Title: Twisting the Harvest
Fandom: BtVS
Prompt: 185- perceive- tamingthemuse 
Pairing: Eventually Xander/Angel
Warnings for this chapter: Angst
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Unfortunately the characters are only mine in my dreams.


Many thanks to the wonderful wrtr_aka_wmgrg who kindly listened to my crazy nonsensical ideas and made them work and without whom the next few chapters would not exist.

Summary: Jesse isn't the one who gets vamped during the Harvest, Xander is. Willow continues her friendship with Xander and looks after him without Jesse or Buffy knowing. So what happens when Angel finds out Willow's secret?

Comments are loved and appreciated. Whether you love it or you hate it feel free to let me know.

Title: Twisting the Harvest
Fandom: BtVS
Prompt: 184- transformation- tamingthemuse 
Pairing: Eventually Xander/Angel
Warnings for this chapter: Angst
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Unfortunately the characters are only mine in my dreams.
 

Many thanks to the wonderful wrtr_aka_wmgrg who kindly listened to my crazy nonsensical ideas and made them work and without whom the next few chapters would not exist.

Summary: Jesse isn't the one who gets vamped during the Harvest, Xander is. Willow continues her friendship with Xander and looks after him without Jesse or Buffy knowing. So what happens when Angel finds out Willow's secret?
  
Comments are loved and appreciated. Whether you love it or you hate it feel free to let me know

Title: A Second to Breathe
Fandom: BtVS
Prompt: 183- bullock- tamingthemuse
Pairing: Gen
Warnings for this chapter: Angst
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Unfortunately the characters are only mine in my dreams.

tamingthemuse

mission_insane

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I’ve been hunting around Melbourne for a job in the hope that I’ll have the money in order to fulfil my dream of finding my own apartment and moving in by December of this year. I was interviewed by a sandwich shop named ‘Healthy Habits’ as I have no preferences regarding what job I will have, this being be my first actual job; the only other career I’ve had involved working at a large market for a day when I was 14 and earning $10 an hour (around $9 US dollars I think.)

I know that with my limited job experience it is highly unlikely that I will be able to find a decent, well paying job that I could balance with my Uni schedule.

I was told that I would spend 4 days observing the process of making the sandwiches and during these days I would not get paid. Following this I would be trained how to make the food and serve customers which usually lasts around 2 weeks and during which time I would be paid minimum wage. I agreed and so from Friday to Monday I worked from 8-11 hours a day, with some shifts starting at 7.30am, for no pay. Despite it being called observation I served numerous customers during this time, cleaned the shop and made sandwiches to the constant criticism of one of the managers.

Making the sandwiches themselves in straightforward, however, this shop is so ridiculously stingy that I was yelled at for placing 4 slices of tomato onto a sandwich instead of the allocated 3 and for asking the customers whether they want ‘Any drinks with that?’ instead of the open-ended question ‘What drinks would you like with that?’ as well as a number of other minute mistakes.

On Monday I was told that the other guy in training and I would be interviewed by the boss who would decide whether we had performed well enough to be hired. This would be happening on Wednesday, when I would again have to show up at 7.30am and work, despite this not being mentioned during my interview. I worked 8 hours on Wednesday, my 5^th day without being paid, and had a conversation with the boss who I managed to impress but who was so ridiculously unprofessional  it made me grind my teeth. He randomly tells me that he is in a gay relationship which really just bugged me. Not the fact that he is gay, because lord knows I’m in no way homophobic, but unless he’s fucking me why should I care about his sexuality? I didn’t find it necessary to tell him I was bisexual so why did he consider it remotely professional to tell me about his love life??

Lol anyway...

He also asked me how much I expected to get paid, which is a ridiculous question given that he knows this is my first job and I, being the dim-witted child that I am, told him I would work for practically minimum wage.

At the end of the day one of the managers tells me that we haven’t improved fast enough for her liking, it being the end of my 5^th day and all, and that her and the other manager would talk to the boss and tell me whether I got the job by the start of next week. However, they had spent the entire day interviewing others for the positions available.

I know that I they liked me better than the other guy I was in training with so I will most likely be hired. I checked my mobile just now and I have 3 missed calls from the shop.

So finally to get to my question, should I agree to work for this place, considering that I will not be paid well and have thus far been fairly miserable? I know that them not paying us for working is extortion, however, minimum wage is better than no pay. My friends can tell how miserable I am, especially waking up at 5.50am when I have problems falling asleep is making me completely exhausted, and are urging me to quit, citing that my first job should be in a place where I am happy and can work for at least a year before quitting.

I just don’t know what I should do? Should I call them back and tell them that I don’t want to take their position, and in that case what should I say? Or should I take the job knowing that I’m going to remain unhappy? I do need money and I’m not sure I can actually get a better job.

Help, please?
 
EDIT- Or am I just being a whiny brat? Maybe I just don't know what to expect from a job.

I need to be slapped for being stubborn. Really and truly. So many people on my f-list have been squeeing about Adam Lambert for months now. I listened to one of his songs briefly at the time, didn't like him and didn't really think of him since. A few days ago I was on Youtube and I listened to 'For your Entertainment'.

WOW!

I have no words! His expressions, his dancing and singing, because the song itself really is quite excellent, are all fantastic. I admit I'm not a particular fan of his voice when performing live but the songs from his album as well as his music videos make me squeee. And just watching him strut uring concerts is awesome!

Next time someone like him comes up I want to be slapped until I follow your recommendations. Because jesus I've been missing a lot by being stubborn.

Some favourites under the cut. Please feel free to recommend me anything because gah!! He's just awesome!

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I just wanted to wish every single one of you a wonderful new year. May 2010 be filled with joy, happiness, health and prosperity for both you and your families and may it be infinitly better than 2009. 

See you all in the new year.
 

Thoughts? Opinions?

I saw it a few days ago and I'm still trying to wrap my head around the idea of it. According to a friend the film highlights the importance of family values, Bill rediscovering his passion for his wife and his love for his wife and daughter.

What did you all think the film was stressing? Did you like it or hate it? Personally I didn't particularly like it, it was a bit to 'day in the life' for me, but I was wondering just what it was that made the film so famous. Besides its uniqueness.

Now Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange' on the other hand, I believe to be an extraordinary film.