Hey there!
I just came to two shocking realizations.
The first one was that I have , in fact, slashed a much longer time than I thought I had. Unconsciously, of course, but still. I wrote a lot of original stuff when I started writing, and right now I kinda realize that I wasn't even that bad. That's cause my german was still better than my english. Now my english is better but not perfect, and neither is my german, which pretty much sucks and doesn't make my stories much better. Seriously, sometimes I think I had a much better writing style back then. Then again, the plots sucked and the character's were bitchy and emo, so I guess at least
something is better now. Still! I slashed! Kinda, at least. Go and see.
Erfreut bemerkte Claudia dann, dass sich die meisten von ihr distanziert hatten. Nur eine alte Oma stand noch da, aber die schien glücklicherweise mit den Gedanken wo anders zu sein. Claudia kannte die Frau. Sie wohnte irgendwo am Marktplatz. Früher hatte sie dieses Café zusammen mit ihrem Mann geführt, der aber vor ein paar Jahren verstorben war. Sie selbst kam aber immer gerne ins Café und stand dann tatenlos herum. Wahrscheinlich erinnerte sie das alles an ihren Mann. Claudia konnte ihr es kaum verübeln.
Langsam nahm sie den Kuli in die Hand und schlug das Buch auf. Schon fast die Hälfte war mit ihrer, mal unordentlichen mal ordentlichen Handschrift beschrieben. Doch seufzend schlug sie das Buch gleich wieder zu, denn zwei Jungs, bestimmt drei, vier Jahre jünger als sie traten an ihren Tisch.
„Hey, willst du mit ihm gehen?“, fragte einer von ihnen. Der, der den Mund gehalten hatte war kaum zu erkennen, denn er hatte sich die Kappe so tief ins Gesicht gezogen, er hätte auch ein alter Opa sein können und man hätte es nicht erkannt.
„Warum geht ihr beiden nicht miteinander? Ihr gebt ein hübsches Pärchen ab“, knur
rte Claudia. Sie hasste es. Hier war man nie vor dummen Kindern mit Aufmerksamkeitssyndrom sicher.
„Na klar, das machen wir ja auch. Aber ich steh auf welche wie dich. Für dich würd ich ihn ja sogar verlassen“, erwiederte der eine wieder. Er kam sich wohl verdammt cool vor.
„Verpisst euch“, fauchte Claudia und nahm wieder ihre Tasse in die Hand.
„Was schreibst du denn da?“, der Typ ließ nicht locker. Claudia ignorierte ihn. Er stellte noch weitere Fragen, doch als Claudia überhaupt keine Notitz mehr von ihm nahm, verschwand er und der andere folgte ihm.
Now,
the second reason I'm shocked is actually why I found this stuff.
As you may have noticed I'm just a little Steve Carlson and Christian Kane obsessed right now. So I ended up at spotinthecorner.net and there is this biography section, and then there is this:
“Supernatural” isn’t the only television show featuring Steve’s songs; his work also appeared in:
the ABC show “Men In Trees” (“Kinda Crazy These Days”)
the TV show “Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron” (“More Than I Deserve” - co-written with Christian Kane)
the movie “Be My Baby” (“Now That My Love Is Gone”)
the movie “Just Married” (“The Chase” - co-written with Christian Kane)
the movie “Life Or Something Like It” (“Sweet Carolina Rain” - co-written with Christian Kane)
the movie “Memory” (“Under You”)Life Or Something Like It. I couldn't bloody believe it. I may or may not have sat in front of my laptop for about 10 minutes, staring and squeeing. Seriously. The reason why is a little complicated to explain, but I will try to make it short.
Years ago, around the time I started writing, there was this film on TV. Life or Something Like It - which is "Leben - oder so ähnlich" in german. I loved it, for several different reasons. To be honest, I don't remember much of the movie anymore, though I'll definitely watch it again, preferably tonight. Anyway, it kinda meant a lot to me, and I ended up more or less naming my next fic after it - "Regen - oder so ähnlich" cause, well, pretty much all my fanfic titles had the word 'Rain' in them, either in German or English. Thing about my fanfics, especially back then, is that they are part of me. To be honest, that doesn't really apply to them right now. I've written lots of Jack/Ianto, but not all of those really meant that much to me. Like "Home" - I wrote the fluff to cheer myself up, and it worked, but it didn't mean anything. It's like a one-night-stand, I guess.
Anyway. Back then, my stories meant the world to me, and so did "Regen - oder so ähnlich". That's why the film stayed with me for so long. And believe me,
that was a shock to realize Crhis and Steve wrote a song for it. Which you'll probably still don't understand, but whatever. Had to blog about this, cause my friends already think I'm insane as it is, I don't have to phone them at 11pm to tell them that Chris and Steve wrote a song for a film which's name I used for a fanfic, which for some reason means the world to me. Right. *rolls eyes* But they wrote it. They wrote a song for it!
The world is a small place, indeed.
So that's how I stumbled upon that original fic, cause I backed all my stories up a while ago and was looking for "Regen - oder so ähnlich" on the CD when I came across this original story.
Thought I'd share.
Cheers!
ETA: I'm still in shock though. I mean - they wrote a song for Life Or Something Like It! Ah! Weird!
ETA2: Looking through the back-up CD I actually found some poetry. and although this is me talking, it's actually not that bad!
This is totally pessimistic but I just love it. I think I wrote it in school...and wow, for school that's just awesome. If you ask me, anyway.
Without hope – Hoffnungslos
Die Nebelschwaden fliehen
Die Sonne kommt hindurch
Doch die Stille wird nicht gehen
Der Schatten bricht nicht auf
Die Sonne scheint, es regnet
Die Strahlen scheinen grau
Leise Schritte treten
Die Lebensgeister aus.
Und während noch die Hoffnung
Kommt und dann erlischt
Wer zählt schon auf die Hoffnung?
Ich, ich tu es nicht.
ETA3: Okay, I have to say I was wrong when I said my plot ideas sucked. Cause I just stumbled upon more stuff, and the plot ideas there just kicked ass. Which leaves me feeling pretty bad, cause apparently my writing got worse over the last 4 years or so, and really, that just sucks. I also realize that my writing style was a lot like Jonas' writing style is now, and I spent the last year drooling over his short stories. And really, just the short stories. He reminds me far too much of my brother for anything else. Now I'm drooling over my own writing style from four years ago. Fan-fucking-tastic. Life's just not fair.
ETA4: If I had been depressive to begin with, I'd be killing myself just about now. Some of those plots are frikking awesome. And I thought of them. And look at what I'm writing now. Seriously, WTF?
ETA5: Okay, that's it. That's just it. This is me quitting fanfiction for the time being. I got lots of more or less good plot ideas for Supernatural, lots of which I have started writing already, but I can't. I can't go on with that. Not after reading what I've just read. Not after reading what I've written years ago. Not like that. Sorry, if anyone out there was hoping to read any of my fanfics anytime soon, cause that's not gonna happen now. I need to find that part of myself, that was able to write awesome stories, first. 'Finding Yourself' sounds so cheesy, but that's just what this is. Bye-Bye Fanfiction it is, then.
ETA6 - and hopefully the last one: It is kinda funny though. This is me, a (wo)man on a mission, wearing a bathrobe over her pyjamas, ready to conquer whatever comes across her path. Very Arthur Dent.
now there was a nice man. you honestly thought i could write an entry without any kind of doctor who reference? well, no such luck.ETA7(and, really, the last one):It's way past midnight, but I'm feeling a bit better again. Maybe I should write Steve Carlson a thank-you letter. Seriously, only his music.