No. I'm being strong.

I told myself NO BIG BANGS THIS YEAR. I even dropped out of one because I knew that I didn't have the right mindset to finish it. Aster told me NO BIG BANGS THIS YEAR. The girls at work told me NO BIG BANGS THIS YEAR. My family... well, my family hasn't even figured out what fanfic is (although I think I have my sister hooked but she may be lying to me that she's reading everything I'm sending her) but they would tell me NO BIG BANGS THIS YEAR if the understood what all the angst was about.

The Avengers Reverse Big Bang opens for authors tomorrow and OH THE PRETTIES! I want them ALLLLLLLL. There's a Natasha one that is gorgeous and a Steve/Tony that just rips my heart out and TWO, count them, TWO Steampunk inspired pics. The max requirement is only 5k and that's not bad at all. I WANT!

Since Aster's on vacation... but I shouldn't! I have the high school AU that she and I will be working on when she gets back from basking on the beach (without me - the nerve!). I have all the other kink ideas that have been lighting my muse on fire. I have the rest of Two Worlds to finish.

I should not. Besides, I found all those cool pics on DeviantArt that I could create stories for. The Bogata picture (which I wouldn't mind having as a framed art print) and the other C/N one. So many pretties.

So. Many. Pretties.

*runs away screaming*

No. I'm being strong.

I told myself NO BIG BANGS THIS YEAR. I even dropped out of one because I knew that I didn't have the right mindset to finish it. Aster told me NO BIG BANGS THIS YEAR. The girls at work told me NO BIG BANGS THIS YEAR. My family... well, my family hasn't even figured out what fanfic is (although I think I have my sister hooked but she may be lying to me that she's reading everything I'm sending her) but they would tell me NO BIG BANGS THIS YEAR if the understood what all the angst was about.

The Avengers Reverse Big Bang opens for authors tomorrow and OH THE PRETTIES! I want them ALLLLLLLL. There's a Natasha one that is gorgeous and a Steve/Tony that just rips my heart out and TWO, count them, TWO Steampunk inspired pics. The max requirement is only 5k and that's not bad at all. I WANT!

Since Aster's on vacation... but I shouldn't! I have the high school AU that she and I will be working on when she gets back from basking on the beach (without me - the nerve!). I have all the other kink ideas that have been lighting my muse on fire. I have the rest of Two Worlds to finish.

I should not. Besides, I found all those cool pics on DeviantArt that I could create stories for. The Bogata picture (which I wouldn't mind having as a framed art print) and the other C/N one. So many pretties.

So. Many. Pretties.

*runs away screaming*

The Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs

My heart is heavy tonight. Some of you know that I used to live in Colorado Springs before I moved back home to Idaho about 5 years ago. Right now, Colorado Springs is on fire. Yes, the Waldo Canyon fire has breached the city limits. I have friends who are living in a hotel room right now. Another set of friends was on vacation and just decided to extend it after making sure that the rest of the family could evacuate the house.

I have tons of other friends that are safe for the moment but the smoke is getting heavy in town and people are having trouble breathing. They don't normally get really high temps until August but they've set records for most of June.


This was the view of the fire from a place very close to where my apartment was (well, it is still IS there but I'm not) as of Sunday.

And then today...


From the air (still Sunday, I think)...



This is from a live-feed of the fire burning up structures (they try not to call them houses when they're talking about a fire as it's a little too personal).




The Air Force Academy is under an evacuation order as of this afternoon.

Dad says they haven't called for any Idaho firefighters other than the groups that go out quickly. If this does go to the Federal level (from the sounds of it, it's still be handled at the State level), they could start being called in. Seeing pictures like this is just a good reminder of what my dad deals with every summer. He's the fire chief a small, rural fire department but the whole group stays certified with the BLM for widefires like this. It's just a good reminder of what they do and that they could be called to Colorado if they were needed and they will gladly go to help.

Random question is random

For the Avenger Reverse Bang, the artists could create podfic. I just listened to one of them but couldn't finish it and couldn't have it very loud but it appeared to simply be a conversation so not really a FIC so much as a portion of something.

So... the idea is to create a larger story from the conversation?

While I see that podfic IS art, I see it in the same realm as WRITING, though. Not the kind of art one expects to have for a big bang.

Am I the only one who is taking this too literally? Is it weird or just me?

Random question is random

For the Avenger Reverse Bang, the artists could create podfic. I just listened to one of them but couldn't finish it and couldn't have it very loud but it appeared to simply be a conversation so not really a FIC so much as a portion of something.

So... the idea is to create a larger story from the conversation?

While I see that podfic IS art, I see it in the same realm as WRITING, though. Not the kind of art one expects to have for a big bang.

Am I the only one who is taking this too literally? Is it weird or just me?