turps: (Mikey/Frank (crazybutsound))
[personal profile] turps
I've just been watching MCR's Summersonic 09 stuff. Gerard's hair tat at the back of his head will never not be funny. Also, Ray and Frank are big old teases!

I keep meaning to rec two stories that I've enjoyed lately. Both Panic and both dealing with sex and the beginning of relationships.Precious Things by [personal profile] northern is Ryan/Spencer and damn hot. It hit my kinks and then some. Put Your Finger On My Trigger is Brendon/Spencer and written by [personal profile] greedy_dancer. I liked that one because it dealt with how sometimes sex can suck, especially when you're dealing with something new.

I'm very glad that a masterlist of the BBB stories have been posted. Now I can get rid of some of my tabs. I plan on reading a lot this weekend, I was supposed to be meeting up with [personal profile] arsenicjade today but can't and that makes me sad, so, fic is the answer. That is once we get home as we have a shopping trip first -- it was Corey's open evening this week and he had an excellent term, therefore, he gets the rest of the money he needs to buy the Converses he wants.

Talking of stories. I have over 5k of Frank/Mikey agoraphobic blind date fic. Which really, how the hell does that happen? I'm hoping to get it finished soon, and also poke at the pacing which isn't working that well at the moment. It also keeps getting sad on me, which okay, shouldn't be surprising as they're in the afterlife and therefore dead, but they're supposed to be trading grisly death details not getting all woeful about lost girlfriends and brothers. I know how it ends, now to just get there. Any of you usual suspects willing to beta this weekend? It should be done by tonight.

I've had my first plant casualty. Or not even a casualty really as the seeds didn't even grow enough to die. What gets me is they're chives, chives are something you're supposed to be able to grow on a windowsill and all I have for my efforts is a tray of soil. I keep peering at it hoping for some sign of life, but no, just soil. But I'm reluctant to throw it away because what if the chives are just under the surface, ready and waiting to burst into life? I could re-use the soil and have chives sprout in unexpected places. So for now my tray of soil is staying where it is, getting watered and with lots of sun.

As of now Kayleigh -- my sister -- is still in the hospital. Mam hadn't been talking to her for the last few days which made things difficult, but thankfully that's passed. Now if only she gets some answers.

People have friended me due to the bandom friending meme, and I've seen a lot of awesome intro posts. I thought about making one but really, this is as good as it gets. I comment a lot so you'll be seeing me around and as I don't make secrets of what I like, I'm sure you'll soon realise my obsessions.

Date: 2010-07-10 03:18 pm (UTC)
doctor_jasley: driving-the road (reflections)
From: [personal profile] doctor_jasley
I really did like those two stories you reced(the second one seemed to try for realism*considering I'm a virgin I say 'seemed to try'*)

oooooooo your prompt fic thingy sounds interesting and like it will probably be good(even if it keeps getting sad on you(I'd still read it....but that's probably obvious considering what I like to write). I'd offer betaness but I'm only average at grammar and I'm sure you have loads of people who'd be up for betaing ya.

*also side note speaking of prompts going sad I wrote the amusement park prompt on my schmoop bingo card for FBI Verse and it was like driving a massively unaligned go-cart around a track, I kept having to pull it in the proper direction...I think it's schmoop worthy but damn was it straining to keep it from sliding down into the mire*

I should have more words about the plant death...but all I have is CHIVES!!!!...for some reason I really like that word...it just sounds funny and cool.

*hugs*...more positive energy sent your sister's way

Date: 2010-07-20 05:29 pm (UTC)
doctor_jasley: fall (Color)
From: [personal profile] doctor_jasley
I consider myself a very decent storyteller....but damn does grammar kick my ass. So I totally understand the whole comma, semi colon and etc stuffs. Totally and completely understand:D

I feel that somewhere there's people who can write schmoop easily. Just not me. And I'm ok with it. It just makes it harder when I try to write fluff but I do think it makes the pieces stronger and the fluff more powerful.

All my stories tend to live their own lives and I'm just transcribing them down for the world to see(well fandom)

awwwwwww poor CHIVES!!!....poor poor chives

Date: 2010-07-10 05:47 pm (UTC)
turlough: purple crocuses ((mcr art) getting ready for the big one)
From: [personal profile] turlough
That's too sad that you didn't get to meet up with Arsenic. You definitely need to read lots of nice stories to make up for it.

You always end up making your stories heartwrenching, it's nothing to wonder at! It's what you do!

I didn't know chives where easy to grow, no one here grows them. At least not anyone I've ever heard of. Maybe they need a warmer climate than ours. Strike that! I just realised that instead of "chives" I'd subconciously read "leeks". Chives everyone grows of course but you almost always buy a plant or get one from a friend. I've never tried growing them from seeds.

Poor Kayleigh. I'm keeping my fingers crossed she'll get some good answers asap.
Edited Date: 2010-07-10 05:50 pm (UTC)

Date: 2010-07-11 05:57 pm (UTC)
northern: Young Ryan Ross, shiny hair, tilted head, looking into the camera (ryan pretty)
From: [personal profile] northern
Thanks for the rec! :D

Date: 2010-07-12 02:38 am (UTC)
frausorge: my arm in a black opera glove (Default)
From: [personal profile] frausorge
Continued good thoughts and prayers for Kayleigh. ♥

Date: 2010-07-10 10:38 am (UTC)
tara: The symbol for Kirkwall (Dragon Age) (Default)
From: [personal profile] tara
Kay's really having a bad run of it :( Still sending good thoughts in her direction and yours <3

Date: 2010-07-10 09:45 pm (UTC)
ext_1650: (Default)
From: [identity profile] turps33.livejournal.com
She really is. Yesterday when we were there the old lady in the opposite bed walked out and said she wanted to be a ward with someone else. Discrimination about age or sexuality, who knows? BUt annoying for both.

Date: 2010-07-10 11:12 pm (UTC)
tara: The symbol for Kirkwall (Dragon Age) (Default)
From: [personal profile] tara
Uh, yeah, that's just what she needs right now. SIGH. It's not as though either thing is contagious!

Date: 2010-07-10 12:39 pm (UTC)
sperrywink: (Default)
From: [personal profile] sperrywink
I'm around this weekend- just plan on cleaning the house.

Still sending good vibes to your sister.

Date: 2010-07-10 09:43 pm (UTC)
ext_1650: (Woe (eyesthatslay))
From: [identity profile] turps33.livejournal.com
You should have the file by now. I suspect I should be saying sorry right now.

Thank you.

Date: 2010-07-10 01:18 pm (UTC)
ext_399013: (mikeyway famously inexpressive)
From: [identity profile] ladyfoxxx.livejournal.com
Talking of stories. I have over 5k of Frank/Mikey agoraphobic blind date fic. Which really, how the hell does that happen?

I don't know, but it sounds FASCINATING.

Date: 2010-07-10 09:43 pm (UTC)
ext_1650: (Default)
From: [identity profile] turps33.livejournal.com
Fascinating is one word I guess. Damn depressing is another *g*

Date: 2010-07-10 03:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madambeetroot.livejournal.com
Good luck to you and your sister. And also your plants... it might be this weather that's the problem, our potato stalks have gone green and collapsed, which has never happened before. On the other hand, the onions seem to like the heat...

I can't wait to read your new story, the pairing and subject just hits everything I want to read!

Date: 2010-07-10 09:41 pm (UTC)
ext_1650: (Frank/mikey2 ( crazybutsound))
From: [identity profile] turps33.livejournal.com
Thank you.

I like hearing you talk about your gardening. I'm so new to it that anyone that actually gardens sounds like an expert.

My story is off to beta. I have no idea if it works though, because wow, it's depressing in parts.

Date: 2010-07-11 03:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madambeetroot.livejournal.com
I am definitely not an expert... skivvy maybe, I just do what I'm told when it comes to vegetables! But it's worth it when you actually eat the fruits of your labours. Bought fruit and veg REALLY doesn't taste the same as stuff you've grown yourself.

Potatoes are really easy to do - did you plant any this year? We never do what the experts say at all, and we always get loads. Forget about trenches and mounds - just poke a hole in the soil and bung one in, then cover it up! Leave about a handswidth between each one. Onions and beans are also very easy - they more or less grow themselves!

Your story... I can cope with depressing 'in parts' as long as it is in parts! Some good angst now and then can be necessary, but I must admit to loving a happy ending (unless I'm pre-warned and really in the mood for a good cry...)

Date: 2010-07-20 05:29 pm (UTC)
ext_1650: (Default)
From: [identity profile] turps33.livejournal.com
Potatoes are really easy to do - did you plant any this year? We never do what the experts say at all, and we always get loads. Forget about trenches and mounds - just poke a hole in the soil and bung one in, then cover it up! Leave about a handswidth between each one. Onions and beans are also very easy - they more or less grow themselves!

Nope, no potatoes this year but we want to, especially after reading how you do it. I like stuff that grows itself. Plus, the thought of digging up potatoes is amazing.

Honestly, you'd think I'd never seen fresh veggie before, but it's fantastic.

Date: 2010-07-10 03:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] babycakesin.livejournal.com
Bad chives, bad! That's why I find plants frustrating, sometimes you try really hard, and they're still not doing what you want ;)

I'll keeping sending good vibes for your sister *hugs*

Date: 2010-07-10 09:37 pm (UTC)
ext_1650: (balloons ( roxyicons))
From: [identity profile] turps33.livejournal.com
Plants are bad. You water them and make sure they get sun and are covered at night and do they grow? No they do not!

Thank you <3

Date: 2010-07-10 04:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dine.livejournal.com
here's hoping Kay's up and around soon!

it's funny about your chives, I have a black thumb, but always thought those were fairly reliable even when ignored

Date: 2010-07-10 09:35 pm (UTC)
ext_1650: (bork (iamsupernova))
From: [identity profile] turps33.livejournal.com
Yeah, you and me both. She's going crazy stuck in hospital.

Dude, I know! That's what I'd heard about chives too. I have fail chives.

Date: 2010-07-10 05:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] delphinapterus.livejournal.com
5k of Frank/Mikey agoraphobic blind date fic. This sound really interesting.

Date: 2010-07-10 09:36 pm (UTC)
ext_1650: (Frank/mikey1 ( crazybutsound))
From: [identity profile] turps33.livejournal.com
Gah, I don't know! I've sent it off to beta but some parts are really depressing. I suspect it'll need some work.

Date: 2010-07-10 06:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] slashxmistress.livejournal.com
Chives are not easy ok? I don't know how that rumor got started but it is a lie- LOL.
I can grow rosemary from seed- that is supposed to be next to impossible, but I do it all the time- not to mention all my bushy happy basil plants (ok basil IS easy but still) and I've even kept a Bay tree happy for years in my kitchen! But Chives? chives elude me, chives are evil. Do not feel bad that you cannot grow chives :D

Date: 2010-07-10 09:24 pm (UTC)
ext_1650: (Default)
From: [identity profile] turps33.livejournal.com
This makes me feel so much better.

I keep reading how chives are simple, and how anyone can grow them, and mine are just failures. I agree, chives are evil!

I also like hearing about all your herbs you grow. That has to be fantastic.

Date: 2010-07-10 10:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] slashxmistress.livejournal.com
Oh man it is! I used to have a huge herb garden in my backyard, but then we moved to a house w/a postage stamp sized yard surrounded by oak trees - it's nice- but no garden:(
So all my herbs are in pots and boxes in the kitchen -basil smells like home to me <3

Date: 2010-07-10 09:59 pm (UTC)
themoononastick: refract (Default)
From: [personal profile] themoononastick
If you need another set of eyes to look at your fic then I'm around. Or, you know, I could just say NEEDS MORE COMFORT now and get it over with ;p

Date: 2010-07-10 10:36 pm (UTC)
ext_1650: (Mikeyway2 (eloquentice))
From: [identity profile] turps33.livejournal.com
Hee!

I'll send you an invite, but honestly, nothing that bad happens.

Sort of. Maybe.

Date: 2010-07-11 05:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crowgirl13.livejournal.com
I've never had any luck with chives either.

And I'm sending good vibes your sister's way.

Date: 2010-07-11 05:02 pm (UTC)
ext_1650: (Default)
From: [identity profile] turps33.livejournal.com
That just shows that chives are evil!

Thank you <3

Date: 2010-07-11 04:02 pm (UTC)
greedy_dancer: (Bandom: Spencer)
From: [personal profile] greedy_dancer
Sorry to hear about your sister! (and your plants ;))

I, too, am curious about your dead!agoraphobia!fic.

And thank you for the rec! *is honoured*

Date: 2010-07-11 05:03 pm (UTC)
ext_1650: (b&w mikey/frank (turloughishere))
From: [identity profile] turps33.livejournal.com
I worry about my plants! And my sister, but I'm sure that's a given *g*

The story is with betas now, so hopefully it'll be posted soon.

You're welcome.

Date: 2010-07-11 07:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arsenicjade.livejournal.com
It would have been really good to have you there.

Date: 2010-07-20 05:32 pm (UTC)
ext_1650: (balloons ( roxyicons))
From: [identity profile] turps33.livejournal.com
Oh man, I know.

I keep thinking that it was the universe's way of saying I needed to be at home, but honestly, it didn't help that much.

I know family should always come first without thinking about it, but missing the chance was a bitter pill to swallow.

Date: 2010-07-20 07:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arsenicjade.livejournal.com
I'm sorry, sweetheart.
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