jennickels: (a: random ramblings)
jennickels ([personal profile] jennickels) wrote2011-09-12 02:05 pm
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+Just checked our bank accounts and we had $40 in the checking account.  We are poor.  So what's new?  Don't get me wrong, I'm laughing right now.  I transferred $200 from the savings account because payday isn't until the 20th and Jack's almost out of diapers (enough to last today and maybe tomorrow) and we're down to 2 rolls of toilet paper for 6 people.  Life is crazy.  At the end of August we got down to just $25 in the checking account, lol.  Had to transfer $100.  Payday was the 5th but most of that check goes towards the rent.  Can't wait until November when we start seeing hubby's raise on the checks.  October 13 (I think it is) marks 11 years he's been with Southwest Airlines and that means he "tops out" his pay.  He gets a $6/hour raise which will be active at the end of October but we won't see that until the first paycheck in November.  Will be so nice to not have to worry about this crap any more.  Oh, and interest to date this year on our checking account... $.01.  LMAO!

+The house is all quiet and peaceful.  Today is my first full day alone with Jack.  So far so good.  Woke up late thanks to way too much caffeine before bed and hubby getting frisky at 2am.  Luckily the kids don't need me to get up with them.  Meagan was ready to leave for school already, Nora had eaten (for some reason they won't let the kindy kids go to the cafeteria for breakfast when they get off the bus, grrr) and everyone was dressed.  Got them all out the door with minimal fuss which was good because my brain was not really working yet.  Then I got Jack breakfast and cleaned up the house while he was eating.  I'm on my 2nd load of laundry, the dishes have been washed and emptied, the floor is mopped and Jack is now napping.  If only it was every day, lol.  But Nora only has school on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.  Wednesday they get out at 1pm and Thursday my husband has off so he's home to bug me.  Things run so smooth and relaxed without the 5 of them here.

+Farscape on the brain.  I actually mostly didn't think about it all last night while I wasn't sleeping thanks to said caffeine high.  But I did channel all the angst into a little fantasy for my original story I occasionally talk about ("The Story" or Sarah/Tucker whichever I call it at the time).  But as I got more sleepy the names kept slipping to Aeryn and John.  Hmmm.  PKW should be here on Wednesday.  YAY!

+Weight loss to date: 29lbs.  Booyah!  And that was with me going just about completely off track last week.  With being sick and stuff I just stopped caring for the most part.  I ate when I felt like it and whatever I could find.  I stuffed my face with a 10oz burger with all the trimmings (including thick cut bacon) at the diner.  I don't even want to think about how much fat was in that, lol.  It's so yummy, though, and I've been so good for so long.  I even had my first (two) donuts in two months.  TWO MONTHS!  I didn't buy the bag of chips I wanted, though, so I guess I was a little good.  I was resigned to being back up to 245lbs after all that and it didn't bother me.  I knew I could easily lose that again and get back on track.  But, amazingly, I stepped on the scale yesterday after all that and was 235lbs.  That's 3lbs less than the last time I weighed myself.  Hmmm.  Not sure what I did there but I'm I think I still subconsciously watch what I'm eating.  Cool beans.  Now if only I could motivate myself to actually exercise.  All I know is my favorite pants are no longer fitting.  They are way toooooo big and just slide off my hips.  Awesome but not so cool when you have nothing smaller and no money to buy new clothes.  Where's that belt?

+BETA REQUEST  I'm going through my works in progress list, trying to actually finish some stories up.  The one I'm working on now is a long one so I tend to like betas for them.  It's actually a three (so far) parter with part one finished and betaed already.  I'm typing up what I have of part two right now and will need help cleaning that up and figuring out how to end it and what to do with part three.  Part one is almost 7700 words.  Part two is already 4700 words and I haven't finished typing what I have written and I know that's no where near the end of it.  No clue about part three.  I don't want to publish any of it until all three are done to make sure I actually finish them all.  Any takers?  Mostly I need someone to bounce ideas off of (as usual).

+In relation to the beta request (sort of).  I could really use a NaNo buddy to bounce ideas off of.  I'm writing original sci-fi but I'm planning for the story to be episodic and I really need someone to help me plan out a "season" of stories with overlying arcs and stuff.  Just like a TV show would have.  Not sure how much I'll actually fit into my NaNo attempt.  I'm thinking each "episode" would be like 10-15k words but not sure until I actually write them.  And not sure how many stories I want in each season.  I think it will depend on the story arc.  I plan to devour tvtropes.org for ideas and basically steal ideas from all my favorite sci-fi series.  Call it an "homage," lol.  Anyone want to help.  Not sure I actually plan to publish any of this but I'm sure I'll have fun plotting it all out.

[identity profile] virkatjol.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
IS THERE PORN IN YOUR STORY? i only read porn I am a terrible BETA for edits though. I've already decided against NaNo this year because my schedule is going to get to crazy. BUt I am a good bosser if you need someone to encourage you! LOL

AERYN AND JOHN ARE THE BEEESSSSST!! They always be sneaking into my thoughts tooooo. I don't mind though. WRITE ME J/A FIC OK? i love J/A fic.

OMG YOU HAVE TO READ IN THE COMPANY OF GHOSTS. It is the most awesome J/A FIC EVERRRRRRRR!!! SOOOOO AMAZING!!! Also Child of the Night. I should get you links and be useful or something...

[identity profile] virkatjol.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
la la la In the Company of Ghosts (http://bifictionalbedlam.slashcity.net/guests/ghosts1.html)

Child of the Night (http://www.crash-debris.com/Fanfiction/024ChildOfTheNight01.html)*

The Talyn Suite (http://www.farscapeworld.com/fanfic/stories/talyn1.php)

None of them have PKW spoilers. ALL ARE LONG. the third one has a hard to read ending cause it's about Tayln!John... BUT IT IS HOT SEX BEFORE THAT. IDEK IF YOU LIKE PORN BUT THAT ONE IS GOOD PORN.

*All Her fic is pretty good.

[identity profile] virkatjol.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I like replying to myself OK?

THE HOTTEST J/A FIC EVERRRRRR (http://www.shriftweb.org/leviathan/archive/8/scientistastronaut.html) Takes place during Out Of Their Minds. mmmmm this one is amazing.
ext_391411: There is a god sitting here with wet fingers. (iz-ded)

[identity profile] campylobacter.livejournal.com 2011-09-13 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Scientist, Astronaut, and Nymphomaniac: The nine lives of John Crichton" = AWESOME Farscape porn yesssss!

I left feedback for it but I don't think the author ever received it or she's left the fandom.

[identity profile] virkatjol.livejournal.com 2011-09-13 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
she's on LJ somewhere too... urm. http://rubberneck.livejournal.com/ is feldman. after you watch PKW you need to read Pretty in Punk (http://rubberneck.livejournal.com/271482.html) cause it's awesomeeeeeee!!

[identity profile] jennickels.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry, I don't write porn (I think I'm the only person online that doesn't, lol). I still giggle when I hear the word penis, I could never write porn.

I haven't come up with any Farscape stories, yet. Maybe after I rewatch all the episodes something will come to me. I have way too many SG-1 stories to finish first.

[identity profile] virkatjol.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
DUDE I rarely use the word penis in my porn. It's just not hot. IDK. LOL it's ok that you don't write porn. I will read any J/A. And you love aaaangst so just give me some PG angst with a happy ending and I am happpppy!

[identity profile] jennickels.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL, that was just the first example that popped into my head. Give me any term for anatomy or biological functions and I turn into an 11yo school girl giggling over "sex ed" class. I'm such a dork.

Angst I can do.

[identity profile] virkatjol.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I used to be that way but then i went to college for ag. We talked about so much biological function that got me over my porn issues. NOW I LOVE PORN. wait wut... LOL

i have issues with angst, but I think I"m getting more better at it,

[identity profile] jennickels.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I used to write exclusively angst back when I first started writing fanfic. It was all That 70s Show so it kind of came easy. The one Angel fic I wrote (that isn't done yet) is all angst with a little adventure thrown in.

But when I started writing SG-1 I found I wasn't finishing any of my angst-filled pieces so switched to writing more fun, UST, happy ending type stuff. Light on the angst. I'm trying to finish up the really angsty stuff now. I'm so out of the habit I'm having issues, lol.

I love reading angst. The more dramatic and heart-wrenching the better. I love the twisted up feeling I get in my chest when I read it (or write it). I rarely read fluffy stuff. Too much sugar for me, lol. I like my stories dark and agnsty--the kind that tear you apart from the inside out and actually make you cry. The worse my mood the more angst I want. I'm strange.

[identity profile] virkatjol.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
You should enjoy Child of the Night and In the Company of ghosts then. Also Talyn Suite rips me apart. I was BAWLING. But there is a ton of porn to get to that part. LOL

most FS fic is really angsty.

OH You would probably like Blue Eyes (http://www.shriftweb.org/leviathan/archive/7/blueeyes.html) too.

[identity profile] jennickels.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll definitely check them out. I occasionally do read porn. Most of the time I kind of just pass over the porn parts of stories. I'm one of those people that doesn't mind the "fade to black" when the sex scenes come up. I don't need the details.

Which cracks me up because most of my fannish friends online are all porn writers, lol. I'm not sure how I managed that.

[identity profile] virkatjol.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Most of my personal fic about J/A is NOT porn, strangely because 90% of my fic IS porn. I guess we get the porn for them on screen. LOL
ext_391411: There is a god sitting here with wet fingers. (kino porn)

[identity profile] campylobacter.livejournal.com 2011-09-13 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
penis penis penis penis

vagina vagina vagina vagina

[identity profile] jennickels.livejournal.com 2011-09-13 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
*gigglesnort*

see... I told you, giggling. :)
ext_391411: Vala had her hand on that sword hilt a long time. (metaphor)

[identity profile] campylobacter.livejournal.com 2011-09-13 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
I got taken to task for using "vulva" in het porn because my beta thinks it's unsexy, so I changed it to her suggestion: mound. Vulva's used in F/F slash, but not as much as cunt, pussy, vag, slit etc. are used.

In M/M slash, even the "clinical" words anus, rectum, sphincter, perineum & prostate get play. I think it depends on the context and the skill of the writer. I love pushing the envelope by seeing if I can use a clinical word in a sexy way. Doesn't always work, which is why beta-readers are vital.

[identity profile] virkatjol.livejournal.com 2011-09-13 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
i tend to use penis when it's not hard yet. I think or when it's more of an emotional point instead of a porn point. IDK if that makes sense. I've never used vulva. But labia i've done. And i don't think I've done vagina either. (that's what she said) But at this point I've written so much porn I have no idea really.
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[identity profile] xfirefly9x.livejournal.com 2011-09-13 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry, I don't write porn (I think I'm the only person online that doesn't, lol)

Not the only one!
:)
lolmac: (Thud)

[personal profile] lolmac 2011-09-14 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
Nope, not the only one . . . I mod a porn comm but I can barely get beyond suggestive in my own writing. Ha! Selective focus + fade-to-black . . . yup, that's me.

[identity profile] nymaeria.livejournal.com 2011-09-13 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
I'd be happy to read your three-part story. I may not have time until this weekend, but if it can wait until then, feel free to send it along!

[identity profile] jennickels.livejournal.com 2011-09-13 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
That'd be great. Since I don't even have part 2 finished this weekend is fine. You have to read part 1 to know what's going on in part 2. I'm having issues finding time typing up what I have of part 2. I started out good earlier and then I had to research something which got me back online and distracted. Then my husband came home and turned on the TV. Then I had to walk to the store and here it is 7pm and I haven't gotten any more done, lol.

I should have what is written typed by this weekend, though. Might even add to it by then (fingers crossed).

I'll send you part one to read when you get the chance (it's all Sam/Jack angst).

[identity profile] nymaeria.livejournal.com 2011-09-13 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
cool! sounds good. I'm in the mood for some Sam/Jack angst :)