just a small town girl

[coyotesuspect]

I'd kind of forgotten how much I hated living someplace where the most exciting thing to do is hang out in the K-Mart the next town over. Also, the only movie rental place around went out of business, and the internet here isn't even fast enough for Hulu, so my desire to see Generation Kill/Star Trek TOS/Dogma/1776 remains thwarted.

*wills parents to get NetFlix*


I guess to give people an idea of the town I went to high school in, and where my family still lives: You know all those small towns Sam and Dean visit in season 1 and 2? And you're always thinking, "This America isn't even real! Why the hell have there been only two black people in this entire show? Does everyone really carry a gun?" And there are creepy dark pine trees and depressed goth girls skirting around the edges of everything? That's here. Maybe I'll steal my sister's camera one of these days and go snap a picture of the house where the road turns off into the woods with the Confederate flag and the noose in the front yard.  

Living condition-wise, since the house is too small for everyone to have their own room, and my older brother already sleeps in the garage, I've been sleeping on a mattress on the floor of my little sister's room and living out of my suitcase. But despite all this (and all the passive aggressive bitching I do to familiar) I'm happy? I did really miss my family. And damn, but the stars out here are beautiful. 

Also! I got my driver's handbook! So presumably I am going to learn how to drive! oh god what if I kill someone

I've killed two black widows* in the past week. A third one has taken up residency in the fusebox, and I await my day to kill it. The battle between girl and poisonous arachnid continues.
 
In other news, soccer RPF has taken over my brain. I've written like 4000 words of porn even. And I hate writing porn. ALL FOR U, familiardevil , ALL FOR U.

My head hurts. Have some memes wut I stole from cantarina1  and unavoidedcrisis :

I know very little about some of the people on my friends list. Some people I know relatively well. But here's a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Any old thing at all. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's so and so...she likes office supplies." 

and:

Post a link to whatever fanworks you're most proud of! I don't care what your medium is: podfic, art, graphics, meta, fic, poetry, mixes; if you're particularly proud of it, I want to see it in the comments. Throw in a link to something you've always wished had gotten more attention and I'll wander over to have a visit. If you think I've already seen it but it really is your favourite, post it anyway. I'll leave more feedback if I haven't already left much and it gives everyone else a chance to be exposed to these fantastic things they may have missed.

*I originally forgot to put the very important modifier "black" here. So it read "I've killed two widows in the past week." Yeeeeah.

ETA: Oh, and the point of this post: I haven't been getting lj notifications! And since I only use my e-mail for lj notifications, I haven't really been checking it! Also, aim signs me on automatically on the family computer (despite my unclicking the "sign in automatically" box), so, uh, be careful lest you end up talking to my dad or little brother or cousins? Believe it or not, I have been even worse about keeping in touch with real life friends. I don't even remember the last time I logged in on facebook. /o\

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[de-nugis.livejournal.com]

I think I blather all over people's comments about myself, but let's see, five odd minor facts about me:

1. I am deeply arachnophobic. If I ever have black widows, someone is definitely going to have to come deal with them. And then get me discharged AMA from some fine mental institution.

2. I have twice tried to learn Middle Welsh, but it didn't stick either time. OTOH, I do know that Old Irish had a word for "a pile of severed heads," so my education in things Celtic has not been totally wasted.

3. I grew up in NYC, and something still clicks for me when I go back to visit and come out of my old subway station.

4. I dislike the combination of peanut butter and chocolate. Too gooey.

5. I was known in undergrad for giving dub con head pats.

Something I'm proud of? I'm still new at this fic business, I'm proud every time I finish something. While I'm not sure it is my favorite thing I've written, I congratulate myself on having written the angstiest hamster fic in fandom, because I approve of the idea of hamster angst.

[coyotesuspect.livejournal.com]

I like spiders, honestly. They kill mosquitoes! I just have a healthy distrust of the poisonous ones.

Any chance you would share this word? Because that is kind of awesome. :D

Oh, gosh, I love NYC. What borough?

D: BLASPHEMY.

That's amazing.

Angsty hamster fic? That sounds fabulous.

[de-nugis.livejournal.com]

Any chance you would share this word? Because that is kind of awesome. :D

cennar. Though I may be spelling it wrong (it's been many, many years since that class).

Oh, gosh, I love NYC. What borough?

Manhattan, Upper West Side. I'm back there now for a few days visiting a friend. Would be having more fun with the nostalgia if it weren't 95.