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[turps]

Last night I dreamt I was getting a very awesome double hug from saba1789 and valya22 This is something that happened often at Camp Sparkle, because they give the best hugs ever!

Other awesome things. The pain behind my ear has finally eased off. It was like I was being stabbed repeatedly in one specific point and was having to combine pain killers just to touch it. So yeah, I'm really glad to see the back of that.

It's bucketing it down here right now, so I doubt we'll leave the house today, especially as James wasn't feeling too well last night. Two days ago we ended up at the hospital because he thought he'd got an infection in his arm. Thankfully it was just blisters that had popped so they put on a new cast and he goes back on Wednesday to get his stitches out. While we were in the fracture room Kayleigh ( my sister ) turned up to get the cast off her foot. X-rays show the broken bone is even worst now than it was before she had the cast put on, but she refused a new cast and has to go back in two weeks, where if it still hasn't healed they're thinking of pinning it.

wrisomifu starts today, and I have to admit I'm looking forward to it. As I can't talk about my exchange story in public I'm going to use it to write my bandom au fic. By the end
of the month people will be sick of hearing about Bob and his kidlets.

musicboxgirl tagged my for this.



***********FOODOLOGY******

1. What is your salad dressing of choice?
We don't actually use any. We fail at salad. Just having it plain with a squirt of salad cream on the side.

2. What is your favorite sit-down restaurant?
Locally it's Old Orleans. They do delicious sizzler platters and you can draw on the paper table cloths.

3. What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of?
Jacket potatoes with some kind of topping. My topping of choice right now is quorn pieces in a chow mein sauce.

4. What are your pizza toppings of choice?
Spicy chicken

5.What do you like to put on your toast?
Beans.

***********TECHNOLOGY*****

1. How many televisions are in your house?
4

2. What color cell phone do you have?
Blue and white

3. How many computers are in your house?
3

4. Have any idea how many Megahertz your computer has?
I don't have the slightest idea.

***************BIOLOGY****

1. Are you right-handed or left-hand?
Right

2. Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
Teeth, tonsils, a baby.

3. What is the last heavy item you lifted?
A big sack of cat litter.

4. Have you ever been knocked unconscious?
Nope.

************BULLCRAPOLOGY*

1. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
Man, no.

2. If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
I like my name, but maybe I could be Princess Talula.

3. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for £1000?
I would.

************DUMBOLOGY*****

1. How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
1

2. Last time you had a run-in with the cops?
It wasn't a run in as such but last time the police were in my house was for when our debit card was cloned.

3. Last person you talked to?
Corey.

4. Last person you hugged?
James.

**************FAVORITOLOGY

1. Season?
Winter

2. Holiday?
Christmas! I love Christmas so much!

3. Day of the week?
Friday

4. Month?
December

***********CURRENTOLOGY***

1. Missing someone?
Yep.

2. Mood?
Pretty good actually.

3. What are you listening to?
Well I was listening to Kerrang but James just got up and changed the channel, so now it's some show on the discovery channel.

4. Watching?
I watched The Mentalist this morning.

***************RANDOMOLOGY

1. First place you went this morning?
To the kitchen for coffee and feed the cats.

2. What's the last movie you saw?
Up.

3. Do you smile often?
Usually I do, not so much now. Right now when I try to smile wide I end up with a Wentz face.

***************OTHEROLOGY*


1. Do you always answer your phone?
I don't. I don't like talking on the phone at all.

2.It's 4 in the morning and you get a text message who is it ?
Probably my mam.

3. If you could change your eye color what would it be?
I like dark eyes, so maybe dark brown.

4. What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic?
I've never been to one, so wouldn't know.

5. Do you own a digital camera?
I do.

6. Have you ever had a pet fish?
We have tropical fish.

7. Favorite Christmas song(s):
I love Nsync's Christmas album, especially Oh Holy Night.

8. What's on your wish list for your birthday?
Nothing really. I'm happy with anything I get.

9. Can you do push ups?
Nope.

10. Can you do a chin up?
I Nope.

11. Does the future make you more nervous or excited?
Neither really.

12. Do you have any saved texts?
I do. I save most things like that Texts, emails, chats when I actually used to chat. Everyone I talk to regularly has their own folder.

13. Ever been in a car wreck?
Nope.

14. Do you have an accent?
I do not!

No, I lie. I do. Apparently a pretty strong one, too.

15. What is the last song to make you cry?
The Fray. Save a Life. It's so strongly tied to Moffet.

16. Plans tonight?
Apart from watching X Factor, nothing.

17. Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom?
No.

18. Name 3 things you bought yesterday?
I didn't buy anything yesterday.

19. Have you ever been given roses?
I have.

20. Current worry?
You just want one?

21. Current hate right now?
I'm feeling very chilled out at the moment, so no hate.

22. Met someone who changed your life?
Sure

23. How will you bring in the New Year?
Like every New Year, with my boys, in the house with a nice spread of food to eat. Honestly, I don't rate New Year at all, it's all about Christmas for me.

24. What song represents you?
I have no idea. What do you guys think? Do you think of a song and go, that's so Terri?


25. Name three people who might complete this.
Those very awesome people over there. Yes, them.

26. Would you go back in time if you were given the chance?
It depends. Are we talking just watching here or can I interact?

27. Have you ever dated someone longer than a year?
Yep

28. Does anyone love you?
Yep

29. Ever had someone sing to you?
Yep

30. When did you last cry?
Last week watching an animal rescue show. Seeing a dog put down kills me every time.

31. Do you like to cuddle?
I do.

32. Have you held hands with anyone today?
Not yet.

33. Are most of the friends in your life new or old?
Mostly old.

34. Do you like pulpy orange juice?
I do.

35. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Probably still here.


I tag you in the popslash fandom, you in bandom, you who lives in Europe, you in the US, you wearing clothes, you drinking right now, you with two ears, you with the fingers, you with those awesome earrings, you who thinks Merlin rocks. Yes, you!



One more for luck, gacked from arsenicjade

Ask me either a broad question (i.e 'who is your cruelest character?', 'what is your most optimistic story?') or a specific question/request ('what world does ___ come from?', 'tell me about ___') and I will answer you. Or you can ask meta- questions like 'what was the inspiration for creating ____?'

Comments

[xhailtothethief.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes. I have two ears.. you caught me.

What bandom character do you have the most trouble characterizing in your writing? Also.. what's your cure for writer's block?

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Ha! I'm glad you knew I meant you!

I often worry I don't write Pete well, simply because character wise he's so complex. He's got so many layers that it feels like an impossible task to capture them all. I write him as very media aware, loyal to a fault, an incredible business man but also damaged in many ways, and that still doesn't approach how amazing/fucked up he really is.

I have to mention Jon too, simply because I don't really know enough about him beyond the surface clichéd, laid-back animal loving, stoner characterisation. He's so much more, but as I don't have a handle on what that more is I worry about writing a cardboard cutout Jon.

The best way I've found to cure writers block is waiting it out. You can try and force things but that never works out well. Writing is supposed to be enjoyable, and if you're sitting staring at a screen and getting frustrated how can it be? In those cases, just go off and do something else.

Though sometimes waiting isn't possible, maybe you have a deadline for a challenge or it's been months and you just can't wait any more. In those cases I've asked for ficlet prompts and just tried to get something out, no matter how short. Of course you run the risk of writing rubbish in those cases, I know I have, but sometimes it's just what you need to get words on a screen. Then the rest will hopefully come.

[pensnest]

Well, I foolishly put clothes on after my shower at the gym, so I did the meme too. I have a question: what is it that makes a character your favourite, in whichever fandom? Are your favourites the same 'type' whichever fandom they're in?

[turps33.livejournal.com]

See, if you'd left them off you could have escaped the tag.

You know, I've pondered what makes characters be my favourite before and the solid connections seems to be I like the ones that are damaged in some way. They also tend to be the fandom 'woobies' though that's not a term I actually like. But in addition to that, each one of my favourites also has an inner strength that I really admire. So I guess the theme is people who have been broken but fought back.

Not that I'd call Chris a woobie, that doesn't fit him at all, but he does have that inner strength in spades.

Type wise. If you mean physical it's nearly always dark-haired, dark-eyed, but after that there's no real theme.

[crowgirl13.livejournal.com]

HI!
*hugs*
It's not a double one, but I figure every bit helps?

I need to go write my ten minutes - work today is super sloooow, thus is the perfect place to do my ten minutes. But I am easily distracted...

Okay I have a Sound Tracking question. Where's Bob *from*? It seems like there's all this backstory with him - stuff even before his involvement with the Used - and I'm just curious as to what that *is*.

Also - I want to hear about writing Ray POV - you don't do it very often...

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Hugs are always welcome. *clings on*

*cheers you on for your ten minutes* You can do it!

Bob is very much a wanderer at heart. His connection to the beat is an instinctive thing and he's able to connect fully in a way many can't. Because of that he needs to be out there, following ribbons of sound and exploring the universe. It's why as soon as he could he left home to train as a pilot. Not that he did well in that world, he only lasted a little while before the regulations became too stifling and he needed to get away.

For a while he travelled the universe, paying for his passage by doing grunt work on crafts. It's how he picked up a lot of knowledge, field med stuff and how to make meals out of scraps and most of all, how to get along with all kinds of alien races.

Eventually he ended up at the axis cluster, where he learned of Pete and spent a lot of time hanging out in bars. It's also where he met The Used. He was sitting having a drink when Bert was flung across the room, crashing down on Bob's table. Bert lay there, head back and stringy hair all over Bob's soaked lap and grinned up at him before scrambling to his feet as the bar tender strode over, his laser pointed directly at Bob and Bert. He told them both to get out, even though Bob protested he hadn't done anything, but in the end he had no choice and as soon as they got outside started yelling at Bert.

As an apology Bert took Bob back to their craft, which had been grounded for almost a week after their last pilot ran off with a luxurian call bird. And the rest was history.

Bob wasn't as damaged back then and knew within a day he was destined to be with these people, it just felt right. Two days and he was officially part of their crew and they went off to have adventures in space.

Well, I've written in Ray's POV twice, but what I found writing tight in his pov for the h/c story was he's a really good character to provide a stable overview of the others. He feels so solid to write, without any of the demons or excesses of the others. Which may be selling him a little short because he's so much more than that stable base. It would be interesting to do a more character based piece for him because the h/c was very much about survival and little else.

[sperrywink]

I have done my 10 minutes today for wrisomifu! I feel virtuous.

Interesting meme! I read it all, but nothing was too surprising, so I have no questions. But just know I am here. :)

[turps33.livejournal.com]

YAY! Go you! You're going to rock this challenge I know! I've been writing but not for my challenge story. I need to change that.

I guess it's hard to have questions when I whine to you about everything anyway *g*

[nopseud]

Your poor sister! I hope the bone stops misbehaving and heals up.


What do you think it was that suddenly got you into writing longer stories?

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I really hope it heals too. She's been so frustrated on her crutches and for such a little bone it's hurting her a lot.

Confidence. I said many times that I wanted to write something long but I never thought I had the ability to do so. Plotting seemed complicated and keeping the readers interest an impossible task. Then I started Sound Tracking, which needed to go long, and I discovered I could do it. Since then I haven't been afraid of ideas that need longer stories.

It's just a shame it took so long to find that confidence.

[frausorge]

Okay, now I have a burning need to know so I have to ask: what is salad cream?

*smishes you*

[turps33.livejournal.com]

You know, I wasn't even sure what it was made of exactly so hit up wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salad_cream)

Taste wise, it's sort of mayonnaise like, but runnier with more tang and vinegar. Which is a really bad description I know, but it really is delicious.

♥

[frausorge]

Aha! That sounds quite yummy indeed. Thank you for the info!

And I hope the pain you have to deal with keeps on lessening. ♥

[turlough]

No more pain, yay! *squishes you*

Poor Kayleigh, I hope her foot will start getting better soon.

I haven't done my ten minutes writing today yet and I don't want to either! *grumble* *grumble*

What was the inspiration for Tints of Rainbow Hue? It's such a lovely universe but the combination of gardening and depression certainly isn't a common trope. Also, which Way is the easiest to write, Mikey or Gerard, and why?

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad the pain is gone. I hated feeling all muddle-headed on the pain killers.

I hope so too. It's sad how much trouble such a small bone can cause.

But now you have! Go you \o/

Tints came from the very first Camp Sparkle. I was sitting talking to KC at the kitchen table and somehow we started to talk about landscaping firms and how we could sparkle and bamdom cast them, and it all grew from there. If I remember rightly I started thinking how Ray would be a good gardener but that discussion never touched on depression, it was supposed to be a very light-hearted story. It was only when I actually started to write that I got the idea in my head I wanted to contrast light and dark, life and death. Which was a surprise because I'd never written to such a solid theme before.

I enjoy writing both of them, but Mikey is easiest. Mostly because when I write about him having to look on and watch Gerard's addiction issues I can relate. A lot of what he feels on those occasions are written from personal experience.

[turlough]

The way you handled contrast between the light and the dark was one of the things I loved so much about Tints.

*squishes you*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bettina_/]

*hugs to all of you*

[turps33.livejournal.com]

You give the best hugs <3

[tenshinochouwa]

(Tagged myself over on DW since I have both two ears and fingers, so I have to)

Which character surprised you the most? This is perhaps too broad, but I am interested in stories going in directions that authors don't plan (perhaps since I am not an author and don't get it at all).

[arsenicjade.livejournal.com]

I'm so so so glad you're feeling better.

As for questions, from the space fic that never was (omg, why are you the second person that I've had to ask a question of a fic that never happened, whhhhhy?), what's the first moment where Frank validly trusts Pete?

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Man, me too.

Ah, but I have plans to do the space prequel. I just need tying down and made to do so.

It takes Frank a long time to trust Pete. At first he's angry with him, that it's Pete who saves Mikey and brings him to safety, because even though he was so badly hurt and with no way to escape his own prison, the thing that pained Frank the most was the fact he couldn't get to Mikey and pull him out of his own hell.

Frank knows feeling like that is illogical, and he reminds himself of that often. That Pete puts his own safety on the line over and over, that Mikey tries his hardest not to flinch when Pete touches him -- he doesn't succeed all the time but he tries, and that counts for a lot.

So, it's weeks and Frank's starting to feel better physically, a little anyway. He still gets horrific nightmares where he's back inside that machine and unable to move. Each night he sleeps with Mikey, holding him close, because Frank knows it's the only way Mikey can sleep. Frank does it despite hating to be still, because it reminds him of being locked up and unable to move. Each night he presses his face against Mikey's back and suffers through sweats, his limbs aching with the need to move as he imagines wires tunnelling into his spine.

It takes a while before Frank realises Pete's there at nights too. Sometimes sitting in the doorway, sometimes outside the room. Never saying anything but the need to be close is written in his face, and seeing that makes Frank furious. He knows if Pete takes a step closer he'll claw off his face, and Pete obviously knows that and leaves the room. Which is the first moment that Frank thinks, maybe. Maybe he can trust this man.

So he watches him. How he makes all Mikey's favourite food, Frank's too even though he never eats it. How he'll do anything to make Mikey feel safe.

And then one night Mikey has yet another nightmare. He's wet through with sweat, screaming himself hoarse about horrors he'll never mention in the day, and Frank's exhausted and he hurts and the bed is wet through and all Frank wants to do is cry.

Which is when Pete edges into the room and puts down an armful of warm bedding and dry sleep clothes and then backs away, telling Frank if he needs anything just comm and suddenly Frank knows that Pete can be trusted. It's like this sudden, shocking blow, that Frank's got someone on his side, someone that has no desire to take or hurt or humiliate in any way.

It's then that Frank asks if Pete will help change the bed and help him get Mikey changed and hopes Pete knows how much that means. Of course he does.

[arsenicjade.livejournal.com]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I mean, what?

Dude, don't tempt me, if I end up being in Europe this summer, I actually WILL tie you down. WITH ROPE.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Just make sure my hands are free *g*

[arsenicjade.livejournal.com]

I'll get you voice recognition software.

[libgirl.livejournal.com]

1. I thought I'd signed up for wrisomifu, and I even wrote early this morning, but apparently I didn't? I don't know. ~sigh~

2. I'm glad that you're doing it though and I think it's unlikely that I'll ever get sick of hearing about Bob and his kidlets.

3. I'm glad that your pain is better. This whole thing sucks and you're handling it with grace.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

That's a shame because I'm really enjoying the comm. Which sounds mean when you're not a member. Sorry :(

Bob and his kidlets. My heart! All he's done so far is ready his class room and I'll all squeeful.

Thank you <3

[musicboxgirl.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed reading your answers! I'm pretty sure that no one ever really thinks they have an accent.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Well, to my ears I don't have an accent in the slightest. Other people not so much *g*

[valya22.livejournal.com]

Hugs! Here! Is it time for CS already? No? What about now? And now? :DD *hugs you tight*

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Best hugger ever! Well, you and Saba. I need to be at CS right now!

[saba1789.livejournal.com]

Hee! Your dreams = MOST AWESOME! :D

[turps33.livejournal.com]

It was a dream of much awesome and love!