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I go back to uni today. The thing is, I like uni but I have exams in May and essays for May and I know for a fact that the next month or so is going to be soooooo hectic. So I'm kind of eek about going back today. But then, I also get to see my friends who I haven't seen for aaages today so I'm conflicted. Makes a nice change today though because I don't have to have my study group meeting so I'll actually be able to have lunch.

In other news, I've been having all the Adam Milligan feels lately and they HURT. I watched Jump the Shark yesterday and I just kept thinking about what would have happened if Adam had survived and then I started to think about him still being in the cage and, yeah. Anyone have any fic recs for me where Adam survives Jump the Shark or gets rescued from the cage or something? Or even an AU where he meets his brothers in a different way, John optional. Gen or I pretty much ship anything. (Also, I totally know what I'm spending my summer writing now, lots and lots of Adam fic)

Seriously though people, ADAMMMMM. 

It's not long until my birthday now - it's on a Friday which is nice because I have that day off uni anyway. Then, on the Saturday we're going to see Avengers. So I'm looking forward to that (even though people keep asking what I want and I can't think of anything!)

Still having fun over at leverageland - have a few challenges to catch up on this week but I love my fellow grifters (and even a few people from other teams, too *g*). 

Also, I figure this is about the time to ask if there's anyone on my flist who is going to be at A8. If so, shout up because it'd be awesome if we could meet/look out for each other :)

*hugs you all*

Hey! How are you all? I've had a pretty good weekend - finished my reverse bang, caught up on all but one of the leverageland challenges and, best of all, went to meet one of the babies yesterday! He was really gorgeous - all warm and cuddly and he had the hiccups and he was so cute!

But yes, like I said, I finished the draft of my reverse bang so my next project that needs to get completed is the Stanford fic. I'm really looking forward to getting back into writing that one, although I think I need to read through the whole thing first to get my mind into the right head-space to write it again. That said, if I continue writing at the pace I have been lately it shouldn't be too much of a problem. I'm a little worried because I haven't even started by spn_j2_bigbang yet, think I need to go through my idea again and try and at least make a start over the next few weeks. And then there's the Adam fic I'm writing with Jai - we do have it all planned out and have allocated who is writing what bits so I might try and make a start on some of my scenes soon. 

I'm very pleased to report that I'm learning a new skill at the moment - for lland we have to make a video focused on Nate for one of the challenges and I've had my idea for a while, started putting the video together yesterday and I'm really enjoying it so far - even though I'm not so sure about some of the technical aspects yet (have you met me? I'm incapable of using technology!), it seems to be coming together quite well and I'm excited!

My icon add-on expired today so I've been organised and gone through and deleted ones that I don't really use all that often as well so apparently it's been a productive morning.

I managed to finish my uni reading this morning so I think I'm actually going to be able to take the afternoon of my day off, off! Going to do some writing and vidding and maybe even get around to watching one of the Supernatural episodes...I'm just waiting for a point where my internet seems like it's working fast enough where I can watch them without getting frustrated.

And, man, I realise I still owe some of you fics from Christmas and I feel so terrible about that. I also realise that there's a very big chance the seasonal prompts you gave me wont be wanted any more so I'm going to PM you all today about it. I'm just really sorry it's taken me this long to get things to you because I'm usually pretty quick at getting prompt fics done for you guys. 

My day so far consisted of:

• Lots of English
• Learning some Norwegian words
• A seminar in which we talked about Supernatural, Sherlock, Dr Who, Being Human and fanfiction (I think I'm going to enjoy this module!)

The rest of my day will consist of:

• Coffee with a friend in about an hour
• Helping at Brownies
• Home to eat and watch White Collar

Tomorrow is my day off:

• I'm meeting up with some friends in the late afternoon
• Apart from that, I'm writing and reading. I'm looking forward to it.

Hey! How are you all? It's a few days since I've updated because I was handing my essay in and stuff and then yesterday was the Panic! At The Disco gig.

IT WAS AMAZING! Three of us went and queued up from about 1.30 pm and then my sister and her friend came to meet us once they were done with school. It was so, so cold, especially when it got later, but it was so, so worth the wait. We didn't get right at the front and we ended up having to move back just before Panic! started because it got a bit too rough for us. To be honest, though, where we ended up was better because we went near the bar and we still had a great view of the stage but there was more room to move around and the bar staff were around in case anything happened.

The gig itself was just fantastic - the vocals and the atmosphere and the music. They did a cover of 'Billie Jean' that was really electric and they also covered 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love' near the end of the night and it was so, so awesome. The set list was really good, actually, they covered quite a good mix of their older stuff and the songs off the new album - can't pick a favourite but Brendan Urie's vocals on 'Always' were amazing. 

In other news, semester two starts on Monday - I think it's going to be easier to manage my time etc this semester because I (should) have Mondays and Fridays off where I'll be able to review stuff and then have the weekends a bit more free. I'm doing two English Lit modules and one History module this time around - looking forward to it.

 

Taking a fifteen minute break from revision so I thought I'd come by and finally post that update post I promised a couple of days ago (oops!)

As you can probably tell, things have been quite intense over the last few weeks. I've now handed one of my essays in but I have another one still to write (due on the 25th) and and exam on Friday (eek!). For the moment, I'm focusing on revising for the exam but I really should have started sooner because now I'm really having to cram and it's making me nervous. For those of you who don't know, I'm the type of person who usually does fine in mocks and then messes up the real thing because of nerves so I'm really trying to work on calming myself down. Not sure how successful I'm being though!

I'm so behind on reaction posts! I have half of the one for Supernatural 7.12 typed up so I may try and finish that tonight and I want to get one written for the latest episode of Leverage, too. For now, I'll just say that I loved both of the episodes! What did you guys think of them?

Writing has had to be put on  a bit of a back-burner over the last few days but rest assured, as soon as exams are over, I'm going to start catching up on the fic I owe you guys, as well as working on my challenge fic. I'm currently signed up for quite a few things but I think I can stay on top of it all once I get a bit more free time.

Who signed up for spn_j2_bigbang this year? I signed up to write again - I have a pretty good idea what I'm going to do; a Sam/Dean case!fic set in S7, I think (and that's as specific as I'm going into for now!) What are you guys thinking of writing? Or, if you're doing art, what type of stuff do you think you want to claim this year? I'm so excited for this one!

I'm also going to be working on a Leverage reverse bang fic very soon - I'm so, so happy with the artist I claimed and I can't wait to start writing this one - the pairing is one I've never written before, even though I love it, so I'm super excited.

And I'm still working on the Stanford fic (no worries, there, lightthesparks !)

My top priority writing-wise is going to be working on these three fics to make sure they're all done for the deadlines. And also because I'm very excited about them :)

In other news, my cousin and his family just got a very cute Labrador puppy that we met yesterday - she's very small and very cute and it's just made me want another puppy even more than I already did. It would be so, so good for Kizzie to have another dog to play with. Kizzie's being just as cute and adorable and best-friend-ish as ever. She's been getting lots of lovely walks at the beach etc lately, too.

I was meant to be going to see The Maine and All Time Low on Wednesday with a friend but I've had to cancel so I can revise instead :( We're going to see Panic at the Disco next week, though, so at least there's that :)

Fifteen minutes is up so I should go back to revision...tell me, though, what have you guys been up to? I'm sorry I've not been commenting much! 

The Christmas tree and all the other decorations are up :) We did it as we always do it, as a family and listening to Christmas songs. It's strange, this time last year when we did it there was snow outside and had been for a number of weeks. This year, we haven't had any yet. Anyway, it was really fun and it looks pretty good. I'm going to the uni pub quiz tonight with the friends - it's the last one before Christmas and the entry is free tonight as part of the offer advent calender thing that the bar is going so that's nice (especially if we win the £100!)

I've been productive and made a list of some books to get out of the library for over the holidays - it means I can get on with my essays and hopefully I'll miss the rush to get books that'll happen when everyone gets back to Newcastle in January!

I'm about to have a Hot Chocolate with Baileys because it's December and I can :D I do love Christmas!

I was feeling pretty paranoid last night - we all were. Every noise we heard outside made us wonder whether someone was trying to break in again. Logically, I know it's unlikely but it's a horrible feeling all the same. And that's made a positive post negative so I'm going back to talking about good things again.

I'm almost done with Jane Eyre - not sure if I'll finish it before the lecture tomorrow morning because I'm heading out for the quiz at 7 but I'll definitely finish it tomorrow for Tuesday's lecture so that's fine. I'm really, really loving it. And then I'm done reading stuff for this semester and I can read books I choose again :D First one on my list is The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (I won it at the start of the semester and haven't had a chance to read it yet.) Has anyone read it?

Hey! How are all you guys? I hope you're all going to have an awesome weekend and that you're up to something fun :)

The latest episode of Supernatural is downloading now so it'll be there for me to watch later. I'm heading out with my Mum in a few minutes; we're going to take Kizzie for a walk somewhere nice and spend some time together because it's a while since we've done anything properly together. Then I'm coming home and (hopefully) meeting a friend for coffee, he's back from uni for the weekend and THEN I can watch Supernatural :)

Have started my Christmas shopping properly now! Have a really good idea for what I'm getting my uni friends (not saying what, though, because two of them are friends on here!) and I know what I'm getting my Mum so, basically, I can get started on your presents now (the post is still open for prompts, by the way, I'll be linking back to it one more time over the next week and then it'll be closed on December 1st.)

Right, I better go get ready to go out. I'll post my episode reaction later. Have a great day! 

Hey all! Time for a bullet post because I'm in a bullet-y kind of mood today!

• 9am lectures on Mondays are actually the worst thing ever, especially when they're the only thing I have all day! However, I'm feeling brighter now that I'm home again (and hyped up on sugar) so I guess it's okay.

• I wrote a couple more thousand words of Stanford fic yesterday which always makes me happy - there's something about this fic that just clicked for me and it feels fun whenever I'm writing on it (which is obviously a good thing.)

• I have a mock exam on Friday, two essays due in at the end of the month-ish, yet I spent half of yesterday solving a logic puzzle for leverageland . I have no regrets. I love my Grifter team <3

• Things seem to have calmed down at home today - things aren't back to normal but they're much less tense than they were. I'm also pleased to report that Saturday night was AWESOME. Me and my friends got a take-away and watched Ten Inch Hero and finished the night off by watching Changing Channels and it was kind of perfect because it was the first time we'd watched SPN together and we sang along to the theme song at the start and it was awesome :)

• Jared Padalecki is going to be at Asylum 8. Have I mentioned my excitement about this because I REALLY AM VERY EXCITED!

• I need to start Christmas shopping properly. I got something for my Mum the other day but that's all I've got. Usually, I wouldn't be bothered but my friends will be going home earlyish December for the holidays so I need to make sure I have their presents by then.

Hey guys! How are you all?

- Happy Birthday to the lovely sheryden - I hope you have a fantastic day!!!

-Welcome to telaryn - it's great to have you here :)

- I'm going to have to miss the weekly meet-up with my friends from school today because I've got so much work to do :( I'm hoping I can really blast through it tonight and tomorrow morning so fingers crossed!

- I have lots of wonderful new icons now! Went through and uploaded some of the ones that have been sitting in folders and also got some as gifts at leverageland which was awesome.

-Downton Abbey is getting a third series! It's the last episode of S2 on Sunday so the timing of the announcement was perfect; means I don't have to be too sad/wonder whether we're getting more. There's a Christmas special as well :)

- Check out this post here if you haven't already :)