The Proverbial Blank Page

Sun, 25 May 2014 06:28:13 GMT

Soooo, I'm not dead. Probably.

I'm still in fandom. Definitely.

I live in Minneapolis now. We have two seasons. Minnesnowda and Road Construction.

I make no promises to post more frequently. That will end in guilt and probably-not-actual-crying tears.

Come to tumblr, where I am mscadee . Come to the AO3 where I am cadencescascade . Come to twitter where I am unfilteredCadee . (note: I am not actually a barista.)

Warning. With the exception of the AO3 (at least at this time, mostly because I haven't written anything worth posting in about 3 years), I am mostly posting about Avengers, HockeyRPF, #Sports Hockey, and Teen Wolf these days. Every now and then old fandoms pop up, but those four are my main jelly right now. There are often pictures of baby animals and occasional feminist posts.

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Sun, 11 Mar 2012 06:18:01 GMT

So my Mamaw died yesterday.
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Google's Privacy Policy Changes. and somehow Lady Gaga.

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:19:40 GMT

So there's been a bunch of hubbub about the changes to Google's Privacy Policy and oh the agony and gloom and despair that Google is Going To KNOW About You .

OH NOES

But see, here's the thing. I have gMail. I have gDocs, gCalender, Youtube, G+, Google Alerts, Blogger, Bookmarks, Google Chrome Sync, an Android phone, Google Music, Google Wallet, Picasa, Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Reader, Google Sky Map, Goggles, Google Translator, and Google Voice. (and, of course, Google Search)

I have these all under one account. I naturally assumed that since it was all Google, and since it was under one account name, that OF COURSE Google knows tons of shit about me. I use these products extensively, most of them several times a day, every single day. If Google Servers ever went down my life would become vastly more difficult; and that's not even including the fact that I use Chrome (and google search through it) as sort of a dictionary/calculator/spell-check device.

Imagine my surprise when Google came out and stated that they were going to be changing their policy to one I thought they already had.

Do I want a company to know tons of information about me? No.

Is any company through which I use the email client, the documents client, the calendar client, the video client, the social network client, the search client, the bookmarking client, the sync aspect, the phone that ties everything together, the music client, the payment client, the photo client, the map/location client, the RSS feed client, the search client and whatever else Google does, going to know tons of information about me? Yes.

I understand I'm the product, not the consumer in Google's economy. I expect, for the free, convenient, linked services Google offers, that I will be a more targeted marketing audience. Nothing is free.

Everyone has to draw their own line of where privacy meets convenience. My line may change as Privacy Policies change. But, Damn I Love the Jag, the Jet, and the Mansion (and the Reader, Calendar, Youtube, Gmail, Sync, Maps, and Android).

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The "post something so the internet doesn't think you're dead" Post of DOOOM

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:28:58 GMT

So several months ago pennyplainknits did a meme (originated, I think, from hermette ) that I adored so much I put it in my "to do" folder. It's called the "what's in your bag" meme.

( Here is my bag... )

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Things are better

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:48:46 GMT

So I'm in school full time and am also working full time, as one does, and for a while, especially at the beginning of the semester, I'm all like "rawr. I am woman. See me take on all these paltry things that are challenging me. See me laugh at the ease of defeating them." Then, much like Allie, I decide I have won and now deserve a break.

This generally happens about 4 to 5 weeks into the semester. From that point on it's pretty much down hill from there. I decide not to do the stuff and it piles up and then I can't do any of it because I'm mentally so overloaded and it's just a hot mess, emphasis on the mess. Then 3 weeks before semester ends, I have to dig myself out of the mountain of stuff I have to do in order to pass classes.

I really need to stop doing this.

I'm in the "digging myself out of the mess" portion of the semester and I'm 1/3 of the way done. This is a huge improvement over two days ago when I wasn't even 1/1000 of the way done. I've just got to get the last 2 projects done and turn them in on Monday and I can collapse and sleep for a million years.

But beyond that, the psychological affects of turning in one of my projects and finding out that I got an A on it has really motivated me to keep at it. I have been super worried and slightly depressed about graduating for some undefinable reason, but after getting that A and slashing my workload by a third, I just feel so much better about graduating. I don't know why or how, but I'm gonna ride this feeling as long as it lasts.

Things are better.

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Misha Collins

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:04:44 GMT

The main reason I love Misha Collins is as follows:

You know how a bunch, if not most of us, are all squeeing slash fangirls? And how whenever the actors/actresses find out they either ignore it or are all like "well, they ARE our fans, and we wouldn't be where we are today without them...." all hesitantly, like someone talking about their Grandma with Alzheimer's. "I know she's crazy, but she's is my mom's mom and even though she's nuts she's still.... family" all apologetic and whatnot about the fact that Grandma just tore off her clothes and is dancing in the street topless, or said something completely inappropriate in front of non-family members.

But Misha. Misha took one look into the maw of the BSC Fangirl hoard and seemingly jumped up and down and clapped his hands with joy, "You guys really do exist! I thought they were putting me on!" and proceeded to LIKE us, not just be grateful that we are fans and we buy stuff and contribute to his salary. He initiated contact with the fanbase, and when we showed up, with all of our slash-loving, BSC, inappropriate selves, he still liked us.

Is there any other actor/actress that has done that? That has embraced the fans, weird shit and all? Because if so, tell me. That's the kind of person I want to know about.

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drama on the interwebz. dnw.

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:47:29 GMT

So, in this week, this week of weeks, when I am in dire need of nice, happy things on the interwebs, I instead get not so nice, happy things.

( the Tumblr, bandom, dr who, religion, bden, zach, sarah, teenagers, otw, please don't break fandom it's the only one I have rant. )

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PATD in Milwaukee on Nov 8th 2011. The day that will live in infamy. The day Mere met Brendon Urie.

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:12:44 GMT

So Mere quite happens to be the BIGGEST PANIC FAN OF ALL TIME.

( You think I'm kidding. )

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I'm crying right now. Literally crying.

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:25:19 GMT

Finally watched Torchwood: Children of Earth.

I have all of the sad. All of the sad.

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bwahaha

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 01:53:56 GMT

Dear Father, he writes hastily, when the hawk stares savagely at the unmoving nib of the quill. I'd rather stab out my own eyes with a wand than marry Pansy for your intended purpose. You may inform your Lord that such duties are far beneath my station in life, and additionally that Potions Master Snape has an impotency remedy which might enable him to perform such tasks for himself in future.

Doubtlessly, my refusal places you in an awkward situation, but perhaps you'll be willing to overlook it, since my predilection for shagging Harry Potter is a far greater sin against the family name and a much more serious threat to the Voldemort's plans for dynastic overlordship.

Your faithful and obedient son, Draco.

http://yearningvoid.net/julad/lustre.html

The story it's self is not that hilarious, but this letter made me laugh until I cried. Far greater sin indeed.

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Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:34:25 GMT

So fucked up hot boys with issues that like to kiss each other may just be my new favorite thing. (so it's not a *new* thing, but what ever)

Yes, I have spent the last week reading a shit-ton of Panic! fic. I saw them in concert 2 weeks ago in MN and they were lovely. I may be going to Summerfest in Milwaukee just for the purposes of seeing them again. They put on a damn fine show, even with just the two of them.

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So I've decided to become a vid person

Sun, 15 May 2011 02:48:43 GMT

But I'm scared to death to actually do the vidding. This makes sort of sense in context, of which I will share with you. In days of yore, by which I mean High school, where I did not have a lot of fun, I was a "serious" student.

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How much I love Ryan Seacrest and isn't he looking absolutely fabulous these days.

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:32:47 GMT

So anyone who's met the actual me knows that I adore Ryan Seacrest's Ryan Seacrest-y little self. I do not particularly want to hit that, although he is a sexy beast, but I do want to wrap him up in a blanket, pat him on the head, and feed him a sandwich and some brownies. I'd like to cuddle him.

I do not know why he elicits this reaction from me. The first time I heard of Ryan Seacrest I did not have this reaction. In fact, it was only about 2 years ago (2009-ish) that this started. I was working night shift on the weekends about an hour away from my house and on the way home on saturday morning Ryan would be on my radio. He was hilarious. I started watching Idol again that year (and was tragically disappointed by S09, but I digress) and just tumbled head over heels. I started following his twitter. I "liked" him on FB. He's adorable. I hate twilight, but I coo over Ryan cooing over twilight. Justin Beiber does not turn my crank, Ryan gushing about him is hilarious and completely ok.

Anyways, Ryan has gotten more attractive to me over time. I look back at old photos of him and I like him now much more. The fine smile lines and crinkles around his eyes (that I'm sure he detests) make him look more like an adult and less like a hooker (which, fine, Ryan would be the best damn hooker around). I like that he's short. I like that I can tell (sometimes) if he likes the idol contestants he's introducing or not by his body language. I like that Grandmas and Moms gravitate towards him.

I tried Bing for Ryan Seacrest (I did not stay there. I am a die hard google freak to the end, but I did try it).

Why am I telling you all this, you may ask? Why the hell not. Ryan Seacrest is Fabulous. He looks amazing and works all the time. He says he wants to be a legend like his idol Merv Griffin. I think he is. Ask a random person on the street who Merv Griffin is and see if they know. Ask them who Ryan Seacrest is. See what they say. He's interesting and awesome.

Everyone should love Ryan Seacrest. That is all.

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Things Wot I Wrote

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 02:14:30 GMT

So I participated in a prompt-fic thingy, back in, like, November, and figured that I should probably at some point link/post these prompts I filled.
So I really like the H50 one and the HP is part of my personal Canon, but the Sherlock one didn't turn out the way I wanted it to. Oh well.
( So in no particular order, except writing order... )

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WIP Meme

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:27:12 GMT

So there's a WIP Meme going around today, and I want to play because it looks like more fun that doing my homework.

( My WIPs )

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Methos isn't the main character?

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:39:42 GMT

So I was completely a Methos fangirl long before I started watching Highlander (which, for the record, was last night. ahem.)
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bing vs google: my opinion or Excavating my computer

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:27:55 GMT

(I found this hidden in my "stuff to post" folder from earlier this year. At least I think it was this year. I actually don't remember writing it.)

So I have been a Googler since 2002, when my English teacher wrote the website up on the board and told us to use it to find information about our research papers. That's 8 years. I'm quite good at getting Google to give me what I'm looking for. I know to use the quotes to find exact phrases, and to use the + and - signs to narrow my search.

But I adore Ryan Seacrest, like a lot, and he is sponsored by Bing, and keeps mentioning them because of this sponsorship, and I'm apparently easily led, so I decided to give it a whirl.

I do not like bing. There's too much stuff on that page, for one. I hate popups and rollovers with the heat of a thousand suns. Once you enter your query the results interface does resemble Google, but I like the Google homepage. It's inoffensive and calming. Bing just seems like it's trying too hard.

Maybe I'm just stuck in my ways. Maybe I'm a minimalist at heart. But "Google" is a verb, and I helped make it that way. "Bing" just doesn't have the same je ne sais quoi effect in my personal vocabulary.

I'll stick with Google, sorry Ryan.

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Meme

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 13:23:36 GMT

Firstly, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

Secondly: MEME ( hehehe )

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"L is for the way you Look at Meee..."

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:41:34 GMT

So about once a year or so I take a Myers-Briggs like test, just for my own observation of any evolution my psyche may have made while I wasn't paying attention. Guess what. Still an INTP.

In other news I was wearing my t-Shirt that has Ancient script on it and my (possibly new favorite) prof was like "Oh, your shirt has Ancient on it."

Completely blew me away. NO ONE that I have ever met in a non-fannish setting has ever, to my knowledge, even known about SGA, let alone can correctly randomly identify that the script on my shirt is Ancient. I've had people ask if it was Elvish or Vulcan (do we even know what written Vulcan looks like? I'm new so I'm not sure). I'm pretty sure there were big hearts in my eyes when I confirmed that, yes, it was Ancient.

I may possibly be in love. (Not really tho).

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Xmas is on it's WAAY

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:29:37 GMT

So. I'm broke. I don't have a prezzy for The Buddy yet. School has started back up (and it's about to break for 2 weeks). It is BELOW ZERO outside.

But. My car is working well and I've got enough gas to last me until payday. Pay day will come and make things better. I know what the Buddy wants and where to get it. School is firmly under control. Layers were invented for a reason.

Life is ok. Z, who is one of my dad's new mentees, keeps kinda flirting with me. It's nice, but wigsome, b/c Dad keeps trying to "marry me off", mainly b/c he wants grandkids. I don't know why he isn't focusing on the Buddy and his Amee-girl. Oh well

Christmas!! If you celebrate the holidays, any of them, have a good time. Laugh and love and be happy. You might as well. It's so cold that there's no use being upset about it. lol.

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"OH do a little dance, make a little love, get down tonight. Get down tonight."

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:54:31 GMT

So, I'M DONE! 3 projects, 2 papers, (and 2 late HW assignments) all done. Yaay! Celebrating commences NAO. Also, all my exams are done and I've a WHOLE WEEK OFF!!

I don't even know what I'm going to do with myself. And not only am I off of school for the rest of the week, but I've got 3 days off of work this week too. I could, like, leave town and visit people for longer than an afternoon. I could re-arrange furniture. I could go visit the Buddy. I could sleep for 3 whole days. The possibilities are endless.

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When I feel blue I start breathing again. Works every time.

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:12:51 GMT

( Thoughts on Harry/Harem HP fics )

Ok. More than a bit. I like the HP characters. OCs are ok, don't get me wrong, but I feel that there should be a very good reason if Harry isn't with some one that he actually knows. Like his friends are all dead. Or everyone is brainwashed by Dumbledore to turn their backs on him. Or if there's an OC I want to see them meet and become friends and get to know each other before "falling in love". Make me believe it.

Also, it is COLD.

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Rymon? So married.

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 03:37:55 GMT

Yeah. I just watched this interview with Ryan and Simon (from a while ago) on Leno.

Ryan's little face!!!

That is all.

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Morgan? Muscles? Tight Tshirts?

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:58:54 GMT

This was me three minutes ago. Please keep in mind I stopped watching Chuck right before he got superSpy'ed up.

( Cut for possible spoilers. I have no idea if they're actually spoilers, as (see above). )

This is what I heard: "You know, if you'd not wait until 40 min into the episode to come in and start asking questions..."

I think the furthest I ever ventured into Chuck Fandom was some Chuck/DudeThatPlayedJayne and the rare Chuck/Awesome (which I really liked, for whatever reason).

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So stick with us...

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 20:17:02 GMT

'Cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it aaaalll.

I've been watching Phineas and Ferb. It is gloriously awesome.

ALSO Kristopher Allen (and his stupid adorable face) and the Kris Allen Band made a video for "Alright With Me". I LOVE IT.

also (2): There is a mouse in my house. I know this because he was IN MY BEDROOM last night. For the record, I slept on the couch last night.

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