Quite literally at the moment. The clouds are so full of rain they are skimming the top of my roof and the upper pasture is completely engulfed. Very eerie and mysterious feeling. Love it.

Have been helping digital_diva learn a little about creating custom content for TS3 and she is doing an awesome job. She does have a bit of a case of the 'lets jump to the ends' though *lol* One step at a time my dear, there is a method to my madness ;-)

Books. Lets see, am now up to date with the Dark-Hunter series. The 'Acheron' book, of course, was a disappointment at the end. But I think I have now come to terms with the fact that no author will ever write the story of my favorite characters the way I want. So in future when these books come up I will simply read them with the attitude of just being curious to see what they did and no more.

Have also read the first two books of JR Wards 'Fallen Angels' series (meh) and the first two books of Ellen Schreiber's 'Vampire Kisses' series (even more meh). I am hopeful the Fallen Angels will pick up in book three, Vampire Kisses book three will be emergency reading only. I have just started Gena Showalter's 'Lords Of The Underworld' series. We'll how it goes, but the first 100 pages has A LOT of blah blah blah filler crap. What takes her 100 pages would take any other author 30. But I have learned not to judge a series by the first book so...

Writing for episode 2 of Blood Dagger is going well. I have about 1/3 of the captures done, but need to create a new world and sims for some flashback scenes, so that will slow things down a bit. I am learning a lot about ancient history. Specifically in relation to the region where Bulgaria is now. Um, yeah, I like incorporating real facts into my stories. At least as much as is possible in a supernatural theme *lol*

And in case you missed it, because I forgot to mention it *lol* Episode 01 has been posted [HERE]


ETA : UGH! Just noticed I screwed up my bid in help_japan . Thought I replied to the previous bidder by apparently not. Also didn't provide all the info I apparently needed to because after taking a quick look down at what posts had been made in the community I went to THIS post that has INTRUCTIONS in it, but only says to make your bid, unlike at the top of the page where it says to provide contact info. *head desk* That was so not my fault. Hopefully they will just contact me via pm if I won *sigh*

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Well, despite all my best efforts, I have still ended up having to post the story in two places *sigh* Oh well. Here at DW I have created a community, the_blooddagger . I wrote a very VERY short Pilot episode which is already up for your perusal.

The reason I've ended up having to post elsewhere is because I realized, too late of course, that I would need to have the community listed with "Use Discretion" or "Explicit Content". I'm still not sure how sexually explicit I'm going to get, but the story does deal with delicate subjects like rape and child abuse, so the community won't be open for the public to read.

Having said that, the story isn't ALL about those subjects. They simply come up as part of the pasts of some characters. The story is about the overcoming of those pasts and beating the bad guys ;-)

For those of you who are considering reading my story but haven't followed a Sims story before, I should tell you that writing a story with images is very time consuming. I usually make anywhere between 30 and 50 captures per episode, then its written up. This takes about 2 to 3 weeks per episode. So, the story won't be coming quick, but it won't be a burden to read either.

Anyways, Episode 1 should be up at some point this weekend. Hope you all give it a try and let me know what you think. I haven't written like this is a very long time and know I'm a little rusty.

ETA: Oh! Apparently unregistered people CAN read the story here, they just have to click through a bunch of warnings.

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...could someone explain this to me and maybe give me a formula I can use that won't make my head explode, please?

If my vampire was turned in 66 BC at the age of 20, how old in total does that make him this year?

Math is seriously not my thing *lol*

OK WAIT. If we shorten it up and say... he was born in 3 BC, then:
year = 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2...
age  = 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4...

So there isn't a year zero to count, so he would be... 2097? Or... wait... *head explodes*

I'm definitely going to do a Sim story. The headquarters is finished, the Sims are finished, have a profile worked out for each of them. Surprisingly the hardest part is turning out to be figuring out which one to start with. It will be either Quinn or Gideon, but... *sigh*. Oh! But! I found a mod with some animation poses! Its not a lot (clearly the creator Twallen doesn't have OCD like me *lol*), but enough to make captures a little easier.

( A sampler of expressions brought to you by the lovely Nathaniel )

Speaking of Nathaniel, I have now read three books with were-leopards, and have to say they are the greatest creations ever *guh* But, why is it that every author insists that they have been horribly abused by their parents? All three had less than desirable childhoods. Just wondering?

And that's it for Radio DJ Gerard *sigh*. It was an awesome week of him talking about wanting to be Dr. Who, to get knighted, Frank being a master list maker, his eyeball... good times.

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turps  you are a truly awesome person who deserves an awesome Mikey Birthday pic-spam!


( A few favorites from the last few days because if I go back any further this post would never get posted *lol* )
And clearly I need to go over to LJ more often. Thank You rainbow  for my surprise gift that turns out to be a cute and cuddly gopher! *hgus*

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( The Tale Of The Jedi And Santa )

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... that I spent Xmas day with a serial killer, even if he is a good one. *lol*

First thing was opening presents. As per usual Santa gave me lots of DVDs: Supernatural S5, Vampire Diaries S1, Heroes S2 & 3, etc. Second was updating my Sims3 game and then installing the Late Night Expansion pack that Santa also gave me *yay!* That took half the day so I wasn't really in the mood to sit at the computer anymore and play, so I moved on to having my own Dexter S4 marathon *lol* All in all, it was a good day :-)

( Yesterday I got to actually play the Late Night EP )
My hair is blue! Did it yesterday and was sweating bullets the entire time, blue is so freakin' tricky to get right, and holy crap I do not recommend home dying your hair when you don't have running water. Rinsing the dye out was a nightmare! BUT. The color came out fantastic! I am super happy with it, and will have photos asap!

ETA : Blue hair photo added!

( Damn its hard taking photos of yourself! )

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Asking here because this might be a stupid question *lol*

Do you guys want to know what the next single is going to be? Do you want to see the cover art? Is it good enough if it's put behind a cut, or would you prefer not being tempted at all and wait for things to be revealed officially?

I ask because I have the info and cover art for the next single. Oh and if you don't want to know, don't go to my website, 'cause it's posted in the sidebar already ;-)

ETA : one more vote for "Yes, share the shit already!" and I'll post it and stop being all paranoid, as usual *lol*
ETA ETA : see? I knew it was a stupid question *lol* I just hate spoiling stuff for people.

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( Just a few without tags for now... )

Still haven't seen the whole Na Na Na video. Am feeling defeated. It's up at muchmusic, but the fucking thing keeps stopping halfway through, VERY frustrating *ugh!* ETA : I have been linked to a download *whoot!*

Am blazing my way through The Morganville Vampires series. Finally an author who can write! *mind boggles* It's definitely light fare, but well written (with the exception of the author, Rachel Caine, completely screwing up the timeline). This is what the Anita Blake series would have been if Laurell Hamilton's hormones hadn't gone into overdrive: fast paced, likable characters (I especially like Myrnin, the Mad Scientist Vampire), first love, best friends... I'm already on book 5 since they're only about 250 pages each, and am going to give the series a thumbs up for anyone looking for something thats just plain fun.

Now where the hell did I put my staple gun? grr...

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Oh man, I had forgotten how much work it is to keep up with a fully active fandom, it's been that long! I stayed up an hour past my usual bedtime last night but still only got half way through all the photo agencies, there's so many of them now! But I hit up the big ones first so, probably not much more to add from the Weezer show.

It has been raining, raining, raining here. Almost the minute I decided to put my kitchen window in it started raining and hasn't stopped *ugh* It's cold, but I REFUSE to turn the heat on until at least October 1st. Turning it on in September is just ridiculous!

A Wood Rat has been driving me crazy at night, she's so damn noisy! Seriously need to remember where I put the rat trap, am getting very grumpy with lack of sleep.

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Big Birthday hugs to the always awesome digital_diva !

I hope you had a wonderful day, I know your still off exploring London. Believe me, I'm VERY aware of that fact, that your in London, and not here, you've left me all alone with the site... again *gulp* But I'm fighting! OMG I'm fighting the urge to be bad! And I may have already made a graphic... and uploaded it... but I won't use it! I will be strong! *grits teeth*

I was able to distract myself for awhile writing up the drabble I promised. Although it ended up at 200 words, so I guess a double drabble? Is there even such a thing? *lol*

Title : Coffee First
Pairing : JC/UF
Word Count : 200
Warnings : None (just a little suggestive)

( Coffee First )

ETA : YES! I did it! I made it through the day without giving into the temptation to torture digital_diva ! *pats self on back for being good for once*

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