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07 December 2007 @ 06:26 pm
(Mi Vida Loca) Welcome to my crazy life...  
So Tuesday, things were going well. Classes were over, I had finished my presentation for my Biology class, and for two days in a row - I had nothing to do but catch up on my list of projects. So I stayed up all day Monday night, working on projects for my advent calender and Heliopolis. Finally, I laid down to get a few hours of sleep, then I was going to look over the fic I had written for a pinch hit one last time and send it in...

I slept a long time - I had been really tired and when I woke up, everything that I had worked on was missing.... All of my screencaps, icons, stories, including the pinch hit I had promised were all gone. Somehow they had been deleted. After a bit I located a recovery program and tried to run it. It confirmed that the files had been deleted and I tried to recover them, but really only ended up with empty folders and blank or corrupted files... well, F@#%.

I ended up sleeping more than anything until Wednesday afternoon, in between working to recover my files. Then I started studying and finishing up my reports for the end of the semester. I didn't sleep at all on Wednesday night. I had my final at 8am yesterday am, then finally got registered for the spring with a lot of help from the department secretary, finished up my presentation and lab notebook submissions, turned it in and then came to work.

Work was fine, though I stayed busy, which was good, because I was tired. Then my replacement didn't show up, or call, so I had an unexpected double shift. I caught some sleep and am now back here again, trying to be cheery for the masses.

I am determined to finish up my exchange pinch hit as soon as possible. What sucks is that for a change I wrote directly into the laptop, instead of long hand. (I've been doing that more lately.) this will also be the third incarnation of this d@mn challenge. I abandoned the first as being too long and complicated, and lost the second to the computer gods as described above.

I will be catching up on the advent calender entries as soon as I can by cheating and back-dating the entries. *sigh* It takes time to make screencaps and graphics and such, and I do have some WIPs on my hard drive that can be polished up and presented, but... Really, so much work to redo... Did I mention how tired I am.

OOH, I got a great surprise for my husband for Christmas, though. It isn't great, but it was free and he will never, ever expect it. His last day of work until the spring semester is Monday, do free is really good :) I told him that I am the best wife ever, even if he doesn't know it yet...

Hope everyone is ok. i know the holidays are really hard for a lot of us, so hang in there, and find your peace where you can. Also, good luck to anyone dealing with finals.

xoxoxoxoxo
 
 
Current Mood: determined
 
 
Syrenslure
05 December 2007 @ 08:07 pm
On the Fifth Day of December...  
Music files, this time, back-dated due to technical issues, and also a meme answer - doing double duty here.

As seen on [info]aaronlisa's lj.

Reply to this and I'll give you a letter. Find ten songs (in your own music list I assume) that start with that letter and post them to your journal.

She gave me the letter T.

Thriller by Michael Jackson. This is the first story that both my husband and I came up with for the letter "T" :P

Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper. Still one of my favorites after all of this time.

Touch of Heaven by Richard Marx. because he would be on almost every music list that I make.

Tattoo by Majandra Delfino. Majandra played Maria on Roswell and has a pretty good voice. The song is a little darker - definitely 'chick rock'.

Two Out of Three Ain't Bad by Meatloaf. A definite classic.

That's What Friends Are For by Dionne Warwick and Friends. This was the song that we sang at my fifth grade end-of-year concert. Try not to think about how old that makes me, and instead, enjoy the cheesy 80's goodness.

Thieves in the Temple by Prince. Cleaning house, working out, clubbing - if I want to move, Prince is the ticket.

This Used to be My Playground by Madonna. Melancholy, but sweet. Madonna has done a lot of different types of music, but I love her ballads, and her earlier stuff, and this is one of my favorites.

Truly, Madly, Deeply by Savagegarden. I'm very practical and logical, but I am also a gemini. This song appeals to my secret romantic side, and what I think love should feel like.

Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler. Another of my favorites that comes up a lot in memes and prompts.
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Syrenslure
04 December 2007 @ 09:52 pm
On the Fourth Day of December...  
Screencaps, posted a day late and back-dated due to technical issues. (A very large number of my files were somehow deleted while I slept yesterday, including my DVD captures file.)

Music and Lyrics
2828 caps, 720x480

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Current Mood: exanimate
Current Music: Carol of the Bells - Manheim Steamroller
 
 
Syrenslure
03 December 2007 @ 05:28 pm
On the Third Day of December...  
Screencaps again today, though other stuff is in the works.

Top Gun
2503 caps, 720x480

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Syrenslure
02 December 2007 @ 11:47 pm
The Second Day of December,,,  
Screencaps again today, though other stuff is in the works.

Spacecamp
3198 caps, 720x480

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Syrenslure
01 December 2007 @ 11:43 pm
On the First Day of December  
It's that time again, and while I am running late today, I present the first of my advent calender offerings. Today it's screencaps from Spiderman 3. Happy Holidays, everyone.

Spiderman 3
3198 caps, 720x480

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Syrenslure
10 November 2007 @ 05:00 pm
Thinking Ahead....  
Last year I did an advent calender for the month of December, and I really enjoyed it. it was mostly screencaps, with the occasional set of icons or drabbles thrown in. (Check out the advent tag to see what I am talking about. I would like to do this again, and I think I'll have more time since school lets out the first week of December and I hope to have internet installed at home by then. So, the question becomes - what do you want to receive for advent this year: more screencaps? icons? fic and drabbles? Would you like a specific day just for you and your requests?

This is a time where I explore fandoms, pairings, and situations that I haven't really considered before. For example, I wrote Poison Ivy femmslash last year, and capped new movies, Dirty Dancing and The Philadelphia story and everything in between....

Speak now or forever hold your peace...

Poll #1086432 Advent Offerings
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

What would you like to see for Syrenslure's Advent Calender this year?

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Screencaps
2 (33.3%)

Icons (and other Media)
1 (16.7%)

Drabbles
2 (33.3%)

Fic (Holiday Themed)
2 (33.3%)

Fic (Any)
2 (33.3%)

Requests (Fic, Media, etc)
0 (0.0%)

Surprise Me
2 (33.3%)

Other (In Comments)
0 (0.0%)

What Fandoms would you like to see included?

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BtVS/Angel
2 (33.3%)

CSI (all shows)
3 (50.0%)

Dark Angel
1 (16.7%)

Doctor Who/Torchwood
2 (33.3%)

Harry Potter
2 (33.3%)

House
4 (66.7%)

NCIS
5 (83.3%)

Stargate (SG1/SGA)
3 (50.0%)

Supernatural
1 (16.7%)

Classic Movies
2 (33.3%)

Current Movies
1 (16.7%)

Rare/Misc Fandoms
1 (16.7%)

Other (In Comments)
0 (0.0%)

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Syrenslure
25 December 2006 @ 05:04 am
On the twenty-fifth day of December...  
White Christmas
615 caps, 852x480

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Syrenslure
24 December 2006 @ 09:34 pm
On the twenty-fourth day of December...  
Dark Angel (TV)
Episodes: Season 2, Disk 6
640x480

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Syrenslure
23 December 2006 @ 09:11 pm
On the twenty-third day of December...  
Dark Angel (TV)
Episodes: Season 2, Disk 5
640x480

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Syrenslure
22 December 2006 @ 10:00 pm
On the twenty-second day of December...  
Dark Angel (TV)
Episodes: Season 2, Disk 4
640x480

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Syrenslure
21 December 2006 @ 09:36 pm
On the twenty-first day of December...  
Pretty Woman
1215 caps, 852x480

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Syrenslure
20 December 2006 @ 12:15 am
On the twentieth day of December...  
Accepted
951 caps, 640x480

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Syrenslure
19 December 2006 @ 02:58 pm
On the nineteenth day of December...  
Dark Angel (TV)
Episodes: Season 2, Disk 3
640x480

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Syrenslure
18 December 2006 @ 01:32 am
On the eighteenth day of December...  
Dark Angel (TV)
Episodes: Season 2, Disk 2
640x480

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Syrenslure
17 December 2006 @ 06:14 pm
On the seventeenth day of December...  
Fic today, for [info]noel_of_spike. I got my yuletide story finished and submitted, and am busy checking off my list for all of the crazy things I signed up for, and watching more dvd's than I ever have, as I do things for my advent calendar.

Title: Home for the Holidays
Author: [info]syrenslure
Fandom: BtVS, Spike
Rating: G
Summary: Spike contemplates the end of another year.
Prompt: [info]varietypack100 : 090. Home

Gen ficlet, or perhaps a prequel to a slash piece or series. )
 
 
Syrenslure
16 December 2006 @ 11:35 pm
On the sixteenth day of December...  
Dark Angel (TV)
Episodes: Season 2, Disk 1
640x480

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Syrenslure
15 December 2006 @ 09:26 pm
On the fifteenth day of December...  
X-Files: Fight the Future
1063 caps, 640x480

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Syrenslure
14 December 2006 @ 11:35 pm
On the fourteenth day of December...  
Superman Returns
1225 caps, 852x480



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Syrenslure
13 December 2006 @ 08:43 am
On the thirteenth day of December...  
The Philadelphia Story (b/w)
1032 caps, 640x480

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