That Christmas this year sneaked up while you weren't looking? Maybe it's just me. I'm not talking about the decorations because I doubt anyone could have NOT seen them up with the Halloween stuff. :eyeroll:

But, the actual day is a week from today.

So... needless to say, I'm behind on gifts. ~j9y, ~Chelsea-C, =poisonstripes what I'm gonna do is this: pick one of your favorite male characters from a fandom (please, please be kind and pick one I actually am familiar with) and send me a shout out with it. Your gifts will probably be late this year. I will apologize up front for that, but I appreciate your support this year and am happy to have you as my friends.

Okay, what have I been doing with my time? Well, aside from sleeping (unfortunately the past two weekends have consisted of me thinking "Okay, I'm going to lie down so I can stay up late" then just not wanting to get back up. Last Monday (because I took off Tuesday to do some Christmas shopping), I did actually wake up but was freezing and just couldn't bear to sit in the chair shivering. So, I curled up under the covers and fell asleep, again.

Other than that, I've been saving the screencaps I took from Ben 10 Alien Swarm (I got the dvd early because I asked) to JPG. I've also been working, in my head, story lines for a few new stories. It's best I get them figured out so I don't lose them. A couple are Ben 10 related, the other is ALICE. I also plan to work on getting that disc finalized this weekend so I can give a copy to my friend who missed the airing because of work as a present. He liked Tin Man, so I think he'll like this one, too. I enjoyed it even more than the other.

I still have three Anticosmo antiwanda drawings that I've never posted, an HatterxAlice sketch that I plan to later make into some sort of perhaps wallpaper, and four KevinxGwen drawings. I know I'm running out of time for my Bernard fic, so I'll have to make myself work on that this weekend. I know my basic outline to the ending, but it's filling in the details that's going to take the time. I may have to cut some things down and skip right into the real heart of the story because I've wasted away so much time.

Family Christmas get together is tomorrow. I'm looking forward to the two hour drive. I love going on drives. My mom, on the other hand, hates them. Have the Christmas CD all ready to go, though. And, my mom hasn't watched Christmas Vacation once! That used to be her favorite movie, and she'd watch it all the time.

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Deviantart is no longer listed as a computer threat by NORTON, so IIIII'MMMM BACK!

Oh my gosh! I have four drawings waiting to go up. One CorneliusxFranny and three Anticosmo/antiwanda ones.

I watched ALICE on syfy, and it was awesome! I love it more than Tin Man. I can't wait until March, when I'm supposing the dvd will come out (that's what they did with Tin Man). Of course, I have a story already partially written for this fandom. I also have an OC I drew that may or may not appear in that story. I just wanted the Cheshire cat to have a "real" character. Although, the thought of that cat being a figment to dreamers is pretty freaking awesome. Hatter is incredibly sexy, but I know it's because there was a guy at my high school (no lie) who looked so much like Andrew Lee Potts. I had a crush on the guy, and I'm apparently still harboring infatuations for him.

I'm also partially into a Christmas story featuring Bernard of The Santa Clause because I love him. He needs a little fandom love, even if he already has quite a few fangirls.

While I've been away, I've also gotten into Ben 10 Alien Force. I used to watch Ben 10 back in 2006, and I think I like the sequel series even better than the original (although his aliens aren't as cool, but I'm biased to liking Four Arms because he reminds me of Hellboy for some odd reason). I like they decided to make Kevin an ally rather than foe, but I think it's because his character was so wildly popular in the original that it was a means of getting more viewers. Still, loving KevinxGwen, or Gwevin as I'm figuring it's called (although, that sounds really doofy, I'm sorry. Not that Keven doesn't, but... whatever. I prefer KevinxGwen). I have several things in the works with them. All thanks to the Alien Swarm live movie (which I only watched after seeing a promo for it in the ads prior to watching New Moon).

I have all this stuff going on, but I still go home and sleep rather than work on these worlds. Go figure. This weekend will be messed up. I might go to a Christmas party that I made some large decorations for, but I doubt it. I also plan to go see my dad, stepmom, stepsister, and little sister this Saturday just in case they aren't home for Christmas. I'd prefer going Saturday morning so I can have my evening free, but we'll see how that goes. But, maybe that upset in typical routine will actually get me working on something rather than just lying in bed asleep.


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For those who don't know, that's part of the title of G. Norman Lippert's fanfiction James Potter and the Hall of Elder's Crossing. I've only read to Chapter 2, but I'm LOVING it! I thought I'd share the site link in case otherse were interested.

~j9y, this is the site I mentioned to you ages ago saying I heard about it on tv... or read it in a magazine.. I'm not sure how I found out about this just that it was out there. XD

To Elder's Crossing

In case you were wondering, I'm in a little bit of a Harry Potter mood, lately. Mostly thanks to thinking of the Rose and Scorpius pairing.

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NOTE: I've been having difficulties with dA. I'm a little leery as a couple of times I've come on (Once browsing someone's userpage, the second while I was searching all deviations), I've gotten attempted acts against my computer. Once was a trojan, which Norton caught and blocked, the second was Adware (Adware.BMCentral) that successfully uploaded to my computer (I managed to finally get it removed). That is why I'm barely on and quickly when I am. I'm paranoid, now.

Yes, I'm going to talk about stuff I work on at my twistedtuesday account. I'm just too lazy to switch out.

I've been working on my story that I had hoped would be ready to go on Halloween as a big TA-DA. But, I've come to realize this. I cannot write a story that isn't long and drawn out. I have about seven pages typed up and eleven full of handwritten notes. Now, being as anal as I am about details and descriptions, this is fine with me. But, I don't possess the attention span to sit down and type these stories. My brain just comes up with too much to pour out into a story format and still stay within its own attention span. Maybe it's more patience than anything because I run out of said patience when things I'm working on take too long (and most do). That is why most of them get shoved to the side and seemingly forgotten. It becomes too big a task to put away something I'm working on and still be able to get it out the next day. Nine times out of ten, I will think to myself "I don't really want to do that right now." So, I just don't because I never get back to the point where I really want to work on it enough to sit down and actually do the project. If I can't start and end it in one day, it's doomed.

As far my story goes, I haven't even really involved Dylan that much, yet. He's in the beginning and a little here and there, but not enough to call him my "main" focus. There is quite a bit with Sophie and Jinn as I unveil my own devised Cromwell family history, IE they are in Halloweentown looking up research and asking questions. As far as story progress goes, I would say I'm halfway through the telling. I still have some things that I want to include with Dylan before things begin to fall to pieces. I originally didn't plan to use Marnie and Max (dennison) much in this story because ~j9y is the one who first (well, first for me, but I doubt few others have done so) wrote them in a story together and evolved them into the "almost" couple they are at this point. But, it seems that I'm going to take her crossed-over universe for them and make it my own for the purpose of this story. I really am relying on Max in the third leg of the story because, as J9y has him in her stories, he is a hunter. Expect to see a couple more familiar hunter faces, too. *hint, hint, nudge, nudge* It's not that hard a guess or far a leap if you know who I am. XD

I do enjoy this story, and I think it has its own flair to it despite using a few elements that are not unique. It's just all in fun, anyway. Like ~poisonstripes and I have discussed, before, it's all about the writer enjoying the story. If other people also enjoy it, that's an added bonus. But, the truth is we're writing this stuff for ourselves first and everyone else second. That should be how it's seen, but we tend to end up writing for other people. I think that's why we second guess and/or hate what we put out. Well, one of the reasons. Another, for me, is that what is inside my head never transfers into verbal descriptions so I can get everyone else to see it as beautifully and crystal clear as it is within my own brain. But, as I was saying, the story is entertaining me — for the time being. Although, I'm a little down because of the crummy weather and a few missed hours of sleep. Still, it's an adventure. Now that I'm writing this out, I realize it's more of a Sophie Piper story than Dylan's. She gets the most spotlight as the story progresses.

Other projects are rumbling around in my head, but I'm trying to get at least one completed before leaping to another (in attempts to overcome my lack of attention and focus). But, I will say that I've been fiddling around trying to make my own OOAK doll techniques. I would like custom dolls for a few fandoms (suprisingly not Supernatural, go figure). First, I will have to practice painting on paper before I upgrade to 3D mediums.

I had a question about Phases that I never got to address bc of my dA paranoia. I haven't been working on it, haven't had the muse for the DP fandom in quite a while despite drawing a few Halloween themed pictures. So, it's on temporary hiatus. I'm not giving up on it because it's a good story and one I enjoy being in the world of. Fear not! I'll come back around, sometime. Just, not right now.

I'm a bit saddened that Halloween is once again upon us because it will be gone again, along with all the neat decorations, candy, and atmosphere. So what if Halloween is a kids' holiday and some adults think it's stupid and childish. I will always love it. It's being incognito, being something abnormal. Sure, some women use it as an excuse to be slutty. But, I'm the type that likes it for the chance to dress bizarrely and be complimented on doing so. It's a thrill. But, I doubt I will ever fully grow up within the corners of my soul.

HAVE A GREAT, SAFE, HALLOWEEN THIS YEAR!

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Between family coming over for my mom's birthday Saturday to the drama that arose today, it wore me out. And, I got next to nothing accomplished. I didn't even get my Willet Meme finished, which I had intended on. I still have one panel to finish drawing the lineart to, then color, and one complete panel is blank. There were only six panels!

Only one more weekend prior to Halloween. Sigh, I suppose I won't get all my Halloween inspired ideas finished. Maybe, I should at least try to get the story for Dylan Piper whipped up since it does revolve around Halloween. The rest could just be everday art/stories. Just to clarify, that would be art and stories that go on my TwistedTuesday account.

I also didn't get the dvd made for my coworker's son, who follows Supernatural. He's overseas and can't watch it. I had hoped to get the latest three episodes on it, and isolate the commercials for all the episodes, accomplished. That didn't happen.

We'll see how this week goes.

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