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Jun. 27th, 2024 12:32 pmI'm up to 41 pages and counting on Horror High. Considering it was originally supposed to be a one-shot it's certainly expanding itself into a hell of a project. I need to start figuring out where I'm going to divide it for chapters-- I think it's going to end up at five chapters? I could be wrong, though, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Because of Horror High I went on ebay and bought some black tourmaline and chalcedony chip beads to make bracelets out of. I also want some black obsidian. I'm going to start making bracelets with gemstones with particular attributes, like black tourmaline and black obsidian are protection stones, and chalcedony is for good dreams/energy. I used a little bit of that in Horror High and because of doing the research for that I decided that I wanted to make it real, and that they might sell well in my Etsy as well. *shrug* The black tourmaline and chalcedony were inexpensive and I think the black obsidian is going to be pretty cheap, too, but some other gemstones can get kind of pricey so we'll see how it goes.
I have to wait until I have my new glasses before I can get back to my jewelry making, though, I literally can't see what I'm doing with it right now. :|
I'm really hoping that Horror High goes over well in the SPN community. I'm always nervous posting in new fandoms for the first time, and aside from SPN AUs in other fandoms I've never written SPN before (for some reason idk why I've been an SPN fan literally since Day One.) Also I know that writing bottom!Cas and top!Dean is backward from what 90% of the SPN fandom writes, so I'm not sure I'll be able to get my foot in the door with something that's not really mainstream, you know? (A big reason why I'm not starting with my SPN/Valdemar fic, Where Monsters Come From, it's way too niche.)
I AM writing some top!Cas and bottom!Dean in the sequel to Horror High (The Road So Far) and in my Omegaverse Destiel fic (Tying Knots), though (and also in Where Monsters Come From), so maybe I can get in there to get enough traction with Horror High that THOSE fics eventually catch on? idk I'm just hoping because I'm having a lot of fun writing Destiel right now and I really want to share it with people. Also 13-year-old Sarcastic Sam is kind of fun to have in there as well. (What can I say? I like High School AUs.)
On a COMPLETELY unrelated note, the last of my seasons of American Horror Story came in the other day, and I finished 1984 yesterday (it was SO GOOD) and now I'm a couple episodes into Double Feature (which is also SO GOOD so far.) I still have to write my reviews for Freak Show and NYC, and now 1984. I'm BEHIND, man, I'm BEHIND.
Because of Horror High I went on ebay and bought some black tourmaline and chalcedony chip beads to make bracelets out of. I also want some black obsidian. I'm going to start making bracelets with gemstones with particular attributes, like black tourmaline and black obsidian are protection stones, and chalcedony is for good dreams/energy. I used a little bit of that in Horror High and because of doing the research for that I decided that I wanted to make it real, and that they might sell well in my Etsy as well. *shrug* The black tourmaline and chalcedony were inexpensive and I think the black obsidian is going to be pretty cheap, too, but some other gemstones can get kind of pricey so we'll see how it goes.
I have to wait until I have my new glasses before I can get back to my jewelry making, though, I literally can't see what I'm doing with it right now. :|
I'm really hoping that Horror High goes over well in the SPN community. I'm always nervous posting in new fandoms for the first time, and aside from SPN AUs in other fandoms I've never written SPN before (for some reason idk why I've been an SPN fan literally since Day One.) Also I know that writing bottom!Cas and top!Dean is backward from what 90% of the SPN fandom writes, so I'm not sure I'll be able to get my foot in the door with something that's not really mainstream, you know? (A big reason why I'm not starting with my SPN/Valdemar fic, Where Monsters Come From, it's way too niche.)
I AM writing some top!Cas and bottom!Dean in the sequel to Horror High (The Road So Far) and in my Omegaverse Destiel fic (Tying Knots), though (and also in Where Monsters Come From), so maybe I can get in there to get enough traction with Horror High that THOSE fics eventually catch on? idk I'm just hoping because I'm having a lot of fun writing Destiel right now and I really want to share it with people. Also 13-year-old Sarcastic Sam is kind of fun to have in there as well. (What can I say? I like High School AUs.)
On a COMPLETELY unrelated note, the last of my seasons of American Horror Story came in the other day, and I finished 1984 yesterday (it was SO GOOD) and now I'm a couple episodes into Double Feature (which is also SO GOOD so far.) I still have to write my reviews for Freak Show and NYC, and now 1984. I'm BEHIND, man, I'm BEHIND.
So I Can See
Jun. 26th, 2024 05:14 amThree weeks ago, Mom had me go in for an eye exam because I need new glasses, even though ODSP wouldn't pay for it yet (it hadn't been two years since my last one), and she paid for it. She also said she would pay for the glasses themselves because she wants me to be able to SEE, and ODSP's policy is frames every three years and lenses "on a discretionary basis"-- so basically, if your prescription changes enough they'll cover them. Either way Mom was going to have to pay for the frames. SO I did the exam, picked out some (cheap) frames, and Pearl Vision sent in the estimate/request for the lenses and everything.
And then radio silence. ODSP just didn't bother to get back to me. So last week (two weeks later) I emailed my caseworker basically going "???"... and she still never got back to me, and ODSP still didn't contact Pearl Vision either. So this MONDAY (two days ago), I emailed AGAIN, going "OKAY IT'S BEEN THREE WEEKS???" and she didn't reply. So yesterday I just called the office. Turns out she's been away, and the person handling her cases has been slacking. So I raised hell and they send the approval for my glasses in to Pearl Vision like ten minutes later: FOR THE LENSES AND THE FRAMES!! \o/
I think in their "oh shit we fucked up" panic they just rubber stamped everything but I am NOT complaining, and neither was Mom when I told her lol.
My pick up date for my new glasses in in two weeks and then I'll be able to read/bead/paint again! :D
On an unrelated note, yesterday Mom gave me her basically brand-new ipad (and keyboard) because neither she nor Lee was using it. Some of her coworkers got it for her as a retirement gift and it was EXPENSIVE and she was excited about it at the time, but that excitement very quickly wore off. She's really not a tech person. I think I'm going to transfer my writing to it and use it for that? Not 100% sure yet, but that's what I'm considering, assuming I can teach myself to type properly on a tiny keyboard again. (I used to me proficient at it when I had Zephyr but that was years ago...)
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Still currently in Destiel Land with my brain, which is fine, though I have a Sterek fic (Carousel Coffee And More) that I kind of want to work on as well, I'm just not sure I can switch lanes enough to write a different ship right now. And if I do, will it fuck up my Destiel groove? Maybe I should at least finish up Horror High before I try writing Carousel Coffee. I'm still really tentative when it comes to stuff like this, with the new ADHD meds and how my brain does or doesn't work now. Hmm. =/
And then radio silence. ODSP just didn't bother to get back to me. So last week (two weeks later) I emailed my caseworker basically going "???"... and she still never got back to me, and ODSP still didn't contact Pearl Vision either. So this MONDAY (two days ago), I emailed AGAIN, going "OKAY IT'S BEEN THREE WEEKS???" and she didn't reply. So yesterday I just called the office. Turns out she's been away, and the person handling her cases has been slacking. So I raised hell and they send the approval for my glasses in to Pearl Vision like ten minutes later: FOR THE LENSES AND THE FRAMES!! \o/
I think in their "oh shit we fucked up" panic they just rubber stamped everything but I am NOT complaining, and neither was Mom when I told her lol.
My pick up date for my new glasses in in two weeks and then I'll be able to read/bead/paint again! :D
On an unrelated note, yesterday Mom gave me her basically brand-new ipad (and keyboard) because neither she nor Lee was using it. Some of her coworkers got it for her as a retirement gift and it was EXPENSIVE and she was excited about it at the time, but that excitement very quickly wore off. She's really not a tech person. I think I'm going to transfer my writing to it and use it for that? Not 100% sure yet, but that's what I'm considering, assuming I can teach myself to type properly on a tiny keyboard again. (I used to me proficient at it when I had Zephyr but that was years ago...)
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Still currently in Destiel Land with my brain, which is fine, though I have a Sterek fic (Carousel Coffee And More) that I kind of want to work on as well, I'm just not sure I can switch lanes enough to write a different ship right now. And if I do, will it fuck up my Destiel groove? Maybe I should at least finish up Horror High before I try writing Carousel Coffee. I'm still really tentative when it comes to stuff like this, with the new ADHD meds and how my brain does or doesn't work now. Hmm. =/
