Because I'm a sheep I want to play with the cool kids, I've decided to do what everyone on my flist seems to be doing:

IT'S MEME TIME!!! :D

Maybe this will help me clear my palate between (hopefully) finishing my first Reverse Big Bang fic and starting the next one over the weekend.

You can ask me anything about my writing! Alternatively, you can ask (just a suggestion...):

1) What I was thinking at the time I wrote a story, or a question about my writing as a whole. The question can be about anything, including my WIPs (of which I don't have many).

2) Pick a character/pairing I've written and I will explain the top five ideas, concepts, etc. I try to keep in mind while writing that character/pairing.

3) Quote a few lines from something I've written and I'll comment on them.

4) You can find all of my White Collar and NCIS fanfiction at gaby_fanfic. My older X Files ficcage (and the earlier NCIS fiction) can be found on my website gaby.slashcity.tv. I did a roundup post of all fic written/posted in 2013 here. Feel free to peruse and then bombard me with your questions! :)

Ganked from rabidchild...

Meme:
1. Go through your 5-10 most recent fics and in each, pick out a line that describes a character (no OCs). If you don't get to 5-10 different characters, you can keep going back to older fics until you get there.
2. List the fandoms that these characters are from.
3. List the quotes from your fic that give a hint to who these characters are. Blank out their name if you have to. This is not a test of how well people know your fic, so choose the quotes that reflect something about the character.
4. Let your f-list guess who the characters are. No peeking at your fic list!!!

As you know, I write White Collar and NCIS fiction. And I had to dig up a couple of old(er) fics to find a total of 10 quotes. Don't wanna make it too easy for ya, after all! *g*

Okay, here we go!

( quotes behind cut )

This? Is so totally my five-year old version of "Second Chances" wee!Tony. TOTALLY.

And look! It took place in Virginia. This is absolutely Gibbs taking his wee!Tony to the diner. You know, The Diner. Elaine would adore wee!Tony, most definitely. (Her name was Elaine, wasn't it?)

Anyway.

*dies*

(Coffee Shop | Virginia, USA)

(I work in a Coffee Shop. I was on break in the lobby when a couple walks in. Directly behind them is a cute little boy in Batman costume.)

Me: “Oh my God! It’s BATMAN!”

(The boy stops, strikes a pose and starts looking around menacingly. After a few seconds, he approaches the counter.)

Mother: “Jeff, would you like a chocolate milk?”

Boy: “I am not Jeff. I am The Batman.”

Mother: “The Batman, would you like a chocolate milk?”

Boy: “Yes. Yes, The Batman would.”

(The couple pays while the boy sits down with his chocolate milk. He keeps a stern look on his face as he sips the drink.)

Boy: *sips* “Gotham is safe.”

So, it's not like I've waited the entire season for this episode or anything, right? Because hey, it's only Senior's return, after all, right?

And yet you decide I shouldn't get to see the damn ep.

1) Global doesn't air it on Monday, as is tradition this season. Okay, I can live with that. It means I won't be able to snag it off the internet Tuesday morning and indulge myself (and get half a dozen tags written before it airs on CBS), but hey, that's cool.

2) There's only one--in other words: ONE!--working live stream and its quality is TOTAL CRAP. So I'm sitting here, Tuesday night my time, watching a CBS feed that barely allows me to see what the hell is happening, not to mention understand what anyone is saying! I'd give up if it were any other ep, but it's Senior, and I'm amped, and so I'm trying my best to figure out what the funny looking pixels are doing and saying.

3) And then, dear tech gods, you decide that this isn't enough. Nooo, you decide to really screw with me. Because, in all your wisdom, you decide to completely cut me off my NCIS fix just as the last act starts. My internet connection completely craps out for good, with about eight minutes to go. Thank you ever so frakkin' much. Because no matter what I do to my modem, it stays dead.

4) And so here I am, less than four hours later, after almost no sleep but unable to go back to bed because the cats demand attention. At least the modem's working again, so I'm online, and I'm downloading about to watch the episode in all its technicolor glory, and I'll finally be able to watch the last scene which I know is beyond awesome because I already saw a bit of it in the promo trailer.

But I'm beyond tired and I'm cranky, and I repeat: WTF, tech gods? What? The? Effing? Fuck?!

And just in case (because the vid shows up when I hit preview but it disappears on my flist once I post it... *boggles and shakes fist at tech gremlins*)

Click here: http://www.twitvid.com/ZFTTE

"The most amazing man in the world" looks absolutely dashing, and I SO CAN'T WAIT to see this ep!!! *flails* (Plus, I want Pauley's jacket. So. Very. Much.)

Look who showed up to do a table read with the NCIS cast?



(Thanks to PauleyP for tweeting this piccie!)

Yet another notalwaysright.com gem...

This one's about How Gibbs Discovers The Benefits of Text Messages...

(An older man, maybe late 50s with graying hair, approaches my register with a few groceries. Despite his age, he is very absorbed in his cell phone and paying little attention to what is going on around him.)
Me: “Hi! How are you today, sir?”
Customer: *giggles* “I’m doing exceptionally naughty things on my phone right now!”
Me: “Oh, that’s lovely! Do you have any coupons with us today?”
Customer: *leans in and whispers* “In the colloquial, that means I’m sexting!”

Off to read bloodyfandom's brilliant "IDK, my BFF, Gibbs?" again... :D

Another http://notalwaysright.com/ gem. And again, I'm thinking Gibbs. *g* I guess, if you work for an institution like En-Kiss for such a long time, you get used to acronyms... *gigglesnort*

Sean just twittered this a few hours ago:

home from an action packed shooting day full of Tony/McGee scenes directed by the captain himself Dennis Smith! great day today at work :)

*gigglesnort*

Tony/McGee action packed scenes. Note the slash.

(Yes, I know that's not what he meant. Still. I'm easily amused. So sue me. I'm shallow. Sue me again. While my OTP will always be Tibbs, I'm not generally opposed to some McNozzo action. They're good lookin' guys, come on!)

(And anyway, Tony and McGee are usually great fun to watch in a scene. I love their scenes! So this tweet is a win-win situation, even without the slash! LOL!)