Who:Mercy & Kenny
When: Dusk
Where: Rebecca's then Kenny's
Mercy took a gulp of her can of Mountain Dew, practically glaring at her Trigonometry notes. Her final was on friday, which just left her with two more weeks of summer school after that. She would be happy when it was all over. Then she could enjoy her summer. meaning she spent all day reading instead of only half of it. Mercy really was sort of boring.
This week would be a little odd as she would be staying with a vampire named Kenny, a friend of Rebecca's. Rebecca had to go out of town for a conference, so she had enlisted her friend to look after Mercy while she was gone. She hadn't met the vampire yet as he had apparently arrived last last night after Mercy had gone to bed. Rebecca had woken her up briefly that morning to say goodbye and let her know Kenny would be awake around dusk and to have her bag packed to stay over at his house.
Mercy's bag was packed and by the door. Well, two bags. one for clothes and the other for books. And then she had her school backpack with her textbooks, and her lunch box. Now she was just waiting for Kenny to wake up. And in that time she was studying.
Set: Shaun Evans : 112 Icons
Details: Male : White : Blond : Blue : 29
Link: Here(warnings: Spoilers for the movie Dread)
WHO: Liza and open
WHEN: Early evening
WHERE: Lenore Bookstore & Cafe
Liza wiped her eyes and checked her face in her compact mirror, making sure that no trace of mascara or eyeliner had dripped during her rant. Liza had been crying for most of the day and part of the night before. She felt so alone and scared, now that the newspapers were reporting more and more attacks and violence. She wasn't scared for herself, but for everyone else. Already that week, she had been visited by three violence victims from other nearby towns and two children who had been placed in foster homes. Liza loved being a therapist, but the pressure of dealing with everyone's pain was starting to get to her.
She had finally uncurled herself from the ball she was in, thrown on some clothes, and gotten out of the apartment. She didn't really know where she was headed at first, just somewhere where she felt safe and at home, and before you knew it she was at a book store. She ran a few shaky fingers through her hair and went inside.
She felt at home the minute she stepped through the doors, the smell of coffee wafted to her nose, and she immediately bought a cup, grateful for the familiar smell. She perused the isles, looking for something interesting to read and finally she did. She bought the book and settled down in a cozy chair, hoping to lose herself in the book.
SET Tom Sturridge (The Boat That Rocked) : 283 icons
DETAILS m: white: black: 10s, m: white: black: 20s
LINK 283 here!
And I'm going to snag this from everybody because I can :)
You know how sometimes people on your friendslist post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute. Since when were they working there? Since when were they dating him/her? Since when?" And you wonder how you could have missed all of that seemingly standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification, because it seems like info you should already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.
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( everybody everybody wants to be loved )If you've read all of this, then you deserve cookies. For real.
As of last night, I reached my
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rpwrimo goals. The biggest challenge for me was actually reaching 30,000 words in everything but my THY stuff, and I succeeded! Of course, I went on a bit of a writing spree yesterday and wrote more words in one day than I have on any other single day this month. And it's the only day that I've gotten at least a tag or journal written in every game I'm in.
I'm glad to have met my goals because the next week and a half need to be spent on school stuff; today I need to concentrate on getting this reading done so that I can actually write the paper that I need to. And once the reading is done, I'd like to at least work up some sort of outline for my Shoah project.
I can do this. I think.
I think I just learned that going to bed on meme night is a very bad idea.... cuz like whoa....
For the health and sanity of Nrys/Iriock/Second Chance systems and relationships, I think we need to set some ground rules and expectations for when we all are face to face next time.
Things I need for my own sanity (and this is for BOTH other systems):
1. Time to myself at least once a day, for at least 2 hours. I realize now that I really do need it. It helps my mood and it makes me HAPPY to see the people around me, instead of resentful that I didn't get any time to myself.
2. For everyone to just pick up after themselves, so we don't feel like we're spending all of our time taking care of the house. We want to have fun too. Picking up after yourself doesn't mean putting things in piles, but putting things AWAY where they are meant to go. I try to keep the house up as much as possible, but when no one is doing their part, it gets utterly ridiculous really fast.
3. Dishes done by people who are NOT ME when I cook. And in a timely manner. This means either you all can do them together, or you can take turns. I don't care HOW they get done, just get them done, and get over it. We're all adults. Let's act like it.
4. Not eating out every meal. Or even every other meal. It's unhealthy, and we gain weight every time, and it makes this body VERY ill.
5. No pets bought on a whim. Every time, we then spend the rest of the year figuring out how to take care of said pets and feeling bad that they aren't getting as much attention as our own pets. I love animals, and we get caught up in the moment. Please let's keep Iriock sane by not making this an issue anymore.
6. Not spending $300-500 per week during the time Second Chance is here. It throws our budget off for 2-4 months and causes stress and panic. I'd like to NOT have that be a problem.
7. A pre-determined plan for at least 30% of the time. And not just "I want to get out of the house" but things like "On the weekend of the ______th, I would like to go to St. Louis, because I hear there's a great art show/game/festival/etc." MY trying to plan things out for everyone doesn't work, because I just don't care enough to plan it all out. It's not my tourist vacation. I'm more than willing to go wherever people want, even to drive all over hell and back, but I REALLY don't want to plan it. Nor do I want it to be expected that I'll pay for plans. If you find a really cool plan, and it's going to cost $10-$20 bucks a person, either expect to pay for everyone to go, or to at least run it by everyone to verify we have that kind of money. We are po' folks. Let's keep it in mind.
8. I REALLY don't want to hear whinging about how little money there is for things. I stress and panic about money. Tell me your budget and either let me keep track of it (and I WILL make you stick to it) or don't tell me the budget and simply say "there's not money for that". Trust me, it will save us ALL a lot of stress.
9. I hate being told who can be out when. Let's knock that off. Multiplicity in Iriock is an organic thing. People will come and go and sometimes you won't know them, or like them, and you're just going to have to DEAL with it. That means sometimes people won't get time they want. It means sometimes in the middle of a "scheduled time", you may get kids/animals/walk-ins/frienamies/etc you aren't expecting. Roll with it. It'll make everyone happier if they feel they aren't being BANNED from being out.
10. Each relationship between the bodies is important. Nyrs doesn't disappear from Iriock's life just because Second Chance is in the house. This is really to remind US. Because we SUCK at figuring out how to balance our life. We are going to try to do a LOT better at this, by taking time to spend JUST with Nyrs sometimes when Second Chance is here. That isn't a "I don't want to spend time with SecC", it's "I want to have a marriage left when SecC goes back to the UK". Because... um, I almost didn't this last time. Or the time before. Or the time before that. And I'd like to NOT spend 6 months trying to get my relationship back to some semblance of normalcy.
Okay, that's it for now. Now it's you all's turns. Post the things you need. And I assure you that this will get longer as I think of more. Discuss it in the comments, bitch, rant, growl.. whatever. Feel free to say "you're being really harsh" or "amen" or even "Fuck off, Iriock people" if you want to. I'm cool with it. I'm just wanting to open a dialog the three of us haven't had yet.
Set: Laura Donnelly - 78 Icons
Details: Female : White : Black : Brown : 27
Link: Here (Warning:some nudity and spoilers for the movie Dread)
SET Scarlett Johansson (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) : 183 icons
DETAILS f: white: blond: 20s
LINK 183 here!
SET Scarlett Johansson (Dave Letterman appearance) : 73 icons
DETAILS f: white: blond: 20s
LINK 73 here!
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That is all.
Set: Bill Nighy : 202 (101 new, from
The Boat that Rocked)
Details: male : white : blond: 50s
Character Suggestions: HP: Rufus Scrimgeour
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