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Ramblings
Friday, May 28, 2004. 01:28 a.m.Potpourri Just a couple of quick updates on the Adventurous Life of Erika Santiago. Hem. To begin with, I wrote a new Ultimate X-Men one shot today. Pain and Pleasure Rating: PG Genre: Drama, Angst Pairing: Ororo / Beast Summary: Flash fic of Ororo’s point of view in Ultimate X-Men #46 (in which she deals with Beast's death by chopping off all her hair and going punk). Rated PG for two little bad words and angsty angst. It's nice to be able to do something creative, even if it is just fan fiction. On an even better note, Wolverine had puppies! No, he's not actually a female dog. He accidentally knocked up one of my grandmother's (ugh) mongrels. It boggles the mind, though, because Dooky (the dam) is much bigger than Wolverine. There are five puppies, all girls, and they're so adorable! (Yick. Listen to me getting all mushy over a couple of mixed breed dogs.) I named them Seven of Nine (after the busty Borg from Star Trek: Voyager), Hero (after Claudio's bride in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing), Éowyn (after the character in The Lord of the Rings), Sharona (after Adrian Monk's nurse and the song) and Morgaine (after the sorceress in the Arthurian legend). Hero is a lot like her dad: feisty, adventurous and always getting into trouble. She's mostly black. Seven of Nine doesn't have much of a personality, but she resembles Wolverine the most out of any of the puppies in the litter (black with tan markings on the cheeks, legs and chest). Éowyn, who's dark brown, was built for cuddling. Seriously. She doesn't complain or cry out whenever you pick her up and hug her. Instead, she tucks her head into the crook of your arm (or whatever nook is available). Morgaine (who's light brown) and Sharona (who's a lighter brown and also the plumpest) are inseparable. They yowl whenever you try to take one away from the other. It would actually be cute if they didn't have such a tremendous capacity for screaming for a lengthy amount of time. Ah, well. At least they have strong lungs. My mom's American boyfriend(ish) has come over to visit her. He's much nicer than the Evil Dutchman and is a pretty good sport. He's a dog lover, which is a huge plus. He doesn't drink, smoke or have to put his teeth in a glass at the end of the day, which is even better. He scuba dives, just like Mama. He also has a penchant for ballroom dancing, but hey, nobody's perfect. He and Mama are away a lot (she's showing him the nicest touristy spots in the Philippines), so I don't have to spend much time with him, which is good, because I probably won't have to find out about his personality flaws. Best of all, he seems to make Mama happy and he doesn't turn her into a goddamned slave and doormat. Yes, the (thankless) Evil Dutchman did this to her, which surprised and annoyed me, because Mama has never taken shit from man or beast (or my dad --- I'm not sure what category he falls into, though). So, yes, John has my seal of approval, if that counts for anything. And I may as well tell you that it counts for a great deal where my mom is concerned. Hey, why do you think she ended up dumping the Evil Dutchman? 
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