I just won a crap load of stuff in a vintage lot auction on ebay. I'm going to be reselling most of it (most likely ALL of the shoes, because I have very big feet), so if you see anything you want, let me know.

( Pictures under the cut )

Yeah, if you like any of that stuff, let me know! My favorite bit is that blue outfit, which it'll probably be too warm to wear now, but I can wait!

Dear Yuletide Writer,

Hi! Please excuse my overuse of exclamation marks, because I just received my assignment and am extremely excited about the whole process! :D I've been Yuletiding since 2007, and every year I've loved the stories I've been lucky enough to get. I know this year won't be any different!

So, a lot of my requests are similar, aside from the one outlier in the Batman Beyond Fandom. In case you couldn't tell, I really, really, really love American criminal history. And when I can't get real American crime, well... Batman is the next best thing XD!

I'll just start with Batman, since that is the outlier...

In Batman Beyond The one thing I would really, really like to see here is Max/Terry. I'm not picky as to the circumstances, but I 'ship the like a burning. Though, as I said in my note, I can be partial to Max/Bruce too, so long as (somehow) it's younger!Bruce.

I also don't mind if certain details about the toon!verse change. For instance, I love Barbara's comic!backstory, and prefer it to the toon!verse. Want to slip in a mention of Damien? Go ahead. In otherwords, please feel free to dive into the comicverse!

Public Enemies and Historical Criminals sort of cross over in a way, I guess. With PE, I guess I sort of just want a day-in-the-life story post-Billie's arrest. Like I said in my request, any mention of his Cubs and Baseball love would really make me grin.

With Historical Criminals, I'm interested in seeing what they all have to say to one another. Some sort of meeting in the afterlife, whatever that might be for them. I feel like that could be a fascinating conversation. I don't care as to the subject, but just having them all the in the same room... Also, there are some criminals that weren't added to the character list who you could feel free to include! HH Holmes and Lizzie Borden spring to mind. Any American you'd like to add, feel free! I'll read about anyone.

My request for The Assassination of Jesse James... really says all I need to it say :-) I love thinking about what Jesse was like with his wife and children, and even though I've read the book and the bios and I "know", nothing does it like some awesome fic!

The only thing I'm not too fond of in these fandoms is slash (which isn't an anti-slash thing on my part, but more a combination for semi-historicalness and the fact that I have slight crushes on Jesse and John XD!), but run with whatever Gen or Het ideas you have!

I'm really excited to read what you come up with! These are ideas I've poked over for ages and ages but have never had time to write and have never been able to find. I hope something I've said will provide you with some inspiration, and whatever it is you choose to write, I hope you have a good time doing it!

Thank you!
Piper

Completely done! I'm going to make a bustle and skirt to go with it and probably wear it for Halloween.

Except, now I don't have anything else to work on all weekend. I'll probably go back to stupid crocheting while I watch more Justified-- which is my latest TV show obsession.



I don't have better pictures, because my current camera sucks. But! it cinches the waist into 25 inches, and does it without looking like shit, so, success!

I finally took pictures of most of the vintage stuff I own. I say most because I realised when I was done that I'd actually forgotten a lot of them, and I didn't include the turn of the century stuff. Missing is my red summer dress, my Red Cross cloak, one Edwardian tux, my green and purple 1950s dress, my leather 1960s trench, my 1950s winter coat, one late 1800s frock coat, my Edwardian bodice, my Beaver skin top hat, the rabbit fur muff, a lot of random accessories (gloves, hair pieces, and the like), and jewelry. I had a bit of a scare when I was grabbing all this stuff that I'd lost my cloak, but then I found it. It'd just fallen in my closet.

Dresses are underneath the cut. A lot of it needs to be ironed and my basement isn't exactly well lit >.> Enjoy?

( Woo, vintage )

So, I really like both pairs. The pictures, though, don't show them off properly. But still, here's an idea of what they look like! They aren't as wrinkly/shiny IRL as they look here >.>

( Shoe decoupage project! )

This was a really amateur attempt and they're far from perfect, but definitely wearable (I swear they look more normal away from the camera). It'd be nice to get good enough to be able to maybe post on Etsy, though I learned a lot just from doing these two pairs. However, these are very much mine >.> I'd like to try a pair with Starbursts wrappers, but that means eating and saving enough Starbursts.

Also, might I say that I pair of Zatana Stilettos would be Ah-Mah-Zing.

CHALLENGE 22 ILLUSTRATE A SONG
Only the Good Die Young; A Bonnie and Clyde Pic-Spam
Spoilers for Bonnie and Clyde, lots and lots of blood.


( well your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation... )

Dear Yuletide Writer,

Hi! It's my third year doing Yuletide, and while I'm terrified that I didn't volunteer to write enough things myself, I'm still really excited to be going forward!

I know I was very babble-y in my original request, but I think the general gist was pushed through-- ie, I really, really love me some American mythos, specifically in crime. I'm writing my senior thesis on the evolution of the American outlaw-bandit myth through popular media. This, well, it can sort of take the fun out of my favorite guys and girls of American history, and I'm hoping for a Yuletide story that can stick that back in there for me!

My request for The Assassination of Jesse James... really says all I need to it say :-) I love thinking about what Jesse was like with his wife and children, and even though I've read the book and the bios and I "know", nothing does it like some awesome fic!

Public Enemies and Historical Criminals sort of cross over in a way, I guess. With PE, I guess I sort of just want a day-in-the-life story post-Billie's arrest. Like I said in my request, any mention of his Cubs and Baseball love would really make me grin.

With Historical Criminals, I'm interested in seeing what they all have to say to one another. Some sort of meeting in the afterlife, whatever that might be for them. I feel like that could be a fascinating conversation. I don't care as to the subject, but just having them all the in the same room... Also, there are some criminals that weren't added to the character list who you could feel free to include! HH Holmes and Lizzie Borden spring to mind. Any American you'd like to add, feel free! I'll read about anyone.

The only thing I'm not too fond of in these fandoms is slash (which isn't an anti-slash thing on my part, but more a combination for semi-historicalness and the fact that I have slight crushes on Jesse and John XD!), but run with whatever Gen or Het ideas you have!

I'm really excited to read what you come up with! These are ideas I've poked over for ages and ages but have never had time to write and have never been able to find. I hope something I've said will provide you with some inspiration, and whatever it is you choose to write, I hope you have a good time doing it!

Thank you!
Piper

CHALLENGE 14 END OF THE DECADE
Favorite Albums of the Decade



( My Favorite Albums of the Decade )

I am really spamming the hell out of this latest picspam challenge. This is going to be the last one though, and it's different than other spams I've done, a) because I've actually tried to put caps in order (fancy that), and b) because I've run them through photoshop this time (good golly!). ie, I've not been lazy this time around! And it's because this one is a topic very near and dear to my heart: Eight Favorite Characters of Color. It's no secret that I love me my minority characters, and this spam celebrates that from childhood through now. It was always really important to me to see people who looked like me on screen and, not going to lie, I tended to favor them, especially when it came to fanfic. And fashion. And my hair. What, I'm easily swayed!

It's a bit of a diverse mix (fandom-wise), but they are my favorites and the only one I didn't include was already spammed. That's alright though, she's not number one XD! Often times I feel like these characters are either obscure or just don't get the attention they deserve.

So, without further ado...


( Picspam under the cut! )

I have a problem with crossovers, in that they're kind of all I can ever think about. Fandoms don't seem to have boundaries for me. It's all very fluid. I really can't see any reason why, if there is a way, Character A from one fandom shouldn't go and meet Character B from another. There's a lot of missed interaction if they don't. And missed 'ships! Which bring me to the point of my picspam, featuring my favorite crossover 'ships. Why is this normally something I wouldn't do? Because normally I wouldn't share this part of my cracked out brain with the world XD!


featuring: Oceans 11, Beetlejuice, Supernatural, Criminal Minds, Iron Man, The Addams Family, Birds of Prey, Catherine Zeta Jones Carmen Sandiego, and Star Trek 2009
( My favorite unconventional fandom 'ships )

Awhile back I played Calvin and Hobbes at an RP game over on IJ. I'd aged Calvin up to his mid twenties and turned his childhood fantasies into a manifestation of powers of sorts. Hobbes was turned into a sort of Daemon, His Dark Materials style. I was having a really hard time with the app, though I can't really remember why at this point. Creating a history for a character who you only know up till the age of seven is pretty difficult. I basically did this picspam before I finished up the app because visiualising everything helped me in the writing. I also, obviously, just love Calvin and Hobbes and I really, really love these PB choices, even though I wasn't able to play the character for very long.

I've never picspammed an RP casting before, because obviously choices can be so subjective to opinion. Hopefully you'll enjoy it! And don't think I'm raping your childhood XD!


( G.R.O.S.S. )

Sometimes I get bored and do things. Silly things. Like make soundtracks and cover art for things that don't actually need soundtracks and cover art.

Like Outlaws.

Oh well. Free music!



( The Death of the American Outlaw )

Title: The Long Way Down (1/2)
Author(s): cajun_chick411
Crossover: Reaper
Disclaimer: I don't own SPN and I don't own Reaper!
Type: Gen
Word Count: 15,600~
Characters/Pairings: Sam Oliver/Crossroads Demon (briefly)
Warnings: As a rating, I would say PG-13
Spoilers: Season 1 of Reaper and Seasons 1-3 of SPN
Artist: davincis_girl
Link to Art: here!
Summary: When Sam Oliver is killed on the job, his journey through hell introduces him to several interesting characters as he tries to figure out whether or not he really belongs. A series of vignettes that connect towards a common end.
Author’s Notes: First, I'd like to thank davincis_girl for the wonderful artwork for this story, and ittykat for helping me beta this story (even if I wasn't able to implement more than the most basic of suggestions, thank you mono and finals). I'm generally a oneshot writer, 2,000-5,000 words at the most, so this was a challenge for me, but a good one! I really enjoyed writing this, and I hope that someone out there enjoys it :)

CONTINUE TO PART TWO
( The Long Way Down )

Title: The Long Way Down (2/2)
Author(s): cajun_chick411
Crossover: Reaper
Disclaimer: I don't own SPN and I don't own Reaper!
Type: Gen
Word Count: 15,600~
Characters/Pairings: Sam Oliver/Crossroads Demon (briefly)
Warnings: As a rating, I would say PG-13
Spoilers: Season 1 of Reaper and Seasons 1-3 of SPN
Artist: davincis_girl
Link to Art: here!
Summary: When Sam Oliver is killed on the job, his journey through hell introduces him to several interesting characters as he tries to figure out whether or not he really belongs. A series of vignettes that connect towards a common end.
Author’s Notes: First, I'd like to thank davincis_girl for the wonderful artwork for this story, and ittykat for helping me beta this story (even if I wasn't able to implement more than the most basic of suggestions, thank you mono and finals). I'm generally a oneshot writer, 2,000-5,000 words at the most, so this was a challenge for me, but a good one! I really enjoyed writing this, and I hope that someone out there enjoys it :)

Part One is, here!

( The Long Way Down: Part Two )

Title: The Long Way Down
Author(s): cajun_chick411 (aka, wrigleyfield)
Fandoms: Reaper/Supernatural
Disclaimer: I don't own SPN and I don't own Reaper!
Type: Gen
Word Count: 15,600~
Characters/Pairings: Sam Oliver/Crossroads Demon (briefly)
Warnings: As a rating, I would say PG-13
Spoilers: Season 1 of Reaper and Seasons 1-3 of SPN
Summary: When Sam Oliver is killed on the job, his journey through hell introduces him to several interesting characters as he tries to figure out whether or not he really belongs. A series of vignettes that connect towards a common end.
Author’s Notes: This was written for the sncross_bigbang, a huge Supernatural crossover ficathon! First, I'd like to thank davincis_girl for the wonderful artwork for this story, and ittykat for helping me beta this story (even if I wasn't able to implement more than the most basic of suggestions, thank you mono and finals). I'm generally a oneshot writer, 2,000-5,000 words at the most, so this was a challenge for me, but a good one! I really enjoyed writing this, and I hope that someone out there enjoys it :)



PART ONE. PART TWO.

Sometimes it's hard to believe that I'm twenty-one. Especially when one considers my obsession with cartoon characters from past decades. At first I was going to do a picspam of my favourite Characters of Colour. Then I realised that people like Benjamin Sisko deserve their own posts. Then I was going to do my two favourite Bat-females, but I realised Babs and Max both needed their own posts. I've been obsessed with Max since 1999. Which is... sad. But here's the thing, she's awesome. She's pretty much like Terry's version of Oracle, except she's never been out in the field. And she's Black, has pink hair, was a genius with computers, and got a perfect score on their version of the SATs, which when I was in middle school? was totally fucking amazing.

Picspamming a cartoon character is kind of hard, because while Timm style cartoons are genius, they have about as much facial expression as the next 2D image. So I've also included pictures of the PB I used (singer, Monica Arnold) back when I was RPing Max, just to flesh things out a bit.

So yes, in conclusion? Batman Beyond was great, Max is awesome, enjoy picspam!


( Call me Robin and I'm outta here: A Maxine Gibson picspam )

Do you enjoy hot/adorable older men? Do you enjoy shows that are well written, conversation driven, and banter about everything from politics and religion to baseball and Nevada police enforcement? Did you like The West Wing? Do you like BFF characters who stick with each other through thick and thin? Are you a champion for the little shows that were cancelled prematurely and unfairly, a la Firefly and Carnivale? Do you hate shows like One Tree Hill?

Then you need to go get yourself some Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip DVDs and enjoy the amazing first, and only, season. Seriously, it was the best show you weren't watching!

In the meantime? Enjoy my picspam!!



( Who the hell knows what you do, you addle-minded pervert! )

Dear Yuletide Writer,

Hello! And thank you in advance for whatever story you're about to embark on writing me. This is my second time doing Yuletide and last year was awesome, so I have high hopes for this one!

My journal entries are locked so you can't really see the things I might be into, so I thought I'd write a little note, hopefully to clear up anything I might not have said in my request thingy. The only two big things are that I didn't mention, I think, would be that I'm not really so much for pr0n-without-plot, though I totally don't hate on smut in context.

Other than that, since the details thing is just helpful hints, I'll just add --in case you don't want to write any of that-- some other notes.

Reaper: I know I put a lot in the details box for this one >.> The most important thing, I guess, is that I hate Andi. I don't know why. I can't explain it. But I really dislike her. The other females in the show are great though (<333 Ben's psychotic 'wife'). I also love Sam's relationship with the Devil (NOT slashed >.>) and the turn his relationship is obviously going to take with his parents next season.

So, um, yes, I would love to see any of that :D

Also... if you know enough about Eli Stone or Dogma do a xover? I would be so so so grateful.

AoJJbtCRF: I've been a Jesse James fangirl since I was very young. Jesse and Zee in any form? I will take it and love it!

10th Kingdom: Basically the same thing that I said on the form. I'd love to see anything about their future together. Take that as you will :)

Of course, again, just suggestions in case you were having trouble thinking up anything! If you already have an idea, then go with it! I'm going to look forward to reading aaaaanything, really!

Do have fun, and good luck! I hope you're as excited as I am!

<3
Piper

ittykat requested that I upload music, but she wasn't specific as to what sort. She just said, "No Beyonce" which I ignored :DDDDD I usually just upload whatever I'm listening to at the moment, but right now that list would be kind of limited, because I've been listening to nothing but my SPN playlist, and an entire upload session of 70s hair-rock would probably be repetative. So I have limited my SPN recs to a section which will be entitled, "What SPN and the West Wing Hath Wrought."

Anyway. Music.

Do be dears and comment if you download?

( MUSIC TIME! )

And that's the last of them. I may do more later, and come to think of it? I could probably do an entire post on True Blood music, but I'd have to download it all first. Perhaps that is a project for the next few days.

Speaking of True Blood though? What the HELL is going on in this episode? Oh my God.