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: borgmama1of5; January 31st, 2015

Title: Jared, Interrupted
Summary: Dedicated to Readers of and Non-Readers of J2 Stories -- Jared and Jensen, sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g (but it’s not what you think…)
Spoilers: Takes place during filming of 5.11
Wordcount: 2670 – One shot
Genre: RP
Rating: PG-13

http://borgmama1of5.livejournal.com/37956.html#comments

Title: Overlooking the Obvious – Coda 5.12
Summary: Dean’s not the only one who missed something.
Spoilers: coda to 5.12
Wordcount: 1190
Genre: h/c
Rating: PG-13
http://borgmama1of5.livejournal.com/38329.html

Title: Short for a Stormtrooper
Summary: Sam was curious about the whole ‘birthdays’ thing.
Spoilers: None. Set preseries , Sam is turning 8
Wordcount: 5850 – One shot
Genre: Gen, preseries
Rating: PG

http://borgmama1of5.livejournal.com/37487.html

Title: Fake Identity
Summary: When the show started, Sam hadn't hunted since he was 18, but he and Dean slipped into their routine use of aliases like it was old hat. But when did Sam learn how to do that?
Spoilers: None. Set preseries , Sam is 16
Wordcount: 9540 – One shot in two parts
Genre: Gen, preseries
Rating: PG-13 for language

Part One:http://borgmama1of5.livejournal.com/36049.html

Part Two: http://borgmama1of5.livejournal.com/36337.html

Title: Dean Winchester’s Excellent Christmas Adventure

Authors: borgmama1of5 and sandymg

Summary: There has to have been, even in his peculiarly bizarre life, a day where if Dean squinted really hard, it could kind of pass as normal. This was not that day.

Spoilers: None. Set preseries – Christmas 2004

Wordcount: 6,800 – One shot in three parts

Genre: Gen, Crack, Christmas, preseries

Rating: PG-13

Part One:http://borgmama1of5.livejournal.com/34961.html

Part Two:http://borgmama1of5.livejournal.com/35171.html
Part Three:http://borgmama1of5.livejournal.com/35449.html

Title: Menage a Trois

Summary: Just another case…

Spoilers: None, anytime, probably year one or two
Word Count: 1810

Genre: Is it wincest? I don’t know and I wrote it…
Rating: R -- Bad words and sex, not very graphic

http://borgmama1of5.livejournal.com/32885.html

Title: Interlude

Summary: It isn’t all bad…

Spoilers: None
Word Count: 132

Genre: Gen
Rating: PG
http://borgmama1of5.livejournal.com/29600.html#cutid1

Title: The Words They Never Said
Summary: What was missing after Sam got back in the Impala

Spoilers: Everything through 5.04

Word Count: 1195
Genre: Gen
Rating: PG-13 for language

http://borgmama1of5.livejournal.com/28813.html

Title: First Aid

Summary: Sam patches himself up

Spoilers: During Mystery Spot

Word Count: 604

Genre: Gen

Rating: PG

http://borgmama1of5.livejournal.com/28473.html#cutid1

7 Things Meme

: borgmama1of5; February 6th, 22:13

So I was tagged in a meme to list seven of my quirks/habits/facts and tag seven lj friends to do the same.

1. I was a kindergarten dropout.

2. I homeschooled my three daughters.

3. My LJ friends list has tripped since August when I first discovered Supernatural fandom.

4. The best job I ever had was getting to hold newborn babies overnight.

5. I have never lived without a cat.

6. My daughters and I made our own cd of songs we used to sing in coffeehouses. Ten of them ended up in Japan.

7. I have an embarrassing number of Rubbermaid tubs full of fabric.

I tag

adrenalineshots ,

authoressnebula ,

iwantpie ,

ratherastory ,

huntress69 ,

hils ,

paxlux

Musing on an Actor's Life

: borgmama1of5; February 3rd, 21:56

Came across the article about being an actor and thought it might be of interest to some of you:

http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2010/02/guys-are-not-going-to-want-to-fk-her.html

Makes me think of Jared and Jensen and what they've experienced...

Overlooking the Obvious--coda to 5.12

: borgmama1of5; January 29th, 1:13

Fanfic: Overlooking the Obvious
Author: borgmama1of5
Summary: Dean’s not the only one who missed something.
Spoilers: coda to 5.12
Wordcount: 1190
Genre: h/c
Characters: Dean, Sam
Disclaimer: Just playing in Kripke's sandbox
Rating: PG

( Dean wans't the only one who missed soemthing... )

To see how it went from Sam's POV read sandymg:
http://sandymg.livejournal.com/19893.html?view=141237

Dedicated to Readers of and Non-Readers of J2 Stories

: borgmama1of5; January 28th, 12:10

Current Mood:: giggly

Fanfic: Jared, Interrupted
Author: borgmama1of5
Summary: Jared and Jensen, sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g (but it’s not what you think…)
Spoilers: Takes place during filming of 5.11
Wordcount: 2670 – One shot
Genre: RP
Characters: Jared, Jensen
Rating: PG
Beta: The inspirational sandymg

( Totally not what you think is under here... )

Woot!

: borgmama1of5; January 23rd, 22:13

My daughter invited me to go out with her because she wanted to go to a movie with someone. So we went to "Sherlock Holmes." It was pretty good. (Admittedly I kept picturing 2 other actors in the roles...)

And before we went to the movie we went to Outback, which I maybe go to once a year, and I had the most incredible French onion soup, and a gingerbread cookie martini (which is the first drink I've ordered in a restaurant in over a year) and we split an order of grilled chicken.

It was very fun to hang out with her! I am so pleased she invited me.

Short for a Stormtrooper

: borgmama1of5; January 19th, 22:26

Fanfic: Short for a Stormtrooper
Author: borgmama1of5
Summary: Sam was curious about the whole ‘birthdays’ thing.
Spoilers: None. Set preseries , Sam is turning 8
Wordcount: 5850 – One shot
Genre: Gen, preseries
Characters: Sam, Dean, John
Rating: PG

A/N: Thanks to my beta sandymg for kicking this up a notch. This started out as part of a two-paragraph meta about Sam’s various birthdays, but this the boys just wouldn’t stop talking.

( Short for a Stormtrooper )

Fake Identity - Part 2

: borgmama1of5; January 6th, 0:31

Fanfic: Fake Identity
Author: borgmama1of5
Summary: When the show started, Sam hadn't hunted since he was 18, but he and Dean slipped into their routine use of aliases like it was old hat. But when did Sam learn how to do that?
Spoilers: None. Set preseries , Sam is 16
Wordcount: 9540 – One shot
Genre: Gen, preseries
Characters: Sam, Dean, John
Rating: PG-13 for language
A/N: Much love to sandymg as my beta but more importantly, as my nag. She knew there was more than a drabble here and insisted I flesh it out.

Part One here: http://borgmama1of5.livejournal.com/36049.html#cutid1

( Part Two )

Fake Identity - Part 1

: borgmama1of5; January 6th, 0:28

Current Mood:: giddy

( Sam absolutely hated when they talked about him like he wasn't there. )

Fan Fiction Personality Test

: borgmama1of5; January 5th, 18:47

Current Mood:: amused

Your result for The Fan Fiction Personality Test

The Mindgamer

Everything is possible, nothing is ever really over.Fanfiction is a creative outlet for you. You don't intentionally write it, it just happens. You find inspiration in several fandoms, but are not obsessed with only one.
You like to explore "what if" situations. What if this character had never made this very choice? What if this event had taken place sooner, never, elsewhere? What if these people had never met?
You are likely to write Alternative Universes, fan seasons or sequels and just follow your (sometimes pretty strange) plot bunnies.

Take The Fan Fiction Personality Test</a> at <a href="http://www.okcupid.com/">OkCupid</a></p>

Don't agree with all of it--
Only Supernatural!
I like to explore "why" more than "what if"
Don't see much point in AU
But the pretty strange plot bunnies...well, they have me there :)

Merry Christmas to my Supernatural Friends! (Part Three)

: borgmama1of5; December 23rd, 2009

Fanfic: Dean Winchester’s Excellent Christmas Adventure

Authors: borgmama1of5 and sandymg

Summary: There has to have been, even in his peculiarly bizarre life, a day where if Dean squinted really hard, it could kind of pass as normal. This was not that day.

Spoilers: None. Set preseries – Christmas 2004

Wordcount: 6,800 – One shot

Genre: Gen, Crack, Christmas, preseries

Characters: Sam, Dean, a Bumble

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: We don't own Supernatural or any of its characters. That doesn’t mean we wouldn’t like to…

( Dean Winchester's Excellent Christmas Adventure--Part 3 )

Tags: christmas, crack, dean winchester, sam winchester, spn

Merry Christmas to All my Supernatural Friends (part two)

: borgmama1of5; December 23rd, 2009

Fanfic: Dean Winchester’s Excellent Christmas Adventure

Authors: borgmama1of5 and sandymg

Summary: There has to have been, even in his peculiarly bizarre life, a day where if Dean squinted really hard, it could kind of pass as normal. This was not that day.

Spoilers: None. Set preseries – Christmas 2004

Wordcount: 6,800 – One shot

Genre: Gen, Crack, Christmas, preseries

Characters: Sam, Dean, a Bumble

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: We don't own Supernatural or any of its characters. That doesn’t mean we wouldn’t like to…

( Dean Winchester's Excellent Christmas Adventure--Part Two )

( Dean Winchester's Excellent Christmas Adventure--Part 2 )

Tags: christmas, crack, dean winchester, sam winchester, spn

Merry Christmas to my Supernatural Friends! (Part One)

: borgmama1of5; December 23rd, 2009

Fanfic: Dean Winchester’s Excellent Christmas Adventure

Authors: borgmama1of5 and sandymg

Summary: There has to have been, even in his peculiarly bizarre life, a day where if Dean squinted really hard, it could kind of pass as normal. This was not that day.

Spoilers: None. Set preseries – Christmas 2004

Wordcount: 6,800 – One shot

Genre: Gen, Crack, Christmas, preseries

Characters: Sam, Dean, a Bumble

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: We don't own Supernatural or any of its characters. That doesn’t mean we wouldn’t like to…

( Dean Winchester's Excellent Christmas Adventure )

Tags: christmas, crack, dean winchester, sam winchester, spn

SPN Story Rec

: borgmama1of5; December 21st, 2009

Current Mood:: excited

To all my SPN friends--

I have friended all of you since September when I first discovered SPN fanfic and found your writing to be amazing.

Now I am going to urge you to give this a try:

The Road to Detroit is Paved with Hell

http://sandymg.livejournal.com/9092.html?style=mine#cutid1

Summary of 2009?

: borgmama1of5; December 16th, 2009

Current Mood:: hungry

Thought I'd try this meme as an experiment--
My LJ tells the truth about my year 2009; write down the first sentence of the first post for each month.

My conclusion: I was obviously on another planet in March, July, and August. Wish I could remember where...hope it was fun.
A side observation, when I discovered Supernatural and its fanfic world in August my LJ useage about quadrupled :)

January
So I decided to take yesterday (Sunday) off from life and stay in bed except for the necessities (like donuts.)

February
Realized I haven't posted anything for a while.

March
---

April
I haven't posted anything for a very long time.

May
Names have been changed to protect the innocent(?)

June
So, at the end of 3 weeks on the new job I scheduled myself to take the 'on-call' for the weekend.

July
---

August
---

September
So being out of work for a month, and waiting for unemployment to kick in (whole 'nuther story), I decided to sell my Barbie doll collection.

October
Just watched the most recent episode so I am UP-TO-DATE on my obsession at last!

November
Friday morning a dear friend stopped by to visit as I convalesced.

December
Probably of interest to my Supernatural friends only...
(Just about every post from mid-November onhas this caveat...)

One of Those Little Things...

: borgmama1of5; December 11th, 2009

Current Mood:: pleased

Thinking I should frame this email I got from my 20-year-old today:

Thank you for raising me to be a competent human being. I spent the first hour and a half at work this morning cleaning up the other girl's messes from yesterday- sorting out orders, following up on things, fixing her mistakes...

What is the World Coming to (in a Good Way)

: borgmama1of5; December 9th, 2009

Current Mood:: chipper

So 6 weeks ago I had some minor foot surgery and have been walking around with one of those protective boot things on my left foot since then.

Last week the doctor finally reduced the bandaging to where I can put on a regular sock, but not quite fit my toes in my regular shoes. So with complete disregard for fashion ethics I spent last week wearing socks with sandals.

Monday it snowed. Socks plus sandals plus snow equals major fail. I spent the day with cold soggy feet and moaned about it to everyone who would listen. I whined to my husband on my lunch hour and he said:

"On your way home stop at a shoe store and buy a pair of shoes you can wear even if it's only for now."

Husband telling wife to go buy shoes--epic win!

(Husband got extra hug when I modeled my new shoes.)

SPN Fic: Menage a Trois

: borgmama1of5; December 6th, 2009

Current Mood:: giddy

( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. )

Happy Dancing!

: borgmama1of5; December 5th, 2009

Current Mood:: excited

(Icon created by mysticwaters)

( Probably of interest to my Supernatural friends only... )

Happy Thanksgiving and a Shameless Plug

: borgmama1of5; November 26th, 2009

Current Mood:: excited

I am taking the liberty positng this everywhere I can because this is potentially a big breakthrough for mydaughter's Sarah's band "Mustang Sally!"

I am copying the email Sarah wrote to me. The upshot is, the band's single is the "new band free download of the week" and what happens to the band next hinges on how many people download the song. So if you can download it AND pass the info along--let's see if we can get this viral web promotion to work!

THANK YOU!
Betty

Hi everybody,

Pardon a moment of shameless self-promotion, but... Mustang Sally is
appearing in the Dec. 7th issue of Country Weekly Magazine, which is
available in stores and newsstands now! We're very excited about this,
as it is our first appearance in a national magazine.

Part of what Country Weekly is offering is a free download of our single, "C'Mon
DJ", from their website. http://www.countryweekly.com/freemusic
We are asking everyone to please download our song, because if we can
show Country Weekly that our fans are wonderful, brilliant, and most
importantly numerous, they will do a feature article on us sometime in
the spring.

Our song will only be available to download until Dec.14th, so act quickly,
please and thank you. And really, we're asking
you to get something for free while looking at a picture of pretty
girls. What's not to love?

And while you are recovering from your fabulous Thanksgiving dinner
and procrastinating about doing the dishes, take a moment and check
out our music video on YouTube- www.youtube.com/mustangsallyband -
again, the more folks who watch it, the quicker the powers that be at
CMT will perk up their ears and pay attention.

Thank you for giving us a moment of your Thanksgiving day. Have a
beautiful holiday, and may all your turkeys be tender and juicy.

Much love,
Sarah and the Mustang Sally crew

Something Fun

: borgmama1of5; November 25th, 2009

Current Mood:: bouncy

A meme from another LJ friend--pass it along!

1. My username is ______ because ______.
"Borgmama1of5" because plain 'borgmama' was already taken--I have been a Star Trek fan since I was 11 years old and, when my girls were younger, our family operated like the Borg collective. There are 5 of us, and well, I am #1...

2. My name is _____ because ______.
"Betty" because my parents named me Elizabeth. On the day I was born my mom wrote "Elizabeth Sue was born" in her journal. The next day she wrote 'Betty.' Why I was named Elizabeth I don't know. I do remember her telling me she didn't like the nickname Liz, though.

3. My journal is titled ____ because ____.
"Life" because I wasn't feeling terribly creative when I picked it.

4. My friends page is called ____ because ____.
Um, I don't think my friends page has a name...I'm still proud of myself for figuring out how to put a post under a cut.

5. My default userpic is ____ because ____.
Now there is a nifty story! I have been a Barbie lover since I was little, and I used to have a large collection of dolls that I kept in their boxes and displayed. A few years ago I stumbled across the website of a fabulous woman who 'remakes' Barbies--what she does is exquisite, here is her site, http://www.dolls-n-daggers.com/Dolls/OOAK_latest.php go look!--and told my family about it. For my 50th birthday my big sister ordered a custom doll for me, based on a painting of me in a LARP costume. So my userpic is actually a picture of me as a Barbie doll.

And if you want to know about my LARPing days, just ask :)

And Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

My Thoughts on "Abandon All Hope"

: borgmama1of5; November 20th, 2009

Current Location:: work :)

Current Mood:: contemplative

( Under the cut to prevent spoilers for those not current... )
It's kind of a good thing that there won't be a new episode till January, at least from my family's perspective...

Woot! I got in to the SPN Con in Chicago!

: borgmama1of5; November 16th, 2009

Current Mood:: satisfied

So I needed some time to digest my experience before writing about it.

Background (which some people already know)--
In August, thanks to Erica, I discovered and became obsessed with the tv show "Supernatural." At that time I discovered, to my glee, that there was going to be a Supernatural Convention in Chicago this past weekend. Then I discovered to my dismay that all the tickets, including general admission, for Sunday when the two main actors were coming, were already sold out.

So I pouted until Saturday, periodically checking the website just in case tickets would magically be available. Which they never were. However, Saturday I noticed a small line, new, that any still available tickets would be sold at the door. Clearly tickets were still available for Saturday. Sunday was still listed as sold out.

And at 10 pm Saturday night I decided what did I have to lose besides some sleep. I would go to the hotel early in the morning, stand in line, and see if I could get lucky. I completely did not expect success, BUT if I didn't try, I'd never know if I could've gotten in.

My long-suffering spouse drove me to Rosemont, fortunately very close, at 8 am Sunday morning. I wondered around, asking if anyone knew about tickets, and eventually was told to stand in the check-in line and talk to the staff in the next room when the doors opened.

As I waited in line, I struck up a conversation with a nifty lady who was sympathetic to my plight, and we shared our fandom-geekiness. Making a new friend alone was worth getting up at 8 am.

Then the doors opened, the line moved, I got in to the check-in table, and...

TICKETS WERE STILL AVAILABLE!

And, to be perfectly honest, the fact that my faith in the universe being good panned out was the best part of the experience.

( And about the actual con )

Tags: spn con 2009

What Makes Me Happy

: borgmama1of5; November 11th, 2009

Current Mood:: happy

When my kid calls me up exhilarated because she made a breakthrough connecting with one of her students, and she animatedly analyzes how she did it.

I love that all my girls share my passion for making a difference in other peoples' lives, that they delight in figuring out what works, and that they get excited about making connections!

Supernatural Fandom Thoughts

: borgmama1of5; November 3rd, 2009

Current Mood:: curious

Thought Number 1--

It occurred to me tonight that those in the fandom who read the fanfic stories have a different experience than those who just watch the show.

In the half-dozen or so episodes that show the Winchester boys' childhood and the interactions with their dad when they are adults, Kripke has written sketches to show the audience the primary type of family relationship--John is hard, Dean is Sam's protector, Sam is the rebel--and also clearly shows how bonded they all are to each other.

What the really good fanfic does is take those sketches and fill in specifics, both pre-show and between episodes, that investigate the nuances to the relationships. What is interesting to me is, that after an intense immersion in fanfic in a short time period, I find that the basic interpretation of the family dynamics is pretty darn close between the different authors. Differences in the details, but one can (okay, I did) print out stories from a variety of writers, put them in time sequence, and they mesh pretty fluidly with each other and with the show.

So that, when I watch the season 5 episodes now, I have a really deep backstory to put the episode in context.

It is quite possible that everyone else already knew this and is going 'duh,' but hey, I just figured it out.

And now, for my spoiler-y thought on season 5
( The Last 2 Episodes )

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