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I am intending for 2011 to be a big year of positive change for me. My thirtieth birthday is coming up in June and I want to make this really big. 2010 had me setting some things up--including getting into the right mindset for the energy and motivation that'll be necessary to make the accomplishments that I want to make. I want to get together with you guys who are going on a similar road. Having a community of people who all have intentions to change things in their lives would be wonderful. A community can offer love and support, feedback, keeps you sane, and keeps you honest. I've tried to make changes before but I haven't stuck with them. I am making 2011 different. Who's with me? :)

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The following are the notes I wrote on the Heroes Hollywood Xpo panel. Most of it is summary, but I have a few exact quotes here and there. Attending the panel are Jack Coleman, Cristine Rose, Adam Armus, Eric Avari, and Tim Kring.

( Everybody is introducing themselves and Jack Coleman is a bit of a character and introduced himself as Masi Oka. )

Things have been pretty hectic lately, but I'm dealing and being proactive about it. My mom's health took a turn a week ago Saturday--though according to the pulmonologist this has been building--she developed a high level of CO2 and that in turn caused a nasty bout of pneumonia. For the second time in nine years, I've been in the position of trying to wake my mom up and getting very little response. When she had her heart attack, she was unresponsive, so opening her eyes and saying my name this time was a little better.

( unhappy description of what my mom is going through )

My mom isn't the only one who has been in the hospital. A week before she went in, my dad went in. He came out three days after she went in. He had a really bad infection, but it's gone now. During those three days, two of them I stayed with family friends and one day I stayed home. I didn't like being alone when I didn't know how things were going to turn out for my mom. I really should talk to the pulmonologist again. I get some information from her nurses, but they can only tell me so much.

I've also been dealing with my own health. Before my mom went in, I was getting sinus stuff going on. Stuff that has gone into pneumonia for me before. But I wouldn't stand for that. And I wouldn't stand for not being able to see my parents, so I've been keeping it at bay. I now seem to be on the other end of it. I'm more clear than I was a week ago. I've been combating it with sheer will, Yoga tea, orange juice, V8, and Yoohoo. Lots of vitamins. I think when all is said and done, my parents and I are going to weigh a bit less, too. I know losing weight by sickness is not the best thing, but it's still weight loss. I just have not had much of an appetite lately.

Speaking of food, I'm eating more at home than I had been in the last five months. I don't do much besides sauteing and microwaving things, but now I'm baking things. Baking fishsticks, but at least it's something. :) And I'm preparing food for my dad too because he's doing a lot of sleeping in his recuping.

Before all this health stuff started happening, I was doing some serious investigating in becoming a creative coach. It's like a life coach, but you coach people to be more creative. I have a mentor who is working with me and I am following up on things she told me to do. I'm starting with reading a couple of books. I was aiming to start things in May, but now I'm aiming for a June or July launch. I still have a long ways to go before I get there. I started a twitter account for my work too. I figured it would be a good idea to get my name out now.

I wanted to do some networking at the LA Times Festival of Books, but due to time schedules and me feeling icky, that was not meant to be. I was able to go, however, with brokenbacktango and draugwen. Even with an hour there (literally), it was fun. On Sunday I spent a few hours at the Lemon Festival and was successful in getting what I wanted: hand made lemonade and fresh kettle corn. That stuff is pure joy.

I feel mentally bleh, which is probably from the stress. Despite that, I feel like I am making some crucial changes in my life. Now all I have to do is keep them going when things return to normal in my life.

I haven't seen anybody do an anon Heroes crack fic meme, so here it goes. Bring your challenge right here! The crackier the better.

So how about it? Who wants to write some crack fic?

Not too long ago, under writerfangirl, I joined heroes20in20. They just finished Round 5 and are starting Round 6. Normally, you would make a claim of a character for a particular round and then have twenty days to complete the claim, but this time every season and every character is open! If you are a Heroes icon maker, think about signing up. Check out the last round for examples of what they want icon makers to make. I was part of a Heroes icon comm not too long ago, but it fell through. This one looks promising!


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The power of fandom and fans themselves amazes me. Fandom has a much more greater purpose than causing people to squee and obsess. It has the power to help people's lives and to change the world!

Here are the links I have collected. If you have seen others, please pass them to me. I want a full page of them.


help_haiti - Along the same lines of Sweet Charity, but for Haiti. Organized by pinkfinity

Haitian Hero - Jimmy Jean-Louis, Rene (the Haitian) of Heroes, has made a special page to help Haiti. Proceeds go to Jean-Louis's existing organization Hollywood Unites For Haiti.

Misha's Minions - Misha Collins, Castiel of Supernatural urges his Minions to "pony up" for Unicef.

ONTD_Star Trek's Unicef page - Proof that crack the likes of ontd_startrek can save lives!

Sylar's Army auctions off Signed pictures of Zachary Quinto and David H. Lawrence XVII - 100% of the profits go to help Haiti!

I am writing ten people their very own drabbles! The details are on my writing journal, writerfangirl and can be found here

My good friend brokenbacktango linked me to this fabulous video. It's an AU Supernatural movie vid. I'm a little disappointed that this isn't the real show, nor is it a real movie. I want Legion to be like this, but I think Legion might not reach this level of coolness. Gotta hope, though! :D

For now, look at the pretty AU!