Beyond Redemption

I haven’t updated this thing in a while, huh? Well, it’s been a little busy around here as of late. As y’all know, I do have a job and a life outside of fandom and that’s had all of my concentration. I haven’t been doing much outside of working and sleeping lately, and I mean, I’ve been hitting the sheets by 9pm. It’s just hectic these days. However, I have the weekend off and I plan to devote that to my fandom duties.

The Eternal Destiny contest ends tonight and I’ll be reading the entries on Saturday (along with my appointed fellow judges). So the winners will be chosen by Sunday. Then, I’ll be working with Neo on the banners and readying the prizes for shipping. Well, except first place. That will be coming from the awesome, Notoes. 😀 The next ED contest won’t be for a while -probably six months or so.

The new skin for ED is complete, as is the new skin for the ED LiveJournal and the Imagery Eternal gallery. (Yeah, on top of work, I’ve been busy on that stuff, too.) I think you guys will like the fanart and header and I’m giddy to show it to y’all. But, that won’t be until Monday. Yup, ED was the first and is still bringing the fresh shit. 0.~

Speaking of Monday, don’t forget that the Feudal Association nominations begin on Monday as well, so get in there and nominate your favorite stories and fanart. We accept submissions from any publicly accessible website. We’ve also introduced a new category:

Best Ficlet – Drabble or poetry of any genre or pairing with a word count of 800 or less.

That means all of those teeny, tiny fics and poems that have caught your fancy now have a proper home. So come share them with us. ^^

I haven’t done much writing lately. I’ve wanted to, but I’m seriously blocked and I have a lot on my plate at the moment, so the time isn’t really there. But I do want to say that I’m still alive and I’m not retired, lol. New chapters will come as soon as my head gets back into it. Trust me on that. I won’t be shutting down until I complete the fics that I still really love.

So, I’m probably last on the bandwagon, but I finally created an account on Last fm. OMG, I fucking love that place. I made the account on Tuesday, or something, but only last night did I create the profile and add my library. For those that are unfamiliar, Last fm is a music site where you can listen to/discover new artists in addition to listening to the ones you love. You add your favorite bands to your library and they make recommendations for you (of other groups).

You can also create a “radio station” by entering a band’s name. The system will then collect other bands that have a similar sound/genre and play non-stop tunes for you while displaying information on the current band and the station itself displays photos of the band. So far, I found 5 new groups/songs that I’ve liked enough to download, which is pretty awesome. Some bands also offer free downloads, too. I don’t plan on getting social with anyone there (They have shoutboxes, forums, etc.), but if any of y’all sign up, feel free to friend me. Since I actually know y’all, I’ll respond. 😛

I have a dentist appointment today (so, so fun to go to the dentist in the rain), and then I need to shop for food (more fun). But then I’ll be home attempting to write and I’ll probably start in on the contest entries. I hope everyone’s been well. I’ve hardly had a moment to e-mail anyone or visit with my HOA family, but I’ll be doing that over this free weekend.

So, lil6ter and my J!!! told me that there’s a new movie out (well, this was before it actually hit theaters) called GFE. Yeah, The Girlfriend Experience. I snagged the film the day before it was released and couldn’t get out of the first 30 minutes. My God, it’s so boring. >.< J!!! thought it was a lot like my GFE (in the synopsis anyway), but I can assure you that it’s not. At least not from what I’ve seen thus far. I’m going to try it again over the weekend, but I’m not looking forward to it, lol.

I also downloaded The Venture Bros. seasons, and OMG, it’s hilarious. If you haven’t been watching that on Adult Swim, you must. It’s fucking fantastic, and I adore Dr. Girlfriend. The joke with her begins when she opens her mouth. 😛

Allrighty, now that I’ve done a bit of updating with y’all, I shall take my leave. I hope everyone enjoys their weekend and gets in on the great weather we’re supposed to have. Me? I’m going to stay home and be lazy. I’ve got all summer to roast outside!

Ciao, bellas!