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I had a few people bring this up, so I decided to create a fanmix for Bloodlust. Enjoy!

And yes, I know I spelled Aqualung wrong. I'll fix it later. I'm lazy.





( Bloodlust: A Fanmix )

A letter from the producer:

Dear Blood Ties fans

On behalf of all involved in the production we want to thank you for the tremendous support you have given the show. It has, and continues, to mean a lot to us. As we complete production of the 1st 22 eps, it’s time to let Lifetime know how much you like the series, how grateful you are to Lifetime for presenting it, and how much you want them to continue the series with production of new episodes. It is extremely valuable to broadcasters to receive direct communication from their audience, as it gives them a glimpse of the show's performance not necessarily evident in ratings etc.

Your communication should be made directly to Lifetime, if possible to
Susanne Daniels, Head Of Programming, and Andrea Wong, President, or to Audience Relations. Enthusiasm is certainly called for, but please remember to be respectful, as they are valued partners in the series.

Yours truly

Paul McConvey

Producer

Send your letters to:

Lifetime Entertainment Services
World Wide Plaza
309 West 49th Street
New York, NY 10019

If you want a second season, please let Lifetime know!

The unedited, slightly exaggerated (but not in a dishonest way), spur of the moment, personal statement #1.

( Any thoughts or criticism would be REALLY helpful. Because this letter has to get me an acceptance letter. )

Dear Detective Beck,
You're a skanky-ass bitch-ho. How dare you kiss Elliot?! You forced me to scream so loud that an RA once again had to tell me to be quiet. I knew it was coming, but it was so incredibly random, and the fact that you and Elliot have zero chemistry made it super awkward. I hope you don't take it the wrong way when I say that I hope the supposed demon-child in next week's episode stabs you.

My regrets,
A very angry E/O shipper



Dear Detective Stabler,
You kissed Beck. Eeeeeeeeew. Sick. Nasty. Beyond disgusting. The love of your life is back. Go jump in bed wih her. You were meant to be together.

Hopefully,
Me



Dear Detective Benson,
OMG UR BAK LIEK WOAH! And while people are upset that you only appeared for two minutes tonight, I understand. And I understand why you acted the way you did. I have faith in you and Elliot. Never fear, I shall always be on your side. Beck will be gone in two weeks, and you and Elliot can have happy I-Missed-You sex.

All the best,
Your biggest fan

Okay, everybody, I need some assistance.

So, during orientation week at school, I have to pick two seminars to go to that Thursday afternoon, and I can't decide, so I'm just going to give you guys the brief discriptions, and then let me know what you think. Opinions are greatly appreciated. kthanxbi!

( Let's talk about sex, and other random college seminars! )

So I'm sitting in a hotel room in Kansas, twenty minutes from Kansas City, Missouri, and thinking that it's about time I actually give everyone and update as to what's been going on with me as of late.

Two weeks ago was a rough patch, so I'm sorry for the coded messages, but I dislike bringing up really personal shit on livejournal. It was better dealt with in person, which it has been. So that's good.

I've been working an awful lot, which leaves not a whole lot of time for anything else. Which sucks, but I need money. I'm a poor college student already, isn't that sad?

Speaking of college, I leave three weeks from Tuesday. I was really excited all summer, and suddenly, with it finally being so close, I'm more terrified than ever. Before I was scared yet wanted to go all at the same time. Now, out of the blue, I don't want to go at all, and yet want it more than anything. I need to get away from Waukesha and it's mundaneness, but at the same time, my entire life is here, and the best part of it. I am more afriad of leaving my best friend in Waukesha than I am about missing my home or my family. That's terrible of me, I know, but I can't help it. That's the only thing holding me back, and I'm so incredibly frightened by what it all means that I'm completely at a loss.

But, in other news, Lara, Michael and I went camping this past weekend, which was... quite an experience. Lara's car broke down three times, we had no showers, no flushable toilets, no firewood (which meant no cooking), and basically nothing to do that first night. Granted, we ended up having a really good time, but it was definitely full of trouble. I'm totally bruised from Lara kicking me more than twice, and we got yelled at by the park ranger on Saturday night because we were apparently to loud. But, like I said, other than a few minor issues with the fire, it was a good time.

Now, three days later, I'm down in good ol' Kansas, Lara and Tracy at my side, sitting in a freaking awesome hotel room, with a huge jacuzzi tub. There's a freaking SUPERtarget across the street, which is freaking amazing. I got two DVD's for under $10, and... I don't even remember what else I bought. I just know I spent money needlessly, because I have issues with saving money. We ate at Texas Roadhouse for dinner, which was full of Lara and Tracy trying to thrown peanuts down my shirt. We have to be up in less than five hours to get ready to head to the KCAI campus, yet we're all fully awake. While Lara and her mom do registration stuff, Tracy and I get to wander around the city and shop, which makes me more than happy. I think we're eating at this awesome Chinese place called Ghingis Khan (I can't spell that without looking it up, and I'm feeling lazy) that Lara and I found on the internet. Saturday we get to drive 9 hours back to Wisconsin. Which reminds me, we got pulled over on the way hear, and I learned how to talk myself out of a ticket courtesy of Lara's mom. So far this trip has been quite eventful.

And I'm suddenly feeling really exhausted, so I'm going to turn off my laptop, jump into bed, and hope tomorrow is as awesome as today was.

Hope everyone's enjoying their last few weeks of summer. <3

//Step One

Make a post to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.

If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.

Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ so that the holiday joy will spread.

//Step Two

Surf around your friendslist to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:

If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.

There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.

( All I want for Christmas is... )

Dear Life--
Bring on the stress.
kthanxbi!

I am officially through with photography until college. No longer could I stand Mr.Wrobel's constant "Sammy, your craftsmanship is going down the tube" speeches. I like AP Art History, and I wonder why I took it off my schedule in the first place. And I have two chapters made up already, which is encouraging.

But, looking ahead at this weekend and next week, I'm going to be stressed out beyond belief. I work a total of 24 hours between today and Monday, which is... a lot. And I got stuck working next Wednesday as well. Don't get me wrong, my job is easy enough, but I'm physically exhausted, which has been taking a toll on my immune system, so I'm sick once again. I haven't done any homework in well over a week, and next week is going to be crazy hectic.

t o d a y - Work 5-8 or 9. Michael may stop in, he may not. Genni, too. Then homework.
t o m o r r o w - Work 9-5, then probably working on some AP homework
s u n d a y - Work 10-4, then more homework
m o n d a y - Full rehearsal, Work 5-8 or 9, more catching up on AP
t u e s d a y - AP Psych test, rehearsal (?), more homework
w e d n e s d a y - Psych project, rehearsal (?), work 5-8 or 9
t h u r e s d a y - possible art history test, perform for the school, pack, go to bed EARLY
f r i d a y - get up at 4, shower, make breakfast, get to school by 5:45, leave for Oshkosh by 6, perform at 11:30, then par-tay!
s a t u r d a y - Get up at 8, I believe, then putz around Oshkosh grounds and such, get home late afternoon or early evening, MAYBE see Harry Potter!
s u n d a y - Probably working 10-4... and, dundundundundundundun, homework!

I'm so tired. Does anybody want to work for me tonight? I need a nap and some tylenal more than anything.

And yesterday I got the worst scare ever. I was walking to rehearsal and Zach comes running up to me with this frightened look on his face. "Sammy, Michael's been in a car accident." I kind of looked at him, then laughed suspiciously. "You're just joking." "No, no I'm not, I swear!" So I freak out and start crying, and all of the sudden Michael walks up to me and asks what's wrong. I had no idea what was going on! Needless to say, it wasn't Michael. Apparently Zach heard wrong.

Alright, I need a nap before work.

So, Hellogoodbye is going to be at the Rave on December 16th.... Who wants to go with me?

First off, happy birthday to both anti_cancer and oreonstickshift! [xoxo]

My ice cream has freezer burn. WTF.

Today marks the last Friday of summer vacation. I shall mourn for the rest of the weekend. Or until next Thursday. Only, once school starts, I will probably mourn even more because I will miss summer. A lot.

I have tried to get up earlier the past few days, and all of my attempts have failed. I either {1}don't hear the alarm {2}hear it, and continue to hit the snooze button, or {3}turn the alarm off all together. Next week is going to suck.

Things between me and {boy who shall not be named} are starting to return to normal, which takes a lot of stress out of my life. We talked about it a little yesterday, and he called this morning, so I'm thankful.

Nina, I promise to find you some other way of transportation from now on. Because I'm as weirded out as you.

This entry has been entirely all to pointless.

Oh, and I hate work. That is all.

After a good night's rest, I'm feeling more like myself. Today was, in fact, a fairly good day. And I'm regretting the way I've been acting lately. Yes, life has been nothing great lately, but I've taken it out on the people I'm closest to.

Mike in particular. And he's the one who called me at work to apologize for upsetting me. Which he did. So apologies were appreciated.

However, I also apologized for being a bitch. Because I really was horrible last night. I don't recall ever being that mean to anybody, as a matter of fact. And I woke up feeling horrible about it.

But I think I'm somewhat back to normal today. I'm well-rested, laughed and smiled like I usually do. This week was just really stressful, and most difficult in more ways than one. However, it's a new week, and while life still isn't as I'd want it to be, I feel much more able to deal with it.

Kenzi, thank you for everything the past week. Nina, thank you for putting up with my frustation, and Mike, thanks for forgetting the way I acted yesterday.

I think, in this last week of summer, I'm going to make sure I see a few people (Robyn, hopefully!), start getting some sleep, and start taking life by the head.

I'm ready for whatever you've got planned.

Today was a great day. Up until half an hour ago.

Mike called at 11:15, just to check up on me and to ask if I could go to Denny's, and my mom flips out, yells at him, then yells at me. And when I got off the phone, she yelled some more. Maybe 11:15 is a bit late to be calling my house, but to sit and scream at me, and then forbid me from going anywhere, well... I hate it when my mom and I fight. And, as soon as she was done yelling at me, she turned to my sister and acted as if nothing had happened.
It breaks my heart, because I try so hard to not upset her or disappoint her. And I'd much rather have her yell at me then at Mike, who had no idea calling was such a bad idea. So, Mike, I'm sorry. Mommy, I'm sorry. But to yell at me until I cry isn't going to help anybody.


But, besides all that, it was an exceptional weekend. Saturday I kept all for myself, and sat on my couch and caught up on my TV shows and slept. Yesterday afternoon Mike called and asked me to go to State Fair with him and Faison, because I'd never been.

( State Fair pictures )

Today was Abby and Sammy's Day of Fun, and it was. Quite fun. Except for the flies. Hugs and kisses to Abby ♥

Unfortunately, at the moment, I don't feel like relating every detail of my wonderful weekend to any of you. Because I am thus confused, frustrated, and now upset with my mom. So, instead, I'm just going to leave it at that.

Oh. And 100 userpics. YES.