leodragon1

queenklu posted this meme, and I loved it, so why not? I swear, I'm not all about the memes! It just so HAPPENS that my last two posts have been on them. I'll be back to normal tomorrow.

01. Anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper at their LiveJournal.
02. Explain in five sentences why you're using that wallpaper!
03. Don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see what you had on!




This is the artwork for the fic Put That Thing Back Where It Came From (or so help me) by vorpalblades, which is based on the movie Monsters Inc. The fic is gorgeous and funny, and I LOVED the artwork for it. This is pretty much my picture of what Sam and Dean should be like when they're being all *cough* COZY. Or Jared and Jensen, either way. Seeing this whenever I turn on my laptop never fails to cheer me up.

Yes, I'm a huge sap. And?

And it's totally up to you if you want to answer these questions. I did the meme for house_of_lantis and I'm passing it forward, but this is not one of those chain emails where you will get bad luck if you don't. All in good fun, right? *nods*

1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A.
2) What was your dream growing up?
A.
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A.
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A.
5) Favorite vegetable?
A.
6) What was the last book you read?
A.
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A.
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A.
9) Worst Habit?
A.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A.
11) What is your favorite sport?
A.
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A.
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A.
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A.
16) Do you have any pets?
A.
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A.
18) What was your first impression of me?
A.
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A.
22) What color eyes do you have?
A.
23) Ever been arrested?
A.
24) Bottle or can soda?
A.
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A.
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A.
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A.
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A.
30) Do you swear a lot?
A.
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A.
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A.
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A.
35) Do you believe in God?
A.

I've only JUST gotten home. I stayed back late at work, and then I decided to pick up dinner on the the way home. I plan to do nothing but veg for what's left of the night.

TIRED.

At least I have tomorow (Friday) off. And Monday is a public holiday, so that's a four day weekend. Yay!

I've heard all about clinical depression, the can't-even-get-out-of-bed kind. But is it possible to suffer a really mild form of it that's just not obvious?
 
A kind of depression where you're pretty much fuctioning normally, but with a general feeling of antipathy. Like I'm just going through the motions.

Because, to be honest, I find it REALLY hard to summon up any good or bad feelings about anything. I've been coasting on a general disinterest about everything for a long time now. I honestly can't remember the last time I actually got excited. Even when I got the news about the rest of season 4 for Supernatural finally coming back on the air (and about time too!), I swear to you that I flailed about it for exactly a minute and then the mood was over, and I was back to a general state of blah, as if the news had never happened. That really can't be normal.

I'm even more blah about work. Yeah, most of us hate our job, but I'm becoming the worst employee in the world, turning up late (though I do stay back a bit to make up for it), and being really slow to get started with things, and taking a lot of breaks. I'm usually a real professional when it comes to work, but one of co-workers keeps having to take up the slack and that is just not on. I used to take a lot of pride in my job, but lately...

And yeah, I've been thinking of looking for another job, but I haven't made any moves towards that. It's like I'm stuck in a feeling of inertia - I want to leave, but I can't make myself do anything about being able to leave. And it's like that in other parts of my life. I can't make myself change anything or MOVE ON.

And I'm putting on weight, because I haven't been in the mood to cook, or even go shopping for meat and vegs. So it's all been takeout lately. Halp.

I've got all these ideas for stories too, but I haven't written anything since the Dragon AU was finished.

*sigh*

P.S. I posted this during one of my breaks at work, 'cos I'm putting off having to do something.

I've just set up a dreamwidth account (under leodragon1 again, I'm not giving myself whiplash, alright?) AND a twitter account, in the space of an hour.

God, what am I DOING? I tried to resist, I really did! How many tabs am I going to have open on my computer by the end of the year?

*sigh*

*grins*

Anyway, I'm staying on livejournal, no worries there, but I decided to give DW a go, in case livejournal somehow folds up on itself one day. What? It could happen.

So I'm posting this entry on dreamwidth, and hoping this will turn up on my lj post like they said it would. Fingers crossed.

ETA: After it failed the first two times, I finally got the crossposting to work. What is it about things happening in threes? Weird. But yay, my journals are linked!

Every single Sam/Dean or J2 fic I've read lately has managed to depress me. How do I keep finding all the angst fics that don't end happily? I need some schmoop so bad right now.

I'd go through my bookmarks and read old favourites, but with my radar lately, I just know I'll click on the only one that that isn't sweetness and light. 'Cos I won't remember it properly, dammit.

*sigh*

Anyone read any good Sam/Dean (before season 4) or j2 fics lately that'll cheer me up?

Header by apieceofcake
I'm so excited to finally post the conclusion! I've had such a lousy day at work, but thinking of this kept me going. Thanks for giving us such wonderful feedback everybody.

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (20/20)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?
Authors' Notes: And we reach the end! nachekana sort of inspired us to write this fic, because she and I were moaning one time about how few creature fics there were in the spn fandom. So when pekover and I were talking about plot bunnies, and what fic to write that hasn't been done to death, I mused that fics with dragons had only been done once, as far as I knew. One epic fic later... you know who is really to blame now! *hugs* And of course, thanks apieceofcake for making our awesome header! *smish*

Chapter 20

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

Header by apieceofcake
Finally, you get to find out what happens to Jared...

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (19/20)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 19

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

To my fellow Aussies and Kiwis, celebrating Anzac Day today.

Lest We Forget.

Header by apieceofcake
Hey look, we actually know how many chapters it finishes at. And pekover called it... twenty chapters! Wow, that's a lotta words.

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (18/20)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 18

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

Header by apieceofcake
Two posts in the one night! This is the one that you were really looking forward to, wasn't it? Don't lie...

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (17/20ish)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 17

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

I hardly ever do memes, but since nachekana answered my comments, I have to pay it forward I suppose. *sigh* :-D

Comment on this entry, and I will:

1. Tell you why I friended you.
2. Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a color, a photo, a word etc.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
6. Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
7. In return, you must post this in your LJ.

Header by apieceofcake
Sorry this chapter is posted a day late, guys. Or is it still Wednesday for you? Effing timezones. Anyway, I'm on holidays for the Easter break and I haven't had to go anywhere since Monday. Do you know how quickly you can lose track of what date it is? Only a couple of days, apparently.

And then I spazzed out and reposted chapter fifteen. Thank god I caught that one. *facepalm* I've been deleting posts and doing them properly.  Enough rambling! Here you go...


Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (16/20ish)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 16

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

I stay away from the internet for a day, and something explodes. I'm talking about what Amazon has done recently.

I'm not saying it happened because I wasn't there (I'm not THAT vain!), but just imagine my shock when I got online this morning and saw all the furious blogging in my Inbox about it. I've been catching up on the blogging and news reports, about Amazon suddenly removing the ranking of books from their booklists that they consider "adult", which somehow includes gay and lesbian stories with not one whit of sex in them, but has excluded memiors from straight porn stars that are very explicit indeed, and can still be looked up.

*see angry icon*

Anyway, if you somehow have no idea what I'm talking about, here's a link to get you started:

Go here

And another link, that will make sense if you've read the above link.

Google bomb

Header by apieceofcake
I'm posting this on dominiondreams's laptop at her place, 'cos we couldn't miss the schedule, now could we?

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (15/20ish)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 15

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

Header by apieceofcake
Check out the rating guys. Can't say we didn't warn you... :-P

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (14/20ish)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 14

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

Header by apieceofcake

Isn't the banner gorgeous? pekover and I love it. Thanks apieceofcake!

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (13/20ish)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: Eventual NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 13

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

You've been hanging out to find out what happens next, right?! Yay for you, the next chapter's here, so you guys can calm down now. :-P

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (12/20ish)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: Eventual NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 12

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

Damn, I don't have a mood icon for headaches, so I've settled on cranky. Notice that hasn't stopped me from posting that the next chapter's out... I can't leave our wonderful readers in the lurch!

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (11/20ish)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: Eventual NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 11

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

We're pretty much halfway through the fic now - I can't believe how many words we've done already. *boggles*

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (10/20ish)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: Eventual NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 10

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary