The World of Marya

The bad thing about podficcing--besides the fact that I read at the speed of light, and am thus unintelligible--is that I have about five accents. Which I cycle through constantly when I don't have a conversation partner to ground myself into one of them. In two minutes of podfic, I have: 1. gay male, 2. southern belle, 3. midwestern/canadian mashup, 4. flat atlanta, 5. speed of light.

On the other hand, I have actually made some progress on the podbang challenge, so yay!

So I'm all costumed up for work, which for me means my traditional Wacked Out Wiccan/Christopagan getup. Lots of pentacles/crosses, too much eye makeup, all black. I'm anticipating having eyeshadow smeared all over my face even before I get into work.

...And that's about it. I've been having really bad nightmares lately, and OTC isn't helping my insomnia at all. Also I have been procrastinating with my homework. All in a day's whatever.

EDIT::: polybigbang went live today! Yay! Go, read!

I have a complaint.



I'm pretty meh about the whole photo shoot, but the quotes? Boy needs to get smacked in the face with a feminist textbook, seriously.

I'm having this weird mix of plot bunny storm and writer's block. I have this vague idea, or plot elements, or just a really burning desire to write, but I sit down with paper and a pen and just wind up sketching hyperbolic cylinders.

On the bright side, my three dimensional sketches have improved drastically.

I want to finally start hammering out the full version of Cambio, but it's moving in a completely different direction than I started with. Less and less drugging and more and more sub rosa spellwork. Ruby taught Sam how to do hex bags, why not teach him the rest of her craft? Or at least the stuff useful to pulling Dean out of hell. Seems likely to me.

Anyhoo, my grades in Bridge continue to make the baby Jesus cry. My test score are fine, if a little depressing (83,86), but the homework makes me want to throw myself off a cliff (67,56). My only fulfillment in life is being bitchy to noobs and idiots over on mp3_share. Because they can't (or won't) use the fucking tagging system or just scroll down a page.

Motherfuckers.

Title: Tal Vez, Quizás
Author: maryaminx
Characters/Pairing(s): Sam, mentioned Sam/Ruby
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Discussion of what Sam's been doing all season, through 4.22
Summary: Ruby said he didn't need it.
Word Count: 503
Disclaimer: Not mine, at all.
A/N: I tried to edit it, I really did, but it refused to change. Another response to spn_teamfic.

( Quizás no necesitaba )

Title: Cambio
Author: maryaminx
Characters/Pairing(s): Sam/Dean, some Ruby, Alistair
Rating: R
Warnings: violence, mentions of torture
Summary: Something about Dean is changing, and he doesn’t know why.
Word Count: 1501
Disclaimer: Not mine. I don’t even own my car.
A/N: Unbeta’d. Also, this whole thing is supposed to be about 20k long, but I didn’t have the time or attention span, so have a 1.5k snippet. Written for spn_teamfic for the propmpt "Blood".



(  Si no das la talla, tira la toalla♫ )

It's amazing how so many things about my childhood are retroactively creepy and rage-inducing.

Poor kids. I wish I could swoop in and give them good books and nice clothes and hair that isn't imported from the 1950s.

There is only one Intro to Linear Algebra class being given next spring, and it's MW 7:15-8:30.

Fuck.

So I'll take that and differential equations, plus the fucking Calc I class (again), which will catapult me into the actual linear algebra class and its coreq in the 4000 level.

Fuck, also.

The TEEMS program totally requires a degree, which sucks ass, too. And I hope my GPA is beautiful enough for it. And that I can actually find people to write me a recommendation letter. And that I can stop working in a grocery store. I missed the RIMMES program deadline, but I didn't qualify for that either.

AHHHHH.

My Calc test was so-so. I either got a 100 or a 50. I also finished up the Bridge homework, which I figured I scored similarly. At least I have the simple (x,y) proofs down.

Glee tonight!

I don't watch soaps, and despite a lot of tries, I can't watch Gossip Girl.

But. OMG. Melrose Place.

I saw a preview, saw it had Katie Cassidy from Supernatural on it, so I figured I would check it out.

OMG. Even if it sucked, it had Katie Cassidy making out with a chick. The end. I'm watching this show.

But it didn't suck. It was bitingly funny, with a mildly interested murder mystery, and an amazingly attractive cast. And it has a med student getting talked into prostitution by Ashlee Simpson. The only lowish points were the smarmily soppy engaged couple being all googly eyes at one another.

BUT. Grand theft painting, a bundle of hundred dollar bills, and whatever Katie is going to be on screen wearing next. Watch this show.

I GOT A 100 ON MY CALCULUS EXAM.

HO-LEE-SHIT.

And then I got a 67% on my Bridge homework, which sucks ass, but whatever. I GOT A HUNDRED, GUYS. SHE SAID NO ONE HAD EVER GOTTEN A 100 BEFORE. I'M LIKE, SPECIAL OR SOMETHING.

Hell, I don't think I've ever gotten a hundred on a math test. Maybe once, in like, college algebra or something. My B- in Calc 2 last semester was a fucking miracle, and I have to retake Calc one for the third time, but WOOP! 100!

Glee premiered, and I really liked it. It had a lot of clunky moments, and I wish they'd cut down on the marital troubles and give us more, um, Glee Club, but I thought it was funny and overall what I've been looking forward to.

Supernatural!!( *dies* *spoilers for 5.01* )

:*

To My Lovely, Lovely Reader:

( yay )

School started back last week... I'm simultaneously loving and hating it. What took us two semesters to learn before, we just relearned at a higher level in a single class period, and everyone got it. It was amazing. And the shit that should be easy, like graphing in 3D and equations of planes from a point and a line/parallel plane/perpendicular plane is so fucking confusing. And when the prof put up some 3D graphs it was like the class collectively came.

Proofs are just as bad as before, though. And I missed class on wednesday due to traffic. :( AND I HAVE TO FUCKING RETAKE CALCULUS I FOR A THIRD TIME. GODDAMMIT.

FYT:

THAT IS ALL.

So I went to the American Idol tour last week...

( OMG...OMFG )
THE CONCERT WAS SO MUCH FUN. WELL WORTH THE CRAPLOAD I SPENT ON IT.

Organizing my Delicious is actually kind of hard work, and I only have like 60 bookmarks. Maybe I should have started on the tag bundling a little earlier?

Also, for some reason my files I upload to megaupload aren't showing up in my filemanager. So I'm not getting points for having people download them. So I will not earn free megaupload time. Fuck you very much, megaupload.

AI concert this weekend!

Also, for anyone on my list who's in the spn fandomo, check out spnkink_meme! Totally anonymous requesting and wish fulfillment. (And unintentionally hilarious use of reCaptcha.)

I haven't listened to much new stuff lately, preferring instead to repeat Adam Lambert's myspace covers to the nth power. So today I went on a download spree and I have new shit to share.



Brooke White: I didn't watch any of last season's AI except for the Davids and my only impression of this chick is from Idolatry's portrayal of her as Bambi. But Archie blogged today and someone had this album available, so I snagged. ( well. )

Jordin Sparks: Her new single sucks serious ass, despite her virginity pledge and purity rings and self-righteous MTV speeches. I pulled her album, but I'm not expecting much because her previous album was worth it only for the duet with Rihanna beating Chris Brown.

Dave Matthews Band: They has new album? Idk, but I got something called Big Whiskey and the GruGrux Kids, and it has "Funny the Way It Is" so I'm guessing yes. It has a good sound, but I've only previewed it thus far.

OneRepublic/Sara Bareilles: I love Sara Bareilles but when I heard their new single/duet/cover, I wanted to know why. I know people think that Come Home is the prettiest song ever, but OneRepublic is a pale imitation of the Fray whose single only became an overplayed (especially in the Idol world) because of Timbaland and his superior production skillz. Sara also walks the line between chillout and snoozefest, so joining with OR to play a pretty but unremarkable song is not a great idea.

Also, one of my friends irl has a friend in a band that just released an EP. Honestly, if you gave the guys a songwriter and a producer they could be any rock band on the charts, but their song lyrics are unremarkable and even lol-worthy, combined with tired licks and really trite phrasing (plus thirty seconds of dead air at the end of track one). The lead singer gives the impression that he isn't trying, at all, and it was mixed by the drummer, who thinks that each instrument and the singer are supposed to have equal volume at all times. I get that it's essentially a garage band that just got the greatest opportunity ever, but they didn't even fucking proofread their own back cover, so I kind of want to kick all of them. And then cry because this is why over produced rock pop is all we're getting on the radio, because the good people don't even give a shit. *sniffle*

Fuck it, I am totally buying tickets to that concert. Bye, seventy dollars better spent on food!

I'm feeling strangely okay about this decision. Sadly, I have no one equally obsessed interested in AI to go with me... IT WILL BE OKAY. I will be comforted by the rhinestones on Adam's eyelids.

Seriously, American Idol RPS fandom? Deleting posts while they're open in my web browser? WTF? And this has totally happened to other people, too.

Gotta go, mainlining season 8 of AI right now.

ETA:: Fifty-five fucking dollars for tickets? Fuck that. But--but--*grabby hands*

It fills me with unholy glee to title and lj-cut my entries for spn_teamfic with the titles and lyrics from spanish pop songs. Especially because my fics tend to be full of non-poppy things, like vampirism and Sam's addiction. Yes, I am proud of myself.

*hums* Si no das la talla...

*must not post until friday, dammit!*

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