quirks4me is gone! :(

Does anyone know why she's left IJ?

Remember my poll post about a name for my mpreg!ass!baby?

Well,you folks voted and now it's official:

*drum roll*

His name is TWINK

My Brian,my Justin and my Twink are such a happy family. ;)
And it's soooo cute to watch him while he tries to do all the things that his parents can do.Just the day before yesterday he learned how to write and yesterday he started to play around with pictures and stuff...;D

Will post some new family pics on the weekend. lol

Hey,tomorrow is FRIDAY! YAYfuckingYAY!!

PS. My Brian and my Justin are saying THANK YOU to everyone who has helped to name their new ass!baby!

PPS. I KNEW that you would loooove the ticky boxes! *G*

Edit:

So because I finally have a job and I finally have money, I called up Sallie Mae to find out what to do about my student loans (I have two through them--one from when I went to a real university and the other from when I went to Culinary School). I thought my monthly payments were going to be $160--what they were before I lost my job.

Well..first...turns out my monthly payments are actually now $149. Yay!

But when I explained I couldn't put up the money to catch up on the loans, I was offered three choices. The first was, I pay the $149. The second was a forebearance for a few months which would have cost me $50. Or! I could sign up for a program where one of the loans' interest rate was reduce from 7% (which actually isn't that bad surprisingly) to 1% for a full year, no charge and in addition I get a "forgive and forget" (though not from the credit companies, just Sallie Mae) for the missed payments.

Duh--of course I want option three!!

So instead of $149, my monthly payments are now $122 until April. Now by April, one of my loans will be paid off in full. :party: The other is the loan with the reduced interest and my monthly payment for that one will be $69 until December next year. After December next year, I'll still only be giving Sallie Mae only $90 a month.

:faint: I am completely over the moon about this. One loan only has a few more months left of payments and the other has reduced interest for a year. I am just...in fucking...shock. :faint:

Fucking amazing day.

By the way flisters--

I have tea that needs to leave my house.

I have nothing against tea.

Nor do I have anything against the tea that I am giving away.

But I bought the teas thinking I would.

But I don't.

So since I've noticed that I am friends with a lot of tea drinkers and that a lot of people on LJ's wishlist community are asking for tea, I made a list so if anyone wanted any of the tea, they could have it.

Alas, I only have two types left.

So, flisters, do any of you want either of these:

An open Traditional Afternoon tea--bags not individually wrapped
An open Earl Grey tea--bags individually wrapped

...I was slightly bad...instead of saving my money...I bought myself some comics and a $6.50 pair of underwear...

But I'm happy xD

For one, I found a HellBoy comic finally! I also found a very dark looking Batman/Superman comic. And of course there was an X-Men comic featuring Gambit of whom I cannot get enough and lastly, there was a Ghost Rider comic that looks very promising. Happiness!

I also learned that HellBoy is from Dark Horse and I honestly had thought Marvel or DC had made that one. :shrug:

And the underwear? Well...I had gotten a $10 off coupon thingie when I bought my jeans and shirt last week so I thought, well, I need underwear. Now...the stores put all the shiny and pretty underwear in the front so I was was doing some "window shopping" of the pretty underwear...and well...there was a very very pretty lace hipster that was in Slytherin green! I had to have it and well...pretty underwear can sometimes make all the difference ;)

But I did do a good thing--I picked up some other underwear. Yay! Alas it was only a three pack and that's all I can afford, but soon hopefully I'll have more. I get paid next week so...


I also picked up most of what I need to do my traditional holiday baking. The store didn't have the specific chips a recipe calls for so my mum is off to shop with my sister and see if that store will have them.

But that isn't a big problem--I will be mixing up dry mixes tonight and putting them either in a place away from the light and heat or in the case of a few of them, in the freezer. Next week I should be putting everything together and then going to the dollar store for a big storage bowl to put it all in for everyone.

All in all...it has been a good day ^^

P.S. I hate beans. I really truly do. Why are beans the way they are? They have weird textures and taste funny >.< Why beans why??

Don't mind me...I'm just going to quietly sneak in, slink into a seat in the back row and hope nobody realizes I wasn't here.

So, what's new?

*snicker*
*does the fangirl walk of shame*
*shudders at the thought of trying to catch up on my flist*

Apparently this last month I pulled an episode 411 Justin.
I was nowhere to be seen or heard from.

Let's just call it a quiet little perfect storm of stupid crap.
Some of the lame excuses: dead computer, family vacation, working, a house full of relatives, and the republican at home. Damn, does this give you all another reason to hate republicans? Or, maybe you are thanking him. ;)

Ooooh Look! A Pretty Pic of Pretty Boys!!!
let's all just look at this and forget how lame I am...



I know I feel better. :D

I hope this ficlet sends you off to bed with a smile on your face or, alternately, should you be on the opposite side of the world from me, starts your day with a grin.

( Discipline )

Last year I made a few seasonable graphics. I only started here on IJ in January, so I think I can get away with posting them again this year here.

Since QaF and Christmas are both things I enjoy very much, I thought it would be fun to combine both.
So I made a smaller-than-a-wallpaper/bigger-than-a-usual-header thingie and some icons inspired by it.

Samples:



( More here )

Enjoy, and a merry holiday season to you all!

So I logged on and looked at my flist for the first time in several weeks. As you can imagine it was a bit overwhelming so if there is a post you think I should see, please link me to it so I don't miss it. How is everyone? I hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving.

I have some lovely holiday cards I bought last year, and I would love to send them out to all of you. If you would like a card from me, please comment with your address. Comments will be screened. Even if you gave me your address in the past, please comment here anyway so I know you want a card this year and so I have all the address together. Happy Holidays!

This was our entry in the QAF Icon Challenge. It was inspired by no_apologies_86's lovely icon! Because through it all, there was always DESIRE.

Timeline: Gapfiller 301 to 308

Rating: NC-17

( The Time Between Then and Now )

So I entered a contest on deviantArt...never suspecting I'd win. I just thought it'd be fun and it was a great prompt. I put it off until two weeks before the end of the contest at which point I went "s*** I have to put this thing together!"

So lines came together and...voila...I had an entry.

And I won!

...first contest I'd ever won...and it was first place :party:

But I'm still "OMFG I won?!"

Mind...this make an awesome way to end the day because work wasn't too good today.

Anyway...here is the link to the contest: http://news.deviantart.com/article/95574/ and this is the news article featuring the winners: http://news.deviantart.com/article/101607/

~~~

I'm also pointing out that today is World AIDs Day. Go--support it: either on dA or through various retailers who will donate x for every y amount spent by you the shopper.

And for those of you who still think it's just the "gay" disease?

For shame!!

AIDs affects everyone regardless of gender, age, financial status, martial status, ethnicity, sexual orientation.

The best way to stop the spread? Education and knowing how to protect yourself!!

A few examples:

If you use a needle to use drugs, be sure you're the only one using your needle and don't use any other needle except your own--don't share needles!

Wear a condom!!

Planned Parenthood clinics, free clinics, the doctor's office, drug community outreach programs--all of these are reliable, free, confidential sources to find information. Go and find out and stop the spread. And then volunteer to help out those with AIDs who may need help--sometimes it's as little as giving a little donation to a center to help AIDs patients get their medication.

And oh yeah--the medication? Super expensive and not always covered by the insurance companies...let that be a helper in helping you stop the spread of AIDs and protecting yourself--do you really want to have to pay for those expensive medications that you may come to rely on?

Go--educate yourselves!!

~~~

Lastly...I've put my the Christmas tree!!

Well, actually, I've got two trees up. I went to the closet to get the tree and there was actually two in there. So I asked my mum which we should put up, she said she didn't care but asked what I'd like...well, duh...of course I want both put up!

So we did.

Both of the trees are table top ones, but so very pretty. One is a white one and has silver and white baubles with white lights and red garland. The other is the usual green one with rainbow lights alas no garland, but all the ornaments. We have a few ornaments that are too heavy for either tree so they're all gathered under the trees.

I also put the Christmas figurines I found in the shed some weeks ago...now I just need to dig out my no-use Nutcracker (but he so very handsome!) and my jingle bell wreath and our house will be ready!

Well that and I need to pick up some more string lights maybe for my room and maybe a garland for the railing on the stairs...and we'll see what I've got left of a paycheck after all that.

Also, when we put the trees up, it smelled of chocolate and mint because I baked chocolate cookies with dark chocolate and mint chips. For some reason, the cookies didn't rise, but they taste amazing!!

And I'm also going to be getting together with a friend some time in the next couple of weeks to do some holiday baking together...not sure what we're going to bake, but...she realized the other week that for all the baking the techies at the theatre do (especially me and her)...we've never had a baking or cooking party. So she called me up and wanted to know if I'd like to get together to bake something with her before she leaves for Germany (I think it's Germany) for the holidays. Yay!

Hey not_yet_defined! I think you promised me an anonymous icon for the current blue theme over at qaf_icons. Since you're home alone tonight you can certainly find the time to make one itty bitty icon, right? RIGHT?

*taps foot impatiently*

I probably won't post the anonymous icon voting for a couple of days so GET TO IT. :D

Sometimes a quickie is all we want, isn't it? Well, that's what this one is: a quickie. FanSee

( The Trick )

Just under the wire....here are my totally uninspired icons for this months theme over at qaf_icons. I seem to have lost my icon groove and it doesn't seem like it'll return any time soon. I had actually picked out close to 50 scenes I wanted to iconize and ended up with only 16 completed. Two months, 16 icons....yeah, not good.

Preview:



( Blue is the old orange )

It's like I forgot how to multi-task. LOL

I'm rushing around trying to get ready for my vacation (I leave on Sunday). Eventually, I'll be at this fabulous spa for a few days before heading to my sister's.

I CANNOT WAIT.

However, before I can go, I have so much to do. All the presents have to be wrapped and packed for them for xmas and my nephew's first birthday. I have to get the pet sitter in here so I can show her what she needs to do with Champ.

I have to finish laundry, pack, finish decorating the house for the holidays (so it's all done when I get home) and somewhere in all that, I MUST get my hair done. Oh and did I mention that I have to work too?

So, instead of focusing on all of this, I ordered myself a bday present, the BLACKBERRY CURVE 8330 and I got it in red...to match my car. ROFL. I'm just kidding, it was either that or orange and since I'm a diva, I went with red.

WOOHOO my enhanced license came so I can easily cross the border into Canada and back, so it's official, I've got all I need for the trip.

The lovely and amazing fansee posted a wonderful fic from the equally amazing chering This fic is the definition of a "must read". It is little conversations full of teh love that were omitted from the show-it reads like it was originally there and was simply edited out.

So go now and READ IT!

I win!

Sort of...

First...yesterday I had a customer who accused me of not being trustworthy and slippery and that I would somehow steal his identity (the last bit he didn't actually say but that was implied).

...

We're supposed to be signing people up for the credit cards Sears offers (which I fucking hate btw because honestly...I can sell a person on something if I know it'll be helpful somewhere in one's life...but credit cards? Not helpful.) and I make sure to tell my customers that the promotion for the cards right now is $15 off the first statement. I don't say today's order like my co-workers because if the customer isn't approved, that $15 isn't taken off (which actually might be the reason why I don't get the credit card applications like my co-workers...you know, cuz I speak honestly?).

I had a customer yesterday who said yes, he would like to apply. But! he didn't get approved. Tore up the privacy agreement and told me to throw it out. When he saw that the $15 wasn't taken off, I reminded him that I had said "statement" and he said I hadn't said that. And then, you know the top portion of a credit application that the store has to keep for records? He wanted to tear that up and when I told him that he couldn't and why...he said he didn't trust me because I was a "fast talker" and "slippery".

This is why I hate selling credit cards--because it's fucked up and some customers don't trust their cashiers.

On top of that...I forgot to give him back his I.D. It happens to us all once in a while. For me, it just happened to be for this customer who made me upset. So I told my manager what happened and that I forgot to give back his I.D. because I was upset and I just knew that if I didn't say something first, the customer would get his side in first when he came back for his I.D. and would also most likely accuse me of forgetting to give it back on purpose.

Fucking customers.

Anyway...

I finally got around to cleaning house!

Except for the bathroom, but I want to take my shower first so I don't dirty the stall right away.

I washed my sheets and then tossed in some clothes I wore this week to make a full two loads (my bed sheets and such don't fit in one) so now it smells like the fabric softener upstairs where they are drying.

The floors have been swept.

The kitchen has been mopped (the floor was sticky >.<)

The counters cleaned.

The burner rings are soaking.

My room has been organized.

New sheets have been put on the bed.

Clothes that needed hanging up are hanging up.

I am exhausted, but now I can enjoy my day off because it's only noon. And the house is clean!!

*happy sigh*

This was a good way to end the busy weekend I had at work xD

As some of you may know, chering and I have written many, many fics together, I have written many a fic without her (diarrhea of the fingers), and chering has written several solo. What follows is one of chering's fics.

Under the Sheets consists of the bedroom conversations Cowlip never let us hear, and it's rated, as always...NC-17.

Read it, enjoy, and give chering some love.

( Under the Sheets )

For personal reasons I've decided to make all of the entries in my journal private, with the exception of my fiction, which will always remain completely open and unlocked to everyone. I just wanted to let you know. It has nothing to do with fandom or fangirls or anything like that, but with real life nonsense that will hopefully go away eventually. Until then you won't see anything new around here unless I write new fic (which is a distinct possibility). Please don't defriend me because someday I might be back and it would be sad if I didn't have any friends when I did. I'll still be checking in and commenting occasionally and will respond to comments left on my fiction, all of which can be found HERE.

♥ Pend

what QAF scene makes me melt whenever I see it:

( I was love to me... )

Can't say anything else because...*melts*

Remember THIS POST about my new mpreg!ass!baby?

Yep,he's still a nameless ass!baby!

*pets poor baby*

His parents got into a HUGE fight with me just this morning.My Brian threatened to tear out his new balls and my Justin said he would cut off their wireless connection if their ass!baby would still be just an ass!baby (with no real name) by Sunday evening!

*gasps*

Pfft!!!Who do they think they are!They should just be happy to belong to ME!!!Hubby has a laptop too and it- YES,it's simply an it,not male,not female,no name,JUST AN IT!!!- has to lead a very lonely life.No-one talks to IT (or yells at it lol) on a regular basis,no-one has EVER used it for pretty graphics and stuff.It doesn't has a wallpaper with two hot guys in it,nor does it have a wireless connection with anyone...*sobs*..That poor thing!!

Oops!I think it's really high time to name the ass!baby and since I don't want to carry this burden alone I thought I should finally set up the poll that I was talking about the other day.I got already yelled at by fun_demented for not doing it immediately.*g* let the fandom decide.....

These names are suggestions made by some crazy fangirls and one fanboy wannabe. *giggles*

Poll #4625 Name the mpreg!ass!baby
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

What name shall it be?

*iz ded* The QAF fandom is so amazing. I got a wonderful email yesterday afternoon, while I was baking a "Crustless Apple Pie" aka Apple Crisp for my third American Thanksgiving in Vienna.

(the following is an anonymous gift)

Your InsaneJournal account "etextraordinary" has been upgraded to a
Permanently Insane account.
InsaneJournal Team

When I saw this email, my jaw dropped. I couldn't believe it. One of my lovely friends here gave me a Permanently Insane account with Insane Userpics!!!!!!! *does happy dance*

I was trying to figure out what I could do to give something back to the wonderful fandom, and I decided on two things. If you have any fic prompts you would like post them and I will try to get them back to you ASAP (hopefully with in 2 weeks). And part 2- do you love chocolate? I will send you some delicious (German) Chocolate from Austria. If you give me your address in a PM or at my email (etextraordinary @ gmail.com) I will mail you a tasty holiday treat!

I ♥ QAF Fandom

I am finally finally posting my fic from the Weather/Vacation challenge. The theme was just going to be the weather - how would Brian and Justin spend a beautiful day in May? - but somehow it slopped over into Vacation, too.

Enjoy. FanSee

Title: A Day in May
Written By: FanSee
Timeline: S5 or later
Author's Notes: Thanks once more to the bestest beta ever, chering!

( A Day in May )

Youuuuu, fandom. *happy sigh*
I always knew I was insane. Now I have the permanent account here to prove it. lol

At the end of the shittiest of weeks (at least from Wednesday on) this gift means more to me than you can imagine.

Thank you so, so much for this most generous gift!!!
And extra user pics too! *is flabbergasted*




I was thinking what I could give back to fandom, and the only thing I came up with is icons.
So, if there is a scene you always wanted to have iconized or a text icon or animation you always craved, comment on this post and I'll make them over the weekend.

First, glad to know I'm not the only one thankful for many things ^^

Second...I survived Black Friday!!

I was way off about not having customers. Which I guess is a good thing for the company. Luckily I had no one get mad at me and no one who was impatient or rude. Yay! Also, my drawer was even, neither short or over.

Oddly...my manager got to home earlier than me, but whatever. I'm not complaining. We also had the other cashier today go home after only six hours even though she was scheduled for eight. O.o

I got in an extra half hour in addition due to not having anyone to cover me. So instead of the eight hours I was scheduled and then an extra hour to cover until the next cashier was to come in, I got nine and a half. That's going to be a sweet paycheck next time.

I have to get up at five tomorrow to be in to work for seven, but it's better than today's four. I also did indeed sleep last night thanks to my mum giving me a sleeping pill. ^^

Lastly...I got my first pay check in today. And dear lord I did clock a good number of hours the first two weeks I was there. I went out to get myself a pair of black jeans to wear to work and a black button up. I've yet to get socks or the cushions for my shoes, but now I have awesome clothes to wear to work.

So some time next week I have to go out to find socks, the cushions for my shoes, and underwear...but I got my first pay check survived Black Friday and got new comfy work clothes. Yay!