okay I could be way behind the times or hopefully sharing something new and awesome with you guys

Fandom Rocks: http://www.fandom-rocks.com/

from their website:

"Fandom Rocks is a fan-run initiative to raise funds and awareness for charities around the globe. Inspired by similar campaigns in the Firefly, Buffy, Angel, and Veronica Mars fandoms and brought together by the CW's Supernatural, fans of the CW show are asking you to join them in supporting the charities of the season.

The charities are selected by the fans, and every six months two new charities receive the donations collected on Fandom Rocks.

Fans are very excited at the prospect of working together to give to these causes. We hope you will join us. ...

The charities for the second campaign at Fandom Rocks are Lawrence Humane Society and Semper Fi Fund. The Lawrence Humane Society is located in Lawrence, Kansas, a real community that Supernatural's fictional family of evil-fighters called home. Semper Fi Fund is a national organization focused on supporting Marines, service members, and their families."

I would like to make a challenge to the TV.com folks to try and make a donation of any amount in honour of the season 3 premiere... maybe in the comments on the Pay Pal Page make notation of Tv.com

That way we can be a part of something that gives back and shows everyone what a real fandom can do!!

I cannot express how influential the book "A Wrinkle in Time" has been in my life. I can no longer remember the the first time i read it (maybe 6 or 7), but i have read it so many times since that i have bought3 copies of it over the years. The story of the Murray's captured my fascination and really opened up my mind to the world of sci fi and fantasy... Heck i still read the Time series to this day... and it still pulls me in like it did almost 24 years ago. It also opened my eyes tot he world of theatre... the first real play I saw was a production of "A Wrinkle in Time" at theStage One in Lousiville, I was mesmerized. If you have never read them, I cannot shout it loud enough... GO READ THEM NOW!!!!!! It's not just a kids books (any more than Harry Potter is)...it reads on different levels... much like Narnia does (though perhaps not with the same obviousness :P).

But I just want to say thank youto some one who helped foster my intense love of reading and helped me to discover the worlds beyond our everyday one!

Writer Madeleine L'Engle, 88; Author of 'A Wrinkle in Time'

By Adam Bernstein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, September 8, 2007; B05

Madeleine L'Engle, 88, a prolific author whose best-known novel, "A Wrinkle in Time," won the top prize for children's literature and was considered among the most enigmatic works of fiction ever created, died Sept. 6 at Rose Haven nursing home in Litchfield, Conn.

The cause of death was not disclosed by the family, but she reportedly had a cerebral hemorrhage in recent years.

"A Wrinkle in Time," published in 1962, won the American Library Association's Newbery Medal for best children's book. It went through more than 60 printings, was adapted for television and other media and helped establish Ms. L'Engle among the best-selling children's authors of her generation.

Yet "children's author" did not begin to describe the breadth of her output, which included more than 50 books of adult fiction and nonfiction, poetry, plays and many volumes of memoirs. Reviewers noted a timeless quality in her best fiction, which blended themes of adolescent pain, spiritual and emotional insight, ethical decision-making and, above all, adventure and entertainment.

Ms. L'Engle was a veteran author by the time "A Wrinkle in Time" was published, and the book cemented her reputation as a major literary figure. The novel weaved together aspects of theology and quantum physics and featured a female protagonist, which was unusual at the time.

The plot concerned three New England youngsters -- the socially awkward Meg Murry, her young brother, Charles Wallace Murry, and her older, more popular friend, Calvin O'Keefe. They use time travel and extrasensory perception to free the siblings' scientist father, who had vanished from the family after discovering a mysterious source of evil. They find him on a planet where absolute conformity rules.

The book introduced many readers to a "tesseract," a principle, according to the narrative, that allows the youths to "travel through space without having to go the long way around."

Ms. L'Engle tried to sell "A Wrinkle in Time" to a dozen publishers before Farrar, Straus and Giroux agreed -- with the caveat that the author should not expect much public reaction. She, in turn, had it written in her contract that the company could have the rights to the book forever, anywhere in the universe, except the Andromeda galaxy.

"A Wrinkle in Time" was an instant sensation and attracted critical praise that culminated in the Newbery.

The novel consistently encouraged debate, with some literary observers speculating that Ms. L'Engle's strong Anglican faith was a major influence.

Writing in the New Yorker in 2004, poet Cynthia Zarin said the book can be read as "science fiction, a warm tale of family life, a response to the Cold War, a book about a search for a father, a feminist tract, a religious fable, a coming-of-age novel, a work of Satanism" -- Ms. L'Engle said that Christian fundamentalists continually tried to ban it -- "or a prescient meditation on the future of the United States after the Kennedy assassination."

Ms. L'Engle demurred from analyzing the book too much, once saying, "It was only after it was written that I realized what some of it meant."

Madeleine L'Engle Camp was born Nov. 29, 1918, in New York. Her father, Charles Wadsworth Camp, was a foreign correspondent and author of thrillers, some of which ("Backstage Phantom," "House of Fear") were turned into films. Her mother, also named Madeleine, was a pianist from a prominent Jacksonville, Fla., family.

Ms. L'Engle, a demure child, said she was abandoned by her parents at a Swiss boarding school. "I shook hands with the matron, and they vanished," she told the New Yorker.

They later enrolled her in schools in Jacksonville, where she once was horrified to see an alligator crawl up a porch front, and a girl's prep school in Charleston, S.C., where she bloomed socially and was named c l a s s president.

Her father died about that time, and some critics noted that it was probably not coincidental that many of her books include searches for lost fathers.

Ms. L'Engle was involved in theater and playwriting at Smith College, where she graduated in 1941, and afterward spent two years as assistant stage manager for a production of Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard."

She married one of the show's actors, Hugh Franklin, who had a recurring role on the TV soap opera "All My Children." He died in 1986. A son, Bion Franklin, died in 1999.

Survivors include two daughters, Josephine Jones of Goshen, Conn., and Maria Rooney of Mystic, Conn.; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

In the early 1950s, Ms. L'Engle and her husband settled in Goshen, where they owned and operated a general store. In later years, she taught at an Episcopal day school and was a librarian at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, both in Manhattan.

Although she had written and published novels since 1945 -- her debut book, "The Small Rain," was about a young pianist's struggle between art and love -- it was not until 1960 that she wrote her first widely recognized work.

That book, "Meet the Austins," was the first novel in a series about a Connecticut family and its struggles with jealousy, love and death. A later book in the series, "A Ring of Endless Light" (1980), was a Newbery finalist.

As with the Austins series, Ms. L'Engle was compelled by popular demand to create more books with the Murry children, including "A Wind in the Door" (1973), "A Swiftly Tilting Planet" (1978), "Many Waters" (1986) and "An Acceptable Time" (1989).

Over the years, the characters of Meg and Calvin, who becomes a biologist, marry and have a daughter, Polyhymnia.

The author did not claim to have any special knowledge of science while writing the books.

She once told National Public Radio that she was in a phase of searching for a better understanding of theology when "I just came across a phrase of Einstein's, which completely excited me. He said, 'Anyone who is not lost in rapturous awe at the power and glory of the mind behind the universe is as good as a burned-out candle.'

"And I thought, 'Oh! There's my theologian.' "

She had a long career as a public speaker, and in 2004 she received the National Humanities Medal but could not attend the ceremony because of poor health. Her newest book for young adult readers, "The Joys of Love," is scheduled for publication in the spring.

Less publicly, Ms. L'Engle struggled with difficult family relations, including her son's death from complications of alcoholism.

"I think that my characters came to me because I didn't have any family, and I wanted to have a family, and it was the only way I could get it," she told the New Yorker.

When she was reminded that she had a family, Ms. L'Engle replied: "Even so, writing the stories came out of my childhood experience

2. I am listening to = The Beatles, and my dog snore

3. Maybe I should = get on the treadmill before it get's too hot around here

4. I love = money... sorry but it's true

5. Chocolate is = to have in moderation

6. I don't understand = People who hurt animals. And kids. and expect the world to revolve around them

7. I have lost my respect for = my government

8. I last ate = a few sugar cookies... mmmm cookies

9. The meaning of my user name = skye is the name i used in college if we went out and some one asked my name and i didn't want to give them my real one 2477 is the day and year of my birth
10. God = many paths but only one God

11. Someday = i'll live in england

okay i don't know where 12 went
13. Love = is never what you thought it would be

14. I never ever want to lose = my independance

15. My MySpace is = interesting... but a decent way to find folks from college

16. Tomorrow I will = go to work as always

17. I get annoyed when = stupid people do stupid things

18. Parties =somethign i pay too much for in the mornings

20. Simple kisses = any kiss is still a kiss

21. Today I = will do laundry, maybe go to the movies and try to not think about my back itching

22. I wish = Iwas rich enough to do what i want but not so rich that what i want becomes insane

IS YOUR / ARE YOU...
01. is your hair wet?: nope

02. is your cell phone right by you?: nope

03. do you miss someone?: always

04. are you wearing chap stick?: Nope
05. are you tired?: a bit, i wish i could ahve slept longer.
06. are you wearing pajamas?: sorta

08. are you mad?: nope
09. are you upset?: not that i can think of

HAVE YOU...
01. recently done anything you regret?: yes

03. ever stuck gum under a desk?: Hahha yeah, High School
04. ever kicked someone?:well i did do karate for 4 years
05. ever tripped over your own feet: oh yeah, some great embarassing moments!

TODAY HAVE YOU...
01. have you cussed?:notyet, but i'm sure i will before the day is out
02. have you gotten mad at someone?: too early in the day!

I think I might have lost some question in the process.. oh well.

RANDOM...
Q: is there a person who is on your mind right now? yes

Q: do you have any siblings? yes 3 older

Q: do you want children? yes just not right this min

Q: do you smile often? Yeah, fairly often

Q: do you untie your shoes every time you take them off? nope, still even easier... just wear flops

Q: do you like your handwriting? it's alright, it obviously mine

Q: are your toenails painted?: they need to be redone, but yeah

Q: are you a friendly person? most of the time

Q: whose bed others than yours do you sleep in? on a regular basis? my friends that we house sit for

Q: what color shirt are you wearing? blue and red The Who t shirt

Q: what were you doing at 2pm yesterday?? watching a movie called "Driving Lessons"

Q: I can't wait for: the rest of my life to begin

This survey is one for the grown folks.

1. Do you have a college degree?
Yes

2. What was the amount of your last electric bill ?
$85.00 which surprised me given the heat as of late!!

3. Do you have life insurance?
Yes, technically i may be worth more dead than alive

4. How many hours per week do you work?
40 at a minimum... closer to 45 most weeks

5. Have you ever attended a Toastmasters event?
Um no and it doesn't sound as fund as a fun party! ;)

6. Favorite place to attend Happy Hour?

my house, relaxing and thinking about cooking dinner!

7. How many miles is your commute to work each day (one way)?

We don't speak in miles here, it's in minutes.... about 20

8. What time do you get up every morning for work?
Between 5 and 6:30, Ihave a husband who works the same hours as me, but i'm the lucky one who get's first shower!

9. What is your definition of sleeping in late?
8:00... god i miss the days of sleeping until 1pm

10. Do you check your cholesterol on a yearly basis?
No

11. How large was your first cell phone?
Pretty damn big... about the length ofa regular TV remote, with this huge a$$ battery on the back... got it the summer of 1995
12. Does your employer provide good health insurance?

It's expensive... I get mine though the husband's work... much better and cheaper

13. Did you use the internet to write research papers?
NOT for 90% of my school time. It was only really really starting while i was in college. Hell i was spoiled for having my own computer.

14. Have you attended a HS reunion?
Yes it was some what fun... but also so heart breakingly odd. people you were so close to and now you have nothing in common with them... The difference between the marrieds and not marrieds is a huge divide!

15. How many jobs have you held in your professional career?
4 but all with in the same company

16. Have you ever been fired or laid off from a job?
No.

17. What is your favorite drink?
Diet coke!!!

18. What is the most expensive bottle of wine that you have in your residence?
No wine in this house, but i do have a love for a nice shiraz

19. Have you been divorced?
No but if Jensen Ackles or JDM or Derren Brown come this way... I'll change my answer

20. How old were you when you stopped getting ID'd for Alcohol
On a consistent basis?? maybe about a year ago... I still get it now and then, hell i still get it for smokes too! which makes me so very happy!
21. Favorite casino?

Ceaser's i guess. I just found the whole thing a bit of a waste... I hate throwing money away!
22. Are you happier now than you were in high school?
Yes, though i miss the security of it all... having some one else to pay the bills and all that!

23 Did you ever have Hypercolor shirts?
Yes, ugly ugly orange it was too
24. Do you remember when Michael Jackson was black?
Yeah I even had the thriller RECORD (yep, old enough for records)

25. Do you remember when MTV actually played music videos?
God bless yes. I used to watch it for hours and my grandparent's house!

26. Have you had a will made?
not a filed one, but a handwritten one.

27. What music was in your cd / cassette player when you were 16?
Beatles, REM, Counting Crows, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Crash Test Dummies, Leonard Cohen, Crowded House
28. Favorite fancy / upscale restaurant
Giuseppe's or DeSha's
29. How long has it been since you attended a kegger?
At least 6-7 years ago

30. Where were you when you found out about 9-11?
On my way to work listening to Bob and Tom on the radio... popped into a store to buy some lunch.

31. Do you have any children yet?

Nope, but eventually I'm sure... maybe in the next year or so!

well here it is...

okay wow that's a big picture! :P but here's another one!

K i stole from Calli who stole from Laz who stole from Kim, we are one big thieving bunch!

1. Are your parents married or divorced? divorced

2. For how long? 28 years or about

3. How old are they? my mom is 51 and i think my biological father is 60. (i've had no contact with him since i was about 13)

4. Do you think heaven exists? Yes, though i'm sure not in any form we imagine it to be.

5. Ever run away from home? nope... i knew i had it as good as it was gonna get.

6. Favourite place? England
7. Favorite time of the day? sunrise or sunset... a huge sense of peace those times of the day.

8. Favourite website? TV.com duh!!, and i'll add gofugyourself.com--- no better place to laugh at famous people and bad clothes!!

9. Would you ever have plastic surgery? not that i can think of... but hey if they ever make it less painful!
10. Are you homosexual? No
11. Ever kiss someone of the same sex (not including family)? yup
12. What do you wear to bed? mostly just a cami and boxers... i'm married so no need to pull out the good stuff any more :(

13. Ever done anything illegal? Ah the days of my youth... never done anything really really awful, except for what cheech and chong loved so much! which i will say i had a great love affair with too... back in the day!

14. Been arrested?nope

15. Fired a gun? Yup, my husband is a Gun Geek, so i've been to the shooting range and the like.

17. How many illegal drugs have you tried? 2

18. Did you get caught? nope i was a smart little bad girl!

19. Hair color? blonde naturally, had been very Dark brown... i've now gone for highlights, so i'm similar to my natural colour.

20. Short or long? in between

21. Eye colour? green

22. Favourite saying? truthfully? I guess it's have to be "well mother f%^k" and "holy s$^t"

23. Ever wore pajamas to cla$s or work? yup... God Bless College

24. Do you like The Lord of the Flies? never read it... i prefer the Prince by Machiavelli for basically the same point... with out the killing of pigs.

25. Do you like The Lord of the Rings? heck yes!
26. Harry Potter? oh lord yes... read 7 in about 8 hours...

27. Future children's name? boy:Henry Thomas or Ian Thomas or Adian Lee. Girl: Abigail Lee or Rhiannon Cole or Skylar May...

28. Do you snore? only when im sick

29. Do you sleep with stuffed animals? well yes... but i'm also know to try and use my sweet dog Bebop as a cuddly toy... he however is nonplussed by this.

30. Do you like to sleep in? Yes, but getting up at 5:30 5 days a week, means that 7 am feels like sleeping in!

31. Gold or silver? Silver without a question (ditto twin!!) Ditto DT Twins! :)
32. How long did your longest phone conversation last? 4 or 5 hours i think... and it was across the pond to a friend i had in England... I don't even remember the bill... but it was insane!

33. With who? His name was Dave... few years older than me, but had been friends with my Dad through computer groups and things... he was so cool. I'd have married him so he could have American citizenship and i could have British... but it didn't work out that way :P

34. If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be? Salsa and Chips

36. Ever change a light-bulb? yes

37. City, Beach or Country? beach

38. Sleep with your bedroom door open or closed? I prefer open...

39. Where did you eat last? my living room, as always.

40. Are you allergic to peanut butter? nope! which is good cause i love it!

41. Are you an artist? i certainly have some skills... but it's all in how you define it!

42. Musician? no but i do have an insane love of music!

43. Athlete? Volleyball and some soccer

44. Bookworm? Hell yeah! i have over 200 books in my house... i need books like some folks need crack!

45. Writer? Yes, though my best stuff seems to come when i'm angsty, and that doesn't happen very much these days.

46. When's the last time you cried?the other day... i'd just had a bad day at work and felt overwhelmed!
47. Why?see above

48. Do you read other people blogs? yes love them!

49. Do you talk in your sleep? now and then... no telling what i might say.
50. Window seat or aisle? Aisle... better to defeat the crazies... I went to a karate tournament sometime after 9/11, and my sensai made us all sit in aisle seats, because if we were attacked it was our duty to fight no matter what... and he wasn't kidding... and it's just stuck with me ever since.

51. Ever met anyone famous? yea but not that famous- a few country music people who live and grew up around when i work now.

52. Do you feel that you've had a truly successful life? not as much as i want... just gotta be brave enough to take that leap.

53. Twirl your spaghetti or cut it? both

54. Are you ticklish? not really... it depends on if you take me by surprise or not.

55. Ever bite someone? Yep! ah that was a good night ;)
56. Ever push all the buttons on the elevator? "OOOH! IT LOOKS LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE!" aka yes!
57. Ever make out in an elevator? oh yeah, there was one where i worked, and this guy and i... every time the doors closed... ahem.... well anyway... next question!

58. How long do your showers last? about 8 min or 15 if i have music going and am singing! :)

59. Are you self-conscious? yes... i'm a virgo... my mind never stops working and wondering what other people are thinking about me... which, when you say it like that, sounds very very self absorbed! :P
60. Ever have a crush on a teacher or coach? yes my theater prof from college... he was and still is a very attractive man... but also married so that's a no go.

61. Ever drunk so much you threw up? Yes... lord yes!
62. Do you drink alcohol on a regular basis? not really... once i got to 21 all the funw hen out of it :P

63. Do you smoke? now and then

64. Smoke a pack a day? nope
65. Do you drinka lot of milk? nope... not really fond of it!

66. Ever stay out all night without getting caught? yes! but i was at school... there was no one to catch me (Ditto on that-the one time i tried it at home involved a lot of yelling by my mother... and i was 21 at the time)

67. Have you ever given money to a homeless person? Yes
68. Have you been in love? yes more than once

69. Do you bite your nails? not often

70. Have you tried sushi? I LOVE THE STUFF!!!!!

71. Escargot? nope... raw fish i'll do, snails however...

72. Caviar? not really my thing... i don't like the texture... which i think is the whole point of the stuff :(

73. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance? yes

74. Police car? yeah but it was ride along with an officer... so never in the back seat
75. Fire engine? nope
76. Ever had the chicken pox? yes when i was maybe 4. got it int he summer time... i can still remember having to go to bed when the sun was still out!

78. Ever been to Niagara Falls? nope but it's a bit of a drive from here

79. Europe? england twice
80. Germany? nope, i'm actually a 3rd generation American... my great grandmother cam over from Germany.... but i've never been.

81. Africa? too warm, too many snakes

82. Mexico? I live in America... give us long enough and we'll be Mexico... sorry sore subject with me.
83. Last gift you received? can't remember... i'm sure it was a book though :D

84. Last sport you played? Karate
86. Dated someone with more than 10 years age difference? not 10 years... a few close... although JDM is only 11 years older than me... jensen is a year younger and Jared is just a baby!

87. Been fired? nope!
88. Thing you spend a lot of money on? DVD's, books, bath and body works, finger nail polish (i have a dream to find this perfect light light blue i had once... it was my fav!!!!!)

89. Where do you live? Kentucky USA

90. Where were you born? Kentucky USA

91. Last wedding attended? My friend Kat's

92. Have you ever been married? am currently

93. Divorced? Nope- but if JDM, Jensen or Derren Brown looks my way... things can be arraigned!
94. Most hated food? raw onion
95. Last person you text messaged?my boss... us old folks aren't as fast on it as the young ones!

96. Saying what? something about a customer i'm sure

97. Favorite regular drink? Diet Coke!!!

98. Favourite person? that i know: my husband i imagine... that i don't know: Jensen or Derren Brown or the Beatles

99:from high school: my friend Amanda, we had some fun times back in the day

100. Current crush? JDM, Jesen, and Derren Brown.

You Should Be a Romance Novelist

You Are Fairly Skeptical

Your Inner Muse is Urania

and a few i found myself:

Your Birth Month is August

You Are Somewhat Machiavellian

well this is good to know:

You Are 28% Sociopath

You Are a Ham Sandwich

Well I finished Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows yesterday... read it in about 8-81/2 hours... i was amazed and reminded all over again why i love these books and why JK Rowling is a freaking genius. Things that i thought would happen did, but perhaps in ways i would have never imagined. Things I never excepted to happen, did...

I cried, I laughed (thought not as much as in previous books, but then again it's war how much is there to laugh about) and i in awe ofthe strength of character that not only the trio shows, but others as well...

Some will enjoy the ending a great deal, others...not so much. For me I was very very content and felt it was a fitting way to say good bye to the series, though part of me wonders if she didn't end it the way she did just to give fan ficers a nice cannon playground :P

anyway let me know your thoughts and we'll talk more specifics after more have read it!!!

Okay most of you guys know that i am one of wonder evil twins... we who search out the spoilers to end all spoilers of SN... but we are little more than a day away from the last Harry Potter Book and my evil ways are bleeding over.

we've all heard about the pictures of the book pages, and while i have not seen any of these things, I am SOOOOOOOO tempted to do some snooping and just find out something (mostly does Harry live or die)... but then again I have read all the other books almost spoiler free... then there is the less evil option of waiting until i get the book and read the last chapter as soon as i get it...

does this mean i've gone too far on the darkside??? what should i do?

and if anyone knows any spoilers PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't post them anywhere on my blog or on the threads... cause just cause I'm evil doesn't mean anyone else is :P

Your Personality Is

You Are Jean Grey

You Are a Auditory Learner

You Are Kermit

You Are Rock

"Dean, Always with the scissors!"