Narcoleptic

How about a snack?

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:08:17 GMT

No real update so here is the cookie sample I arranged!

Reds
“How are you?” She inquires, placing the cup back on its coaster.

“Fine.” He leans back in his chair, observing her.

The silence hangs between them until she says sarcastically, “I’m fine too, thanks for asking.” Rolling her eyes, she adds, “I’m starting to think you don’t care about me, Brick.”

He raises an eyebrow. “What makes you think that I do?”

She makes a face and he gives her his ‘don’t be annoying’ look. He thinks it says something about his endurance that he’s been able to tolerate her trivial crap for so long. Her hands are busy fussing with her long hair as she gathers it into a bun to tie it in place. He notes that it makes her face look angular and severe. She’s lost weight, he thinks and wonders why he isn’t surprised by this information.

“Are you still working for that company?”

For some reason, the question catches him off-guard. He draws a blank and some of it must have translated on his face because she gives him an odd look. “You know, that job you and your brothers have had for years?”

“Don’t patronize me.” He snaps. “I know where I work.”

“It’s just a question.” She bristles. “There’s no need to bite my head off for it.”

“There’s no need for you to pry into my business either. Don’t you know curiosity’s a killer?”

“Oh, like you?”

Blueprint for Bridge Building
Heaving a sigh, she turned back to the classified section in the newspaper. Money was starting to run low and she had bills to pay, food to buy, and a really nice outfit that had her name written all over it. But all of that was put on hold until she found work. Surely there was a job out there for someone with her expertise?

Jinx viciously stomped out the voice in her head that reasoned that no one would hire a villain. Ex-villain, Jinx corrected, At least, for the time being.

The door opened with a jingle and a gust of wind blew in.

Jinx looked up and saw a group of people trying to get through the tight opening of the diner. Normally she wouldn’t have care, but it was chilly and she didn’t bring her jacket due to the local (and apparently unreliable) weatherman. She narrowed her eyes. Hurry up and close the door, I’m getting frostbite over here! She was too busy glaring to realize that her powers were responding to her irritation and had started to coat the door-frame. Just as the door was going to abruptly slam shut and break the woman’s hand, a familiar voice pierced through her thoughts and her powers quickly retreated.

“Excuse me, but can you all move in faster? You’re letting in the cold air.”

Conversation hushed as everyone turned to see one of the newest additions of superheroes in Jump City. “O-Oh, of course. Sorry.” The woman immediately squeezed in and closed the door behind her.

“Thanks.” He flashed a bright smile before turning around.

Jinx quickly held the paper up to block her face and prayed for a miracle.

The feeling of being watched persisted.

She slowly lowered the paper until she could see just over the top of the pages. Out-of-control red hair. Unbelievably blue eyes. Stupid half-smile.

Darn.

She smacked the paper down on the table and glared at him. “I don’t remember saying you could sit there.”

“Good to see you too, Jinx.” He replied easily.

These are more substantial than the last ones I posted so hopefully they reflect the progress I've been making. Now if only I could find the time to finish these suckers :/

Plans

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:47:57 GMT

Reconciled with the Reds. This does not mean that I have resolved the problems at all, but that I'm willing to work around them for the time being now that my patience is back. Will work on them this weekend if I am not too tired. BBB is also in progress, although I've reached the point where I'm not sure where it'll turn. Cookies later. Maybe. Or a full on update since NoL is taking too damn long to end. That is all!

am i the only one disgusted with the naked people on abercrombie bags?

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:24:21 GMT

Just out of curiosity, is all.

Reds are on the back-burner now because we are having a disagreement. I can't get them to get from point A to point B. This could end up in a nasty break up.

To cheer myself up though, I decided to pick up the kid flash/jinx story I've been meaning to finish. And because it's them, I'm having loads more fun with the writing process than I was with the reds. It's kinda therapeutic. In fact, I daresay I'm pretty proud of how it's coming out!

JOY!!

NoL

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:11:50 GMT

The Reds are so completely NOT-BELIEVABLE, it's HILARIOUS! Writing Brick normally is hard enough, but one that's suppose to have some sort of believable psychological damage without appearing too-emo(tional) is really bringing my creative side down. I write something down to progress some sort of plot for the reds and then I stop to realize that Brick would NEVER respond that way.

For instance, I had a part where Brick is slipping Blossom some encouraging notes to keep her alive. Later I realized how completely impossible that scenario is (what are the mechanisms behind that sort of penpal relationship??) Also, Brick would never do that. NEVER. So that part is gone.

More ranting later perhaps.

NoL

Wed, 07 May 2008 05:59:13 GMT

Boomer is finally up. Not because I'm so satisfied with it or anything, I was just tired of looking at it and trying to make it some twisted form of decent. I probably failed because that piece just mutated into something that I ended up having no control over. Boo.

Boomer is Coming!

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:00:12 GMT

Around final exams? You really are an evil little thing, aren't you?

Expect him soon.

Progress, or something like it

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:46:19 GMT

So I've come to realize that I'm a terrible writer. Inspiration escapes me still but hopefully I will catch that sucker soon and get to finish something. In the meantime, here are bits and pieces of things that I have in the works.

Notion of Loss

Blues
He colors boyishly and softly whispers to her so that no one else can hear, “I’m going to kiss you now,” His fingers gently trace her blueberry lips, “because I’ve always wanted to kiss you. I just never told you because – because…well, I don’t know why.” Boomer laughs, feeling a little foolish and awkward. “But it doesn’t matter, right? Now you know and I’m going to kiss you.” He looks around quickly, as if to make sure he’s alone, before leaning down.

Just before his lips touch hers, he adds, “And my kiss will be better than all of the other kisses you’ve had.”

Reds
“Don't tell me you thought I'd never hurt you.” His voice was incredulous, mocking, and colored with a little curiosity.

She pauses, her finger stills on the rim of her cup. “There’s a difference,” She says slowly, “between knowing and hoping. I was in love with you, after all.”

I was in love you, was in love with you, was in love, with you, was, was, was–

–meaning that she wasn’t anymore.

Brick scoffs. He watches the steam twist and curl around her finger and pretends he doesn’t care. Doesn’t care that she most likely hates him now (he wants to say ‘dislike’ because ‘hate’ is much too harsh, but he knows better than to lie to himself). Besides, it really doesn’t matter anymore.

Blueprint for Building Bridges - TEEN TITANS! KID FLASH AND JINX! :D My feeble attempt at romantic humor.

“Roses aren’t the way to a girl’s heart, you know.”

“Who said I was trying to get there?” He asked with a bemused grin.

Pause.

And then Jinx managed to kick herself out of her stupor once she saw the wicked gleam in his eyes.

“Why you --” She sputtered incoherently, a little indignant and a lot embarrassed.

“So what’s the way to get to your heart?” He said easily. “Since we’re on the topic, that is. Chocolate? Exotic trips? Expensive shopping sprees?”

The black and purple outfit flashed briefly in her head. Close, but not quite.

“Sorry, all roads to that location are closed.” She regretfully informed him.

“Then point me in the direction, I’m good at finding detours.”

These are of course, unedited and still being tweeked. And I also wanted to say that Brick is such a horribly difficult character to pin down. And that Kid Flash makes me smile a lot :D

drabble

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:25:53 GMT

Just an idea that floated around in my head. Naruto universe, the place that i've been trapped in for the past year.

Title: Illness
Rating: PGish
Summary: In which Sakura goes crazy.
Notes: It's a wacky idea that popped up when i saw a clip of a heart beating.

As her chakra enters the body, the beating of the heart becomes clearer. Closing her eyes, she can see the organ expanding, contracting almost painfully as it pumps a steady flow of blood. The cadence picks up when she sends chakra to briefly look over its functions. She can see every vein lining the muscle swell until she is sure it will burst from the strain. And she is sure that is the cause of the patient’s illness.

There is so much pressure there, too much pressure. The heart is jerking back and forth as the blood flows rapidly from one chamber to the next and then out again only to reenter. She eyes the chakra channels and although her chakra tells her that nothing is wrong there, she is certain that something is. If she does not act quickly, the patient will die.

Knowing that it is a delicate procedure, she eases her chakra around the channels and sharpens it quickly until it cleanly severs the channels in two. The organ convulses at the sudden interference and in the back of her mind, she can feel the assistants around her moving about the room in anxiety. She refocuses on the task at hand and eases the heart into a steady beat. Eventually, the heartbeat stabilizes and she can see a huge difference in the way the heart functions. It beats slower now, and doesn’t swell as much as it did previously. Just as she is pulling her chakra out, the organ slows pulses once, twice, and that is all she can read as the last strands of chakra filter back into her body and she is once again aware of her surroundings.

Breathing a sigh of relief, she declares that the operation is over to the stunned room and exits through the double doors of the operation room, deaf to the flat line echoing in the room.

-----

Tsunade worries because Sakura has lost another patient. The numbers speak unfavorably of her future as a medic-nin considering that the ratio of saved lives to lost lives has been steadily increasing for the latter. She thinks that Sakura’s technique is wrong and forces her back into the library with volumes upon volumes of medical journals full of detailed diagrams and charts, back into basic chakra exercises with dead fish and injured animals, back into one-on-one lectures on the human body, chakra systems and pop quizzes to make sure that the information was sticking.

Sakura takes all of this in stride and passes every test her shishou gives her. Eventually she is put back on the staff at the hospital.

Naruto 366

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:43:57 GMT

Itachi: what is it about my brother that makes you care about him so much? He's a rogue ninja who abandoned you.
Naruto: Because he's like a brother to me...and I'm a better brother than you ever were!

OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SNAP!!

SMACKDOWN. HARD. That was the perfect way to summarize the Naruto-Sasuke dynamic, and it was made even more perfect and ever so badass to have it summarized to Itachi. Naruto has balls to call ITACHI of all people out on sucking at something (even though we all knew it was true).

DON'T END UP LIKE JIRAIYA NARUTO. OR AT LEAST LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO BE LIKE HIM. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, KYUUBI AND ALL.

Naruto 363

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 00:52:16 GMT

So um. Yeah. Long time no write.

Anyway...

I have a huge crush on Pein aka sexy akatsuki leader.

And OH MY GAWD. GIRL AKATSUKI REVEALED! (now all we have to do is name her!)

((leaderxgirl! leaderxgirl!))

I think that there should be a showdown between her and Sakura. It's been a while since we've seen Sakura kill an akatsuki/in action anyway and, er, yeah. She needs to be kick-ass again. As for a Karin and Sakura fight...

Ino can kick Karin's ass for her. That's what girlfriends are for - lending a friend a hand in dishing out the pain.

That is all.

SPRING BREAK IS HERE

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:10:41 GMT

Actually it was here last Wednesday but I caught a major bug that Monday and was recovering all of last week. So I'm better now and can sort of update on this thing now that I have the time. Let's see, I got into pretty much all of my colleges, which is good except the decision-making part and telling college representatives over the phone that I'm not going to their universities. Talk about awkward times.

I got a load of comparative government break work that I need to get started on but that's not going to happen any time soon. School's almost over, I'm going to miss everyone =(

Planning to go to Massachusetts on Friday, let's see if it meets the high New York standards I have.

That's it for now!

The "I hate" List

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 03:13:31 GMT

I hate college applications. They are eating up my time.
I hate comparative government. Biggest mistake of my life.
I hate unreliable people. If you can't do it, just say so.
I hate not being able to write. I have creativity that needs an outlet, damn it!
I hate procrastinating. I'll end this now and get back to work.

If you find my face on the sidewalk, please return it to me

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 17:21:51 GMT

New York is unbelievably hot. The humidity is out of control. My face has melted away somewhere and I can't find it.

In other news, I've finally gotten around to reading again. Now I have a semi drabble that's knocking on my brain so I'm going to have to get it out sooner or later. Preferably sooner. And because it doesn't fit with any other pair, it will be Harry x Hermione, only sad because I am a sad person.

Yes, I read Half-Blood Prince. Yes my heart was in my throat for most of the reading; not in a good way. Yes, there's really nothing more for me to say since many others have voiced their opinions in ways that are more articulate that I'll ever be able to do so I'll just say that I agree with the unhappy people.

I miss the funny little side adventures too.

Fandoms

Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:24:23 GMT

With the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, I hear that a lot of people have been severely disappointed with the outcome. As one of the few that has yet to read it, I've heard that certain outcomes are...less than favorable.

So Harry and Hermione didn't end up together in this book, so what? I think that deep down, with all the support there was for Ron/Hermione, I knew that Rowling would favor the more popular choice.

Does this mean that I'm going to abandon this altogether? Not likely.

Harry and Hermione is the only [semi]canon pair that I've grown attached to over the duration of the series. Even if they don't end up together, I won't stop rooting for a chance that they'll be in the end. This is why FANDOM exists correct? We can alter things that we may not agree with to suit our own likings [granted that there is no copyright infringement involved].

Besides, there's always book seven.

Elections

Thu, 04 Nov 2004 00:50:20 GMT

...How did this happen?

After everything Bush has done to this country, we RE-ELECT HIM?! Is everyone insane?!