i'm alive i'm alive i am sooooooooooo alive

[hoosierbitch]

re: subj line--"next to normal" anyone? yes. i saw that musical once, and they sang that line SO MANY TIMES that it pops into my head whenever i'm feeling lively after a down spell. it's replaced the zombie "i'm aliiiiiiiiiiiiive!"

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So, it has been many moons (er, that means months, doesn't it. fortnights? couple-of-days-long-units-of-time) since I last updated.

Me in a nutshell: Finished out the year. Ended on a sour note with some people, which, I don't usually do, on account of how I avoid confrontation/negative interactions, so it threw me for a loop more than it perhaps should have. I'm heading to Phoenix in...a week (Phoenix! In ARIZONA!) for an internship. So, if my updating doesn't continue, it's possible that I've died of heat. 

I should write a fuller entry on this, but: I got to meet arsenicjade a few weekends ago, and she is LOVELY. She got me hooked on Magnificent 7, and we ate delicious food (smoosh-in ice cream and Indian food and homecooked pasta sauce with delicious bread), and mostly we lounged. It was relaxing and invigorating and fun. :-)

Um. Let's see. I'm bad at recapping. Um. I have a bag! Like, a nice bag! From a department store! It's made for women! *stares at it* I saw it, and my brain (and body, actually) made grabby hands. We're in love. It's weird. *stares at it more* I'm not big on shopping, and I mostly stick to gender-neutral/butch clothing, but this BAG. *stares more*

Uuuuuuuuuuuuum I should go write fic now. I have this weekend empty of things to do, so I need to make sure I do not slack, because I will be a happier person if I am writing stories. 

I think (hope) I'm coming out of a kind of nasty depressive swing. I'm generally pretty crap at transitional periods, and worrying about money is never good on top of that, and I'm moving house, and saying goodbye to the folks who are graduating, and also, I've just been lonely. Which. Yeah. Sucks. But! I am feeling more chipper (I am sooooooooooo alive) and I'm going to go write and comment on folks' entries (I am soooooooooooooooo behind) and at some point, I shall eat food! Probably while watching Captain America. Because the Avengers have eaten my brain.

OH SPEAKING OF THINGS THAT ATE MY BRAIN

IS THERE A WHITE COLLAR HUNGER GAMES AU YET? 

BECAUSE ELIZABETH WOULD WIN THE HUNGER GAMES YOU GUYS.

Comments

[rabidchild.livejournal.com]

El would totes win the Hunger Gamees, but then she'd have to kill everyone else.

*ponders grisly endings for all the cast*

*finds that surprisingly enjoyable*
(Neal would totally die pretty)
(Diana would be that crazy-scary girl)

*is sick*

I am sad you were down. I would so pet you if you were here. And feed you. And lend you my dog. She is good and warm and cuddly. See: picture.

(But you will BE HERE soon. Less than 3 months or something!)

Yay.

[frith_in_thorns]

The other cast members could be waiting for her at home. Or beginning the revolution by bringing down the Games from outside. Or as a plant from within the Capitol. She could kill Adler and Keller and people. Maybe Kate would be one of her opponents and there would be ~drama and ~tension with Neal.

(is overthinking this)

[rabidchild.livejournal.com]

No, no... keep going. If we keep it up, B will have to write it...

[frith_in_thorns]

Actually, I think I'd most like a White Collar AU of the stuff that happened in Mockingjay. I want Elizabeth inspiring the revolution.

[frith_in_thorns]

Dammit, I should not be now writing this.

[rabidchild.livejournal.com]

OK, I haven't read the books, so IDK about anything, but this still excites me!

[frith_in_thorns]

Heh, it's now only really the Games after all, because characters kept showing up when I didn't want them to yet :P Like, I just sat down and started scribbling and now I have over 2000 words how did that happen XD

[hoosierbitch.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to read it! :D

[hoosierbitch.livejournal.com]

YAY AUGUST! :D

I am very happy that the Hunger Games AU idea has taken off. :-)

Beware, I might kidnap your dog and smuggle her back to TinyTown with me. Fair warning.

[elrhiarhodan]

Ummmm --- haven't seen Hunger Games.

It's on the List of Things To Do. Three down from Buying a House and Packing and other Adult Crap like Getting a Mortgage.

I think I have to agree with your tag, bb - being an adult sucks monkey balls. Unless you're a monkey who likes to such the other monkey's balls.

I've missed you SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much, just saying. I look at the mechanical pencil I accidently on purpose stole from you in Chicago and think of all the woobie Neal stories I could tell with it.

Instead, I'll leave you with this:

[hoosierbitch.livejournal.com]

BUGGER. LJ just ate a really long reply I had.

To recap:

I MISS YOU TOO! How's moving going? I haven't seen the HG movie either, just finished the books recently. DIANA IS PRETTY.

♥

[lionessvalenti.livejournal.com]

I actually wrote a Next to Normal fic for mmom last year. I love that show. Nine or ten years from now, I want Bomer to play Dan. He's still a bit young right now, but I think he'd be great in the role.

There's nothing quite like having the perfect bag. My last bag was the best ever, but it literally fell apart after like five years of me dragging it around (I actually had parts of it held together with electrical tape).

[hoosierbitch.livejournal.com]

Our school did a really mediocre production of it, but I still loved it.

Man, I am so infatuated with this purse-bag-thing. It fits my netbook with tons of room to spare, yet still fits comfortable on my shoulder, and I NEVER use the short armpit-shoulder-strap things. O.o

[daria234.livejournal.com]

Hey! I'm glad you're feeling a little better and there are some good new things, despite the hard stuff.

LOL I understand the appeal of a really good bag. (That totally wasn't intended to sound dirty, shut up ;)

[hoosierbitch.livejournal.com]

I know you didn't INTEND it to be dirty, but that's how my brain read it to me. You saucy minx.

:D

[arsenicjade.livejournal.com]

Oh, believe me, I hear that song every single time I suspect I'm starting to go crazy.

Yes, you should write. *g*

Also, AUGUST.

[hoosierbitch.livejournal.com]

AUUUUUGUUUUUUUUUUUUUUST!

I kicked myself out of the house today, because when I stay home I stay in bed and then DIRECTV, got to the cafe, and realized I forgot my headphones, my reading glasses, and the notebook I scrawled in the weekend I didn't have my computer.

I need coffee before I can let myself go to the coffee shop, apparently.

[arsenicjade.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHA.

[csi-vixen.livejournal.com]

Hunger Games AU with Peter as a more competent less creepy Peeta! And Elizabeth as Katniss! And Neal as Gale. Or something. It would be amazing. :D

Glad you're back.

[hoosierbitch.livejournal.com]

Apparently, some folks upthread are working on the AU already! Can't wait. :-)

Glad to be back. :-)

[(Anonymous)]

I'm so very, very glad to hear you're feeling better. <3

[hoosierbitch.livejournal.com]

Thanks, bb. ♥

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're feeling better, brighteyes. :)