Nobody Knows

If so, and you are reading this, then you get to read a missing scene from Thursday's show. If it sucks, blame morgenwrites .  Because she's the one that put this in my brain. If it doesn't suck. . .let me know, because then I may have good news for you.

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(I stole someone else's disclaimer. Is that plagiarism?)

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What happened to "it's not a brain tumor"--does mets to brain not count?

Today I was at a conference on medical collections (that's what I do now, instead of the SAHM game), and I saw someone wearing this set of scrubs.


found here

How cool is that? Better than tonight's show, that's for sure.

I haven't read everything everyone's written about this, but I haven't noticed anyone else pointing out( Read more... )</div>

This summer, I'm finishing last summer's fic.  I was stalled, not only  by my Drama in Real Life (which, btw, is still IN PROCESS, and don't get me started. . .this is my happy place), but because Shonda & Co started stealing my ideas.  Yeah, they did.  Callie was always going to move in with Cristina. Okay, there was no Thorny Shrub in mine, because even I couldn't make McDreamy that much of a McDumbass.  But tell me--where did you read about Mer in therapy first?  That's right.  And the Mark/Derek BFF?  Okay, everyone did that last summer, but still. 

AND can I just say that in the candle-house scene, when Mer is calling herself 9-kinds of idiot for showing up there?  Totally reminded you of when I had her wake up on the trailer steps all muddy, didn't it?  Well it did me.

So.

Watch this space.

I went out of town for three weeks.  I've been back for two. And haven't written a word.  Heck, I haven't even managed to watch GA when broadcast, at least not in full.  No, that's not like me.  Yes, something is up.

My husband and I are separating, and I see little possibility for reconciliation.  This is scary for me, but I'm pretty sure it's the right move.  I hope. Meanwhile, fics are taking the back burner. . .unless one could show me how to make money from it.

Going on three week road trip to learn about the Revolutionary War.  If this sounds horrifying or interesting, you can read about it here.

First thing about me: I'm a homeschool mom.  My daughter is what's called twice-exceptional in educational-ese.  She's been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome but has a very high intelligence.  (Thus sayeth her mommy.  But really, we're doing 3rd grade math, she taught herself to read by 2.5 years, she has near eidetic memory. . .so yes, thus I sayeth.)  She's not a great fit for traditional schooling.  So, we homeschool. 

While I'm not one of those homeschoolers who insists that traditional schooling should be the last choice for everyone, I do think that most of the people who say "I could never homeschool" actually could.  I said it, after all, and so did my cousin, until she pulled her son out of school 18 months ago.

Anyway, my cousin and I are leaving Saturday for a 3 week field trip.  If you ever wondered what a 1600 mile trip with two moms, five children in one minivan would be like, we're going to blog the trip. Be a doll and comment there as well.

We the Mommies

First, a gripe or a request.  It's not really about the comments, except that it is about the comments.  I don't really care if what I write gets commented or reviewed by tons of people, as the people who are commenting are quality peeps.  So it isn't about the numbers.  But if no one is reading Sounds on the ga_fanfic community, then I might as well not post it, right?  It's sort of a PITA to get it up there, as I think the LJ programmers are on crack.  So when I post a chapter and it goes a long time and there's not a single comment, I wonder if I shouldn't take back the 15 minutes it takes me to post something here.  (And considering that we're on chapter 24. . .that's 6 hours of time I could have been reading trashy novels or soaking in the bathtub.)  And since I don't know how to get a hit count or anything, I can't tell if anyone's looking.

I think I'm the only person on the planet (or at least the Mer/Der ship) who isn't running screaming with yesterday's press release.  But for some reason, I don't assume that this means a Meredith/Derek/Lexie triangle.  There are a couple of necessary ingredients for this. 

• Reading the writer's blog with a cynical eye
• Knowing that you aren't alone in swearing any Lexie/Derek hookup will leave you reaching for the remote
• Knowing that Shonda has put out foilers in the past
• The hope that seasons 1 & 2 weren't the exception, that season 3 was.

Because I believe.  Clap your hands if you believe.

There's nothing else for it.  I have to turn off my computer and do this longhand.  Because there's a fabulous conversation on Mer/Der's relationship in ariaadagio's journal, and I am freaking addicted.  I have managed to do NOTHING except chat on there about who did what do whom.   All the time I could have (and should have) been writing. 

I hope to get some done later.  I realized the other day that I write like an actor.  Which makes sense, because in some alternate reality, I am.  Not a red carpet one, but just a working one.  I acted my way through college, and really haven't had time since.  But honestly, the way I write has got to be a result of the drama training.

Step 1: Write the dialogue.  Pretend that I'm listening to an episode on tape, like I used to do in 1981 to "Battlestar Galactica".  (Yes, Virginia, there was life before VCR.)  At this point, I don't even bother with the attributions, but I put the quotes in.

Step 2: Go back and block it.  Write out who is doing what when they are talking.  Who is pacing, who is leaning, who is scribbling notes. 

Step 3: Go back and add details.  Set and costume design.  Looks on faces.  That kind of stuff.

Step 4: Read out loud and delete everything that sounds like crap.  (save the best of it in a file "not used yet" because recycling is very earth friendly.)

Step 5: Go back and delete all the stuff that is too much.  Conclusions that the character's won't have gotten to yet.  Oversharing. 

Step 6: Add lighting & sound effects.  (More detail about where the scene is.)

There you have it.

And now I'm going offline.  I hope.  If I can beat this addiction. 

I'm an old dog.  And while I disagree with the saying "you can't teach an old dog new tricks," sometimes I need to have things spelled out a little bit for me.  So I have a couple of questions that I'm sure someone will step up and answer.

Ok, maybe I'm overreacting.  Probably I'm overreacting.  But I just went to Cristina Yang's bio page (not Sandra Oh's, but Yang's) and discovered that she's fluent in the following computer languages:

COBALT, HTML, C++

Idiots.

Author: Carsonfiles
Timeline: This chapter takes place roughly just after the episode with the not-a-spinoff. I have a mental block against the name and number. Later chapters continue to end of Season 3 and beyond. Then A/U (or I'll be really freaked out next fall)
Disclaimer: They aren't mine, but if Shonda doesn't quit bending them in ways they weren't meant to bend, I might have to confiscate them.
Summary: Picks up with Derek & Meredith on the way up to see the Bursons, and continues with Derek's session.

I'm pissed.  I can't upload the next chapter of "what do you hear" to the ga_fanfic community.  I haven't yet figured out how to get the formatting right on the first go, and it takes entirely too long for me to get it formatted right.  (The wysiwyg doesn't fix it half the time, so I have to edit the HTML.)  

And I had just finished getting that all straightened out, and clicked the Post button. . .and it can't find the server.  I tried a couple of times, hitting the back button seemed to retrieve my post. . .until it didn't.  So now I have to start the whole thing over again.

Color me irritated.  Very irritated.

I have a question for my friends.  I've posted the first 3 chapters of "What Do You Hear in These Sounds" to the gafanfic community at Live Journal, and not gotten many comments.  I got 2 on the first chapter, and then none.  I'd like to have the story there, but it's kind of intimidating to get zero comments.  Should I keep putting it up there, or just get over it and pull it down?  

What would you do?

This thing between us. . .it's over.  

 

Title: Surrender
Rating: T+
Summary: Meredith is married, with two children.  She and Derek escape reality for an affair one weekend every year.  
Timeline: Season 3 plus 10 years.
Disclaimer: I would love to own Grey's Anatomy. I could write really sussy scenes and have them played out in front of me. Or, you know, cast myself. But first I'd have to go on a really big diet and exercise and move across the country. . .you know what? It's easier just to keep on with my own life & my own husband (who is a little McDreamy to me), and write fanfics as an exercise in fantasy. Because we all need a little fantasy.

 

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( Read Surrender )

Overall? Meh.  I give the Private Practice portion a C+.  Maybe it'll fly.  Or maybe not & all of the Addex shippers will be happy when she returns.