Threatening perfect strangers in the name of charity*

[bending_sickle]

Apart from the entries on sickle_stories, I have a notebook - what used to be an agenda for 2010, but this year hasn't really made me need it - where I jot down scene ideas and snippets of dialogue, and where I try like hell to organize them into some sort of progression. (This happens, that that scene, then this is said, and so forth.) It brings me great squee and sense of accomplishment to cross scenes out with a little \o/ and Yatta!

So far, so good, and by the time Chip heads out on patrol again, he'll have had a heart-to-heart with Icarus (who'll be moping), been assaulted by a demon, and faught off a massive wave of infected (who are anticipating Kezef, who'll show up the next day). That's...a lot of stuff that has to happen.

But the going's still good. I have no idea if the whole is worth anything, but I'm trying to keep all the bits together, keep them moving, and sticking in bits of Chip introspection and panic and angst, because if not it wouldn't be TFSB 2, would it?

...OMG I just realized how pathetically covered in hearts and rainbows the excerpt is. Oh lawdy. It's not supposed to be a "they're soul mates and love each other" thing, but a "they're a team and separate from the others" thing. Oy.

A scoff from Dean interrupted the angel, attracting his attention for a moment. Then Icarus pressed closer to Chip, their legs touching from ankle to hip, his arm trapped against Chip’s stomach, and while this was nothing new – they slept like this, closer even – it somehow felt more intimate. Sitting there in front of three strangers and two friends, the angel’s breath hot in his ear, Chip felt as if the world were concentrating around him. When they slept alone in their cupboard of a room, they were separate, and it was nothing. Here and now, there was an us because there was a them. That morning’s complicity came down on Chip like a sack of hammers.


“Why are you telling me all of this? If this camp had a brochure, I doubt this would be on it.” Anticipating Icarus’ confusion, Chip clarified himself. “When Harper gave us the tour, she didn’t mention it, and no one else seems to be talking about it.”

“We do not make it a habit of telling the civilians.”

Chip bristled, although he didn’t know whether this was over Icarus’ use of civilians or his non-inclusive we. “So why tell me?”

“Because,” said the angel, reaching out to trace Chip’s eyebrow and run his fingertips around his eye, “you are involved.”

10667 / 50000 words. 21% done!

Quote of the Day: Buddha (because it made me think of Sam Winchester)

It is better to conquor yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heavon or hell.

Meme: What Your Taste in Art Says About You via qthewetsprocket

Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test...

Balanced, Secure, and Realistic.

15 Impressionist, 2 Islamic, 5 Ukiyo-e, -21 Cubist, -11 Abstract and -3 Renaissance!

Impressionism is a movement in French painting, sometimes called optical realism because of its almost scientific interest in the actual visual experience and effect of light and movement on appearance of objects. Impressionist paintings are balanced, use colored shadows, use pure color, broken brushstrokes, thick paint, and scenes from everyday life or nature.

People that like Impressionist paintings may not alway be what is deemed socially acceptable. They tend to move on their own path without always worrying that it may be offensive to others. They value friendships but because they also value honesty tend to have a few really good friends. They do not, however, like people that are rude and do not appreciate the ideas of others. They are secure enough in themselves that they can listen to the ideas of other people without it affecting their own final decisions. The world for them is not black and white but more in shades of grey and muted colors. They like things to be aestically pleasing, not stark and sharp. There are many ways to view things, and the impresssionist personality views the world from many different aspects. They enjoy life and try to keep a realistic viewpoint of things, but are not very open to new experiences. If they are content in their live they will be more than likely pleased to keep things just the way they are.

Take What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test at HelloQuizzy

Meme: Word List, via phantmgreeneyes:

Leave a comment here saying "I like cereal", and I will give you a word. With that word, list your favorite tv show/music/movies/etc. with the letters in that word.

LEMONADE:

L: Love and Other Near Death Experiences (2006) - Mill Millington - This book is hilarious and presents an interesting concept of how there are no insignificant decisions, how the more random choice - tea or coffee? - can have huge effects. (Review) It also introduced me to Mill's website, Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About, which was another enteertaining read, and resulted in my getting the occasional mass-email of Mill updates, which is charming.

E: East of Midnight (1977) - Tanith Lee - I have loved this book ever since I was tiny. I don't remember the first time I read it, I think; I've reread it so many times (and yet I only remember one single character's name, and am not even sure which he is). I'd like to say I liked it because of the matriarchal society it presented, but really it's the viciously-toothed sheep and the lions that did it.

M: Metamorphosis (4x04) - Supernatural - While I barely remember anything of the actual plot, I absolutely loved the ideas behind it and keep coming back to this episode when discussing whether monsters are made or born, whether they can fight being monsters, choice vs. destiny, and all those wonderful philosophical things. Like how I keep turning to that quote about monsters in The Orphan. It's fascinating.

O: O Brother Where Art Thou (Soundtrack) - I was just getting into country the year this came out due to watching a country version of MTV that summer - the only music video channel available. (Yes, MTV used to play music videos! It was like a radio! With images! Oh, the glories of days past...) I watched the movie for its soundtrack and fell head-over-heels in love with country music.

N: Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro - I practially devoured this book the first time and cried most the othe way through the ending. The second time around was pretty much the same. I love this book and its world and its words to itty bitty pieces.

A: American Gods - Neil Gaiman - The first novel I ever read by Neil Gaiman, apart from Good Omens. It was huuuge and I was a bit daunted, but it cemented my Gaiman-love. Now I've read more of his stories and novels, listened to his readings and watching movies based on his works, read about his dog and watching him beekeeping, and there is no end to the squee.

D: Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting - No matter what ljdq might say, Sting was damn good way back in the day. I love the whole album and can lipsynch to all of it. Plus, Bourbon Street makes me all gleeful because it's basically a song about Louis "oh woe is me" Interview With vampire going on about how woe he is. It was, I think, the first song I ever accidentally memorized completely due to repeat listenings.

E: Extended Play '07 - Placebo - I'll admit to never having heard this album, but since it's basically a "What you might know Placebo from" collection, it has a lot of songs of theirs that I love. And apparently I do love Placebo. Like, a lot. Massively.


40 Days of Supernatural Meme: Day 35 - Favorite Castiel scene? Favorite Bobby scene?

Drunk!Cas: "I found a liquor store. And I drank it."

Snarky!Cas!: "My 'people skills' are 'rusty'."

Bobby: "Family don't end in blood, boy." ♥

Coming Up:
Day 36 - Favorite con?
Day 37 - Favorite Jared movie/other show?
Day 38 - Favorite Jensen movie/other show?
Day 39 - If you were a director who you would like to direct (Jared or Jensen) and what kind of movie?
Day 40 - What kind of movie/tv show would you like to see Jared and Jensen star in after SPN ends?

Links of the Day:
Supernatural:
i_o_r_h_a_e_l's Meta Sam, Dean, and the Abusive Relationship (6x06)
kimberlyfdr's Meta How's It All Coming Together?
aesc's Meta The Casifesto, or Why Castiel is Not Your Grandma's Angel - Updated to 6x06
yourlibrarian's Meta 6x06, Deja vu
annspal's Meta The Visual Story at a Glance: You Can't Handle the Truth
blackcat333_99's Review You Can't Handle the Truth
sylvia_bond's Review You Can't Handle the Truth
tahirire's Review You Can't Handle the Truth
amber3444's Review You Can't Handle the Truth
starlitshore's Report Asylum 5 Con
hils' Report Asylum 5 Con, Continued
spn_deanw's Super Spectacular Bonus Deanism ; Weekly Recs - daylightfire's Fanvid We Thought We Lost You is ♥ and ;_; all in one ; Poll Kiss, Marry, or Throw Off a Cliff
tracy_loo_who's Audio of Misha's Asylum 5 Sunday Panel - ♥
jedimaster's The Dean/Castiel Season 6 Kink Meme
nrrrdy_grrrl's Fic Recommendations Dean Winchester is My Little Black Dress: 50 fantastic fuck fics featuring Dean
mickeym's Fic Nowhere Man
ikira's Fic Brimstone Synthesis, Chap. 4
spnchick_09's dean_sam-flocked Fic He's a Puzzle (But the Pieces Are All There)
fallingemerald's Fic All My Inguries
tigriswolf's Fic Five Ways All Hell Breaks Loose Could Have Gone
dreamlittleyo's Firefly Crossover Fic Sweepin' Low Across the Plains (Mal/Jo)
gwendolynd's Fic Rest in Peace While I Die
mia6363's Fic The End
ru_salki99's Fic Couldn't Or Wouldn't
paperbkryter's Fic Playing Pilgrim - ♥
xxkaytayxx's Fic Stuck on Repeat, Hear the Disk Skip
leonidaslion's Fic Fumbling in the Dark Mount (Sin City), Oral (Bedtime Stories), Primitive (Red Sky at Morning) ; Beserker!Verse Bones
ash48's Fanvid Mr Boombastic - ♥
das_mervin's Fanvid Personal Jesus (Dean, Castiel)
lilithonearth's Fanvid Brand New Day
bad__faith's Fanvid Still Lost (The Boy with No Soul)
anastdean's Picspam Mad House: Jensen, jared and Misha, Chicago Con 2010
ladymanson's Season 6 Promotional Photos
rosivan's Fanart And All Were Soldiers
missyjack's XKCD Crossover Dating a Winchester
vicious_sock's Fanart Sibling Rivalry - SPOILERS for 6x07 Promo
annieohhhhyes' Fanmix Wayward Son
sourpony's Fanmix I Hope Your Freakin' Apple Pie is Worth It! (Dean/Food)
theimpalagirl's Fanmix & Fic I, uh, Like You and Junk
_queequag's Icons, 6x06
savedean's Icons, 6x06
kruel_angel's Promo Icons, Wallpaper and Headers
zizi_svk's Icons
light_ofmy_life's Icons
morgentau's Icons
cha's Icons, Promo
todestroy's Icons
e0wyn's Icons
cloex_brosluvr's Scan TV Guide Nov. 8-14, "What I'm Watching
zizi_svk's Promo Wallpapers
dean_sam's flocked Scans Official Magazine #20, Part 1, Official Magazine #20, part 2 ; dwsjournal's pimpage ; Old Set Photos
Marymo's Jensen and music
Globo's Interview: Misha Collins - In Portuguese!
YouTube's Misha Collins and guests of Asylum 5 join Jason Manns on stage ; Misha Collins sings with his dad on stage at Asylum 5
Flickr's Album: Jensen Ackles & Impala on Set

Human Target:
wptjeh's Set photos, Season 2 Christmas Episode

Sherlock:
YouTube's Benedict Cumerbatch at the Crime Thriller Awards 2010 - Oh crumpets!

Other Fandom:
ursulav's The Promised Digger Thread - SPOILERS
yumemismama's Thoughts on Rob Thomas
thedailyshow's embed Jon's Rally Speech, autotuned by the Gregory Brothers
anythingbutgrey's T:SCC Fic Looking for a Ghost
qthewetsprocket's Ashes to Ashes/Life on Mars Gene Hunt is St Michael the Archangel: CANON, BITCHEZ!

Multifandom:
lastyearswishes' Icons - Avatar, Supernatural, Harry Potter
atomicapples's Icons - Lost, Merlin, Smallville, Fringe, Muse, Prison Break
ensanglante's Icons - Inception, Supernatural, chuck, fringe, Chuck, Lost, The Vampire Diaries
xafirah's Icons - Stargate Universe, Big Bang Theory, Supernatural
mediocrechick's Iconsa - Walking Dead, Robert Patterson, X Men
mizra's Icons, GIFs, Wallpapers - Supernatural, Doctor Who, Sailormoon, Hocus Pocus, Princess Peach, Pan's Labyrinth, Batman, Disco, Ponyo, Howl's Moving Castle, Napoleon Dynamite, Breakfast At Tiffany's, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia, Sweeney Todd, Corpse Bride, The Brothers Grimm, Twilight, A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Time Traveler's Wife, New Moon, Tuck Everlasting, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Toy Story, Rocky Horror Picture Show
Marymo's Meme Responses

Random:
theweaselking's embed In the Ukraine, dogs do Barkour - 0.0
illadore's Copyright Infringement and Me - HULK SMASH
yumemisama's 30 Questions
greygirlbeast's embed George Takei Calls Out Anti-Gay Arkansas School Board Member ; More gender bullying
oakenguy's embed Baby Monkey, Going Backwards on a Pig
ontd's Franklin D. Roosevelt to fight Werewolves - I'd watch it. All night long.
wtf_nature's Animal Penises - Oh, the horror! ; The McCurk Effect
trailer_spot's Picspam New York 2010 Day 9: Morningside Heights, Columbia University, Harlem
qthewetsprocket's embed Winner of Bushman Ukulele Contest 2009
Neil Gaiman's Not really much of a blog post, but with the best photo in the world of me on a carousel ever in it so with luck nobody will mind too much - No, Neil, we do not mind at all :D ; The Price of "The Price" - "There is a man named Christopher Salmon who has a dream. He wants to make an animated film of my short story "The Price." He wants it to be really faithful, so he's using me telling the story as an audiobook as his narrator. He's already done an animatic." WATCH THIS
NewScientist's Brilliant SF Books That Got Away
transfinite's deviantART, binarism, and transphobia and lienne's comment discussion
CineMatical's 'Henry5' Makes Shakespeare Sci-Fi -- and Check Out the Cast!
Machine of Death Free Download and Podcast! - *hugs the bejeezus out of the author and distributors*
GoodRead's Best Horror Novels
AudioVideoRevolution's Top 10 Rock bands of All Time
ChadPelley's Top 25 Albums of 2003
Jeff Mcmahan's The Meat Eaters - "If we could arrange the gradual extinction of carnivorous species, replacing them with new herbivorous ones, ought we to do it?" OF COURSE NOT YOU STUPID IGNORANT FOOL! *ATTACKS WITH SCIENCE* Honestly, I couldn't finish reading the article, it made me too inarticulate with frustration.


* Misha Collins

Comments

[capn-mactastic.livejournal.com]

woohoo for wordcount!

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Thankee! (Nano's basically all I'm doing right now, so it's really no shocker.) How're you doing, and what's your Nano about? (Also, if you want to be writing buddies on the Nanowrimo site, I'm listed as "Sickle".) ♥

[capn-mactastic.livejournal.com]

I'm at 2500 words D: I'm not really doing a proper NaNo as such, I'm trying to write 50k but filling out bingo prompts and finishing WIPs and stuff. I haven't signed up on the NaNo site, 'cos I'm riffing on the theme rather than doing it properly.

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

*facepalm* I knew that. Sorry. Damnit, my brain really has been eaten by Nano.

But, since you're doing the bingo thing, how long until that Clan of the Cave Bears/Heroes crossover of awesome comes to light? You know you want to write it!

And hey, if you keep track of which WIPs and prompts you do this month, you could maybe still stick them into the Nano validator - if you reach the 50000) and "win". Sense of accomplishment validated by a little image, yes/yes?

[capn-mactastic.livejournal.com]

LOL, no worries, I'm feeling pretty blitzed myself and I haven't written nearly as much as you have XD

I want to write it! I'm just drowning in prompt thingies at the moment and the AU bingo card didn't co-operate. I might write it sooner anyway, as a way to procrastinate on the ones I should be writing XD apparently the AU_Bingo mods are AWOL anyway.

Is it too late to do a sign up thingy? I'm keeping track because I'm doing all this month's writing in the same Liquid Storybinder book.

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Yays! I'm so excited for that crossover, you have no idea!

I don't know if it's too late or not, but I think you probably can sign up (http://www.nanowrimo.org/). They only open the validate-your-novel thing around the 25th, so I figure they're still open for new people? Anyway, go, try, and if you do sign up, be my writing buddy? This is moi. (http://www.nanowrimo.org///eng/user/567287)

[capn-mactastic.livejournal.com]

LOL, oh god I need to write them both XD I can fit it in, somehow. I think I'm going to finish a line on the kissbingo card, then try to mark off the au_bingo...

I've just signed up \o/ and I think I've managed to add you as a buddy. But now I have to be good about hitting target since it's official like >.>

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

They give you stuff if you finish! Last year, it was a coupon for a free single-sample printing of your novel (how cool is that?) This (http://languageisavirus.com/nanowrimo/word-meter.html) bar is pretty useful too (oh, the growing sense of accomplishment!)

*adds you as a buddy* *giggles at your title* ♥

[capn-mactastic.livejournal.com]

That sounds really cool :D IDK about a bar, it might just depress me since I'm 8k behind right now XD Oh lord, I'll type tomorrow, honest.

*hee* I figure the title sums up what it's all about really ♥

[seschat.livejournal.com]

I, uh.

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

XD