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[alexisjane]

Thank you so much, my Darlin's, for your response to my post about f-locking my journal yesterday.

Everyone pretty much said the same thing so I'm being utterly lazy and replying to you all like this : )
I think you're right, locking it does limit meeting new friends but also it's a good plan to keep anything that could potentially give away the RL me, under wraps.

I think for me the issue is, where do I draw the line? My solution has been to set my default to friends only so I have to ask myself, do I really want everyone seeing this? rather than the other way around. Originally this was supposed to be a fic-only journal (yeah, right) so I think editing my posts a bit can't hurt. All y'all on the list are still going to have to put up with my drivel though : )

In other news...

I am totally crapping myself about BB claims! It's terrifying! Is it always like this? I'm going to be glued to my refresh button tomorrow when they open! How exciting!!

also...

Am I the only one freaking out about Gavin?! Seriously! His being allowed to stay in the present is fucking catastrophic! It changes EVERYTHING! I'm actually kinda scared about what's going to happen. Because anything could happen! John never died, Dean's married to Meg, Ash never got kicked out of MIT, Bobby...Jesus fuck, what does that mean for Bobby!? I'm terrified for S10 now.

I'm sure there's other stuff...oh, yes! If you all wouldn't mind giving ephermeralk a big sloppy kiss on the mouth for emailing me in a panic to tell me my journal had been deleted today...we both burned up a few calories over that one! I'm going to spend the evening backing everything up : )

Love you meeses to pieces ♥ x

Comments

[skeletncloset.livejournal.com]

omg!!! i'm totally excited! If you have any doubts about your fic remember that homo_pink is having doubts about her own!!! She called it shitty!

Also, I want to hear you say "all y'all." like yesterday.

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

I actually am feeling okay about my fic. It's not amazing or anything but I feel like I did it the best I could and its okay. It tells the story I wanted to tell and I can't really asked for more than that really. I'm already planning out what I'm doing for next year \0/

homo-pink always says terrible things about her fic. I'm just so glad she got it done in time! Riyku too! It's going to be epic! x

[skeletncloset.livejournal.com]

DUDE, I posted my tattoos. OF COURSE IMMA LOCK THAT SHIT UP. HOLY FUCK. I would NEVER WANT PEOPLE TO FIND OUT WHAT GOES ON IN MY CRAZY HEAD. Could you add who tops or bottoms on you delicious account . . . Saves me trouble. Your tastes and mine coincide.

[skeletncloset.livejournal.com]

Use archiveofourown.org.

I do.

sinful desire and sam/dean slash archive are . . . there are alot of trolls there.

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Yeah I have an AO3 but more for storage. I read longer fics on there too. I don't go anywhere else. This takes up enough of my time! x

[thursdaysisters.livejournal.com]

I know enough people from ye old larping days that i might run into RL people online, so keeping separate accounts has always been an issue for me :-)

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

I try and think that it shouldn't be an issue but actually when I think about work people finding out...just no. What did you LARP?! I need to know, now! x

[thursdaysisters.livejournal.com]

Age 15-18 i spent every fourth weekend bopping nerds in the woods :-D. Btw what are you planning for bigbang?

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

My fic is there, waiting to be claimed! It's so scary! I just hope that someone wants it (despite the thousand warnings I had to put on) and that they don't get to much of a horrible shock when they read the thing! It's...questionable x

[thursdaysisters.livejournal.com]

What's the draft due date and word limit?

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

This one's been and gone, Hun. spn_j2_bigbang Drafts were in the beginning of the month and it was 20k although somehow I got to 55k : / There are some other bangs coming up though I think. I'm taking a break from the challenges after this. I over stretched myself and have about 20 other things I need to catch up with! x

[siennavie.livejournal.com]

Deleted journal?! What! How did that happen?

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

It's funny now but she saw my name crossed out in someones post and was just panic stricken so she mailed me so I was panic stricken...it was a horrifying couple of minutes. I'm so glad I was near my computer otherwise I would have passed out! Haha x

[siennavie.livejournal.com]

So it wasn't actually deleted right? Just a strikethrough? I can't imagine the panic of waking up one morning and finding my stuff GONE O_O

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Yeah it was just a spelling error but the panic was pretty fucking real! I can't even...just all of it gone! Can you imagine! I just re-mastered my master list and I realised there were actually a couple of things that I didn't even have a copy of at home! So that was pretty terrifying! x

[blackrabbit42.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's always this terrifying. It's so funny that I thought I was going to work today. HAHAHAHAHHhahahahahahaHAHAHAHAHHA

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

I had no idea! I've got til 2pm tomorrow to get stuff done before the claiming starts coz I know there's no way I'm going to be able to stay away! x

[kalliel]

Omg, if I thought my journal had somehow been deleted I'D FREAK OUT SO HARD, TOO. /O\ Glad that was not the case. XD <3333

I am open to whatever sort of destruction Gavin wreaks, little unassuming beacon of utter disaster that he is. XD

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

It was...exhilarating!

I just feel like actually they just tried to sneak that by us and actually it means they could just reset everything! Not sure if it's clever or they just realised they'd written themselves into a hole and needed a retcon! : ) x

[kalliel]

If it gets them out of where Sam and Dean are with each other right now I will flip a bitch. MANY OF THEM. XP But as far as Hell and Heaven and whatnot are concerned, I am okay with that! Retcon away! /sideeyes canon, pls behave, pls I am begging you

[septembers-coda.livejournal.com]

Ah, I was going to go back and comment on that, but didn't. From what you say here, I'm guessing people suggested a case-by-case decision on what to f-lock? That's what I do. And I have had random people show up and respond, unexpectedly, to my non-fic posts, and I like it, because it alleviates my tendency to feel like no one listens to anything I say (though there's always the NSA, LOL!)

*smushes you* <3 <3 I like when you post RL stuff. I like to hear from you anywhich way.

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Oh don't, I'm on so many watchlists I hate to think! I think the NSA probably use my browser history for training purposes! : /
I just got a little worried about clients suddenly finding stuff in google searches or something. I'm pretty fearless about my RL folk but work is different. I have to be less me which sucks but... : )

I have to say random people turning up does freak me out a bit but no one is random for long : ) And I know people were talking about avoiding hate but I feel like I've been really lucky and haven't had any of that yet.

And we totally listen to eveything you say, silly : ) The NSA haven't got dibs on you : ) xx

[casey28.livejournal.com]

With the Titanic ep in season 6, the changes happened right away, so I'm not sure how Gavin being in the present will change things. But who know what the writers will come up!

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

I think it just now means they have a free pass to change anything they want. I'm hoping they use their powers wisely. Maybe even now Revolution is cancelled we might get some kinder writers back! : ) x

[casey28.livejournal.com]

Yes, they can change whatever they want to now. I'd love for Kripke and Edlund to write for the show again!

[deansdirtybb.livejournal.com]

I am a mess about claims too - I've already lined up several people to talk me off the ledge...and may or may not have cleared my day so I can babysit my refresh button as well. Feel free to PM me if you need a virtual hug or slap or anything <3

As for Gavin - maybe that opens the door to bring back some of our most beloved characters? Or make some bad ones vanish? IDK...trying to remain optimistic.

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

As always, I'm holding hope for surprise!JDM! : )

I may well do that tomorrow : ) x

[skeletncloset.livejournal.com]

DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE HERE????

http://skeletncloset.livejournal.com/91335.html

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

I totally do!! And your icon..Fuck!..it's making me go all giggly! ♥ x

[skeletncloset.livejournal.com]

I'M BETWEEN FICS! I CAN'T SEEM TO FOCUS ON ANY ONE! And there's a huge danger I might not finish before I lost interest.

[sleepypercy.livejournal.com]

Good luck with your BB! I'm pretty impatient for everyone to get to post theirs, it's hard to wait... although I'm sure it's worse for everyone who's doing the writing. But I wanna know right now!!

Lol, I *always* wonder about fall-out of things, and there are certain things that SPN glazes over (because you can't really tie up every single loose end).

Although... I mean, I'm trying to think of how much Gavin staying in the future would affect the timeline from the past. If everyone on that ship died, how much could he have possibly affected?? There's just one fewer corpse sunk into the ocean, as far as I can tell. It would be funny if somehow that did end up making Dean marry Meg. I am pretty fond of Meg 1.0 - she's got a sassy twist to her lips.

And jeez - deleted journals are definitely cause for panicking! I'm glad you're not actually gone ^_^

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Did you not write one Hun? I can't wait for reveals, it's so exciting!

I think it is a bit too much to much to expect everything to get tied up (although if it fixes that Grand Canyon thing I'll be happy, I know I know, I'll shut up about it eventually) even though my OCD would love that! I think I mostly just want John to be alive...because...well, for the hotness. Yes, I'm that shallow : )

I'm pretty glad I'm not gone too : ) x

[runedgirl.livejournal.com]

I am SO joining you in freaking out about BB artist claims tomorrow - every year I work myself into a ball of stress, and every year it works out wonderfully and I swear I won't get all freaked out again, and.... yeah. All freaked out again. *bites nails*

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

This is my first year so I had NO CLUE it was going to be like this! I'm so glad I decided to write, I'm so nervous for all the poor artists. It just sounds terrifying from their end!

I'll be more prepared next year, stock the house with cookies and wrap myself in a duvet for two days and get one of those drinking bird things to press the refresh button : ) x

[runedgirl.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, perfect plan is perfect!

[digitalwave]

I can't wait for claims to start tomorrow, it's pretty darned excited. I know I'm one of the random popups here, sweetie, but I'd miss getting to read your words if you went full on friends only. :)

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Oh Hun, you're not random : ) I feel like I've been really lucky so far with everyone I've met on here, everyone is really supportive but I know my stuff's not for everybody and the idea of the wrong person finding out something is a worry. I feel like I shouldn't care but...don't worry, you'll still get plenty of my bizarre brain : ) x

[digitalwave]

I'm glad! Thanks, sweetie! :)