Day #4

[jadesfire]

It appears I'm writing a Criminal Minds/Numb3rs EPIC crossover. What is it with crossovers that makes them be so long, anyway? I've got some vague ideas bumping around in my head, but the story keeps trying to be in Charlie's POV, which would be fine if I actually knew the character. I'm not really more than a casual viewer of Numb3rs, and I've watched episodes from random seasons in a random order. Added to the fact that Five are always reapeating the same episode when I tune in (how do they know?), this could prove tricky.

So can anyone recommend "must see this" episodes for Charlie characterisation? I can hear his voice, I just don't know what to have him say, if that makes any kind of sense.

Anyway, enough of my blithering.

*glares* Why haven't more of you been over to the gen battle and written comment-fic? Or the fluff battle? Come on, folks. 4300 characters really isn't that many!

Today, I am awesome because I stayed awake through a whole course about serials AND I finally got a battery fitted to my watch, which has been dead for about 2 years. I've also managed to cross off a heathy chunk of stuff from my list, although I'm procrastinating terribly about the rest.

There's always tomorrow - I don't want to use up all my awesome all at once ;)

What about you guys? I've been very low-key-awesome today. Anyone done anything more exciting?

Comments

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I managed one thing for the gen battle. There are just too many prompts. I start to read the list and then my eyes cross and brain shuts down. However I REALLY want someone to write Doctor/Sesame Street with Grover as a companion. Fuzzy blue monster in special blue box. Come on people!!

Oh, hey. Should I send the SGA thing to someone else? I don't want to feel pressure if you've got all sorts of other stuff to do.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Hee! You should DEFINITELY be writing that.

Eep, no, sorry! I'm on evening duty tonight so will have plenty of time to go through and get it back to you. Expect it some time in the next 2 hours :)

Sorry :(

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

What is it with crossovers that makes them be so long, anyway? It's the number of universes shouting at you. *g*

Crossing things off your list is well awesome, never mind the other stuff.

Today I am awesome because I finally posted the WIP that grew from a comment fic to almost 17k words. Does that count as Epic? It's one of them there long crossover beasties anyway, even if it does only cover a period of hours.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I think 17k definitely counts as Epic AND Awesome :D Crossovers are always about 3 times the length you originally intend - the characters seem to get chatty!

[naye]

Ahh, as if I needed more excellent reasons to start watching Numb3rs...! *g*

You are indeed awesome - you also write about your awesomeness, which is doubly awesome! Because then the rest of us get to enjoy it!

I have not panicked at an earthquake, posted my first new bit of writing in over six months (it's only a drabble, but I wrote it and posted it and it means I can write!), and written a tiny bit more on the gen SGA team h/c fic that seems determined to happen. Slow going, but - it's going! There's a plot! There is team. I am so happy. \o/

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Over the last few months, I've been wishing that I could subscribe to CBS over here in the UK - they show all the programmes I love and can just *watch* without wanting to throw things at the screen. Numb3rs, Criminal Minds, NCIS, the CSIs... It seems like a happy network, somehow, if they're churning out this kind of thing. Generic, yes. Addictive, definitely!

I have to tell you that it was the best thing *ever* this morning to open my email and have 13 comments that all began "I am awesome because..." I know you guys rock, and it's great to see everyone giving themselves credit too!

I saw xparrot's post about the earthquake O.O Rather you guys than me - well done for not panicking!

WOOT! It's the best feeling when the writing starts to come again - brilliant! *\o/*

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Crossing stuff off your list is awesome! And *feels* awesome. :) Good job with the watch battery. I have tasks like that, too, for some reason they just languish forever.

Due to life stuff, I've been having trouble meeting my big bang daily quota, so it's been hard to get my head around writing anything else, even drabbles. It's like I don't want to get distracted. (Because that's when dragons happen!) But I did have an art (scribbly picture? Sigh, I still don't know what to call the thing I do) idea for the fluff battle. If I don't chicken out, and I manage to work it into my schedule, that will be awesome.

Your awesome posts usually come before I've had a chance to be awesome that day, other than getting out of bed and teaching morning classes. Can I refer to the previous day's awesome? I feel kind of silly always talking about ways I hope I'm going to be awesome in the future.

After a warm stormy night (bad for sleeping), it's a really, really beautiful breezy springlike day here. I wish I could send some over!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

It'd be great if you can manage the art as well! Doing the Big Bang can eat your life if you're not careful.

My dear, you are always awesome, and therefore can tell me about it whenever you want :)

[azure-chaos.livejournal.com]

Fridays on Five @ 10pm (s5) and ITV3 on Thurs @ 9pm (s4). Also, I Five USA are showing old episodes at 7pm each weekday, s3 according to the TV guide.

I awesomely completed 2 sudoku puzzles today and washed a pile of icky dishes. Also, I discovered my Awesome posts on my LJ are making people smile :)

:)
nate

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Ah, that explains why I've been missing them lately - 7pm is too early, 10 is too late and I never watch ITVs! I can get hold of back-episodes, so I need to find out which will give me the bits of Charlie-history that I need to write him because he's rattling around my head at the moment being Really Annoying!

Ew, washing icky dishes is definitely awesome :S I'm finding that these posts are good for everyone - I spend all day thinking of ways to be awesome so I can tell you guys about it!

[morgynleri]

Not exciting, but today is awesome because I actually remembered to eat breakfast, despite being focused enough on other stuff that I didn't actually realize I was hungry until I was making food.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Eating breakfast is definitely a good thing to remember - it makes such a difference to the day!

[crystalshard.livejournal.com]

I am awesome because I filled out my employee evaluation form at work. Also, I wrote a bit of fic for Z's fluff battle.

Crossovers are long because you have to build two worlds into your story, either of which your readers may not know. So it takes twice as long for the story to get going.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Awesome indeed! I hate forms...

I think it's partly that, but I tend to assume that people *do* know them - for me, I think it's more that I go "ooh, plot" because otherwise I can't envisage why the characters would meet. Apparently when it comes to these things, I suddenly start worrying about realism ;)

[greyias.livejournal.com]

And I was going to suggest a way to get CBS shows over there early... but then I realized you have a Linux setup, and probably not a lot of HD space. *sad* Shall I beam them to you telepathically instead?

For Charlie Eppes eps, if you haven't caught the first few episodes of the show, I suggest those more than almost any other as a way to really get inside Charlie's brain. He has definitely grown as a character since then, but those seem to have all of the really fundamental points if you're wanting to crawl into his (very busy) headspace, IMO. Let me look over an episode guide and I'll give you a more exact list. Definitely the pilot, though, and the second or third.

*glares* Why haven't more of you been over to the gen battle and written comment-fic? Or the fluff battle? Come on, folks. 4300 characters really isn't that many!

*shifts gulitily* I've been trying to install Windows XP on my mini-laptop? Okay, maybe that was just last night. Actually, I've been consumed by the FIC THAT ATE MY BRAIN+SOUL+OTHER VITAL PARTS, and while I do probably need a break from it, I'm afraid if I do I won't come back and finish it.

Let's see... my awesome for today... I have (digitally) hand made e-cards for one person on my f-list, discovered a fun audio trick at work, and made plans to go to Altex as soon as I get home today to pick up provisions to conquer my OS installation issues. (Hold me. I'm going to break my baby.)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*tilts head* I have 80GB. Is that not much? I also have VLC thanks to my Linux-fu. I think that can probably even play telepathic files ;)

That's great, thanks. I'll probably go with them, the first few of S5 and the latest 1 or 2. That should give me enough!

I know what you mean about being scared to leave a fic. If I wander off halfway through, it normally takes me a year or so to come back. Apparently my brain only has the settings 'all' or 'nothing'.

That's pretty awesome! I've considered installing Windows, but figured it'd be too much fuss. Now I have VLC, I'm a very happy clam :D

[nebula99.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on your awesomeness.

Today, I am awesome because I ran home from work and instead of slowing down as I went up the hills, I kept my speed up and tried to power up them.

I don't know much about Numb3rs - only seen one or two eps so I can't help with that. Sorry.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

That's definitely awesome. I walk to work, but running? I don't think my knees would take it, let alone the rest of me ;) Go you!

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

Staying awake through a course definitely qualifies as awesome *nods* You also sent me instructions which I intend to read properly and not go 'argh, it's too complicated!', which was my initial reaction /o\ (a reflection of me, not of your instructions, I hasten to add).

Today I am awesome because I met with a rep during my lunch hour, then insisted on being allowed to leave early, then actually left early AND DIDN'T FEEL GUILTY ABOUT IT \o/

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

And you also managed the instructions - double awesome!

NO GUILT is good :D Yay!

[blackmare-9.livejournal.com]

I am awesome because I made myself call a total stranger to whom I was referred last week. I met a friend of hers, who saw some of the horse-related art I make and said, "You really need to call this lady."

He did let her know to expect a call from me, so it wasn't as awkward as it might have been, but this sort of thing literally makes my heart pound and my chest tighten, I am SO not wired for it, so the fact that I did it anyway (and that it went well) makes me awesome today. I may end up getting some horse-portrait work out of it, which would be wonderful.

I'm also awesome because I agreed to go back to another 7:00 a.m. meeting of the same group of people from which I got this referral. That's tomorrow morning. Guys, I am SO nocturnal. I Do Not Do Mornings, but I'm doing it because I need to survive, and I'm proud of myself for that.

And I'm getting my big commission canvas underway today, so that's another awesome thing.

What do you mean by "a whole course about serials"? Serial ... what? I'm presuming it's rather dull if your awesome achievement was to remain conscious throughout. :-)

Also, Jades, you are awesome for continuing these posts. They're really helpful, more than you might think.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a whole lot of awesome! Like you, I hate calling up people I don't know, so I know what you mean about the heart-pounding. WOOT! Sounds like a good, productive day!

Hee! Serials are any publication that come in serial format - journals, magazines, loose-leaf publications. Anything where you pay for them every year or on subscription rather than as they come. It's its own specilised field within librarianship, as there are all kinds of quirky things that can happen with it. Staying awake through the whole course was definitely a major victory!

[bironic.livejournal.com]

I have not felt at all awesome lately and expect not to feel awesome until March, when I turn in a big big assignment. But, um. Hm. I recognized a poem in a class today from nine years ago, and guessed the answer to a question about an article I hadn't even read?

Anyway - go you! I saw someone this weekend who works on Numb3rs and thought of your crossover. Did you know the show was originally going to be set at MIT?

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*grin* I think that qualifies as awesome. For me, it's not about *feeling* awesome (which I really, really don't, most of the time) but about looking back on the day and going "hey, will you look at that?" I've also found myself trying to think of things to do so that I can qualify as awesome for the day, which seems to be helping my state of mind somewhat!

Oh cool! I didn't know that. I assume they figured a fictional college would be easier? For crossover purposes, I'm assuming that it's Caltech (for obvious reasons) and am having great fun doing the research :)

[fish-echo.livejournal.com]

Today's awesome is small, but it's been a long and trying day-- I've started making plans for gifts for people (which has the added advantage of getting me to smile).

I've watched a bunch of Numb3rs, but I cannot for the life of me think of good Charlie-centric episodes *frowns at self*

I'd be happy to beta it, since I can *recognise* good Charlie voice. And I'll see if I can think of a good set of episodes for you to watch.

Ummm, do you have an idea of *when* you want it to be set? Because he-- especially his concerns and social skills-- evolves as the show goes on. Or would you want it to be sort of generic in regards to time?

deleted and reposted due to grammar fail Turns out the grammar wasn't fail, but by the time I'd realised that I'd already deleted it. So extra fail! Edited for coherency (hopefully) and now I'm going to stop flailing at the internet, even if it is amusing.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that's great, thanks. My plan at the moment is to watch the first ever episodes, then the first few of S5 (some of which I've seen) and the very latest ones. I'm still trying to figure out where to have the timelines meet, but it definitely matters, and I'll probably watch the appropriate episode to be sure.

I'll email you when it's done, thank you!

Making gifts for people is definitely awesome :) No such thing as a small one!

[rachel68620.livejournal.com]

I am awsome today because I have started writing my Tardis Big Bang fic. Also, I got together with my dad for his b'day and managed to not get upset with him when he pushed back the time (which he does rather frequently when we make plans). Plus I managed to reconnect with a friend or two.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

That's hard, when you get messed around like that, so that's definitely awesome. And yay for writing! Brilliant!

Sounds like a really good day :D

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I managed one thing for the gen battle. There are just too many prompts. I start to read the list and then my eyes cross and brain shuts down. However I REALLY want someone to write Doctor/Sesame Street with Grover as a companion. Fuzzy blue monster in special blue box. Come on people!!

Oh, hey. Should I send the SGA thing to someone else? I don't want to feel pressure if you've got all sorts of other stuff to do.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Hee! You should DEFINITELY be writing that.

Eep, no, sorry! I'm on evening duty tonight so will have plenty of time to go through and get it back to you. Expect it some time in the next 2 hours :)

Sorry :(

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

What is it with crossovers that makes them be so long, anyway? It's the number of universes shouting at you. *g*

Crossing things off your list is well awesome, never mind the other stuff.

Today I am awesome because I finally posted the WIP that grew from a comment fic to almost 17k words. Does that count as Epic? It's one of them there long crossover beasties anyway, even if it does only cover a period of hours.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I think 17k definitely counts as Epic AND Awesome :D Crossovers are always about 3 times the length you originally intend - the characters seem to get chatty!

[naye]

Ahh, as if I needed more excellent reasons to start watching Numb3rs...! *g*

You are indeed awesome - you also write about your awesomeness, which is doubly awesome! Because then the rest of us get to enjoy it!

I have not panicked at an earthquake, posted my first new bit of writing in over six months (it's only a drabble, but I wrote it and posted it and it means I can write!), and written a tiny bit more on the gen SGA team h/c fic that seems determined to happen. Slow going, but - it's going! There's a plot! There is team. I am so happy. \o/

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Over the last few months, I've been wishing that I could subscribe to CBS over here in the UK - they show all the programmes I love and can just *watch* without wanting to throw things at the screen. Numb3rs, Criminal Minds, NCIS, the CSIs... It seems like a happy network, somehow, if they're churning out this kind of thing. Generic, yes. Addictive, definitely!

I have to tell you that it was the best thing *ever* this morning to open my email and have 13 comments that all began "I am awesome because..." I know you guys rock, and it's great to see everyone giving themselves credit too!

I saw xparrot's post about the earthquake O.O Rather you guys than me - well done for not panicking!

WOOT! It's the best feeling when the writing starts to come again - brilliant! *\o/*

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Crossing stuff off your list is awesome! And *feels* awesome. :) Good job with the watch battery. I have tasks like that, too, for some reason they just languish forever.

Due to life stuff, I've been having trouble meeting my big bang daily quota, so it's been hard to get my head around writing anything else, even drabbles. It's like I don't want to get distracted. (Because that's when dragons happen!) But I did have an art (scribbly picture? Sigh, I still don't know what to call the thing I do) idea for the fluff battle. If I don't chicken out, and I manage to work it into my schedule, that will be awesome.

Your awesome posts usually come before I've had a chance to be awesome that day, other than getting out of bed and teaching morning classes. Can I refer to the previous day's awesome? I feel kind of silly always talking about ways I hope I'm going to be awesome in the future.

After a warm stormy night (bad for sleeping), it's a really, really beautiful breezy springlike day here. I wish I could send some over!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

It'd be great if you can manage the art as well! Doing the Big Bang can eat your life if you're not careful.

My dear, you are always awesome, and therefore can tell me about it whenever you want :)

[azure-chaos.livejournal.com]

Fridays on Five @ 10pm (s5) and ITV3 on Thurs @ 9pm (s4). Also, I Five USA are showing old episodes at 7pm each weekday, s3 according to the TV guide.

I awesomely completed 2 sudoku puzzles today and washed a pile of icky dishes. Also, I discovered my Awesome posts on my LJ are making people smile :)

:)
nate

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Ah, that explains why I've been missing them lately - 7pm is too early, 10 is too late and I never watch ITVs! I can get hold of back-episodes, so I need to find out which will give me the bits of Charlie-history that I need to write him because he's rattling around my head at the moment being Really Annoying!

Ew, washing icky dishes is definitely awesome :S I'm finding that these posts are good for everyone - I spend all day thinking of ways to be awesome so I can tell you guys about it!

[morgynleri]

Not exciting, but today is awesome because I actually remembered to eat breakfast, despite being focused enough on other stuff that I didn't actually realize I was hungry until I was making food.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Eating breakfast is definitely a good thing to remember - it makes such a difference to the day!

[crystalshard.livejournal.com]

I am awesome because I filled out my employee evaluation form at work. Also, I wrote a bit of fic for Z's fluff battle.

Crossovers are long because you have to build two worlds into your story, either of which your readers may not know. So it takes twice as long for the story to get going.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Awesome indeed! I hate forms...

I think it's partly that, but I tend to assume that people *do* know them - for me, I think it's more that I go "ooh, plot" because otherwise I can't envisage why the characters would meet. Apparently when it comes to these things, I suddenly start worrying about realism ;)

[greyias.livejournal.com]

And I was going to suggest a way to get CBS shows over there early... but then I realized you have a Linux setup, and probably not a lot of HD space. *sad* Shall I beam them to you telepathically instead?

For Charlie Eppes eps, if you haven't caught the first few episodes of the show, I suggest those more than almost any other as a way to really get inside Charlie's brain. He has definitely grown as a character since then, but those seem to have all of the really fundamental points if you're wanting to crawl into his (very busy) headspace, IMO. Let me look over an episode guide and I'll give you a more exact list. Definitely the pilot, though, and the second or third.

*glares* Why haven't more of you been over to the gen battle and written comment-fic? Or the fluff battle? Come on, folks. 4300 characters really isn't that many!

*shifts gulitily* I've been trying to install Windows XP on my mini-laptop? Okay, maybe that was just last night. Actually, I've been consumed by the FIC THAT ATE MY BRAIN+SOUL+OTHER VITAL PARTS, and while I do probably need a break from it, I'm afraid if I do I won't come back and finish it.

Let's see... my awesome for today... I have (digitally) hand made e-cards for one person on my f-list, discovered a fun audio trick at work, and made plans to go to Altex as soon as I get home today to pick up provisions to conquer my OS installation issues. (Hold me. I'm going to break my baby.)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*tilts head* I have 80GB. Is that not much? I also have VLC thanks to my Linux-fu. I think that can probably even play telepathic files ;)

That's great, thanks. I'll probably go with them, the first few of S5 and the latest 1 or 2. That should give me enough!

I know what you mean about being scared to leave a fic. If I wander off halfway through, it normally takes me a year or so to come back. Apparently my brain only has the settings 'all' or 'nothing'.

That's pretty awesome! I've considered installing Windows, but figured it'd be too much fuss. Now I have VLC, I'm a very happy clam :D

[nebula99.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on your awesomeness.

Today, I am awesome because I ran home from work and instead of slowing down as I went up the hills, I kept my speed up and tried to power up them.

I don't know much about Numb3rs - only seen one or two eps so I can't help with that. Sorry.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

That's definitely awesome. I walk to work, but running? I don't think my knees would take it, let alone the rest of me ;) Go you!

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

Staying awake through a course definitely qualifies as awesome *nods* You also sent me instructions which I intend to read properly and not go 'argh, it's too complicated!', which was my initial reaction /o\ (a reflection of me, not of your instructions, I hasten to add).

Today I am awesome because I met with a rep during my lunch hour, then insisted on being allowed to leave early, then actually left early AND DIDN'T FEEL GUILTY ABOUT IT \o/

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

And you also managed the instructions - double awesome!

NO GUILT is good :D Yay!

[blackmare-9.livejournal.com]

I am awesome because I made myself call a total stranger to whom I was referred last week. I met a friend of hers, who saw some of the horse-related art I make and said, "You really need to call this lady."

He did let her know to expect a call from me, so it wasn't as awkward as it might have been, but this sort of thing literally makes my heart pound and my chest tighten, I am SO not wired for it, so the fact that I did it anyway (and that it went well) makes me awesome today. I may end up getting some horse-portrait work out of it, which would be wonderful.

I'm also awesome because I agreed to go back to another 7:00 a.m. meeting of the same group of people from which I got this referral. That's tomorrow morning. Guys, I am SO nocturnal. I Do Not Do Mornings, but I'm doing it because I need to survive, and I'm proud of myself for that.

And I'm getting my big commission canvas underway today, so that's another awesome thing.

What do you mean by "a whole course about serials"? Serial ... what? I'm presuming it's rather dull if your awesome achievement was to remain conscious throughout. :-)

Also, Jades, you are awesome for continuing these posts. They're really helpful, more than you might think.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a whole lot of awesome! Like you, I hate calling up people I don't know, so I know what you mean about the heart-pounding. WOOT! Sounds like a good, productive day!

Hee! Serials are any publication that come in serial format - journals, magazines, loose-leaf publications. Anything where you pay for them every year or on subscription rather than as they come. It's its own specilised field within librarianship, as there are all kinds of quirky things that can happen with it. Staying awake through the whole course was definitely a major victory!