Since I am guessing my three readers have already made their guesses, here are the answers
Ladyhawke – an all time favorite
The Partridge Family – I did sorta like the song I Think I Love You
Corn – I absolutely love everything else. I don’t hate corn but it is not a favorite
1995 – You were all wrong
Stephen King
Ryan Seacrest – I cannot stand him. He needs to go away. NOW.
Hawaii – I have been to Florida though
Cheesecake
This is a get to know post. See how well you did! Multiple choice! Try not to copy each other or decide that someone has already answered so why bother. This is supposed to be FUN. Well, especially for me.
Of the following, Ivan would rather watch:
Everafter
Ladyhawke
Enchanted
Growing up, which of the following shows did Ivan NOT watch:
Star Trek
Ironside
Emergency
The Partridge Family
Which of the following foods is NOT a favorite:
Pumpkin
Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
Tomatoes
Lobster
Corn
Ivan went to Ireland in what year:
1995
1999
2005
Ivan likes which author of horror better:
Stephen King
Dean Koontz
If Ivan were stranded on an island with the following celebrities, who would mysteriously disappear never to be heard from again:
Chris Pine
Zachary Quinto
Ryan Seacrest
Denzel Washington
Ivan is presented with three choices for vacation. Which would Ivan choose?
Hawaii
Chicago
Florida
It’s Ivan’s birthday and here are the dessert choices. Which would Ivan choose?
Cake
Cookies
Cheesecake
I am back from my trip and am now melting. MELTING. We are having a mega heatwave and our AC is broken. We’ve called a couple of places and no one calls us back, so I guess I have to suffer for the next week and a half before we get some relief and it cools at night. Ugh.
Here are some pictures from my trip.
Our room. See that little porthole? It’s actually a window that you just cover up at night. And the door leads to the balcony.
A bit blurry but the dude we listened to Saturday at the Morro Bay Wine Seller. We had wine and music. Great.
An Otter in the Bay
See how sunny it is in Cambria? Cambria is one of our favorite towns. We have to have breakfast at Linn’s there. In September/October they have a scarecrow thing where all the stores and restaurants puts out the most creative scarecrows. It’s so much fun. We’ve only been there once during that time, but great. Now, we go up above San Simeon (Hearst Castle) to see the elephant seals.
At the end it started getting sunny as you can see in the next to the last picture. It remained foggy in Morro Bay the whole day though. I took this last picture of the elephant seals because I loved the fact one dude had his little flipper/arm on the other dude. These are males this time of year. I say it’s the Kirk and Spock of Elephant Seals!
No idea what I will work on this week. I know I hope to finish First Impressions. Anything else is up in the air!
So on Saturday, we went to Channel Islands Harbor for the Chowder Fest. It was fun tasting the different chowders and a little wine, too, but it was kind of warm even by the water to be tasting hot soup. Afterward, we went back to my friend’s house and had some wine while sitting out in his front yard. Then we went to a Cajun place for dinner. It was a long day for me.
This week, I am itching to get a new chapter of You are the Light That’s Leading Me done but I have to be a certain mindset for that because of uber angst. So we will see. I’d like to get First Impressions finished and maybe a new chapter of Didn’t We Almost Have it All. It’s going to be a tight week for me though so we will see.
This weekend coming up is my wonderful getaway to Morro Bay
I cannot wait. I will be gone Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. It’s more money than I should be spending, not going to lie, but I am going anyway and I know I will have a fantastic time.
But it also means a little less updating. I’ll get done what I can get done. Not going to worry about it.
We are only supposed to get a partial eclipse Monday between 9 and 11ish I think I read on the LA Times site. I’ll probably head outside to see what the sky looks like. And yes, I know not to go blind, *SMH* You are NEVER supposed to look at the sun people. They really think we are all idiots. Updated to add a picture of what we saw here in Southern California. A Co-worker’s photo
Hope everyone has a decent week.
Channel Islands Harbor above
This past weekend, on Sunday, we had a barbecue at the family’s house. Hard to believe August is about half over already. While I won’t be sorry to see the heat go (and yes it will still be hot here in September), I will miss the daylight as it begins to get darker earlier.
This coming weekend on the 19th, I am going to the Chowder Fest in Oxnard (Channel Islands) with friends. The cost is $25 an includes different chowders, wine and beer.
In case you missed it, this week I updated Broken, My Devotion, and Anything. I ended up posting Broken on AO3, but changed the name.
Anyway, be that as it may, my plans for the week are to get a new chapter of Didn’t We Almost Have it All and Where My Demons Hide up this week. Possibly the conclusion of Broken, too, which is now called First Impressions. That’s it, though.
For anyone who has a tumblr, I now have one. I don’t do a huge amount with it because I am a bit lost, but it’s there. Ivan’s tumblr
In my continuing saga of my work computer, it is supposed to be replaced today. Will it? Only the shadow knows. Wish me luck.
As you all know, it’s finally happened. My muse has taken a holiday or a vacation, whatever. My Devotion has not been updated in three months. As a reader, I would find this disappointing and discouraging. Whether I wanted to feel that way or not or feel it was fair. I followed stories in the past that it was torture to wait for and some even ultimately never got updated and were abandoned. I’ve never wanted to be that writer, I assure you.
It is my intention to slog through it and get it updated sometime this week. I need luck for that too. I also have half of the next chapter of Broken written.
Mother ended up in the ER yesterday. She’s 91 so she gets watched pretty closely. She was feeling dizzy. They couldn’t really find anything wrong so they allowed her to go home even though they recommended she stay overnight just in case. She didn’t want to so she went home.
In just over two weeks, I am going to my favorite locale of Morro Bay for M’s birthday weekend (last weekend of August). Lately we’ve been staying only overnight but this time we are spending two nights there and we are so looking forward to it. A romantic weekend for two.
I will try to get another chapter of Didn’t We Almost Have it All done this week but with the other two taking priority, we will see how it goes. I *should* have a flash fic up on Friday.
Our temps are typical August, high eighties and up to mid to high 90s. based on accuweather reports right now, I don’t see any 100s coming up but of course that could change. Last couple of nights I have been able to sleep with window open and no fan on, so I consider that a success!
Baby Pie
Resuming my ramblings of the week post.
This week my boss is off on vacation and all I can say to that is, “Yay.”
I went ahead and posted Primal Lust but it is most definitely NSFW.
This weekend I also finished Dating a Vulcan. It felt so good to get a story finished.
I have not yet begun the next chapter of Didn’t We Almost Have it All but I do know what happens in the next chapter because I have played it through me head.
Last week of July already. I swear I will be posting about Labor Day and Halloween in no time. I haven’t yet decided if I will do any Halloween themed Spirk stories. Right now I am leaning toward no, unless inspiration hits me.
In a surprise move to all, I think, my next chapter of Tonight may have a little top Jim, but don’t get used to it. For this story I just want them to go at each other every which way they can.
Speaking of July, for us the temperatures are pretty average for July. I dread August though. Supposed to be in the low 90s all week, which as I said, is fairly average for us.
And finally, I read a story on AO3 posted right after mine that is incredibly hot and very well done. It’s NSFW either but man….It’s called Animal and it’s way out doing MY story in popularity but it is Jim/Spock only so that’s probably helping. Check it out if you haven’t already.
Spirk (with a small dose of Pinto) 