I hate birthdays. They always end up being shitty. I never get to see my friends. I always have to sit with my stupid family and talk about my stupid year and get stupid gifts that I can't use.

Why would anybody think I would WANT a day all about me? Nobody would show up. >.

Well I've been a bad LJer lately. I don't know. I just don't really know what to write about. Anything really serious I keep to my real journal and everything else seems rather inconsequential.

*Shrug*

(permission to forward granted and openly encouraged)

<blockquote>Most all of us have a special friend in our lives of the animal variety.

And if you are like most folks I know, you probably have a soft spot in your heart for all animals.

Like myself, you'll find the following story one of those feel good moments. This is the story about George the cat and Maggie the lady who saved him.

A week or so ago a young woman came to Maggie's telling her about the cat she had that had got in a fight and had become quite ill. She told Maggie that the cat had two fractures, several puncture wounds and bites, and what they thought was gangrene in it's paw. The young lady said that since George was so very sick, after the cat had ran out of food, they decided to stop feeding it to help him so he would die quicker. After sharing this story with Maggie, Maggie felt morally obligated to make sure George received medical help as to ease his suffering.

Here is a link to the rest of George's story. Maggie has pictures and ongoing medical information as to follow along. George is a beautiful poly-dactyl cat you will fall in love with.

http://community.livejournal.com/villagewitches/25515.html

A friend shares with me that Maggie has taken so many cats in from her neighborhood during their time of need, that cats bring other feral cats to her front door. Maggie does as much as she can to get all feral and/or abandoned cats that come her way, fixed, their vaccinations, and any medical care they might need. What's more, she's been doing it for years.

We've all seen those pets abandoned on the side of the road, or saw a feral animal we wish there was something we could do for it, and in those moments, you close your eyes and pray for sweet mercy from the powers that be, on it's behalf. Maggie is that very prayer answered for many of the animal kingdom/pet population in her neighborhood. She certainly is where George is concerned.

Please join us in support of Maggie's Great Work. Please do so on behalf of George and all the feral and abandoned animals who find tender mercy at her door.

Maeven Eller-Five</blockquote>

George's veterinary cost's were about $400.
Macavity's were over $1000.
And Inara, who she doesn't mention at all, were probably in the $200-300 range, between getting her shots, examined and fixed, plus her two kittens Eko & Cleopatra, who she's also getting vaccinnated and fixed and ready for adoption.

All of which happened in the past six weeks.

What Maggie needs right now more than anything are A) a little bit of financial help.  Everyone is well aware the economy is tight and if you can contribute even $5 that's fantastic.  Others will do the same; we've all seen this work on LJ.

She also desperately needs someone to step up and adopt George or agree to foster him while she actively helps find a permanent home for him.  Because he's FELV+ in a house with FELV- cats, he has to be caged, and he thinks of Maggie as his gaoler.  He also is kind of out of sorts (I mean, you do a day in the life of George, who was more or less happily doot-de-dooting along minding his own business as the alpha male, get grabbed and dragged off to some strange person's house who shoves you into a cage, takes you off to some strange nasty place where they poke your sore foot, stick you with needles, wash you, spray nasty smelling stuff on you and chop off your balls, and then get shoved back in the cage in a house where you are no longer the alpha male.  <I><B>ALL OF THIS HAPPENED IN 18 HOURS TO THIS POOR BABY</B></I>.  It's no wonder he doesn't like Maggie!)

He's sweet, if feeling a little cramped.  

If you can spare a few bucks or know someone who can, she's got a PayPal link to the Village Witches page.

If you know anyone willing to adopt or foster a sweet, medium-hair polydactyl FELV+ cat, or know of any resources where she could find such a home for him, she's also all ears for that.

Thanks for helping.

Written for winchesters100 for prompt 003 "Backseat".

Sam/Deam, PG, 100 words. Preseries

( backseat )

Hope you enjoyed.

I FINALLY SAW THE REST OF S4 DOCTOR WHO!!!!

( Cut for major Spoilers for Doctor Who S4 )


Urgh, I know I fail with Birthday wishes. I'm sorry guys. A million people have had Bdays and I have hardly wished anyone a happy one. So, HAPPY BIRTHDDAY TO EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD A BIRTHDAY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.




Still offering ficlets by snail mail:

Go over here and leave your address and a prompt, and I'll write you your very own ficlet and send it by snail mail. The comments are screened.

The Sirily one-shot I mentioned in my last post is now up! ^_^ Ghost (mild PG-13)

It turned out nicely, another of those creepy fragmented death stories I tend to write. There has to be something Freud would get out of that, haha.

Over at SAYS, people have already been preparing for NaNoWriMo in November, and I've decided to try it out for the first time. Although I know I won't be able to get all 50,000 words done in that month, starting this novel I have an idea for would be great. It's been bothering me for a while, and I know that the most bothersome ideas must be written down if I'm to have any peace in life. :P

( the plot bunny of DOOM! )

Since I've been awful about getting my scanner back up, I compromised by making textures from one of my favorite Chris Cunningham music video. It's from Autechre by Second Bad Vibel. I got a lot of the bright pink/reddish color out of it that I adore. Since I just made them, I haven't be able to make icons with them yet (cry), so be creative!


80 icon sized textures from Chris Cunningham's & Second Bad Vibel's music video Autechre
right click & save download

and some icons, of course. spoilers for the current chapter of Air Gear and the episode 316 through 321 of Avatar (the Southern Raiders through Sozin's Comet). spoilers for Sozin's Comet are all lulz. nothing epic. also some text boobs in speech bubbles. beware.

x12 Air Gear
x12 Avatar (the Southern Raiders)
x18 Devil May Cry 4
x11 Avatar lulz
x15 Devil May Cry lulz



( aren't you gonna come along? aren't you gonna fight? )

—
( extra credits )

Ah~ I just spent like an hour screencapping things! Probably longer! I have no sense of time! Anyway, here's screencaps from two of my favorite Jonathan Glazer music videos. Even if you don't like the music, the imagery is absolutely gorgeous. I have textures and icons in my next post.


157 caps from Massive Attack's Karmacoma music video
972 x 731 : 95.7 mb : right click & save download

( samples )

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160 caps from Radiohead's Street Spirit (Fade Out) music video
972 x 731 : 49.4 mb : right click & save download

( samples )

Cleaning up and deleted a few old sales posts and all items that have sold. I have alot of new ideas of crafter-ing so I want to sell this stuff~~ reduced :) ( Sales )

OMG EVERYONE MUST READ THIS:

Drive You Wild by blue_soaring
SPN/Iron Man crossover. Sam/Dean/Tony. NC-17. 4,100 words.

HOLY FUCKING HELL. This is so fucking hot. Just. SJKANSADBABDJAKSDAL:SA.


"The head, little more- there, c'mon, keep going." Stark's tongue glides along Sam's bottom lip, barely dips inside before he's cursing again. "He do this to you, just hold you open with his cock?"

Sam shifts to ease the ache in his knees but he can't do a damn thing about the bone-deep throb in his dick, not without making it too easy for Stark to jerk free. "That's what I do to him."


MKFDSNDASIOJPAKLMNJCFBDSEANK M!!!!!!!! *EXPLODES*

Ask me a question about each of the following:

1. Friends
2. Sex
3. Music
4. Drugs
5. Love
6. Live Journal

No matter how rude, sexual, or confidential. Then post this in your journal and see what questions you get asked.


And if anyone wants a ficlet in the mail, comment with your address and a prompt over here (comments are screened)

I don't know what is going on, but I can't get DA to load things - might be my laptop being wonky, who knows. But anyway, here is a zip file uploaded on sendspace, until I can get deviant working.


DOWNLOAD

( Sales )

Written for winchesters100 prompts 001 and 002 "Public Restroom" and "Graveyard". Enjoy.

All my fics are here


Public Restroom
Sam/Dean, R, 100 words.

( public restroom )





Graveyard.
Sam/Dean, PG-13, 100 words.

( graveyard )

♥

Account Structure Update
Back by popular demand, Basic Accounts will be available to all users again by the end of the (northern hemisphere) summer. More information on the decision-making process and proposals relating to the future of Basic Accounts are in lj_2008.

New Themes
Two attractive and all-new Flexible Squares themes, "Circular" and "Circular Brown" are now available.


L to R: Circular and Brown

New V-Gifts
Give someone you care about the gift of enticement. With the new Chocolate Ice Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream, Tea, Coffee, Curry and Sushi v-gifts, all the significant people in your life will be able to share in the longing for the tasty edibles below. Plus, it reminds loved ones you think they're really sweet, really savory or just plain satisfying.


L to R: Chocolate Ice Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream, Tea, Coffee, Curry and Sushi

Ж-Men...but not the ones you might expect!
This week LJ Russia launched Ж-Men, a new comedy series about superheroes, inspired by the LJ communities dedicated to superheros, comics and cartoons. The title's "Ж" comes from ЖЖ, the nickname for LiveJournal in Russia.

Ж-Men's script is written by a group of LJ enthusiasts who also happen to be television professionals. Who knew? Following the premiere, five more episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks. We hope you find the series fresh and enjoyable.

This is, of course, an experiment for LiveJournal. As always, we'd love to hear what you think!

Aww, you guys rock so hard. Thank you so much for the response to my question. It was only for a drabble... but I wanted to really know what I was talking about, and you guys gave me so much info. But the best thing is that I will keep all that info for future fics, and maybe I can really get the surrounding and how the boys would feel in certain parts of the country. I think that's part of why I'm afraid to write real fic in this fandom, I've never been to America and so I'm really afraid of writing what I don't know about, and making big mistakes.


WHEEE!!!! I got mail yesterday! Ages ago causeways posted and asked who likes mail, and if people wanted to get a ficlet in the mail. And of course I did, so I asked for schmoopy Sam/Dean and... oh, man. IT was gorgeous. It was beautiful and awesome and... eee they boys.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, HONEY!!!


She makes me want to do that too. What do you guys think? Who wants a ficlet written out just for them and sent over in the mail? If you want one, leave your address here (make sure to include post code and country and EVERYTHING). Comments are screened, but if you leave a comment unrelated, I'll unscreen it. Don't worry, I won't use your address for anything bad! I just love sending mail. And you get a ficlet!


Oh... yeah... I might have changed my layout... AGAIN. The beautiful header is by ladymanson who is incredibly talented. I want to use ALL the headers she made... but this one fit with this layout the best. *sigh*

have a look! merihn



Don't forget to leave your address and a prompt for fic! Anything goes (for any of my fandoms) If I really have a problem with your pairing, I'll let you know. GO CRAZY.

*runs around in circles screaming*

My Amy is the bestest in the universe. She wrote the prettiest, the angstiest, the most WONDERFUL Narnia fic! EEEEE!!! But it's only PG *gasp* But gah, so perfect that it doesn't matter ONE BIT. (cos I can probably coax her to write something a little pornier in the future. *grins*) Ah... ok, so she made it R, but that's probably only cos of the extra little bits she's put in. Which are delicious. mmm.


Back-dated by flawedamythyst (Peter/Edmund, with bits of Peter/Caspian, R, 6,812 words)

It's centred around Prince Caspian, so if you haven't seen the movie, then you probably shouldn't read this until you have. WHICH YOU SHOULD. If not just for the PRETTY. (And yes, I'm young enough that I can drool and it's not completely sick. lol. The guy who played Peter is my age!)

Anyway! It's a brilliant fic, wrenches the heart right out of your chest and stomps on it,before picking it back up and dusting it off a little. Just enough to give you a bit of hope. *weeps*

GO READ.

Callng all Americans!!! Do you live in a really hot area? Is it dry heat? Does it get so hot you feel like you'll die if you even move an inch outside? Then please come and talk to me, I need some info!

♥

It is my last day in Vienna... :( I am so sad to be leaving tonight. Well, tomorrow, but basically tonight. I can't wait to go get all my pictures printed though, its been such a great trip. Last night we had this big farewell dinner with free wine (which ultimately turned out to be both good and bad, I will have more details later)

So, I did get home on Sunday... which obviously wasn't clear. lol. I went to Sydney on Thursday and stayed until Saturday, and when I got to the backpackers on Thursday night my roomies invited me out with them and it was awesome! I got a couple of pics.


( Thursday night out in Sydney )



AND THEN MY BEAUTIFUL auxetoiles23 CAME TO SYDNEY ON FRIDAY NIGHT!!!

( Aux and I )



( CAAAAAAAAAAAAT )



So yay! Lots of fun! It was awesome hanging out with Aux again, I miss her SO MUCH up here. We also at a sundae that was so HUGE we had to share. It was meant to be a single.

Being back home is pretty sad. I have no life. I'm so boring and shit.