in the moderate Aristotelian city

What kind of things can I put in a supporting statement for a job to demonstrate that I am conscientious?

(Yes, asking for advice. Would like to have a conversation with someone about this because this is the one point I'm struggling to answer. I am pretty conscientious but really not coming up with anything!)

I've picked up the knitting habit again, which means I'm watching lots of TV. Especially when knitting boring patterns.

So, I'm kind of looking for cool TV shows to watch.

Here's some things:

-I quite like downbeat shows, but right now, I'd like cheery stuff. It's winter and I seem to have overdosed on sad books and TV episodes recently.

-Funny is good. Snarky humour is awesome; lots of slapstick probably won't make me all that happy.

-Sci fi, horror, fantasy, weirdshit, etc, are all pretty awesome. Mundane TV shows about high schoolers with no supernatural/sci fi element, probably not so much. (I'm quite tempted by How I Met Your Mother, even though there's nothing fantastical.)

-Reality shows are RIGHT OUT. I require plot. And scripts.

I'm all caught up on Haven, WH13 and Eureka. Currently watching The Dead Zone (old! But fun). Loved Buffy, Dollhouse and Firefly, have yet to see most of Angel. Was keeping up with both The BIg Bang Theory and Supernatural up until about halfway through last season, but have totally lost my place on both shows. Have had the Sarah Connor Chronicles and.... the one with Joshua Jackson...? Fringe! Sarah Connor Chronicles and Fringe have been recommended.

I would love some recommendations, droll-or-flist!

I need to write! And I am completely stumped. So my plan is to trawl the kinkmemes of the world and look for something to inspire me.

Except I don't really know where the kinkmemes live.

Anyone have links? Doctor Who, Whedonverse, small fandom or multi-fandom memes would be awesome.

(I know about the popslash fic requests comm - but I'm kind of not finding anything there to inspire me just now. :()

Or you could just prompt me?

Stupid lack of muses.

...but, um. I need something.

I have a dear friend, who this evening over coffee I managed to sell on the concept of slash. (Yay!) And I'm looking for recs for her. She loves House - and after quizzing her, any good slash that fits the following requirements would be much appreciated:

-House/Foreman
-Angsty!
-For preference with much bitching and snarking. (IE, House is well-written, I guess!)

If there is really good quality stuff out there, it would be awesome. And even if you don't know particular fics, pointing me in the right direction for communities, archives, web sites would be awesome. I have no idea where to start in House fandom!

(trumpeterofdoom... can you help?)

Thanks people!

Okay, so I'm vaguely considering something for a potential story. And I'm not looking here for "which states voted red and blue in the latest election", which I can look up - but for public perceptions within America, which is harder to track down without, you know, asking people. The question is this:

Which states are "liberal", and which are "conservative"? Not necessarily in terms of track record when it comes to representatives and presidential elections, but in terms of culture and what you would expect to find if you went there.

Here's what I have so far:

Liberal states are: California (despite the recent Prop 8 decision), Washington and Oregon (the "left coast" as I've heard it called), New England (Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire), the DC area (and possibly Maryland and Virginia by extension?), Minnesota and Wisconsin, Hawaii. "Possibles" in my head are Illinios and Michigan, New Jersey and Delaware, and maybe New York (city, if not state?).

Conservative states: the South (the Carolinas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky), and the Midwest (Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas?). Texas. Utah. Alaska. "Possibles": Missouri and Arkansas (never sure where "South" ends and "Midwest" begins!), maybe Oklahoma (?), possibly the north-west (Wyoming, Montana, Idaho).

Anyone tell me any different or any more? Information on the "character" of any specific state or large city would also be useful, just in terms of how Americans see each state. I'm sort of looking for story locations, here.

Thanks!

I know I have read it somewhere but Google has failed me.

Help?

Hey, Buffy people?

Does anyone know offhand if Spike ever got his chip out? Or deactivated?

This is, believe it or not, necessary for fic.

I am trying to write the follow-up to Thicker Than Vodka for Jammin' July.

This was meant to be a little sexy porn piece; it's now two and a half thousand words and they haven't even had the sex yet.

This has to be posted in about five hours.

Is anyone available for cheerleading and/or beta?

I do realize that I must eventually make this decision for myself, but I kind of need to hear opinions on this one...

Should I sign up for bittybang?

On the one hand, it'd be nice to have the time between the end of JuC Swap and the start of SeSa for my own projects, which wouldn't necessarily be one of the Big-Assed Bunnies on my enormous bunny list (I could use it to plan the vast Timbertone AU of many short parts, or remix Edison, or write epic amounts of very short fiction). And I'm feeling a bit challenged out at the moment, and deadline panic makes me cranky. Although the feeling of relief and happiness when your story is submitted is a very very worthwhile payoff.

On the other hand, I do have several Big-Assed Bunnies that could easily be 20,000 words and it would be really nice to devote my time and energy to one of them. (I'm even spoilt for choice. Should it be the Joey/Nick bodyswap, or the genderswap high school AU, or the angsty Lambs, or the unfinished dragon fic?) And I also partly feel a little bit morally obliged to take part: I'm adamant that popslash isn't dead and keen to put in the effort required to keep it alive, which probably helps to feed my Challenge Fever. I do realize that the entire future of popslash doesn't rest entirely on my shoulders but this is such a cool challenge and I want to help make it a success.

Back to the first hand, I don't want to burn out entirely, and get so annoyed with challenges that I never write popslash again.

Someone give me some advice?

...little help here?

My sister, cressida1, just signed up for LJ, and I thought I would get some recommendations for communities for her to join. She loves Top Gear, Supernatural, writing, true crime and ghost stories. She is not not not a slasher.

So if anyone could suggest slash-free TG or SPN comms, good (original or multi-fandom) writing comms, or any ghost-watch type communities, I'd be really grateful. She (and I) can always do searches - it's just nice to have recs, because then she's not throwing herself totally into the unknown!

Cheers!