Okay, so.

Current writing status on what I've got due and plan on working on this weekend:

1. apocalyptothon assignment -- Cracked a thousand words today (I'm thinking I'll hit three thousand by the time I'm done), and really, that's all I needed to make me happy for today. Still have to get pinch hitters set up for two assignments. You know, if anybody's not doing anything. *shifty eyes*

2. Sweet Charity #1 (for clex_monkie89) -- Know exactly what I'm writing. I just have to go take a shower, come back, and sit down and start the damn thing.

3. Sweet Charity #2 (for txtequilanights) -- Tomorrow after I get back from the temp agency, I'm curling up in bed with some Smirnoff Grape and a bag of chips and putting a big old dent in that one.

4. Sweet Charity #3 (for baileytc) -- Am bouncing around a couple of ideas in my head, one of which is INSANELY dark and the other of which is ridiculously silly. Really, I'll just be happy to get out of this weekend settled on one or the other or something else, 'cause it's a prompt that makes me gleeful, so YAY. :)

My goal after getting all of that done, and my spn_harlequin and reel_spn assignments, AND "Snips and Snails And Puppy-Dog Tails", AND deal with the fact that I just opened a file tonight and titled it "Real Men Don't Design Wedding Dresses", then I'm going to try to work exclusively on finishing The Walking Dead of Wilkes-Barre. I STAND FIRM, Y'ALL.

*fist in air*

He keeps digging that hole, he's going to be able to order real Chinese food through it.

Former Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington insists T.R. Knight wanted him and co-star Patrick Dempsey off the show because of they were getting better storylines. The actor was fired from the medical drama earlier this month in the wake of a homophobic remark he made about cast mate Knight last October - a comment he repeated at the Golden Globe Awards earlier this year. However, Washington claims Knight turned the remark into a major controversy because he was jealous of the storylines he was getting. He says, "T.R. Knight was very tactical in trying to remove me from the show because he knows that I know, and I was gagged, that he has been working on a conspiracy to get Patrick Dempsey and myself off the show for the last year and a half. I know Patrick Dempsey has supported me by stating that if there is anyone that needs to be fired it is T.R. Knight because he has created such a negative environment on that set because he felt like he has not been treated and given the same leading man kinds of story lines."

As fox1013 said, there are two sides to every story and Isaiah's provided FOUR of them.

You're right, Isaiah. TR is an evil mastermind. And he's apparently doing it all with freaky mind control and his astounding ability NOT TO MAKE HIMSELF LOOK LIKE A DICKSMACK IN PUBLIC.

*claps hands together*

Okay, so I'm watching the 40 Least Hip-Hop Moments on VH-1 and they've been referencing some pretty cheesy crap. Just the absolutely worst stuff on the planet. And I'm thinking ... you've got to admit, there's just some songs that are so awful and so very, very bad that when they come on your car stereo first you die laughing and then you start dancing like an idiot.

So this is my challenge, because it makes me laugh, and I cannot possibly be the only one:

1. Go to Youtube and find the video for your favorite cheesy-bad song and/or one-hit wonder.
2. Post the video in the comments.

( My contribution, because hearing this song will NEVER not make me die giggling. )

Come on, you know you want to join in. *pokes you all*

Twelve things I would tell my 16-year-old self

1. Those feelings that you're not ready for college? You're right about those. You're not. Talk to somebody, anybody -- Mom, Dad, aunts, uncles, whoever. SOMEBODY. Not that you won't ever be ready ... you're just way too sheltered and inexperienced.

2. You know that weekend job your best friend got as a female impersonator? And how he said he wasn't gay and you believed him because he was your best friend and ... well, why would he lie to you? Because he wasn't comfortable with coming out just yet, sweetie. Stop wishing he'd stop picking up skanks and notice you. He won't.

2a. Also, Kyle's gay, too. I KNOW. How unfair is that?!

3. Oh, and before I forget about college, don't go to IUP. You won't like it there, you'll be bored out of your mind, you won't make friends, you'll hate the classes, and you won't develop any sort of independence with your grandparents in the next town over.

4. Also, don't major in journalism. Criminology, fashion design, creative writing, or German -- those are the four things that you'll turn out to love best, even at their most boring and mind-numbing moments. Pick one and major in it.

5. Stay away from credit cards. You have absolutely no ability to manage money. At all.

6. Don't feel so guilty about giving up Christianity. It wasn't for you. Okay, well, at its most basic form it might have been for you, but you don't like the places of worship, the content, the literature, the music, or almost anything else associated with it. And you don't have to go to church on Easter and Christmas for your family's sake. Really.

7. Be a little more grateful for that damn car. It may be a POS, but you DO realize you're the only one of your friends who has her very own car, yes?

8. You're probably not going to want to hear this, but you CAN drink. Go ahead, it's okay. You don't like beer, wine, or champagne, and there's only so much you can drink before you get queasy and want soda anyway. Besides, Mom and Dad don't care just as long as you don't make yourself sick and you don't drive. They're cooler than you think. One or two wine coolers at a party is not going to kill you. Hell, GOING to a party is not going to kill you.

9. For God's sake, get rid of those damn bangs. And grow your hair out. And stick with the dark red hair dye. A cute little shoulder-length bob looks really hot on you, seriously.

10. Write. Write all the damn time. Write anything that comes to mind. Write until your fingers fall off. Let yourself write whatever silly, goofy thing comes to mind. Write whatever terrible, awful thing comes to mind. Write down story ideas like crazy. Anything, everything, all of it. You need the practice. And while you're at it, learn whatever you can about the publishing industry, 'cause honestly, m'darlin'? You don't know a DAMN thing.

11. Stop being so damn afraid of sex. Or embarrassed of it. Or embarrassed because you haven't had any of it. Hell, I don't know. Watch some porn. Hang around with your pervy cousin more often. I mean, really, if you want to get more comfortable about sex or porn or masturbation or whatever having her haul you to the Playtime Boutique to shop for vibrators or whatever she wants to do to publicly humiliate you is bound to loosen you up at least a little.

12. Don't let Mom pick out clothes for you. Not that she has awful taste, per se, she just has tastes that in no way jive with what your brain wants you to wear. You have better fashion sense than you think you do when you're not dressing in flannel and combat boots, you just have to pay more attention to what other people are wearing and what works and what doesn't. I mean, you WERE the one who found all those great shirts and sweaters and things that Mom tossed up into the attic because she didn't wear them anymore, and they were all pretty great vintage stuff. All they needed was a little work.