Shiny New Day, Love ☆彡

Just A Friendly Update

galenhiril@gmail.com — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:19:26 GMT

22:13 We can see at least 8 fires on the side of the hill across town D= #

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galenhiril@gmail.com — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:20:06 GMT

15:12 Requiem For A Dream is an AMAZING soundtrack. #
15:15 it's only 3 and my eyes area already killing me. No good.... #
15:50 I am such a lesbian some days. lol.... #
16:28 Punctuality is not a strong suit of mine. Ever. #

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Just A Friendly Update

galenhiril@gmail.com — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:21:07 GMT

18:17 Its such a sad day when your computer monitor is larger than your television screen. lol #
21:49 TSUBASA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #
23:03 The thought of making an "I'd hit it" fandom!secret in reference to Anna Popplewell crossed my mind. But who wants to keep that a secret?! #
08:08 Half day! Half day! Half day! #
11:48 I love LOST fandom, but the terms "Jate", "Skate" and other things similar... drive me nuts. I don't even know why. #
16:10 Oh, Naps! How I love thee... #

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Just A Friendly Update

galenhiril@gmail.com — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:30:15 GMT

18:58 The bottom of my foot is now numb after tearing it apart with a wire brush. Well.. at least it doesn't itch now. Stupid bug bites. #
19:08 P.S. Disaster evaded. Made it home safely. lol. #
19:10 It is now July D: June was such a sexy calendar month.... #
22:31 Now on to The Voyage of The Dawn Treader! \o/ #
16:45 I am the queen of telling people that they cannot have their money back. Or why things are as expensive as they are. GIVE ME YOUR MONEY! xD #

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Just A Friendly Update

galenhiril@gmail.com — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:54:54 GMT

10:18 Hearing your own voice on your ipod is weird. Especially when you aren't expecting it #
12:28 I want to be home writing now. Yay inspiration :) #
16:49 Database is broken at work... which translates into fanfic time for Sarah! Ohohoh #

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Can. Not. Resist. Meme.

galenhiril@gmail.com — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:51:04 GMT

Name any fandom, and I'll tell you the following:

1. The first character I fell in love with.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't.
4. The character I love that everyone else hates.
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer.
6. The character I would shag anytime.
7. The character I'd want to be like.
8. The character I'd slap.
9. A pairing that I love.
10. A pairing that I hate.

Humor me lovelies! I'm a bit bored :3

Edit: Fandoms covered in comments below:

Yu-Gi-Oh! | Nana | Lost | Heroes | Firefly | Tsubasa

Just A Friendly Update

galenhiril@gmail.com — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:44:58 GMT

17:39 thank GOD tomorrow is payday... #

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galenhiril@gmail.com — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:23:10 GMT

20:00 It's 8 o'clock and I'm still barely packed.. And yet here I still sit; not packing. lol #

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Just A Friendly Update

galenhiril@gmail.com — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:42:12 GMT

13:24 i can finally log in! #
13:24 watched The Incredible Hulk last night, and was more pleased by it than I thought I would be. #
13:25 I am NOT ready for it to be Friday yet. What's even worse is that it's halfway over... #
13:29 Englewood =/= England... and yet I keep writing it. Stupid Sarah is stupid. #
13:50 Am finally onto The Horse and His Boy in my reading of The Chronicles of Narnia. :3 #
15:35 I'm becoming quite fond of Edmund. :3 Peter was always my movie!favourite. #

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☆♥☆♥☆♥☆

galenhiril@gmail.com — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:46:52 GMT

Now pimping this out, because how could I not.

☆ THE LOVE SPARKLE MEME ☆

Just A Friendly Update

galenhiril@gmail.com — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:27:25 GMT

18:20 There is a random!magical container of chocolate covered strawberries in my fridge. I love my life! #

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Just A Friendly Update

galenhiril@gmail.com — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:35:13 GMT

22:01 27 Dresses was an alright movie. Kathryn Hiegl does not impress me though. #
22:02 Also talked with mom about going back to school. She thinks its a great idea. :3 #
09:29 chatting with Laifan is making me want to watch AIR TV again. ;.; That series is so lovely. #
13:23 lol facebook. I'm never going to get anthing done now, am I. #
15:30 using my superpowers for evil. Good times indeed :3 #

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Just A Friendly Update

galenhiril@gmail.com — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:24:01 GMT

12:35 making vampire fangs out of licorice bites is very professional. Becky started it! *points* #
13:29 I hate that it hurts to be female sometimes... D= #
13:55 I have a random urge to play the Sims2 today. I really shouldn't though, because I won't get anything done if that turns out to be the case! #
16:09 For not doing much of anything, I seemed to get a lot done today. How odd. #
16:48 is now on facebook. Why it's taken me so long... we may never know. ADD ME, LOVEYS! #

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ETA: My facebook profile -- to make your lives easier :3

L-M-N-O-P!!!!!!!!!!

galenhiril@gmail.com — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:13:31 GMT

Swiped this from ack_attackbecause it seemed amusing and fun!

1. It begins with a list of all 26 letters of the alphabet.
2. Comment with something for me to talk about that starts with one of those letters. Make me babble about anything -- TV shows, actors, actresses, food, I don't know, be creative. :D
3. One topic per letter -- I don't care how many letters you pick! (I'll keep the list updated as they come)
4. I will post a new post talking about all 26 topics given to me!

A - APPLES
B - BOYFRIENDS
C - CLAMP!
D - DISNEY (movie of my choice)
E - ENCHANTED
F - FRUITS BASKET
G - GOLF
H - HOKUTO SUMERAGI
I - IMOGEN HEAP
J - JAMES SUNDERLAND
K - KUROGANE
L - LIFE
M - MY WONDERFUL CELESIA! (Which was just given to me by her as"ME!")
N - NATHAN PETRELLI
O - OBLONGS
P - PARISOLS
Q - QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO ASK MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER - AND WHY.
R - ROBOTS
S - SETO KAIBA
T - THE TRACTOR
U - UGANDA
V - VADER
W - WATANUKI
X - XXX (as in alchohol, not porn)
Y - YAOI
Z - ZEBRAS

Go crazy! All of you. NAO! <3

Getting Personal

galenhiril@gmail.com — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:48:01 GMT

It's a lovely spring day here in Denver. A comfortable 72 degrees, a slight breeze on the air, sapphire blue skies freckled with lazy cottonball clouds. I was dropping things at the post office just a moment ago and as I step out I felt... rain drops? Finding that rather odd considering the circumstances, I look up and I swear to God the cloud over my head was this tiny little black thing the size of a freakin car. I really don't think I'm exaggerating.

I just laughed. Because, it felt a little Saturday-Morning-Cartoonish....

Go With It

galenhiril@gmail.com — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:02:54 GMT

I am eating my first ever bowl of tomato soup, which is weird given my age. But I've sort of always hated it. And I have a very strange aversion to tomato products that come from cans. So it's just never really been in the cards. Mom bought some a while back though and it smelled awesome. So... there you have it.

Anyway. I really would like to not have to go to work in the morning. It's been a very nice extended weekend. My brother was in town. We hung out, watched a ton of movies, spent all of yesterday playing around downtown. It was my first time riding the LightRail. All in all, it was very enjoyable.

We managed to watch 28 Days Later, The Hitcher, The Mist, No Reservations, Juno, Napoleon Dynamite, The Matrix, The Matrix: Reloaded, The Matrix: Revolutions, Cloverfield and Fight Club. I own almost all of those except the first four, and I feel its my duty to report that The Mist was an epic disaster. I don't know if any of you have seen it, but... the ending completely sucks. I don't say that about a lot of movies, but that one ended and I pretty much hated the world for it. lol. Cam and I saw Indiana Jones on Friday too, after our sushi night. It was amusing and fun. Certainly not the best movie on the planet, but I didn't have that expectation to begin with.

I also managed to sunburn the ever loving crap out of my shoulders during rehearsals on Saturday. Shirts and I haven't been getting along well for a few days because of it. Tomorrow should be better though. I hope.

This evening I removed the "hiatus" status over on rain_project. I'd like to continue with the original plan to keep track of my progress there. Hopefully it will drive me to work more with it. I had been doing quite well before the move, computer crash and such, and I did even manage to get some more work on it tonight. I posted the Prologue, even though that's been done for ages. But I am nearly finished with the first chapter now - which is a great deal more involved that that tiny prologue. Saying that though makes it seem as though I haven't done crap for the story itself, and as far as actually sitting to write it, I suppose I haven't. I'm hoping that will change, even if all I can do are bits and pieces each day. It's better than nothing...

galenhiril@gmail.com — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:01:42 GMT

;.;

A Walk To Remember is such a sad movie. W-why do I do this to myself!?

Do It!

galenhiril@gmail.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:47:40 GMT

thedarememe

Something more serious to come... one day. =3

Something's Getting In The Way

galenhiril@gmail.com — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:36:09 GMT

Either my desk sits slightly too low, or my chair sits slightly too high. But either way, I can't open the keyboard drawer fully and this often results in me just leaving it closed to type. Sometimes... this results in a massive spelling fail on my part, if I'm not paying attention - which can be known to happen. =3

I'm really beginning to fear that people are starting to get the impression that I am... a complete moron. Which is quite devastating to me, because I'm really not. But at the same time, I just feel as though my IQ drops daily. Soon enough I'm going to be nothing but a flailing spaz of a girl. It's going to be horrible.

Speaking of being a flailing spaz though, I'm concerned that I may have recently regressed to the age of 12. Not only is my new LJ theme Seto Kaiba from Yu-Gi-Oh! - a television show aimed for children (young boys) with the hopes to boost trading card sales around the globe... but NOW my profile is reminiscent of another television show aimed at young boys. Hahah. Speed Racer FTW! Everything needed to be lightened up, I thought. And... that picture of the Mach5 is badass.

On a slightly - but-not-very-related topic - my LastFM profile is not updating to reflect my latest played songs. My "scrobbling" is enabled and everything. It asked me to update to a newer version the other day and it's not worked since. I'm beginning to think that maybe I should stop updating things.... it's done me more harm than good lately.

Something a little cracky and pointless. So... my new computer's name is Syaoran - because he's a sexy clone. Syaoran is a Backstreet Boys fan. Seriously. I have 2000+ songs, and of those 2000+ songs I doubt I have over 20 Backstreet Boys songs. And yet when I stick iTunes on shuffle, they play ALL. THE. TIME.

Speaking of iTunes. Here! How about a music meme I ganked from thesaneminority!

Number of Songs Total: 2002 (A few were lost in the computer transfer D=)
Total Length of Songs: 5.4 Days

Sort by song title
First song: "About You" -Ayumi Hamasaki
Last song: "1983" - John Mayer

Sort by time
Shortest song: "Lost - Main Title" - Michael Giacchino / JJ Abrams (0:17)
Longest song: "Storybook Ending" - Enchanted (10:44)

Sort by album
First song: "Time Is Running Out" - Muse
Last song: "The Hardest Thing" - 98 Degrees

Top 10 most played songs
01. "Cloud 9" - Maaya Sakamoto
02. "Diary of Jane" - Breaking Benjamin
03. "What About Now" - Daughtry
04. "Radar" - Britney Spears
05. "Caught In The Sun" - Courses of Nature
06. "Let Go" - Frou Frou
07. "Beautiful World" - Hikaru Utada
08. "The Walk" - Imogen Heap
09. "Across The Universe" - Jim Sturgess (Across The Universe OST)
10. "Come On Get Higher" - Matt Nathanson
*Unfortunately that isn't very accurate, since all my songs/playlists got wiped during a routine update of iTunes a few weeks back. But... in regards to only these past weeks, that's absolutely true!

First 10 songs that come up on shuffle
01. "Break The Sky" - The Hush Sound
02. "SOS" - Rihanna
03. "Edit" - Regina Spektor
04. "Time of Dying" - Three Days Grace
05. "Tyrant" - OneRepublic
06. "I'm The One" - Seether
07. "One Sweet Love" - Sara Barellis
08. "Life" - Yui Horie
09. "Ending" - Bump of Chicken
10. "Closer" - Nine Inch Nails

Search...
"sex" - how many songs come up?: 1
"love" - how many songs come up?: 115
"you" - how many songs come up?: 274
"death" - how many songs come up?: 14
"hate" - how many songs come up?: 4
"wish" - how many songs come up?: 5

Also. I may becoming an insomniac. Do. Not. Want.

Blue Sky Theme

galenhiril@gmail.com — Thu, 08 May 2008 04:23:33 GMT

So, you know that layout I promised you forever ago, Becca (toadwart). I'm so sorry. I finally finished the one I started for you MONTHS ago... so if you still want to use it, well here it is. If you don't... well. Here this is anyway! lol! I blame my old crashed computer =3 ~~that happened like two months ago now, haha~~

How to install it:

1. Go to the Customize Journal area.

2. Under "#2 Select New Theme," type in FLEXIBLE SQUARES in the search field.

3. Select APPLY THEME under any of the given options.
*Blue Gray is the FLEXIBLE SQUARES default, but it really shouldn't matter which one you select.

4. Select CUSTOMIZE YOUR THEME in the upper-right box field. (Or you can also select the CUSTOMIZE button beneath whichever FLEXIBLE SQUARES theme you've just chosen - either way works. *MAKE SURE the green "Apply Theme" button underneath has turned into a link that says CUSTOMIZE.)

5. Select CUSTOM CCS - it will be the last option on the left sidebar

6. Change all drop-down options on this page to NO.
*There should be three of them.

7. Copy/Paste this entire code into the CUSTOM STYLE SHEET field. Make sure not to put any spaces or anything in because it'll break it. =p

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*The given CCS code changes the look of your journal, none of the texts. You can modify many things to your liking by just playing around with the options in the CUSTOMIZE YOUR THEME area. Just roam around the sidebar on the left. But it is all quite user friendly.

And if you have a "friends-only" journal, feel free to nab this!

And here is a matching default icon for you as well!

If you have any troubles with it, lemme know!

♥

Also. The words/lyrics in this layout are from Maaya Sakamoto's The Garden of Everything which is a beautiful song. Feel free to nab that as well - that goes for anyone!

P.S. Amanda, you're next.

galenhiril@gmail.com — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:24:30 GMT

Over the winter holidays I read Oryx and Crake by Margaret Attwood, a rather believable near-futuristic scienice fiction novel about the blurring of social boundaries, genetic engineering and humanity’s eventual fall into a stark dystopia. And today, I ate my first grapple.

I always find it so surreal to live in a world where we are beginning to see things once merely dreamed in science fiction novels now sitting on the shelves at stores. To overhear the evening news broadcast jump from the weather report to new developments in stem cell research, possible cures for cancer, or cloning is hardly anything new these days. But you’re probably just wondering what on earth a grapple is. I saw it at the supermarket the other day in a plastic container that advertised, “Looks like an apple, tastes like a grape!” and to my astonishment, it really did.

It’s 2008 now and missions into the vacuums of space are so frequent now, they rarely make the news. Manned missions to the moon are a thing of the past; we've got our eyes on Mars now and estimate we can get there in the next 20-25 years. There are cars sitting in car lots that can parallel park themselves, and yet there are still people to day who were alive when the mass production of the very first automobiles began. My grandparents would have seen the switch over to the more-popular use of the touch-tone telephone, and now there isn’t a person I know who doesn’t own a personal, portable electronic communication device capable of sending text-based messages, receiving phone calls, taking photographs and accessing the internet via satellite all at the touch of a button while still fitting neatly into the pocket of your jeans. When I was born, the music industry was phasing out the 8-track for cassette tapes and now my own cell phone doubles as an MP3 player and can hold at least 10-CDs worth of music. On a daily basis I communicate with people literally living on the other side of the world without so much as thinking about the fact that when my parents were my age they couldn’t have even considered that.

More and more, the science fictions of yesterday are becoming the realities of tomorrow. And my reaction to it all? Well, keep it coming! Because, I’ve always wanted a flying car.

And Now BEHOLD!!!!!!!

galenhiril@gmail.com — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:09:38 GMT

Ah, Yugioh. You're so awesomely cheesy and I love you. I-I do totally love the Battle City theme/intro though. Bakura and Marik are so awesome. lol. I'm... watching the Battle City Finals/saving the world with children's card games right now. It's pretty intense.

My lovely lovely Tonnya requested pictures of my dress if they were taken. Sooooo... check out my awesome.

That picture is a little fuzzy because this was taken in poor light.

I'm kind of making a dumb face here, but you get to see the dress quite well. And that was mostly the point of these.

Aaaand because this picture is far too awesome NOT to share.

This is pretty typical behavior from me, to be honest. I'm a very serious person.

♥

Music Writing Meme = Drabble/Fanfic Time!

galenhiril@gmail.com — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:07:56 GMT

My Monday? Not so fantastic. I love migraines. I really do. I promise. I'm over it now, have been for a few hours. But really, I swear I just had one just a few days ago. Spent the evening with momma talking and watching Bones and House. It's kind of becoming our thing, I think. Which is really quite awesome. lol House.

Also. Guh. Fanfiction. I haven't written anything lately, to be honest. I haven't written anything on the original front either, aside from a handful of pages that I got excited over only to have them DIE on me. Freakin life, anyway. So... today I picked up Reign again. I began it forever ago as a novel idea and decided it would be fun to try and tell the story visually. And have since awoken in the idea of... who the hell was I fooling!? Aside from myself of course. BUT I've picked it back up because its the only story that isn't dead to me. If I get nothing more out of working on it than just getting the creative juices flowing again, then that's fine by me.

I will say though that no matter what medium is being used to tell the story, the first chapter is a BITCH. Cool, yes. But strangely challenging.

Where was I going with this though? Ah yes. Fanfiction. Lately a good number of reviews have been coming in off ff.net which just get me all warm and fuzzy inside. And I feel really bad because I haven't been contributing anything at all lately. Like FrictionSquared? Hahha anyone remember that? I've got ONE page written for the next chapter. That's how much I fail at life.

SO! We're going to play this little meme that's been going around. Because I really need some inspiration! D=

Rules:
1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle.
3. Write a drabble related to each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts, and stop when it's over. No lingering afterwards!
4. Do ten of these, then post them.

I'm not going to follow the rules exactly. I'm just writing for whoever comes to mind for whatever song that comes on. It'll probably be mostly Tsubasa, but you never know. Some songs don't remind me of Tsubasa at all.

Edit: Fandoms written for this meme include Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, Heroes, Lost and Star Trek Enterprise. (lol, since I totally write for only one of those fandoms usually, but whatever! xD)

→ 1. Hamburg Song - Keane (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: Fai ~ Oto Country)

The streets were quiet and the lights of sunset were beginning to turn the sky purple, filtering through the blinds of the cafe windows and illuminating the large black piano in the corner. It seemed to almost call his name at times like these.

No one else was there. He'd sent Sakura and Syaoran off to the market for more flour and sugar, and Mokona had insisted to go along. Kurogane was off, upstairs taking a nap after having been up half the night pacing around the shop on his usual Oni watch.

The light here never seemed quite real to him. Always a bit to clean and perfect. Tonight was no exception. A bit too much red this time, he though to himself, running a single slim finger over the glossy black surface. But it was beautiful. This world. This light. This very moment. It was almost calming, and to this he could not help but frown.

He could frown when no one else was around. And for a few brief moments he stood there, his fingers resting on the ivory keys. To play them would be a lovely thing indeed. But he didn't so much as dare. He did not want to get caught up in perfect moments that we not real. He'd already had far too much of that as of late.

→ 2. Into The Stars - OLIVIA (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: C!Sakura & C!Syaoran ~ post Acid!Tokyo)

Another one shot above her head through the perfectly black sky, and she held her breath, wide-eyed, and made her wish, and she could not help but wonder if by some chance he had seen it as well. She wondered if he even so much as looked anymore. And yet, the simple thought of knowing that in this vast and cold universe, it was still possible to share a moment with someone, no matter how distant they might be, made her smile.

Surely, some part of him still thought this too. She'd seen the look in those wide, wonderful eyes of his, filled with awe and a thousand questions when they were younger.

He was a good boy. Still. He had to be. She believed that with every ounce of her being. And while it might be true that she no longer quite understood what that mean, she did not care. She still knew exactly what it was to love someone.

→ 3 I'll Be - Edwin McCain. (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: Kurogane & Fai ~ Nihon Country)

It was warm in Nihon. A fine summer was on its way, which had been Kurogane's favourite season as a child. He'd gotten to climb all the trees that he could see and splash in the streams until his fingers turned into prunes. He liked the summers now for other reasons, such as getting to sleep with the shoji screens open and let the night air pass over his skin while he slept, or watching the stars by firelight and drinking cold sake while listening to songs and stories.

This particular summer evening was not as comfortable as he would sometimes dream about, but he was well aware that it could have been much worse. In fact, he'd been willing to never see another Nihon summer, if that was what it took.

The look in that single golden eye across the room suggested that his intentions were now quite clear. And for the first time of many times to come, the smiled at one another in silence, letting the warm night air carry some silent, unspoken message between them: all was forgiven and things now would be forever changed, for the better. Because no matter what came at them, the would always have each other.

**I was expecting way more sap to come out of that, lol

→ 4. Like I Love You - Justin Timberlake (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: Kurogane & Fai ~ Horitsuba Verse)

You could still hear the beat of the music from up in the locker room. The school at night always had such a mysterious, practically taboo feeling to it, especially knowing that the majority of the students were on the ground, laughing and chatting and dancing away in their trendy street clothes just like it were any other party they'd been to.

"This is very unprofessional," Kurogane protested again. But Fai knew well enough that if he really had a problem with it, he wouldn't even be up here in the first place.

In fact, Fai seemed to think it was only more of an incentive to tease him about it. "Scaaared Kuro-sama?" he raised a single blonde brow before tilting back his head and taking another drink from the flask the two of them were now sharing.

"I'm NOT scared."

"Why not?" he giggled, "we could get caught up here. Doesn't that worry you?"

Kurogane just narrowed his eyes and swiped the flask from the blonde in protest. He drank nearly half of it before dangerously grinning, "You didn't really pull me away to share your sake with me, did you?"

Fai didn't even say a word before the answer was given, and within moments, getting caught for drinking in the boy's locker room while on chaperone's duty was the least of his concerns.

**It was hard not to giggle through this entire song. lol Justin Timberlake.

→ 5. Lying From You - Linkin Park (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: R!Syaoran & C!Syaoran ~ preAcid!Tokyo )

Who are you?

The mirror seemed to talk to him. To move on its own. To watch him.

Stay away from me.

He wanted to scream at it. To break it down into dust and watch it disappear on the wind. And he couldn't tell the others. They would think he was crazy. That his own reflection gave him nightmares. That he would sometimes dream of no one but his own self coming for him and taking him away.

You're going crazy.

He was going crazy. He must be. Because he couldn't remember which side of the mirror he was on anymore.

**Wholly crap that is a SyaoSyao song if I've ever heard one! OMG.

→ 6. I Hate Myself For Losing You - Kelly Clarkson (Heroes: Nathan & Peter Petrelli ~ post Kirby Plaza)...? Just go with it! =p And also: lol

Heidi came by almost every day at first. She was always so good about smiling at him and not making it look forced. Nathan figured it was likely due to all the exposure to his mother. Or perhaps it was his own doing. He knew he wouldn't ever be certain. And although he missed the boys terribly, he was glad she never brought them by. He just wasn't ready to see the faces they would make at the sight of him. The thought of scaring his own children made him nauseous.

But as the weeks stretched by he eventually found himself resenting the sound of that opening hospital door, and that he was growing to dread that gentle hand that would find his own as he lay there with his eyes closed, replaying events she could never understand. He could sit her down and explain it all, but he knew she'd just smile at him with those sky blue eyes of hers and run her fingers through his singed, charcoal hair as gently as possible and simply tell him everything was ok.

He hated hearing those words anymore. Things were not ok, and they very well might not every be ok again. Because every time that door swung open, Nathan knew that it wasn't Peter. And it was all his fault.

→ 7. Broken - Seether feat. Amy Lee (Lost: Sawyer & Kate ~ post Team!Jack leaving the Island) .... ??? Again, just go with it.

There was plenty of paper to be found. The Pearl was practically full of it. Notebooks and notebooks full of blank pages. And after a few, unbearable long weeks Sawyer began to lose count of just how many of those notebooks he'd filled, or just how many bottles of Dharma Filtered Spring Water he'd drained.

He knew it was stupid.

She'd never get a single one.

They'd all either come right back; wash up on the beach or smash against the rocks. Or they just vanish on the edge of nowhere like things tended to do now and again.

But he continued to write them, regardless. He told most people that it was because it gave him something to do. But he wasn't going to fool himself. It was pointless to even try. And even though, after weeks and weeks of writing and the letters all began to sound the same and he knew it, he continued. Because they forced him to think of her. To remember her smile. Because, if it came down to it, he would risk almost anything to never forget her.

**Dawww.=3

→ 8. Kimidori - Maaya Sakamoto (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: Kurogane)

He couldn't believe he'd been talked into this. Absolutely nothing about this sounded like anything he'd enjoy. There was nothing fun about thousands of children packed into small areas, running around without their leashes on and then allowed to nibble on what he was coming to find was nothing more than giant pink balls of sugar fluff. There was nothing fun about waiting in lines for what seemed like ages to sit on a strangely designed contraption that seemed to beacon an early death. Nothing fun about having to haul around a meter-tall stuffed yellowish-green panda he'd won for simply throwing a tiny ball at some metal pins.

But he decided not to say anything about it. How could he when they were all smiling and laughing so happily like that. It was hard to remember how long it had been since he'd heard such sounds.

He'd just be sure it was he who picked next weekends activities. And also make sure they rode that ferris wheel again before leaving.

**Kimidori means "yellow-green" btw :D

→ 9. Time After Time - Quietdrive (Star Trek Enterprise: Trip & T'Pol ~ during Trip's time on the Columbia) Don't judge me! =3 lol

He wouldn't take any of it back. Not a moment. Not that he'd ever admit to it. Though, that wasn't entirely true. If he could give anything to save Elizabeth, he'd have done it in a heartbeat. Not a single question asked. But aside from that single event in which he was well aware he'd had no control over to begin with, he had no regrets.

Weeks now he'd worked far too many hours down in the engine room, glad to be pushing himself toward exhaustion amidst the glow of the plasma coils. He could actually get some decent sleep that way; if he wore himself out enough, he'd be asleep by the time his head hit the pillow and he wouldn't have to worry about his mind wandering elsewhere.

But he couldn't help it when it did. After all, there seemed to be no escaping her, no matter how far away she might be. And part of him was bothered by this. He was supposed to be the one who could make anything work, after all. But instead of trying to fix it, he was here, across an entire galaxy trying to fix things he didn't really care about. And she would show up sometimes and remind him of this fact over and over again, though of course she would never come close to saying so.

It was hard to tell if she was ever really there. Exhaustion could make a man delirious sometimes, but he figured that if he was going to have a voice in his head from time to time, he was glad it was hers.

**<3 I cheated. I had to finish that sentence D= Forgive me!

→ 10. Angry Angel - Imogen Heap (Heroes: Sylar) =3

Gabriel's mother and father never brought him to church. They hadn't been overly religious individuals. Believers perhaps. They'd attended the mass on Easter when they had the time, and always said prayers before dinners during all the important meals; Thanksgiving had always been a big one for prayer, which was odd considering the lack of religious connotation the modern world detached from the holiday. And at Christmas, Gabriel was always read the Nativity Story before bedtime, and had been brought up knowing that the holiday was celebrated in honor of Our Lord Jesus birth.

The most impact that religion ever had on Gabriel Gray was his mother's constant doting that he was her "precious little angel." Her special little boy given to her by God himself. Her precious son that could hold the world in his hands if he so chose.

Anymore, Gabriel chose to avoid churches altogether if it were possible. Though it was not out of any sort of fear he had. No, as far as he was concerned, his mother may have very well been right. He just hated the noises that seemed to come from those places: too many broken things.

**lol, this song always reminds me of Sylar. I don't know why.

ARHG. Drabbles are freakin hard. lol.

A Few Things Before Bed:

galenhiril@gmail.com — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:15:32 GMT

Awwwwwwwwwwwww! I love Sawyer! He was absolutely awesome in this episode. *cuddles him* The way he was so protective of Claire and Hurley; it was adorable.

And Ben is a crazy ninja. A crazy... possibly time traveling ninja? Wholly crap. Does he keep the smoke monster in his basement? lol

Zachary!

galenhiril@gmail.com — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:03:07 GMT

Happy Sunday children! I hope everyone is enjoying their weekends.

Yesterday was convention day. I usually go for a full weekend to these things, but wasn't quite as gung-ho about it as usual; spending three full days immersed in it wasn't quite a priority this time around. Despite that, however, yesterday was really quite awesome.

Mostly because of... Zachary Quinto. And I know that I can be kind of a spazzy fangirl about things. But in all, flat and serious honesty, I have to report that he is really cool. He totally made my day yesterday, and if I hadn't already been a fan of him before... well he'd have certainly gained one in me. So now I'm just hooked. He's just so down to earth and friendly. I was instantly impressed with him because he was so polite and intelligent, and just seemed so genuine about everything. In person, he's about as un-creepy and Sylar-like as you can get, really. Hahaha, and my inner fangirl has to report that he has very lovely, intense eyes. And is taller and slimmer than I'd realized. A-and he smells nice. =3

Every person he would meet he would smile at them and say hello, ask how they were doing, if they were having a good day. He always give honest, witty, in-depth, insightful and intelligent answers to anyone's question, thank them for any compliment they'd give him, wish them a good day. There was even one girl who apparently had been at a different convention across the country just last week, and he remembered her, which I think is really cool of him.

I'd elaborate more, but I really just don't have enough nice things to say about him. You know how sometimes you meet celebrities who are just... a bit of a let down. And Zachary was the complete opposite. Not even three weeks ago, I wouldn't have known who he was if I'd stepped on him. =3 Now, after having met him though, I've definitely come to respect him as both a person and actor, and will totally support him in his career.

I can't wait to see him in Star Trek. I think he's going to be fantastic.

Unfortunately, I look absolutely ridiculous in this picture. That is a horrible smile. D=

But I'm still sharing this anyway. Because... well... obviously.

And as a random side note: LOL! Matthew Fox is going to be Racer X in Speed Racer?! Hell freakin yes. I was kinda amused with the idea of that movie, but I'm defiantly seeing it now!