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rycolfan:

Hey peeps, sorry for going AWOL for so long. It’s that damn ‘real life’ shit again, I’m afraid. My youngest has pretty much fully recovered from her fight with a car, thank goodness, but my mother’s health is deteriorating quite rapidly (and there are a few other family issues I’m having to deal with too), which, as I’m sure you can understand, isn’t great for either my physical or mental well-being. I’m trying my best to concentrate on the present and be thankful for all that I have, and, although it’s a struggle some days, I’m mostly succeeding. I do miss fandom, though, and all you wonderful people. I hope you’re all doing okay? I’ll try to pop my head in when I can.

Much love. ♥♥♥

There you are! 

Sorry you’re going through all that!  You are missed here, but we understand, and will be here when you return.  Smooch!

Today’s Been Great!

psychoticpterodactyl16:

Got in a wonderful sprint with my writing buddy @ato-the-bean! This was much needed and I’m so glad we could catch up.

Found out @dogsareafriendsbestman is as much of a nerd about the Before Sunset, Before Sunrise, Before Midnight trifecta as I am. Now I just need to re-watch them at some point.

Made plans to see @rositalagata! Been craving sushi and stoked to get to see you.

Yay!  And thanks to you I’m at 4500 words and tantalizingly close to being able to post the mood board, if not the chapter.

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ato-the-bean:

klinfield answered your question “mightymads answered your question:Calling all Chris Pine…”

“Daring Greatly ” by Brene Brown would be a great choice IMHO.

Is that non-fiction?  For some reason I was really thinking of a novel, but all the best options seem to be non-fiction… I’m worried that as a gift it can seem like Zach is making a suggestion for something he finds lacking in Chris, as opposed to something he thinks he’d enjoy, you know?  There’s always a chance that a novel could hint that way anyhow, but I’d rather be more subtle.  That said, I’m coming up a bit dry, so I will definitely look into this as well.  Thanks so much for the suggestion!

Think I will use this one… Thanks again!

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suedescripture:

ato-the-bean:

suedescripture replied to your post:

Well, that certainly helps explain it.  I was just thinking that if that was gross, it had to still be significantly in the red…  I imagine Pie made more than that on the film himself…

The thing about independent films is that they get made on small budgets with investors from a bunch of tiny production companies and hope for a big pay off. The stars more than likely took the roles for significantly less than anything they’d make on a studio budget (and more than likely Chris took it because he’s a giant nerd who liked the book and liked the script treatment enough to take a role that wasn’t in the book). It helps that this particular movie only had three actors to pay.

But that’s why these sorts of films open at film fests like Sundance and TIFF, because that’s when they look for big investors for distribution. Hopefully, a big studio will pick it up and market it, and it makes bank after the fact. IN the case of Z for Z, it did get picked up, it got great reviews, but ultimately, the US distributor decided for whatever reason (and this is the part I don’t understand either, the decisions the people with suits and statistics make), they decided to give it a very limited theatrical release with a straight-to-VOD. And hardly any advertising. Ultimately, they do make a little money, probably, because they didn’t spend the money making the thing, all they did was buy it and hand it out.

So it’s a dumb business, really, when a lot of good stuff gets left by the wayside and a lot of crap goes wide and makes millions.

Again, that makes so much sense.  And yes, I saw that the critical reviews were good, which just led to more confusion.  I don’t really pay attention to when things get released… unless it has big special effects I want to see on the big screen (The Martian, Start Trek, etc.) I’d rather watch at home in my jammies anyway.  So I hadn’t really been aware of how this got made… knew it had been at Sundance, but wasn’t fully aware of what that implied.

And I can totally see Pie doing the role for next to nothing just because he liked the book, geeky boy that he is… though didn’t he play a character that wasn’t in the book?

Hi! WIPs: psicygni is writing a very slow build Spuhura which is amazingly tantalizing. There are a few others which have been updating so rarely that I’ve forgotten them at the moment but when I remember I’ll also then remember to let you know. Did you get enough sleep last night?

hopeforyouyet:

ato-the-bean:

Um… sort of.  But I’m still working tonight (it’s nearly 11) because shit is due and I’ve been writing PBB in the evenings and lunch instead of working.  Ugh.  Good news is I think I finished PBB except for the epilogue, and I outlined and wrote part of that at lunch today.  Bad news is that’s not what I should have been doing.  But muses…

I’m not sure I can read anything but Spirk/pinto/johnlock right now.  I don’t mind Spuhura, as long as it’s in the rear-view mirror.  But if it’s that well written maybe I’ll give it a go.  Once I finish the rest of these slides.

How about you?  Get enough sleep?

🙂 Congrats on getting PBB done (again I’m totally being selfish in being happy that you’re working on it; reality however does make me grimace in sympathy re: having work being due).

Re: what can be read and what cannot – I seem to be wishy washy – I didn’t think I could read Stucky and lo’ and behold I can once in a while. I love seeing Spock in intimate discussions and how he logically approaches things; psicygni’s got his voice down pat. I am in denial about where the fic may be headed because of the timing of the fic (pre-Nero, ?getting close to Kirk cheating) but I could be completely wrong about what her plan is for the next few chapters.

I too have been working late but this is because I was playing earlier and got home at 2230h. I just got my day’s work done and am considering maybe going to bed. Maybe. Mr. Hope just went to bed so I guess I should too; I hate to wake him up as I bounce around to get comfortable. And I am exhausted. I guess I have to stop being a little kid and start getting back into a bedtime routine that makes going to bed easier.

To answer your query, I did not get enough sleep last night although I didn’t suffer from it too much somehow. Gosh, this has become a long response.

Adulting is hard!  Reading or writing instead of adulting is sooo tempting.  I’d say we’ll outgrow it, but I’m pushing 50 and I swear I’m getting worse.  I’m nearly done for tonight, though… it won’t be everything that is due, but most of it, with an apology and promise to follow up with the rest tomorrow.  And I have tomorrow off (though I’ll work some).  So maybe I’ll write some more without guilt.  Or maybe I’ll hide from writing by doing work.  That would be a switch.

Go to sleep! :) :) :)

ato-the-bean:

hopeforyouyet:

ato-the-bean:

But I’m soooo close to finishing the main part of my PBB…then I’ll only have the epilogue left.

And you too!  What tz are you in again?

Oh, shit girl – work that main part out! Go go ato! Rock it! Hurray! Cis boom bah! I will cheerlead you on for purely selfish reasons! *grin*

I’m in Mountain Time. I’m a total hypocrite. I have needed to be asleep since about 2000h which was 4.5 hours ago. Mr. Hope is sleeping beside me as is HopePuppy. I’m a D-U-M dumb dumb who should be going to sleep. But NO! There is TUMBLR to read! and OUTRAGE about my country’s current federal government and how stupid it is that there’s any chance at all that they’ll be re-elected on Oct 19. I hate people.

and … I don’t want tomorrow to begin. So the longer I put off going to sleep, the longer I put off tomorrow. What’s wrong with tomorrow? Nothing, just more work. Now … I’m going to check email to see if there have been any updates on the WIPs I’m following. Because that, too, would be more important than sleep.

what WIPs?  You can be my enabler….

I’m pretty much done with the main part of PBB…just finishing the last conversation.  Then onto the future epilogue… but not tonight.

Oh, and I for one find it a vague relief whenever someone else’s countries politicians are more embarrassing and worrisome than mine.  Like the Bae of Pigs.  or the insanity to the north.  It makes our Republican primary race look a little less like insanity at clown college

Go to sleep! :) :) :)

hopeforyouyet:

ato-the-bean:

But I’m soooo close to finishing the main part of my PBB…then I’ll only have the epilogue left.

And you too!  What tz are you in again?

Oh, shit girl – work that main part out! Go go ato! Rock it! Hurray! Cis boom bah! I will cheerlead you on for purely selfish reasons! *grin*

I’m in Mountain Time. I’m a total hypocrite. I have needed to be asleep since about 2000h which was 4.5 hours ago. Mr. Hope is sleeping beside me as is HopePuppy. I’m a D-U-M dumb dumb who should be going to sleep. But NO! There is TUMBLR to read! and OUTRAGE about my country’s current federal government and how stupid it is that there’s any chance at all that they’ll be re-elected on Oct 19. I hate people.

and … I don’t want tomorrow to begin. So the longer I put off going to sleep, the longer I put off tomorrow. What’s wrong with tomorrow? Nothing, just more work. Now … I’m going to check email to see if there have been any updates on the WIPs I’m following. Because that, too, would be more important than sleep.

what WIPs?  You can be my enabler….

I’m pretty much done with the main part of PBB…just finishing the last conversation.  Then onto the future epilogue… but not tonight.

*whispers so softly i cant even hear myself* I bet Chris is the kinda guy that touches himself all over forever when he masturbates. Like he’s all about touching his own thighs.

vulcan-science:

semper-ama:

ato-the-bean:

vulcan-science:

rabidchild67:

semperama:

Whhhhhyyyyyyy would you do this to me? Why would you put this image in my head? *distressed noises*

Really though, headcanon accepted. He doesn’t just jump right in and go for the gold. He has to work himself up to it, touching his chest and rubbing his nipples and stroking his thighs (and summoning up his favorite Zach fantasy to fixate on, of course). Mmmm, yes. Yes good.

so who’s writing the blindfolded, tied up pie fic where zach makes him come by touching everything BUT his dick?

RC I swear to fucking god

I volunteer as tribute!

GO, ATO, GO. 😀

ATO I’M GONNA SCREAM

Working now…will write this weekend.  Also, someone needs to help me finish PBB.