I've had this overwhelming urge to read danceswithgary 's You've Got Mail.  It was on my 'to read' list, but I hadn't gotten to it yet.  Then Thursday, I just HAD to read it.  I'm finishing it at the moment.

It took me two days to realize, huh...story about meeting someone from the internet.

*facepalm* Sometimes I'm really dense.  Sometimes, I think it's amazing that I got into college.

My ramblings about the weekend.  If you're interested click the link and read my long ramble.  ;)

I couldn't resist posting a pic of the lovely flowers Jay got me now that they're blooming!  My cat wants to eat them so I have to keep them locked up on the back porch but they're so pretty!

Jay bought me flowers!

Today the FexEx delivery person dropped off a delivery and it was a bit odd since she didn't have me sign, like she normally does.  I didn't even notice that the box had "flowers" written on it.  I was too busy looking for the invoice to call whoever the box was for.  I ALMOST called myself, then realized wait a minute...

Then I still didn't realize that it was flowers until I started cutting the tape.

He sent me a boquet of dark purple irises. :)

It's the first time I've ever gotten flowers from a bf.

I'm probably going to spam LJ tonight.  Right now, I'm asking for opinions.

All week I've been thinking of buying a year's worth of LJ.  I looked back on my account and realized I've been here since May.  I'm enjoying my time here and it's the second site I visit whenever I log in (my email being the first).  It takes money to keep a site running and this year I have some extra money that I could put into LJ. 

One friend said I should because it's like buying 1 dvd in a year and if I get more entertainment value out of LJ than I would a DVD, then why not buy?

Another couple of friends said, why pay for something that you can use for free.

Now I'm confuseled.  *bangs my head on the desk*  Soo....people on my flist and people that have me on their flist, what do you all think?

I should be productive today. I have a huge TO DO list and Jay's at work so I can't use "I'm spending time with my bf" as an excuse anymore. I am waiting to talk to some of my friends, but I could do productive type things while waiting. Like cleaning...oh joy, oh how I love cleaning.

I could work on my slashy epic. I think I'll do that later today. I've been reading more SW books so I'm starting to give into the fan fic again. Even though I should be working on my original stuff.

I have no idea what to get my father for Christmas. Why does it have to be so difficult? Though I'm going into the city soonish so I'll look for something then. Or on Ebay. Ebay's a good option. He can't take stuff back if I buy off Ebay. I do have presents for Jay and for my mother. So part of my list is done. I hope...

Ok...off to be productive. Yeah, that sounds fun. Procrastination is so much more fun. LOL

I dunno if my account even supports one. But I see other people with all sorts of pretty pics on their entries and I have Mood Theme Envy. I'm so weird.

I finished fic last night! The McAbby drabble is done! Took awhile to get the right musical finds but I did it. U2 and Loreena McKennitt worked. Will post it after I finish up a few technical checks. So far Jay's beta-ed it says it's okay to post. Most of the errors fixed.

Who would think it'd be that hard to find info about McGee's tattoo? But I'm being lazy and not wanting to put the DVD in the player. Mostly because I'd end up watching it if I did.

The cats continue running over me. The weather is foul today which is making them a little crazy. They keep running me down and hissing at each other.

I should go onto myspace and update. UGH! I hate it there. If Jacey didn't have a myspace account I wouldn't bother with it. Not that he ever reads my journal. But I can keep up on his life there.

Ok...on to more tidying and finishing fic.

Ya know, I never thought I'd just babble about random stuff in my life on LJ and now I do it all the time.  I wonder if that's a good thing or bad thing.

Today  I attempted to start my Christmas shopping.  I couldn't find a single thing for anyone else, but I did make a nice haul for myself.  Got two new shirts for work.  Not super dressy but nice enough.  And I can use them as layers which is great coz the office is either freezing or an oven.  glimmergirl's facination with lotion is contagious.  I went into Bath and Body Works planning on making a haul.  I was lucky...sorta... There was no sale so that curbed my desire to spend and all that new holiday stuff goes wonky with my body chemistry and it doesn't smell all that nice on me.  But there is an Avon store in the mall and they had my favorite lip balms AND a  trial size lotion basket.  They had this wonderful stuff that smells like a tropical vacation.  I could just picture my Wes!Muse rubbing it ALL over.  Told him about it and he said he loved the idea!  Yay!  I love it when he does stuff like that.

I think I'm doing too much NCIS.  Abby's having a bad influence on me.  I went into Hot Topic and wanted to buy a leather collar.  I've wanted one for awhile.  I have no idea why since I don't normally dress like that.  Maybe it's the whole patent leather thing.  The Cattwoman in me wanting an outlet.  Though if I wore it to work, the girls in the office would have a fit.  Which could make it fun.  Maybe I could get a collar with a jingly bell...that would drive everyone insane.  Bwaahahahaa

No I won't do that.  I like my job.  I want to keep my job.  No jingle bells.

I do have Jay's (aka Wes!Muse) present.  I hinted at what I got him, so now he's going insane trying to figure out the present.  It's the gift that just keeps on giving.  He goes crazy for a month while trying to figure out what I got him.  I love being an evil kitten.

At the moment, I'm snooping at Batman Returns screen captures and considering working on the McAbby fic.  I'm sort of wondering what sort of music McGee would listen to...correction, music that I could stand.  I need the right flavor for the writing process.  And I have to stay away from Train for awhile coz it's making my Ton!Muse go crazy.  He loves the stuff for some reason.  UGH!  The Muses need to stand in line or something.

U2 may work for McGee.  I know the Stones works for Abs.

The evil project is done so now I can work on my writing. So far, I've been rereading Downtime in Las Vegas, tinkering with it, writing notes on stuff I need to change. I'm hoping that I can get it finished soon-ish, like maybe early next year. That and my huge slashy epic.


My cat is driving me bats. Tank is circling my desk chair, meowing pathetically but whenever I try to pet him, feed him, pay attention to him, he runs away. Soo frustrating.

Have no idea what work schedule I have for this week. Jay and I are having a date tonight (Yay! Even if I'm not in a date-sih type mood). He gave me some new music to listen to! And downloaded a SW fan movie for me to watch. Hoping to watch it this weekend.

I picked up the Karen Traviss book I've been searching for! I got Crossing the Line! And I still have enough time left from borrowing the third book tha I SHOULD be able to read them both before the third one is due back! Guess I won't be reading that SW book yet...

Procrastination...it's a kinda wonderful thing.

I've been working on and off on the project that's keeping me from writing my new fan fic. Though I did get time for it last night. I tried to meditate, but I couldn't, not with fic buzzing through my brain. So I wrote about 450 words. Not too sure about it yet, since it isn't finished.

I finally came up with a name for my challenge fic! Yay! It came to me while I was at work. I'll be posting it when I decide if it's going to be my entry or if I'm going to go with the Face fic that will make him a hated character.

Tonight I get to watch Cars with Jay! I'm excited and a geek!

Ok...back to work...grrr...

I'm working on very unfun things today. I have fic ideas but no time to write them. And they're for the SW challenge thing which is due on Sunday. I don't think I'm going to get time to finish it. :( I may write it even if I can't get it done in time.

Today wasn't that interesting a day.  Went to the library book sale.  Got more books than I know what to do with.   I got some new fantasy novels and a few romances.  I even found a nonfiction research book for the novel I'm tenatively planning.  Woohoo!   Yesterday I went to the sale and got  copies of Wedge's Gamble and the Krytos Trap for $0.25 each.  I already have copies but these are ratty ones the library was getting rid of so I can use them as my research books and keep my good copies good for a bit longer!

Went to the evil land of Walmart and tried to get a new earbud for the cell phone (I still don't know how that thing works).  They had no headsets with a volume control.  How annoying!  Totally destroyed my diet today and enjoyed every bite.  Hehehee...I'll start dieting again tomorrow.

Other than that, I got a whole lot of nothing done today.   I'm hoping to be more active tomorrow. Maybe even fic-writing active. I should work on my original fic but I may slip into some fan fic instead.    A certain icon on this journal lt_wes_janson is giving me plot bunnies.  That combined with my love of 60's rock, that is.  So maybe my Face Bunnies will get some nappy time and Wes will come out and play.

Maybe I can have Wes shoot Buckethead again.  Jay would enjoy that.  He loves it when I write stuff like that.  I want to go dark and edgy for some Wes fic, but my moods are black enough lately.  Hmm...will have to consider what to write. 

Well, I might have finished the Nickelback inspired fic. I'm letting Jay read it for final opinions. I'm uncertain of the ending, but then it's a fluff piece with no real plot so how do you end it? It could go on forever.  And it's not really strange that Face got the most screen time, especially since he seems to be bouncing around in my brain lately.

I finished Bloodlines.  Liked the book.  Not really liking the ending though.  Too fluffy for a Fett book.  But it was implied that my beloved Clone Troopers may make an appearance *does the fangirl squeal*  I cannot wait for that.

I started reading a few new fantasy novels I picked up. Okay, they weren't new new but they were new to me.  One was Kushiel's Dart.  This was the 3rd time I've tried to read it.  And it is officially my last.  I cannot get through it.  It's just...well boring.  Yeah it's going to have freaky sex in it, but it's sooo over detailed.  I don't mind flowery prose in moderation, but this couldn't hold my attention.

I tried another fantasy don't remember the name.  It's in first person and alternates between two main characters.  The OMG element in THAT one was that the characters were gay.   Maybe my online readings have jaded me, but slashy men aren't really that surprising to me.  And as I read, I kept thinking "I can read better fantasy slash online."  Maybe I'm jaded now.  Maybe I've read too many good slashy fics to be interested in someone who isn't putting  words together in an interesting way.

I have decided that if I want to write a fantasy novel and make a ton of money, I need to write one with freaky sex in it.  Think about it.  Kushiel's Dart and it's sequels are very popular.  This slashy set that I can't remember the name of did very well.  Laurell K Hamilton is pulling money in from her books. 

Sex is now what sells in the fantasy genre.  Sure it sells everywhere but it seems to do especially well in fantasy now.  Maybe it's my ticket to the New York Times bestseller list. :D

I should be writing something, but I'm busy talking to Jacey and using that as an excuse not to write the annoying Padme plot bunny that's hopping through my brain. I do NOT like Padme so I don't know why my bunny involves her.

I've been looking for a Halloween costume, so far no luck. But then I don't know if they'd be happy with me at work if I did dress up.

I'm reading Karen Traviss' Bloodlines. I'm liking it better than my previous attempts at reading NJO and post NJO books. It's weird reading about Fett though. I used to avoid Fett related stuff because my ex is so obsessed with the character. But now I'm happily ex free. Yay!

Ok...I guess I should write something in my strange Padme fic. Blah!

I'm bored so I thought I'd play on my journal.

This morning I had the most amazing yoga session. Like 'Scuse me while I touch the sky, amazing. I can't remember the last time I felt that good afterward. Like everything was right in the world and everything was all right with me. Total peace and relaxation.

I ran errands, tried to shop for clothes for work. The clothes situation is getting frustrated. Okay, I'm plus sized. Does that mean I have to wear something huge, unflattering or clingy? Apparently so since every single item I tried was either too small, too clingy, or made me look like a shapeless lump. I am not shapeless. I have a very attractive shape, just not one that the designers seem to think is attractive. Their loss, and mine too since I can't find a single thing that fits!!!

Ok, rant off because I'll ruin that lovely relaxation thing I've got going on.

I haven't done any writing in the past few days but I have gotten ideas. And I may have a beta for Downtime in Las Vegas. Jacey has read all 20-something chapters and commented on a few typos. If he's going to point out typos then he might as well be a beta. BWAAHAHAHAAAAA!!!

I'm going to start cleaning this week. I hate to say this, but I think clutter is killing my creativity. I hate admitting that. I happen to like clutter. But it's getting on my nerves. So are the gifts my ex gave me. Everyone says I should keep them because eventually they'll have emotional meaning to me. It's been over 5 years, isn't that enough time to consider emotional meaning? If I don't have it 5 years later then I doubt I'm going to remember the gifts with fondness. I am considering the financial value of the gifts though; in a few years I may be able to sell them for a nice price. But they're cluttering up my space. I have no room for anything new!

I'll deal with the clutter later, and the ex-bf stuff. I should get rid of the clutter on my desk though, it is distracting.

I also using the journal to keep from having to do real work online. Like searching for somewhere cheap to get new glasses. Or to get new parts for my car. Oh well, off to google I go!