Beyond Redemption

Nope, no password protection with this post. In fact, that feature will be used sparingly, because to be honest, I’m not losing sleep over those that are making it their business to stalk my blog. Whatever nonsense they’re trying to cook up is all for naught. I don’t bother with most of this fandom because too many are embroiled in antics that I deem beneath me, and I certainly don’t throw my hat into the ring for the childish bullying that is “wank”. I write, and I run my sites, and that’s the totality of it. Besides, I’m very accessible if anyone really has something they want to say to me.

Moving on.

Yesterday was gram’s 5th anniversary. I spent most of it watching TV and writing. I was two episodes behind on Jack Bauer, so I watched those, and wow. I’m so ready for tonight’s ep. If you watch and you’re not caught up, I won’t spoil it, but I’ll just say that the ending to last week’s really threw me for a loop. That’s why I love 24 and why that show is still so strong. It’s just amazing; amazing writers and amazing acting. You just don’t get that anymore on TV (or in movies, truth be told).

If you have HBO and you’ve been peeking at “East Bound and Down”, what the fuck happened? That show started off so hilariously, and then, I dunno. Looks like they just want to build you up to tear you down (sorta like fandom. Haha.). The ending of each episode -they’re these hard downers that just kill all of the funny. Sheesh. I’m on the fence about HBO bringing it back for more eps. I mean, am I going to feel horrible when each one ends?? o.O

And while we’re on Home Box Office, Entourage and that ‘train wreck that you can’t help watching’ called True Blood will be back soon. I love Entourage. LOVE IT. Excellent show, and I just adore the boys. True Blood… it’s up in the air. It’s a bad show; no doubt about that. However, Lafayette (the gay one) was fucking fantastic, and with him getting killed at the end of the last season, well, what’s there to go back to? Sookie Stackhouse is the biggest dipshit alive (and that’s something given what we’re exposed to online) and if she’s the lure, I’m ghost. I did love Sam, though, so I may watch for him. Eric (the evil blonde vamp) was a hottie, too, and Good Gravy! They don’t sparkle and they have fangs and -gasp- sunlight will KILL them. *chuckles*

I’m still watching Lost and I still like it. I can see why people abandoned it, though. There are parts in the plot that drag and don’t make a lot of sense -though, that seems to be because they’re leading it somewhere at a later date. But thus far, this season has been good and we’ve gotten a lot more answers about the island. Many main characters have been killed off, which sucks (BOONE!!!), and a few get on my nerves, but I’ll roll with it. After watching all those seasons, I can’t abandon it now.

Oh, and let me just say this real quick:

“LONG LIVE THE PIRATE’S BAY!

Next topic: Fanfiction (Cause, you know, that is why we’re here, right?)

I finally added the second chapter to The Edge of Seventeen’s second epilogue. It was supposed to be 2 chaps in total, but it just didn’t work out that way. I had so many bases that I wanted to cover that I ended up with well over 10,000 words and every attempt at shaving it down didn’t work. So, I gave in and posted it as is and decided to complete it with 3 chapters instead. I don’t regret it, and even if many gave up on it, I wanted to finish it for myself (and Irini). I’m also about to polish off the first giftfic I made for Onna (The More Things Change) because she’s Onna! 😛 But also, I was serious when I said that I had plans to end these fictions that only need a chap or two before completion. I want to clean up my library, leaving only the stories that are pretty far from the end. And yup, that means the long-coming conclusion to “Ever After”.

I’ve been working on some new fictions -none are posted yet- and that will remain the case until I’ve written several chapters of each, and I’ve closed several stragglers. None are drabbles, or oneshots. They’re all novellas and full-on Pulp Fiction, which is another reason why I want to hold off on posting them.

On the drabble front, about 8 months back, Chibi gave me -literally- thousands of prompts with the challenge that I write at least 2 per month (mainly yaoi and I/K). Needless to say, I haven’t done that. However, I’m going to start. Sometimes I feel like writing and I don’t want to pick up any of my current stories. At the same time, I don’t want to start anything new -that’s when a drabble comes in. They will all be 1000 words or less and all genres/pairings (not that I write much outside of I/K). Admittedly,  I know many will have a dark nature to them (angst and dark -what I love best!).

Will that be happening soon? Probably not because I’m busy with work and the sites right now, but I may toss a little something out there when my updates are taking too long just to give my lovelies something to snack on while I whip up the main course. 😀 (Remember, folks. IG isn’t a “drabble author”. They’re like pulling teeth most of the time and they’re not what I want to be known for. These would just be an exercise in word count discipline, lol.)

It’s raining and cold here. I actually have on a blanket! But my spirits are high and Selina gave me a great laugh on her LJ (she’s posting Dave Chappelle, Jim Carrey, and Boondocks clips), and best of all, a friend of mine that wanted to pull her work off the net was convinced to let it stay. That, by far, was the greatest news of the day. In the words of Eddie Griffin when he did some stand up about Dr. King and his civil rights demonstrations, “Take back your shit! Don’t march about it!” Allowing people to chase you away from something you enjoy is the height of giving in and it’s unacceptable.

I got another one of my giftarts back from my Kau who commissioned the Samurai pic. I haven’t watermarked it yet, so I can’t post it, but I will be doing that shortly. In the meantime, I’ll dig into the vault.