Beyond Redemption

So, my Kau from Louisiana sent me a package for Xmas. (We’re prone to doing that. Birthdays, holidays -we sent each other stuff) Now, I knew she was sending me the new Star Trek DVD -she knows about my love affair with Spock- but the rest was a surprise and what nice ones they were!

She sent me the first season box set of True Blood! Squee! Lafayette is SO worth owning. 😛 She also sent me tons of “moo candy” (this milk candy that has cows on the pkge), and this >.> cow that sings Xmas songs. See, we have a thing about cows. Hence why we call each other “Kau”. That’s a cow from the game “neopets”, so she likes to send me a different type of cow every time she mails me something. >.>

Back to this box’s cow.

Silly story: I take this big ass cow in a Xmas stocking out of the bag. She sends me a note saying to push the button. I’m like, what button? Well, I find it on the thing’s hand and press it. This cow starts screaming this xmas song and moving its arms and stuff. <.< I screamed and dropped it, lol. It scared the shit outta me! I also have some InuYasha key chains I didn't have (He's human!!!), a gang of chocolate pies (I have a thing about these pies they make there. It's like hostess, but they have this chocolate filling, and for someone that isn't much for chocolate, I love them. <.<) Then she sent me this little replica sword keepsake from the Renaissance Fair they had in LA because I played so much Castle Age on FB. Hehe... There was other stuff in the box, too, but the highlight for me was "Somewhere in Time“. I’ve mentioned this movie to y’all before, and a few years ago, I wrote a little fic about it called “Amber”. The story is about a guy who falls in love with a woman from the past and how he manages to travel in time to her. So, the story has parallels to IY, but I loved it before I knew IY existed. The film stars Christopher Reeve (I loved that man!) and Jane Seymour. I have the DVD (but she didn’t know that) and sent it to me again, but more importantly, she found the soundtrack and the original book and sent those, too!

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

I yelled so loud! OMG!!! The music from that movie is absolutely BEAUTIFUL and never fails to make my eyes tear. I’m so happy!! *dances* I had the mp3 of the song, but I never had the actual soundtrack, so now I have both. Funny, too, is that a few months ago she sent me the vinyl copy. She had it in her house -how odd is that that we both liked that sort of “cult classic”? It’s an AMAZING film, so I know the book will be so much better because there’s far more detail. *Hops around*

I’ve been saying for years that I was going to rewrite Amber and make it better (I wrote it all in one day in 2005, and while I got my point across, I’ve evolved as a writer and I know I can do better by it) and having the book and music really inspires me to get started. It’s one of those “Labor of Love” stories; I don’t care who likes it or not. I’m writing it for myself in homage of a film that means a lot to me. So, yeah. 😀

*GLOMPS KAU AND ROLLS AROUND*

Speaking of writing, I’m halfway through my next chapter for my new story with my OC. It’s been fun, this free-for-all that I’ve been having with it. I’m usually very hard on myself with writing. I think that’s why it takes me so long to update (in addition to the lack of inspiration). I try to get things as close to perfect as possible because I want to please everyone more than myself. It’s the wrong approach, I think. I need to write just to write, and if people like it, AWESOME. I’ll feed off their enthusiasm and use it as inspiration to make more. But even if they don’t like it, if I do, that needs to be enough for me. Know what I’m saying? Won’t be an easy rule to live by, but I’m going to try.

That said, all of you that have stepped up with reviews and encouragement for the new story -you guys have my heart. You really do. Thank you so much. It means a lot to me that you gave this story a chance, and the fact that you’re enjoying it makes it all the more awesome. It shows me that you have my back in all things -and that’s why I’m going to make it my business to finish the stories I know those specific people really want to see.

I don’t update as much as I should, but with my moving away from a lot of fandom things and concentrating more on my own sites and writing (I even pretty much dumped my facebook games, too!), I will be making more of an effort to get back to what was supposed to be fun. That means more writing (when my hands permit) and it’s all for y’all. Seriously. <33 Stay awesome. [caption id="attachment_463" align="alignleft" width="555" caption="Commissioned for me by Onna (Inuyashaloverr) for KOR! "][/caption]