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We've just finished season 1 of Ted Lasso, which is an absolutely charming show about an American college football coach who goes to England to coach football, even though it's an entirely different sport. I was inordinately pleased to see one of Ted's players was named Bumbercatch. But I was even more pleased to see that (1) there's a player named Winchester, and (b) there's a theme about green army men warding off danger, and Ted giving them to people he cares about.
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Today TNT is showing “Carry On,” followed immediately by the Pilot. I wonder if my heart can take it.
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I didn’t expect Yahoo News to throw a bunch of Supernatural feels at me today. But first they hit me with this: A customer service rep at LAX (airport in Los Angeles, for my international friends) talks about celebrities who are nice and those who are not, and she says

“Jared Padalecki. Yes, he is that hot in person. He was a 12 out of 10, he was so freakin’ polite,” Cindy said. “He actually stopped to talk to me.” OF COURSE HE DID, CINDY.

(You can see the whole Tik Tok here.)

And then the universe said BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE, and gave me THIS. ‘The Boys’ Casts Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy for Season 3. (This is the Yahoo story that grabbed my attention, but you can read the original version here.)

According to the article, “Soldier Boy is known as ‘the original superhero,’ who fought in World War II and became ‘the first super celebrity, and a mainstay of American culture for decades.’” Oh, in other words, CAPTAIN FUCKING AMERICA.



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Yesterday I pulled into a parking space and noticed the van next to me had a moose airbrushed on the side. (Sadly, no squirrel.) And as I sat there and laughed, a black Impala pulled up on the other side. (A new one. But still.)

And then, today, I was reading responses to the tweet about Mr. Peanut being dead, because some of them were funny. And there was this:


It was a tweet about MR. FREAKING PEANUT. WHY IS DEAN WINCHESTER IN THERE.

Tuesday was National Squirrel Appreciation Day. Maybe that's why it's in the air.

(Oh god, you guys, tonight is 15.10. We're HALFWAY DONE.)
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Everyone I've ever done business with is emailing me about Pi Day today, but as usual, my friends at the Hot Topical are the only ones who really get it. And boy, do they get it.


Look at that pie bag!

Happy pi day, or pie day, whichever you choose to celebrate, and happy new episode day too!
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... while watching Sam go off the rails in “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”

Him: “I don’t like angry Sam.”

Me, quietly: “I like all forms of Sam.”


ESPECIALLY angry Sam.

NEW EPISODE TONIGHT! \o/
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Borrowed from [livejournal.com profile] cuddyclothes. For 7 days, post a picture of a book you like. No commentary or explanation. Will I actually keep this up for an entire week? Let’s find out!

Denied

Feb. 4th, 2019 08:27 am
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If you're like me, you saw Wal-Mart's recent "famous cars" commercial, where cars from TV and movies use the Wal-Mart grocery pick-up service, and said "that's cute, but A VERY IMPORTANT CAR IS MISSING."

So, if you're like me, you saw an article on Yahoo this morning about that ad and said WAIT.



I can’t believe she didn’t make it into the final ad!
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... to give Dean Winchester a big birthday kiss tonight?

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No, you are not.
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I was in a meeting this morning with a woman who had PLAID EYEGLASSES. And Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs) is tweeting about Jim Rockford’s car being for sale (which not only makes me daydream about getting my hands on an Impala, but let us not forget the Winchester emergency separation plan - first hotel in the book, register under Jim Rockford).

How am I supposed to think about anything that’s NOT Supernatural under these circumstances?
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As we enter week one of A Month Without New Episodes, let's talk about something completely unrelated to Supernatural. I've been re-listening to one of my favorite podcasts, The Monster Hunters. Yes, I know you're saying "that actually sounds like it might be completely related to Supernatural," but it's not. They have nothing in common.

It's a charming, nutty British comedy podcast about two men who, yes, do hunt monsters, but they do it in England in the 1970s. And they're not brothers. One is a quiet, kind, scholarly professor. In the second episode, he finds himself attracted to a woman for the first time since a year ago, when his wife was killed by a monster. Sadly, the new woman is bitten by a werewolf and insists on killing herself with his silver-bullet-laden gun. The other is a fighter, a drinker (especially Scotch), and a ladies man. He drives a Jensen, which is an old British sportscar I've never heard of, and has an ex-wife whose maiden name is Winchester.

Oh, wait a minute...
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Episode 13.22, "Exodus," was on last night. I watched it, because duh, I'm only human. I mean, yes, there's some ridiculous unnecessary shit in this episode (AU Cas, I'm looking at you, looking RIGHT AT YOU and doing the thing where I point to my eyes and then your eyes to make sure you know I'm LOOKING AT YOU) but it also has one of my favorite scenes of the season. Maybe one of my favorite scenes of the entire series.

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So apparently it's Supernatural Day again? Is this a thing? Is there some significance to 9/13 that I'm missing? Season 9 episode 13 is "The Purge," which has some good moments (yoga Sam, roofied Dean, more yoga Sam... mmmm... excuse me, I need a moment) but isn't exactly earthshattering. Is it a character's birthday? What's the deal with September 13?

ETA... Duh. It’s the day Supernatural first aired. Thanks to [livejournal.com profile] kalliel.

Anyway. In honor of the occasion, my friends at the Hot Topical, who are well aware of what I love, emailed me about their new Supernatural fashion collection. Including this awesome skirt that looks like a plaid shirt tied around your waist.

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They styled it with a Led Zeppelin t-shirt! Someone over there is watching the show.

Dear lord, I adore this. I'm not going to buy it. I'm a goddamn grownup, and it's okay for my office to be full of toys, but I'm not wearing a skirt that looks like a shirt tied around your waist. (IT HAS SLEEVES.) But somebody needs to.

In other news, apparently Eric Kripke wrote the screenplay for the new movie The House With a Clock in its Walls. And apparently it's based on his favorite book as a child, and apparently that book influenced the show (I mean Show) he created years later. And apparently this movie is full of Supernatural Easter eggs.




So now I guess I have to watch it. And if this is just a clever way to trick a million people into watching your movie, I’ll be VERY DISAPPOINTED.

Anyway. Stay safe out there!
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Last week I ordered my Sam and Baby Funko Pop. Delivery was scheduled for Thursday, August 2. I've checked the Hot Topic site a few times since then and he's sometimes listed as out of stock. Which makes me happy, because I want my boy to be popular.


His little worried eyebrows are even better in person.

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At this time last year, I was excited about my new Dean and Baby Funko Pop but mourning the lack of a Sam to accompany him. Imagine my surprise when the Hot Topical emailed me yesterday inviting me to buy Sam and Baby! How did I not know this was a thing? He's been available in the UK for over a week! How did I not know? Why is it not even on the Funko website?

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Look at his cute little worried face! Marvel at the texture of his hair! Behold the awful orange jacket!

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The universe has been trying to tell me something. Friday I caught an episode of The X-Files called "Bad Blood," which naturally pinged my SPN radar because it was produced by Kim Manners, it involved vampires, it included Mitch Pileggi, and some of it was set in a cemetery that has to be the one used for Stull Cemetery.

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Also, it's a fantastic episode, and Luke Wilson is a hoot, and you should watch it if you get the chance. You don't have to be an X-Files watcher to appreciate it.

Later that day I was scrolling through the TV listings and something else came up - I don't remember if it was a movie, or an episode of a different TV show, but it was also called "Bad Blood." And Saturday morning I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts (My Favorite Murder) and they talked about a book called Bad Blood. And I said okay, universe, I get it. You want me to rewatch the SPN episode "Bad Blood."

Except... That episode doesn't exist. I was sure it did. In my head, "Bad Blood" was the episode where Sam kills Gordon Walker. But no, that one's called "Fresh Blood." So I kept looking. We've got "Dead Man's Blood" and "Bloody Mary" and "First Blood" and "Bloodlust" and various other blood-related titles but no Bad Blood, and (1) why did I think we had one, and (b) how do we not have one? How have they missed such an obvious title?

So now I have to figure out what the universe is trying to tell me. Maybe I have undiagnosed syphilis. Maybe I'm just supposed to listen to Neil Sedaka.


Is this song stuck in your head now? Welcome to my nightmare.

And now, since I'm having poll withdrawal...

[Poll #2083541]
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Yeah, I'm talking about [livejournal.com profile] kalliel again, because she posted this lovely essay about Easter eggs, the little bits of her life that she puts into her fic. And she's had an interesting life and such cool (and very Winchester-eque) travels. I mean, look at everything that she packed into one fic.

Me, on the other hand... I've had a fairly boring life, and very little of it makes its way into anything I write. Y'all do not want to read about Sam and Dean's frustrating trip to Walmart, or their stop at a Hampton Inn that looks exactly like every other Hampton Inn (although, Dean would love the breakfast buffet, particularly the make-your-own waffle station). But every once in a while, something real creeps in.

Of flesh and blood I'm made was inspired by a conversation between a family member and a nurse in the ER.

But I've become what I can't be uses a location I've seen while traveling (the giant double church, although it's not actually in Memphis).

My untitled Nazi car fic came about after I rented a Volkswagen and started wondering what Dean would say about it.

Coda was inspired by my very real inability to deal with a whole raw chicken.

What about you? What sights and/or experiences make their way into your writing?

(And okay, now I have to do it...)
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You know how you get so used to everything you look at online being from Supernatural, and then it turns up in an unexpected place but it takes you a minute to realize what's going on because your mind is like "of course it's a gif of Sam yawning; what else would be on my screen?"

Or is it just me?

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