Tremendulent!

500th POST! WOOHOO! Paaaaar-ta-

No! The word 'party' will not be used as a verb in this book store! :D

As my 500th post on the LJ, I just have to say Thank you to all of you! Your comments yesterday made me feel warm and appreciated and just plain fantastic. Thank you.

SO!

Five things that are making me happy today:

1. The following quotes on writing:

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. ~Ray Bradbury

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. ~Anaïs Nin

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. ~Toni Morrison

Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.
~ Barbara Kingsolver

We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to. ~ W. Somerset Maugham

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die. ~ Isaac Asimov (these last two courtesy of shirleyann66)

2. The fact that this year the following movies are coming out: Jane Eyre, X-Men: First Class, Priest and Winnie the Pooh. It's gonna be a good year.

3. I'm getting new glasses on Thursday! Cute glasses!

4. I'm making progress on two of my stories.

5. The sun keeps coming out for just a few moments, but it's there.

( Pictures! )

More icon fun!

1. Reply to this post, and I will pick five of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) 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!

( Here are my pretties )

Happy Thursday! I'm about to go shopping! Must find boots. And cardigans.

Ha! Well, it's essentially done. Just a couple hundred words short of 20,000 but that will be solved in the next week or so. I just wanted to get it sent off.

So tired of this story.

Need sleepy.

And food.

Preferably chocolate.

Oh, by the way. If you would all be so kind, I see that there is now the option to post comments left in my LJ to places like Twitter and Facebook? I'd really appreciate it if you didn't do that with any comments left in my LJ. I'm not altogether sure I want to have a link between here and Facebook.

Thank you!

I just hit 10,000 words on my Big Bang! Thank freakin' goodness!

I know, only halfway, but baby steps. Baby steps.

And 28 Weeks Later is on tonight and I'm thinking about watching it. Is it worth the time? I loved the first one.

Oh, dear God, that last episode was AMAZING! Hooo, boy!

I actually yelled at one point, 'Oh, for God's sake, just kiss him already!' My husband choked on his tea. ;D

What I think is the best part of this series is how London itself feels like a character in it's own right. They're going into amazing places and I hope if the series continues, they do some of the more moody and cerebral stories.

I now have an urge to write fic featuring Molly in the aftermath... *slaps hands* No! Must finish Star Trek Big Bang. Must finish Star Trek Big Bang. Must finish Star Trek Big Bang. Must finish Star Trek Big Bang.

Yeah.

So, I saw someone asking on their journal who is the best fandom people have ever been involved in. I'll be honest, I've only this past year really gotten involved in fandom and visited multiple comms and read the meta and so on.

But, I have to say, hands down, THE best fandom I've come into contact with is the McCoy/Chapel folks over at mccoy_chapel and on my flist. They are kind, they are supportive, they kill me dead with their creativity and writing/artistic skills and are just plain lovely.

What are some other ones that you've enjoyed?

Other things making me happy include:

1. My new layout! I've never used an originally customized one before and I love it.

2. The earrings I'm currently wearing. I went digging in my jewelry box this morning and found my silver manatee earrings I bought eons ago in Florida.

3. It's raining and while I'm not keen on walking into town in it, it smells gorgeous and we do actually need it.

4. This recipe -( behind the cut )

5. These fellas. ( Teh lovelies behind the cut )

Happy Wednesday!