I was just elected Archon of the Epsilon Theta chapter of Phi Sigma Sigma.

Snaps to that.

I can honestly say that I have gotten into shouting matches with friends over Harry Potter & Disney Scene It. The same goes for Uno. We get violent with these games. I've never had such an experience with Trivial Pursuit or Monopoly, because I don't particularly enjoy them, but I am so competitive when it comes to Scene It and Uno.

In case you don't stalk me on all other mediums, I'll be BlogTVing Cassandra Clare's MI party in NYC tomorrow for those who can't be there. The show starts at noon, but if you're not in my timezone and don't know what time that translates to in your area, I've made THIS:



Also, if you are a CC fan and can't be at the BlogTV (which is FREE) or the party itself, you should add my @MundieSource Twitter so you can keep up with the event LIVE, because I'll be Tweeting it for the hundred or so people who have already added me.

Excitement!

Now I have to go make a t-shirt. Can't decide what I want to put on it...

1.Pick any character(s) or pairing(s) 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 four of these, then post them. (I was going to do more, but it was late when I started and I need sleep! More another time ^_^)

Note: These drabbles are "royal" in two ways. (2) are Royston/Hall (ROYAL because of the pairing name) from Havemercy and (2) are Mamoru/Kouje from Shadow Magic, who are ROYAL because of... well... Mamoru. If you haven't read/finished Shadow Magic, I've split them so that the M/K ones are at the end and you can just scroll past them ^_^

( On to the Royal-ness )

Yoinked from marcyjo since I thought it was a brilliant idea.

Marcy had the cool NYR this year and read 100 (well... a few more...) books and wrote little reviews for each one. I've decided that this would be a splendiferous idea for me and, thus, I figured I'd start it. Today, of course, since I got a few books for Christmas and there's no way you're going to tell me to wait a week before I get to dig in.

Woot.

Officially started. Finished the first book at 1:53 AM on December 27th! Weee!

( Books, books, books! )

( Reviews, reviews, reviews! )

Up Next: The Demon's Lexicon by *Sarah Rees Brennan

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE! < / the end >

I read this on a journal and thought it was neat. I've excluded things that don't have first chapters (I have so many projects that are just a jumble of notes, character profiles, and short scenes...). I thought it was entertaining to see all of these together on one page, but I'm a nerd ^_^

Post the first line from all your WIPs. Short stories, novels, emo poetry--anything! Just do it to get it out there and see what people say.

Novels (In order of completeness)
In Due Time: She had never been good at telling time.

Unfinished (Working title): Someone—probably the shrink—had told Sheryl that the move was a good idea.

Shadowing: The Crescent Trilogy (Working title): The room was, quite literally, blanketed in darkness.

Never After: Half of my high school career was officially over—and I had somehow managed to survive.


Novellas & Short Stories (In order of completeness)
The Difference Between Hearing and Listening: “Where is she?”

Untitled Hollywood Short: Matt Mason turned slowly in his pleather swivel chair and stared sideways at his publicist.

Untitled Short Mermen WIP a Birthday Gift: There were few things he enjoyed less than the smell of the ocean and the sand he had to pick grain by grain from his hair for what seemed like weeks after a trip to the shore.

Some Never Leave: She wouldn't have answered the phone if it hadn't been disrupting her studying.

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^_^

Stranger: tell me something.
Stranger: about you.
Stranger: anything.
Stranger: go!
You: I have a fish named Magnus
Stranger: really?
You: Yes
You: He is red and blue
Stranger: awesome.
Stranger: i had fish but they ate each other.
You: That's morbid
Stranger: Magnus reminds me of that movie Matilda.
Stranger: it is, isn't it?
You: The one with the little child star who we never heard from again?
Stranger: OMG. yes.
Stranger: that one
You: And the kid who ate the whole chocolate cake. Epic movie.
Stranger: yes.
Stranger: and i saw that kid who ate the chocolate cake on another movie.
Stranger: recently.
Stranger: i would have been sad to be him.
Stranger: they only wanted him on there because he either
Stranger: a. liked chocolate cake.
You: Could eat an entire cake?
Stranger: or b. ^ that.
You have disconnected.

I decided to disconnect because there was a very long pause and I'm really, really tired. I just went on because I was bored and had NO IDEA what the heck Omegle was and I was intrigued. I'll totally be going back. Fun times!

My mom had me when she was 16, so we lived with my grandmother for the first few years of my life. She had a dog named Chipper (a collie/sheltie mix) who was extremely lovable, but he frequently got into trouble.

They would scold him by saying "Bad dog!" whenever he did anything wrong.

Well, I learned from this, and I loved that dog. My first word was "dog-guh," with stress on the "guh." It was slightly mortifying to my family, who had been trying to get my to say "Mama" and "mommom" and "Annie" and "Ruthie" for months and months, but "dog-guh" it was.

My first sentence? "Bad dog-guh!" Naturally.

Now my baby sister (I'm 20, I have a younger sister who is 16, and my mom's Oops baby, who turned one on the 23rd) frequently sounds like she's saying "Pup-eh," which I find hilarious, since I frequently call our cocker spaniel, Angel, "puppy," despite the fact that he's 8 years old.

He thinks he's still a puppy, and I'm not going to tell him otherwise. It keeps him young.

Though Kali already says "mamamama" and "dadadada." But I think "pup-eh" is my favorite.

This is my entry for Maureen Johnson's Scarlett Fever Contest. It is based on Twitter correspondence between Maureen, Cassandra Clare, Justine Larbalestier, and Scott Westerfeld. The Brothers Green also make an appearance. I took some liberties and messed with timelines, but most of the correspondence is from between May 9th and 12th... before MJ got Trapezels in the first place. But anyway!

I was going to film this as a short film, but due to weather and some casting issues, I was unable to do so. So... It's ILLUSTRATED by loveablechaos. We have agreed to share any winnings that may come from this. You can also download the REAL, FORMATTED SCREENPLAY at the end of this entry. It's COOL, YO! (It only looks long because of all the times you have to hit ENTER in a SCREENPLAY! It's REALLY SHORT!)

Without any further explanation, I present:

( If Maureen Had Died from Trapezels )

IDT Fun cover I got bored while editing IDT and made a fake cover for it, featuring Chace Crawford as Henry, Emily Browning as Anabelle, and Taylor Swift as Maria.

Yeah. Isn't it pretty? I think it's pretty. Unfortunately, it only distracted me from my sickness and editing for, like, twenty minutes... so now I go back to Teh Editing. Fun times, fun times.

Have a lovely night ^_^

Well.. not this exactly, but I want the feeling.



I had the idea for IDT when I was 13.

I'm 20.

He's 20.

*feels behind in the game*

*sigh*

My heartstrings were pulled as I watched that video. I want to be able to make a video like that.

*goes back to editing draft*

On another note, I've lost 14 pounds since last Sunday (like, a week and two days ago, Sunday)... I hate being sick.

Though I'll admit I don't mind that this song is perpetually stuck in my head.

So today I met Cassandra Clare and it was pretty awesome. I've been planning to go basically since, well... ever. Since I go to school close to New York, I had been hoping that the signing would be on a weekday so that I could skip my classes and take the train into the city, but since it was on the weekend, I had to go home (in New Jersey, there is this freakish thing where you have to go south in order to go north in many cases...).

So I went home yesterday, but it worked out all right since I was supposed to go home for my sister's Sports Night anyway. I went to bed last night around 1:30, since I'm on a horrible sleep schedule (it's not my faultttttt), and woke up at 8:30. I blow-dried my bangs, threw my hair into messy pigtails, tossed on a shirt and jeans, and out the door I went.

I took the 9:15 Riverline. I arrived in Trenton at 9:52. My train would leave at 10:02. I still had to get a ticket. I walked briskly, since I'm extremely out of shape and cannot run very well because I have an un-drainable bubble on my left knee (yay, pain!).

Somehow, I bought a ticket and made it down to the track in a record four minutes. I'm pretty sure I may have teleported.

The train was late.

Of course.

Still, I somehow arrived at Penn Station six minutes earlier than I was supposed to. Called Heather, somehow survived the subway ride without ending up in the Bronx (...again...), and we had a lovely lunch at a little Thai place called Spice by Union Square. Mmm, shrimp fritters.

Then I walked briskly to Books of Wonder, where I walked in and picked up City of Glass and walked right up to the cash register before I had even been in the store for 30 seconds, since I knew I had to buy it anyway. Then I walked into the back and got the first plot of real estate I could find just as the MC for the day was introducing the authors (and making a joke about how we were all there for a lecture on molecular biology or something).

A brief Q&A, etc., and some other things. Everything went pretty well up until the very last question, when someone decided to ask what was supposed to be a general question for all the authors.

"Have any of you ever written fanfiction?"

Cassie made a great face at that one.

Then I had to wait about an hour and a half before I actually got up to have my book signed. While waiting, I decided that I was going to see how long it would take her to figure out who I was. I didn't actually expect her to recognize me on sight and didn't think she'd assume "Oh, Ashley--This must be MundieSource Ashley, since there are no other Ashleys in the world." (There aren't, right? The other three Ashley's in my pre-school class were imaginary, right?)

So when I got up there, I said a very enthusiastic (She probably thought I was creepy, because I was really excited) hello and gave her my books. She looked at my copy of CoA (which is pretty worn) and asked me if I had been using it as a doorstop. I said no. Haha.

I had contemplating bringing my copy of CoB. I'm really happy I didn't--That book is so messed up. I really should get a new copy. When put next to a fresh, new copy from the store, it is literally about an inch thicker from all the sticky notes and stuff that I've put into it to mark passages and key things. All those notes I've made for the website but haven't gotten around to yet because of school. Bah.

She was signing CoG and asked me if I'd read it yet and I said yes and she asked if I liked it and I said I read the ARC and she kinda stared at me for a second and put two and two together and was like "Oh, you're that Ashley." Then said I should've said something. I was then promptly ordered to hug her, which I did happily because who wouldn't want to hug Cassandra Clare? And then we talked for several minutes and she asked me if Marcy was dead because she hadn't heard from her in a while (neither have I, actually. Marcy needs to come back to the world of Teh Internetz from Lambertville). She gave me and Amy little gifts (omg, awesome little presents. Can't contain the flailing).

I also got to meet Maureen Johnson while I was there. I picked up a copy of Suite Scarlett while I was there so that I could read it on the train on the way home. I probably should've waited a few weeks for the paperback, but I have her other books and after I met her, I was in the mood to read one of her books because I had her voice in my head. And it was pre-autographed in the store, so that was pretty cool.

Below the cut are some pictures and my vlog for the day (BEDA, you know) which has a little bit of Cassie in it (which I hope is okay--they didn't say we couldn't record). Toodles!

( Photos and Vlog! )

It's Lyme's!

...

No, really.

I had bloodwork done two weeks ago because my neurologist ordered it. I got called yesterday but missed the call. They said "Call us back when you get a chance."

Now, when someone says that, I assume that it's not insanely important and that everything is fine. No biggie, right?

So I call back today and I say "Hi, my name is Ashley C_____ and I'm calling regarding bloodwork results." The attitudinal woman on the other end said "What's your last name?" and I said "C_____. With a C." And she said "C_____?" and I said "Yes." And she said "One moment."

So I'm walking across campus because I just got out of class. I stop because it's windy and I've found one of the rare places on campus where I have reception and can stand without getting blown over. So she comes back and says "What's your first name?" and I said "Ashley." How many times can they ask me for my name?

So then she says "One moment" and passes the phone to someone else. Another woman comes on the phone and says "Hello, Ashley?" and I say, "Yes, that's me." Thaaaaaaat's me! (Amanda Bynes? Anyone?) And she says "We have the results of your bloodwork here." Pause. "Your Lyme's test came back positive. Did you know that?" Pause.

April Fools?

"Uh... No?"

"Okay. Well, I can forward the bloodwork to your primary physician and we can go from there and I can give you the name and number of an Infectious Diseases Specialist. You can call and make an appointment with him, if you want to. I don't know if your insurance needs referrals..."

I start walking across campus in the wind.

"You can forward it to Dr. Epstein's office. I'll go wherever he sends me."

"Okay. I'll do that right now. If you want to call them and schedule an appointment, they'll have it in a few minutes."

"Okay, sounds good."

So then I called my mom.

"I have Lyme's Disease."

"April Fools?"

"No."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"So what do we have to do?"

I explain my conversation with the lady at the neurologist's office.

"I'll call the doctor's office and schedule an appointment for Friday."

"Kay."

Then I came back to my room.

Me to Bree: "I have Lyme's Disease."

Bree: "April Fools?"

Me: "No."

So basically, I've learned a few things today:

1. Don't get diagnosed with a disease on April Fool's Day.

2. Most doctor's offices won't let the bitchy receptionist give you your results. At least they have that much sense.

3. There is at least one non-windy spot on Montclair's campus.

4. It took five months and five different doctors to come up with Lyme's Disease.

5. You can have Lyme's Disease and only get headaches. No patchy rash, no joint swelling, nothing... Just headaches.

6. Doubling my Topamax dosage made me FREAKING TIRED!

Title: Marked
Author: xjustadoreher
Fandom: The Mortal Instruments
Pairing: Magnus / Alec
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1300ish
Disclaimer: This story quotes direct portions of City of Glass by Cassandra Clare. I do not claim to own said portions, the characters, or the plot. No profit is coming from this fanfic.
Summary: My version of that great scene on 423 ^_^
Author's Note: We don't really get much insight to this scene from either of their points-of-view, so I decided to write it. It starts on page 421 of Glass. So... SPOILERS, K? PS: Sorry if this got your hopes up, Marcy... You read this, like, a month and a half ago.

( Follow )

It's been a really long time since I posted any fanfic.

I should get on that.

This was a journal assignment for my Creative Writing class. I'm posting it because I thought it was pretty funny. My professor wrote the first paragraph (he's insane) and then we had to continue it. I hope you get a kick out of it ^_^ It's not very long because I only had to write for, like, 20 minutes. I'm gonna say this is rated PG-13 for language and elephant poo.

( An Immature Decision )

This is the story I was talking about in my intro vlog the other day. It's by loveablechaos with occasional collaboration from run_devil and I. But, for the most part, this all came from her twisted brain ^.^ I have fabulous roommates.

It's told from the POV of the magic mirror, since it's cross-fandom between my life, IDT, and my short story for creative writing from the Magic Mirror's POV. I'm not quite as good at rhyming as Karyn, but I think it's mostly because I wasn't rhyming with funny things like she was... ^_^

( PARTS! )

I have a vlog. I do not yet possess the talent of fast-speak that the Green brothers do, but I will get there eventually.

BAHAHAHA! I call it the Polka Vlog. Because I have an unhealthy obsession with polka dots. Watch my nerdiness unfold for five whole minutes! Though I was actually just trying to get a hang of speaking to no one. The next few will be better :-P