Finished, Colors Here I Come

My flash project is finished. I'm just loading it onto a flash drive so that I can turn it in. So now I have time to eat my lunch and work on colors for this blog. And also to post pictures. I didn't take a new picture of Got Nothin' before I started messing with things, so I've just stolen the finish picture from my first redesign.

So that's how it looked before. Two columns, a lovely picture of Jensen Ackles for everyone to stare at. I do love that picture, but after more than a year I needed a change. I may put a background picture into this layout, but I'm not sure. For now I'm just going to mess around with colors because I like how simple this template is. Simple and clean, it's a good thing.

Once I've decided on colors for good (most likely tomorrow or the day after) I'll post another "after the redesign" picture.

To Izzi

I am sorry to say that I am no help at all in the fanfic department. While I do read a lot of fanfics (Supernatural and Stargate Atlantis, specifically) I tend more toward hurt/comfort fics. So if you ever need to find hurt!Dean stories, I'm your girl!! But I'm not really into Dean having a love interest unless the story is really well done. I will recommend "Like Us But On Horseback" by theplanetmary. It's not necessarily a love story, but there is a female character in it and she's pretty cool.

Like I said, if you ever find yourself in need of hurt!Dean fanfics I know where to dig them out of the woodwork. And if you get into Stargate Atlantis and need Shepwhump (hurt!Sheppard) stories I can help you out there too.

Thanks for reading. It's kinda cool know that people are looking at what I write.

Continue watching Supernatural, it's good stuff. I'm so excited and nervous about the season finale tomorrow.

Meg

P.S. ZOMG, Jensen is so hot!!

I'm Noticing A Trend

Recently I've been thinking about the guys I like to watch on tv and in movies. I call three of these guys my tv boyfriends.

My TV Boyfriends:
Jensen Ackles
Joe Flanigan
James Roday

Other guys I like to watch in tv shows and movies:
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Jared Padalecki
Jared Drake Bell

My Three Obsessions Right Now (yeah, all at once. I pity my friends too.):
Supernatural
Stargate Atlantis
Psych

I'm noticing a pattern. All the the I like to watch on tv and in movies have first names that start with "J". The letter "J". Also, I'm sensing a pattern in the shows I obsess about. Two patterns in fact. 1) They are all filming in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 2) They all start with "S" sounds. Not the letter "S," because Psych clarly starts with the letter "P," but if you say the word "psych" it sounds like it should start with an "S".

Dean Knows

One of the things I love most about Supernatural and Dean/Jensen is that Dean knows, but Jensen doesn't seem to.

Knows what?? Now you're curious.

Dean knows that when he walks into a room head will turn. He knows how good-looking he is, and he uses it. What I find amazing, is that Jensen doesn't seem to know this about himself, and yet he projects the cocky "I-know-how-good-looking-I-am" persona so well as Dean Winchester.

That is one of the many things that amazes me about Jensen's performance as Dean, and it reflects well on the show as a whole. Do you agree? Disagree? Think I need a life?

I Can't Do It

Usually I like to Photoshop pictures. Now I am faced with the picture below, and I can think of anything of anything to do to it to make it better. Not even sharpening it. Is it just a perfect picture?

The only thing I can think to do is knock the pixels per inch up to 300, print it out and stick it on my wall. Any suggestions?

Why Yes, Drake Bell And Corbin Bleu Are That Good Looking In Real Life. Better Even.

August 25, 2007. A day that will go down in history, mine at least. My first ever concert. Pretty sad, huh? But it was worth the wait. The concert I attended was in Boston, Massachusetts, at the Bank of America Pavillion. Drake Bell, Corbin Bleu, Biance Ryan, and Aly & AJ. And I went with the best company ever...friends. Monique and Bailey. And Bailey's Mom who was brave enough to deal with us through the concert and the night we spent in Boston.

Bianca Ryan performed first. Man, does that girl have a voice. I was amazed. And she's so cute. I really enhoyed her portion of the concert, though it was only 20 miutes long.

Corbin Bleu followed her up as it started to get darker outside. He got the audience pumped. I don't think he stop dancing at all through the fourty minutes he was on stage. That song from High School Musical 2 "I Don't Dance" was totally a charactersong, because Corbin Bleu does dance. A lot. He was very good. I screamed like a fangirl. *shrugs* So I am.

Drake Bell...this will be long winded. Before every act came on they played a short clip of them. For Biance Ryan it was the clip of her winning America's Got Talent last year. Corbin's was him dance. For Drake it was this picture:

That was all Monique, Bailey and I needed to scream at the top of our lungs. We weren't the only ones screaming, but we were probably the loudest and most enthusiastic. After that Drake actually came on stage. He had his guitar and was wearing sunglasses. He played: "Up Periscope", "I Know", "Do What You Want", "Found A Way", "Makes Me Happy", "Fool the World", A song none of us had ever heard, "Fallen For You", "Rusted Silhouette", "Break Me Down", and "End It Good". Somewhere around "Makes Me Happy" he took his sunglasses off and I think Bailey and I both melted. Also during "Makes Me Happy" he looked over, saw our sign, and smiled at Bailey (who was holding said sign). I of course missed this. Though I don't know how. Monique got some amazing pictures of Drake on stage and I'll put them up when I get them. And when I'm all set up at Champlain I'll scan in my ticket and program.

We didn't watch any of Aly & AJ. We went to get autographs and missed it all. Unfortunately only people with VIP passes were allowed to get autographs and none of us had those. A very kind man at the concert with his daughters was able to get Bailey in to see Drake and she got a pull-out poster from of those PopStar-type magazines signed by Drake. And also a hug.

After that we went back to our hotel room and fangirled for about an hour. Then Mo and Bailey's Mom went to bed. Bailey and I attempted to do some writing and ended up staring at the signed poster and a picture of Jensen I had. Then we shut off the lights and chatted 'til about 2.

It wasan awesome night, though Mo and I are a little jealous of Bailey. Mo and Bailey both got Drake shirts, and I got a poster for my dorm room wall. Those shirts are pretty nice to look at. I have pictures of them modeling them to put on my dorm wall as well.

I can't wait to share pictures from the concert Monique took some amazing ones of Drake. The ones of Corbin came out blurry because he never stopped moving.

Towels Are Evil!

For Bailey: A short blog post on why towels are evil (and why we also love them).

Jensen Ackles - The episode "Borrowed Time" of Dark Angel

Jared Padalecki - The episode "Hell House" of Supernatural

And that is why towels are evil. But HELLO! Nice view.

Both of the pictures are from http://www.desiring-jensen.org/ (even though one is of Jared).

P.S. Bailey, I had to search through pages of pictures to find these. Then I had to pick from the shots they had of each with the evil towel. It was hard (right!), but I did it (and would gladly do it again). Love ya Bails!

P.S.2. This really shouldn't make sense other than Bailey and I (and possibly Monique), so just enjoy the pictures.

OMG! New Site Iz Pretti!

How did I not know about this site?? It's so pretty. http://desiring-jensen.org/. The gallery is immense. And it has screencaps from Smallville. I iz so happies that I'm having trouble functioning.

PicSpams Equal Love

I want to link to the Dean vs. Alec PicSpam. It has pictures from Supernatural and Dark Angel. And it compares Jensen in the two shows.

I Love Math

I have found my new favorite math equation. It is called the "Ackles Ass Equation" and it rocks. It also proves that Supernatural fans are smart and have too much free time. If you are interested (or just really friggin' bored) go check out the Ackles Ass Equation at entirelyjensen: The Ackles Ass Equation.

Things like this are why I love Supernatural, and I do actually like math as well (just not as much as I love SPN).

That Last Desktop Picture

Okay, so I actually found two more that I liked.

Smile :: I just had to use those shots from "All Hell Breaks Loose Part 2" in a desktop picture.

All Hell Breaks Loose Part 2 :: The scene that this screencap is from was amazing. And these two desktop pictures just show how they manage to cram all this emotion stuff into just one episode of Supernatural. Jensen should get an Emmy for this episode: crying, smiling, shooting. It had it all. The episode had chick flick moments and jokes and Bobby (who kicks ass and wins at life. Those daggers he was staring at Dean when he saw Sam alive again, perfect.) And Samuel Colt was an awesome cowboy. The plot was amazing. And I love Big Bad (the YED) he's so funny even though he's evil.
Also: I love the quote I found: The only cure for grief is action. I didn't know what to put on there so I went to some quote site and I scanned through the quotes on grief. And that one just jumped out at me. It's so simple, but it's deep as well. I can kind of imagine Dean realizing that as he's mourning and then acting on it and leaving to make the deal at the crossroads.

Serendipity and More

I've done a lot recently that I need to blog about, but I need to get to bed so I'll summarize and post a longer spewing of thoughts tomorrow.

The most important thing right now is Serendipity. Serendipity is an NCIS TCG that Monique and I created. It's her brainchild. She had the idea and she suggested it and I kind of jumped at it. And now it's real. http://fadedstars.net/serendipity/. I thinks amazing how far it's come from a list of deck and ideas and a name to an actual site on Monique's domain fadedstars.net. We have cards (almost 200) and members (Monique, My Little Sister and I, but it's a start) and we have a site (Go me!). And affiliate (one is a start). And a game (yeah...only one, so sue me. I'm working on it). So...if you like the show NCIS and have some internet skills then you should check out Serendipity and become a new member.

I'll be honest, tomorrow's post is going to be a fangirl brain dump. Since the Supernatural season finale (Jensen deserves an Emmy) I've found so many new fansites and fanfictions and I have to post as much stuff as I can here so that I don't lose it the next time we reformat this computer.

I also have more desktop pictures that I need to upload and share. I love sharing.

Oh yeah, fangirl moment. Supernatural will have third season on the CW. It will be in the same timeslot (Thursdays at 9:00pm after Smallville) and I'm so excited and proud. I don't think I was really worried. The CW doesn't have any other show that could hold their own against Grey's Anatomy and CSI. Congratulations to all the great people involved in Supernatural!! I hope you all have great summer breaks.

Good night!

Another New Wallpaper

After my last post I hopped over to Photoshop and got busy finishing another desktop picture/wallpaper. The above image is the final result, and it now resides on my desktop. Which is why there is so much drool on my keyboard (just kidding...or am I?). I am very proud of it, which is why I am putting here. That and so that my friends Mo and Bails can check it out.

My Very Own Award Show

I just watched the People's Choice Awards, and I've discovered that the shows, and celebrities I watch are never metioned. So, as a teen, if I were to make my own awards they would be like this:
The 'Only Show On The CW That Doesn't Tank on Thursdays at 9pm'...Supernatural.
The 'Cutest Giggle' Award...Drake Bell.
The 'Oh Damn Those Jeans Look Good!' Award...Jensen Ackles and Drake Bell (tie).
The 'Male Triple Threat: Sing, Act, Look Awesome' Award...another tie between Jensen Ackles and Drake Bell.
The 'Longest Running Show to Lose Its Leading Cast Member and Character' Award...Stargate SG-1.

Yeah. I'd need more awards. And an audience. But whatev. It's my blog I can plan any awards I want.

I'm Just A Bored Fangirl With An Eye For Design

This picture inspires me. I love the outfit.

For anyone who wants to know, I stole this picture from Jensen Ross Ackles Unlimited (JRAU) and cropped it, 'cuz I needed to print it out. There are plently more pictures, clips, music videos, articles and more at JRAU.

It's Like My Brain Exploded And This Is The Result

I've been working in Photoshop and I made the graphic below for a site that I may or may not ever make.

I had to put it up here because my friend wants to see it, but I was unable to send it to her through IM.

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I found a notebook that had some freewrite type things I did when I went to a weekly writing group with my Mom. I have alot of them actually. I'm going to put them up. The first four we were given a word and had ten minutes to write. The last four we had two minutes. These were all written on May 25, 2006.

Prompt 1: Fire
Burning, destroying, making new beginnings. Taking down the old to make room for the new. Why is it that it takes a disasterous event to make us think about our lives. When someone dies we wonder if we said "I love you" enough or try to recall the last time we talked to them. Why didn't we call more often? How come we were always busy?
A fire. At home, makes you wonder why? Maybe you weren't good enough. What did you do to deserve it? Why you? Why not the house next door, or no fire at all? Why wasn't the stove turned off? Shouldn't someone have checked to make sure the water heater wouldn't catch fire before putting it in your house? What if I had been home? Would I have been able to stop it? Call the fire department? Would I have gotten hurt? What if my family had been home?
Why must we ask the 'what if' questions? Can't we just be happy that we're safe, our family's safe, our friends are safe? Homes can be rebuilt. People can't. Savor the moment.

Prompt 2: Blue (This was supposed to be one long sentence)
Blue skies and blue waters; fresh laundry, is that what blue smells like, this reminds me of somebody's signature I've seen online, "what smells like blue?" What is blue to a dog, dogs are color blind, is blue non-existant; can they tell the difference between the color of water and that of grass, if not how do they know which is which? Is it the motion of the water or are grass and water different shades of grey, is it maybe that they lie down on one and hope they don't get wet because I would think that that would produce alot of wet dogs, and alot of smelly dogs, and that would be no fun at all.

Prompt 3: Elasti Girl
High fashion. Stick thin legs, curves, but only in the right places. Wearing the perfect outfit everyday. These are the rules set for what is percieved to be beautiful, are they not? Rules probably thought up by a guy, but ones that girls all over try to adhere to. Trying to reach unattainable goals, unrealistic perfection. The kind that is seen in the movies and magazine ads. Pictures that have most likely been photoshopped, editted to look better because nobody is perfect. Not even a woman.

Promt 4: "I don't remember the signifigance of these rocks."
I don't remember the signifigance of these rocks. I know the mean something. I remember them meaning something. Something special. To me. When I pick them up I feeltheir coolness fade as the heat from my hand warms them up, but I can feel in my soul that to me they are special, not ordinary. And I am sad because I cannot remember why they are special. I feel as if I am missing a part of me. I have forgotten something dear to me and it's as if I have forgotten a friend from long ago.

Prompt 5: Pineneedle
In my shirt. In my hair. How did a pineneedle get in my ice cream bowl? I'm inside.

Prompt 6: Clam
Clam digging. Mud, squelching, oozing. Sticking in my hand to take a clam. After two I call it quits. I'm done. No more for me.

Prompt 7: Harmony
Somedays unatytainable, standing in chorus and it sounds like everything we try to sing comes out bad. Sharp. Flat. Too high. Too low. Never right.

Prompt 8: Silly
Laughing uncontrollably. No reason I can think up.

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I was flipping channels last night and ended up on TV Guide's "50 Sexiest Men on TV" special. I wrote down a few of them so that I could brag or whatever. I haven't been able to find a full list on line though.

Here's what I wrote down from TV Guide list of 50 sexy guys on tv:
#37 :: Jared Padalecki
#32 :: Mark Harmon
#28 :: Hugh Laurie
#27 :: Chad Michael Murray (yeah, even TV Guide thinks Jensen is hotter than you!)
#26 :: Jensen Ackles
#22 :: Justin Chambers
#21 :: Isiah Washington
#19 :: Tom Welling
#18 :: David Boreanaz
#12 :: James Denton
#8 :: John Stamos
#7 :: Jeffrey Dean Morgan
#5 :: Matthew Fox
#4 :: Wentworth Miller
#3 :: Julian McMahon
#2 :: Patrick Dempsey
#1 :: Josh Holloway

I'm very thankful that the entire cast of Supernatural is on this list (Hell Yeah!!) because the guys deserve it. Sometime in the near futre I will be printing out pictures and making my own list. I intend to include actors that are on show on channels like SCI-FI and Nickelodean because they've got some nice looking guys too (Michael Shanks, Ben Browder, Drake Bell, Jamie Bamber, etc). I also think that Justin Hartley should be on the list because, well, he's sexy. But I think this list was from last year because Jeffrey Dean Morgan is currently not on tv (RIP Denny Duquette and John Winchester). I would be interested in seeing a more updated list.

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And no I have some more writing to post. I have three poems that I've done. I'm not really a poetry person, but the first one I wrote during the writing group thing on May 25, 2006. The other two I wrote for an English project and actually liked.

My Day
Slept in,
Got up late,
Went to school,
Wasn't late.

Sat through homeroom,
Read through Study Hall,
And History.

Science class we went outside,
in our groups we visited stations,
Learned how science is used in the military,
To ensure safe environments for men...and women to go in,
Communication trucks and T.O.C. vans.

In WebTeam we went outside,
A first for our computer geek class.

I have no recollection of English class,
I know I was there,
Why can't I remember what we did?

A sub in Math,
Finished my homework,
Thirty minutes more reading.

After school, with my friends,
Helping with Ryan's book talk,
Eating chocolate,
Reading the slogans -- fortune cookie like -- from the inside of Dove candy wrappers.

Playing the Sims,
Washing the dishes,
Watching season 2 episode of Atlantis that I haven't seen.

And now here,
Writing and sharing,
Letting free my creativity.

Last Night
Last night,
I was sixteen,
But tonight I am not,
Tonight I am seventeen.

One year older,
Everything's changed,
But nothing's different.
My friends are still my friends,
My hair still won't go up nicely,
And my homework still needs my attention.

Last night I was sixteen,
And tomorrow I will be eighteen,
But tonight I am seventeen,
And that's all that matters right now.

Have You No Sense? -Dedicated to Kathryn and Chris Wright
You drink,
You drive,
You'll hurt someone.
Many someones.

It's okay you've only had a few,
And you're always really careful.
You know the roadsd well,
And the weather's not that bad...

It'll be okay,
No harm,
No foul,
No one will even know,
That you drove drunk.
It'll be okay.

But it only takes once,
To ruin a life,
Your's or someone else's.
Why take the chance?

You drink,
You drive,
You take a life,
One that means something to someone else.

You should have stayed home,
Called a cab,
Passed on the last drink.
Have you no sense?

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I think that's all for tonight. I've discovered Friday5.org and the Supernatural Friday Five community on LiveJournal so I'd like to try some of those out. I also discovered PicSpams this week. And what wonderful things they are. Anteka has some really great Supernatural ones on her LiveJournal. I don't know the address, but I encourage people to check them out.

People's Sexiest Man Alive & English Projects

Support the cause!!! Vote Jensen Ackles for sexiest man alive: http://people.aol.com/people/poll/gdml/1,27725,1547396,00.html. I voted him in for everything. Spell his name right, please. J-E-N-S-E-N A-C-K-L-E-S. Go us!!

Now back to my english project. It's coming along quite well. I expected it to be harder. I've finished the worksheet and I'm working on filling in the content for the site. I'm going to do the reflection last. It'll go on the analyze page of the site. Then I'm going to print it all out so that my teacher can grade it without a computer. It's so much cooler on the computer though.

YouTube Is Love

YouTube.com is love. The video of Jensen Ackles on the Megan Mullally Show is posted (not by me). http://youtube.com/watch?v=bULT9pEi6EI. I though it was a good interview. Worth a watch.

Also posted is the clip from "Simon Said" where Jo plays REO Speedwagon on the jukebox, then Dean is singing it in the car. http://youtube.com/watch?v=GHqPeuG1CfE. Also worth a watch.

I didn't post either of these because I don't know how, they're both very good and I wanted to share them with others.

"Simon Said" & Metallicar's Undeniable Coolness

My Supernatural Rant for episode 2.05 Simon Said.

I'll start with the tie Sam was wearing when they introduced themselves to the woman at the coffee shop (or whatever) as lawyers. It was yellow, with spots. Ewww. That's all for the tie.

The face Dean made when Jo put the jukebox onto whatever song she picked was priceless. My sister and I named it Dean's 'What the hell?!' face. I love Jensen's expressions, and his eyes, they're so green.

I loved when Dean sung. My friend called me (during the show) to freak out. Both of us are in chorus and we have a huge thing for guys that can sing. I thought it was funny that he was singing 'cuz it was stuck in his head. On a similar note, the following link goes to a video on myspace.com of Jensen Ackles and another person (name has slipped my mind) singing at a wedding (edited on May 21, 2007: Jason Manns). Jensen is singing the higher part. Jensen singing.

I love love love the concept of mind control and Andy was an enjoyable character IMHO. I have got to stop reading spoilers because I knew that Dean was going to give the car to Andy, but it played out so well.

Jensen was incredible, everytime he was mind controlled it was hilarious. Especially when he was in Metallicar telling the truth to Andy. He totally looked like he was trying to stop, but couldn't. So amazing. Jared did a great job with the visions and trying to figure out his future. It seemed to me that Dean and Sam went back to their season 1 parts for this episode. For all of season 1 Sam was trying to figure things out and Dean was there to help him out. Up to now in season 2, Dean's been trying to get past their father's death and Sam's been trying to help. In this episode Dean was back to his big brotherly self. I loved it, but I definitely like how Dean's been more focused on this season.

Andy's van: pretty cool. Dean's reaction to it was priceless, "This is-long pause-awesome."(wording is as close as I can remember). I laughed at the disco ball hanging in there.

The sniper rifle, or 'the big ass gun Dean had in the woods'. Man, they showed the profile of Dean with that monster and I squeaked. Nice gun! A step up from the trusty shotgun. I was hoping that he could shoot Webber, then Webber already knew and they sent us in to a commercial with Dean holding the rifle on himself. Ahh!! A cool trick that Webber can mind-control people by thinking, rather than having to say something. I'm glad it played out the way it did, with Andy shoting Webber, added to Sam's doubt about whether he and the others can be good guys or not.

Dean asks for a do over, and Sam asks him if he's seven. I love it!! The writing for this show is incredible, and DAMN! They're hot!!

I apologize if this is all over the place. I have trouble organizing my thoughts and remembering sequences chronologically after Supernatural. It's the mix of super plot lines, hot guys and the sexy Impala.

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I was messing around in photoshop yesterday and my sister and I got thinking: "What would it be like if Metallicar weren't black? What if it were pink?" We're very odd, anyway, this is the answer.

It's pink (my sis picked the color) and it still looks cool.

I Write, I Watch, I Create, I Cry During Supernatural

I just finished watching Jensen on the Megan Mullally Show. He is so hot! Okay, I'm better.

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Two new writing prompt inspired stories. Both prompts are Salvador Dali pictures.

The inside of my mind. A mess of light and dark. Abeautiful sunrise graces the sky. The floating figure to the left would look religious to a normal person, but to me she is a ghost. Or maybe an angel.

A castle in the sky, like the Les Miserables song "Castle on a Cloud." I t floats above the earth and the creatures on it.

To me they are unicorns, the figures leading them, faeries. The land looks dark, but I'm sure that as the sun rises in the sky everything will lighten. The path will be illuminated by the rays of the sun.

All will be well in the light. The darkness will fall again as I wake up and all the beings will prepare themselves for when I fall asleep. For they are my imagination, and at night I dream.

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I stand at the bow of my ship. The crew behind me is still. We stare up at the large fingures before us. Women, I would think, but I am no expert. A shuffle of feet beind me. We are drifting towards an island of rock I notice, yet nobody wants to break the silence. I know that once someone speaks up and we correct our course we will not be able to slip back into the moment of awe we are caught in now. Maybe this was what they were built for, to keep strangers out by distracting them while they into some of the numerous rock outcroppings in the water.

"Veer to starboard," I call and hear the phrase repeated to the crew. The ship moves beneath my feet. We avoid the rocks. I look back to the figures, but the moment is lost.

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I watched "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" (again) with my sis in the middle of this post. She started laughing at me when I looked over after as it played the credits and wiped my eyes. Yeah, I cried. Jensen's just that good an actor. Only a few things can make me cry, and the speech at the end of "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" is one of them.

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I have Photoshop at home now and I love it. Photoshop may be the only program that makes me look artistically talented. And it helps that it's really hard to make something with Jensen in it look bad. Here's the desktop picture I made yesterday following an online tutorial. I'm just learning to use the program.

I think that's it for now. Supernatural is on tonight and I'll probably be on later to post my comments on the episode.

Love and Peace!