svfic: somewhere i have never travelled, 1 (WAS oh look, my usual MO)

Long day at family gathering. Shall not discuss, because I vented already to poor Beth, who doubtless doesn't want to read the text version.

Suffice to say--not bad, kinda strange, and being told yet again that I need to gain weight didn't exactly thrill me. But the food was amazingly good, including Seven Layer Dip, and there was tiny cheescakes and a strange kind of cream pie involved flavored with vodka and hazelnuts in the crust. I am so getting that recipe. Also? Got another collectable teapot. And I will never admit I collect them. Ever. Even though I have six now.

Two more family parties of joy to attend at minimum, one on Christmas Eve, one next Sunday. Oh goodie. More baking in my future. The kitchen is the scariest place on earth. More shopping. I may get to actually answer EMAIL one day soon.

rivkat -- got your beta. I'm sorry I haven't answered yet. I started a Very Long Reply with some questions involved. It's in my drafts folder, as the Christmas Spirit kidnapped me before I could finish with the entire ending situation. I'm highly appreciative and thrilled about the entire destruction of italics. Did you happen to count how many words I italicize per page? I did. That is the scariest number. They breed, I tell you. BREED. Thank you so much. Expect email before the Second Coming. Really.

Rana -- your beta is almost done. See above, Christmas Spirit, cookies, Second Coming, you know. Ignore italics portion. That's just scary. *g*

LM community members -- I posted a snippet. And a convo. So did Andy. We really need a timeline me thinks.

Anyone else--I swear I will answer things Very Damn Soon. I swear. I really, really do.

And believe it or not, this is STILL my favorite season. I was singing "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" today at random. Quite the spookiness, as I have no singing voice worth listening to. Coyotes have been known to howl when I try for high notes. My Christianity shows itself at the strangest times. And for amusement factor, Child came home from the last day of classes worried because Some Other Child told him that his mother said the Harry Potter books were the work of the devil.

I'm trying to think of something witty to teach him to use next time this comes up. You know, I saw this on TV, but I honestly had no idea people said things like that outside talk shows. I mean, REALLY.

*sighs*

Usual MO in place, for those who follow my pattern of posting, which would be just me, but it's amusing. I'm tense, I write. This sucker was written during a cookie experiment that went very, very wrong. I refuse to say anything but this--always make sure that you actually programmed the oven correctly and no one hit the button labeled Broil HI.

Keep that in mind.

Um. *thinks* RivkaT and her recent story Yellow made me mull on Kryptonite again, and being reminded of the Superman movies set in it place harder. So.

Hmm.

*****

( i really have no idea what to call it )

*****

I shall do three things.

One, sleep more than six hours. No wait. I have to be up in three. Please God, let this sleeping pill kick in.

Two, remember I have a diaryland diary that loves and misses me.

Three--um. I'll think about it later.

*hugs to everyone* I am testing the recipes people sent me later today. I am REALLY looking forward to this. Thank you.

svfic: somewhere i have never travelled, 2 (WAS happy happy joy joy)

I am ignoring the brownies. I finished all of my actual pre-Christmas shopping, or at least, all of it I could manage in the store with all the smells that reset my allergies toward scariness levels, so only a few things to go that actually have to be under the tree Christmas day. Packages will be sent--er, soon. *sighs* I have gone over budget so beautifully. I still have money left from grandparents, though, so no worries. I'll be broke in no time flat.

This means I have a few hours to myself. I am CREATING hours that could be spent on brownies. I am so high. I found the PERFECT gift for my niece, Child has a scary number of presents because I'm that type of parent who believes more is better, other sister has Perfect Gift, Dad has Perfect Gift, Friends have Perfect Gifts (which still doesn't have boxes for because I Forgot To Buy Boxes), I managed to get mom's gift below the radar even though I already got her one snow globe, I got another one she'll love. And I still have money left from grandparents to get more. More more more. Oh yes, I am so awash in the consumerism of Christmas. I was looking at sale-priced fiberoptic snowmen and this reindeer that that has wheels that you can sit on and slide around the house.

Um, how would I know the reindeer slides around so easily? I traumatized many a sales associate at the store today. I even have a Santa Hat.

Oh hell yes Ho Ho Ho!

My life is blissful. Oh yes.

rivkat:

( lalala )

And I'm going to answer ten emails and consider doing more. I am SO in the zone. Could be the lack of sleep. Or the Christmas Spirit. Anyone wanna hear my rendition of "What Child Is This?" Oh, or "Angels We Have Heard on High"? All those HIGH notes. Glass commits suicide when I enter a room trying out that.

*grinning*

Jack made me a pretty thing!

( Softer Than the Rain Cover )

Let's see, what else.

Oh right. Um, did anyone else want to share my strange obsession with teddy bear icons? I downloaded a TON thanks to pearl_o to help me through my bear obsession, and if there's any requests, I can try to fulfill them--iconizing is ADDICTIVE. Unfortunately, there seems to be a sad lack of really bizarre ones, but there are some really cute ones. So. Email or comments or whatever. And if you see sites with strange teddy bears, feel free to tell me about them.

*happy sigh*

And to people who left comments on the first section of what doesn't have a title--I wrote this very late last night and EARLY this morning while cooking and being gripey, before the advent of the entire Christmas Spirit and whatever the hell's possessing me and making me so very perky.

So. Next section. I hope you like.

( Human!Clark Part II )

*throws streamers, rings bells, generally scares people* I am so damn merry

svfic: somewhere i have never travelled, 3 (WAS Um. I'll stop posting after this, I swear)

Okay, everyone knows when this happens. You get this idea and you just can't stop. So in between dinner, brownies, wrapping presents, and turning on all the Christmas lights (yes, the fuses still work), more.

I'm in such a good mood. And this could so be getting too silly. And I honest to God don't care.

I am wearing a santa hat. The merriness continues so very, very merrily. With bells.

And, um, teddy bears.

( Human!Clark, Part 3 )

*wanders off to make more cookies*