The Boys Are Back in Town

OK, I admit it. This is going to be a strange post. But this is the song in my head this morning. And it's all because Supernatural is back from its holiday break finally.



I've been thinking about Sam and Dean quite a bit over the last few months. I even put my hand to writing a couple fanfics. (ack!) And i think the most interesting aspect of the show so far was a throw-away line in one of their own Filk episodes where Sam and Dean met LARPing portrayals of themselves. (As a side note, I never even thought of doing this… who knew!)

In the episode, the LARP Dean tells Dean that Dean has missed the whole point of the "show." That is, the relationship between him and Sam… a person you know you would die to protect, and that he would die to protect you. Dean is clearly thinking about that as the episode ends, reflecting on how far the two have come over the years. Big thoughts for Dean who usually is more of a "in the now", "black and white" kind of guy.

I've been thinking about this, too. One of my beta readers for my fanfic said I was too "smoosh-ie" in my characterization in one of my stories (she said the other was spot-on) yet, this is the kind of relationship I want, so far as I can tell. I'd love to have someone who I could depend on utterly and who could depend on me. Someone I know well enough that we can do smack talk in earnest but not viciously. And on and on.

In fact I even added a line to my wish list for a lover that they be a cross between Dean Winchester and Leo (from Charmed)

My real life Dean, ironically named Sam, is more of the traditional Dean portrayal as opposed to the slash portrayals. He's a lot like Dean and I cherish time we spend together even if there isn't any "slash." We've been on a fair number of adventures over the years. He's caused me to grow in ways I would never have guessed when we started--and I think I've helped him "mature" in some ways he would not have suspected. (so there if you're reading this..) And I wouldn't trade any of our time together.

I haven't seen him much the last few months because I've been slammed at school and work. And now that we're not working together, I miss our drives to Roswell every weekend.

The Jetta may not be the Impala, but we certainly spent a lot of time together on the road. I think it may be time for a road trip…

(as a side note, one of the math joke sites I read happened to have this Venn diagram on it today, a perfect representation of the Supernatural Sam mindset)



image from http://thisisindexed.com/

Title Reference: Thin Lizzy Boys Are Back in Town: Live in Australia

I Will Be Victorious...

Happy 2010 everyone!

Thanks primarily to Wil Wheaton's epic posts concerning the Year in Review, here is mine. WHHHEEAAAATTTOOONNN!!

In the Chinese way of thinking, this has been the Year of the Ox, a year to say, "I Persevere." The past year has certainly offered us chances to persevere… and to come out victorious.

Some things haven't changed much.

The house is being remodeled. Still. There is hope. The new tub (with "swirling bubbles") is in and now the floor needs to be done and the trim. . . There is hope, if I persevere. :)

Beyond-Earth hasn't progressed very much this year. We did find a new CAD artist to fix one of our broken images. Other things are in the works and we'll see how they work out. Sam and I are looking at some energy-related projects to bring us in some money. Then we can fly again!

The house in Roswell still hasn't been repaired so we can sell it but steady progress is being made. And I feel like we're getting somewhere for a change. It's painful talking to the insurance people but I wonder if they do it on purpose so people we settle for whatever they offer. I have time. 'In for a penny, in for a pound' after all. Maybe I should cut my losses but we'll see--I'm making progress. I will be victorious :)

Speaking of that, my Messages From the Gods album (MFG, to the right) has grown dramatically. The most recent song from Muse is the theme for the re-imaging of "V". Uprising's message of "They will not control us/We will be victorious" seems like it's directly in counter-point to Baba O'Reilly (Teenage Wasteland) which says I "don't have to fight/to prove you're right" and yet… I think the Who song is more about picking your battles. I've backed off on a couple of things and refocused on a couple others. If I'm right, I will win :) I'll let you know, right here…

And speaking of "victorious," my quest for a boy friend continues. I have an interesting prospect at the moment (but I don't want to jinx it by mentioning more details yet) and I finally did something this year I've always wanted to do. I slept with someone on my birthday.

Sadly, RJ and I only slept together since his appendix had burst and we spent the night together in the hospital. It was really nice and relaxing and fairly romantic until the nurse came in and asked if I was RJ's Dad! Ack! He's not that young! :)

RJ went off to prison after that night for busting his parole by failing a drug test (sigh) and that was not the nay prison story for me this year. Mike (my stalker from back in the day) called one day just to say "Hi" and that he was thinking about me. Eyes widening, I asked where he was and found out he was still in the prison out east somewhere. And finally found out that he was there because he "accidentally" killed someone.

At Samhain, I got a reading asking about what to do with these people from my past showing up again. The reading was interesting, the cards alternated between male and female and every card had something to do with fertility -- and every one of them was in opposition. No pressure or anything.

But perhaps it was a sign to spend more time on creative endeavors. I've started working on my book again. And the website that will support it. The site isn't published yet though there is a lot of work completed on it and on the Stone Reaches site. And Ashok and I have started developing an iPhone app which we're hoping to release soon.

I have lots of projects going :) Some of them should become "profitable" in the near future--stay tuned…

Title Reference: Muse, Uprising