Boys, Work, Surveys, and Fuck Yeah....... Fanfics
So…. just did a private entry… so I figured I’d give some of you that read this some love and do a public one too. Nothing too crazy going on… and it’s very late and week of midterms so this will be brief.
First off….. main discovery of last weekend….. Cole and Dylan Sprouse have a new show on Disney…. a spin off of their original show with most of the same cast, but a few changes. All unimportant….. all that matters…. the boys are a year older…… holy motherfucking God. They turned 16 this August… so legal in my lovely home state of MA…. unfortunately CA is 18 (knowing the age of sexual consent in every state you visit is important information when you’re a crazy sex kender)…… but anyway…. by God they look so much older. And… yeah….. my resistance to them is pudding. I mean…. just oh God…. especially Cole… just oh God. I mean…. he is even hotter and I didn’t think it was possible. I mean… I want to tune into the new episodes every Friday at 5 PM here…. but watching that with roommates around is a no no… so sadly I can’t. Just…… mother of God is Cole even dreamier.
Moving on….. so….. I’ll head to work territory. Just a few things. First… the computer illiteracy of the department. I mean….. just no. I’ve had professors come in for help because they don’t know how to cut and paste a picture from the web to a word document (and not one of those complicated ones… it really was just cut and paste)…. The head of the graduate theo program, who I set up grading sheets for, spent an hour trying to open the Excel documents with Word and was dismayed and on the verge of breakdown because he couldn’t get it to work.
One of the professors couldn’t find the internet. This was more a wtf? She had opened both explorer and firefox at the same time…. and for some reason by doing this internet explorer wouldn’t connect to any website because firefox had a little pop up message that needed to be approved or denied before either browser would connect to the internet. But it’s still funny when people walk into your office and need you to find the internet for them.
Just…. man my department is technologically challenged. Seriously.
So…. also on the plate is a nice discussion of my wonderful Fall Graduate dinner to introduce all of the graduate students. It was awesome and had some awesome moments…. but it’s already 4:30 AM PDT… so I’m going to save that for later because I want to have some survey fun and do some reading before bed and I have to get up tomorrow for massive midterm work needing to get done.
So to finish….. an amusing tale for all to enjoy. What I’m reading now. I previously finished Owen Meany again…. I could read that book forever and every new read is a miraculous experience of seeing and understanding and feeling things previously unseen, ununderstood, and unfelt. But… after that it was time to move onto something light. So I ended up going to the story that actually is what inspired me to start writing.
And the funny thing is that I’ve been inspired to start up again. I don’t know if I will… I have one story that I’ve worked so much on but have just left unfinished. And I’ve been thinking about it a lot, thinking of the characters and the story and the things that happened and feeling like I read them in a book and the remembering that no… I had actually written that. And I’ve wanted to get back to that world, back to those characters and reenter their story… which in this case means writing it again. I don’t know if I’ll have the time… or the dedication to pass up video games and anime for writing instead….. but I really want to finish their story.
So anyway…. now to the story that started it all. One would think it would be some moving beautiful piece of literature… and there have been some that have inspired me… Bartleby by Melville or Owen Meany by Irving…. but no… this story is actually an *NSYNC Slash…… JC and Justin fanfic. I feel so very proud.
In my defense…. oh who am I kidding… there is no defense for reading this. But anyway…. the story is surprisingly good. How I stumbled upon it is weird. I had google searched something so very unrelated and one of the chapters to this fanfic showed up. I just went to it to see what it was and read the chapter and got caught. I found the story fascinating. So I went back to the very first chapter and read it. It’s only like 350 pages in word… so it’s not that long of a read… so I read it pretty quickly.
Now…. how I was able to read it seriously…. as I read it… I ad no fucking idea it was *NSYNC Slash. JC’s real name is Joshua… which I never would’ve known. So the main characters were a Justin and Joshua and Joshua’s brother Tyler. The rest of the band had minor roles and Chris and Joey are such common names that I never put anything together. Lance kinda alerted some suspicion, because that name is less common, but it wasn’t until towards the end that I realized… Oh God…. Oh Dear God….. What Have I Been Reading…. Oh My Loving Lord I’m Reading *NSYNC Slash. Yeah… at that point I was doomed. I couldn’t read on because knowing what it was…. I totally couldn’t get into any of it without shaking my head and laughing my ass of because it was fucking JC/Justin. Yet… I fucking wanted to know how it ended….. and curiosity would win out. So to make it readable I cut the thing into word and fucking changed all of the names into something else. It made it bearable enough.
So yeah… now reading it again with completely non-*NSYNC names….. it reads much more like an actual story and I can appreciate the author’s talent. She may be writing shitty fanfics, but she has some real talent as a writer. The story was captivating, very catching, and her knack for dialogue is very very good. She creates some great character interactions and has a great ability to create humor.
So yeah… my guilty pleasure… one of my favorite stories of all time is really an *NSYNC fanfic.
When was the last time you flew in a plane?
8/22/08. Fuck yeah… MA to CA…. like 15 hours of travel…. a very fun day.
What did the last text message you sent say?
11th. That’s it…. it was an update on the Angels vs. Red Sox game to my roomie about what inning it was entering… he was stuck at church.
What features do you find most attractive in the preferred sex?
Face is everything.
Shoe size?
13W usually.
Been to Mexico?
No… but I may be going for fucking Thanksgiving… hell yeah… not going home by one of my GA’s wants to take me down there with him.
When is the last time you had a massage?
Like as a kid from my Mom.
What was the last TV show you watched?
Well….I as watching a few minutes of The Beach before playing .hack, and before that the second half of Boys Don’t Cry, and before that the Red Sox blowing it in the 11th against Tampa…. but none of those are actual tv shows. The actual last show I watched….. Hannah Montana… fuck yeah… I’m awesome.
What are your plans for the weekend?
Hi midterms.
If your significant other asked you to marry them TODAY what would you say?
Well…. I have not the significant other… so I’d be pretty surprised to discover I had one and that he was asking me to marry him… so I’d probably say like…. Huh what?
What were you doing at 8 am this morning?
I’d not been asleep that long.
If you could marry any celebrity today who would it be?
Oh God…. Joe Jonas vs. Cole Sprouse. I mean….. my God… how does one choose. Joe is all dark haired and closer to my age… and also all conservative religiously… which is fun to play with. And he’s just so……. so delicious. But Cole Sprouse….. he’s all young and blond and so endearingly cute in the characters he plays and any interviews he does. Yeah…. I can’t pick between the two… either would be beyond perfect.
What is the best ice cream flavor?
Tough call… but it’s Beehive ice cream… a local homemade ice cream that this restaurant on Cape Cod makes with honey flavored ice cream with little chunks of like toffee in it… it’s like butter crunch with a sweet honey and slightly maple flavor that is just made of sex.
What is the last sporting event you watched?
Red Sox…. Rays…. 11 innings… like 5 ½ hours… all for a depressing finish of Timlin came on and fucked up everything.
Who is the last person you sent a comment/message on myspace to?
Uhm….. no one. I have a myspace. I have a facebook. I use neither. They’re just there because some people don’t use AIM or lj and may want to reach me or have expressed interest.
Ever go camping?
As a child we tried as a family and failed at it.
What did your last text say?
Uhm… if this is not a repeat… then that was sent to me…. long time ago… no idea… either like Laurel or my bro.
Where is your mom right now?
Well… probably getting up for mass soon… it’s 8 AM there.
What color is your watch?
Silver with a black face.
Last phone call?
A 414 number.
Are you allergic to anything?
Dust…. bees….pet dander…. pollen…. lots of trees and stuff. Yeah…. pretty much existence… if it has existence in it… I’m allergic to it.
What is one thing you have learned about life recently?
That I can both handle being alone or without friends around and that I can actually enjoy it.
Do any of your friends have children?
Yeah… plus the theo department has like 25 new babies… that number is an exaggeration… the real number is like 5. But still…. I mean… practically every woman there is pregnant…. it’s crazy.
What do you do at work?
Website content editing, database management, flier design, event setup, and whatever else.
How did you get one of your scars?
Don’t really have any.
What is your moms name?
Cynthia.
Are you ticklish?
Not really.
Ever cried for no reason?
No…. never for no reason… there’s always at least some kinda maybe a reason going around.
Are you Italian?
Possibly a tiny bit….. but I think not.
Ever broken bone?
My wrist.
Do you have any piercings?
Each ear.
Have you ever changed clothes while driving?
Uhm….. no.
Have you ever cleaned up someone elses vomit?
Yes. Though as a kid I couldn’t handle vomit… so if I saw someone else’s vomit… and especially if I smelled it… I’d just vomit right with them.
What is your favorite color to wear?
Black. Seriosuly…. I regularly do an entire load of just black laundry.
What is the longest road trip you have ever taken?
MA to MI. Cape Cod to Ann Arbor….. a fun long drive… stopped midway overnight in Rochester NY and went up through Canada.
What are you craving right now?
Uhm… still Joe Jonas and Cole Sprouse from above. Also… good food… my diet is boring at times.
Are you sad?
Nope. I mean.. I cried tonight… Boys Don’t Cry kills me every time… and I cried for the last 10 minutes of the movie…. but it was a weird cry where there were no thoughts or reasons in my mind for crying… I just couldn’t stop crying. Usually I have depressing thoughts in my head an stay sad for like the rest of the night. But tonight I stopped and was all… time for video games. So yeah… very much not sad tonight. Haven’t really felt sad in what seems like a good long time.
If you had a child with the last person who texted you, what would happen?
Uhm… Laurel? It would be intriguing. I hope to God the kid would get her looks.
What's your current song of choice?
Oceanlab - Sky Falls Down. I heard it on the preview channel on tv… and was all… ooh this is good…. must find… and I did and it is good.
Are you violent?
When I read frustrating theology I tend to be violent to books sometimes.
First off….. main discovery of last weekend….. Cole and Dylan Sprouse have a new show on Disney…. a spin off of their original show with most of the same cast, but a few changes. All unimportant….. all that matters…. the boys are a year older…… holy motherfucking God. They turned 16 this August… so legal in my lovely home state of MA…. unfortunately CA is 18 (knowing the age of sexual consent in every state you visit is important information when you’re a crazy sex kender)…… but anyway…. by God they look so much older. And… yeah….. my resistance to them is pudding. I mean…. just oh God…. especially Cole… just oh God. I mean…. he is even hotter and I didn’t think it was possible. I mean… I want to tune into the new episodes every Friday at 5 PM here…. but watching that with roommates around is a no no… so sadly I can’t. Just…… mother of God is Cole even dreamier.
Moving on….. so….. I’ll head to work territory. Just a few things. First… the computer illiteracy of the department. I mean….. just no. I’ve had professors come in for help because they don’t know how to cut and paste a picture from the web to a word document (and not one of those complicated ones… it really was just cut and paste)…. The head of the graduate theo program, who I set up grading sheets for, spent an hour trying to open the Excel documents with Word and was dismayed and on the verge of breakdown because he couldn’t get it to work.
One of the professors couldn’t find the internet. This was more a wtf? She had opened both explorer and firefox at the same time…. and for some reason by doing this internet explorer wouldn’t connect to any website because firefox had a little pop up message that needed to be approved or denied before either browser would connect to the internet. But it’s still funny when people walk into your office and need you to find the internet for them.
Just…. man my department is technologically challenged. Seriously.
So…. also on the plate is a nice discussion of my wonderful Fall Graduate dinner to introduce all of the graduate students. It was awesome and had some awesome moments…. but it’s already 4:30 AM PDT… so I’m going to save that for later because I want to have some survey fun and do some reading before bed and I have to get up tomorrow for massive midterm work needing to get done.
So to finish….. an amusing tale for all to enjoy. What I’m reading now. I previously finished Owen Meany again…. I could read that book forever and every new read is a miraculous experience of seeing and understanding and feeling things previously unseen, ununderstood, and unfelt. But… after that it was time to move onto something light. So I ended up going to the story that actually is what inspired me to start writing.
And the funny thing is that I’ve been inspired to start up again. I don’t know if I will… I have one story that I’ve worked so much on but have just left unfinished. And I’ve been thinking about it a lot, thinking of the characters and the story and the things that happened and feeling like I read them in a book and the remembering that no… I had actually written that. And I’ve wanted to get back to that world, back to those characters and reenter their story… which in this case means writing it again. I don’t know if I’ll have the time… or the dedication to pass up video games and anime for writing instead….. but I really want to finish their story.
So anyway…. now to the story that started it all. One would think it would be some moving beautiful piece of literature… and there have been some that have inspired me… Bartleby by Melville or Owen Meany by Irving…. but no… this story is actually an *NSYNC Slash…… JC and Justin fanfic. I feel so very proud.
In my defense…. oh who am I kidding… there is no defense for reading this. But anyway…. the story is surprisingly good. How I stumbled upon it is weird. I had google searched something so very unrelated and one of the chapters to this fanfic showed up. I just went to it to see what it was and read the chapter and got caught. I found the story fascinating. So I went back to the very first chapter and read it. It’s only like 350 pages in word… so it’s not that long of a read… so I read it pretty quickly.
Now…. how I was able to read it seriously…. as I read it… I ad no fucking idea it was *NSYNC Slash. JC’s real name is Joshua… which I never would’ve known. So the main characters were a Justin and Joshua and Joshua’s brother Tyler. The rest of the band had minor roles and Chris and Joey are such common names that I never put anything together. Lance kinda alerted some suspicion, because that name is less common, but it wasn’t until towards the end that I realized… Oh God…. Oh Dear God….. What Have I Been Reading…. Oh My Loving Lord I’m Reading *NSYNC Slash. Yeah… at that point I was doomed. I couldn’t read on because knowing what it was…. I totally couldn’t get into any of it without shaking my head and laughing my ass of because it was fucking JC/Justin. Yet… I fucking wanted to know how it ended….. and curiosity would win out. So to make it readable I cut the thing into word and fucking changed all of the names into something else. It made it bearable enough.
So yeah… now reading it again with completely non-*NSYNC names….. it reads much more like an actual story and I can appreciate the author’s talent. She may be writing shitty fanfics, but she has some real talent as a writer. The story was captivating, very catching, and her knack for dialogue is very very good. She creates some great character interactions and has a great ability to create humor.
So yeah… my guilty pleasure… one of my favorite stories of all time is really an *NSYNC fanfic.
When was the last time you flew in a plane?
8/22/08. Fuck yeah… MA to CA…. like 15 hours of travel…. a very fun day.
What did the last text message you sent say?
11th. That’s it…. it was an update on the Angels vs. Red Sox game to my roomie about what inning it was entering… he was stuck at church.
What features do you find most attractive in the preferred sex?
Face is everything.
Shoe size?
13W usually.
Been to Mexico?
No… but I may be going for fucking Thanksgiving… hell yeah… not going home by one of my GA’s wants to take me down there with him.
When is the last time you had a massage?
Like as a kid from my Mom.
What was the last TV show you watched?
Well….I as watching a few minutes of The Beach before playing .hack, and before that the second half of Boys Don’t Cry, and before that the Red Sox blowing it in the 11th against Tampa…. but none of those are actual tv shows. The actual last show I watched….. Hannah Montana… fuck yeah… I’m awesome.
What are your plans for the weekend?
Hi midterms.
If your significant other asked you to marry them TODAY what would you say?
Well…. I have not the significant other… so I’d be pretty surprised to discover I had one and that he was asking me to marry him… so I’d probably say like…. Huh what?
What were you doing at 8 am this morning?
I’d not been asleep that long.
If you could marry any celebrity today who would it be?
Oh God…. Joe Jonas vs. Cole Sprouse. I mean….. my God… how does one choose. Joe is all dark haired and closer to my age… and also all conservative religiously… which is fun to play with. And he’s just so……. so delicious. But Cole Sprouse….. he’s all young and blond and so endearingly cute in the characters he plays and any interviews he does. Yeah…. I can’t pick between the two… either would be beyond perfect.
What is the best ice cream flavor?
Tough call… but it’s Beehive ice cream… a local homemade ice cream that this restaurant on Cape Cod makes with honey flavored ice cream with little chunks of like toffee in it… it’s like butter crunch with a sweet honey and slightly maple flavor that is just made of sex.
What is the last sporting event you watched?
Red Sox…. Rays…. 11 innings… like 5 ½ hours… all for a depressing finish of Timlin came on and fucked up everything.
Who is the last person you sent a comment/message on myspace to?
Uhm….. no one. I have a myspace. I have a facebook. I use neither. They’re just there because some people don’t use AIM or lj and may want to reach me or have expressed interest.
Ever go camping?
As a child we tried as a family and failed at it.
What did your last text say?
Uhm… if this is not a repeat… then that was sent to me…. long time ago… no idea… either like Laurel or my bro.
Where is your mom right now?
Well… probably getting up for mass soon… it’s 8 AM there.
What color is your watch?
Silver with a black face.
Last phone call?
A 414 number.
Are you allergic to anything?
Dust…. bees….pet dander…. pollen…. lots of trees and stuff. Yeah…. pretty much existence… if it has existence in it… I’m allergic to it.
What is one thing you have learned about life recently?
That I can both handle being alone or without friends around and that I can actually enjoy it.
Do any of your friends have children?
Yeah… plus the theo department has like 25 new babies… that number is an exaggeration… the real number is like 5. But still…. I mean… practically every woman there is pregnant…. it’s crazy.
What do you do at work?
Website content editing, database management, flier design, event setup, and whatever else.
How did you get one of your scars?
Don’t really have any.
What is your moms name?
Cynthia.
Are you ticklish?
Not really.
Ever cried for no reason?
No…. never for no reason… there’s always at least some kinda maybe a reason going around.
Are you Italian?
Possibly a tiny bit….. but I think not.
Ever broken bone?
My wrist.
Do you have any piercings?
Each ear.
Have you ever changed clothes while driving?
Uhm….. no.
Have you ever cleaned up someone elses vomit?
Yes. Though as a kid I couldn’t handle vomit… so if I saw someone else’s vomit… and especially if I smelled it… I’d just vomit right with them.
What is your favorite color to wear?
Black. Seriosuly…. I regularly do an entire load of just black laundry.
What is the longest road trip you have ever taken?
MA to MI. Cape Cod to Ann Arbor….. a fun long drive… stopped midway overnight in Rochester NY and went up through Canada.
What are you craving right now?
Uhm… still Joe Jonas and Cole Sprouse from above. Also… good food… my diet is boring at times.
Are you sad?
Nope. I mean.. I cried tonight… Boys Don’t Cry kills me every time… and I cried for the last 10 minutes of the movie…. but it was a weird cry where there were no thoughts or reasons in my mind for crying… I just couldn’t stop crying. Usually I have depressing thoughts in my head an stay sad for like the rest of the night. But tonight I stopped and was all… time for video games. So yeah… very much not sad tonight. Haven’t really felt sad in what seems like a good long time.
If you had a child with the last person who texted you, what would happen?
Uhm… Laurel? It would be intriguing. I hope to God the kid would get her looks.
What's your current song of choice?
Oceanlab - Sky Falls Down. I heard it on the preview channel on tv… and was all… ooh this is good…. must find… and I did and it is good.
Are you violent?
When I read frustrating theology I tend to be violent to books sometimes.