At the moment, the "friends only" stuff is all just personal junk...and a ridiculous number of personality quizzes, memes, and general time-wasters. But really, it's okay to friend me! I don't bite...hard. Often. Without provocation. In particularly painful places. *Grins toothily*

But I had to. This is too amazing to miss. Gonzales Contata, an opera based on Alberto Gonzales' hearing before Congress, featuring the aria
I Don't Recall".

WIN!

Okay y'all, this is just more news on the Prop 8 thing, for those of you that don't get it on local news. There were protests all over last night, the biggest one being in Hollywood and West Hollywood. There are already lawsuits filed, and we are fighting this. I'm trying to find news that will speak more in depth about how exactly gay rights proponents, but I'm mostly just finding vague articles that bascially say "Some People Are Doing Stuff".

Despite the lack of actual *helpful* news (it seems most of the local news channels don't want to catch teh ghei), I'm feeling hopeful. Prop 22, which said basically the same thing, was overturned back in June. Prop 8 will be overturned as well. And if the courts are too chiken-shit to do it (the vote was four to three last time, so they may very well not repeal it in court), we'll bring it to vote again and we will WIN this time.

Edit: I keep swearing I'm not going to post here anymore but...ah, well. I guess I'm staying. ;) (Now watch me go silent for several months)

I'm trying not to freak out, but I feel like crying. It's only 18% of the votes in, there's still time to turn things around, but right now the vote is at 54% Yes and 46% No.

I can't believe that my fellow Californians could be this cruel. I'm trying to hold out hope. Will edit this post later.

Edit: Oh Lord, I know I live in a hopelessly conservative town when we make the bloody news. The L.A. Times has an article, and not a short one either, dedicated only to how ugly things have gotten in Temecula and Murrieta over Prop 8. Right now 86% of votes are counted and Yes is leading 51.8% to 48.2%. I keep hoping that we'll close the gap, but I know that most of the counties still counting are the rural, Republican communities. All I can keep thinking is that Gay Rights Representatives just keep saying that even if we lose here, all civil rights movements have had setbacks, and we can still win in the long run. But for now it is 3:30am, I have rehearsal in the morning, and I'm a very sad a dissapointed Californian. Good night, all.

Edit Edit: Prop 8 passed. 52% to 48%. I can't even be happy about Obama winning with this to spoil it. I hate Californians.

Hey guys, just letting you know that my insanejournal account is probably going to be my main one now (whatever that means). I've been posting so little as it is that this message probably isn't necessary, but I haven't seen much fan activity going on here (maybe it's just because I haven't been paying much attention?) and I'm seeing more activity back on insanejournal. I'd really like to get active, or what I try to convince myself passes for active, in fandom again. So, I'm leaving this journal up so I can keep in touch with people, but I most likely won't be posting here any longer.

My insanejournal account is under the same sn, should you care to look me up there. Not doing much as of yet, but 0TP should be starting up soon, and then I'll have some actual content.

I just wish I could take some of the pretty from here over to there...insanejournal is ugly, and I don't know enough about coding to create a pretty layout. ;_;

I'm working on another original (at last!) and going through the basic "name-everything" stage. For whatever reason, this is one of the hardest parts of writing for me--coming up with names that sound specific enough to characters and places that I (and the readers) will remember who and what they are, but not so out there that my characters sound like B-movie stars, and the town some kind of theme park. What sort of strategies do you use to name people/places/things in your stories?

Does anyone on my friend's list have a good understanding of Spanish? I have three years of Spanish classes and several Spanish dictionaries, but I'm not quite sure if I'm conjugating things correctly. Since it's for a fic, I'd prefer not to put the fic out with egregious errors in it. ~_^

Alright, people, the month of November is National Novel Writing Month! I take this as a personal challenge to get off my butt and start writing again!

Novel: 33,281/50,000 words

Hahaha...I fail. XD

Bought my Halloween costume two days ago and am SO EXCITED! I'm gonna be a gothic Alice in Wonderland (I know, I know, so very original)! I haven't dressed up for Halloween (or for anything, really) in years. I keep looking at my costume hanging in the closet and tee-hee-ing. And because I am so excited, here's a poll for my friends!

Well, the muse is back, but he and I are both a little out of practice, and so its still just drabbles for now. We are determined to write more, and of greater length soon.

Title: Sunrise
Fandom: Saiyuki
Pairing: 353
Word Count: 514

( There's no safe way to lie in this bed )

Many thanks to the instantaneous beta-ing performed by befanini and the fixing of the nightmarish verb-tenses I originally had in this thing. >.<'

Title: Come to me
Pairing: Sanzo/Gojyo
Rating: PG-13, just to be safe.
Length: 1663 words
( Come here. )

Title: Lacuna
Pairing: Basch/Balthier
Rating: PG-13 (implied sexuality)
Length: 472 words
( I will miss you, when I'm gone )

This story was written while listening to “Senyaichiya” by See-Saw, over and over and over...the lyrics (both the original Japanese, rendered in romanji, and the English translations) are here.

Chapter Two is actually Balthier's chapter...but his voice is all screwy. Honestly, I didn't really like it when I posted it on ff.net, and I like it even less now, so it's gonna get redone. So here's a chapter of a character that I don't like quite so much. ;P

The fact that this ficbit shares a title with a movie about voyeurism (amongst other things) is accidental and irrelevant. This is, regrettably, cleaner than a christian rock concert.

( Just Looking )

I have this stuff posted over at my fanfic account, but what the hell, I'll go ahead and post them here, too reviews, reviews, must have more reviews! This is from a collection of vignettes I've started--just little introspective peices, each revolving around one sense. I may have wasted a golden opportunity by keeping these clean...

Title: Touch Me Not
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Characters: Ashe
Rating: PG
( Touch Me Not )

I posted this over at ff.net a while back, but I just thought I'd post a link to it here to shamelessly beg for reviews so that any FFXII fans on my flist could check it out.

Title: Words
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Characters: Fran
Rating: PG
( Fran has a contemplative moment about birth, death, and a lot of other things that there just aren't words for )

Yeah, okay, so I'm not really doing these drabbles in order, per se. I've actually gotten a couple between 3 and 21 done, but since several of the prompts are "themed" I kind of wanted to keep the themes together. Drabbles Table Here

( Death by Drabbles )

I put in a request for Axel/Roxas over at drabbles100. This is the table. Links will be added as the drabbles are completed.

001.	Beginnings	002.	Middle	003.	Ends	004.	First	005.	Last
006.	Hours	007.	Days	008.	Weeks	009.	Months	010.	Years
011.	Red	012.	Grey	013.	White	014.	Black	015.	Blue
016.	Purple	017.	Brown	018.	Green	019.	Pink	020.	Colourless
021.	Friends	022.	Enemies	023.	Lovers	024.	Family	025.	Strangers
026.	Teammates	027.	Parents	028.	Children	029.	Birth	030.	Death
031.	Sunrise	032.	Sunset	033.	Too Much	034.	Not Enough	035.	Sixth Sense
036.	Smell	037.	Sound	038.	Touch	039.	Taste	040.	Sight
041.	Shapes	042.	Triangle	043.	Square	044.	Circle	045.	Moon
046.	King	047.	Heart	048.	Diamond	049.	Queen	050.	Joker
051.	Water	052.	Fire	053.	Earth	054.	Air	055.	Spirit
056.	Breakfast	057.	Lunch	058.	Dinner	059.	Food	060.	Drink
061.	Winter	062.	Spring	063.	Summer	064.	Fall	065.	Passing
066.	Rain	067.	Snow	068.	Lightning	069.	Thunder	070.	Storm
071.	Broken	072.	Fixed	073.	Light	074.	Dark	075.	Shattered
076.	Rebirth	077.	Paralysis	078.	Disease	079.	Agony	080.	Healing
081.	Blind	082.	Deaf	083.	Lost	084.	Found	085.	Missing
086.	Choices	087.	Life	088.	He	089.	She	090.	It
091.	Birthday	092.	Christmas	093.	Thanksgiving	094.	Solstice	095.	New Year
096.	Writer‘s Choice	097.	Writer‘s Choice	098.	Writer‘s Choice	099.	Writer‘s Choice	100.	Writer‘s Choice