Heading out to case the promise land

laurificus @ 2012-02-19T22:24:00

2012-02-19T22:41:48Z

Here are some things I'd like to complain about (a truly shocking development for anyone who's been reading this journal for any length of time, I'm sure).

1. I was out last night, and while I was drinking (whiskey cocktails, WTF?), I was not drunk. And yet, still, I've been awake since half 5 this morning, and slightly hungover. unacceptable, universe.

2. More importantly, I think I have an iTunes problem. I need some sort of support group. I keep buying things! It is so easy, and painless, and it syncs to all my stuff instantly, and there is all of a sudden a lot of music I really want again. And that's not even counting the knew Josh Ritter on Tuesday, or the new Bruce in a couple weeks. Stuff I want! Lots of it! And yet, I am funding the evil empire of copyright holders. And possibly hurtling towards financial ruin. You see why this is a problem? This isn't even counting all the TV.

3. I am possibly writing a terrible story. It's, like, 13,000 words or thereabouts, and it's...very weird. Though I suppose mostly it's Dean angsting (not ingesting as autocorrect keeps trying to make it), with some sex, and a lot of talking. Sometimes I even like it, but I normally hate everything I write while I'm writing it, so probably that's the worst sign of all. Consider this your warning post, if I ever decide it can see the light of day.

4. Now I'm going to watch Homeland, which I hear is very good. This isn't so much a complaint, as an observation. At some point, I will also watch that other show I like. I have heard good things!

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Fic: Hallmark Moment (Supernatural, Sam/Dean)

2012-02-14T23:28:51Z

♥ ♥ ♥

Thank you so much for all the lovely gifts on my profile page! They were a lovely surprise when I woke up this morning.

And here is a gift from me. Though how welcome you find it will depend entirely on how much you appreciate Sam and Dean schmoop. :D

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Hallmark Moment
by laurificus, 1,131 words, Sam/Dean, PG
Dean's not actually pissed off that they don't celebrate Valentine's Day. Obviously.

No spoilers. Set in some vaguely defined future of happiness and joy. Thank you to mollyamory for her remarkable beta skills.

( Hallmark Moment )

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Fic: Reality Dosing (Supernatural, Sam/Dean, PG)

2012-02-13T01:21:10Z

Reality Dosing
By laurificus, 1782 words, Sam/Dean
Dean's laughter has made him greedy, made him recklessly desperate for all the necessary, hidden parts of his brother he hasn't seen in so long.

Here there be spoilers for 714 and maybe some schmoop. Thank you to de_nugis for the awesome and speedy beta. All remaining mistakes are mine.

( They've been on the road for half an hour when they stop. )

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OMG

2012-02-11T18:50:59Z

I have nothing to say about 714, except ( spoilers of a squeeful and capslocky nature )

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You're just...bigger

2012-02-05T22:10:02Z

I have to say that, against all expectations and possibly my better judgment, I really enjoyed 713. Like, smiled stupidly pretty much the whole way through. Because, you know, of the teasing and the banter and the brotherliness. They even had a bit of classic rock! And Sam making fun of Dean a lot. Old school ep for the win. (Yes, there was some plot stupidity in there, but this is SPN. There's always been some plot stupidity. I maintain that they're really, really good at the overall arcs, and hit or miss for individual eps.)

( little bit spoilery )

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laurificus @ 2012-01-23T17:27:00

2012-01-23T18:03:00Z

Today, my Sherlock DVDs arrived, even though I wasn't expecting them until tomorrow. And I found this out at 1 this afternoon, because I got a highly unexpected half day from work. All Mondays should be like this. I would feel much more warmly towards them. Though I have lost a Crunchy and a packet of Buttons. This is causing me great distress, as I'm sure you can imagine.

In other Sherlock news, John and Sherlock are so in love that today even my brother was discussing it. And not ironically. He was like, "When they see each other, I'm pretty sure they're hearing At Last in their heads." I...think he maybe ships them pretty hard. Which seems like the only reasonable response to them, really.

n other other news, Justified is still remarkably awesome. Mostly because everyone in it continues to be remarkably psychotic. And I'd still watch Raylan and Boyd do nothing but talk for a full episode. It's like Joss crossed with Sorkin, or something.

And in my last pointless news update: I have episodes of SPN to catch up on. I was avoiding it for fear of despair, but I actually think it sounds all right, so I'm going back in! Hold me!

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Sherlock thoughts (not 203, surprisingly enough)

2012-01-16T23:58:25Z

Obviously, I had to read everything ever written about Sherlock last night, and I can accept a lot of the Irene Adler criticism, even if I don't necessarily agree with it all. But there's one strain of it that is beginning to really irritate me.

( Spoilers for A Scandal in Belgravia )

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I had been doing very well with my daily writing, but I kinda fell off the wagon. I blame people! And wine! And Sherlock, of course. I'm just saying, I'm putting this here as a reminder that I have to get back on track tomorrow.

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*flails

2012-01-15T22:52:06Z

OMG, SHERLOCK! That was awesome. I take back any and all Steven Moffat criticism. ...Well, I certainly take back a lot of it.

John and Sherlock! SO IN LOVE! Also, there is something about Benedict when he's laughing that I find inexplicably hot/adorable.

That is all. Maybe there will be a more thoughtful spoilery post later, but probably not. I'm quite content just to bask in the awesome.

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Fic: An Unusual Accord (Supernatural, Sam/Dean, PG)

2011-12-28T01:57:37Z

Title: An Unusual Accord
Author: laurificus
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Rating: PG
Word count: 2,206
Summary: "I was hoping Earthly Ambassadors would be more of a symbolic title," Dean says, not for the first time.

Notes: Written for amindaya for spn_j2_xmas. Merry Christmas! I hope you like the story, and many apologies for the late posting.

Thanks to mollyamory for betaing and titling, and generally making this story exist. And thanks to the mods for being so lovely and patient. ♥

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( An Unusual Accord )

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That's why it's vicious. And a circle

2011-12-21T21:16:42Z

I think what annoys me most about this latest LJ fuckery is how it makes me retract my earlier claim that I was mostly happy with how things were going. Damn you, LJ, for making me look stupid!

That obviously isn't the thing that annoys me most, but I'm sure everyone else on your flist has already vented enough to make anything I'd say redundant. I'm laurificus on dreamwidth; everything I post on LJ is posted there too.

At this point, I'd be only too happy to give LJ up entirely. Of course, it's not that simple, because we've all built relationships and communities over here, and that's probably what LJ is counting on, but right now, I'm hoping we can build those same communities somewhere else. The outages I can deal with, just as I can accept fucking up accidentally. But entirely disregarding what a huge swath of the customer base wants and needs is a whole other thing. I guess we'll see if they roll it back, but I'm not holding my breath.

This post brought to you by irritation and yuletide procrastination. It's even money as to which was the greater motivation. (I don't know why my sentences are rhyming, no. I don't approve of it either.)

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In which there is possibly an overuse of parentheses

2011-12-08T12:58:50Z

My work has been closed early due to weather. As I always like to say at these times: best. Day. Ever. (I will not be saying that if a tree falls through my window, obviously). Perhaps I will use this time to catch up with my yuletide source. Did I mention I was excited about that? I am.

In news that couldn't be related but isn't (unless I'm double bluffing and Community is my source), in this week's Community watching: Troy was picked by a cute librarian, and then he left her because she said Abed was weird. His outrage actually surpassed adorable and entered some realm for which the English language is inadequate. I believe they are the most in love ever. Really. And the thing I particularly enjoy is how the show loves them, too. Like, in Big Bang Theory, Howard and Raj are BFFs, but the show is always skirting the line of mocking it, you know? It's sort of, "Look how gay they are! Only not! Ha ha!" So far Community hasn't done that, and it makes me really happy. I am not onboard with this suggestion of no 4th season. :(

I am, however, onboard with the new Florence + The Machine album (Shake it Out can be my new Sam Winchester theme song, yes?), and the new Black Keys one. I haven't listened to all of the The Black Keys yet, but what I've heard has guitar Solos, and decent lyrics and awesome hooks. It is like good rock music in my life again. What is this madness?

Hi! Hope you guys are all having good days, too.

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More stuff I have been watching!

2011-11-21T21:48:22Z

Mad Men! A show in which nothing happens! (Excepting that time that British dude had his foot run over by a tractor.) Nothing happens, and many, many of the people in it are awful. And yet...it is impossibly addictive. I had the highly exciting event of not having to go anywhere at all this weekend, and I took advantage of this to mainline about 16 episodes, and promptly ordered season 4 as soon as season 3 was done. I must see more of this nothing happening business!

There are many burning questions. such as: will Joan (who is my very favouritest!) do as I hope and kill her horrorshow of a husband? Will Roger continue to be a charmingly funny douche? Will Don continue to be a strangely compelling tool? Will my intense dislike of Betty continue to intensify? (really, I think I'm driven to keep watching by the twin impulses of seeing how much more awesome Joan can get, and how much more unbearable Betty will become. I want to be sympathetic to her. I do! But it's like she comes with some anti-sympathetic forcefield. And also, you know it's bad when I'm judging her for her lack of maternal feelings.)

While I wait for season 4 to arrive, I will also consider the important issue of who I would like to hook Joan up with. Peggy is currently winning, though last night I did consider the possibility of Joan/Trudy. I have rejected all of the men for her, on account of how none of them are good enough for her. Though I do like it when she and Don are friends. She makes him laugh, you know. It is a mark of her special Joan awesomeness that she can pull that off.

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Like the pirate code, these really are just guidelines

2011-11-21T21:27:56Z

Dear yuletide writer:

First and most importantly, thank you for writing me a story! You're already one of my favourite people just for that. And since you're doing that for me, I really want you to have fun with it. I'm talking about things I like and enjoy just so you aren't left flailing around in panic when you see the signup email, but it's your story, and you're the one putting the work in, so these aren't a list of demands, or anything. Well, with the caveat that rape/non-con are pretty huge do not wants for me, so please not to be including them?

As for the rest: I much prefer happy endings, or at least hopeful ones. I love banter and pining and best friends falling in love. If there's going to be sex, I like it when it's fun--when there's still teasing and laughter and affectionate insults throughout. I'm also a huge fan of saying I love you without actually saying it.

If you don't want to go shippy with any of the fandoms, don't feel like you have to. With all of them, the friendship is what I fell in love with first, so a story that focused on that would make me really happy.

( Some slightly more specific stuff for Community, Justified and Die Hard )

Seriously, whatever you write, I'm going to appreciate it. Please write something that's going to make you happy, too. ♥

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fic: Direct Amends (Supernatural, Sam/Dean, adult)

2011-11-17T23:31:22Z

Oh, look. Post-707 reunionating schmoop. Who could ever have predicted such a thing!

Title: Direct Amends
Author: laurificus
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Rating: Adult
Word count: 2,532
Summary: If Dean has to put his trust in something, it's going to be them, together.

Notes: Thank you to mollyamory for betaing and titling. All remaining mistakes are mine.

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( Sam's laughing as they walk through the door. )

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laurificus @ 2011-11-14T22:53:00

2011-11-14T22:54:28Z

I was going to make a post about the OTW stuff, but I got all my ranting done by text today, and I'd just be adding to the noise at this point, anyway. So instead, I'll just say thank you. I love that there are people trying to do something awesome and huge and groundbreaking, and I love that there's a magical place of nothing but fic that isn't going to go away, and, for purely selfish reasons, I love how much easier it's made modding remix. Thank you to everyone who's worked, and is still working, to make that possible, and especially to Naomi for daring to make it happen in the first place. There's a lot of really unpleasant stuff going on in fandom at the moment, but the work and time put in for free to build this crazy thing, even if it's not perfect yet and never will be, is a lovely reminder of what makes fandom special and worth sticking around for, and I appreciate that, too.

And while we're talking about thank yous and the good side of fandom--thank you to girlmostlikely and marciaelena for the v-gifts. They were a very welcome surprise. ♥ ♥

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I have just realised I've had a post saved for weeks now, and for some reason not posted it. It starts out like this:

OMG, Community is the best show in the whole world. I have just watched the season 1 Christmas ep. How is it so sweet and heart-warming and yet not, like, a thing I hate just on principle?

Two things I particularly love: 1. Troy/Abed. Surely there is fic wherein they hook up and are in love! And the friendship between Annie, Shirley and Britta. I love that they support each other in their quirky, crazy way, and it's not all about guys.

I was going to make it 3 things I love and add in Jeff, but then I realised I'd have to add in Britta separately too, and Jeff/Britta who I apparently ship pretty hard, and then I started just making a list, and the list was everything. I love everything!

Then there was some other stuff about walking into a door and not getting my awesome halloween cloak. My life is too exciting for you all to handle, I know.

Instead of telling you about that, in the detail I know you secretly grave, I will go read this Stephen King book, which I cannot get into at all. But I am going to persevere! I do not like it when SK disappoints.

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I'm rubber, you're glue. Or something

2011-11-03T19:09:11Z

So this SPN clip for 707. Let me join with all the cool kids and post my reactions. Mostly because I am bored. ( Spoilers! )

Is it Friday yet?

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What what what?

2011-10-22T15:28:45Z

Remember before, when I was all, "We will never get the SPN dynamic of seasons 1 and 2 back! IT IS GONE FOREVER!" and all was woe and despair? Yeah, maybe I was wrong about that. OMG, now all is wonderfulness and awesomeness. I do not understand what's happening!

Also, Community is still turning out to be my new most favourite thing ever. It has been a good TV week.

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3 excellent things

2011-10-19T18:20:03Z

1. Dude, Merlin was full of unexpectedness. I spent a good half hour or so afterwards just texting all, "What just happened! Did that really just happen! What!" Because seriously, what is with the way things are happening this season? It is approaching S1 levels of good again. though ( spoilers )

If I have one criticism, it's that I wish they'd let Gwen have meaningful relationships with people who aren't Arthur again, and motivations that aren't directly tied to him. Remember when she used to be friends with Merlin? Right now, she seems not so much like a person as Arthur's love interest. But that is pretty easily fixable, and I am content with all the other awesomeness on display at the moment.

2. I saw the first 2 eps of Community last night. Why was I not informed of its goodness before now? Admittedly, I was, but it should've been done more forcefully. I already love pretty much everything about it. And there is no laugh track, so it's already ahead of pretty much every other sitcom I've ever seen. <3

3. Josh Ritter has a live album up for download at his twitter here. I haven't listened to much of it yet, but my feeling is that you can never have too much Josh in your life.

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Words, I do not have them

2011-10-16T19:10:18Z

Was that the best episode of SPN ever? Okay, it wasn't, but it was pretty amazing. I have been looking forward to it since before the season even started, and I was not disappointed.

( 704 spoilers! )

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I have Merlin watching to do now. I hear it is very good, and possibly unexpected things happen. I don't know. I was out last night while it was on, in highly impractical shoes, and I have the blisters to prove it. Why must shoes betray me in this fashion! Have I not always loved them?

Also, since Friday, I have been issuing orders to my phone, and they have been obeyed. No more typing for me! No more pesky things like actually having to find music before I play it. It is all very good, but I fear I have developed a taste for power. Now I want everything else to respond to my every whim. And when I say everything, I also mean everyone. But it would be okay! I'd be such a fair and just dictator. Just give me a chance!

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I will stop talking about Apple after this

2011-10-07T09:52:19Z

I <3 whoever trains Apple sales reps in their customer service. I just spent like 6 days on the phone with one of them waiting for my card to be unblocked by my bank, which chose this morning to fail me with its usually excellent fraud detection. I was all, "It's fine! I will try later," while I was really thinking, "WOE! NO IPHONE FOR ME AND I GOT UP EARLY AND EVERYTHING!" And he was all, "No! Call them. It'll be difficult later." So I did, and while I was on hold, the Apple dude and I discussed our families, the weather, our current TV choices, and god knows what else. Five minutes more, and we'd probably have had no choice but to start inviting each other to important family events.

Of course, the fact that I had to take the people method over the much preferred no people whatsoever method was only because the Apple website appeared to be non-functional (as, at one point, were the phone lines), but it would be churlish of me to give them a hard time for that. Because iPhone with more storage! I can has it!

While I was waiting to get through, they were playing some song with the much repeated line, There's a Whole in the World Tonight. It sounded like it might have been Don Henley and was possibly remarkably cheesy, but it still made me sad for Steve Jobs all over again.

But now I am going to maybe have a nap. Or possibly read a book or watch more Fringe. These random Fridays I've had off work are turning out to be highly enjoyable. The only downside is that they cant become a habit.

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There is no reason not to follow your heart

2011-10-06T19:00:20Z

I am still really sad about Steve Jobs, in a way I didn't entirely expect, and can't quite explain. And I've got nothing to say that hasn't already been said better by other people. He managed to make the world feel both bigger and smaller. It's just very wrong that he's never going to get to do that again.

And this bit from his Stanford speech has been making me sniffly for most of the day:

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

RIP, Steve.

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You beat the devil before

2011-10-04T19:47:04Z

Hmm. So, SPN. Seems like I won't be quitting it. Like at all. certainly not for the next 2 days. Because 702 was awesome. Not just the Sam and Dean stuff (though that, I have to tell you, was a lot of wonderful right there on its own), but it was interesting and creepy and well-written.

( But let's not pretend the Sam and Dean wonderfulness isn't the most important thing in all of that )

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I have been watching other televisual things too. Merlin, which surpassed all my expectations by actually being really enjoyable. ( brief spoilers )

Also, Fringe! I am about halfway through the first season, and so far I find it both ridiculous and charming. Getting someone else's consciousness in her brain! Questioning people after their dead! Inventing a method of time travel and then...not bothering to try it out! Tech-literate teenagers clicking on mysterious message popups of unknown origins!

I am most pleased, to be honest, by Pacey playing the piano. (At some point, I will probably think of him as Peter, but it hasn't happened yet.) I think Olivia is kind of awesome, but as I told musesfool, she is a little bit too earnest for me to love her properly yet. I realise this is possibly a terrible thing to admit, but before anyone judges me too much, let me say that I'm pretty sure I used to make a similar criticism of Sam Winchester (and my other criticisms of him were much, much harsher), and look how that turned out.

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In conclusion: 64GB iPhone, praise Jesus. On the other hand, no advance on the 16GB Nano. 16GB wouldn't hold my music 2 years ago. wah wah wah, all the violins are playing just for me.

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OMG, look at my unhappy face!

2011-09-28T21:36:39Z

So Delicious. Despite the fact that I have the email confirming my data will be migrated, apparently it has no record of my email or username. I was prepared to have to move to get a good service, but I was not expecting to actually lose everything. All the bookmarks! All the fic! What the fuck!

It is times like these I regret mightily my inability to smite people. Instead, I will simply sit here and be pitiful. Well, and maybe Google to see if I'm missing something obvious that will fix this.

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SPN 701

2011-09-25T23:13:45Z

( spoilers )

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To continue my pointless DW Posts...

2011-09-22T23:11:09Z

Ponds! They are my very favouritest! Particularly Amy, but this is in no way to detract from rory's own personal brand of awesome. I <3 them both unto death.

Also, Eleven is trying very hard to usurp Ten. Just saying.

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