Here, have some pictures of the snow here in the Netherlands. Cash is loving it! And so am I. The trains are not working, all the roads are blocked with snow and I might not be able to go back to my place tomorrow, but it's so pretty!


Cash!
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I started writing the J2 Labyrinth!AU again! Yay! It was supposed to be my mini-nano, but I failed and didn't finish. It's still the longest story I've ever written, so I'm calling it a win. And now I was riding my bike home from work, and I was hit by Inspiration. It's much better than getting hit by Car, I swear.

Aaaaanyway, I'm happy to be writing again. And now I want you guys to read it. Because that's how much I'm loving it. But, it's nowhere near finished yet. So if I started posting my unfinished don't-know-how-long-it'll-be-or-when-it's-gonna-be-finished WIP, would you guys read it?

Soooo... I always said I would never go to a con, because I think it's too expensive and I'm just not dying for an autograph of one of the boys or to have my picture taken with them. I like my boys in fic and on the internet, I don't really want to meet them in rl.

(Can you feel the 'but' coming too?)

But... I would like to meet some fellow fangirls! And now there's Rising Con in Barcelona in June. Jared and Jensen are both coming, and it's in Barcelona. Spain! That would then be the main reason for going, with the con as a good excuse/added bonus. Churros con chocolate, Jensen y Jared. I think that's an awesome combination.

So, now I need more info. And instead of reading the whole website in Spanish, I figured I'd ask you guys. How do cons work, exactly? How soon do they usually sell out? Do you sleep in the hotel where the con is? How available are the guys for conversation (like, do you only get the autograph, or do they talk to you too?), how long are the lines, how much does everything cost besides the ticket, etc.

And: most importantly: will anyone join me if I go? Barcelona, the city of Gaudí! Sun, sea, churros and tapas!

You guys are KILLING ME with all the titles for your episode reviews this week! There's swearing, there's dying... seriously, guys. I can't watch it yet because my computer is way too slow and the download is taking another couple of hours. HOURS! How can I wait???

Wow, is it really day 18 already? That's crazy.

I figured it was time to officially announce that I'm changing my story. When did I decide this? Well, yesterday, to be exact. I figured I'd just try to start writing a different story, to see if it went any faster than the angel!Jensen one. And it did. I'm now at almost 2,000 words, in two days, instead of 2,000 words in 2 weeks. So that's quite an improvement, don't you think?

This story is the J2 Labyrinth AU that I posted about a while ago. It's gonna have Jensen as the Goblin King, and Jared as Sarah, featuring Chad as Hoggle and Mike and Tom as Sir Didymus and Ambrosius. Anyone that has seen the film, feel free to crack up at that. (I do!) I'm still casting the role of Ludo, so if you have any suggestions, let me know!

zuben_eschamali and I figured if we could write 1,000 words every day, and then make up for around 4,000 somehow, we can still make it.

See how in the title for this post I'm not mentioning the day anymore? That's because it would be frickin' scary to put 'Mininanowrimo day 16' there. Day 16! Sixteen! That means we're over the halfway mark. And my word count? Is not.

But! I figured if I write about 8,000 words today, I'll be right back on track. Shouldn't take longer than a couple of hours, right? Right? ... Ok, so maybe I am screwed. But I'm not giving up on this, so I'm gonna start writing, right now!

Wish me luck. :)

Sooo... I haven't updated on my mininano in about a week. This is bad. What's even worse, is that I don't have anything to update about. I haven't written anything since I made my last post. So, after 10 days, I'm still stuck at 1200 words.

But chica_charlie is making me write tonight, so all hope is not lost. And I did outline the story yesterday, while I was in the train.

So here's to hoping I get something done tonight. I think I'm gonna write while taking a bath. Never done that before, but it seems nice.

Anyone that wants to cheer for me or kick my ass into gear, feel free.

I'm having a hard time getting my prose biblical enough. I want to write a prologue where it explains that the angels observe humans because they were created in God's image, so I took that part from the bible, but now I want to write the rest in sort of the same style, and apparently I just can't... Help, anyone? How do you guys do it when you want to write something in a very different style?

For now I think I'll just go work on another chapter, because I want to sleep and I haven't made my word count yet.

Word count: 801

I need to write 666 words every day to reach the goal of 20,000 words by the end of the month. And today I made it, easy! And since I actually have more time today than I will the rest of the week, I'm gonna try to get a head start and get out some more words. Of course, that means my internet connection will have to cooperate, and I'm not sure it wants to. (ETA: It didn't. That's why I'm posting this a day late.)

Snippet of what I wrote today:

“Some days I just want to lose this weightlessness, and have gravity chain me to the earth. Sometimes I wish I could take off my shoes under the table, stretch my toes, feel the carpet. Lay on the grass outside in the sun, feeling the sun beaming down on me. Or feel the rain as it falls, and get wet.”

Oh, and did I mention already that this week is my test week? I have 3 tests on Friday, and a report I have to hand in. Not good! I don't know how I'm gonna do it, honestly...

And I don't even have anything outlined on paper yet. But! I do know which story I'm gonna write. That's something right?

It's gonna be inspired by/based on the German movie "Der Himmel über Berlin", in which "An angel tires of overseeing human activity and wishes to become human when he falls in love with a mortal." (summary courtesy of IMDB). The language and the ideas of that movie are so beautiful, that I just want to write something like it myself.And I like the idea of angel!Jensen (literally) falling for Jared.

Sooooo.... what's everybody else doing? How are you guys preparing for (mini)NaNoWriMo? Do you have everything planned out, do you have your storyline plotted out on paper? Do you have a ritual for writing, a set time every day where you sit down and write? Or are you just gonna see when inspiration strikes? Did you cancel any activities because you're gonna need the time to write? Are you gonna post what you write every day, or are you gonna do a word count post everyday? I think I'm gonna do the latter, because I do want some time to polish my story before I post it.

So! Tell me everything!

From chica_charlie

The problem with LJ: We all think we are so close, but really we know nothing about one another. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away.

Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you.

This is your chance! Ask anything you want! Anything! This is what you've all been waiting for!

... Anyone? ...one...one...one... *echo*

I signed up for The Supernatural Mini NaNoWriMo over at the spnwriterlounge! I'm really excited about it, but also kind of very very nervous. I have a history of not making deadlines, and not finishing stories I start. But I'm in a better head space now than I've been for a while, and I think it's a good thing that this is about quantity instead of quality.
I'm still debating what kind of story I want to write, whether it's gonna be J2 AU that still takes place in reality, or if I'm gonna write a J2 AU that takes place in a fantasy world. I've never done the latter, but captainpixie's Labyrinth-vid kind of inspired me.
Now the important part: I'm looking for a cheerleader. Who wants to kick my ass when I'm not doing anything, and cheer for me when I am? Is anyone else doing the challenge, maybe we can pair up and cheer for each other?

( tiny spoiler for 5.05 )

I just created a Twitter account. I never felt the need to get a twitter account for my rl friends, because I have them on facebook, but after everything that happened on twitter before the season premiere, I sort of wanted a fandom twitter account. So, now I am darkershadeof there too.

Who else has a twitter account? Add/follow me! (captainpixie, I already added you!)
And what do you guys think of twitter, are you using it a lot, what does it add to your fandom experience?

I, too, have signed up for the Christmas in July present-giving meme over at spnwriterlounge! My box is here.

Big reveal is on July 25th, so if you'd like to give me presents (YES PLEASE!), do it before July 25th! As they put it: feel free to go visit, stuff some boxes, leave fic, drabbles, art, icons, best wishes.

STUFF MY BOX! Lol, I knew I could make that sound dirty.

Hi my sweat girl,
i cant go tonight because tomorrow i have an agreement
but we are gong to the party at might, its ok?
besos

Oh, how I love to get text messages like that. I hope he means that I'm his sweet girl, and that he has an appointment tomorrow, but we're going to dance later that night. That would be awesome.

He's my new salsa dancing friend, he's gay as fuck and such an amazing dancer. And he's going to teach me, I'm so excited! (I've never had salsa lessons, which leads to awkward situations on the dancefloor. "Oh, sorry!" "Eh, what?" "What do you want from me???")

Me and my friend are going to bike to a hippie beach here in Andalucia! How cool is that? First three days of biking from Granada to Almeria, and then HIPPIE BEACH!

There's going to be dancing on the beach, by the camp fire, NAKED. FUN!

(And pretty boys like you've never seen them before. By which I mean: dancing naked on the beach.)

PS: Hope I'm not scaring you. Sorry. *g*

I love how Misha is slowly (or not so slowly) replacing Chad as Jared's roommate/friend-that-he-crashes-at-when-something-goes-wrong.

And I just made flourless peanut butter cookies and they were DELICIOUS!

What? I'm totally writing. In between everything else.

Bwah. Deadline in 3 days, still 5k words to write. Why am I sitting here reading fic and con reports instead of writing?

(But the fic is going to be awesome! Just so you guys know.)

This is for Aiyana, who's awesomecakes with awesomesauce. Happy birthday, babe!

Suicide Susie (gen, PG-13)
The boys investigate a series of high school suicides, all girls in their prom dresses.
Thanks to chemm80 for the beta!
2590 words.

( What is this place? Frickin' Hogwarts? )