Blackbirds & Crows

Just a quick note for ya'll ....Just posted some more old Buffy work, stuff I wrote with my co-writer reremouse waaaaaaaay back in 2006!! Going to put up few more things over the next couple months, one an EPIC long-fic in the Spike/Xander genre. :D

Right now, though - Douse House Stories! 'Oxnard to Glory' and 'SNAFU', for your reading pleasure.

...but what else is new? It's too hot for furry bodies to pile on me all the time, and yet....

SO! Most of you know/may remember that for the past four years I've been an AmeriCorps VISTA at my local fire department. Well, as of August 17th, that job was over. AmeriCorps only allows you to be a VISTA for a set number of years, and the fire department, unfortunately, only had that position for me because AC paid my stipend. So farewell, fire department!

As a consequence, I put in a huge number of applications all over the internet, for work-from-home stuff, and for local stuff where you have to sign onto a site to apply, etc. As a consequence of THAT...? Suddenly my 'work' email was being spammed at the rate of 200+ emails a day, some of them from the job places, but the BULK of them from hard-core XXX site.

What. The everloving. Fuck. It's tapering off, now i've unsubscribed and etc. to a lot of spots, but....jayzus.

Now, not having had a lot of jobs in my life, and no college degree, I was a little panicky, and took the first job offered, which was at a local senior/nursing center. OH boy. Not a job for me. It was an 'aide' job, but it was 99% kitchen work, and in the three days I was there, two people passed away, the got a positive COVID test on an employee, and about 1/3rd or so of the staff a) didn't wear their masks properly and b) weren't vaxxed. Also - my back and hips are no longer up to 8+ hours of standing on concrete.

I had an interview with the local Chamber of Commerce (a job I had thought already filled, since it was like almost a month since I'd applied), and about an hour later they called and offered me the job. YAY! So starting Monday, I'll be the new office manager for the CoC!

I'm excited but also nervous, but mostly glad to be done with job hunting.

On another note - the first week of August (the week I took my last sick/personal days so i could just relax), my car died. So instead of relaxing and having a holiday (I won't be getting a lot of holiday time anytime soon), I was stressed as fuck, looking for a car without actually having a car to drive around in.

VERY fortunately for my, i got a pre-approved loan from my bank. Very UNfortunately, it seems July or August was when used-car price went nuts because the computer chips for new cars are scarce right now, and used cars were going for more than new. *flails*

I got something reasonable at a reasonable price, but holy. Fuck.

ANYWAY - the weather continues hot as fuck, humid as fuck, and rainless, thought not drought-dry. And my icon is in celebration of seeing 'Free Guy', and the little Cris Evans cameo in it that made me squeak like a Beatles fan circa 1964. :D

Hope you all are good, happy, healthy, safe, and getting through! Thank gods for fanfic, AC, and sweptwaybayou!

*facepalm*
Well, so much for meme and posting! Heh. Sorry, guys. I think - and this is no reflection on my flisties who are doing the meme - I'm just not finding the questions all that interesting vis a vis: things I want to answer.

So i'm looking for something else, because I *do* like chatting and communicating with you all, and I need to make my brain work, not just sit here mindlessly watching vid or whatever.

Now, ( Read more... )

So! That might seem a bit heavy for a 'come back' post, but...it is what it is. All the fucked-up shite going on here in the States has generated a *lot* of energy, and I think using that energy for all the good you can is a good thing.

Hot and 'summery' here, all of a sudden - I guess with the solstice in a couple days, it's to be expected! Keep cool, my dear flist, and be well and safe! <3

To all my LGBTQ flisties out there - happy Pride! In our out, doesn't matter - you are loved, you are accepted, you are part of the family!

I am an out, bi-sexual woman who is proud to fly the flag and stand up for my brothers and sisters in pride!

*hugs and love*




AND - love to all our straight allies! <3 <3 <3

Hello, folks!
Well, it's obvious that without *something* to spur me, I won't be posting. So, I shall be doing this, starting tomorrow. :D



The June Something is a multi-fandom non-fest from June 1-15(-ish) where you answer a series of questions about yourself and fandom, one question per day. Kinda similar to Fandom Snowflake in January, if you've ever done that in the past!

You will post on your own journal, no checking in required! And no one will check on you! (That's like the lowest pressure non-fest that exists!)


Also - today is the last day to sign up for the Zombiebang!! I wanted to, but realized the story I wanted to tell was much less zombie and a lot more Bucky/Steve, so.... BUT! I love the zombie trope, and it would be awesome to see a lot of art and fic for this. :D





Hope everyone is well and safe! *hugs*

(Subject line is from De Gustibus— by Robert Browning.)
*pokes xposting settings*

It's like Cockney rhyming slang! Which, let me tell you, when i discovered that existed as a kid? I was delighted. Me old china. :D

25. Did your mother work outside the home when you were a child? What was her job?

Not really, though she was always busy. My mom trained as a nurse, and was a surgical nurse when she met my dad (he was an anesthesiologist), and then an administrative nurse. So when they got married, my mom kept working for a little bit, and then when she had my oldest brother, she stopped.

( This got long. Plus - bonus picture! )

It poured and poured and *poured* rain yesterday and last night, and we got some hail, too, and a lot of lightning and thunder!

Be safe, be well! *hugs*

Hi hi hi.
I kinda fell down on the last couple challenges in the Sunshine Challenge. Ack! There's no deadline, though, so i'll get to them.

However! I had another chapter of *this* silly thing, so here we go. Currently unbeta'd, as darkhavens is having serious computer issues. *clings*

However, sweptawaybayou gave me a (few) readthroughs and notes, so - we should be good! :D
Enjoy!

Up at AO3.

Bucky's got the perfect six-month anniversary present. So does Steve. Sam doesn't wanna know.

Hello! Time for the next Sunshine Challenge. :D This one is Fanwork Recommendations.

Now...the biggest problem with that is that my memory SUCKS. Really, truly sucks. So I have a lot of trouble reccing stuff because i forget. I cannot tell you how many times i've gotten all excited for a fic and then, halfway through realized i've read it before.

SO! To get around this, I'm going to do a little cheat. But first!
( Some fic authors I love and adore )

Now for the cheat. I can sincerely, and without a bit of doubt, recommend every single author and fic in my AO3 Bookmarks. I don't have as many as some, but. Every Fic. Every Author (and most of the time, every fic by every author).

So - go! Read! Enjoy! :D

On this really very wet, rainy, and grey day! I hope all this rain puts the kibosh on 5th of July fireworks, as one night was enough, thank you!

Here's the second Sunshine Challenge: What's In A Name?, or - Fannish Identity.

( Some questions offered I thought I'd answer.... )

My goodness, so that was a lot. :D Happy weekend, everyone!

ALSO - if you have any fannish questions for me? Feel free to ask! :D

So, i've been thinking about writing some of the popular tropes out there, just with my 'take' or whatever. Seems like some tropes follow a certain formula, and I'm not always totally on board with them, so...here's my interpretation. :D

Follow the link to AO3!

Not your typical A/B/O fic. Clint and Natasha are harsh critics, Peter didn't deserve this, Bucky Barnes will kick your ass, Steve is one classy motherfucker..