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IMPORTANT NOTICE

January, 2017

So, I'm slowly getting back into the groove of writing, but for fans of my older works, I have to warn you that, because of time and new interests, many of my older fandoms aren't exactly on my radar anymore.

Manic Penguin

A BIT ABOUT ME: I'm a single white female born and raised in Vancouver, BC, Canada with two dogs and a rabbit that likes chewing on my laptop cord. I am a rabid hockey fan (as Teal'c said in the SG-1 episode "The Other Guys" “I believe the Canucks of Vancouver are superior warriors.”) I finally got the proverbial ducks in a row and have begun--at long last--studying to become a clinical child psychologist, because I have a history of depression and insomnia that I firmly believe would not be stretching on into today if I had had someone to talk to when I was younger.

I usually write alone, though I do have a beta, Mel, aka: gottalovetheholster who I know from years and years of public schools sticking us in the same classes, even in high school we had every class together which was, well, weird to say the least, but we bonded and now we are inseparable.

I don't drink and there's a history of alcoholism in my family so it's a little weird for me to write my characters when they're drunk so, if you notice that I usually don't let a character get as drunk as the situation may warrant it or switch to the point of view of a sober person in the room because I'm usually the sober person whatching people get drunk and I have no desire to get into people's heads when they're like that.

I started writing fanfiction in high school, which probably accounts for my grades in any and all math courses took (when I lose interest in the subject matter I would pull out a notebook and start writing, anything and everything, but usually plot lines and things I could see certain characters saying) and I've read on this site for quite a while, lurking, some might say, leaving anonymous reviews or, sometimes, using Mel's account (which no longer exists, she was removed during the great purge in the mid-2000's) to sign reviews or get updates on multi-chapter stories that I liked. I didn't start posting here until later, partially because nothing I wrote was all that coherant, and partially because I'm one of those people who doesn't like to let people read what they write, but Mel convinced me that this was pretty much the safest place for a writer to post something they put their heart and soul into because even if I get negative reviews I don't have to get them face to face or even know who sent them. I'm glad I listened to Mel.

I am one of those writers that gets story ideas at the weirdest of times, but I always run with them. I live off reviews, and I love getting e-mail feedback and talking to my readers.

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SOME OF MY FAVOURITE QUOTES:

"Women who behave rarely make history." – Unknown

“Disorganization is merely the sign of a very healthy individual trying to do more in a shorter period of time than those lazy, obsessively tidy types who can think of nothing better to do than straighten objects in drawers and stuff like that which only feeds their egos and make them think that they are better than the rest of us who are truly gifted.” – Unknown

“Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession and therefore are economical in its use.” – Mark Twain

"The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand." – Frank Herbert

“The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.” – Elizabeth Taylor

“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next." – Gilda Radner

“No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.” – Erica Jong

“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” – Herm Albright

“That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.” – Dorothy Parker

“Today you are you; this is truer than true. There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” – Doctor Seuss

Sanctuary

“Well, the guy who invented radio just dissed Jack the Ripper.” – Will Zimmerman

“Bad enough you’re a teleporting psycho; you’re a Republican, too.” – Ashley Magnus

“Okay, you know what? This has been great, but I’m overdue for a round of heavy drinking and some tranquilizers, so… if I could just have my clothes… please.” – Will Zimmerman

“Hey, listen, I know you’re all about saving the whales and everything, but these guys just happen to be a pack of vicious over-sexed hyperthyroid invsi-rodents!” – Henry Foss

“What? Well, why me? I’m supposed to tell Jack the Ripper to fetch?” – Doctor Will Zimmerman

ER

“Don’t ever say you’re sorry. See, there’s two kinds of doctors. There’s the kind that gets rid of their feelings, and the kind that keeps them. If you’re gonna keep your feelings you’re gonna get sick from time to time, that’s just how it works. Keep your head down. People come in here and they’re sick and dying and bleeding and they need our help. And helping them is more important than how we feel. But it’s still a pain in the ass sometimes. Sometimes I just want to quit and do something else.” – Mark Greene

"We've all cried. Sometimes it's the only thing you can do." - Abby Lockhart

Stargate: SG-1

“Colonel O’Neill has officially informed me that I have my… mojo back.” – Teal’c

“Well I’m not so much me as I am… well, you really. I mean, part of your subconscious mind. So am I real? That’s up to you, I guess. Although the Socratic complications of my being here are quite fascinating.” – Daniel Jackson

“Here in the sense that my consciousness is here, if not here in the full, physical flesh-and-blood sense, which is really neither here, nor there. The point is you’re not imagining this.” – Daniel Jackson

“Once they knew the stakes and the whole fate of the universe stuff. Both the President and Hammond realised we had no choice. He sends good luck, godspeed, and all those things he says when he thinks we’re gonna die.” – Colonel Jack O’Neill

Stargate: Atlantis

“I’m not crazy—I just have another consciousness in my brain!” – Rodney McKay

"I solved your problem in my spare time. Hmm. With fingerpaint. I-I just can't imagine how you're surviving the humiliation." - Jeanie Miller

"Just because I don't call anymore dosn't mean I'm keeping my urine in jars." - Rodney McKay

“It’ll be a walk in the park. A very scary park, filled with monsters who are trying to kill me." – John Sheppard

“So what? What do you want, a medal? Look, my four-year-old niece could figure out to turn something off if it was emitting radiation. That does not make you smart. That just makes you a little less stupid.” – Rodney McKay

“If history’s taught us anything, this is the part where we get double crossed and captured.” -Rodney McKay

Stargate: Universe

"This is crazy. You'd think some of these tunnels would lead somewhere. No wonder ths people who built this place died out; they probably all got lost down here. Just wandering around thinking Oh, if only we'd thought to put in a few more exits. Or how about one of those maps you see in a shopping mall, with a-a-a big red dot? You Are Here. How hard is that? I'd kill for a big red dot right now." - Eli Wallace

Grey's Anatomy

“Screw the odds! People die of the hiccups. My mother died of the hiccups. And survival rate for that is, what? A hundred percent? The odds are that she should be alive right now. The odds are that the—the odds are crap. So people should face it and they should fight.” – Lexie Grey

“Hey! Do you know how many people are in this hospital right now, waiting—hoping that their loved one might actually live? You’re a bunch of vultures.” – Alex Karev

“I am not saying I am the god. I am saying I am your god. And my wrath is large and painful.” – Miranda Bailey

“You know what? You walk away from me again I swear I will grab you by the hair and pull hard. I grew up with the name Arizona; I learned how to play dirty on the playground.” – Arizona Robbins

“This comes from nothing resembling a high horse. High horses want nothing to do with me.” – Meredith Grey

That 70's Show

“Guys, I think it’s time we honoured all the brain cells that survived the ‘70’s. Despite our best efforts some of those bastards pulled through. Tonight they’re going down.” – Steven Hyde

“Okay, fine. I was at the Acadamy when the auditorium burned down, but it totally wasn’t my fault. See, I got there early to practice with my flare gun ‘cause I wanted to show Brooke an actual B for a change. Alright, so I accidentially shot off a flare and it went all ssswwwwssssshhhh, like, right underneath the bleachers. Okay, so then, I shot off another flare at the first flare, ‘cause you know what they say—you gotta fight fire with fire. So then I shot off another flare to warn people about the fire. But that one just went right up and on the roof and that’s when I just got the hell out of there.” – Michael Kelso

"Do you want me to go to my unhappy place, Red?" - Kitty Forman

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

“You’re pathetic. I lost a friend tonight. And I may lose more. The whole Earth may be sucked into hell. And you want my help because your girlfriend’s a big ho? Well let me take this opportunity to not care.” – Buffy Summers

“Party in my eye socket and everyone’s invited… sometimes I shouldn’t say words.” – Xander Harris

"Funny. 'Cause I looka round at this world you're so eager to be a part of, and all I see is six billion lunatics lookin' for the fastest ride out. Who's not carzy? Look around. Everybody's drinking, smoking, shooting up, shooting each other, or just plain screwing their brains out 'cause they don't want 'em anymore. I'm crazy? Honey, I'm the original one-eyed chicklet in the Kingdom of the Blind. 'Cause at least I admit the world makes me nuts." - Glory

“I’m gonna wait for that sentence to come around again before I jump on.” – Willow Rosenburg

NCIS

“If I keep going to Crazytown every time one of you gets hurt I’m going to have my mail forwarded.” – Abby Sciuto

“You dyin’ or something? Okay, not dyin’. This part of a twelve-step program?” – Leroy Jethro Gibbs

“So the short answer is he’s alive. Because when you hear Ducky got stabbed you don’t necessarily take that part for granted.” – Abby Sciuto

Farscape

“No. Invisible sidekicks that only I can talk to get called ‘Harvey’.” – John Crichton

“One of my very, very best friends has just gone… Right now I am… I am nothing but nerve. You want someone to like you? Invest in a mirror.” – Chianna

“Okay boys and girls, here are the rules. Find a penny. Pick it up. Double it. You’ve two pennies. Double it again. Four. Double it twenty-seven times and you’ve got a million dollars and the IRS all over your ass. ‘Round and ‘round and ‘round it goes and where it stops nobody knows. But it all adds up. Quick.” – John Crichton

"Shut up! I hate it when villans quote Shakespeare." - John Crichton

“That’s your plan? Wile E. Coyote would come up with a better plan than that!” — John Crichton

Smallville

“In this world of armchair bloggers who created a generation of critics instead of leaders, I’m actually doing something. Right here, right now, for the city. For my country. And I’m not doing it alone. You’re damned right I’m a hero.” - Oliver Queen

“Brutus and Caesar. Jesus and Judas. They all started out as best friends. What happened? Well, if history teaches us one thing, it’s that even the most powerful men can be betrayed by those they trust the most. The reason betrayal is such a predominant theme throughout history is really quite simple. Duplicity is human nature.” - Professor Milton Fine

“I guess that’s the true test of believing in someone. Knowing that their lies are there to protect you. It’s not really trust if you ask someone to explain themselves.” - Chloe Sullivan

“Uh, no. Phone tag implies two people. I’ve been playing phone solitaire. Not nearly as much fun.” - Chloe Sullivan

“Justice isn’t only blind right now, it’s broken.” - Carter Hall

Supernatural

"See, this is why I can't get behind God. If he doesn't exist? Fine. Bad crap happens to good people. That's how it is. No rhyme or reason, just random, horrible evil. I get it. Okay? I can roll with that. But if He is ut there... what's wrong with him? Where te hell is he while all these decent people are gettin torn to shreds? How does He live with Himself? You know; why doesn't He help?" - Dean Winchester

“There’s nothing more dangerous than some A-hole who thinks he’s on a Holy mission.” - Dean Winchester

"Why's the rabbit always get screwed in the deal?" - Dean Winchester

“You said no to Michael. Dean, I owe you an apology. You are not the burnt and broken shell of a man that I believe you to be.” - Castiel

“Sammy, wherever you are, mom is a babe. And I’m going to hell. Again.” - Dean Winchester

“Dean, this is without a doubt the dumbest, craziest things we’ve ever done. And that’s in a long storied career of dumb and crazy.” - Sam Winchester

“Sweetheart, if this is our last night on earth, then I’m gonna spend it with a little thing I call self respect.” - Jo Harvelle

“Sam, we are not going to make the same mistake all over again. Don’t you see a pattern here? Dad’s deal. My deal. Now this. I mean, anytime one of us is-is-is up the creek the other is beggin’ to sell their soul. That’s all this is, man. Ruby’s just jerking your chain down the road. You know what it’s paved with, and you know where it’s going.” - Dean Winchester

“Crap doesn’t hit the fan with coffee breaks.” - Sam Winchester

“Endings are hard. Any chapped-ass monkey with a keyboard can poop out a beginning, but endings are impossible. You try to tie up every loose end, but you never can. The fans are always gonna bitch. There’s always gonna be holes. And since it’s the ending, it’s all supposed to add up to something. I’m telling you, they’re a raging pain in the ass.” - Chuck Shurley

The Big Bang Theory

“You know, I’ve given the matter some thought, and I think I’d be willing to be a housepet for a race of super-intellegent aliens. The learning opportunities would be abundant. Additionally I like having my belly scratched.” – Sheldon Cooper

Firefly

“Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly comin’ to a middle.” – Mal Reynolds

“You have a strange sense of nobility, Captain. You’ll lay a man out for implying I’m a whore, but you keep calling me one to my face.” – Inara Serra

“It’s not okay! You can’t just dig into me, shove twenty needles in my eyes, and ask me what I see!” – River Tam

“Kaylee, what the hell’s going on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space-monkeys, maybe, got loose?” – Mal Reynolds

“And I’m thinking you weren’t burdened with an overabundance of schoolin’. So why don’t we just ignore each other ‘til we go away?” – Mal Reynolds

“One of the virtues of not being puritanical about sex is not feeling embarrassed afterwards. You should look into it.” – Inara Serra

The West Wing

“Two thousand environmentalists are going to try to kill me tomorrow night. They’re gonna come at me with vegan food and pitchforks.” – Josiah ‘Jed’ Bartlet

“Oh, man, Leo. When I think about all the work you put in to get me to run. When I think of all the work you did to get me elected. I could pummel your ass with a baseball bat.” – Josiah ‘Jed’ Bartlet

“This country is populated with unbalanced people, many of whom find their way to Washington, as if the continent funnels them into this one spot.” – Sam Seaborn

“The President, while riding a bicycle on his vacation in Jackson Hole, came to a sudden arboreal stop. What do you want from me?” – Leo McGarry

“‘Cause hubris always wins in the end. The Greeks taught us that.” – Sam Seaborn

“And I see we’re spelling hallo#wed with a pound sign in the middle… The pound sign is silent?” – Josiah ‘Jed’ Bartlet

“America does not want Doctor Kevorkian to lead the country. We’ve got polling data on that.” – Josh Lyman

“You know, one day, I’m gonna get called to the Situation Room and it’s gonna be good news! We’ll have discovered buried treasure. Or it turns out there’s life on Andromeda and they think we’re doing a good job. When’s that day gonna come, Nancy? When’s that gonna happen?” – Leo McGarry