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[turps]

You'd think if you have a cordless phone you'd remember to put it back on its charger at night, then when it rings and rings and rings in the morning it could be answered. But no, it seems down the side of the armchair is where it's left. This morning is just one irritation on top of another. I couldn't watch MX because James wanted to see something else, he said I could watch the repeat this afternoon, which yes I can, but that's not the point. I need my Brennan fix! Then Kay phoned. I gave her my old computer last year, it's not that old maybe 4 years if that but she keeps breaking him. So this morning the computer guy came out to fix it and said Blue should be trashed and I broke him. Me! Because I apparently had too much stuff on him and used too much memory, which is pissing me off because that's what computers are for. Yes, I did download a lot but Blue had two hard drives because of that. OH, and the computer guy reset the computer back to a time before I installed Virgin.net so it means I'll have to go up and install BT anytime again so I can download the Virgin software which is something I really don't want to do. Gah!

But good things. There's new Chris pics! And he looks fantastic! Such a wonderful hot man, he makes my day brighter, he really does.

I joined the Voyager weekly challenge comm, because Voyager! The comm seems mostly to be drabble based which is weird but we'll see how it goes. I read a little too between my rant about phones and computers and writing this. Now that I leave my computer on all the time I tend to leave the browsers too so I can carry on where I left off at night. This means for the last week I've had a browser open on the Living Series by Matthew Haldemen-Time. By now it's become a personal challenge that I will finish it even though the story confuses the hell out of me. There's so many Justins and Nicks and sdbs having sex with each other and the burning question is who the hell are 98 Degrees? The only reason I know Nick Lachey is because of the Newlyweds. Oh I know they're short, buff, can't dance and have enormous dicks too, but that might be fanon.

I'd better go and fix the computer again...sigh.

Did I mention new Chris pics! ;)

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[ceci2176.livejournal.com]

I apparently had too much stuff on him and used too much memory, which is pissing me off because that's what computers are for.
*aaargh* I so agree with you on that. But my computer guy seems to agree with your compuer guy - what do they know?!

But good things. There's new Chris pics!
WHERE?! *needs to see them*

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Man, this no comment notification thing is pissing me off.

Computer guys know nothing! ;)

They're here (http://kirkpatrick.nu/media/photoalbum/thumbnails.php?album=241). They're small but still, it's Chris!

[ceci2176.livejournal.com]

Found them all by myself. ;-)

They're small but still, it's Chris!
Exactly! *mrowr* (Uhm...didi I just say that out loud?!)

[ephemera.livejournal.com]

I nearly fell over when I saw a 98degrees cd in a record shop - I was pretty sure they were a fictional band that had been invented to add to the soap opera of Living ...

*pets* - technology can suck on occasions - hopefully it's not too mean to you!

Chris!!!

[turps33.livejournal.com]

98degrees baffle me. I know about Nick Lackey but as for the rest, I'm clueless and I couldn't tell you what they sing.

Technology does suck, especially as we rely on it so much.

Chris!!!

I know! Ilovehimsomuch!

[seiyaharris.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, Chris.

Love him hard, have I mentioned that?

God I miss the guys. At no point in the entire time I've been in fandom have they been a recording/touring/together group. That is just messed up.

**pets you, pets Blue, pets Kay** it's computer/family/internet troubles all round I think lol

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I second that reaction to the gorgeous Mr Kirkpatrick.

I think by this stage if they did do anything significant together I'd die of excitement overload. I mean, I'm getting excited about CFTC and I'm not getting within thousands of miles of the place.

I think someone decided the people on my flist need to have as much trouble as possible heaped on them, and it's about time it stopped!

[hegemony.livejournal.com]

Oh dear lord. Read, child, read. That story didn't confuse me as much as fighten me and make me hope and wish that it really. wasn't. true.

His joshtin scares me to death.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I've heard so much about what a great story it is. I've read some of his other stuff, and yeah. No real opinion, just blahness. But so many people talk about Living, so I decided to give it a try and ended up so confused that half the time I have no idea what the hell's going on.

[hegemony.livejournal.com]

Here's what I got from the joshtin part ALONE, because that's all I was really looking for. Matthew, if you're reading this You sadistic bastard, you brought it upon yourself...

Okay. So we've got JC, and we've got Justin. And they hate each other. Andthentheyhavesex.

And then we've got JC and we've got Justin. And they get married. Andthentheyhavesex.

And then We've got JC, and We've got Justin. And they begin to play with each other's dependency needs. Andthentheyhavesex.

And then we've got JC, and we've got Justin. And now Justin needs JC to survive and JC is the same way. Andthentheyhavesex.

And then we've got JC, We've got Justin, and we've got the *makes mysterious motions* 'rest of cast'. And they worry about JC and Justin fucking each other too damn much. Andthentheyhadsex. (not all of them, mind you. Just JC and Justin)

And so 'rest of cast' decides that they need to split JC and Justin up. They're married, mind you, but when does that stop anything? So they all bust in while JCandJustinarehavingsex and decide to sequester them at certian backstreet boys' houses and rehabilitate them. And JC wants sex. And Justin wants sex. Buttheydon'thavesex.

After that, Justin realizes that *gasps* he's Justin fucking timberlake. And *gasps* he's his own fucking person! And JC is all like 'i want justin, damn you brian and nick *kicks them in the nuts*' and writes pages and pages of love letters and music as an ode to all he had with justin. Including- but not limited to- all the sex they had. Andtheystillaren'thavingsex.

And they're finally released from their backstreet prisons of 'no sex time' and are all like 'i want you to respect me. I'm not your sex toy, damnit!' Andthentheycuddle.

It takes them weeks to finally kill all the primal urges to lock each other in a room and monkeyfuck. And when they finally have the last of them die down, Justin finds one of JC's 'I didn't know what I had. But the sex was good' Letters. Andtheystilldon'thavesex.

And after this, they realize they're married. andhavesexandbuyahouse.

And then they decide to buy a house. But the problem is, JC's working on music, and this demotes Justin to a housewife of sorts. So he decides that as soon as the house is finished, he's going to interior decorate. Andthentheydon'thavetimeforsex.

And after this, JC is still all like 'it's been a hard day at work baby' and Justin's all like 'the house is coming together so well *squees*' andthentheydon'thavesex.

And then they move into the house. andtheyhavesexineveryroomofthedamnplace. Which would sound hot, but you don't get to see a lot of it.

Pretty much the whole storyline of JC and Justin in 'Living'. While all of this is happening, The 'rest of cast' goes on threesomes and orgies and pizza binges and decides to put together the uber-boyband 'the sentimental fools'. I'm beginning to think that it's the only thing that really saves the joshtin marriage.

Well, that and the leatherboxershorts justin wears in 'wedding night'. Yousa!

So there you go. Be confused no more. Unless I had this completely wrong because i spent days trying to erase it from memory.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

ROTFLMAO!!!

Thank you! Now I don't have to read the thing.

Justin's a housewife!

The bands join together, tell me it ain't so!

This recap made my night, thanks *g*

[hegemony.livejournal.com]

I mean. It wasn't one of the first crossovers or anything I had read, I'm a huge fan of Lucy's letterboys of Luv chris/JC/AJ combo. But to anybody who reads this as their first crossover experence, it's so...misleading. There are things in that story you'll never find again in another crossover. And they're so deep in the story, like the uber-band 'sentimental fools', that you don't even realize that it's knocking you for a loop. It took me five days to read the bulk of it and during those five days, I was basically a hermit because I didn't want to go off the bat at someone.

Don't get me wrong, It's not a very bad story at all. The writing style is clean and beautiful and it's probably that reason why everybody misunderstands it so. It's just that the characters and plot are cracked out, and the sex is only so hot, you know.

That said, there are some truly unforgettable scenes of the story. Especially the Joshtin part. If you have to read them, I'd reccomend finding the Sex in the elevator chapter, and the chapter where justin's the groupie to JC's rockstar. That's got to be the single best scene in the whole damn thing in my opinion. It's right in the middle of 'playing with each other's dependency', and JC just dominates Justin's mind, over and over again and it's just such a peice. The smut isn't the centerpeice of it, it's the part where Justin actually turns into a teenie. It's almost frightening and overwhelming how he changes from Justin timberlake, pop superstar in the lobby to Justin Timberlake, Quivering #1 fan of JC's so damn quickly.

In all honesty, I wish all of living were just like those chapters. So slow burning and overwhelming. It would have a much, much better reputation if it were, IMO. If you haven't read either, I'll find them for you. They truly are the best part of 'living'.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I get what you mean. If I'd read that in my early days of fandom I would have thought the three bands were bosom buddies which isn't true at all. I doubt they're enemies to the extent that some fics have them, but this goes too far in the other direction.

I am enjoying reading it, but not in terms of any band that I know because they're so far removed from how I see things that it might as well be original fic.

I think I may be coming up to those parts now. I'm past the Chris/Howie hook up bite and we're moving onto something, no idea what but I'll look forward to seeing the scenes you mention.

What happened to your fic you posted tonight btw? I read it, went to feedback and it was gone.

[ninjetti75.livejournal.com]

*pokitey pokitey poke!*

Oi!

PRAU Part 4 up!

Go Read!

Feeeeeeeeeeeeeeed Meeeeeeeee!!

(And "Feeeed Meeee! as a request for feedback is just -too- damn funny when Joey is the Green Ranger of Wood and irl is in LSOH, y'know? Hee.)

Hope your 'puter problems get resolved, my new one's getting screw-loosey on me, too, so I feel your pain...

[turps33.livejournal.com]

You're as subtle as a slap in the face with a wet fish *g*

I've been reading your story today but had to go off and do RL things. I've just got back online now.

Expect a feed soon!

[ninjetti75.livejournal.com]

Hee.

Is it wrong that

You're as subtle as a slap in the face with a wet fish *g*

made me lol and put a huge grin on my face, or am I just sad?

Heh.

[lazydwarf.livejournal.com]

Living gets less confusing later on, I think at least. I read the whole thing and am probably going to go back for a reread in the next month or so.

And YAY!! New Chris pics! How adorable is that man? *slurp*

and a *slurp* for you too, cause I haven't talked to you in forever.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I'm around the middle of Living at the moment, and there's so many characters with the same name, and characters I don't even know that sometimes I'm reading and don't know who the hell is sleeping with who. But I'm hanging in there *g*

Chris is gorgeous! I swear when I saw the new pics I almost overheated! ;)

I love slurps! *slurps you too*

How are you anyway? Apart from getting excited about CFTC :)

[snowjag.livejournal.com]

Can you define, too much stuff? Speaking as a wee bit of a computer geek that doesn't make much sense to me.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

It didn't make sense to me either.

He said that too much memory had been used and too many programmes added. Which is what I don't understand. The memory did get full, which is why I had an extra hard drive added, as for too many programmes, I'm baffled. I did have a lot, but just the usual ones. Kazza, ftp etc.

He told Kay that the computer should be junked, which is what annoyed me as it's less than 4 years old. I know computers age fast but enough to be junked? He then said he could make her a new computer for £400 which is why I smell a rat.

[snowjag.livejournal.com]

So, when you say the memory got full, you mean you ran out of hard drive space? You can cause yourself issues if you run out of drive space on the drive where your operating system is.

When goober says too much memory has been used, is he/she/it talking down to you? That statement doesn't make sense. You can keep cranking up programs until the system runs to slow or you get a virtual memory error, otherwise load away. What was the machine doing/not doing that you called for service?

And the horror. Junk a 4 y/o machine? Junk it my way, eh? I hate to tell you how old some of my machines are. The desktop I am using right now is 3 y/o and it's just fine. But I suppose thats a matter of opinion. If you're constantly down, and spending bajillions of bucks repairing or replacing parts, you might be better off starting with a new machine.

If I am remembering my converstion rate correctly, that should be about 700-800us. That's pricy. You can get a good system for about 500us here. You wouldn't be able to game on it, but it'd fine for web surfing ftp lj etc.

Now, let me see if I can tuck my soapbox away before I really step up on it ;)