ladydreamer

Life:

Last week was kind of a lot. Much adulting between getting new tires on my car and picking insurance, and working... a lot.

I still need to send in my registration for the car, clean the house a bit, and get my shit together before I head off to visit the fam for Christmas. However, I do have my shopping mostly done, apart from some extra chocolate for the kiddies, and a gift card for my sister's birthday (which I will get when I get there bc the place is local).

I always miss my family, but going home still makes me anxious.

I might try to get to the mall tomorrow. I need a few shirts and a coat, if I can find one. 

Fandom:

These days, I'm bouncing around in Venture Bros fandom, which is small but spirited. I'm in too deep. I'm ficcing a longish AU that I'm enjoying but um... I don't know why I felt so compelled to write so much about this, other than to bring out all these loose threads and put onscreen the narrative of characters who were mostly relegated to OFF this season.

Created a Discord, too: https://discord.gg/jUwFTP6

I'm also into Legacies (kinda) and Charmed (LOTS), She-Ra (OMG), and watching The Haunting of Hill House over and over. I just started Killing Eve... Honestly, anything with Sandra Oh.  I'll be pounding Black Lightning as soon as I can find the eps I missed at the beginning of the season.

I kind of need to be working on my Secret Santa fic. Why is it so hard to write when I need to be doing it?


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 The new Charmed is killing me. So many secrets, so many cliffhangers. Mel might have two love interests in the long run, Niko and the Sarcana chick. Maggie is dating a half-demon. 

What was their mother's role in the Sarcana? What do the demon bros want? Can we trust the Council? AHHHH

I'm so glad they got picked up for the rest of the season. This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth. comments posted there. Please comment there using OpenID or your DW account.

 Jeezus, Tumblr done snapped the Venture Bros tag. :( This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth. comments posted there. Please comment there using OpenID or your DW account.

Tits* out if you're Anti-Nazi.


*Tits can be substituted with birds, pictures of the desert, rumpled beige bedspreads, open books, marbles, or anything vaguely peachy colored.

 I stfg I don't know how I'm going to survive another summer in this hellscape of a state. It's like 80 degrees at night with 86% humidity. Spare me. This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth. comments posted there. Please comment there using OpenID or your DW account.

 I've ordered the rest of the ASOUE books from Thriftbooks.

I was trying to decide if I wanted the new covers, but I cannot wait until June to read them.

Addiction. Maybe I'll give the shiny new cover versions to my nieces and nephews.


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Amazon makes huge quarterly profits; hikes Amazon Prime membership anyway. 

Yeah, fuck you, too, buddy. This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth. comments posted there. Please comment there using OpenID or your DW account.

Happy Clexmas, one and all!

Indeed, I live.

Found a finished, unposted Chlara ficlet.

Title: Itsy Bitsy, Teeny Weeny
Pairing: Chlara
Fandom: Smallville
Sequel: Earth Men Are Dumb and Little Black Dress
Summary: Chloe and Kara jet off to Coast City for a few days. Set after S7 “Action.”

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Today I met up with legendarytobes and talked about how all television is terrible, math is super hard (for me), BtVS Season Six, and Texas has the most suck ass weather ever.

:D

One comprehensive exam down, two to go.

But just one more this semester, and that's Friday.

Title: Be Positive

Pairing: Kurt/Blaine past relationship, Kurt/OCs, Kurt/Adam (main)

Warning: HIV plot. Hints of depression.

Summary: As Kurt slowly tries to piece himself back together after the break-up, he and Adam circle around one another in New York without truly meeting. When Kurt comes home for Christmas, a prank and poor bookkeeping result in Kurt getting the shock of his life. Reeling from the news and still trying to be strong for those around him, Kurt returns to New York with baggage of a diagnosis he never expected weighing heavily on his shoulders that will complicate his life more than he thought possible. Then, he runs into Adam at NYADA.

Part One - Part Two - Part Three - Part Four - Part Five

>> Part Six + Part Seven

Title: Be Positive
Pairing: Kurt/Blaine past relationship, Kurt/OCs, Kurt/Adam (main)
Warning: HIV plot. Hints of depression in later chapters.
Summary: As Kurt slowly tries to piece himself back together after the break-up, he and Adam circle around one another in New York without truly meeting. When Kurt comes home for Christmas, a prank and poor bookkeeping result in Kurt getting the shock of his life. Reeling from the news and still trying to be strong for those around him, Kurt returns to New York with baggage of a diagnosis he never expected weighing heavily on his shoulders that will complicate his life more than he thought possible. Then, he runs into Adam at NYADA.
AN: Song from later in the chapter- "Who spiked the eggnog?"

Thanks to chocoholicannanymous for previewing this chapter for me and quelling my nerves!

Part One - Part Two - Part Three - Part Four

>> Part Five

Series: No Day But Today
Title: Deference
Summary: Kurt and his entourage get more information about the United Peoples on their base, and the people come to a decision about their future.

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I realized I haven't posted here since October.

So...

I have two papers and a take home test due next week. Also a pile of 50 papers to grade. I found out on Monday that I would have to move again, soon. Because it rained and water came gushing from my ceiling. Spent too much time digging through places on the internet and visiting places that were unfeasible. Found out about a different place at Orphan's Thanksgiving yesterday, so I went there this morning, looked at the place, fell in love, (but went with the smaller unit that I love slightly less because I am poor grad student), got accepted and paid the admin fee to keep the place until I can come by with pay stubs and the real deposit.

I have a new place and I have a start on two of the four major things I need to have done by Tuesday morning. FML.

This semester will end. I will move. I will survive it.

Then I will get a gym membership and put coursework behind me as I plow towards my comps and publication.

And that's that.

Also the fic I was freaking out about: Not as many people are reading as I would have hoped, but at the same time, I'm no seeing snotty ironic reblogs, so the internet brats must've found something better to do while I was sucked into the vortex of end of the semester bullshit. Good for them.

Title: Be Positive

Pairing: Kurt/Blaine past relationship, Kurt/OCs, Kurt/Adam (main)

Warning: HIV plot. Hints of depression in later chapters.

Summary: As Kurt slowly tries to piece himself back together after the break-up, he and Adam circle around one another in New York without truly meeting. When Kurt comes home for Christmas, a prank and poor bookkeeping result in Kurt getting the shock of his life. Reeling from the news and still trying to be strong for those around him, Kurt returns to New York with baggage of a diagnosis he never expected weighing heavily on his shoulders that will complicate his life more than he thought possible. Then, he runs into Adam at NYADA.

AN: No songs in this part, really, so let me bolster my credibility by linking some news stories. Man Misdiagnosed for FIVE YEARS. Woman, Nine Years.

Tumblr: Part One - Part Two - Part Three - Part Four

Dreamwidth: Part One - Part Two - Part Three - Part Four

Comments are nice and fun, if you enjoy what you read.

Title: Be Positive

Pairing: Kurt/Blaine past relationship, Kurt/OCs, Kurt/Adam (main)

Warning: HIV plot. Hints of depression in later chapters. I imagine this to be sensitive for some, and I have no intention of being appropriative. Also, sorry for the incredibly long build up. I had to put a lot of pieces into place before starting.

Summary: As Kurt slowly tries to piece himself back together after the break-up, he and Adam circle around one another in New York without truly meeting. When Kurt comes home for Christmas, a prank and poor bookkeeping result in Kurt getting the shock of his life. Reeling from the news and still trying to be strong for those around him, Kurt returns to New York with baggage of a diagnosis he never expected weighing heavily on his shoulders that will complicate his life more than he thought possible. Then, he runs into Adam at NYADA.

AN: I'll try to update every few weeks. I might not start posting this at all, if I don't get it going.

Part One and Part Two- Tumblr

Part One and Part Two- Dreamwidth

The world is a dark and lonely place when LJ comments aren't being delivered to your inbox.

Title: So Easy to Love
Pair: Kadam

AU post-4x13.
Summary: The Adam’s Apples are performing on a cruise liner when an explosion in the engines causes it to go down. Adam and Kurt escape on their own and try to survive until help can come.

Tumblr links:

Part One - Part Two - Part Three - Part Four - Part Five - Part Six - Part Seven

I might create separate entries on LJ, but it is unlikely due to post limits. Posting at different places is annoying, and I keep forgetting what I posted where. If anything, I might start an archive account.

Title: The Life and Times of a Quasi-Repentant Flowerpot

Pairings: Furt/Kinn (main), Finchel (past)

Includes: mpreg, brotherly love

Summary: When Finn is attacked by a bad case of baby rabies but Rachel is too focused on her career to do the honors, Kurt is conscripted to be their surrogate. Once Kurt actually gets pregnant, though, everything starts to get much more complicated.

AU wherein Kurt is two years younger than Finn, Kurt and Blaine didn’t get together while at Dalton, and Rachel never got into the arts school of her dreams.

Beatles Mash-up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvksRNyiy0o

Previous Chapters: Third Wheel

Chapter Two: Awesome Cohabitation

Title: The Life and Times of a Quasi-Repentant Flowerpot

Pairings: Furt/Kinn (main), Finchel (shortly), Klaine (side)

Includes: mpreg, flirting with brotherly love

Summary: When Finn is attacked by a bad case of baby rabies but Rachel is too focused on her career to do the honors, Kurt is conscripted to be their surrogate. Once Kurt actually gets pregnant, though, everything starts to get much more complicated.

AU wherein Kurt is two years younger than Finn, Kurt and Blaine didn't get together while at Dalton, and Rachel never got into the arts school of her dreams because she’s a spoiled diva.

Chapter One: Third Wheel

At Dreamwidth

On Tumblr

LJ is being a douchewaffle and not letting me x-post, so chose your platform above. I guess I'll TRY to keep the following chapters shorter.

I'm trying to go gluten free for a little while to see if it make my guts improve, and it is hard, because I work lots and am lazy about cooking for myself. Also, gluten free bread is frozen and stupid. It's overly dry and strange and expensive. So I've been trying to bake it.

Sunday's attempt was more or less a brick because it didn't rise at all. Bread fail.

Today's looks much more like a bread!

The semester is about to start. My final semester. Last semester of taking classes ever.

Granted, that means I'll be doing comprehensive exams and then writing a dissertation, but LAST CLASSES EVER.

And one of them has some books in Spanish, so I'm hoping the teacher doesn't mind if I read the translations, since she said I could take the class despite not being in Hispanic studies. It's on US Latino Sexuality in Literature, and my other class is Queer Theory with some Chicana texts, so I'm pretty set. These two classes together makes me like a queer in a candy store. I have a final "independent study" that requires I start reading my brains out for my comps this spring, because that's really what I need to do and all those books are going to be on my lists.

In between all of that, I'm working a lot. A lot a lot. And starting Monday, it'll be M/W/F Teaching, M/W Queer Classes, T/TH/S Tutoring, Sunday: DIE.

Regarding: Fic

I have one chapter of NDBT zombiefic written. I just need to find the time and mental space to edit the friggin' thing. I have delusions of wrapping it up in three parts.

And I have more Kadam coming your way, for anyone who cares. When I finish things. The Kadam on the deserted island fic, and a follow up to Aunt Snixx. Since I didn't finish for the Kadam Big Bang, I'm just going to roll it over into the Kurt Big Bang and hope I finish the second half of this fic.

BTW: http://kurt-bigbang.livejournal.com/

Today:

Returned books to the library to avoid the exorbitant $140 fee for um... not taking them back. This involved driving to a place downtown that I was unfamiliar with (we have ILL between different branches of the school), figuring out how to park, hoofing it up to a building and getting a huge blister on my toe. I am inexplicably proud of managing to do this.

Drove from there to work, without getting lost.

Gotten to work and planned my lessons.

Did not kill my students, despite having to deal with constant whining and utter lack of focus for FOUR FUCKING HOURS.

Went to the motherfucking bank like an ADULT.

Bought toilet paper at the store. :D

Drove home. Made dinner. Did the dishes.

Cleaned out almost all the cabinets in the kitchen. I have two more spaces to clean out in there.

Paid rent. Answered an email from my landlord about him coming to with a lease for me to resign.

It's like I'm an adult, or something.

When I went to a Southern Baptist Church, I had no power of attention during sermons. I would either fall dead asleep and drool everywhere, or I doodled over all the things and tune in and out of what the pastor was saying. And the worst thing I probably ever did was draw this hugely fat bee that had wings that could barely hold it up, and show it to my sister. We both thought it was hilarious for no reason at all, so every time I drew it we cracked up to the point of tears.

Sacralicious.

This summer is too stressful to be summer. I need it to be less.

I've officially started the new job. I'm not sure how good I'll ever be. I struggle to plan quickly, and to divvy my time between three students at once who all have different lessons. There's not a lot of time to give instruction, and then I have to write notes on everything. I also think the material is just flat out boring. I don't know why anyone would want to do it. So I feel bad for giving it to these kids, honestly.

I hope I'll get better at it. And that at some point I'll stop being anxiety-ridden about the drive every morning on the highway. I'm convinced my car will go colliding into a huge truck or just flip over and explode. I just kind of wanted to have this all down by fall so I can be less nervous. I think I'm a boring teacher when we just have to go through exercises over and over to teach them to take tests.

Blah.

Moving slowly through my summer reading, though. I shall survive it yet, perhaps. But needing to find a new roommate, not as good.