Fractured Thoughts

So I signed up to do 100 words a day in the Mag7wrimo.
Day 1 - 106 words of a mag7/hl crossover :0)

Right must go and do some of my hlh-shortcuts fic. I have one scene in mind, the rest of the plot sadly remains a mystery to me at this point.

Yay I have my hlh_shortcuts assignment.... I don't have any fic ideas yet but I can definitely come up with something from that brief, *grins* I'm pretty excited to have something to work on.
*Runs off to play in the plot bunny garden*.

It's sign up time at Hlh_shortcuts again for the secret santa exchange :0). (here) After a little prevaricating I signed up again this year.... I haven't really been doing much writing (except the occasional ficlet and drabble) but this will make me write again. Plus it was so much fun last time (even if I did go a bit insane getting my fic done, promise to self to finish in good time this time round instead of an hour or so before the deadline).

I said I'd do an elaboration post:

( hlh elaboration )

In other fandoms I'm going to try to write something for gw500 this week, the new dw mirror to LJ's GW500 community. This weeks prompt idea of using artwork is pretty intriguing and I already have a couple of ideas.

BTW if anyone wants a DW invite code I have  (slightly ridiculously) 12 going spare. So if you want one or know someone who does then drop me a line.

Hiya hope you've all had a good weekend. I've actually been doing some writing for the first time in ages (though don't expect anything to be posted for a bit).

I've also been revisiting various animes.... I'm now only 10 Bleach episodes behind (as opposed to the 30 or so I was last week) and I started rewatching Trinity Blood. :0)

Anyway I was chatting to my Mum and she said she fancied trying out some anime if I got one for her birthday. So I was going to get one of the Studio Gibhli films... to break her in gently. Now I just have to decide which.... I'm leaning towards Spirited Away which I loved. But thought I'd ask everyone which their favourites were.

Been  awhile since I last posted. Am safely in my new house, and (partly) unpacked. I have my DVDs out, my computers and TV up and running and my favourite book on the shelves, beyond that i can quite happily live in a box city.... besides I have nowhere to put the rest of the stuff. I like the new place the people I'm living with are lovely and best of all they have a cat... really what else do I need in my life.

I decided to start rewatching all of highlander... from the first series on. I don't think I'd realised the first time round how irritating the young Richie was (sorry Richie fans). He definitely grows over the series, Mac's obviously a good influence on him. And Tessa is awesome I just watched her face down Felice Martin with a blow torch :0). I get so caught up with how much I love the Amanda, Methos, Joe and Duncan interaction of the later series I'd forgotten how fun these early episodes were.

I haven't done any writing in weeks but I have lots of ideas floating around that I want to write, almost too many to know where to start though I'm going to try and get something out for this weeks gw500. Too many ideas too little time.

As if I didn't have enough fics I'm not writing, I have a another long insanely complex highlander/ doctor who crossover growing in my head. 5000 years of history is complicated enough without adding timelords hopping backwards and forwards through time to it not to mention the paradoxes and time loops.

I've been really annoyed most of today because my internet was out and my ISP kept cutting me off when I phoned them. There is nothing more annoying than phoning a company to report a fault and have their automatic switchboard thing hang up on you after taking through all 6 sets of options...... I rang 11 times before I finally got through and then the guy I spoke couldn't access my account $%^&*.

Anyway it has now started to work again so I have given up on getting a train to their head office and screaming very loudly and maybe smash a few things. Probably just as well i don't think prison would agree with me..... I might not get 24hr internet connection there.

I'm working on another chapter of zero X this week (does anyone even remember that series :0) ). Next on the list is a Mag7 ficlet.....

I went running in the snow this morning :0). I was somewhat surprised to see it had snowed overnight and debated for awhile whether or not running it was a good idea or not. However the idea of running on new crunchy snow seemed much more appealing than doing itt tomorrow on slushy icy paths when I would probably slide over and break something. So I added a few extra layers to my normal running gear and ventured out, and running in the snow was actually really fun (and the snow was nicely cushioning for the feet too). Wow was I tired by the end though, something aboout the snow had me running faster than usual and I kept having to remind myself to slow down or I wouldn't be able to finish. Moving onto tougher runs for this next week which is probably going to do me in, but hopefully in a good way :0).

Anyway snakewhissperer's post about to do lists and writing earlier had me thinking about my own growing pile of unfinished fics that I really must work on instead of occasionally think about and never write. My to do list stands as:

•  Three GW wips: Zero X' my GW/Xmen crossover that I haven't posted in about a year, 'Learning to communicate' which in my defense I posted a short chapter for.... a month and a half ago and 'Politics  and reality' my 3x4 "one-shot" that somehow kept growing and I still have plot bunnies for.
• one half finished highlander fic that I have been working on for half a year and really love but just can't see an end to... ever.
• a hl/mag7 crossover that popped into my head one day and won't leave.
• a mag 7 ficlet plotbunny that would probably only take me an evening to write if I just did it.

I also have a novel length HL fic I've been plotting out for months but haven't really actually done anything about, and a mammoth HL/doctor who crossover I want to do but hasn't got past the plotbunny stage.

Not to mention the ten novels length original fic that has been on the backburner for.... years but keeps popping up and shouting 'pick me, pick me.'

Really, really must start writing again.... Think I shall dust off my write or die link and try to get some words flowing onto a page.

Wow haven't posted anything for awhile so here I am. Had my birthday on Wednesday, 1 year off 30 now (which is my personal deadline for having a decent job, home and life in general. I'm not totally unrealisitic I'm happy with another rented property so long as I'm not doing the student like sharing again).  Had a fun evening, my lovely housemates bought me champagne and chocolate cake before we headed off to the pub.  Completely blew the diet of course but I delayed my cheat day until then so it fits in anyway. Most of my family sent me money this year including my Grandmother who sennt a very generous #500 (my keyboard doesn't have pound signs) which should nicely fill in the difference between my income and the absolute minimum outgoings for a few months and hopefully by then I'll be earning again.

In my quest for fitness I decided to start doing the C25K (a programme which gradually gets you up running 5K a day in 9 weeks), I just did W1D1 (definitely need to work on that fitness). Though I am a lot healthier than when I started (or rather restarted) this fitness drive at the start of november. So far I have lost 19lbs and can now do the fitness videos I've been using without collapsing in a puddle of sweat half way through.

In more fannish news I've been working on another highlander fic 'old games' which has been about half done for months..... it's still about half done but it's a longer half done (it keeps growing). I'm going to start being more regulated about writing, doing a little every day. We shall see how that goes.

Still working on my hlh_shortcuts fic. I don't have ending an yet.... eek.