I set a goal of reading 52 books this year. Admittedly I'm pretty sure I read at least this every year, so it's more like I'm curious about how many books I do actually read in a given year. We'll see how many books I read. School books aren't included.

( book titles cause keeping track is fun )

secret_chlark will not be running a Christmas round (we'll be back for Valentine's Day). However, I'm going to offer a Chlark Secret Santa for anyone who is interested. The format will be different than with secret_chlark.

How It Will Work:

To participate, reply to this post with your name. I'll keep sign-ups up until November 29. On November 30, I will PM you will the name of the person you'll be creating a gift for. This is going to be done randomly.

Now, ideally, each person will make a post around November 29/30 with a wishlist of the various Chlark things they'd like. Your Secret Santa won't have to follow this wishlist, but it'll give them an idea of what you'd like. You don't have to post a wishlist, but if you don't, then the person won't have an idea what you'd like.

Gifts will be posted between December 24 to December 29 on the person's personal LJ, with the name of who they have displayed somewhere in the post. Ideally, the subject title would be Secret Santa Gift For "Insert Name".

So creativity is being emphasized with this Secret Santa. It's more like a traditional Secret Santa, I think. Now, I won't be bugging you about if you're done with your gift; it's going to be up to you to complete this. I will not be finding pitch hitters either; if you don't make a gift, your person won't get anything. So, please think carefully before signing up.

If you have any questions, please ask. If no one signs up, that's cool. I'm just offering to do a modified Secret Santa for Chlark because, well, I'd like to write a fic for someone, but secret_chlark involves more work than we have time for.

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ETA: PLEASE PIMP THIS OUT. I'll love you if you do.

I'm looking for prompts. Anyone have any? I'm pretty open; I wanna write, have a bit of time, but ideas just aren't coming.

So...prompts. Prompts are needed.

I hate Refworks. I have many not-nice adjectives to describe it. I plan to tell my prof that it's a bastard tomorrow, assuming she's in her office when I'm on campus.

And hopefully she'll manage to convince me that Refworks is just temperamental right now for me and I haven't wasted my time using it.

Really, can this week be over? Please?

Sesame Street is celebrating its 40th anniversary today. Go Sesame Street!

And, cause I love Ernie and his rubber ducky, here's a clip of Ernie singing his famous song. Admit it, you all love this song ;)

flu shots (seasonal + h1n1) = sore, stiff arms = one unproductive Wednesday

Romeo and Juliet

Davis forgot how it ended. He believed they would have the happily-ever-after. Davis-centric (Davis/Chloe, Clark/Chloe, Jimmy/Chloe). Teen. Season 8. 1259 words. For fanon_fridays.

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Meet and Greet

Two women met up in a bar. There should be a punch line. There isn't. Tess, Lois. Pg. Future. Au (not a happy au). 1537 words.

a/n: This ended up miles from what I envisioned when I started writing. It mostly definitely doesn't fit in with canon (not like that has ever stopped me).

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M. (new employee): Z. and I didn't know how what to do with those papers on those charts yesterday. Since you were working today, we decided to leave them for you.

Me (out loud): Oh. I see.

Me (in head): How do you guys expect to learn how to deal with those papers (which will reappear again and again) if you just leave it for me?

This Is You, This Is Me

It’s all about patience. Chloe/Clark. Teen. Future/AU. 825 words.

A/N: So originally this was going to be for the first week of fanon_fridays. Clearly that didn't happen. And then the story didn't want to go exactly as I had planned. But here it is now.

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once past grace

Chloe attempts to deal with what has happened in her life. Chloe-centric. Chloe/Clark. Chloe/Jimmy. Season 9 spoilers, sorta. Pg. Angst.

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Now I must go to work. Time and a half though, so woot! To everyone that has the holiday free, eat and be merry.

I was looking at the picspam nyonyo made for Friday's episode of Smallville, and the stuff she quoted made me want to write. I don't wanna write angst. I wanna write happy Chlark, not season 9 angst. Where have all my happy Chlark ideas gone? (Although I suppose someone could point out that I not really a happy, fluffy writer.) Still, season 9 angst ideas? What the hell is wrong with me!

Also, I need a Halloween icon. I want a Halloween icon from the Charlie Brown special. Would anyone like to make me one? I'll supply a picture and everything.

I'm going to list 6 things, 5 are true. and 1 is not. Your job is to guess which is not true.

1. I have a porcelain doll from Italy in my bedroom.
2. I won't drink regular coffee.
3. I couldn't say 'school' and 'hamburger' until I was twelve.
4. I've read every novel Margaret Atwood has written.
5. I have McDonald toys on my desk to keep me company.
6. I once threw penicillin at a boy who was teasing me.