deep_red_bells | Entries tagged with comm: the ten spot

1) Ice cream
2) Mini Almond Joys
3) Cheesecake
4) Pear and Brie quesadillas
5) Chocolate chip cookies, fresh from the oven when they're still all gooey and falling apart and messy
6) Mango salsa and chips (yeah, I know, lame, but not all of us can have tomato salsa, mkay? And I have an awesome recipe for it)
7) Grilled cheese
8) Waffles
9) Chicken noodle soup
10) Singapore Mei Fun

Current Mood: content

10 lessons I learned in "Slayer School"

1) Stick them with the pointy end.
2) Don't get cocky. All it takes is for them to have a good day.
3) Half the crap Spike taught me was completely wrong and I had more bad habits than a junkie.
4) The other half of the crap he taught me, however, was apparently freakin' brilliant.
5) Slaying is not pretty or neat. There's no place for it. Hit hard, hit fast, and make damn sure it's not gettin' back up.
6) By ourselves we're formidable. Working together we're unstoppable.
7) Slayers don't work together very well, at all.
8) Watchers: sometimes very nice to look at (these days, at least), often irritating, ultimately very necessary.
9) Magic: very pretty. Also very deadly, very scary, very complicated, and something to be respected.
10) Living in a house full of other Slayers: fun, for a few days. Not so much after that.

Current Mood: hungry
Current Music: Placebo, "Running Up That Hill"

1) Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice.
2) Mr. Rochester from Jane Eyre.
3) Raistlin Majere from the Dragonlance novels (I'm telling you, if someone had just given that guy a hug, all the unpleasantness that happened could've been avoided).
4) Doogie Howser.
5) Will Smith.
6) Alex, the boy who used to push me on the playground and pull my hair.
7) Jonathan Brandis
8) Brad Renfro
9) Johnny Depp
10) Christian Slater

Current Mood: sore

The thing is, I don't think most of the people who've ever hurt me really tried to...they just did. The things that have tried to hurt me, they aren't people. They're things. And yeah...it helped me. It helped me become faster, stronger, better, smarter.

Everything I've ever fought. There's more than ten, and I didn't ask their names, but there you go.

Current Mood: determined

1) Someone who knows who they are who's pretty much always at the top of the list as far as thoughts go.
2) Jessie's death.
3) Nahuel, as in, killing him.
4) Those pink Miu Miu sandals.
5) How badly I need to find an apartment.
6) That song I heard yesterday that's been in my head that I can't figure out who sings it. The internet is being unhelpful, probably because I've got the lyrics wrong.
7) What I'm going to do with Ruhun if/when I get an apartment.
8) If I should even be moving out in the first place.
9) That I'm hungry.
10) That my dreams have been so oddly tame lately.

Current Mood: hungry
Current Music: Coldplay, "The Scientist"

(Stating for the record that these prompts are incredibly depressing. The other one was '10 things you want at your funeral' and let me also state for the record: I don't give a damn. I'll be dead. The wake and the funeral are for the people left behind's benefit, not the corpse in the box. Furthermore on all that cheerful 'If and when you die' paperwork the Bookworms had us fill out when we got to the school, I ticked the little box that said 'Catholic' and that should be plenty of instructions right there.)

1) My house in Corpus: there's a guy that lives in Dallas named Albert Martinez--he was my grandmother's, er, man friend, and he adored her and he took care of me after she died until I got where I could take care of myself. He should have her house.
2) My Xbox and games go to Spike. He's the only one who'd appreciate them.
3) My shoes--dear God, I shouldn't really will them to someone. I don't want to give anyone a reason to kill me. I have some nice shoes (I'm kidding. Mostly). I think Beth Ann and I are the same size, Valkyrie might be too. They can divide them up between the two of them.
4) My stereo and CDs go to Hank.
5) My DVD collection goes to Ford. I don't know that anyone else would appreciate the massive amounts of chick flicks and the complete series of Gilmore Girls.
6)Trying to think of things I even really own that anyone would want...I got a couple nice weapons, a kris, a couple knives, a few guns. Adam and Julian might appreciate them, so would Ruby.
7) Oh, those stakes that Buffy sent me for my birthday...give those back to Buffy. I'd have given you my shoes, hon, but I'm way taller than you and I seriously doubt we're the same size, though if you want any of them for apartment decor, feel free to grab them. :) Those red and black Maddens of mine would look lovely in a curio cabinet.
8) My books...man. I have so many books. I'd kind of like Julian to have them but I'd understand if he didn't have a place for them.
9) All the knick-knacks and pretty things I've pack-ratted over the years...I don't know, Spike. sort through them. Figure out who'd appreciate what.
10) Jewelry, I don't have a whole lot. Hank should have a few things, so should Beth Ann. Really, that's the sort of thing that should go to kids, but since I don't have any of those and don't plan to, just, whatever. I'm really really done talking about this.

Current Mood: gloomy
Current Music: Ewan McGregor & Nicole Kidman, "Come What May"

1) Aladdin: Keep your promises and evil Viziers won't screw with your friends. Also, magic carpets own.
2) Beauty and the Beast: Chicks who read are awesome, even if people think they're strange.
3) The Little Mermaid: Right, so I really hated this movie because the only lesson it seemed to teach was "You're not good enough the way you are for the guy you want, so change." Screw that. ~~The music was awesome, though.~~
4) Mulan: Yes, stupid world run only by those with penises, women can kick ass too.
5) Finding Nemo: When life gets you down, just keep swimming. Also, fish are friends, not food.
6) The Incredibles: You can be special in ways the world may never fully understand and still have a life. It might not be a textbook, normal life, but you don't have to hide who you are.
7) Pirates of the Caribbean: Was a there a lesson to that movie other than Johnny Depp is extremely hot in eyeliner? If there was, I think I missed it.
8) Mary Poppins: Thank God I'm not British.
9) The Lion King: Sometimes destiny is a bitch, but running from it doesn't solve anything.
10) Enchanted: Oh, so you were aware just how badly most of your heroines sucked all these years. Good to know.

Current Mood: hot
Current Music: Mindy Smith, "Hurricane"

I really hate these prompts, but I'm going with 'mother' because honestly, I don't think I could tell you ten things about the glorified sperm donor if I wanted to.

Mother:

1) She's an idiot.
2) Two words: Arrested Development. And no, I don't mean the TV show.
3) She has horrible taste in men...
4) ...and clothing...
5) ...and plastic surgeons...
6) ...and hairdressers...
7) ...and shoes.
8) She never should've been allowed to have a child.
9) She hates to be called 'mom.'
10) I kind of hate her a little.

Current Mood: discontent
Current Music: Superchick, "One Girl Revolution"

Narrowing these down was kind of difficult.

1) "Try you not. Do, or do not. There is no try." --Yoda

2) “Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” --Jack Kerouac

3) "Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver." --A bumper sticker

4) "Show me a hero, and I will write you a tragedy." --F. Scott Fitzgerald

5) "The way I see it, the men that I'm with, whoever they are, it's like, 'Look, you have to accept that I like ice cream, and I know it shows up on my hips but if you can't accept that, then leave. Go away. Toodles. It's non-negotiable.'" -- Tori Amos

6) "As long as everything is exactly the way I want it, I'm totally flexible." --Lorelai Gilmore

7) "So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived, or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?" --Hunter S. Thompson

8) "I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing." --Neil Gaiman

9) "Sometimes there's no point in the truth if the only thing it will do is cause pain." --Ally McBeal

10) "Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, 'In this world, Elwood, you must be' - she always called me Elwood - 'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me." --Elwood P. Dowd

Current Mood: happy
Current Location: Home. In bed. Not alone. It's nice.

[completely and totally locked from Julian]

The partner (what a horrid word):

1) He's not around enough.
2) He's a dirty rotten tease.
3) I'm entirely too easily manipulated by him. He turns me into putty, that's pathetic, I'm a goddamned slayer for Christ's sake, under no circumstances should I be putty.
4) He won't let me try on tacky shoes.
5) He doesn't appreciate movies with singing animals.
6) My brain doesn't seem to function properly where he's concerned.
7) I like him way too much.
8) He vexes me. I'm terribly vexed.
9) That I worry about him all the time.
10) Someday he'll lose interest in me.

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[completely and totally locked from Spike]

The best friend:

1) He leaves wet towels on the floor.
2) He stole my favorite coffee mug for blood drinking use, and I can never drink coffee out of it again.
3) He sucked me into soap operas.
4) He crushes cereal up in his pig's blood.
5) He pushed me hard in the beginning and part of me has never forgiven him for turning me into a weapon.
6) He's brutally honest when sometimes I'd prefer that he lie.
7) He's right when I don't want him to be.
8) He knows me too well.
9) He doesn't like the person mentioned in the list above.
10) Someday he'll leave me.

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The siblings:

I've never met them, but my dad took the time to actually raise them and, oh, you know, be apart of their damned lives, so we'll make that reasons 1-10.

Current Mood: cynical
Current Music: Linkin Park, "Leave Out All the Rest"

But fine, I'll pretend for a moment that I would be.

1) For my car to never break down again.
2) To have more patience when dealing with certain people.
3) To have more time with certain people.
4) To have more time to myself.
[locked from Spike, Buffy, and all the Slayers and Watchers at the training school]
5) For Spike to be human again.
6)To be able to walk in the sunlight a little more.
7) Not to have to fight so much.
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8) Gas prices: much, much lower.
9) A pair of these.
10) Oh, what the hell. World peace.

Current Mood: stressed
Current Music: The Sundays, "Wild Horses"

1) Wake up.
2) Get dressed.
3) Kick Henrietta out of bed.
4) Make more coffee since Cain's probably already had his first pot full, toast pop-tarts.
5) Make Cain stop hitting things long enough to help me make breakfast.
6) Go to work.
7) Come home, flop down on the couch and gripe about work for at least 10, 20 minutes.
8) Make Henrietta do homework. This is not often possible but the attempt is made daily.
9) Go hunting.
10) Come home, shower, go to sleep ~~usually after sex.~~

Current Mood: sleepy

1) Sugar. No, that's not some vague drug reference, I mean SUGAR. I have a massive sweet tooth.

2) Chocolate. Which probably should've been included in the sugar addiction but there's a difference. It's chocolate. It's more than a craving, it's therapy.

3) Caffeine. Mostly in soda form, but I do like coffee and tea every once in a while.

4) Reruns of ER. Several years ago I was recording lots of TV to try and catch the commercial I was in, so I'd have solid proof of it, and I ended up recording lots of ER in the process. It wasn't linear, I don't even know what season it as, but it still sucked me in.

5) It makes me blush furiously to admit it, but...yeah, sex.

6) Swiss cheese. I don't know why, I just really really like Swiss cheese.

7) Slaying. If you're not a slayer, I don't know if I can really even put it into words, the kind of high I get off of slaying. In some ways it's as good as sex. In some ways.

8) Books. I buy them compulsive. I swear there's no telling what I would've been able to afford if I could curb my book-buying addiction.

9) SHOES. Oh my God. It's amazing how shoes can change your mood. You can feel awful, wretched, down in the dumps, but you put on the right pair of shoes and you feel like you can conquer the damn world. Works for me, at least.

10) Facials and/or hair shampooing. Instant relaxation and stress relief.

Current Mood: bouncy

1) Dancing with the Stars. I never allowed myself to get sucked into American Idol, Survivor, or any other reality show. In fact, I always mocked those that were. Then came THIS damned show and I was so. Very. Hooked. Even though I've never been brave enough to try it, I love ballroom dancing. It's fun, stress free TV.

2) Family Guy. It's as clever as it is crude. That doesn't happen often.

3) The Simpsons. A classic, my friends. You can't argue with The Simpsons, do I REALLY need to give you a reason?

4) South Park. I do, on occasion, have a very childish sense of humor. ~~Act surprised, okay?~~

5) Conquest. Learn about everything from Stone Age weaponry, to SWAT team tactics, to the art of the battle axe to motherfucking NINJAS. They would so kick ass all over pirates, hot though Johnny Depp is. ~~Also, I have a mild thing for Peter Woodward. Very mild.~~

6) Battlestar Galactica. Laura Roslin > ALL

7) Dexter. A serial killer that kills serial killers, and somehow makes it hot.

8) The Sopranos, or at least I was addicted to it until the last season. Sad, my friends, how the mighty fall.

9) The Office. What girl hasn't either dated or wanted to date a Jim Halpert at some point? And who hasn't had a boss that was at least ALMOST as stupid as Michael?

10) Red VS Blue. It's not a TV show so much as a web show created using a video game, but I'm counting it because to be honest, I'm running out of TV shows. I don't get to watch all that much TV. Besides, RvB is the most hilarious thing...ever.

Current Mood: geeky

I've been told that I need to try and be less sweetness and light all of the time, so this is me, trying to be less sweetness and light.

1) Maxie--you are a royal dickhead, grouchy ALL the time, and on occasion you are too stupid to live.
2) Cain--you're downright mean sometimes. You're angry at the world and you lash out way too often at the people who love you.
3) Kiki--you let way too much of your self-worth rely on Max. You need to step up and realize that while you may love him more than life itself, you being beautiful and smart and amazing does not lie on whether or not Max thinks you are.
4) Hank--you are a smartmouthed, mean spirited, spiteful little toe rag, and no, that's NOT a compliment. You're extremely hurtful towards others and it isn't becoming or cool like you seem to think it is. Grow up and get over yourself.
5) Dad--you're a worthless human being.
6) Mom--you NEVER grew up and you never will, and I'm done with you, completely.
7) Peter (of the Lawrence variety, not the Petrelli)--you creep me out majorly and should remove the stick from your ass.
8) Blake--it is NOT all about you and your problems. The last time I checked the world revolved around the SUN, not you.
9) Angie--you act like teenager, which loses a lot of it's charm when you're past thirty.
10) Olivia--you wear entirely too much perfume and I can't breathe around you half the time, and the way you make puppy eyes at Peter (of the Lawrence variety, not the Petrelli) is pathetic. DO something about it if you've got it that badly.

Current Mood: stressed

1) Cheat on a significant other if the relationship has been defined as mutually exclusive.
2) Play World of Warcraft ~~because I might never leave the house again~~.
3) Marry for money
4) Wear black shoes with a brown belt ~~Seriously guys, stop that~~.
5) Renounce my religion
6) Forgive my father
7) Watch a reality show ~~other than Dancing with the Stars~~
8) Kill a human being
9) Become a lesbian
10) Own a minivan

I'm actually gonna go with books instead of movies, simply because it's much, MUCH easier for me to narrow down favorite books than it is to narrow down favorite movies.

1) The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffeneger. It's not only an extremely well put together sci-fi story, it's also the most romantic book I've ever read. It's achingly sad and beautiful and it haunts you long after you turn that last page. This is my number one recommendation to anyone.
2) The Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearn. It's like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon meets The Lord of the Rings. YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THAT.
3) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon. This is probably the closest thing you will ever get to seeing how an autistic child's mind works. It's fascinating, and also very sad.
4) House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. I'm actually not recommending this because I thought it was a good book. I'm recommending it so maybe someone else will read it and explain to me what the HELL it was supposed to be about. :-/
5) Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. The apocalypse is freakin' hilarious! Who knew?!
6) I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson. Wow, just wow. If this is anything close to what it's really like to be a working mother, I think I'd rather not have anymore* kids, ever.
7) A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. This is actually my current reading material, and I'm still trying to get through all of them. It's not because they're not good, it's because they ARE good, and the series isn't finished yet, and I know someday soon I won't have them to read anymore, so I'm taking my time. Martin KICKS ASS. This is one of the only books I've read where anything--and I mean anything--can and does happen. He has no qualms about making you fall in love with a character in one chapter, then killing that character off in the very next chapter. People die. Bad things happen. Nothing is black and white. It's fantastic.
8) Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder. I picked it up at Target on a whim. It has a plucky, unusually likeable heroine and I am an unapologetic heroine addict.
9) The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I won't lie. That first little bit is hard to get through because of the subject matter, but it's an incredible book. Very sad...I seem to be picking a lot of those.
10) Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. Yeah, bet you didn't see that one coming, did ya? Hey, I'm not all fantasy and chick lit.

There's tons that could've made the list, like the Harry Potter books, the Lord of the Rings, Narnia, etc., but come on...most of you have already read those. I tried to come up with some undiscovered gems, stuff that people might not actually have read. ESPECIALLY THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE. Seriously, why have more people not read this book?

*excluding the Almost Daughter, of course, as she's already mostly grown.

Baileigh Solis
Buffy the Vampire Slayer OC

Current Mood: mischievous

1) The Temptations - Build Me Up Buttercup   It drives Hank and Cain crazy when I prance around the house singing it. Needless to say it finds it way to the top of my shuffle list a lot. *is evil*
2) Linkin Park - Don't Stay   I can scream to it. A lot. Loudly. And it makes me feel better.
3) Sara Bareilles - Love Song   So catchy and so cute.
4) Gomez - How We Operate   It's unique.
5) Santana w/ Chad Kroeger - Into the Night   As much as I facepalm over Santana's continual selling out, I still end up buying his crap. And why is that Nickelback simply WILL NOT go away? I HATE THEM, they are not talented, AND YET I STILL BUY THEIR CRAP. What is wrong with me, seriously, someone take iTunes away from me, I have no resistance when it comes to "the radio hit."
6) Amy Winehouse - Me and Mr. Jones   That girl is a FREAK, holy shit, but her music is fantastic.
7) Dinah Washington - Is Your Or Is You Ain't My Baby   Oh come on, that's a FABULOUS title. It's automatic win!
8) Prince - P* Control   I'm sorry, I love the song but I canNOT type that word.
9) Rhianna - Shut up and Drive   Yeah, no real reason, except that it's fun to sing along to.
10) Berlin - Take My Breath Away   I can't help it, I adore that song and always have. It makes me want slow dance and write love letters and generally be a really big mushball.

Current Mood: energetic
Current Location: Home
Current Music: Sara Bareilles - "Love Song"

1) My bed, which is one of my favoritest things in the world. It's small but it has an awesome pillow and it's perfect for me, not too firm, not too soft. It's also violently purple--well, the sheets and the bedspread are. My whole room is purple, even the walls. I like purple, okay?

2) My high school yearbooks, which probably should count as four things, but I'm lumping them together as one. I have such incredibly mixed feelings about high school. It wasn't that bad for me. I wasn't popular, but I wasn't picked on, either...I even made cheerleader one year (ONE, I'm good at bouncing, leave me alone). But even though it wasn't miserable I still wouldn't go back to it if you freakin' paid me to. Everything is so extreme and so dramatic. I feel sorry for the people who say high school was the best time in their life (cause, really? Really?!).

3) Monty, the stuffed monkey I've had for as long as I can remember. Yes, he's purple too. He's also falling apart, but I can't bring myself to part with him, I just keep on sewing him back up when he tries to leak innards all over my bed.

4) My hope chest. Still sitting at the foot of my bed with all kinds of pretty things in it that will never, ever get used, including my grandmother's wedding dress. I love it. It's cedar and it's beautiful, my grandfather made it and my grandmother put it together for me and it will stay at the foot my bed for the rest of my life.

5) The first note a boy ever wrote me. I keep it my desk drawer. Another one of those things I look back on with equal parts amusement and mortification. His name was Alex, and he was horribly mean to me for most of elementary school, used to push me in the mud and pull my braid, but he gave me my first kiss in junior high. He died when he was sixteen, in a car crash. I still tear up a little sometimes when I think about him, not because I think we were gonna get married someday, cause we weren't, we were just buddies by then, but still. He was the first boy I ever "loved," and he's gone, and that just makes me sad.

6) A bag of dried rose petals, from the first little vase of roses I got for Valentine's Day.

7) A snowglobe I found during an after-Christmas sale at the mall. It was one of those little shops that rents the space just for Christmas, then disappears immediately after. This snowglobe is one of the prettiest things I've ever seen. It's a castle on a cloud with glitter that swirls around when you shake it, and there's this gorgeous green dragon wound around the outside base. You turn him to wind it up, and he circles around the castle. It plays "Moonlight Sonata" which is the most haunting song I think I've ever heard. I've never been huge into fantasy and dragons or anything, but once I picked it up I couldn't put it down.

8) Programs and mementos from every show I've ever been in, no matter how big or small the part. I also stole the shoes from the commercial I did. They were really cheap shoes, not even my size, but I didn't care. I was on TV for all of 20 seconds, several times a day, for about a year, and I wanted something to remember it by.

9) A VHS tape of that same commercial, ready to whip out and show anyone that doesn't believe me when I tell them YES, I was actually in a commercial.

10) I'm saying this at this moment because he IS here, even if he isn't all the time: my boyfriend! Oh, nothing dirty, unfortunately. He's sacked out next to me, dead asleep, exhausted from whatever the hell it is he and his siblings have been hunting this time.

On that note, it's time for cuddling, bye now!

Current Mood: geeky
Current Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Current Music: Dido, "Here With Me"