I've been so busy lately that I've barely had time for fandom or anything. I miss you all and I miss playing here. One of the things that has been keeping me occupied on the weekend is some redecorating and with that comes LOTS of cleaning. I got some new furniture and it's been exciting.
( yada yada yada )

Anyway, all this whining brings me to my goal. I want to jump back into fandom fun and I can't think of a better way to do that then by celebrating one of the best seasons and holding a contest. So please, please, please sign up and let's have some good ole fashioned silly fandom fun!

FALL CONTEST


And if you read all that, you deserve a reward and I can't think of a better one.
( cutest nephew ever )

Work......check
Take care of Dad.....check
Plan an attack ICE in a far away place......check
Deal with crazy client.....check
Get brothers help carrying in new entertainment center......check
Scroll back and catch up on drabbles.....check
Catch up on as much of my flist as I can......check
Stare at this Cutie for a while to calm myself down.....check
( an apple a day....I didn't want to size tis one! )

I've been feeling like crap for the last 4 days, which is so very unfair because I just got my computer working and I actually had some free time. BLAH, stupid sinuses. Today was the first day in 4 days that I didn't wake up with a headache.

I've been so busy with work lately and it looks like I'm officially moving into an office with a colleague. I'm super stressed about it, mostly because change is difficult...well that and there's a lot of pressure to earn more $. LOL

So I guess I've sort of felt like my life was in a bit of a state of flux. It's funny how little changes seem to have such profound consequences on one's life. ~~deep thought for the day~~ LOL

Onto the fun.

My nephew is getting huge and he's a crawling machine so I'm told. My sister is a sweetheart to send me pictures and little vids every week. I miss him so!

I've started the CF entries, but OMG, there's so many it will take me forever to get through them all.

HEY go play in the AUGUST ANNIVERSARY post at qaf_comingout

My subject line about sums things up.

Maybe a few of you have noticed that I've been pretty quiet around here lately. I've been extremely busy with work (it's hard to be an adult - snicker). I'm not complaining, it's a good thing both professionally and financially - plus for the most part, I'm enjoying it. However, it drains me and I don't always have energy to come out and play. Also, little things seem to annoy me - and I don't want to take that out on fandom. See, it might surprise some of you, but I'm not a people person and dealing with people all day long sucks the life out of me and makes me impatient. hee

I've also been busy with family and friends it seems. I'm reading original m/m porny treats with some of you. I'm hanging out more with my RL friends (last week, a couple of my closest & oldest friends and I had a movie night. We watched SEX & THE CITY and TWILIGHT (snicker))...we had a blast but after a full work day (they were both off) and a couple of margaritas, I was ready for bed when I got home. And this past weekend, I spent Saturday afternoon and evening at the casino with my dad and sis.

Then, this morning, I got an opinion on my neverending trial that's been going on since MAY. I lost. I didn't really expect to win, the facts were not on our side, but one always hopes.

YADA YADA YADA...so what does this all boil down to? I've no idea. LOL. I'll still be posting at the asylums and playing here and there but I just have less time. BUT...I cannot wait to play in the goodies at qaf_challenges. This fandom is amazingly talented and I can't wait to drool over everything. It might take me a while to make my way through 100 posts but I will. ;)

OH and HEY...go make some nominations at iconics!!!!!!!!!!! It's fun!

I got a new HDTV this week and I must say it's totally SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET. I upgraded to HDcable and OMG, I cannot wait to watch TRUE BLOOD on it tonight. HARPER'S ISLAND in HD on a 32 inch screen was such a treat last night. hee

Yesterday was such a nice day for me. My youngest sis and I went to see UP with our Dad. We saw UP and while we were watching the DISNEY opening, he commented on things changing and I said, "What's changed? You're at a Disney Movie with your girls." See when we were little, after my Mom died, my dad took us girls (myself and my other sister) to all the Disney Movies. It didn't matter if it was SLEEPING BEAUTY, FOX and the HOUND, THE RESCUERS or ROBIN HOOD (my personal fave), he took us to them all and we always got the album that they sold at the theater. Does anyone else remember those records?

Anyway, UP was a typical DISNEY flick. There was smiling, tears, heartbreak, a message, and did I mention heartbreak?

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GO PICK THE ICON MAKER at qaf_icons

Also, CUDDLE DAY on June 18th...it's coming people.

details at qaf_scavenger

Have I mentioned lately that my new favorite pastime is shopping for my nephew. I should own a piece of TARGET, which can I just say is such a fun place to shop. I picked up some t-shirts for him, a bucket cap (to protect his baby skin from the sun) and some bath toys.

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I also picked up a toy for me: Seasons 3 and 4 of ANGEL (2 seasons for $19.99 - see how cool TARGET is. lol).

I was having a great day. I mean, HARPER'S ISLAND starts tonight (please, please, please let it be well done). I haven't been this excited about a tv show in a long. I hope I'm not disappointed but all the hype is typically a bad sign. Anyway, my day took a turn for the FUCK when my dad called me. He was in a car accident. Some idiot ran a stop sign and t-boned his car on the driver's side. He seems fine besides a sore shoulder and a smashed car.

You Are Cinnamon

You are intelligent and complex. You are both mild mannered and intense. You are passionate to the point of being overpowering. People can't ignore your presence. You are always questioning and learning in your life. You're on a bit of a spiritual journey. You are drawn toward power and success. You are never quite satisfied with your achievements.

Huh...that sounds sort of like me. Don't remember where I snagged it from.

I saw SUNSHINE CLEANING this weekend. I laughed and I cried. It hit a little bit too close to home in a couple of different ways.

I also talked chet_lemon into her first couple of pairs of expensive shoes from Nordstroms.



Let's see, what else...I'm busy working and stuff, so I know I haven't been around much. HOWEVER, I will be finishing both the original fics and the amnesty fics at qaf_challenges over the next several days.

It's NEVER too late to leave a comment, so please, if you're just getting to them, remember to show the authors your appreciation...or if maybe you forgot, go back and leave them a little something.

Afterall, it's love that makes the world go round. ♥

I must confess. I was super busy last week having a life...both professional and real (and that will continue next week) and I am thoroughly enjoying myself.

( i love being an attorney )

( omg, i do have a life... )

Finally, let's talk fandom. I finished all the entries at bj_action and I can now say WOW...those were all great, the stories, the graphics, the vid. If you haven't played over there, you're missing out and I shall pity you. However, if you have played over there and you haven't left massive amounts of fawning, I'm very disappointed in you!

Also, pfodge made some FUCKING AMAZING icons. 100 Brian icons & 100 Justin icons. Go check them out and snag many!

I've got some great news and can now fill you guys all in on the baby situation.

First, I'm home and a HUGE thank you to everyone who responded to my last post. Watching my nephew being born was a crazy experience (one that reaffirmed my desire to never have children) and we were all so happy.

My nephew, Reason Jon, is the highlight of my life.


However, if you saw Xie's post last week, you know that we had some problems. Unfortunately, Reason went back into the hospital when he was only a week old and he didn't come home until Christmas, in the afternoon. He was there for two full days.

The experience was horrible and terribly distressing. He had lost too much weight and was dehydrated and even after he came home, there were concerns about whether he'd start to gain weight.

As of this afternoon, at 2 weeks old, he seems to be out of the woods completely with a positive outlook from the doctor. I cannot tell you all how happy this makes me. I love him so and I've left a HUGE part of my heart in Vermont. (I fear that you will all be subjected to stories of him from now on...humor me.) :P Leaving was one of the hardest things I ever had to do (but I had to do it because I had a trial yesterday).


Reason is bright eyed and oh so adorable. He and I had some time together before his unforeseen trip to the hospital. We talked about snow and how much fun it can be with the snowmen and snowballs and snowboarding (I threw that in for his Mommy). I sang Christmas songs to him and all kinds of nursery rhymes. We even squeezed in 2 books. He will grow up to be brilliant! He was lifting his head and looking around the day after he was born. He's curious and playful. I love him so so so much.

But, I'm home now and way, way, way behind on all things in my life, including fandom. I cannot even pretend that I will go back and catch up on my flist. Therefore, I need a favor from you guys. If you wrote a story, made icons, etc, or posted something important in your life and I missed it, would you consider leaving me a link to the post? It would help to keep me from feeling so overwhelmed whenever I think of IJ.

blows kisses

Hey guys. I feel like I haven't posted in a long time and yet, I know I have. LOL

I've been super swamped. I FINALLY finished a brief that I've been pretending to work working on for a few weeks. It's late, but it's done and tomorrow I'll mail it out and that is a HUGE load off of my mind.

It seems like every time I've been in court this week, nothing gets done and everything gets adjourned until next week. This is bad because next week was already busy as I try to cram everything in before I leave on the 13th. I've sort of felt like crying for days now. However, I feel better now that the brief is done and I mailed out my Christmas cards today. wheeeeeeeeeeeee

I miss you guys a lot and I'm going to try to be around this weekend to play. Will anyone else be here?

Hello all! I had a very busy weekend.

Late Friday night, I was researching registering homeless people for the election when I decided to check and make sure I was registered to vote. I did it on a lark and guess what? I wasn't registered on the secretary of state's website. Somehow I had become unregistered. (Mind you, I've been registered to vote for 20 years.) Needless to say, I was VERY upset and pissed off.

I woke up early Saturday and packed up everything for the picnic and then rushed up to the Secretary of State. Of course, it was packed, packed, packed. SIGHS. Of course, they couldn't tell me anything and they were rude as shit. SIGHS.

They're lucky I didn't have time to mess around.

I picked up chet_lemon and we rushed to the picnic on Belle Isle. It was freezing and I forgot a jacket. I also caught a cold. SIGHS. I registered 2 people to vote. It would probably have been more but the homeless vets didn't come because the bus driver was a no show. SIGHS. By the time we found out and offered to go pick some up, they were out and about for the day/weekend on passes.

This was very distressing to my dad because he worked hard to get the extra funds from the VA so the guys could come. So, I called and made arrangements to drop some of the food off. We packed up my car, trunk and backseat. There was no room for chet, lol, but my dad and I took the food to them and the guys were so grateful. I seriously wanted to cry. They were shocked to receive anything and couldn't believe that we'd brought Coke. It made me so sad and the guys that helped bring the food in were young guys...these were vets from this war and the Gulf War. I hate the Bushes. It broke my heart.

One of them commented on my Obama pin. He seemed surprised that I had one on asked if I was voting for him. My response: BIG SMILE. "Is there anyone else?" He laughed.

My dad felt much better after we dropped off the food, so I was glad we'd done it. They're the forgotten ones. :(

The Obama board was a success, lots of people at the picnic checked it out and the majority of people were already voting for Obama and were registered. It was very encouraging.

As for whether I was registered to vote. I called my township clerk's office this morning and was told that I was never NOT registered to vote. GRRRRRRRRRRR

I immediately called the Obama campaign and reported the problem because if someone look to see if they're registered to vote and it doesn't come up, then it might discourage them from voting or pursuing it since today is the deadline for registration, when it reality they are registered. GRRRRRRRRRRRR They're looking into it.

Hey guys. I thought I'd just drop a post about what I've been up to lately.

( are you coming...or going )

Hello all.

I haven't been feeling very well lately. I've woken up each day this week with headaches. Here's how it goes. I wake up super early with a pounding headache. I take a bunch of drugs and snuggle with the heating pad. I usually doze for about an hour then I'm running late for court (and of course I've had court super early 2 of the 3 days so far this week and tomorrow too). SIGHS. Then I'm drugging myself again in the afternoon. While it's not unusual for me to have sinus problems this time of year, this is sort of ridiculous and extreme.

What this all translates to is that I'm exhausted by 8pm so that's why I'm not around a whole lot right now at night.

I'm working on a couple of things but my schedule is all messed up between the headaches and work so it might take me a while to finish them. One more crazy day tomorrow and then I can catch up on some paperwork and things on Friday.

OMG, I've become so boring. Hang with me guys, I promise to bask in teh love with you all very soon. ♥

Oh, anyone up for some crack on Friday AM?

I've been busy all over the place!

I finished my ficlet for qaf_scavenger's KISSING CONTEST.

I feel good about that because I'm trying to find more time to write and that's been hard lately.

I spent yesterday with my Dad, he's officially 60 and old. hee, at least that's what chet_lemon and I teased him with. Here's a cute story. We usually go to dinner at the local CHILI'S. It's pretty much mid-way between our homes. Yesterday, chet_lemon and I beat Dad there, so we got a table. Our normal waitress comes up and says, "How did you guys beat crabby?" BWHAHAHAHA Then she noticed the presents and said, "Is it his birthday?" It was super sweet. My sister and I laughed about it the whole way home. "Mr. Crabby"...so appropriate. LOL

Since then, I've been holed up working on a super-sekrit project.

I've seen some really awesome graphics around lately and it got me thinking about the asylums. I love the banners that silent_seas made but they've been up for over 2 years so I thought I'd ask you guys what you think, therefore, I did a poll.
Poll #2287 ASYLUMS
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

Do you think it's time for a makeover for the asylums?

My drive to Stowe, Vermont and my sister was uneventful and I made great time. We were both so excited. I got in around 8pm and they had dinner ready (my brother in law is great with the grill).

( image heavy tale )

*passes maple candy around*

Hello my beloved flist and fandom, I'm home.

I had a wonderful and relaxing visit with my sister and I wished I could have stayed longer. Alas, I had to come home to my life. lol

I'll post more of an update later or tomorrow because I'm going to spend some time reading my flist and all the wonderful Vermont drabbles. (loves you all like crazy)

I missed you guys!

I'm leaving early Friday morning for snowboarding in Vermont. I was going to leave mid-morning but seriously, I cannot wait to get the fuck out of Dodge.

I can't wait to practice for the next Winter Olympics relax with my sister, giggle, watch DEXTER SEASON 2 with her and play with baby stuff.

I have an ugly court hearing in the morning and then my hair appointment (LONG story short...I couldn't get my hair done yesterday so my stylist is coming in early for me tomorrow ♥ her) and then no more work for ONE FULL WEEK. OMG, I don't even know what that feels like because I won't have files with me or near me and I'm leaving my phone off for the most part. flajsdfljaljdsf;ljasd;fj;alsfa It's important to not be distracted by the mundane when you're aiming for a gold medal.

Also, stop giving xie_xie_xie a hard time about her Ethan/Auerbach fic. It's a brilliant story and you should be grateful because she left out the part about Ethan being a strolling violinist at the party and the part about their paunches rubbing together. bwhahahahah

I leave for snowboarding in Vermont in NINE days. I'm so excited. It looks like I'm going by myself and I'll be driving through Canada and then NY for a quick minute before passing into Vermont. Anyone want to meet for lunch or dinner. LOL

I'm going to be gone for 6 days. wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I need a vacation and I can't wait to see my sister and Dracula (bwha ha ha ha). She tells me he's kicking like crazy.

I have so much to do to get ready and what am I doing instead? Thinking about Chapter 3 of Directions. However, this is a very good thing because I haven't been feeling the porn much lately (anti-depressants can kill the need for porn SOBS) so I'm going to run with it. Plus, xie_xie_xie teased me with more of her porny fic ideas this morning. She says I'm easy. PFFTTT I say she's mean to do that when I'm on my way to court.

Finally, I have this idea for a fic but I need your input so here's a poll.

Poll #2163 Ice Cream for Justin
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

What kind of soft ice cream cone would Justin eat?

Whew...what a crazy week it has been and it's only Wednesday.

Can I just say, I LOVE my new car. LOVE IT. It has a touch screen radio, free satellite radio, I can upload pictures to it and when in park, I can watch dvds. hee
It's totally awesome.

My dad is out of town this week and my brother has been taking care of the animals but Buddy (the family dog) had to go to the vet today. Try coordinating that between my brother (who is pretty useless), me (I was in court) and poor chet_lemon (who was at work). But it got done.

I was supposed to do jail visits today but between the vet fiasco and the freaking HEAT, I could not force myself to go sit in the smelly jail to visit 3 clients. I just didn't have it in me. I shall try again tomorrow.

I've got exciting news about Dracula (bwha ha ha ha)...he's a boy. hee My sister is planning for him to be a champion snowboarder and I'm planning on raising him to be a Judge. :D

I think I will do a name poll tomorrow.

It's the whole stupid universe that revolves around me. Happy Bunny thought for the day.

This is a very accurate statement and I send it to all of you out there who believe that the world revolves around you. You can have the world, I've got the universe. :P

I love my happy pills. Earlier I was cranky because I'd had a rather annoying day. Typically that would last all day and often well into tomorrow. Not anymore. I experienced my emotion and now I'm feeling fine.

I've been having fun teasing my pregnant sister. It's my job as the big sister. Besides, I have to get it in when I still can because now that she and chet_lemon are all grown up, they gang up on me. *snicker*

Going to get a new car on Thursday. I'm pretty excited about that. I want this inferno color but I've heard that cops target red cars more and I have a bit of a lead foot. Anyone have any info on this phenomenon?

I've been having so much fun wearing the WOMEN FOR OBAMA lapel pin that my babiest sis bought me. I can't wait for the new car so I can put my VOTE FOR CHANGE magnet on it.

/rambling.