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And what a first day of spring it's been. It's 75 degrees. I went to my first book club meeting at the new bookstore (run by one of my former students) where I got them interested in my book, These Haunted Hills and it was a fun book club where we only had to read 'a green book' and talk about it. Next month is an assigned book. To be honest I don't really go to book groups because I rarely like the genres we read. We'll see how this goes. I did find out a major mystery writer I like will be there in May. Yay.

And I really really need to read the specs on fan merch I buy. I always don't do that and I always get surprised often in a bad way (like my itty bitty husk/angel things) However this time the surprise is in a good way. I got the Valentine's day cards for Hazbin because I liked the art. I thought I was getting a few art cards. I got a damn box of stationary. Wow.


And holy hell episode 8 of The Amazing Digital Circus dropped tonight. It was amazing. It's up there in second place for me. I'll have to watch it again and I'll have more thoughts about it later.

Today also saw the passing of Chuck Norris and Nicholas Brendan who played Xander on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In watching Buffy recently I realize I dislike Xander even more now than I did back then. That said, I am sorry that Nicholas passed so relatively young.

And I got some writing done plus I have a new open call for you this weekend, another one with big name anchors and pro pay about were creatures. I was spitballing ideas with evil little dog tonight. We'll see what happens.

I went back to Prodigal Son this week for my story




Title: Numb Little Bug

Summary: In the aftermath of what happened in the woods, Malcolm is recovering somewhere far from the green growing things that might remind him of that day. But all he really wants is to come home.

Rating: teen

Notes:Written for the allbingo prompt of drawing and for spikesgirl58’s 6 word challenge. The six words were Convict, Profuse, Imbibe, Blow, Support, & Fish

( Story under here or at the above link )


And I did another meta post for Hazbin Hotel for the marchmetamatterschallenge


Lute's gun

You can find it on AO3 at that link or ( under this cut )

Here's the fannish recs for Friday's fannish 50


Cross My Heart Hazbin Hotel

Too Much Blood Torchwood

Looking On The Bright Side FAKE

Witches and Grimwalkers and Zombies, Oh My! The Owl House

Sensible Precaution Torchwood

Gone Fishing The Fantastic Journey

you are the hill I will live for and die on
Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses

High Above The City. Torchwood

Reclaimed エクソシストを堕とせない | Exorcist wo Otosenai | Make the Exorcist Fall in Love

Feeding the Masses Stargate Atlantis

The First (and Last) Emerald City Costume Contest
Oz (TV)

Sinful Touch Oz (TV)

Frosted Flakes & Snickerdoodles Oz (TV)

Mistletoe Matchmaking Oz (TV)

Musical Santas Oz (TV)

Seeing the Doctor Oz (TV)

Sunshine, Fresh Air, and a Boring as Hell Book Oz (TV)

Ornaments Oz (TV)

In full disclosure, I have never been a big fan of Boom!’s updated Buffy and Angel. I collected far more of the issues than intended, mostly because of inertia, nostalgia and being short of reading time and suddenly I have nine months’ worth of books to wade through and finding I didn’t like it when I finally managed to read. Then they started pulling the same thing that made me quit the Marvel X books back in the day: started spinning off multiple side comics, Angel & Spike, Giles, Willow etc. and if you wanted the whole story without gaps you needed to get them all.

Finally, I put a moratorium on the books as far as my pull list was concerned but they still put the new ones in there either because they’re not paying attention or hoping I’ll feel guilty and buy them anyhow, especially in the light of the fact my comic book store is far enough away I only get there every few months. Regardless that’s how I ended up with Boom!’s two newest Buffyverse offerings: Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer and Angel.

This is less a review and more of a dissection of these two books so expect spoilers because really they’re the reason I’m writing this. I only received one of the Buffy and three episodes of Angel (and I wish it had been the other way around). ( spoilers from here on out )

With my luck once I get all this moved from online to paper stuff done, the student will say hey we have internet now. I have no idea how much work this will really be but I'm hoping it's done tomorrow.

I think it's insane it was 80 here today. My apartment is an oven. I refuse to turn on the a/c in March. THe peepers are so singing right now. All kinds of frog sex a'happening tonight.


Since I have nothing else to talk about (other than OMG why am I sweating) I've been meaning to do this Monday. Where in I talk about Eve and this week's Prodigal Son ( still cutting it for spoilers just in case )

Been meaning to put up these links. You'll find the latest in 'Connor sees a shrink' series thanks to btvsats_20 ' s prompt of 'how do you get along with your parents.' Yeah that's a safe question to ask Connor. You can have a looksee here And I've completely cleaned up Tearing Away the Veil. This is a future fic where Eve returns for revenge by going after Angel's unborn grandchild.Connor barely holds on as he loses his wife, his baby is kidnapped and his mother returns from the dead. There is minor hints of B/A and S/I in this.

well back to the packing up and cleaning the house.

First off, I just wanted to share the new 'ficlet' for btvsats_20  dealing with the topic what are you ashamed/proud of. Okay asking this of Connor...yeah, why do we torture him so?

And the memeblaar_rosir asked me to do since she wants to know what tv shows I might actually like

My "Everybody Loves It And I Do Too" Show: On my flist that would probably Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Angel running a close second

My "I'll Catch It on DVD" Shows: This is hard. Usually if I like it, I watch it then. Probably Veronica Mars. This show is just not wowing me but it’s good for killing an hour when I’m bored.

My "I LOVE IT AND YOU SHOULD TOO" Show: House, I don’t usually like doctor shows since they’re so wrong but this one is great, dramatic AND funny

My "I Love, But Keep Missing, Dammit" Show: Family Guy and the Simpsons, they’re on up against Cold Case and L&O CI and I can’t tape them

My Guilty Pleasure Show: 30-Minute Meals and Good Eats, I can’t get enough of these cooking shows, and Most Haunted because I want to go punch Yvette

My "Comfort Food" Show: Law and Order, any of them. I love them all. I’ve been watching them for forever

My "I'll Never Abandon You, EVER" Show: America’s Most Wanted. I just think it does good work and I can’t get enough of true crime stuff

 

And my antiobiotics aren't just making me sick to my stomach (I blaned poor KFC for poisoning me last night, forgot I started the antibiotics) but they're making me weak and dizzy, I wanna go home.

This is the first character study I did forbtvsats_20 (found out that when I joined the first time I didn't join me up at ALL. Usually communities say I've joined but doesn't let me see the postings this time after the initial post I was gone.) Check it out. The question prompt was How do people see you (and how do you see yourself). I'm peeking through Connor's eyes for this.

And the question is this since I know I have instructors on my flist, have any of you have High School experience? Basically I have  a dead body being found by one of the students. I know she'd be taken to the office until the police question her and the school would be locked down until the police do their business. But what would a teacher do with the class during the lock down? Would they transport them to one big room (I'm doubting this, since people could slip away). How would they try to keep everyone calm? It's been 20 years since I've been in a HS and the only murder attempt there came the year after I graduated. Thanks

ETA - I have another question. Anyone know a very prestigious award for poetry that would be international. Right now I have one of the teachers at the university having been a swing and a miss at the nobel lit prize but that might be TOO much. But I'd like it to be something big enough that it would ease his way into any teaching position he might want.