Me Me Me!

So...my office was two hours of utter chaos this morning. My boss is in the office today for the first time in months (he's been overseas and on vacation)...bringing with him changing priorities, quick exchange of piles of information, shifting of workloads and other chaotic fun.

Because I didn't think my life was busy enough between now and when I leave for Phoenix next Thursday, I decided I needed to make an afghan for my father and his wife. I started on it yesterday. Fortunately, it seems to be one that will go quickly. It's done in panels, nine panels to be exact. The original pattern called for 9 bright colors. I opted for shades of brown and muted greens. I finished one panel last night.

( Cut for rambling about writing, BDSM, sub-space and exploring the darker side of sexuality in fic )

Interestingly, the idea of the two of us writing off of the same basic idea made me think of a writing challenge that I think could be fun. Unfortunately with as dead as LJ has been, I'm not sure LJ is the place for it, so I'm considering using AO3, but that will require a little more research on my part for how that works.

Basically, the premise would be I (or whatever other mods want to help out) would post a summary that is character/fandom generic, but gives the basic premise of a story. Whoever wants to participate in the challenge has a month or so to write a minimum of say 1500 words in whatever fandom (including original) with whatever characters, as long as the end story fits the summary.

Sound like fun? Any interest at all?

Okay, on that note, now that the chaos has settled around me, I should get to work. Crazy ass deadlines yet again.


You:

a) Are you a crafty kind of person? If yes, what is your BEST crafty-craft?
2) If you were offered the opportunity to go do something you love doing for a full year but to do it you would have to go someplace where you don't know anyone, don't speak the language and can't easily leave to come home from...would you do it?
c) If you suddenly were handed $100,000 tax free and obligation free, what would you do with it?
4) Giraffe or Elephant?
e) Define compassion.
6) Skittles or M&Ms?
g) Define persecution.
8) Monkey?
i) What if someone really is out to get you?
10) Have I told you lately that I love you?

For the third day in a row, I woke up with a headache. Right now the only thing that has me functional is my TENS unit working the spot just under my neck, and heavy doses of BOTH Tylenol and Ibuprofen.

Today I am working on this damn manual that has a ridiculous deadline. My frustration level is very close to "fuck it all and go home".

And, the coworker that went out on medical a few months ago (the one who was so sick and losing her shit mentally) is due back to work today, and they're moving her close to where I sit and I'm dreading it so very much. I do not want to get dragged back into her drama. I don't want to know about her family and her issues and all of that. I don't want to gossip about all the crap she's missed.

I want to hide in my cube and ignore the world exists and try to get this work done.

AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!

Okay. Now that I've got THAT out of my system...

1) What is one thing you look forward to every day?
2) What is one thing you dread?
3) What do you regret?
4) What do you fear?
5) What do you want?
6) What do you need?
7) What do you think about at night before you fall asleep?

1) It is Tuesday.
2) I actually slept last night
3) It took drugging myself into oblivion, and I'm still a little groggy because of it.
4) Freya tried to "help" me tie my stompy boots. Ow.
5) In my archiving to AO3 project, I have cleared September 2008 and am well into October.
6) Um. There are already 64 Daddy kink fics. I just got to the part fic that introduces Daddy's "Daddy"
7) Holy Fuck I'm verbose
8) Also, kinky, prolific and, in TMI, horny.
9) Also, in this project I keep finding fic I had forgotten I had written.
10) We're having a potluck today at work.
11) I now have a little credit card reader thingy for my phone to use with Paypal. I can now take payments for photo shoots, et al on the fly.
12) I kind of adore how much Rob Thomas apparently loves his dog Ollie.
13) My shoulder still aches.
14) I want bacon.
15) "He's fairly aware of himself, of his naked state, of the feeling of being on display...he shifts nervously, stretching muscles within his restraints, aching to be past this part, to be touched, even if that touch comes at the end of a leather whip."
16) No, I don't know, it just came to me when I started to write.
17) I think I need to pee.
18) I have no brain to mouth filter today. I must have left it home.
19) Boobies & Shenanigans!
20) And my hat (because no list of random is complete without it)


So...how about I start and you finish?

a) Once upon a time ______________________________ with __________________ and ____________________.
b) Seeing as he couldn't _________________________, he figured he was better ___________________________.
c) Promises made ______________________________________________________
d) As cliche as it sounds, ______________________________________________________________.
e) Tomorrow he was ______________________ until ____________________.

And we're off into Tuesday!

So...most of the time, I'm happy with my life. I'm single, and largely prefer it that way.

Every now and again, I crave...something. The problem is, I don't want a "boyfriend" or a "girlfriend" really.

( cut for me rambling on about dating and idiots and what I want )

Which brings me to questions. Sorry in advance, they're gonna be a little thinky.

I know that I'm not "normal" when it comes to relationships and what I want. So, tell me about your ideal romantic relationship.

1) If you feel comfortable (and I don't already know) are you straight, bi, gay or other?
2) How do you define your approach to romantic relationships? Are you monogamous? Poly?
3) Have you ever been "in love"?
4) Did it work out?
5) Can you love a person and spend time with them and have sex with them without being "In-love"?
6) Are you looking for (or have you found) your "soul mate"?
7) What does that mean for you?
8) Does your relationship define you?
9) Are you a jealous person? Is your SO?

And maybe a few easy ones:

a) Name a color
b) What is your middle name?
c) What is the first nickname you can remember being called?
d) Penguins or Turtles?
e) How do you like your pirates, Disney-fied or realistic?
f) Jeffrey Dean Morgan or John Winchester?
g) Handcuffs or rope?
h) Leather or lace?
i) What is your favorite Popsicle flavor?
j) Do you chew gum?
k) Favorite thing to do on a cold, wet day?
l) Chicken soup or Spaghetti and meatballs
m) Scented lotion or plain?
n) Favorite toy?
o) What is the first thing you can see on your right, right now?
p) What is the first thing near you that is written in pen or pencil? What does it say?
q) Earth, Air, Fire, Water
r) First thing you take off when you get home from work/school?
s) Something you want but do not need.
t) Something true
u) Something made up
v) Something about you
w) Something about me
x) What makes you laugh?
y) Are you a "file as soon as I can" or a "file at the last minute" kind of tax person?
z) Are we done yet?

Since I didn't add any questions to the last one...let us explore something now...

1) What is your very first memory?
2) Who was your first kiss?
3) How old were you?
4) Can you remember the first time you slept over somewhere that wasn't your own house?
5) What story do your parents tell from your childhood that you know by heart, but don't actually remember?
6) Close your eyes. Think about you as a child. First image that emerges, how old are you? What do you look like? Where are you?
7) Word association: I say _____________, you say______________
a) Orange
b) toilet
c) grape
d) charge
e) stink
f) soda
g) nuts
h) eye
i) Jay
j) let
k) see
l) tape
m) fetish
n) dungeon
o) kid
p) last
q) first
r) rhombus
s) squiggle
t) jello
u) numbers
v) fuck
w) now
x) cell
y) vampire
z) gate

( My word association answers here )

Friday morning observations:

1) Coffee tastes better when I can taste it.
2) In 7 days I will be in Phoenix.
3) Holiday cards have begun arriving, thank you nomadicdragon and celtprincess13
4) So far my first ever attempt to make a sweater is looking....remarkably like a sweater!
5) I am going to my mommy's this weekend.

Want to ask me stuffs? I like answering random questions, deep thought provoking questions, questions about faith, fandom, family, freedom, fellas, felines....SO!

Pick one of these topics. Ask me five things about it. Or, ask me one thing about each topic.

1) Fandom
2) My past
3) My faith
4) Writing (in general, or specific questions about things I have/am writing)
5) Photography