It Won't Be Long Now

My Goodbye Letter

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:20:25 GMT

My Goodbye Letter:

Over the past few weeks, I have been saying goodbye to friends and family. Yet, I have not said goodbye to any of you. This may seem odd, but I have gotten to know many of you and wanted to say Goodbye.

So friends, thank you. You have all influenced me, been there when I’ve had a bad day, rejoiced with me, laughed and offered advice when it was needed.

To my dear friends, celtic_flicka, onceuponapillow, skyroom80, and mollivanders, thank you all for being there. You guys are amazing; don’t let anyone ever tell you differently. In my darkest moments, you have always posted a nice thought that brings a smile to my face. Thanks for being there. I really appreciate it.

Thanks lexiesloan, Katie…I love it when I find a new or updated story from you. You’ve taken two characters that I love, and have given them a whole new world. Thank you for that. You’re such a wonderful and good person. Take care of yourself, you hear me? I can’t wait to read the hundreds of stories you’ve written. Good luck with everything.

Thanks to sxymami0909 for writing Chloe and Oliver and Dean and Jo. Your drabbles and stories are amazing. Good luck to you in the future.

To the brilliant women of heroes; thanks for being my first foray into livejournal fandom. You guys were quite welcoming! To superkappa-good luck on getting out of your lease, and figuring out what you want to do next. I hope it all works out. Dragynflies-I am in awe of your writing skills and how passionate you are of your job. To cruiscin_lan, good luck on your wedding and Glee fanfics. More Mike Chen please! Faded_facade, all the best of luck with Law School, and to di_elle thanks for the great fics.

Next, to my Grey Girls. Caer…you are amazing. From your totally awesome icons (Geeks and Garcia rule) to your fanfics, you have your heart on your sleeve (or I guess on your computer). Thanks. Foibles_Fables, the senior in high school…You’re gonna change the world someday. You seem so mature and I wish you the best of luck. Well in everything except your football team (hate the Steelers). Good luck in College and have fun. Kelny7 finish some of your fics…they are quite good. Shiparker...can’t wait to be in the same country as you! Thanks to miss_blanche citron_presse and silver1989, you guys make Mark and Lexie come alive! nubantu, thanks for listening whenever I needed to vent.,

To beyond_wonder, good luck with moving your business. I hope everything works out the way you want it to. Moonshayde keep an eye on my boys, Dean and Sam…make sure they send the Devil and the Angels back to where they belong. Go Team FREE WILL!
Silentga, go see as many plays and musicals in honor of me please.

Finally to the writers of Smallville, Supernatural, Star Trek, Veronica Mars, Heroes, Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy, and so many other Fics and fandoms...thank you all. Thank you all so much.

Thanks everyone. You guys have been amazing. I’ll post my new blog address before I leave. Careful though, my parents are updating it…so don’t leave comments. I’ll also leave my address in case any of you feel pity on me and send me candy or spoilers. Thanks guys, and goodbye.

-Shannon

14 days...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:08:32 GMT

In exactly two weeks, at roughly this time...I'll be on a plane to Texas, and then on another plane to Brazil. Wow...still need to buy another pair of sensible shoes, more dental stuff, an alarm clock, nylons, a power converter, candy and other junk food...oh yeah, and I have a Show that I'm stage managing to finish. Plus three online classes.

Breathe

Better to be busy then lazy, I suppose.

Still 14 days!

Three Weeks and Counting

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:51:09 GMT

I have 21 more days to read your wonderful fanifcs, before I begin my religious mission. That being said PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WRITE FICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I NEED MEMORIES AND AU AND FICS TO BE WRITTEN BEFORE I GO COLD TURKEY FOR 18 MONTHS. Thank you

This is me begging. Please.

Will you all help me?

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:31:09 GMT

Mission in 26 days...YIPPIE.

Now is when I need your help. For 18 months I will be without TV, and with the exception of email...the internet. So, I will have no idea what will happen to my fav characters or pairings. If I post something in June/July, will you guys reply so I can hear about what happened in TV land?

The shows I would ask about are:

Grey's Anatomy
Gossip Girl
90210
Leverage
Heroes
Supernatural
Smallville (Mostly about Chloe and Oliver)
Make it or Break it
Criminal Minds (major stuff only...like did anyone die)
Bones (Do Angela and Hodgins get back together)
NCIS/NCIS LA
THE GOOD WIFE

The one tv show I don't want to know about is GLEE. I need to be surprised when I get home.

So do any of you watch these TV shows? And if so, would you tell me what happens if I post a question in June or July. PLEASE!!!

Make it or Break it...

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:28:26 GMT

I want Leo to coach Emily and then after she does the perfect landing kiss her. They have become my otp of the show. Squeel!!!

I love my dad!!

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:19:46 GMT

Every Valentine's day, my dad gets us all a present. And guess what he got me? Season 1 of Supernatural. My dad totally ROCKS!!!

Oliver Queen and Chloe Sullivan...Couple 6

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:25:55 GMT

Lord help me, I seem to be drawn to pairings with handsome rich men ridden with parental issues and women who do not put up with their crap, and are often just as damaged. Wow.

So tonight’s pairing is in honor of a couple that literally took the producers and writers YEARS to become something. Tonight this couple officially and irrevocably became CANNON! Chloe Sullivan and Oliver Queen from SMALLVILLE have finally realized that maybe, just maybe, the person who understood them, who was their friend, may just the perfect person for them.

I loved Oliver and Chloe since I first started watching Smallville. I was just watching clips on Youtube, and I saw this beautiful blonde man being told by a petite pixie that she knew he was Green Arrow and she could help him. Both he and I were dumbfounded. I thought to myself, “And these two characters are not together why?” Oh right, because he was dating her cousin Lois Lane, who as anyone will tell you is the love of Superman’s life.

I patiently waited for the two of them to break up, as so the universe would turn to the Lois and Clark Show (as I have said in earlier pairings, I tend not to go for the pairing that the show demands me too in the first few episodes. For the most part you know that the leads, be it Meredith Grey and Dr. Shepherd, Lois and Clark, Booth and Brennan will eventually end up together. It’s kinda boring) so that Chloe and Oliver would get there shot.

WRONG!!! Instead of putting Chloe with an equal, she was given Jimmy Olsen and Davis Bloom. And Oliver was given Tess. Eye roll.

The reason these two are great together is because of how alike they are. Both are willing to do anything to keep those they love safe. To them, it is not about being heroic, it’s about getting the job done. Yes that might involve “killing” someone who will not be named, or shaking someone so that they are no longer on a path of destruction, but my point is they understand each other. More importantly, they trust each other. A part of Clark will never trust Lois, but with Oliver and Chloe, they already know each other’s worse moments.

I cannot wait to see how they unfold. They totally rock. Excuse me while I go watch the Warrior scene again.

Slightly Terrified

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:46:21 GMT

So 39 days till I leave for Brazil (as long as my Visa comes in) and I am officially terrified. What if I can't learn Portuguese? What if I don't get it? What if I'm no good?

I don't know why I'm freaking out. I've wanted this for years, but it was always in the future and now BAM it's right in front of me.

The Good Wife

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:20:31 GMT

K...the Good Wife has officially become my new favorite show. It is one of the best TV show's I have ever seen.

Couple 5...Epic

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:23:58 GMT

“I thought our story was epic. Spanning time and continents, lives ruined bloodshed.”

“You really think a relationship should be that hard?”

“They don’t write songs about the ones that come easy.”

From first kiss to last glance, Veronica and Logan are the epitome of epic. Epic and complicated.

I got into this show in 2008. I was browsing on Youtube one evening and came upon their first kiss. My first reaction was OMFG!!! From the song, to their expressions, to their chemistry, well I was hooked. I watched all three seasons online within a matter of weeks.

They are damaged, they hurt each other, but when Cassidy Cassablancas has a gun to her head, it’s Logan she texts. When he needs someone to believe him about his Mom, its Veronica he goes to.

He’s the only person who truly knows her, and she is the only person who truly knows him. Warts and all.

That’s not to say that they ever had it easy. From boyfriends who could be brothers, to fathers who murder, to sleeping around, to drunken speeches, to rapists and Madison Sinclair, they never caught a break. Neither trusted each other, but I honestly think that (if the show hadn’t been canceled) that they would have learned to.

They are partners. They are equals. They are Perfection. They are LoVe. They are my OTP.

2nd ER OTP

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:54:21 GMT

For the most part, I tend not to fall in love with who the writers want me to in the pilot episode. That was not the case for the first season of ER, with Dr. Doug Ross and Nurse Carol Hathaway.

I squealed when they finally got together. Then the moment where I knew that she was it for him and vice versa was an episode where Doug breaks hospital procedures and tries to help a baby that is addicted to heroin via his mother. Carol finds out about it, and decides to help him. When all hell literally breaks loose, and Dr. Weaver asks Carol if she knew was Doug was doing. Carol defiantly states, “Yes, I was helping him.” Carol stands by Doug. Doug stands by Carol.

They got their happily ever after.

Couple Three...John Carter and Abby Lockhart from ER

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:24:03 GMT

On paper, Abby Lockhart has so many issues; she makes Meredith Grey look like the happy go lucky girl with a perfect childhood. And John Carter is no McDreamy. Yet, the two of them are so heartbreakingly PERFECT for each other that it caused a shockwave across televisions everywhere. To have these two characters NOT end up together was the greatest offense that any TV producer (who shall) could have made.

You first feel their chemistry in the opening of season 7. Abby had turned Carter in for using drugs, and Carter upon returning from rehab see’s Abby at an AA meeting. Later that night, at the diner next to the hospital, Abby confesses to being sober for five years, and upon a bit of begging from Carter agrees to be his sponsor. This is a start of a beautiful friendship.

The two of them have a standard of coffee and pie, joke around at the hospital, and always, always, care for each other. Even while dating other people, it is obvious that Carter has feelings for Abby. From attending a Charity Event for him, to the two of them driving her bipolar mother back to Chicago from Oklahoma, their friendship seems unbreakable.

The two of them had a habit of drinking coffee near the river, and on a particularly bad day, Carter told Abby that he didn’t just want to be her friend. He had feelings for her, and he wanted her. Abby, who at the time was dating a Croatian by the name of Luka, was stunned. Abby breaks up with Luka, yet she and Carter never get together.

During this time, Abby begins drinking again. When a man beats her up because she helped his wife leave him, it is Luka, not Carter who comes to her rescue. She starts living with Luka until she can find a new place to live. Carter becomes very jealous, even though he is casually dating another Doctor named Susan.

This dynamic leads to (in my opinion) one of the best episodes in ER history. Due to some shenanigans in the ER, Carter, Luka, Abby, Susan and a very sweet intern named Gallant are sent to a daylong sexual harassment workshop. However, the teacher doesn’t show up and the five spend the day talking about family, Hamlet and loss of virginities. Carter and Luka literally become involved in a duel, and everyone see’s that it is over Abby. At the end of the episode, Susan tells Carter to tell Abby that he loves her and can’t live a moment without her. (Susan rocks btw.)

A few weeks later, Mark Greene, the head attending, dies in Hawaii (that episode made me cry, btw). Abby and Carter are at a bar, and Abby flirts with Carter, and there is a moment where Abby touches Carter’s head and the two of them look at each other and it is totally apparent that they are meant to be together. Carter sobers Abby up and she goes to an AA meeting for him.

Some form of smallpox then shows up at the ER and Abby and Carter try to save the children. They are quarantined and Abby asks Carter to tell her that they are going to be okay. Carter responds by kissing her, and the heavens opened and two seasons of tension was released and we were happy.

And it was destroyed within two more seasons. I won’t talk about their decline, only to say that it was poorly done.

On fanfiction read C. Midori and Kyriana. They are both wonderful.

Anyone else have any recs? Please!!!

Couple Two...Bones (But not the Pairing you're thinking of)

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:59:10 GMT

I began watching the second season of Bones, a few weeks ago, and was ready to fall in love with the Bones/Booth pairing. Unfortunately…it was the Hodgins and Angela pairing that I fell for. The writers want you to be invested in this main couple so you’ll watch for however many seasons for them to finally get together in the last episode. So while I find the Bones/Booth relationship cute, it is how Angela and Hodgins will reunite that has me guessing.

On the outside, you have two very different characters. Angela is a free living artist, Hodgins a paranoid bug scientist who just happens to be the richest character on the show. They began their relationship with playful flirtation. Hodgins then asks Angela on a date and they go to a swing set. He kisses her and after being buried alive (long story) Hodgins and Angela begin their relationship, and subsequently become engaged. However, Angela is married to another man (drunken night in the Caribbean) and although Hodgins finds it funny, when confronted with the husband the two break up because of trust issues.

Angela then dates a woman named Roxie, and when they break up, Hodgins and Angela have sex, and Hodgins calls it a “great moment.” They both stay single for a while, until Angela embarks on a relationship with an intern named Wendell, and it becomes quite obvious that Hodgins is still deeply in love with Angela.

In the last episode, Angela believes that she’s pregnant and she tells Hodgins. Even though they are not together, Hodgins tells Angela that he loves her and he wants to help raise her child. When she finds out that she wasn’t pregnant, there is an awkward moment of silence before she tells Hodgins that she’ll never forget that he offered and the two walk off together.

It is so apparent that these two belong together. Hodgins knows Angela better than anyone, he is always there for her. While some could say that she doesn’t deserve him, in my mind, the heart chooses who it wants, and Hodgins will always be in love with Angela. Angela just needs to see that Hodgins is the partner for her. I cannot wait to see how it happens.

Unfortunately, everyone in the Bones community seems to only write about Booth and Brennen. So, if anyone knows where I can find some good Hodgin and Angela fics please let me know.

New Goal

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:04:49 GMT

So as I was saying...I should write fics. Sadly, my fic writing skills well SUCK. So instead, I think I should write about one of my favorite shows and rec a fanfic every day. To say thanks.

Lets start with my newest OTP: Chase and Cameron.

Read anything by enigma731. Her stuff is perfection.

Why do I ship them? I just watched the first four seasons, and within the first episode I shipped the two of them together. After I watched the first season, I honestly thought I was crazy. They were always near each other, and then (when I discovered that they had dated during the first seasons it made more sense that they had a pull to each other) they hooked up in season 2. To quote Chase, Cameron, "comes back to him, time and time again." They are both damaged, and yet when they were together, they were happy. I don't know how their story will end, but to me they make sense.

Evil Vortex!!!

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:45:58 GMT

Grey's Anatomy...it's like watching a train wreck. Even though you know Shonda is about to destroy your favorite characters and make you super mad you cannot stop watching. And I need to. I need to break out of the vortex.

This is so not happening....

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:12:28 GMT

My computer is having MAJOR issues. I'm shutting it off and my dad is taking it to his IT tech guy in the morning.

Think happy thoughts.

And it all goes downhill from here

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:44:49 GMT

Growing up, Dad didn't let us watch TV. I grew up watching an ecleltic mix of B grade 80's sci fi and fantasy movies, Star Wars, MGM musicals and old Disney. I never really saw the need to watch TV. Movies were so much better.

Then...I went off to college, and was gifted with a LABTOP!!! And before I knew it, I was hooked to TV on the internet.

I watched OTH, and Dawson's Creek. Without a Trace and Grey's. Criminal Minds and ER.

The reason for this odd rant? I was watching season 3 of ER and the theme song came up. You all know the one. You watch Carter look dejected and Benton doing the iconic yes move. You see Dr. Greene, being Dr. Greene.

And that is when I wondered...what the f*** has happened to TV? Most shows on TV are crap. I will admit there are exceptions (supernatural for one) but what happened?

Where is my Mark Greene, the one who will make everything better? Where is my Abby Lockhart and John Carter, two friends who's timing never worked out for them (I refuse to watch anything past season 9) but who were there for each other no matter what?

Where is the great Brooke and Haley on OTH? Season three was the greatest for me, and then it went downhill. Peyton and Lucas? WTF. The way they destroyed Brooke was not right, and the creaters continue to do so. I honestly did not watch one episode of season 6.

I guess this rant is more on fond memories of past shows. I will admit Glee makes me smile, and Gossip Girl was great last season with the emotional angst of Chuck and Blair, I guess I'm waiting for a switch to turn on and these shows to get better. To no longer be mediocre.

Is that too much to ask?

WOOT!!!

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:27:03 GMT

People of LJ:

Guess who (fingers crossed for thursday when it's offical) rocked a 4.0 this semester?

ME :)

17 credits, yeah, I'm happy.

itunes meme

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:11:02 GMT

How many songs total: 1589
How many hours or days of music: 3.9 days

SORT BY SONG TITLE
First Song: ABC Cafe/Red and Black-Les Miserables
Last Song: 99 times-Kate Voegele

SORT BY TIME
Shortest Song: 0:20-Tuning-Spamalot
Longest Song: 13:46-King and I, Small house of Uncle Tomas

SORT BY ALBUM
First Album: Abbey Road-Beatles
Last Album: 9 to 5-the Musical

MOST RECENTLY ADDED TRACK
Brooklyn(Acoustic Version)- Wakey!Wakey!

TOP 5 MOST PLAYED SONGS
Those you've Known-Spring Awakening
Sunrise-In the Heights
The Sound of Silence-Simon and Garfunkle
I hear the Bells-Mike Doughty
Daughter-Vienna Tang

FIRST SONG THAT PLAYS ON SHUFFLE
The Stone Table-Narnia Soundtrack

NUMBER OF SONGS DISPLAYED WHEN SEARCHING FOR…
Death - 6
Life - 33
Love - 95
Hate - 1
You - 141
Me - 439
Sex - 6

Scared out of my mind

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:08:19 GMT

At 2, I'm going to the dentist. They will shave off a millimeter off of 4 teeth. They will then do some other crap. I'm terrified.

Thanks Anon

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:02:52 GMT

Someone sent me a snowflake!

Thanks :)

Being the black sheep

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:09:47 GMT

So apparently, I'm a bitch. Wow, nearly 21 years and you're just figuring it out? I never made any excuses. Yeah, you're right. I am pathetic with men. Yeah, I would prefer a good book to going out and buying clothes. So yeah, I can be sarcastic and offend you. This is who I am.

Now, I don't mean to be mean. Our family is practically perfect. Everyone except me. My brother and sister are so close they could practically be twins. They are best friends. My other sisters idolize the two of them. I'm the odd one out. If they need or want something, they come running to me. If not, then I'm just the weird older sister.

Then I had a free day today. Well except I have two tests on friday. I wanted to study but instead I got to help my mom with christmas decorations. I'm sorry, yeah, I'll help, but do you honestly expect me to be all perky and happy about it? I'm not my sisters. I turn 21 in 17 days, I'm not a child any more. I'll leave for 18 months, come home and leave for college. And I may not come back. There is nothing for me here. Whatever. You're my family and I love you, but right now I really do not like you.

No Air

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:39:03 GMT

Do you ever feel like you cannot breathe?
That you do the same thing day in and day out

It's stupid. It sucks.

In March I'll be alive. I'll be doing something good.

And then I'll come home and finish school. Except cause of major changes, and transfering schools, i still have four semesters to go.

That mean's I'll be done when I'm 24.

My mom had two children by then.

There's a line in Lord of the Rings:

Who knows what you have spoken to the darkness, alone, in the bitter watches of the night, when all your life seems to shrink, the walls of your bower closing in about you, a hutch to trammel some wild thing in? So fair, yet so cold like a morning of pale Spring still clinging to Winter's chill.

George to my Lexie

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:23:52 GMT

Great...I'm pathetic.

Leaving on a mission in 4 months. Should not want to fall for someone.

Particuarly an army boy due to ship out in June.

Especially if army boy only see's me as a friend, or just, "one of the guys."

ARG!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:03:07 GMT

DEAR SUPERNATURAL:

YOU MADE ME CRY.