Disarm You With a Smile

Gakked from denied_heaven and nyghtpet

1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle.
3. Write a drabble titled the same thing as the song playing.
4. The number of words in the drabble should the songs length.
*Example - Drive My Car is 2 minutes & 33 seconds. So the drabble should have 233 words.*
5. Do five (more if you wish) of these, then post them.

Title: Here Without You by Three Doors Down
Pairing: Steve/Chris
Rating: G
Lyrics: I'm here without you, baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I dream about you baby
and I think about you all the time.
( Here Without You )
*****

Title: The Air That I Breathe by the Hollies
Pairing:Sam/Dean
Rating: R for wincest
Lyrics: If I could make a wish I think I'd pass
Can't think of anything I need
No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound
Nothing to eat no books to read
Making love with you, has left me peaceful warm inside
What more could I ask
There's nothing left to be desired
( The Air That I Breathe )
*****


Title: Why Can't This Be Love? by Van Halen
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: PG
Lyrics: Oh here it comes again
That funny feelin again winding me up inside
Every time we touch
Hey I don't know
Just tell me where to begin
cause I never ever Felt so much
No I can't recall any love at all
Baby this blows 'em all away
( Why Can't This Be Love? )

Okay, so late last night, I was cruisin' the flist, and came upon an entry into the sga_noticeboard. It was this weird cracktastic story by darsynia called Stuck on You. John and Rodney as, well, ice cubes.

OMG. it's too cute! Go read it. NOW!

Then, falling_colors made ART for it. OMG. I had to icon it. and so, I did. :D

......

so, winterlive put up this con meme thing, and I, being the utter thief that I am, stole it from her. Okay, no. I commented, she gave me my assignment and now I'm reposting the meme. :D

1. Reply to this post, and I will pick four/five of your userpics.
2. Make a post and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon squee.


( My icons, let me splainey them )

( Here there be SPOILERS but not for future eps )

Other news:
Interview is tomorrow. Wish me luck. I've studied up on some questions. Let's just hope these are the ones they ask. Yikes.

good news:
I have to schedule an interview for a teaching position at one of the other schools in my district. It's high school english again, in the town I live in, so wish me luck. they want to interview me on Friday, but umm, I'm teaching on Friday. LOL! May have to take the day or maybe half the day....

Thinky thoughts:
I've been blocked! Seriously. I mean, I have an awesome outline for a REALLY BAD ASS SPN gen story. I was going to do it for the bigbang this time around, but umm, with all the other crap in my life, that sort of went by the wayside. *sigh* But I am going to write it, maybe over the summer? As I'm prepping for another year in English? Who knows.

I also really really want to write some SGA. I mean, I've been gorging on SGA fic from sgastoryfinders and I'm craving to write someSGA, but I can't think of any prompt type thingies. I can't get my brain in the gear for it.

They say that writers are always writers. That they think of stories all the time, and I do! I'm always dissecting characters, coming up with ideas and plots and events, but i lack the fortitude for execution. At least while my life is so up in the air as it is right now. So, while I'd like to write the next seminal piece of SGA fiction (coughdelusionsofgrandeurcough), it'll have to wait. *sigh*

On the blocked tangent:
I know i've squeed about this already and have the pictures to prove it, but I did manage to meet Steve Carlson back in April. Wheesh. Nice looking dude. Anyway! What does this actually mean? It means, ladies, that I can't picture him 'with' Chris at all! I mean, AFter meeting him, I just can't see him gettin' all nekky and sweaty and bumpin uglies with Chris anymore. And I have tried. I'm so sad about this! I loved writing them...but he's so nice and sardonic and a little cool that I feel bad about putting him (yes, yes, I REALIZE it's just fictional, but still!) in bed or against a wall or bent over a sofa with Chris. What I do see? Since hearing the songs on the new record? Ohh, he and Chris have 'broken up!' I ask you, what the hell is wrong with me?

So that is the state of me at this point. Feel free to chime in.

Also, several of you sent me hugs and whatall with my last two posts. Thank you. I really needed them, and I so appreciate it, you really have no idea. I suck at replying - OMG BUSY!!! - but I read each of them, and I'm really grateful for your support. *hearts y'all*

I hate my life. Just thought I'd share that.

I found out today that my contract with LPHS will NOT be renewed for next year.

Let's take a moment, shall we?
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Yes. I will effectively be out of work come five weeks from now.

I love my job. I LOVE my kids. and at the end of the year I won't see them again. I HATE this school district. Hate it. So. great.

I'm looking for the Chris/David pic where the guys are waiting in line to go into a club, and Chris is sort of huddled behind David. David's wearing a long coat and Chris has his hands in his jeans pockets, like he's cold or something.

Please can someone share that with me? Grrr. I thought I had it saved, but alas, I do not.

I've had a really crappy day.

Started in on Julius Caesar today. Students hate it. falling asleep left and right, despite my efforts to relate the situations in it to the real world - which they get. They just don't want to read it themselves. Gah.

So of course I'm feeling like utter shite as a teacher. Add to that that one of my students who is QUITE BRIGHT but doesn't do homework, has failed the third nine weeks and her mother is pissed. Emailed me yesterday and wanted me to call her today. So I did.

I made mistakes on my gradebook online and now am going to have to change a whole class' grades because of it. I had a vocab test listed under the 'homework' category. Tests are added and averaged and when are 35% of my kids' grades. Homework is only 15%. Yes, this DRASTICALLY changed my students' grades when I made the correction. Also, one of the tests that I THOUGHT I'd recorded DIDN'T get recorded! So, not only that, they're now MISSING a DAMN TEST GRADE. What does this mean?

Well it means a lot. Grades for the nine weeks have already been pulled. Edit sheets turned in. I'm going to have to issue official 'grade changes' for these students! For a whole class!

Not only that, but apparently, I didn't have ENOUGH grades for the nine weeks. Instead of 18 required grades, I only have 14. Now, why is this mother pissed, other than these factors? Because her daughter woudln't be failing if I didn't count Accelerated Reading (AR) as a test grade. In my class, ARs have two grades associated with them: a test grade AND a homework grade (usually a graphic organizer). My kids are required to read two AR books per year. This particulary student did do the required reading, and therefore has 0s on two test grades. Yup, you guessed it, she's failing my class utterly: 41.

I know the other stuff was wrong, and I take responsibility for my mistakes with the miscategorizing the test and not getting the other test grade recorded. I do. I'm okay with workin' on my fuck ups. But for this lady to be pissed at me because her daughter didn't meet my AR requirements (which, I've gone to the department head with my requirements and she says it's not out of the ordinary) really just chaps me.

Then, she called me unprofessional. I said the test not getting recorded, and me not noticing a mistake like mislabeling an assignement pisses me off. Hmm. That's unprofessional. yeah. okay.

so anyway. I may be out of a job - I've already been given the "your job isn't secure for next year b/c you're on annual contract, and there are budget cuts which are affecting the status quo" lecture. Now, I've got this woman - a teacher at the middle school - irate with ME and the system. I'm not going to be working next year, I can just feel it.

I think I'm really going to cry.

Yeah.

I am.

I'll see y'all later.

I'm heading to bed, but I WILL be back and will reply to those of you I've not gotten to, yet. I've read your comments, but I"m just too pooped to poop right now. Tiring weekend.

Thanks, killerweasel for linking to my EyeCon and Carlson posts, I really appreciate it, hon! *hugs*

Okay guys. I did it. I drove all the way back to Orlando tonight to see Steve perform live at this little hole in the wall club, it was awesome. And again, I have piccies for you all. It's nearly 2:30 am right now, and I'm falling asleep at my PC, but I wanted to get them up and posted (and cross posted, probably to chrisandsteve before I went to bed. It's getting to be a highly questionable endeavor.

Any way, had a blast, will be back with the full on report at a later day.

By the way, this post, is SO NOT dial up friendly. Y'all enjoy. Want? Take. Have. But please drop a comment to let me know you're taking them. Also, feel free to repost, but please give me credit.

( Steve Carlson at the Social! )

VoicePost 72K 0:21

“I'm just checking to see if this is working try to make a voice ___ later tonight ignore this if you already clicked on the little play button or whatever. I'm sorry anyway you're probably hearing from me later tonight at the Steve ___ Concert oh my God anyway bye.” Auto-Transcribed Voice Post

Okay. So, here is my EyeCon Report for Saturday and Sunday. And as promised, I went through and chose some of the best pics from the two days. Here they are.

( OMG SO under a cut, because there are like 60 images here. )
Okay. I thinkg that about does it. I got like over three hundred pics, but I wanted to share some of the best ones I had. These were all taken with my new camera, which proved itself to be completely awesome this weekend. Y'all enjoy. If you decide to steal any, feel free, just drop me a line to let me know, so I'm not all atwitter when I stumble on some picspam later that has some of my stuff in it. I get all squee-y when I see people with my stuff -without warning - and it makes me look like a complete and utter dork! LOL.

Whew. I'm SOOOOOO glad I had most of this typed out Saturday night. I met some really great gals there. I have NO idea who they were, but awesome chickies just the same. Y'all rock. Nora, it was nice to finally actually MEET you, thanks so much for making me and my friend feel so LESS like dorks. It was a total new experience for both of us, and just thanks for keeping us cool and calm. Me especially, because I was totally going nuts before the concert. I know it SEEMED like I had it all together, but no. And I apologize for singing all the songs in your ear! My total bad.

Lemme see if I get this right: Ghost Writer(?) it was really cool talking to you in line for the Steve Photo Op. OMG. I know, I'm a total dork, right? I mean, yikes. I can't believe myself. You were awesome though, nice talking to you.

I may have met several more of you, but I have no idea, so if I did, just know it was awesome. And now, On to the con report! this is long, but I really don't want to put it behind a cut. But I will for the sake of my flist.

HOLY CRAP! EyeCon was ROCKING!!!
First things first:
( Jim Beaver )

( Chad Lindberg, Samantha Ferris, and Alona Tal )

Then we went to eat. Chili’s.

When we got back, we were walking along the mezzanine, where everything was being held, and there was Chad, and I said, “Chad!” and he turned around and he was so cool! “Hey! How are ya?” And he winked. *sigh*

( Then Photo Op with Steve. )

So now we’re resting up, and chilling out before going to the concert tonight.

( Okay, so we’re back, and it’s concert time )

As much as I love Supernatural and Jared, I went to EyeCon to see and meet Steve Carlson. I’m completely speechless. I mean, Deni went and had her photo op with Jared (again, pics to come) and I was totally fine with talking to him; no butterflies, but Steve? ( Totally messed that up. )

I would give you some stuff on the Jared Q&A, but it’s probably already been done. And honestly, I can’t fuckin’ remember. So much squee! If you check out killerweasel’s journal, she’s prolly gonna have all kinds of links for you. Needless to say, Jared was totally awesome, a normal guy, and completely and utterly sweet.

I'm home, gonna post more about it later, but I just want to say a few things:

1. Jim Beaver is freakin AWESOME.
2. Samantha Ferris is so fuckin' cool. Balls the wall babe badass.
3. Alona - cutenss!
4. Chad is so damn funny, and gracious and unbelievable attractive.
5. Steve Carlson is one very, exceedingly HANDSOME man. It doesn't show up in pics, but oh lord. Y'all. HANDSOME.
6. Steve Carlson live is - uhoh. I think I died just remembering it.
7. Jared! OMG. Jared rocks.

Pics and full report to come.

Lief and Eric came down this week for a visit, and I caught them having fun in my living room, This is them.

Aren't they cuties?

I'm going to be off today, going to the beach, hopefully with my friends. maybe I"ll being back some piccies! Whoot whoot!

Anyway, y'all have a happy Monday. *love*

I've been LOVING the little kissing stories coming out of mcsmooch and wanted to try my hand at it too. It's rare that I write in the SGA fandom, preferring to let the 'pros' of that fandom handle those characters. My attempts at them alwasy seem off. but I wanted to do a tag to The Last Man, and this seemed the perfect opportunity. so. Here ya go.

Title: Return
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: John/Rodney
Rating: PG for snogging.
WC: 1200
Disclaimer: yeah. I don't know who owns em, but it ain't me.
( Return )

Okay. I just forced myself to read not the first, nor the second or even THIRD but I've lost fuckin count!, fic that has Jensen all broken hearted and depressed and GIRLY!!!! because Jared and Sandy are engaged.

Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick people. Get your fannish heads out of your collective asses and suck it up. Stop bombarding us with the "Ohh I can never have him, must let him fuck me dry then cry into my beer" fics. Bah. *is irritated*

I'm not clicking on j2 rps fics for at least another week. idiots. *rolls eyes*

So last night, Den and I decided to gussy ourselves up and take pictures for our MySpace pages. OH lord. ( 16 large pics behind cut - unaltered )