your happiness is my happiness.

...in being late with birthday wishes for inthekeyofd !  Sweetie, you're fabulous and I hope you had a day nothing short of that. :-)

And falseeeyelashes , I missed yours too - hope it was a good one! 

So I just agreed to accompany a good friend of mine to a military ball.  Except I am so, so not the ball type.  Thank goodness I have three months to prepare.

Can any of you flisties help me out on what to expect (alliecat8 , I'm looking at you!)?  My friend is in the Air Force (reserves, I think) and he works on base.  All he told me was the everyone will be dressed to the nines in their military finest and it is an extremely formal occasion.  I assume this means a long dress/gown for me... and definitely a refresher in formal etiquette. :-)

It's such a special day today, as it's gottalovev 's birthday!  Lou, you know I adore you and wold do anything for you.  I loved hanging out with you in person at the first GFG and hope we can do it again at the second (if not, I'll be forced to head up to Canada and whisk you away and force you to be my French translator!). ;-) 

I hope you get everything you want, darlin' - today is your day!

*kisses and hugs*

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easily my new favorite website - i'm obsessed!

...for i cannot keep up with all of your days of specialness!  belated b-day wishes to arabella_hope  - i hope your day was super-fabulous, darlin'!  and to those i may have missed, i'm terribly sorry - i hope your days were lovely as well!

the cavs/magic game, one second left on the clock, all hope is lost and le bron just nails it.

this kind of shit epitomizes cleveland for me.  you knock us down, but we just keep coming back. 

Happy birthday, Laura!  I think you're the coolest and I'm so glad we had the opportunity to hang in person at the GFG - I hope we can do it again someday!  I hope you're having the happiest of happy days and that this year brings you everything your heart desires.

Title: "All God's Creatures, Big and Small"
Author: uhzoomzip
Summary: Gen. Written for spn_hurtcomfort H/C meme.
Prompt: Dean, Sam, post 4.16. Dean’s in the hospital and not getting better as fast as he should be due to medical complications/a way overdue emotional breakdown/whatever, and Sam is kind of scarily protective of him and intimidates all the staff/pretty angels! Yeah, I have a massive crush on badass Sam, but it would be super amazing if there was some gentle forehead-touching or something also. :-)
Rating: PG-13

( Behold, the day of the Lord is coming. )

Title: "'Appy Ever After "
Author: uhzoomzip
Summary: J2. Written for spn_hurtcomfort H/C meme.
Prompt: Jensen/Jared - Jensen has appendicitis and collapses in the middle of a scene
Rating: PG-13
Author's Notes: Warning - the title is better than the fic.

( It was all Jared's fault. )

As you know, I have a special spot in my heart for H/C fic, so I was pleased as punch to stumble across the SPN H/C meme! If you like H/C at all, you should check it out - there's a bunch of great fics there, like the awesome one sinnerforhire wrote for my prompt!

And I wrote a couple as well - what can I say, I couldn't resist - which I'm going to post to my journal.

hello flist!  i've been peeking in on you every once in a while, but i haven't had much to post about as of late - i'm kind of ambivalent about most things in my life these days.  still no interviews for a "real job" and the waitress job is really hard work (the other waitress wears a pedometer - we average 3.5 miles per shift!) for not a lot of money, but as my grandfather used to say, 'half a loaf of bread is better than none'.  i've picked up a couple of extra shifts here and there and i'm doing a catering job tomorrow, for which i'm futilely trying to tie a necktie.  why put chicks in neckties anyway?  seems silly to me.

i had a wild night out last night, in which i learned the following helpful things:

• i *heart* men who kiss my neck.  and so many miss the boat here - simple and sexy.  public service announcement to the menfolk out there - kiss her neck.
• and a PSA to me - susie, when you're done drinking beer for the night, it's not a great idea to switch to captain morgan's because it's so "refreshing".   also, it's awkward to come home as your mother is leaving for work - try to avoid that in the future.

needless to say, i am staying in tonight.  i am about 250 pages into wally lamb's latest "the hour i first believed" and it's definitely not a beach read.  in fact, it's kind of depressing the hell out of me.  i am also re-doing my resume for the umpteenth time, which is not exactly making me cheerful, but will hopefully eventually result in an interview. 

i saw 'observe and report', and i continue to *heart* seth rogen.  i also saw 'hannah montana' (with the katie monster, of course) and it was predictable, but cute for the kids.  oh, and i have the first disc of the first season 'flight of the conchords' - very cute!  even if it makes me miss new zealand and those friendly kiwis. :-)

'christian bale and i are done professionally' t-shirts - hee!

happy birthday, cmonkatiekatie !  you're one of my most favorite people that i've never met.  i hope you are celebrating and that it is a fabulous day for you!

i've been bad about keeping up with these (and LJ in general), but i wanted to pop in and wish slybrunette a happy birthday!  i hope it's a great day for you, sweetie! :-)

The Mountain Goats - This Year (live)

Because you've gotta love a song with a chorus like "I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me". :-)

Happy new year, party people - may 2009 bring you all good things!

Chabad orphan lights Hanukkah candle:
'The father of Rivkah Holtzberg, who was killed along with her husband Gavriel during the terror attack on the Chabad house in Mumbai, India last month, held a menorah-lighting ceremony at his Afula home Sunday evening. Moshe Holtzberg, the murdered couple's 2-year-old son, lit the first Hanukkah candle.' 

And this is kind of amazing:
'The verse in the Torah that was shot through by Mumbai terrorists reads: “The Al-mighty spoke to Moshe after the death of Aharon’s two sons….” It is from Vayikra, Chapter 16, Verse 1. The damaged Torah scroll was discovered when officials examined the Chabad House following the massacre of six Israelis by the Muslim terrorists who staged the mass slaughter in at least 10 different places Wednesday night.  They saw bullet holes in the Holy Ark where the scroll was kept and then examined it to see if it had been damaged. The verse refers to Nadav and Avihu, the sons of the High Priest Aaron who died when they performed an offering that was not commanded by the Almighty. The Torah states that the Almighty said, “I will be sanctified through those who are close to me,” a statement that often is quoted following inexplicable deaths.'

As Rivka's father says, "A little bit of light dispels a lot of darkness." 

...but I'm finding all sorts of evidence to the contrary. 

We watched the Mumbai terror attacks unfold on our last night in Prague, on the only English-speaking channel (CNN) on TV.  First reported 11 people dead, then 18, and when I saw the fires, I shook my head and told Kelly they'll be triple digits, at least.  We watched them bring out Hemant Karkare's body over and over again, on a sick loop.  We finally turned it off and tried to sleep.

It was like a morbid play we kept checking in on over the next two days - I was at Kelly's checking email when I read they had attacked Nariman House.  And I just felt such sorrow when I heard they had killed the Rabbi and his (six months pregnant) wife along with the others - not only killed, but tortured - and beaten their two-year old little boy.  Their little boy who probably watched it all happen, but was lucky enough to have been rescued, only to be crying out for his mom and dad. 

It doesn't seem to be of much interest back home - many people I bring up the subject to have only a peripheral awareness of the events - and that saddens me even more. 

All I can think is that the world is indeed a cold, dead place.

Title: "Waving Flags"
Author: uhzoomzip
Summary: Gen. Written for spnmysteryyears Challenge #4, Prompt #6: Dean sends Sam random text messages and voicemails thinking that Sam is at Stanford, however, not only is Sam not returning them, he's also struggling. As he sleeps on the floors of people he's only just begun to call friends while trying to find a job and somewhere to live, Dean's messages bolster him and encourage him to keep going when all he really wants to do is ask to be picked up.
Rating: PG

( You’re never going to have normal, Sam. Believe me, I tried. )

hey all!  i've been away for a bit - RL (namely work and the election) have demanded front burner status as of late. 

but i wanted to stop in today to remind everyone to vote - best case, you can tell everyone how you helped your candidate win.  worst case, you've earned the right to complain. ;-)

expect long lines - i went at 6:30 when the polls opened and it took me an hour to vote.  but as someone said to me yesterday, you'll stand in line for an hour to ride a roller coaster, why not to vote?

i miss you guys and hope you're all doing well!

ETA: even better reason to vote - free coffee at starbucks!

"Lazarus Rising" by oselle . 

I came across this story and quite simply, I am in love.  She started it back in June, so no spoilers for the current season, although some similarities (Kripked?  I don't know the lingo!).  Dean comes back from actual Hell to find Hell on earth - desolation, martial law, and a world that is very different from the one he left four years before.  And just where is Sam?

The pacing, descriptions, and characterizations are just so rich and lyrical - it's like settling down with a good novel you don't want to put down.  Currently a WIP, six of eight chapters are posted.  I was lucky enough to stumble upon it, and I can't recommend it highly enough.