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Just dropping in to give an update on my time at
Can’t Stop the Serenity 08 in Minneapolis/St. Paul this past weekend.
Saturday afternoon we went to the “shindig” which
consisted of a parasol painting party and catered lunch. Steph had a great time
painting her parasol. Me, I’m artistically challenged so I had really 2 sets of
swirls on mine instead of 1 set of long ones. They asked me if I wanted to do
another one since they had way extra parasols, so I said sure. And I painted the
panels on that one green & yellow *s* They played the first disc of Firefly
during the luncheon (they had the disc there because it contained the episode
with the scenes of Kaylee holding said Parasol) and we were serenaded with the
soundtrack from Serenity during the 3 hours we were there. There were some very
artistic people there. One guy painted Snoopy on his dog house on his parasol.
It was cute (I’m a *huge* Snoopy
fan). Another guy painted “symbols” on each panel – a leaf for Wash, the parasol spirals
for Kaylee, the hat for Jayne, etc. It was very fun to see. Steph’s turned out
very nice.
After the luncheon, Steph found a theater where Sex and
the City was playing and we went to see that. Very glad I saw it, even if I had
to shell out $17 for tickets between the two of us (I’m spoiled in Fargo, tix aren’t that
expensive here). The theatre wasn’t too packed, and there were only 4 men in
attendance. Other than the woman sitting behind us criticizing the entire movie, I enjoyed it. I was beginning to wonder why she was even there because clearly she wasn't a fan. Carrie's hat wasn't right, Big wasn't behaving right, an embarrassing scene involving Charlotte wasn't funny at all - on and on she went.
After Sex and the City we head over to Riverview Theatre
where Serenity was being shown. The package for the amount I’d contributed
included 2 T-shirts, 2 posters, 1 keychain, and raffle tickets. My name was also
in the program as a companion *heh* If I’d been a business (or had a
published book) I could have had an ad, too. We also got a little goodie bag for
being one of the first 100 through the door. These bags included a pen, a
EqualityNow wristband, a granola bar and a couple of stickers. We were greeted
when walking in by one of the women from the shindig playing violin. She played
pretty much the entire time up until the movie started at
11:30pm.
While we didn’t win anything with the raffle (there were
some pretty neat prizes, too, including a Spike puppet) we did win the auction
for a MN Firefly CSTS T-shirt autographed by Adam Baldwin. Stephanie was kind of
excited about that. They also had a Firefly DVD set autographed by
Adam.
I’ve never seen Serenity in a theatre full of Joss fans
before. Seeing it here in Fargo, I don’t think many of the audience knew
it was anything but another sci-fi movie. So, some of the backstory went over
their heads obviously. So, it was fun to laugh with an audience (and interesting
to hear where there were a few laughs with no others or where you laughed and
others didn’t). And it was fun to cry with an audience and know that even though
we knew what was going to happen to Wash it was still shocking. There was a
theatre full of gasps at the scene. As if we all expected that THIS time it
wouldn’t happen. And the theatre was full. It was great to see that many people
coming out.
There was a funny little introduction by Nathan,
thanking us. There was a short movie with a browncoat dressed as Mal explaining just what Can't Stop the Serenity and Equality Now is about. And they showed Joss' speech from ’06 with an introduction by Meryl
Streep. Kind of a punch in the gut to hear him being introduced as the guy who
was going to be bringing us Wonder Woman. There were lots of groans from the
audience at that.
We had a late breakfast with a college buddy of mine and
his wife Sunday morning and then we were on our way back to Fargo. Overall, it was a
great experience. The people I met and talked to were fun. It was fun, too, to
see the different “types” of people that were there. Young and old, geeky and
not so geeky *s*. It was
fun.
Discovered at the shindig luncheon that there actually
are people who like Firefly & Serenity who haven’t given Buffy and/or Angel
a shot. One of the volunteers asked if anyone wanted to hear Once More With
Feeling after the second play through of the Serenity
soundtrack.
It was a relatively costly weekend, but well worth it. Equality Now is an
organization I contribute to anyway, so I got to have some fun and get some
goodies out of the deal while supporting it. Interestingly, according to 2007
number-crunching, Minneapolis contributed the most of all the
cities listed.
Steph had a good time. When I told her what we were
doing she just kind of rolled her eyes and didn’t seem too thrilled. Of course
doing something geeky with her mother is beneath her at 17. But once we were
there, she had a blast. Even Lee commented on how good her mood was last night
when we got back. | | |
| As usual, if these links don’t come through you can
access them at my main fan fiction page: www.phantomroses.com/apckrfan/fanfic
and then clicking on the appropriate fandoms. All of these fics are at my
LiveJournal fic journal and my
Yahoo Groups fic group if you prefer.
Below you will find all the updates since my last update post Oct.
16:
Outside Is the Storm
Through Part 9
added Oct. 21, 2007 and is a WIP. This is a Heroes fic. Spoilers through all of Season
1. Knowing her grandmother won't be much help, Claire turns to the only other
person in the Petrelli mansion that could comfort her not knowing what's become
of Peter & Nathan. This is a Claire/The Haitian
fic.
One Foot On the Brake
Added Oct.
26, 2007 and is complete in 1 part. This is a Heroes/Drive crossover written for LJ community rare_heroes
challenge #4: crossovers and 50timesimetyou prompt
#42: Shadows. Furious at discovering his marriage was a sham, Alex Tully speeds
along the highway, encountering someone in the middle of the road. This contains
spoilers through Heroes Fight or Flight (2x04) and all of Drive including post
series interviews given by creators with some insight as to what would have
happened had the series gotten more than 4 (bloody FOX!)
episodes.
Sun in the Day, Moon At Night
Added
Nov. 09, 2007 and is complete in 1 part. This is a Buffy the Vampire Slayer fic written for
the IWRY 2007 Marathon and LJ community
50harlequins prompt #33: Long-Separated Lovers. Angel goes in search of Buffy
when he sees her in the tabloids one too many times. This is pure, unadulterated
fluff! This is a Buffy/Angel fic. This is written for IWRY Fic
Marathon 2007. It will also fulfill LJ community 50harlequins #33: Long-Separated
Lovers
See How High She Flies
Added Nov.
09, 2007 and is complete in 1 part. This is a Heroes fic set after Kindred (2x03). After
visiting with Noah, the Haitian goes in search of Claire and finds her enjoying
herself with someone who isn't him. This is a Claire/Haitian fic (with shades of
Claire/West) and is written for LJ community heroes50 Prompt
#38-Wind.
The Light and the Heat
Through Part
3 Added Nov. 16, 2007 and is a WIP. This is a Heroes fic. Claire feels like she's being
watched and is unprepared for the things she feels and what is revealed when she
finally sees who it is. This is a Claire/Adam fic with definite spoilers through
Four Months Ago (2x08). Spoilers for future episodes as more information about
Adam is revealed may be involved.
Spark the Fire In Me
Added Nov. 18,
2007 and is complete in 1 part. This is a Heroes and Firefly crossover with spoilers through
Four Months Ago and all of Firefly the series. Mal wakes up in his bed with a
companion he doesn't remember going to bed with to begin with. This is rated
FRAO and is written for LJ community rare_heroes fic challenge #4: crossovers. It will also fulfill
50timesmetyou prompt #17: naked.
Happy reading! And I hope you all have a Happy
Thanksgiving! | | |
| If these links don’t come through you can
access them at my main fan fiction page: www.phantomroses.com/apckrfan/fanfic
and then clicking on the appropriate fandoms. All of these fics are at my
LiveJournal fic journal and my
Yahoo Groups fic group if you prefer.
Below you will find all the updates since August
27:
Anne-onymous
Part 15 added Aug. 29,
2007 and is complete. This is a Buffy the
Vampire Slayer/Angel fic with spoilers through Anne, pretty AU after
that though canon events are referred to. Buffy never goes back to Sunnydale
after Anne and ends up married, knee deep in the evil she hoped to escape. This
begins during Season 3 of Buffy, but moves in Season 4 of Buffy/Season 1 of
Angel. This is a Buffy/Lindsey and Buffy/Angel fic.
She's the End of the Rainbow
Added
Aug. 29, 2007 and is complete in 1 part. This is a Heroes future fic with general spoilers
through Season 1. Claire has to come to grips with the fact her mother cannot
attend her wedding. It's more or less a gen fic, but does fall under the
Claire/the Haitian 'ship umbrella.
Living On the Edge
Part 4 added
Sept. 4, 2007 and is complete. This is a Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel fic with spoilers through Restless
(BtVS 4x22) and To Shanshu In LA (Angel 1x22). Buffy meets a freelance vampire
hunter while at her dad's on summer break after defeating Adam and The
Initiative. She doesn't realize befriending him is going to bring her right back
into Angel's world when they've been so careful about avoiding one another. This
is a Buffy/Gunn fic.
Desert Sunlight
Through Part 9
added Sept. 19, 2007 and is a WIP. This is a Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Medium crossover. Buffy is in Phoenix in search of a
slayer and encounters someone who seems to know who she is. This is a crossover
with MEDIUM. Spoilers for all of Buffy (Season 7 for sure, possibly Season 8
comics) and Medium general spoilers, though this would really take place in
about Season 1 of Medium (though I'm using information obtained in Season 2's
Knowing Her 2x19 for background on Lee). This will be a Buffy/Lee Scanlon
fic.
Holding Out For Heroes
Added Sept.
14, 2007 and is complete in 1 part. This is a Firefly fic with spoilers through
Jaynestown. His talk with Mal leaving him unsatisfied, Jayne is unable to get
over the idea that someone took a bullet for him. He pays River a visit not
wanting to admit to anyone else on the ship how much it bothers him. This is a
River/Jayne fic and is written for the 30_fluffs LJ
community: Prompt #14-lies; trickery with bonus challenge:
weapons.
And You Wanna Run
Added Sept. 15,
2007 and is complete in 1 part. This is a Dexter fic with spoilers through Return To
Sender (1x06). Rita's enjoying the new woman she's slowly becoming. She just
hopes it's not too late to set a good example for Astor and Cody. This is a gen
fic with Rita/Dexter implied. This fic is written for my friend Katie who
requested some Dexter fic.
The One I Want To Go Through Time With
Through Part 2 added Sept. 19, 2007 and is a WIP. This is a The Breakfast Club fic and is set five
years after the movie. On the verge of becoming engaged, home for a visit Claire
takes Richard Vernon's words to heart and visits John Bender five years later
out of morbid curiosity. This is based on the following quote by Richard Vernon:
You think he's funny? You think this is cute? You think he's "bitchin," is that
it? Let me tell you something. Look at him - he's a bum. You want to see
something funny? You go visit John Bender in five years. You'll see how
goddamned funny he is. This is a Claire/John fic.
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| I’m forwarding this on, I know we have a ton of readers
out there. I think what this publisher is doing is great, and I admit I bought a
copy of the book. The book is called: Clutch Me if You Can (1-60186-149-4) By Rochelle Rae Hensler
and you can find it at:
http://www.triskelionpublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?products_id=1594
or just go to www.triskelionpublishing.com and
search for the title.
For those who don’t know, my mom died of ovarian cancer
15 years ago, and while I can’t do anything to help this woman I could spend $6
to maybe help give her some good news during this time. It’s currently on the
best sellers list, so I’m not the only one shopping for it! And if you don’t
read romance, maybe you know someone who does???
Susan
Ladies,
The promo I sent out
earlier today is for a young writer who has just released her first two books
that were scheduled to released in late fall and early
winter.
Rochelle has been
upbeat and optimistic while battling ovarian cancer for several years. About six
weeks ago she was told that there was nothing more the doctors could do and she
needed to settle her affairs quickly. One of the first things she did was email
Triskelion and tell them her latest test results. They moved her release date up
to right now so she could see her books published before she died. Damned good
publisher in my opinion.
As a favor I'd like to
ask you all to help this fellow author and dig into your already stretched
wallets for $5.99 and buy a copy of her book. Trisk has made special
arrangements to tell Rochelle her sales I believe weekly if not daily. It would
be a nice thing to do for a stranger.
Thanks for letting me
babble on. I'm just a little upset by the news.
Sharon | | |
| My daughter has been asked to prom by the senior guy she's been
spending time with - in school up until now. They met during the
school's theatrical production and since then he's been sitting with
her at lunch, meeting her at her locker, walking her to class, etc.
I'm
thrilled for her, of course, but there's a part of me that sure wishes
they'd started out with something a little smaller for a first date -
HER first date. And, I guess, now that the ice of a date has been
broken maybe he will ask her out for something between now and then.
She
has her jaw surgery this coming Tuesday. It's corrective and part of
her orthodontics, correcting her underbite. Six weeks of no solid
foods, though. At least they don't wire jaws shut anymore, that would
kind of suck for prom pictures. I just hope the swelling is done by
prom (3 weeks after surgery).
The papers for her court
appearance came today, from the incident earlier in the month I eluded
to *heh* My cousin, who's the state's attorney here, seems to think
she'll get community service or something and as long as she completes
it she won't even have this on her record. I hope so, but I also hope
that she learned something and won't do this again.
(This incident along with information on my step-dad's very sudden
passing were writting about in my LJ, you can read the post here if
you'd like: http://apckrfan2.livejournal.com/740.html
I told her
that I won't forbid her from seeing the friend she was with when the
situation occurred. I know from personal experience the more my mother
said "No" to somebody I wanted to hang with, the more I wanted to hang
with them and lying ensued. I really don't want her to feel she has to
lie to me. I'd rather know where she is and who's she's with even if I
don't care for the person. I did suggest, however, that if what
happened was the type of thing her friend encouraged her to do or
brought out of her, she might want to rethink who her friends are.
Overall,
she's a good kid. She & my husband butt heads sometimes, but my
step-dad and I did, too. We were both stubborn and testing our
respective limits. I'd never had a steady dad figure before my mom
married him when I was 16. Stephanie hasn't really either. Overall, I
just let them sort through things unless they both piss me off then I
tell them both to shut up. This doesn't happen often, but when it does
it's usually at Sunday dinner when we're trying to have a nice meal. I
don't like bickering at the dinner table, might as well not eat
together.
Anyway, have a good weekend!
Susan | | |
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