I want to do an animated vid for my original characters using this SO badly. But even taking out the amount of time this would take... there's the issues that if I took from my stories 1) copyright 2) spoilers. But but... I want...so...so badly. x.x

So it's that time of year again. I wanted to have this up earlier so people could get thier lists/have more time to make stuff, but such is life. ^.^ That being said, I WANT YOUR LISSSSSTS!

Nalana's Wish List

1. Mini vids! (as in 10-30 secs) If you’re a person who is compelled to do ship vids but don’t agree with any of the ships in what you’re in the mood for making? Screw it. Do something YOU like.

2. Mood Themes for LJ. Just the basic four/five moods would be fine. ☺

3. Drabbles. Because we all know I love my fanfiction.

4. Fanmixes/Song Recs. Because we all know I need just a lil more music. ;)

5. Arts! Be they drawings or manips, mes loves manips!

6. Wicked “For Good” Charm.
Expensive. I know. Will never get. But, eh, I had to fill space!


7. You can NEVER go wrong with tea. Seriously. Amazing stuff…

8. Plushies. My mother will have you, but I’ll love you!

9. Anything that reminds you of me. Notes with explinations is awesome and adorable. (This extends to n on-buyables. For example, someone presented me with a carepackage in the form of a folder of lolcats and the dog equivelent. Made my week. ^.^)

10. A single CWP from wajas. (ID # 59612 …add me if you don’t have me on there ^.^)


I’m working on an obsessions/pairing updated list as we know I’m fickle and am easily swayed and ready to join bandwagons, but if you need any other type of info or list or something from moi, feel free to lemme know! ^.^

Also, the day after thanksgiving (Assuming I don't get called into work) I'm going to sit my bum down and get x-mas cards done...unlike last year...where I put it off...and classes came...and some people never got their cards. (*big hugs and apologies to falcon_horus and dodgermd among others.* Which, dodger, by the by, when I got your card last year my lil cousin was here...he was also amused when I showed him where it came from on the globe.) So if you want to be added to that list lemme know.

....apparently I'm to be an aunt. To a 14 year old. My sister is 12 years older than the kid she's adopting. But heck, as long as everyone's happy... Her and her husband have been fostering for quite a while. But, it's just...haven't talked with her for a few months and, boom. Kay. Sure.

I'm goin' that way now.

The Finns hate Americans.

Well, okay. I jest. Sort of. (If they don't, they should.*L*)

See, just for fun I was checking out flight prices to Tokyo and Helsinki from the largest city in Maine. Ha...ha...ha....

From Portland to Tokyo, it's $857. Not so bad, all things considered.
From Portland to Helsinki? $2,741. @.@
From Tokyo to Helsinki? $1,109.
Helsinki to Tokyo? $974.

Okay, so there goes my 'costs more to fly in certain directions' theory. Okay. So lets try from Portland to London, shall we? $1,429. Ha...ha...ha...

So the conclusion here? USD SUCKS. and it sucks hard. No, this is not a new discovery. But, what does this mean in the end? No Finland. No visiting Betsy (who's in Japan), and probably not visiting the other side of the water to tackle Nens and various people either. Though, ironically, Betsy would be the most likely.

My stupid former classmate gave me a nice little scare at work tonight. Now, first for those who haven't been following me that long, you have to realize something. My graduating class had NINE people in it. That being said, even if you didn't get along with someone you knew them kinda well. This friend in question was the jokester. He was constantly on my nerves, but at least he was pleasant to me for the most part. He's a good guy. He even went out with a friend of mine (She was younger) for a few years.

Background? He joined the military right out of high school. He's done two tours in the middle east. He's been back "home" for a while.

He comes in the store tonight.

J: "Hey, Cassie. I'm going back."
me: "...what?"
J: Afghanistan. My last tour."
me: "......"
J: "I voulenteered."
me: *must have paled, is open jawed*
J: "Hey. It's the younger boys. I gotta go with them. They're like little brothers to me."

From there we lapse into a conversation (there were no other customers around) about the town itself and our common goal of getting out of it. It's not that we don't like the town, but it's bad for both of us for different reasons for the long term. I just, out of all the people I went to school with, I think he can relate to the feelings I'm having of 'what now? shouldn't I be doing something better with my life?'

But the point here is... I don't think I've ever been so scared, spiteful, angry, and touched as I was in that brief exchange in a while. He had mentioned last summer how he might go full-time army. and that thought had stumbled into my head a couple days ago, so the timing is just weird. But...seriously. In these times we hear about all these deployments, and he VOULENTEERS. Not because of a cause, but because he felt the need to look after other people he knew. That says a lot, and I have respect for that.

Here's to hoping everything goes alright.

Misha: "Good. Because I usually don't wear underwear."

...the saddest part about this is, this man knows exactly what he just said.

I love him. I love him so much. You know what? I adore this man so much, he's getting his own tag from here-on out.

NaNoWriMo Word Count: 32,225

Dear Ma'am,

Seeing someone you know who was clearly not completely there (as in under the influence) who was doing other people's shopping short some money, and lending them the $10.00 they needed, massive gold star.


Dear Sir,

I realize you may not be working with a full basket, and I thank you for your compliment, but you really don't need to know if I have a boyfriend or not. One, I do not know you. Two, you are a good 30 years or so my senior. I realize you're harmless, but it's creepy. So for you, the answer is yes. ((Psst, anyone want to voullenteer to be the invisible boyfriend who doesn't exist?))



So last night I had a fully plot-able SPN dream that woudl make a wonderful gen fic. No ship, nothing. Just good ol' clean fun. But like the last one...do you THINK I could remmebr it now? All I can tell you is the last one had to do with a horse-disgused monster and children. This one had to do with some sorta demonic kid and a wall... I can't remember what the wall business was about.

Not much on the non-writing creative side of things ;.;. workin on a moodtheme overdue present...about half done.

And those are my updates.

I cannot tell you how happy that makes me...

NaNoWriMo Word Count: 19521


I is...tired... Though I was surprisingly energetic at work even at the end, WITHOUT the assistance of M&Ms. It was very odd. Very odd indeed. But I was getting a lot easlier ticked at people...maybe I'm PMSing?

Wrote a nice chunk after work. I thank write or die. And my new character who will probably never be seen after this. Because she is adorable and love. Gotta say I quite like her granddaughter, too.

Working on a new obsessions/fav charris/fav pairings list. *nodnod* Why? because I can. But I'm way too tired to continue, apparently. After not being able to remember the title "Dragonlance" or spelling out "RMP".

...Wnats sleep, but I refuse to go to bed until at LEAST midnight. >.> stubborn I am.

Just watched Merlin before work. Complete love. Wonderfully done ep...but gosh darn it! I wants me more Morgana! And not weepy/scared! Though, in the case it was very appropriate. At least this week she wasn't forgotten. -.-

( minor minor sucks and some AWESOMES from yesterday's fill-in shift )

Avoiding writing more NaNoWriMo before work... but I will say this. The map I made has saved my continuity so many times so far it's crazy.

So tired. Two giant cups of tea not helping. So do NOT want to go to work in less then an hour ;.; At register. all. night. 8. hours. of. register. That's assuming I get lunch. (had a 15 min one yesterday) But if I get through today, tomorrow's 'easier', then it's a normal 7 hour shift monday. Tuesday...I sleep.

At least I HAVE a day off this time 'round.

NaNoWriMo Word Count: 14505

Just thought I should let people know...

NaNoWriMo Word Count: 10,081.


WOOOOT! 4 days (okay four days and an hour) and I'm 1/5th of the way there. HOPEFULLY tomorrow I can manage to be 1/4th there. That would be pretty damn awesome.

...Sometimes I hate my state. Sometimes I hate my town. I understand where at least a good portion of 'yet' voters came from. I understand why, so I can't really be scornful to someone whose voting on morals instilled by their faith, even if they're exclusive. But it still hurts. So, thanks Maine, for insulting my nephew's family. Thanks a lot.

Oh, and while I'm at it? Consolidation laws? Thanks for the impending death of my town. Really. Thanks.

PLEASE help my friend win tickets? All you have to do is click this! If you coudl spread the link, I'd love you forever! If you continue spreading the love, I promise I"ll try to repay you!

That you all survived halloween! Congrats!

Friday was Wicked's (musical) 6th birthday. Woot.

Saturday- Dressed up...went to work. Interesting comments. My boys came in to see me. Darth Vader and a clone trooper. SO proud. Didn't get as many trick-or-treater sthere as I thought. BUt we SO got a Dillon. Happy times. Also didn't screw up lotto and honey dews are apparently on sale--cheaper than they've been for two months. Joy!

Sunday- uneventful. Start of NaNoWriMo.

TOday- slow ass day at work. Agreed to work Friday for a co-worker. 10:30-7...that's three 8 1/2 hour shifts in a row. Next Friday-Monday is going to suck. Big time. I keep telling myself this is so I don't feel guilty later when I take time off so I can go see people. Because, dammit! I miss my friends! And at this point, I think there's one person on staff who isn't a manager that I haven't filled in for at LEAST once. No, two, but she's deli-only. She doesn't count. They haven't showed me where/how to cook the stuff. I can clean up after them no problem, but eh.

Also, the credit/debit/foodstamp machine was down for about an hour during the 6pm rush. Not fun. But I got husky kisses after work, so it was awesome. And I snagged a copy of "Push" at the place that rents across the street. Was happy, had been wanting to see, and I have to stare at the copy for sale from the counter. *twitch* Was quite decent. I really enjoyed it.

So tomorrow? Day off. Woot. Plans? Clean kitchen, bathroom, drawer, bag, re-do kitty litter. walk into town. return movie. Go to bank. vote. return book, go to employer to return an item/exchange, get more stuff and chat. Get tomorrow's NaNoWriMo word count in. Which is hopefully actually 1000 words over, as that's where I am now. I like having extra storage!

I know, exciting. We'll see how much of that actually gets done.


On another note, I' m thinking of deleting most of my icons to get new ones.

Current NaNoWriMo word count: 5024

Sorry for two posts in a row.

Mellie, this is for you.

If you have any desire to keep any trace of a mental image of me being somewhat sweet an innocent and not a complete pervert... please do not ( follow this cut )

*Whistles innocently*

I probably should not be typing this as I watch...but I am. I hadn't even intended to watch. But it was on when I came in the room.

( Commentary Below )

When I was little, I LOVED the movie "The Bodyguard" so incredibly much. (note: I was five at the time.) "I Will Always Love You" is apparently the song mum heard me singing that made her kinda shoo me towards music. I still blame it for some of my passion for music, and for some storyline preferences. (protectors... tragic love...music...) That being said, I nearly idolized Whitney Houston as a child. "I Have Nothing" ((warning: link has major spoilers if you have not seen film)) remains one of my favorite songs...ever.

So when I heard that she was coming back around with a new single I was curious. My verdict? Not bad. Nothing as stunning as years ago. But after the hard life choices/situations she's had, I'm not surprised. Still, it's nice to see her sticking around. She's just as pretty as I remember when I was ickle. And I want the dress she has in her new vid. So yes. *nod*

There was another shipwreck last night. They found one of the bodies today. That's three in less then a year. That could have been my cousin. Thank god it wasn't. This time.

These men (and women) are out there, risking their fucking lives. They get damn little pay. Catches are getting thinner. And you know what makes me even more sick? People still look down on fishermen. Fuck them.