Melodramatic Fool

The yay is that we got heroic 10m Putricide in WoW last night. It really is a cool thing, and the result of a lot of work. Only two more achievements left for the 10man drakes (heroic Sindrigosa and the Waited A Long Time For This one).

Really, really down today. A moodswing from being up/manic/productive last week, I guess. And I'm worried about one of my cats--Missy (aka cat 3 of 4), the maine coon. What we thought was a mat of fur is an about third inch growth on her skin, and I'm going to have to get her to the vet. Don't know if it's something that's infected/inflamed, or if it's a tumor of some sort.

But also, fandom is just...making me sad right now. I thought it was bad enough to see/hear about such hate for my favorite character, but to know how people are being to each other now...it's just really disheartening. I do not understand the meanness, the hurtfulness, even the swearing at each other. I just don't comprehend it. Aren't we in this for a common love of this show and it's characters? Even if you don't like all of the characters or parts of the show, don't people know how to be respectful and considerate of others, to know that something you say horrible things about might be something that someone else likes or even loves?

I guess for me...well, I'll put it simply. I like Sam Winchester. I like Jared Padalecki. I like fanworks, whether they be gen or slash or even RPF/RPS. I like Supernatural--and I will, I am pretty damned sure, continue to like it. But most of all, most importantly, I like you. There's a reason I friended you all, and there's a reason I keep you as friends and hope you keep me as well. I greatly appreciate that I can share in your lives in these small ways, and share in this common love of the show Supernatural, its characters, and cast/crew.


Please, just be excellent to each other?

Anyway. Stuff I have to do first, but what I want to do is find feel-good, uplifting, hopeful fic and just hide and wallow. Though I also kind of want to see if I have a DVD of Bill & Ted, and watch it and try to get rid of this stupid urge to cry I've had since waking up. I'm too old to be like this--I'm 37 not 17.

Made cinnamon rolls just now (from a can, but the http://www.immaculatebaking.com/ is good, so much better than the usual Pillsbury thing). And have a crockpot of curry stew started. So I guess today will be okay (except man, I really don't want to do more heroic Putricide work this evening in WoW. I know we're so close, but bleeeeah.)

And sort of a weird p.s., but I thought maybe it was worth saying. I know I'm not good at writing, but I seem to be willing to do the 'try, try again' thing, even when I think that maybe I'm at a wall and simply don't have the capacity to improve. I do want to try to get better, and don't mind it if people point out ways of doing so, even just to say something's not good/outright bad/done wrong. So, long way of saying criticism's okay, yeah? Anyway.

Really starting to feel like fall outside. ♥ Finally.
http://www.potw.org/archive/potw279.html (John Keats - To Autumn)

I hate my hormones. I also hate stupid WoW puggers and being yelled at by such. *grump*

Dunno what this counts as...it isn't really fanpoetry, but it sort of isn't just original since it was for a spnland challenge. Anyway, for the spnland_media challenge 004: Frankenstein-IT LIVES! (create a monster challenge).

Title/Monster: Shel (With Apologies to Mr. Silverstein)
Media: written/poetry
pairings/warnings: none
note: tied for 2nd

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Old weird flash animation nostalgia, part the third:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/239227
MGS3: Crab Battle! (C o_o)C A certain individual and I still at times make ascii crabs in gchat to threaten each other. :p

( And in WoW/Wynnchester news )

Also. http://community.livejournal.com/huntersarchives/55932.html
fingers hooked in their hearts by paxlux, "Sam&Dean or Sam/Dean, however you want", PG, 913 words
This. Omg this. ♥ Ohman, my heart--epic freaking love story, whether you see it as the & or the /.

Way back at the start of the year, I saw someone on my flist at the time mention making a resolution to make a post a day for 2010, and I thought that was a cool thing, decided to try it as well. Figured it would be kind of a good thing since these past few years at times I get stuck in my head and could go a month or even several months without saying anything. Missed yesterday though, since I just had absolutely nothing to say and no stupid links to share. So I guess I'm not gonna stress about trying to do that anymore. At least I did it for 6 months and near a week.

On the WoW side of things, worked on ICC10 hardmode stuff, got the ones for Marrowgar, Festergut and Rotface (and of course Lootship). Will try BQL on Monday and Deathwhisper/Saurfang on next week's run. Not bad considering Woken Too Soon's still casual and was running with several non guild people (friends, though, not true pugs).

http://www.scottpilgrimthemovie.com/avatarCreator/download/index.php?f=/1277276553807/img699563.jpg

Made http://annies-eats.com/2010/06/08/fettuccine-with-peas-asparagus-and-pancetta/ but with whole wheat penne instead of fettucini and shallots instead of green onion. Also included julienned red pepper and 1/2 c shredded asiago cheese and a couple tablespoons grated peccorino romano cheese. Not bad.

Got Wynnchester (horde paladin) to 62, finished her paladin charger quest yesterday--didn't need to do it since they train the epic riding mount now, but wanted the special blood knight tabard. I've wanted that tabard since BC beta when I wished Ak could have it only to find it was paladin only. Levelling a paladin continues to be so freaking easy. Switched back to using ret primarily, and good grief stuff dies fast, and no mana problems at all.

Crystal-cat still moves like an arthritic 100 year old, which is really what she is, but since they upped the prednisone dosage she's actually moving around the house again instead of just sleeping in Mom's room all day. She came down here and (after several tries) got up on the couch to her "spot"--first time she's done that in several weeks, I think.

Afkjsdf, why are all the J2 photos floating around making me weepy. I don't get me.

Bebop-cat's been acting sick for days, going to take him into the vet tomorrow. Can't tell what's wrong with him at all, but all he's doing is sleeping and that's just not him. Isn't eating well either, and that's definitely off.

Got our 10man guild started. Still bitter that we can't use the name Fire Still Hot, would love to smack whomever's holding the name hostage (there's no guild with the name, but it's reserved, so someone started a charter and never finished it). Ended up with the name Woken Too Soon. Though something about it keeps feeling grammatically odd? Not sure what though. This far out of college though, I don't know proper grammar anymore--probably just one of those things like me trying to put commas all over where there shouldn't be any. Amazingly smooth 10man last night though, considering we picked up 4 pug players.

There's pms, and there's mood swinging low so hard that one is almost non-functional. I shouldn't have to drill sergeant-talk myself through basic life tasks. Ffffff. Not to mention there's spnland stuff I needneedneed to do for Saturday. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

"How to Win at PuGs and Gearscore"

So yesterday I discovered pies from this place were being sold at a local grocery store:
http://villagepiemaker.com/
The town where this place is located is population of about 500, in the middle of nowhere Nebraska. Made from scratch, sold frozen that you bake yourself, and damned awesome. We tried rhubarb, and I'm curious about gooseberry. But most of all, it made me think of Sam/Dean domestic fic I've read. I will never, ever, ever be tired of Sam/Dean domestic/curtain fic where Dean or both of them end up working for a bakery.

Also, saw a modelviewer pic of the female worgen to be put out in Cataclysm, and I am so underwhelmed it's not even funny. The design rather raises my hackles actually. The base worgen design is awesome, very much werewolf, of-wolf-and-man thing. The Cataclysm design for the male worgen hearkens to that, and looks awesome as hell. Looks right. The female design...looks cheesecakey. Like a wolf version of a catgirl, more like some sort of furry fanartist designed it. I don't know why, but it *bugs* me. I'll definitely only be playing male worgen. But more than that, I'm going to hate seeing the female worgen around. I know they're female, but FFS, they should still look like *worgen*. In other WoW news, the guild has been going through more issues.

I think I need to give in and buy a 12-pack of Mountain Dew Whiteout. Craving that like crazy.

Also, the people on my flist are awesome and brilliant, and I love how y'all think. ^_^ ♥

1. Hi, hormones. Return of the Cranky Wench, part billion. >:E Also, it's been cool, dim, rainy, and windy, like fall, and while I *love* that, it makes me want to sleep all the time.

2. Still hate the Lich King fight. Makes me wish I could go to BlizzCon in hopes of going to one of the developers' panels and stomping on the foot of whomever's responsible for it. Tuesdays are awesome for not being raid nights so I can hide out from Dauntless stuff. Meanwhile, it's the 5 year anniversary for the founding of the Daughters ofthe Alliance guild on Bronzebeard, which really says something about their people and how they're run. Yay for them. ♥

3. Wallowing in old J2 fic of late. Wallowinnnnnnnng. Hoping to run into this one I read last summer-ish where Jared was in a car accident (maybe broke a leg or something, I forget), and Jensen helps him out after and things ensue.

4. Greek Gods brand yogurt (pomegranate) is the awesome-amazing stuff of the day.

5. Countdown to SPN season finale song-sharing:
Queen - Headlong http://www.mediafire.com/?oznlrmm2jgd
Two days \o/

6. Oh, weird. I'd forgotten that my Dad, stepmother, and stepsister were visiting her family in Oklahoma this past weekend. :x They were north and east of where all the tornadoes hit, but sounds like a second cousin of hers lost their house. Yikes.

[Editing to remember!
http://estrella30.livejournal.com/413407.html
Sticks and Stones, J2, NC-17, 22k words. Thanks so much essene for pointing me at *exactly* the right thing! Saving this for when I get nostalgic for it again. :3