Sooooo...I've started photoshopping again and have done some quick headers that's slightly non-fandom related (hopefully will post up soon).

I'm also working on a set that I'm quite chuffed about - mainly about the idea and not the skill as it doesn't require much. (I'm easing myself back in) That said, I need some help. I've completely forgotten how to use this program and there's a certain feature I want to use for manipping purposes but can't remember how. I've tried googling but obviously my skills there has died. I also remember being part of an icon making community where there were a lot of tutorials. Unfortunately I can't remember the name of the community and I've obviously been booted out due to my lack of activity (I wish they warn you when they do that)

Anyone who's reading - Help please?

(Point me to a good community or someone who has the expertise?)

Dang it!

I was just pondering this a couple of days ago. And now someone has just posted a manip of hulk!Jared. *pouts* I wanted to do that :o(

*big fat sulky mood*

First of all. mckays_girl = LOVE

Second:

For the love of all that is sacred. GEN=GEN. HET=HET. SLASH=SLASH.

HET DOES NOT EQUAL GEN

I hate that just because there isn't a slash pairing, the story is Gen. No it bloody is not. 'Slash' shouldn't be treated as a warning - it's a valid pairing. If there aren't any pairing of any kind. THAT is GEN.

So I was feeling nostalgic and decided to triapse around lj and my journal to see what I've missed.

*sigh* Why don't I feel the enthusiasm to manip or make icons any more? My that seemed like a very short-lived hobby. I actually doSo I was feeling nostalgic and decided to triapse around lj and my journal to see what I've missed.

*sigh* Why don't I feel the enthusiasm to manip or make icons any more? My that seemed like a very short-lived hobby. I actually do still want to, but I just don't feel inspired. Looking back at my old stuff, I just think - "Why can't i have ideas like that now?" Maybe it was the lovely chats I used to have with my fellow hay1ock stalkers...and I guess hay1ock herself :op - I guess they just made me all fuzzy inside.

Also, looking at my old stuff - why are my animated icons so fast? Have they always been like that - I can barely read some of them!

Aaaand another thing. Not that I have many people on myflist, especially SGA people, but I don't suppose anyone saved my McShep sock!puppet icons? Can't seem to find them on lj or photobucket and have recently lost everything on my comp (I may have backed them up somewhere - no idea where though as it's been such a long time). I don't understand - did I not make a post with the icons? I know I used them. So I'm hoping someone saved them as I was using them *tis hopeful*

Challenge to anyone out there. Please please inspire me somehow - I want to come back to lj land, but I don't know how. Gimme some ideas, gimme some pics, make me manip something!!! Actually, maybe not. I don't have a drawing package anymore :( 

Yup. I have come out of the woodwork. So what has been happening? Well. I had constant issues with the internet at my landlady's house. Then I moved house so had no internet for ages. THEN I had the BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH.

Anyhoo. I do have internet now, though it seems to have been acting up. I can barely get the webpages loaded.

I obviously have lost msn and consequently all the contacts there - though I presume I can get them off hotmail?

Basically, I want to ask (if there is still anyone watching my journal), do you want to resume contact with me? If so, I'll add you in as soon as I can download msn.

Finally, did anyone watch Horizon's 'How Mad Are You?' tonight? Erm...I recognise Holly from somewhere - are you someone I used to talk to or do I recognise this person from personal photos/icons across fandom? PLEEEEASE HELP!

Sooo...how have you guys been? Tell me what's been happening and please accept my sincere apologies for not being around.

Thank goodness I rarely involve myself with fandom - not that I ever really was that involved. I am thankful that I barely know what's going on and I don't think I want to either. However, I DID read one post and I think it's very very reasonable.

So PLEASE FLIST - if you are strongly opinionated in either direction, please read this post - I honestly think that this poster is very reasonable and poses justifications for both sides and postulates what might be the reality and iterates that most of fandom don't actually know the real facts.

So please please - read this and calm down

http://vinylroad.livejournal.com/69420.html

But I'm positive that all my flisters are very rational people and I apologise for being another person posting about this.

So here's my new layout - I wanted to have a better background - but I got tired going through all the templates, so I settled for an easy one until I have more time to play. (Note to self - H)

There may be a 'Dark Fantasy' themed fancy dress ball around about Halloween and I need some ideas. I don't want to do a typical black fairy or whatever - can anyone think of any dark fantasy-esque characters in literature/tv? Or any other suggestions?

Thank you!

And hello all!! Long time no speak!

Hiya guys!

Sorry once again for the lack of ljness.

I need your help. I'm hopefully going to be in New York city for a couple of days at the end of June and I was hoping you can give me any tips of what to go and see. I don't mean the typical tourist sites - I can easily look those up - something quirky and not too touristy. Something different and possible quirkly or even just plain good.

And most importantly - the best places to eat - lunch or evening meal. Budget or expensive-ish/fancy-ish.

Oh oh - and any cheap but nice places to stay at.

Any suggestions used - I'll gladly bring/post something to you from the UK (if you're in the US/Canada) or from the US (if you're from the UK/Europe)

Also, to you lovely people that I talk to, is there anything you want? (From either side of the pond) Feel free to think about it, but I will be leaving for the states at the end of this month.

Thanks in advance!

Sooo...the colt - they kill things completely dead right? As in when they shoot a demon - it ceases to exist - it doesn't just return to hell. Therefore, what happens when they kill humans? Does that mean their soul/essence/whatever just disappear aswell? So I guess as a last resort, they could shoot Dean. Ok, it's a bit drastic, but at least he won't be in hell...

Or has someone else thought about this already? Any fics? Are there communities where people can offer bunnies? Spread the word.

*goes back into the ether*

So now that the holiday period is over I'm back home (& work - darn!). I was happy to find that the household has internet once more.

However. The internet kept connecting/disconnecting...connecting/disconnecting. And today? It didn't connect at all *CRIES*

So know I'm quickly using someone else's net and would like to tell my msn buddies as well as anyone who I chat to over lj - I have not abandoned ye. It's just the internet has abandoned me.

:(

Ok, so I finally have internet access but I was trying to complete something (amongst all the holiday celebrations and catching up) so that I could make a big *Hooray! I'm back!* post.

HOWEVER.

hay1ock goes and posts this poll about the future of a sequel in her Glitter AU. Now as much as I like angst, I don't like pointless angst - fics that just throw in angst, violence, twists & turns - just for the sake of 'exciting' readers, just completely annoy me.

But in this case, I honestly can see there be a potential for more angsty goodness because in both the main fic and this new happy one-off, I can clearly see little seeds of future problems. Besides, just because I said angst, that does not = breaking Jensen. He can have angst without going all blubbery.

HOWEVER AGAIN

The 'nice' option in her poll is clearly winning. Nooooo...This has to change!!! Don't get me wrong - I don't want plain angst, I would want happiness too, but more of an angsty story with happy bits.

OF COURSE I have an ulterior motive. hay1ock has told me that she would have a nervous breakdown if she has to go through the same process when she was writing poor Jensen in the Glitter fic. Now that would be ENTERTAINING *big grin*

SO PLEASE. Even if you have never read this fic or this fandom: VOTE FOR TEH ANGST.

For me? Pleeeeeeeeeeeease

OMG OMG OMG

I have been without internet for 2 weeks now. I'm only able to post this because I'm borrowing someone's internet time *shhhhhh*

So just a quick hello and can I say, LJers are just FANTASTIC!!!!!!! mckays_girl and lishel_fracrium - I have no words. I love you guys so much at the moment. Thank you VERY VERY much for the paid account time. I must use my internet free time constructively and make you guys the porniest McShep ever. (Or anything else you want).

And hay1ock...OMG I miss you so much right now. Thank you so so much for the phone calls and pleeeeeeeeeeeeease pleeeeeeease don't get used to my absence.

All you other spn ljers. I really miss you too.

Ok :( gotta go!

Hope to be back soon!!! *CRIES*

Well guys, I'm going to be away for a week. Sooo...if for some miraculous reason you think of me during this week, pop in and say hello. Any recs or links to things you think I should see would be much appreciated. Tell me anything you want, tell me if you've posted and that if I don't read it - I'd get a thorough spanking :D

Anyhoo, I was meant to leave you all a parting gift, but I didn't have what I needed. So here's my rough go of a J2 make-up pic. Unfort it's only icon size cos the picture I have of Jared is teeny. If anyone has the bigger version, I will love you very much if I could snag. Also, I would love to have make-up suggestions.



Er...yeah, Jared will eventually be normal sized. And as it's hard to tell, I'll have to describe it to ya. Jared has purple lipstick, purply-blue eyeshadow and these pink tendrils coming down from his eyes, spreading across his face (I have no idea why) - where each tendril ends with a white 'sequin'.

I also made this Clown!McKay picture a while ago, but I don't think I ever posted cos it was just a quickie fun thing I did in response to one of mckays_girl fic. (I think). Take a quick look - it certainly made me chuckle whilst I was doing it.

I wasn't going to do this, but I am extremely bored. I don't know why, I just can't be bothered with lj anymore - I'm not even replying or reading most of my flist's posts :( Which brings me to no1:

(1) A shortlist of the BEST fanfiction in the following fandoms: CSI (Gen - Nick Stokes); NCIS (Gibbs&DiNozzo or Gibbs/DiNozzo); Stargate Atlantis (Gen or slash McKay-Sheppard); ST: Voy (Gen Paris or Slash C/P); Supernatural (Gen Dean-centric); Supernatural RPS (J2 or even J3). So please please can you give me your ultimate rec - a well-written fic, don't think about content or subject of the story - gimme QUALITY writing. There's just too many fics to trawl through.

(2) Paid (permanent?) lj account and extra icon space;
(3) I want to meet certain special lj-ers, but they too far away :( so yeah, an around the world ticket would be handy :D Any ljers in the UK? Want to meet? hay1ock you don't count, I'm determined to see you again at one point anyway *Muah ha ha ha*;
(4) Enough money so I never have to work again;
(5) Music recs - Less main stream (in the UK) singer song-writer type music. Any language or no words accepted. And any dls for them if possible
(6) Books: "Metallica" and Philosophy: A Crash Course in Brain Surgery; *cough*any Karma Sutra book*cough*; any beginners guide to physcology/physcoanalysis etc type books; too many to mention at the mo.
(7) Original DVDS: NCIS (all seasons except 1); Stargate Atlantis (all); Supernatural (S2); ST: Voy (all); CSI (Season 5 onwards); *blush*Any Yaoi(?) films*blush* (dl links would be gladly accepted)
(8) An external hard-drive (1TB? Do they exist yet? Ok, I'd settle for 750MB or 500MB);
(9) A writer at my beck and call :D
(10) World Peace (seriously) or at least I wish people will get what the deserve.

E-mail addy in my profile, and if you're feeling generous, I'm sure we can arrange some kind of safe money transfer :D

( The Rules )

Cross-posted to wishlist_2007

Sooo...I'm presuming I'm unloved because lj wasn't showing my birthday to my lj friends. At least I hope that's the reason why. So I'm going to forget about pride and see if this post prompts anyone to give me birthday humps.

Anyhoo...HAPPY BIRTHDAY to sazzy_angel as well! Scorpios for the win!

Also many many thanks to mckays_girl for the porny drabble and the comment fic we've been doing recently - it has been so much fun. Hopefully, we'll be able to make it a little more presentable, so flist - keep your eyes open, because everyone needs to read a Zombie!porn fic once in their lives :D

( Hookers )

So I've decided to do a crazy thing - I'm going to participate in NaNoWriMo aka the National Novel Writing Month. 50k words in 30 days...well 28 days now considering I haven't started - I haven't even registered, which is very sill of me because I came to this decision several days ago. Not a good start eh?

Anyhoo...I do have an idea and am going to start on it right away - of course, being me, it is very very wacky.

So lets get to it - good luck and have FUN fellow NaNos! Feel free to drop by and scribble a note - tell me how yours is going, badger me for info, kick me in the butt and tell me to get a move on...(hence why I've changed my journal layout - hopefully seeing this page will keep reminding me to write)

Well these months, I have been going giddy with putting make-up on Jensen in PhotoShop for hay1ock's gorgeous, sad but pretty fic, Behind Your Glittered Eyes. I never would have thought I'd be a fan of a guy in make-up, but man he looks pretty.

Here you can see the cover for the fic, misc pictures, as well as the icons that were unfortunately too big for lj to handle. I loved the original size so I thought I'd put these here because it's a shame for them to just sit in my hard drive unloved.

You can browse my photobucket folder instead. There are a lot more there, but many are similiar to each other. However, all the pics are viewed through thumbnails, so I guess it's easier to load that page up.


( Click for the heavy duty picture post )

*Phew* Well that's it for now. I am determined to do more, for both Jensen and Jared, some related and some not related to said fic above. If anyone is reading this, are there any pics or make-up combos you would like done?

So I've just come back from watching the England vs S.Africa rugby match (finals) at the pub. I have never watched a match before and I do not understand the sport at all, but I'm glad I went cos I realised many wonderous things. Even though the blokes were all being macho - shouting about rugby is a real man's sport, how footballers are wussies; shouting at a S.African player to cut his girly hair; and generally joking (in not a good way) about man/man sexing - when the match started - the following were perfectly acceptable speech:

(1) Dominate them!
(2) Fuck him!
(3) Shag the bastard!
(4) Push push push.
(5) ...(there was something else - but I can't re what it is)

So even though I was nervous being amongst such a large crowd of people - hearing those phrases really put my mind in a happy place.

*stares at the butt grabbing*

Mmmm...

*ceases shakey typing*

Wow. It's been a while since I posted...I think. If you've been following hay1ock's Glitter fic (You should - I really really want to pet, snuggle and wrap those boys up in cotton wool and keep them in my pocket), then you may have noticed the icons I have been making for her. Well, watch this space, I hope to do more (and if you have a HQ pic of either Jensen or Jared...*AMEND* if you have a pic of ANYONE - I'll happily give it a go) and will post soonish.

Anyway, snagged this off puppydifranco. So so funny.


MENTAL HOSPITAL PHONE MENU

Hello and thank you for calling The State Mental Hospital.

Please select from the following options menu:

If you are obsessive-compulsive, press 1 repeatedly.

If you are co-dependent, please ask someone to press 2 for you.

If you have multiple personalities, press 3, 4, 5 and 6.

If you are paranoid, we know who you are and what you want, stay on the line so we can trace your call.

( Flist friendly cut, so click for the rest )

OMG - Never again! Over 1 week of no internet connection, apart from the brief internet time at the library - where both LJ and FFNT is blocked, I am finally connected to the internet in my new place.

You'd think that I could survive without the internet - well, ok - I didn't die or anything - but I have been distraught from the lack of new reading material. However, I am now in the position of tackling a flist that I need to start at prev 660. *EEP* O_o

So guys - what has been happening? Any lj gossip? What have you been up to? How are you? Any must reads?

Me? New job, new career, new place, new city.

LOVES YA ALL