My other life

12:00 am - Supernatural Master Fic List

Trying to put together a master list of my Supernatural fic, now that there's beginning to be enough to archive. All stories are Gen.

Throughout Time

Five times Dean tried to read The Lord of the Rings - and one time Sam was sure he had
At twelve Sam discovered The Lord of Rings. It wasn't really Dean's thing, but every so often he'd give it a try. Angst with hurt!Dean and limp!Sam. Story starts here.

Five times Jim Murphy called Bobby Singer - and one time someone else did.
Story here.

Pre Series

Promises
Sammy breaks a bone and Dean makes a promise. Family. Dean is 8, Sammy is 4. Story here.

Belief
Pastor Jim contemplates his greatest pastoral failure. Family. Dean is 10, Sammy is 6. Story here.

Magister quod discipulus
During a quiet afternoon in Blue Earth, Sam-the-researcher is born. Family. Sam is 9, Dean is 13. Story here.

"Psychic Boy"
Sammy is convinced the Santa Suit is haunted. Is he right, and how does he know? Dean is 16, Sam is 12. Short Case Fic with bonus Angst. Story here

Some things are cliches for a reason
When John refuses to allow Sammy to play soccer, Sam storms out. But in this little town that's not a safe things to do. Dean is 17, Sam is 13. Angst. Story starts here.

Season One

Aliases
The boys are on the case, and it's Sam's turn to choose the aliases. Humour. Story here

Cursed
Dean learns more about the female anatomy than he ever wanted to know. Sam copes. Crack!fic. Story here.

Season Three

Angelic Possession
The night Dean's deal falls due, Sam makes a deal of his own. AU. Spirituality. Story here

Current Mood: curious

08:03 am - Life, television and going to church

Good morning to all my flist affected by snow. It sounds insane! Please be careful. Here in Victoria it's the first anniversary of Black Saturday and the weather is mild. After this time last year, when we had day after day of temperatures over 45 degrees, and then the hell of the firestorm - thank God for cool weather.

And it's February. Which means church is back to normal. Which means two services one after the other, the first at 9 am. I try to tell my people that God, like all sensible people, is not awake at 9 am on a Sunday morning but sadly, despite my theological degree, they don't believe me.

So, is Network Ten trying to save Australians from being disappointed at Season Five of Supernatural? I don't read the detailed comments of the flist on aired episodes, but it's amazing what can be read in tags, moods and subject lines. I get the feeling that people are most unhappy. Maybe yasminke and I should stop trying to watch new episodes and just keep our illusions.

Oh well, new House and new Bones tonight. Rewards for a good minister should I survive my two services and afternoon meeting. After an all-day meeting yesterday! I don't remember Jesus having this many meetings. The Bible does not mention them.

May you stay safe in the midst of fire, flood and snow.

Current Mood: chipper

06:01 pm - *grump, grump, grump*

My carefree summer is over. First Elders' meeting of 2010 tonight. So not a fan of church meetings.

Current Mood: cranky

01:22 pm - Favourite Article Title of the Day

You guys should see the amount of research I'm doing for this article on Supernatural religion! But, anyway, among all that research I found this artcile, by which I am hoping to live:

Lynn Schofield Clark, ‘Why Study Popular Culture? Or, How to Build a Case for your Thesis in a Religious Studies or Theology Department’, in Gordon Lynch (ed.), Between Sacred and Profane: Researching Religion and Popular Culture, London: I. B. Tauris, 2007.

Bold is me!

Current Mood: crazy

09:43 am - OMG!

I just told the General Secretary of the Uniting Church in Victoria that I am potentially interested in a ministry exchange to Canada. Am I insane?

Current Mood: anxious

04:01 pm - Yo, yasminke!

No gym today, partly because I slept in til 11 and have been wandering zombie-like ever since (I didn't realise that I was that tired) and partly because parts of me still hurt from whatever I did last Monday. Might be time to see a doctor about that.

Anyway, posted this over at spn_downunder.

This week's TV Week (Jan 30-Feb 5) has a short article suggesting that SPN fans postcard Network Ten's programming departments. Not sure this counts as a "TV Week Campaign" but their heart seems to be in the right place.

( Article )

I've sent two postcards so far and haven't received any response, which I hope means that they are overwhelmed rather than ignoring me.

Current Mood: lazy

03:56 pm - GLAAD nominees include Supernatural, Torchwood, and Buffy

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has announced the nominees for its 21st Annual Media Awards.

( Read more... )

Current Mood: cheerful

10:22 am - Exorcism ritual

I've been having fun recently reading about the books that didn't make it into the Bible: apocrypha and pseudopigrapha and so on. And I came across a great exorcism that was found among the Dead Sea Scrolls:

Current Mood: amused

11:56 am - Claiming this as a compliment ... maybe

After church today a 75-year-old woman told me: "It's impossible to nod off during your services".

That's a good thing, right?

Current Mood: confused

09:52 am - I fear for the future of humanity ...

... or maybe it's just for the future of Australia.

I have read rumours that the repeat of The Siege got more viewers than new episodes of Supernatural had the previous weeks in the same timeslot. But then, this is a nation whose favourite shows include Border Security (otherwise known as protecting Australia from those evil hordes of non-English-speaking, non-white people who might bring their smelly food onto our pristine continent).

In the words of the great prophet Rupert Giles: The world is (definitely) doomed.

Current Mood: worried

09:36 am - My life is empty and meaningless ...

Evil bloody Network Ten has taken Supernatural off.

Current Mood: distressed

08:54 am - Plan for the day

Just writing this out for myself in the hope that I will actually do it all.
( Things to do: )Okay, that's my day planned. Time to get to it.

PS: Why does my computer think I'm in Bulleen?

Current Mood: determined

07:38 am - It's that day ...

Current Mood: accomplished

12:03 pm - Thinking about "Christmas"

At this time of year I always ponder the nature of "Christmas" - the social holiday rather than the religious holy day. I have two equal and opposite reactions and, being me, I have pop culture references for both:

The Good:
"I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it comes round - apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that - as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know if, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good; and I say, God bless it!"

Scrooge's nephew in Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol.

The Bad:
"The notion of picking one time of year to be decent to other people is obscene because it's actually validating the notion of being miserable wretches the rest of the year."

Dr Gregory House in "It's a Wonderful Lie", House, 4.10

Not sure yet whether this is going to be a "Scrooge's nephew" or a "House" day. Going to try to make it a Christmas Carol day.

Current Mood: thoughtful

01:00 pm - Thank you sabethea and just_ruth!

Thank you so very much, sabethea and just_ruth. Your cards arrived today; perfect timing because I needed cheering up. They're both great. just_ruth, I love my present. Great minds did think alike.

Current Mood: grateful

11:22 am - Yo, yaminke!

I made it to the gym this morning. And after a fortnight of not going - ouch!!!!

It's going to be 39 degrees today and the fire warning is "Severe". So I'm planning to spend a quiet day preparing Christmas services and drinking lots and lots of water. Do I get icon to encourage me and as a gym-reward?

(Plus, I'm having fun getting LJ to Detect my Location. It's getting the state and country right, but definitely not the town!)

Current Mood: accomplished

09:08 pm - Today was a very good day ...

Current Mood: content

03:22 pm - It's a good day!

I just purchased and installed (all by myself) a colour laser printer-scanner-thing. My pseudo-home-office is seriously turning into an office. The plan is that I will now not bankrupt myself on ink cartridges - my ink-jet printer was costing me a fortune.

I have now bought and had delivered all the Christmas presents I am giving to adults. They arrived today as cards that say things like: "Your gift will enable Uniting Church volunteers to support education in Tonga through the provision of a book pack for school libraries" and "Your gift will alleviate poverty through providing a small business loan for a woman in West Timor". What did we do before charities thought up this idea for Christmas presents?

Done and done!

Current Mood: satisfied

11:25 am - (Belated) Happy First Sunday of Advent

Current Mood: contemplative

02:46 pm - Checking SPN dialogue from season 4

I'm rewatching Season Four for an article I'm writing tentatively called "Faithful demons and atheist angels: religious themes in Supernatural".

I thought I'd stick some of the exchanges I want to refer to here in case any of you have the time to check them for me.
( From 4.01 )

( From 4.02 )

Current Mood: thoughtful