!

:D

Happy New Year!

:( Went downstairs to give Whiskey and Echo their morning meds and Whiskey was tucked under the shelf covering and just not interested.

Their respiratory infections seem to have cleared up - no more wheezing or sneezing, and Echo is running around like a maniac - but I think fighting off the infection might have been too much for the old girl.

I picked her up, tucked her in her hut with lots of fleecy blankets and a bowl of her favorite baby food mixed with some avocado. She doesn't seem to be in any sort of distress. Breathing fine. Just very very tired. I'll check back when we get home tonight, but I think this might be the end of the road for our little old lady.

Got home and she had increased respiration and had was bleeding vaginally. Took her to the ER. The vet said she had developed tumors on her uterus and her spleen.

Rest in peace my sweet little Whiskey.

Depressed a bit. And missing having an online community to commune with. Anyone have any suggestions of places on the internets to find communities?

Lord help me. I'm missing the small days of the internet where everyone was on Compuserve or AOL because there was nowhere else to be...

And not journals or fandoms, because clearly, those are far too transient for my tastes.

Went to ER yesterday morning due to severe uterine pain, by the time I got home I had traded that for pain in upper torso, this morning that was gone but I had hip pain so severe I can barely walk. This pain seems to be sticking. Cannot sit at all, only stand or lay down. And also I itch everywhere. WTF is wrong with me? 5 more hours until I can call and see if I can get into a doctor or have to go to a Walk-in Clinic...

ETA: No luck getting into a doctor. Unless I wish to wait until a week from Wed. And the Walk-in Clinic doesn't open until 12:30....

I do however have a OB/GYN appointment at 11 though. Not at my clinic. Or the clinic near my work. Or at the next nearest clinic. Oh no. I have one at a place like 25 minutes from here. It was that or wait for 3 weeks. Just please god I hope he doesn't want to do a physical exam today, because lord help me there is no way I'm getting in stirrups with this hip pain.

This so totally did not turn out to be the weekend I was hoping for/planning on.... And then it got even worse.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Rec-a-thon. My own weekend has turned out very wonky. Complete with surprise visits and apparently I'm being taken on a surprise date this afternoon!

So I'll probably post a rec or two more this weekend. And the Master List will go up this weekend, I just don't know when. I didn't anticipate being so busy!

Since black friday now starts at 9pm on Thursday. And I'm headed out for round 2 at midnight. And I have to be somewhere that doesn't open until 6am tomorrow. I'm going to guess that at 1pm EST I'll be sleeping, and not posting.

So please feel free to continue posting recs all day tomorrow!!! I won't be putting up the master list until Saturday morning!

Well, okay a few vids tie for this award IMO. But this is definitely in my top 3 favorite vids of all time. And somehow, unbelievably, it doesn't seem to have ever been rec'd on IJ. WTF? AMAZING SONG/Lyrics and AMAZING VID

So you can see the vid, in really bad quality on youtube uploaded by someone who didn't make it. OR you can go to the maker's webpage, scroll down, and download Affirmation. I HIGHLY recommend this option. Because the quality will be SO MUCH BETTER. And it is definitely worth it to have it saved for all of eternity on your computer.

Webpage for higher quality download



( Lyrics )

PS. Makes me cry every single fucking time.

I love this song. I love the use of the whole cast and not just the boys. I love the editing. I really dig this vid. :D Even if it is just light fluffy fun. What can I say, I like fluff.

My first recs are the master lists from past Rec-a-thons:

Rec-A-Thon 2010

Rec-A-Thon 2008

(I did not have one in 2009, I had to work)

Time for my Thanksgiving Holiday Tradition!
I'm not sure if anyone is even paying attention here these days, but if you are, share some recs!

The Rec-A-Thon is officially open.

Categories:

QAF Past QAF Fic, Vids, or Graphics posts from years gone by. (Created in Pre-2011)

QAF Present QAF Fic, Vids, or Graphics posts from the last year. (Created between December 2010 and the present day)

Other Fandoms Fic from other fandoms you don't want your QaF friends to be missing out on.

QaF History Any QaF related post/discussion that you think is worthy of revisiting by old fans, or sharing with new ones. A marathon that was particularly inspiriing, a picspam that was hilarious, fic that can't be believed (see serialkiller!mermaid!brian). You get the idea.


You can share as many or as few as you like.
You do not have to do one from each category.
You have until Friday at 1pm EST.
Post them in your own journal, and then comment here with a link so that I don't miss out and can make a master list for everyone.
Your recs can come from anywhere. They do not have to have been posted on IJ. DW, LJ, AO3, personal websites, wherever. All are fine as long as they are not locked posts.

In years past I've hosted a thanksgiving rec-a-thon. I'd like to do it again this year. It is simple. Between 7AM EST Wednesday November 23rd and 1pm EST Friday November 25th, post a rec from the categories at the bottom of this post to your own journal. Post as many as you like (well, ok, maybe we should stick to 8 or less, and 2 or less from each category). And then comment to the post I will put up for the Rec-A-Thon on Tuesday night with a link to your posts. At the end I will make a master list of beautiful recs for everyone. Questions? Just ask! And if you aren't around to make a post those couple of days, comment to this one with the rec you wanted to make and a link, and I will post for you. :D Also, you don't have to post for every category. Yes, you can even just post a rec for another fandom. It may make me sad, but I accept change. lol.

Categories:

QaF Fanfic/Vids/Graphcs posts from over a year ago.

QaF Fanfic/Vids/Graphics posts from the past year.

Fanfic posts from any other fandom that you'd like to introduce to your QaF community. I know lots of you read and play elsewhere these days.

Historic QaF fan posts. What's this? Basically us oldtimers reminiscing about fantastic fandom conversations from days past. A marathon that was particularly inspiriing, a picspam that was hilarious, fic that can't be believed (see serialkiller!mermaid!brian). Basically any post that no QaF fan should have missed out on!

It has finally happened...

The last crazy B/J universe I was writing in my head had a lot of original characters in it. And I remarked, I think to Xie, that maybe this was my transitional piece. Maybe this was going to be where I said goodbye to B/J centered fic.

And I think it was.

For the last two weeks I've been writing fic in my head, but it has all been original. Completely.

And Brian and Justin seem to have gone silent for me.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. I don't feel ready to say goodbye to them. And I don't mean here. I still love them! I still love teh love. I'm still totally doing a Rec-A-Thon next week (more about that later). But I mean in the fantasy world in my head. I didn't expect it to be this way...so abrupt. One day there, the next just gone...

In the last week I've heard True Faith by New Order on the radio 3 times. This isn't a complaint. It is just weird, because I never hear this song on the radio. Now when I'm on a total QaF binge. And watched that episode 2x while at Xiefest. I keep hearing it on the radio. Weird.

As a consequence it has been stuck in my head for days.

I'm singing it right this minute.

The problem with reading Framed is that every time I read it, I inevitably cave and get sucked into BYBR. I'll put it off for days. But it will be there, eating at the back of my brain saying, "The story doesn't end there. Read ME."

And I fight it and fight because I don't want to get into BYBR. But eventually I just can't take it anymore. And I just take a wee peak, at chapter 1. And before I know it I'm on chapter 5 and my Sunday morning is gone.

And from here it is all down hill. A spiral into an effing unfinished WIP that will take up all of my precious little free time from now until Halloween.

*defeated sigh*

ETA: Well at least when I dropped a comment on Chapter 4 this morning telling Plum she needed to finish this thing, she replied an hour later that she was working on it this weekend as a matter of fact. And it seems it was actually updated in February of this year, who knew? So at least I will be rewarded with a new chapter 10 days from now when I get to it.

Very occasionally I find something new on getithere that doesn't horrify me.

Today it was Say My Name which somehow, unbelievably I haven't read before. And it hit so many of my kinks! Adorable.

Which reminds me. Of course we watched 308 at Xiefest, because how could we not, and it reminded me that I have never ever loved Justin so much as the scene with him and Brian in Brian's office right after Brian finds out he is the new intern. Justin's grin as he makes his case, Brian's defeat, and some of the most amusing dialogue ever. Kills me every time. Poor Brian, doesn't stand a chance.