All the RomCom of Qi Xi

Work is eating my brain alive. I've barely been able to pause for a breath. I take about 5 minutes to eat and, even then, I'm normally reading a spreadsheet or Peachtree report. Fry's has also increased my hours for the next two weeks so now I'm at 26 hours a week. Which, yanno, crazy but the money is nice.

In happy-making news, emiime and her husband visited Tucson and I was able to hang out with them for a few hours on Tuesday night at one of my favorite restaurants ever. They're both AWESOME. I'm totally pimping Tucson to them to get them to move here.

New trailer for Boondock Saints II is out -



What do you guys think? ( my thoughts )

In body!fail news: I just finished my period 5 days ago. I have it again. Gyno told me "that's normal" for those coming off the medication I've been on. I call bullshit. Time for a new gyno.

In interviewing news: The sheer, overwhelming number of resumes coming in has reached the depressing stage. There are so many people that are looking for jobs and, dude, you can tell that they're just trying to better themselves (to my entry level position, which boggles my brain). I had my first interview and this lady was just as condescending and arrogant in person as she was in her resume. Which was at mindboggling proportions, already. Only reason she was called in is because my coworker and I picked 5 each and she was one of my coworker's 5. We have 15 interviews next week. I had one lady call and cuss me out for not calling her earlier and then start going on about how she deserves that job. FYI - the second you call me "bitch" or "kiddo", the process is over for you. I might be younger than you but I will be your boss so, yanno, you might not want to act like you're so much better than me.

My fucking puss-sack little nephews got me sick. I can't even swallow, my throat is too sore. I'm completely congested, coughing, sneezing and have watery eyes. *shakes impotent fist of rage*

At work, we've started to receive resumes for the open position in my office. One resume, so far, takes the cake. It states: when you hire me, I expect higher pay because I have to work with you dog killers. I'm sorry but wtf? Multiple problems with this. 1.) WHEN?! Way to assume, buddy. 2.) Salary demands already? and 25 bucks an hour? For a part time entry level position? 3.) Dog Killers? Way to insult the reviewing/hiring people.

The sad bit, this looks to be a real resume and a real application. I called their previous employer (been unemployed since 2007, gee, I wonder why) and they said this guy is for real, he's this psycho (not in those words but as close as they could be without risking a lawsuit).

*puts on trash pile*

The first day the resumes were being accepted was yesterday. We received 40 resumes. For a part time position that pays 10/hour. 40. Now I know the economy is in the crapper as the previous two times we opened this job up (at least once a year for the past 5 years), we've gotten maybe 5 resumes each time. And that's when the position was full-time with benefits.

As I continue to scribble away at copious amounts of Star Trek, I thought I'd do that meme that's floating around. Except there's no way I can pick just 10. So I broke it down into het and slash and posted them in no discernable order.

Choose your top 10> 15 pairings from any fandom:

Slash:

1.) Dean/Seamus (HP)
2.) Kirk/McCoy (ST:XIverse)
3.) Connor/Murphy MacManus (Boondock Saints)
4.) Bobby/Jack Mercer (Four Brothers)
5.) Bryce Dignam/Billy Costigan (The Departed)
6.) Pete Dunham/Carl Buckner (Hooligans/Green Street Hooligans)
7.) Tyr Anasazi/Seamus Harper (Andromeda)
8.) Harry/Draco (HP)
9.) Remus/Sirius (HP)
10.) Matt/Mohinder (Heroes)
11.) Chekov/Sulu (ST:XIverse)
12.) Logan/Remy (X-Men)
13.) Agent Zero/Bolt (X-Men)
14.) Luke/Wedge (Star Wars)
15.) Wedge/Tycho (Star Wars)

Het:

1.) Spock/Uhura (ST:XIverse)
2.) Colin/Parvati (HP)
3.) Seamus/Lavender (HP)
4.) Neville/Ginny (HP)
5.) Seamus Harper/Andromeda (Andromeda)
6.) George/Mason (Dead Like Me)
7.) Dean/Luna (HP)
8.) Logan/Jean Grey (X-Men)
9.) Iceman/Rogue (X-Men)
10.) Revan/Malak (Star Wars:KOTOR)
11.) Carth/Revan (Star Wars: KOTOR)
12.) Exile/Atton (Star Wars: KOTOR)
13.) Revan/Canderous (Star Wars: KOTOR)
14.) Wedge/Winter (Star Wars)
15.) Han/Leia (Star Wars)


Also - after reviewing the business plan for my main place of employment, I've come to the conclusion that it is as follows:

1.) Get offered retail space for store.
2.) Think about opening store.
3.) ???
4.) Profit!

They had no cost of goods sold or payroll expenses factored into the budget. None. So they're going to sell shit that, um, doesn't cost anything and is sold by elves in the middle of the night? IDEK.

I'm sitting in janicechess's house and I should be working. And I am if your definition of working is yelling at my computer as I read emails from my boss. Swear to god, that woman wouldn't remember to breathe without me there to pat her hand and remind her about the concepts of in and out.

I really do not want to go back to work. ( cut to spare the uninterested as I bitch about the amount of work waiting for me )

Anyway on to non-work related shit - I think there's a karmic rule about fandom and fic searches - only the worst stories ever get searched for (and having seen a couple of my "bad" fic get searched for, I fully embrace and participate in this philosophy). I normally click the link anyway cause I cannot stop myself due to my overactive trainwreck syndrome. I've been pleasantly surprised a few times and this time was one of them as I encountered some stunning Remus/Sirius. The fic search sounded ridiculous and I was totes ready to laugh and spork but, instead, I ended up with biting back tears at the way that the canon between these two was handled.

Being an Historical Record of Events Surrounding the Unfortunate game of Truth-or-Dare Game of February the Twenty-Second And Consequences thereof is the first. It's got a few SPAG errors, a couple moments that made me think "chick with dick" but, honestly? Don't let that fool you into not reading it. It's got quite a good sense of poignancy and beauty there, the way that they fumble around one another and slowly build into an interesting take on the fanon trope of how and why Sirius leaves Grimmauld Place.

I see a Darkness is the second part and just about broke my heart. It doesn't start where Being an Historical... stops. Instead, it's got a disparate timeline that weaves everything together in a broken misshapen lump of a relationship that works even when it doesn't. The author does a great job of getting everything out there, whether positive or negative. You can feel the way that Remus reacts to everything and it is an amazing piece of work.

geekerypookery is the author and I'm currently trolling her journal looking for more R/S because I love her dynamics of these two so much.

Moving on to the ramble, I love fic searches. I really do. ( cut for the rest as I ramble and ramble )

In other less rambly stuffs and postings - I'm working through my hp_yule_balls assignment. It's a tough slog (no offence to the mods or the recipient as it isn't their faults). Mainly it's a tough slog because I'm so wishywashy about whether or not my idea is a good one and if it's a good fit. So I'm being one of those tedious participants who need constant handholding and reassurance.

I'm also working on a story that currently has the summary of "the story where Remus is a street musician and Sirius is a stockbroker and Peter likes Tom Jones while James has his head up his arse and it works just don't ask me how or why or where this came from".

There are also my three non-HP claims at slashfest. I've about 5k into a Wolverine/Gambit post-X3 story and about 1k in to a PWP with Christian/Ollie at Verbotene Liebe. I have nothing into my Nightrunner claim but a good idea.

Went to watch a movie on Sunday with my sister and one of her friends. I'll have a proper review of it later (probably tomorrow as I'm so beyond behind on posting my resolution reviews, it isn't funny). I'm still on track for finishing the 50 books/50 movies this year even with working assloads of hours.

Anyway, when we came home, I watched Newsies. This is such my guilty pleasure movie. ( ramble ramble, Newsies, Christian Bale is hot, jury duty, Fry's whinging )

So, um, I'm sure you've noticed that it's, err, Thursday and no update on Memories as a Teacup. There's a good reason for it. Really, there is. It's just that...well... I, um, I've lost my thumbdrive. The one with the story on it? Yeah, that thumbdrive. I've been looking all over for it and I cannot find it at all. Thankfully, nefernat has a copy of the beta'd version and will be sending it to me tomorrow. Also, elanorofcastile has seen the additions thus I have everything. Just not in one organised place. So I'm not SOL but I am late. You may now being hurling salmonella-poisoned tomatoes at me. I suck and I apologise. I'm cleaning my room only to find the damnable thumbdrive.

I participated in the Kinky Kollaboration Month at Daily Deviant on IJ. Thus, Fic.

I worked with kethlenda and omg, braintwin. We had similar ideas and the story turned out quite lovely, in my not so humble opinion. Details:

Title: In Which Dean and Seamus Miss Each Other and Check Out Girls
Pairings: Dean/Seamus-ish. Seamus/Lavender-ish. Dean/Luna-ish.
Warnings: Voyeurism, Wanking
Wordcount: ~3200

Go check it out and let the pair of us know what you thought. Please?

Have been playing with stuffs for the hd_worldcup and created a widget for the google homepage. You can find it here. Let me know if you all find it handy?

Have a bazillion recs to post but can't get the brain to function properly. They're mostly from smutty_claus and rs_small_gifts as those are the two fests I'm following because I'm participating in them. I'm quite enjoying the recs from merry_smutmas that you all are posting, though. They point out the great fics that I might pass on first glance as the pairing might not be my cuppa. So, thanks for widening my horizons and highlighting the brilliant works.

( work babbling/ranting ahoy )

I should not be trusted on the internet without yodels around. I have signed up for picfor1000 and hp_springsmut. I got a crazy prompt for picfor1000 last year that ended up turning out pretty cool. hp_springsmut shall be interesting as my requests are either Seamus/Someone or Sirius/Someone, basically. Good luck to the mods with matching me and May the Force Be With You. Sorry to be so complicated.

I have tl;dr thoughts on how detailed a prompt you should leave for your author (hint: it isn't 16 words long counting each name in your pairings). But that is for another post.

Someday, I will get to posting the last of my resolution reviews. They've only been done since November 15th.

Am dogsitting at the house from the 50s over Christmas. I am also starting a second job starting Sunday. It's at a grocery store that sort of masquerades as a Target and I will be working in the home department. Err, yayes for folding towels for 6 hours a shift? But, needs (and Terminus) must so 20 hours a week shall do it.

Finally - I have just mailed out the Christmas cards. Didn't get all the drabbles finished so, instead, I'm going to post them here for a 12 days of christmas sort of thing, instead. I hope that's cool with everyone. I'm sorry to be so lame. Life just got chaotic.

Ok, I lied. slashfest Round VI is coming! BWEE!!! Get your prompting thoughts ready! And, err, if you have outstanding requests? Could you take a look and see if they're really something you still want? I have 410 outstanding requests right now. Also - I suggest you all go take a look if you're looking for inspiration or you have something you're working on. Maybe perhaps hopefully the story/artwork will fit one of the outstanding prompts.

Today was the workday from hell.

It started with an email from the payroll company telling me that they were unwilling to do further research and that I should seek legal counsel to sue an employee to get the duplicate paid funds back from said employee. Only catch? Said employee only got the funds once, as I've been saying from the beginning. It was clearly apparent that the fucktard hadn't bothered to look at my email let alone the email attachment showing the employee's bank statement illustrating that they only got the funds once. Fucking fucktarding assholes.

Then, we have our annual audit going on right now. ( work babble )

Fandom-wise, I'm writing for fun and that is very very nice. I have a huge deamus that will eventually go along with the 100quills claim I made for Deamus but for now, I'm just tweaking for canon compliance before I start sending to beta and then posting. It's sitting at about 27000 words right now with IDK how many more to go.

rs_small_gifts is making me feel like the nose-picker in elementary school that's last to get picked for dodgeball. I thought I made relatively open requests but no one's claimed any of them. *le sad* All I want is kissing. That's it. However, I claimed something that is made of win and the only problem with it that I shall have is keeping it small. Plus the mods are made of win and have promised everyone who claims will get something so I still have something to look forward to, regardless of said nose-picker status.

UGH, speaking of nosepicking, ( brief rant about Tucson drivers ) Sorry about that, now on to the rest of the post...

thescarletwoman and I have assumed the reins at rs_prophet and we're looking to revitalize and relaunch it. If you have any current Remus/Sirius writers you think we should watch, leave a list here, please. Also, if you're interested in being an editor, email me? wook77[at]livejournal[dot]com.

Typing my email up there reminded me that my paid account is expiring soon. I'm really sad to be losing my icons and that whole LJ email thing.

Finally, a couple of recs.

Because I'm finally able to put coherent thought into it. At hpslashnotsmut, I received Observance and it's Dean/Seamus. Brilliant composition and form, unique and lovely. Add in that this mystery author's characterisations are spot-on and I'm in love. It entwines within the Deathly Hallows canon and it's seamless, really. Just little bibs and bobs of canon that I just love so much. It's extremely well done and I can't tell you that enough. There's these little idiosyncratic observances that really make the story completely full and vibrant. It had me from the first sentence, really. I wanted to know more and the author really gave me just enough to fill in the blanks ALMOST to the point of being satiated. I absolutely love a story that does that for me. I'm gobsmacked that it only has 2 comments on it. Surely more people have read it and enjoyed it.

kaalee wrote a stream-of-consciousness drabble-ish Dean/Seamus for my birthday - Deadly Perfection. We've had these conversations about how I'm a bit of a stream of consciousness author, I like giving insights into their heads and writing exactly what the characters are thinking and kaalee claims that she can't do that. Personally, I think and have thought, she's full of shit. This right here is my physical proof. It flows really nicely and gives you a fleshed out picture simply by what it implies in between the thoughts.

Go forth and heap the love by telling the creators of these (and more) works that you enjoyed them!

We've had a lot of people (at work, obviously) go on FMLA. So I made a crack to the HR Director that there were only three people in the entire complex not on FMLA - me, her and my new boss.

( Why I shouldn't have opened my mouth )

( The Black Donnellys ramblings... spoilers probably abound )

Random update -

We've hired a new boss at work. She seems very nice. Very down to earth and friendly. I'm looking forward to working with her.

I spent all day attempting to get my payroll software to work because of the firewall installed so you can't even google anything. Which meant that the payroll software couldn't communicate with the payroll company to get the checks cut. Frustration central, let me tell you.

Got the rest of my week's worth of work done today because of the lack of internet usage. I have nothing to do the rest of the week. I'm tempted to bring in a couple of movies and watch them. Speaking of movies - I'm 25% of the way through my resolution 100. I have 3 more books to review (all of which scored 9 or above) and another 3 out of the library.

Also - anyone know what the movie title is of the movie where Kevin Bacon plays the pedophile in the woods or something?

Anyone know of any good browsers out there that aren't Firefox or IE? Both of those are banned from the internet so I'd like to get a different one as our IT person is such a fucktard she won't catch on at all. (No, really, the only reason she discovered the Firefox thing is that some asshat mentioned it to his boss who is also the IT person's boss) I had a recommendation for Opera... anyone second that rec?

I've fic coming but most all of you won't be reading it because it's het.

DL'd the pilot episode of The Black Donnellys and still love it, more than is healthy.

In a moment of weakness (financial and mental, is my claim), I agreed to dogsit for those chihuahuas that liked to try to bite me. It'll be 200 bucks for a week and there's a yard so I don't have to worry about diapers. Did I say it's 200 bucks? Cause I'm getting paid 200 bucks. *keeps trying to justify it*

*fails miserably*

I've missed chatting throughout the day with so many of you. However, I've now set up my gmail account to do that pop forwarding thing to my work email so you can email me instead *hopes*.

How are all of you?