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liptonrm_backupPeople, you need to convince me not to buy t-shirts. I'm going crazy over at Cafepress and Threadless and there's a lawyer one at Glarkware that says 'Lawyers Do It In Front of a Jury of Their Peers' and I want that one too! I just retired all of my old high school t-shirts (they're all over a decade old and yet it pains me to get rid of anything that's still in one piece) and I do not need to replenish the supply. But I want to! And I need more fannish t-shirts, the only one I have is my 'Have You Hugged a Hobbit Today?' which I love but it's getting lonely.
Seriously people, talk me out of it. I must be stopped.
To distract myself I'll do that meme that everyone's been doing (besides the interview one) and inform you all of my five favorite stories written by me.
Above All Shadows (LotR, Sam Gamgee)
This is the very first piece of fanfiction I ever wrote and it came to me in a flash of inspiration, finally burning away the wall that was keeping me from ficcing. I'm still terribly proud of the way it turned out.
Focal Points (SV, Chloe Sullivan)
I was never a huge Smallville fan but I really enjoyed the character of Chloe Sullivan and this cracked-out little AU appeared from the randomest of inspiration. I really enjoyed how it all came together and the way I could see everything happening as I was writing it.
A Woman's Touch (James Bond movies, Moneypenny)
Another example of my love of AUs and the reimagined character. This is all about Moneypenny being the sort of spy who actually gets things done, unlike James Bond who primarily succeeds in blowing shit up. From now on, whenever I see one of those old school Bond movies this is the way I view the characters.
One Artist to Another (BSG/Firefly, YoSaffBridge & Ellen Tigh)
This isn't the best written of any of my stories but I'm still ridiculously fond of the concept. It was also a blast having the chance to get inside of Ellen Tigh's head and see the universe through her eyes. This was also the story that taught me to take fandom with a grain of salt and that I should only ever write because I love it. That's what it's really all about, the love.
Roadtrippin' With My Brother (Supernatural, Sam&Dean)
Because I went camping with my brothers and thought about Winchesters the entire time. Because I gave Dean a grenade and he got to blow up a huge water serpent. Because Sam got covered in serpent guts and had to strip down and wash off in the lake. Because the boys deserve some fun after the season they've been having. And because, finally, I got to give the boys some good memories to take away from Michigan rather then freaked out, Saginaw based ones.
Honorary Mention: Burn My Sins Away (HP, Ron Weasley [w/ a 'blink and you'll miss it' BtVS crossover])
This story helped me exorcise demons. I got to angst and emo and get sunburned in Africa and then learn how to find my way home again. It still stands as the best thing I've ever written, in my humble opinion.
And, because it's Thursday and yet another re-run, here's some more
Music from Supernatural Season One, Disc Two
Filter - Hey Man, Nice Shot
Free - All Right Now
Split Habit - Higher Mathematics
Quiet Riot - Bang Your Head (Metal Health)
Paul Richards - U Do 2 Me
Boston - Peace of Mind
The Scorpions - No One Like You
The Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane
Bachman Turner Overdrive - Hey You
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi
Bad Company - Bad Company
Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
Joe Walsh - Walk Away
Bad Company - She Brings Me Love
Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home
ETA: OMG, I forgot to say, THANK YOU![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cunien!!!!!! I got your postcard today. Errr, rather the postcard from Dean and Sammy. It's adorable! I don't know how you got them to show up on the other side of the Pond but I'm sure you're showing them both a great time. *wink* Thanks for making sure they dropped me a line in the midst of all of their other ... activities. You ROCK!
Seriously people, talk me out of it. I must be stopped.
To distract myself I'll do that meme that everyone's been doing (besides the interview one) and inform you all of my five favorite stories written by me.
Above All Shadows (LotR, Sam Gamgee)
This is the very first piece of fanfiction I ever wrote and it came to me in a flash of inspiration, finally burning away the wall that was keeping me from ficcing. I'm still terribly proud of the way it turned out.
Focal Points (SV, Chloe Sullivan)
I was never a huge Smallville fan but I really enjoyed the character of Chloe Sullivan and this cracked-out little AU appeared from the randomest of inspiration. I really enjoyed how it all came together and the way I could see everything happening as I was writing it.
A Woman's Touch (James Bond movies, Moneypenny)
Another example of my love of AUs and the reimagined character. This is all about Moneypenny being the sort of spy who actually gets things done, unlike James Bond who primarily succeeds in blowing shit up. From now on, whenever I see one of those old school Bond movies this is the way I view the characters.
One Artist to Another (BSG/Firefly, YoSaffBridge & Ellen Tigh)
This isn't the best written of any of my stories but I'm still ridiculously fond of the concept. It was also a blast having the chance to get inside of Ellen Tigh's head and see the universe through her eyes. This was also the story that taught me to take fandom with a grain of salt and that I should only ever write because I love it. That's what it's really all about, the love.
Roadtrippin' With My Brother (Supernatural, Sam&Dean)
Because I went camping with my brothers and thought about Winchesters the entire time. Because I gave Dean a grenade and he got to blow up a huge water serpent. Because Sam got covered in serpent guts and had to strip down and wash off in the lake. Because the boys deserve some fun after the season they've been having. And because, finally, I got to give the boys some good memories to take away from Michigan rather then freaked out, Saginaw based ones.
Honorary Mention: Burn My Sins Away (HP, Ron Weasley [w/ a 'blink and you'll miss it' BtVS crossover])
This story helped me exorcise demons. I got to angst and emo and get sunburned in Africa and then learn how to find my way home again. It still stands as the best thing I've ever written, in my humble opinion.
And, because it's Thursday and yet another re-run, here's some more
Music from Supernatural Season One, Disc Two
Filter - Hey Man, Nice Shot
Free - All Right Now
Split Habit - Higher Mathematics
Quiet Riot - Bang Your Head (Metal Health)
Paul Richards - U Do 2 Me
Boston - Peace of Mind
The Scorpions - No One Like You
The Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane
Bachman Turner Overdrive - Hey You
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi
Bad Company - Bad Company
Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
Joe Walsh - Walk Away
Bad Company - She Brings Me Love
Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home
ETA: OMG, I forgot to say, THANK YOU
cunien!!!!!! I got your postcard today. Errr, rather the postcard from Dean and Sammy. It's adorable! I don't know how you got them to show up on the other side of the Pond but I'm sure you're showing them both a great time. *wink* Thanks for making sure they dropped me a line in the midst of all of their other ... activities. You ROCK!
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Date: 2007-03-08 11:27 pm (UTC)As I have just now bought three T-shirts from XKCD, I am perhaps not the one to intervene. Also, I have the lawyers T-shirt, and it is awesome.
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Date: 2007-03-09 03:12 am (UTC)To be honest, I admit I really kinda did want to be talked into it. Of course. =D
So, yeap, just bought nearly everything. Except not the lawyer shirt, I can wait 2 months to get it, I think?
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Date: 2007-03-08 11:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-09 03:30 am (UTC)*falls out of chair*
Python + Who = awesomenss x infinity. You are the bestest for pointing this out to me.
Know what else is funny? The fact that I used this very icon in a response before I even watched the clip. Us fangirls, we really do have a hivemind. It's great. =D
*watches again*
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Date: 2007-03-09 05:25 pm (UTC)Show us the fannish t-shirts you're considering, precious.
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Date: 2007-03-10 06:48 pm (UTC)Seeing as I bought them you can see them in person once they arrive. And, you know, I'm lazy and don't want to dig up the links. ;-) I got a SPN one and some fun/nerdy ones like the one based on 'There Was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly' and one with an obscure reference to Watership Down.
And I may have bought a little present for my fangirls, too, seeing as that income tax money I haven't even gotten yet is burning a hole in my pocket.
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Date: 2007-03-10 09:36 pm (UTC)I'm sorry it wasn't something amazing and cool like your christmas package to me. I will send you something proper, when I have money again! Promise!
Yes, Dean and Sam are around here a lot lately - asking me to post stuff for them, lazy bums that they are. :D
x.
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Date: 2007-03-11 01:28 am (UTC)No need to apologize! The postcard is complete awesomness by its own self, receiving more might have thrown me into a fit of joy or something and then my neighbors would've looked at me funny.
Stupid money and how the not having of it makes everything more aggravating.
Winchesters. They're too aware of how they can get us to do any little thing for them.