alexisjane

I know I have some Destiel fans on my flist. I'm hoping some of you are on Facebook too.

My friend Catherine Lievens has just powered through Supernatural for the first time and loved it.

She's asking on FB for some Destiel fanfic recs, and I'd really love to be able to violently shake some sense into her point her in the right direction, but it's not my area.

So if you have a minute and a Facebook account and a page of Destiel recs or a good comm, please think about dropping her a link or two. She's lovely.

Thank you! <3 xx

I've been having a massive crisis of confidence about my writing.

I haven't really wanted to talk about it as I think it's perfectly normal and I've been trying not to let it get to me. But it's hard when I feel like I don't have the time to properly concentrate on my WIPs so they're rushed and scrappy, and the BB is just endless and wholly unsatisfying to write at the moment. I've been dragging my feet with it as I can't stand writing when every word is vile. And it has to be that way as that's just how my first drafts come out but editing seems like it's a lifetime away and I just...hate it.

And then this morning I received a comment on my BB from last year, on AO3 and...Christ, I cried. It was stranger, which shouldn't make a difference but I think it does as they have no reason to be nice to me. And they were just so complimentary and invested in the characters and the story. They really connected with it emotionally and they asked for more.

I feel like I couldn't ask for anything better. It really helped to remind me that I may not be the best writer but I can tell a story that people want to read when I put my mind to it. It feels like a weight has be lifted and I'm actually looking forward to getting down to my BB this afternoon and making some headway.

Anyway, it made me really think.

Please...

When you read something someone has taken the time to write, please leave a little comment to let them know.

Even if you thought it wasn't all that, pick out a positive thing about it and say something nice.

If you don't have time to write a gushing review, just a smily face could make their day.

If you want to lurk, that's cool. But just a little wave to say you appreciate someone taking the time - to write 2.5k of Samstiel, 100k of crossover gen or some chibi!J2cowboys or whatever you find that makes you smile - doesn't mean you have to give up your anonymity. We won't hunt you down.

Writing is hard. Art is hard.

Typing : ) or ♥ in the comments takes less than two fucking seconds. And it can make so much difference to the way someone is going to feel that day.

Anyway. That's it. Rant over.

And thank you to everyone who comments on my stuff. You lovely enablers, you ♥ xxx

1st Dec: ephermeralk - Favorite Mexican food/ what would you want to try if you were actually IN Mexico and/or an ode to nachos


Yay for food questions!

My experience of Mexican food is thusly...bearing in mind I can't eat spicy foods. I want to, I just can't. And yes, I know you get used to it if you persevere and all that, but this is...no. I used to be able to but after a course of hospital treatment I just don't seem to be able to get my throat to do anything other than violently burn...so...

I like nachos. Some pubs serve them here and they're always a good thing to get but I don't know how authentic they are. They generally have chili, sour cream, guacamole, cheese and stuff on which I really like...except I don't like that it's not evenly distributed...or that I have to share. But the nachos, I like.

I like burritos. My son discovered burritos when a small Mexican take out place opened around the corner from us and for a while it was all burritos all the time. Except they were too much food. I can eat a lot and I could eat a whole burrito but oh god...I would have to lie in the floor for about four hours afterwards. But..delicious. Eat half, you say? Don't be ridiculous!

I went to a Mexican restaurant with a friend. We hadn't been before but apparently it was supposed to be really authentic, wonderful Mexican food. I had swordfish. I love swordfish. It was inedible...and I'll eat anything. Also, how do you screw up swordfish! My friend had something meaty with a chocolate sauce. It was horrible. Like really disgustingly horrible.

I just thought the restaurant was bad but then my other friend who had spent a long time traveling around Mexico said that actually the food was pretty bad so it could have been on purpose.

Thus ends my experience with Mexican food.

If I were in Mexico, I would try everything! I love food and I like trying new things, so as long as it wasn't too spicy, it would be in my mouth. Yeah, they might be some ick, but you never know what's going to become your most favorite food in the world so you have to try! : )

I couldn't do an ode...

A Haiku to Mexican Food.

Nachos are so good.
Burritos make me happy.
No, not too spicy.

Well...all the cool kids are doing it and I can never resist a meme : ) x

( Like the "quick, I'm drunk...ask me anything" game but sober...and about writing : ) )

So...
( spoilers for S9 also S7...and actually not a review at all )

So, in summary, it's a tv show about two unfeasibly beautiful men doing unfeasible things, in unfeasible situations. And if you squint, there's porn.  It makes me happy. What's not to love! : ) x

Ep schmep! Yeah, yeah, loved it. Heavy handed? Maybe but I still wanted to hug it and kiss it all over. Oh and glimmers. Tiny glimmers. I'm all kinds of squee about it but...*waves hand dismissively*...but forget that for now!

Go here! -  Kintsugi  -  Read this! Like right now!
It made me cry so hard. It's so beautiful. Go! Seriously! x

18.5k into my BB...finally getting to the sexytimes.
No-one's going to read this.
Also, I have no idea how to warn for this without ruining the story. Fuck.

Anyway.

Here's a gif.
This was my face when I accidentally listened to some het today *shivers* x

I wanted to post this yesterday but I was feeling so awful last night, I could not finish it in time, so apologies for the tardiness.
Anyway...

To celebrate the fictional-imaginary boyfriend's birthday this year I decided to try the Apple-Pie Burrito from justinedelarge's fic, Sure Got A Dirty Mouth and watch Porky's 2, the film Dean would like most to live in.

Dean and I have a lot in common. Our love of food, especially pie, is one of those things. So when I read about the pie burrito that Sam makes for Dean in SGaDM, I was needless to say, very excited. The lovely author sent me instructions and if ever there was a day to try them out, it was yesterday.

( Visual Guide to the Apple-Pie Burrito )

Easy and really, seriously, delicious! I will totally be making this again. In fact, I'd make one now if I had more apples!


Review of Porky's 2

I have to say I wasn't really looking forward to watching this but I did, partly as I promised the WoL over at spn_bunker that I would for the files but also because Dean and I do have very similar tastes in movies and if he likes it, then there's a good chance I would like it.

There was a lot of discussion of why, of all the movies in existence, why would Dean pick this as the one he would choose to live in if he had the chance and why Porky's 2, why not Porky's?

( Actually...I get it. )

Of course, I'm sure all y'all would have a different take on it and should you fancy giving it a go, you can watch it here on Youtube

I'm gonna go eat a salad and read some Kafka...Happy Birthday, Baby : ) x

I had a very long list of absolutely-won't-go-there's when I arrived on LJ.
Bless.
I'm so far deepdown wallowing in the dirtybadwrong now it's hard to see back and remember what they were.

RPS was something I was totally going to stay away from until I saw a post quite early on from meus_venator saying that she was going to be taking down Storm's Eye and to read it before it went. I got total fic anxiety and persuaded myself that an AU didn't count anyhoo...so I read it...and it was just incredible. And the world didn't collapse in on itself so I figured RPS AU isn't such a big deal : ) I'm afraid if you want to read the story, you'll have to buy it! as it's in the process of being published. I can't wait til it is so I can read it again!
And since king_wizard's When You Touch Me I Die J2AU is definitely on the menu.

The knotting thing bemused me from the beginning. Didn't get it. Not sure I still do but after reading kinkyheels' To See The View From Your Knees it's not so scary anymore. I don't even know why I read the first part of this but it was just riveting. And everytime she posts one, I can't figure out why I read it but I have to! The characters are just so fab (and Jared is soo evil!) and the whole dog thing is just weird but the story is so good!
And now having dipped my toe in the whole A/O/B universe with idontwant_candy's Don't Make Me Chase You my squick list has got a whole lot shorter.

The thing at the top of my definitely-not list was underage. And it still is but it seems that beautiful writing trumps pretty much everything.
I don't remember how I got to bewaretheides15 and Hard-Won inches but I did and it is just a stellar piece of writing and it should squick the hell out of me but it doesn't probably because it's about the gradual changing intimacy between the boys and the deep love and trust that engenders.
And that amulet. Can't look at the amulet in the same way ever again. Definitely a one-off though coz, well just no.

I'm somewhat amused that the big no-no I still haven't faced is Het of all things.
What's that about?
Maybe this year...*gags*...Maybe not x