Okay, yay or nay on 823_emporium's new layout?

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So I'm just going to chill here and pretend LOST played out differently, mmkay?

( Spoilery poll, just like last season... )

You guys. No seriously, you guys.

Can you believe the last season of LOST is starting soon?

I'm actually sad. And super apprehensive. I mean, I just totally haven't gotten over Juliet dying. And I don't think I can handle Sawyer/Kate.

And it's almost over. You guys.

*sigh* I love that show.

So I noticed that my season 6 dvds are missing the insert that is supposed to come with. :( Anyone know what to do so I can get one?!

Someone yell at me to finish my Suliet!first time fic.

Title: Gate C22
Fandom: LOST
Pairing: James/Juliet
Rating: pg-13
Prompt: post-The Incident reunion fic, “Long time no see, Blondie.”
Author notes: LOST is not mine, but in the words of John Locke, “Don’t tell me what I can’t do write!”
The title is a reference to the poem Gate C22 by Ellen Bass.
Happy Holidays, ozmissage!

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( they kissed lavish kisses like the ocean in the early morning... )

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I got bored and made this:




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I followed in the vein of aboutbunnies and lenina20 and did this.

1. Write down the names of 10 characters.
2. Write a fic of thirty words or less for every prompt, using the characters determined by the numbers. Do NOT read the prompts before you do step 1.

1. Creed Bratton (The Office)
2. Juliet Burke LaFleur :P <3 (LOST)
3. Olive Snook (Pushing Daisies)
4. Olivia Benson (Law and Order SVU)
5. Aaron Tyler (Wonderfalls)
6. Pam Beesly-Halpert (The Office)
7. Cigarette Smoking Man (The X-Files)
8. Cassidy Phillips (LOST)
9. Addison Montgomery (Grey's Anatomy/Private Practice)
10. James "Sawyer" Ford/Jim LaFleur (LOST)


Read? :P

Three A's and two C's. So yeah, I'm totally satisfied with that.

Thanks la_petite_singe, trinaweena, greeneyedai, and jakiemc for the Christmas cards. <3

You know, because I am a slacker, procrastinator, and just generally prone to agonizing over my writing and doing it at the last moment, I have left my LOSTHOHOHO fic until...umm, today. *blush* Umm, since it is still in progress, and ya know, secret-ish, all I can really say right now is that it is Sawyer/Juliet. So I really, really, really would like a beta, and I know it is last minute. But if anyone can receive a text on Sunday afternoon and have it back to me by Monday afternoon...well, I'd be super grateful for your help. ♥

LAST CALL FOR CHRISTMAS CARDS!!!

See this entry. Please comment on that screened entry by Friday if you'd like a Christmas card from me this year. :)

(Off to see New Moon...bwahahahaha!)

Christmas card time!!!

See this entry.

101 reasons to lose weight:

1. to be able to zip line in Costa Rica


2. to show off those curves


3. to wear a rainbow bikini


4. to fit into my dream wedding dress


5. to be more likely to be able to not use the C-PAP and still be safe


6. to not die young of a heart attack


7. to not be the butt of jokes


8. to be able to shop wherever I want


9. for my mom


10. for him-really, any him


11. to have more energy


12. to have fewer headaches


13. to be the skinny one in the family


14. to be able to ride the roller coasters


15. to be able to climb Mt. Everest...or even Thousand Hills


16. for Desmond, to take him for long walks or maybe even runs


17. to have more neck...


18. ...and less chin


19. to be able to look at myself in the mirror and say, "Damn, I look good" without caveats


20. so that the boys can carry me, and not the other way around

...to be continued...

Dear World,

I'm breaking up with you, you bitch.

Sincerely,
Nicole

So yeah, tell me what you think of my new layout? 823freckles 823freckles 823freckles

I am a bad live journaler. *sigh*

My 21st bday is in 3 days.

I typed in Renesmee.

It suggested that real life Renesmee's had siblings named "Alsper, Belward, Emmetalie, Jaslice."

LOL IRL. :P

And yeah, judge me all you want, but I actually think Renesmee is pretty sounding. But hell no, would I ever name my child that. Like Nevaeh. Pretty, but I'm an agnostic.

Why am I still awake? I think I have to work in six hours. =/

Donated to Locks of Love.


Y/N?



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Oh, sometimes I get struck with--I miss her so much it hurts. Sometimes.

But ugh, I remember all the drama. Mostly my fault, but still.

And yet, isn't it just magical to meet someone (or not meet, as was fated for us, I guess) who you can talk to for hours and hours every day?

It has been a year since I have talked to my RL best friend and my online best friend. And sometimes, it hurts so fucking much, to not have those two girls in my life. It still sneaks up and breaks my heart sometimes. Sometimes.

I was browsing thequillstation and thinking about feedback. And you know, why lie? I'm always disappointed by feedback on my stories. It can be broken down into different types of disappointment.

Firstly, it's the disappointment of not enough feedback. Overall, I often think that I don't get enough feedback period. And then, I look at feedback on some stories versus feedback on others. For example, Dirty Mind. I mean, I guess it's sexy. And amusing. And snappy/clever. It's NC-17, for a very popular show, and a (at that time) popular pairing. So I understand why it received the amount of reviews it did (16). But I look, for comparison, to one of my very favorite of my fics, Full Circle, with all of its 6 reviews. I adore that fic.

Okay, but that brings us to another issue. Quality of feedback. This is an area where I myself am severely lacking. I can be head over heels in love with a story and not really have anything to say. It helps of course, when you know the writer-it's easier to open up. But so rarely do you get constructive criticism or even meaningful feedback on your stories. That is why I love people like lenina20, who always gives the best feedback, in my opinion. If only I could get the girl to beta for me! :P In that respect, I look back at the reviews for Dirty Mind and Full Circle. If one can count feedback as currency, and not just amount but quality, then I certainly find Full Circle's feedback to have made me richer.

Finally, it is a matter of who gives feedback. If I write a Sawyer/Kate story and lenina20 doesn't comment on it, you can bet I'd be disappointed! (Really, I have no right, as I am nowhere near having caught up on her huge corpus of fics) If a writer I really respect gives me glowing feedback, that feels wonderful. On a related note, I get a bit annoyed at my RL friends who don't even make an effort to read my fic. Not many people in real life know I write fanfiction. I don't know, it just doesn't seem like something one needs to share with everyone. Don't you agree? But for those few who do know (Rachel, Keara, sirena_lupin, 13_sammie_07) I guess I just feel disappointed that they've never felt the need to read and review. Granted, I don't expect nor really want them to jump into the heavy stuff. But writing fic...it's what I do (even though it is rarely) and I'd like some support.

But the real point here is that I am truly failing to address these three issues of feedback when I read fanfic. Thus, it is quite hypocritical of me to ask these things for my own writing. Thus, I am pledging to make more of an effort to always leave a review, provide substance to my review (at least a little), and read more of my friends' writing.

Thus, to the writers on my flist. Please point me in the direction of your favorite stories of yours. I will make an effort to read them in the coming days/weeks, and provide feedback. You are all quite talented, and I love you all. And I want to give you what I so want for my own writing. :)

On a related note, this is some interesting meta on feedback as currency, so read it.