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brookes_leaves
05 February 2010 @ 12:26 am
Lately I haven't been sleeping well and I'm really tired of it. So I finally gave in and took a sleeping pill. No worries, it's over the counter, Simply Sleep by Tylenol so it's like Tylenol PM without the Tylenol. :D But I've got to get my sleep schedule to a more academically appropriate cycle. Because it's gotten a little ridiculous lately. Anyway, I decided that while I wait for my Tylenol without the Tylenol to kick in, I'd post a little something. This has been on my mind lately and I'm just not sure what to do about it.

Late night ramblings )
 
 
Current Location: Bedroom
Current Mood: Introspective
 
 
brookes_leaves
20 January 2010 @ 11:46 pm
I'll be the first to admit that I've had some bad roommates in the past. It's not all pillowfights and shoe sharing... )
 
 
Current Location: Bedroom
Current Mood: mellow
Current Music: Hot n Cold - Katy Perry
 
 
brookes_leaves
19 January 2010 @ 12:22 am
Just for fun, I thought I'd post this. I took it from [info]cruez2788. And of course, it's all very hypothetical. ;)

+ Bold the names of ladies you'd definitely sex it up with.
+ Italicize the names of ladies you might do after a little persuasion.
+ Leave the ladies who don't do anything for you alone.
+ Put a question mark after the ladies you've never heard of.
+ Strike the ladies you wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole.
+ Add three more ladies to the list.

So this was originally a list of guys. But since that really isn't my thing I thought I would use the same concept just make a list of ladies. So I don't know how long the list was when it was originally started do I just started at 25.

1.Sara Ramirez
2.Brooke Smith
3.Jessica Capshaw
4.Lucy Lawless
5.Selma Hayek

6. America Ferrera
7. Kristen Stewart
8.Eliza Dushku
9.Angelina Jolie
10.Kate Winslet
11.Kim Kardashian
12. Jennifer Lopez
13.Zoe Saldana
14.Kate Walsh
15. Sandra Oh
16.Kathrine Higel
17. Mariska Hargitay
18. Kathy Griffith
19.Paris Hilton
20.Ellen Pompeo
21.Pink
22.Christina Aguilera
23. Rosario Dawson
24. Jennifer Aniston
25. Alicia Keys
26. Erin Karpluk
27. Amanda Seyfried
28. Renee Zellweger
 
 
Current Location: Bedroom
Current Mood: unconventional
Current Music: Set The Fire To The Third Bar - Snow Patrol
 
 
brookes_leaves
15 January 2010 @ 04:51 pm
Callie and Arizona manage to ruin a perfectly good day.

I am so fucking bitter.

I hate this.

I can't take it anymore.
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Current Mood: Furious
 
 
 
brookes_leaves
10 January 2010 @ 01:43 am
I've been feeling the need to be creative lately but I seem to have an extreme lack of inspiration. So right now I am going to challenge all of you to inspire my creativity. I'm willing to write as many "short stories" as I can possibly crank out. I use the term short stories loosely... I will not promise a length because sometimes something is perfect as a drabble. Sometimes it doesn't need any more complexity. However, I will promise to do as many as I can about anything you give me [as long as it falls in my pre-existing knowledge base or is researched with reasonable ease and access.] I also promise that I will not sacrifice quality for quantity. I will put effort and care into each and every one. You see, I love to write. Unfortunately, I struggle to write anything creative/fictional without external motivation. I work really well under pressure and I prefer to write with a deadline. 

Here's what I want from you:
Give me an idea. A premise. What do you want me to write about? It can be a certain pairing in a particular fandom. [I'll provide a list of fandoms I know enough about to write about. I'm not willing to write about characters I don't know well enough to understand their voices.] It can be a crossover. It can be a completely original idea. It can be obscure, it can be from the point of view of a desk lamp, it can be set in a certain place. You can be as specific or vague as you like. Want to give me place, characters, time of day, genre, a specific quote/item/song to include? Go for it! Want me to write something about your favorite pairing based on a particular song? Send me a link to the song on youtube. I'll do my best to make it even better than you were expecting! Help me find my muse!

*Keep in mind: I'm a girl with big ol' lesbian tendencies. I'm fine writing smut. I'm fine writing hetero pairings. But there isn't one descriptive reference to male genitalia that won't make me giggle like a petulant school girl. So I will write hetero smut if you absolutely demand it. But I make to guarantees about quality.... ;)*

Fandoms:
- Grey's Anatomy
- Private Practice
- Friends
- GLEE
- Devil Wears Prada
- Harry Potter
- Twilight [through Eclipse]


I can't think of anything else obvious... but feel free to suggest something if a great idea pops into your head or you've got a favorite fandom. If I don't know that fandom I'll let you know.

Also, feel free to submit multiple requests. I will make sure I get to at least one for every person who asks for one and will get to the rest as I have time. If you make more than one request please label the one you want written most. :) Thanks ladies! I really appreciate it! You're really helping me out!
 
 
Current Location: Bedroom
Current Mood: bored
Current Music: Hate on Me - GLEE
 
 
brookes_leaves
14 November 2009 @ 02:03 am
I don't have the motivation to do anything. I want to. But I just don't. There are too many thoughts swirling around in my head. I'm too tired. I'm too depressed. I'm too lonely. I watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding tonight. A movie that has always made me laugh and feel good. But tonight I cried. While watching this movie I realized that I can relate to Tula's story on a much deeper level than ever before - in a way I never thought I'd understand. Tonight when she ached because she felt she had to choose between family and love I knew that ache. When she just wanted to run away and elope because it would just be easier, I knew that want. When she felt hopeless because she couldn't find a way to get her family to understand and accept the person she loved, I knew that hopelessness. I knew every emotion she felt on an extremely personal level and I hate that. I hate that I can relate to the story that way. I hate it. I never thought I'd be the one to bring home someone my parents don't approve of. I never thought I'd be in this place.
 
 
Current Location: Bedroom
Current Mood: depressed
 
 
brookes_leaves
27 October 2009 @ 12:06 am
I watched an episode of Grey's Anatomy today. Not one that aired after the firing of Brooke Smith - in case anyone thought I might have broken down from the boycott. Definitely not. But I watched a rerun. It was the episode with Erica and Callie's first date. It was the episode with Callie's first major freak out and Bailey's talk about embassies and being a fan of the "local cuisine." [Which still makes me LOL hardcore.] It was the episode where Erica secretly watches Callie in the elevator. Yeah. THAT episode. The last one that left me hopeful. The last one that made me squee over their relationship and didn't cause me to throw pillows at the screen and storm around in one of those moods for the rest of the week. Watching it the first time I remember being completely elated. And hopeful. Watching it now was this strange hybrid of nostalgia, heartbreak, and defeat.

A  year later after all that's happened I still get excited when I see them together. My heart still skips a beat when they touch. I still squee when they kiss or make progress. Even when I know exactly what happens. Even though Erica Hahn vanished nearly a year ago. Even though they are characters in a show that I refuse to watch anymore. Even though the storyline was ruined before it was even started. And I have no idea if my love for them will ever die. Probably not. I'm okay with that.

However, I haven't been particularly involved in the Callica world for quite some time. Some would probably believe I've even moved on. I'm telling you now that that is not the case. But life does have to continue through grief. And to be honest, I've got too many other things going on to choose to immerse myself in the emotional quicksand that Callie and Erica are for me. It's far easier to push it aside and ignore it so that the rest of my life can move forward. But damn it. I miss them. I miss what they could have been. I miss what that storyline could have brought to mainstream audiences. And I miss Grey's. I miss what it was for me. I miss the escape it gave. I miss the characters I loved so much. I miss it all... but even feeling all of that I can't wish it didn't happen exactly as it did. I can't wish that things had been different and that Erica Hahn was still on the show because I stumbled, blind and heartbroken, into the best piece of my life as a result of Brooke being fired. Would Love and I have found each other on the message boards without Brookegate? Perhaps. But I'm not willing to take that chance.

So to end my little Callica post I thought I'd post a few of the thoughts that went through my head as I watched.

- My God, I forgot how funny Christina is! [Dermatology episode. Yang quote: "Do you know how much easier our life would be if we could just love lotion?"]
- Aw George was so sweet in this episode! [Episode with little kid who doesn't want surgery. George takes him to see an operation.]
- I forgot how much I liked Callie before the totally fucked up her character.
- BAILEY! I MISS YOU!
- Ugh. Meredith. How much botox can Ellen GET around her mouth?! Seriously.
- Derek. I heart you. I'd go straight for Patrick Dempsey. Maybe. lol
- AW Erica luuuurves Callie!! What potential.......... *insert sad face*
- Fuck. Brooke Smith is fuckin' hott! Why is she married to a guy.....................? It's GOT to be a cover.....
 
 
Current Location: Bedroom
Current Mood: nostalgic
Current Music: Such Great Heights - Postal Service
 
 
brookes_leaves
13 October 2009 @ 11:57 pm
Facts of the moment:

- I hate the distance. I wish there was some way to merge my life here with my life there.
- I'm blessed with roommates who accept me exactly as I am, with whom I can discuss my relationship openly. I love this.
- I'm frustrated with my parents - my mother in particular - and can't see a way out of the cycle in which we've found ourselves as of late.
- Sometimes when I think about money and how much potential it has to completely devastate my life I panic and think it would be easier not to deal at all and just give up.
- It almost feels as if the whole world is trying to keep me from getting through college and I wish I had been prepared for how emotionally difficult this year would be. I dream of the ignorant bliss I felt the last two years when I thought that just once the world was going to give me a break and let me only worry about making sure I stayed focused in school. Instead of making me worry that I won't make it through school because of some external force in the world.
- I am stuck between wanting to move on with my life and wanting to hang on to every friendship that never meant that much to me anyway.
- I feel that there is absolutely no aspect of my life that I have any control over.
- I want to achieve the goals I've set for myself more than I've ever wanted anything before. I know that I will achieve them. I've never been so sure of anything.
- The lack of decoration in my room is driving me bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S.
- I can't stop collecting clutter. I collect it in every aspect of my life - relationships included. I can't even go through and delete people from my facebook who I haven't talked to since high school.
- I wish I had the money for a new car.
- I wish tolerance was as infectious as laughter, yawns, and music.
- I'm jealous of all of my friends who are getting engaged, married, and having children.
- I hate that Youtube has ads on their videos now. It fucks up my playlist and generally irritates me.
- I miss Erica and Callie so much it hurts.
- I fall deeper in love every single day.
- It feels like everyone in the whole world is losing weight - easily - besides me. It should be motivating but instead it's extremely discouraging.
- I hate having class at nine in the morning. I can't go to sleep at night so it'd be really nice if I could sleep in the mornings instead.
- I really like my voice teacher this term. But she's only here for this term and that disappoints me.

That's all.
 
 
Current Location: Bedroom
Current Mood: cold
Current Music: Viva la Vida - Coldplay
 
 
brookes_leaves
Click for nonsensical babble...... )
 
 
Current Location: Bedroom
Current Mood: pensive
Current Music: None.
 
 
brookes_leaves
01 October 2009 @ 10:16 pm
I have a job interview tomorrow!!!! I'm SO excited! I need a job SUPER bad! It's with the Sears Portrait Studio in the neighboring town. It'd be killer if I got the job because, like I said, I need a job. I'm nervous but trying not to let that take over. I've got the whole "relax, be yourself, be confident" mantra playing on loop in my head. It's tomorrow evening so... keep your fingers crossed!! Any extra good karma you've got laying around you want to throw my way would be much appreciated! :D
 
 
Current Location: Bedroom
Current Mood: anxious
Current Music: If I Am - Nine Days
 
 
brookes_leaves
30 September 2009 @ 08:56 pm
( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. )
 
 
Current Location: Bedroom
Current Mood: indescribable
Current Music: My own laughter
 
 
brookes_leaves
01 September 2009 @ 11:28 am
Hokay, so here's the earth.
On the earth is me. I'm here
Also on the earth is my sister-in-law.














She's under the cut. )
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Current Location: Illinois
Current Mood: confused
Current Music: White Houses - Vanessa Carlton
 
 
brookes_leaves
20 August 2009 @ 11:05 am
This meme is pretty simple. You have your categories and blank spots numbered 1-10 in each category. Fill those ten spots with The Brutal Truth. Be honest. Be vulnerable. Be introspective. Be deep. Don't just write anything down. Think about it and be honest with yourself.

My truths... )
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Current Location: Illinois
Current Mood: calm
Current Music: We Are One - The Veronicas
 
 
brookes_leaves
30 July 2009 @ 01:25 pm
Here are my responses to the photo meme! And this is on-going. If you'd still like to request pictures - or MORE pictures, please do! It's not like I've got anything more valuable to do. [Except dishes....]
Pictures Under Cut )
 
 
Current Location: Illinois
Current Mood: good
Current Music: The songs stuck in my head.
 
 
brookes_leaves
28 July 2009 @ 11:24 pm
Ask me to take pictures of any aspect of my life that you’re interested in or curious about. It can be anything from my favorite shirt to my cell phone. Leave your requests as a comment to this entry, and I’ll snap the pictures and post them as soon as I can.

I stole this from [info]burningeden and Ima steal her note: You can ask for up to three photos. :)

 
 
Current Location: Illinois
Current Mood: worried
Current Music: some commercial on TV
 
 
brookes_leaves
23 July 2009 @ 08:58 am
'Kay, so here's a funny story. It falls into the category of things that could only happen to me. But at least it's entertaining? Maybe I'll be able to believe that in a few years when I'm over the trauma.



 
 
Current Location: Illinois
Current Mood: cheerful
Current Music: Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop - Landon Pigg
 
 
brookes_leaves
13 July 2009 @ 12:40 pm


I know it's been forever since I updated this but I've been quite busy. But now that school is over, I'm moved out of my dorm, and I'm happily in Illinois with my girlfriend, I seem to be finding myself with some free time. So here is Day five of our vacation together. Thanks for sticking it out with me.

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

Day 4

Part Five FINALLY! )
 
 
Current Location: Illinois
Current Mood: content
Current Music: The Fear - Lily Allen
 
 
brookes_leaves
09 June 2009 @ 11:55 pm

As the end of this school year draws ever closer, I find myself in my usual reflective state of mind that inevitably accompanies the end of any chapter in life. I'm finding that more of my life changed in the last nine months than ever before and I feel compelled to make a list of the events that were significant this year and just do some general reflecting.

Cutzies. )
 
 
Current Location: Couch
Current Mood: reflective
Current Music: Senses - Sara Morris
 
 
brookes_leaves
02 June 2009 @ 10:52 pm

Have you ever...

 

Just for Fun... )
 
 
Current Location: Couch
Current Mood: blank
Current Music: 1000 Miles - Vanessa Carlton
 
 
 
 

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