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Jane Elliot - "The concept of GH without Dr. Quartermaine, Tracy without big brother Alan, and Jane without Stu-Boy is so overwhelming I am rendered speechless." Yeah. What she said. MsQ, your Tracy vs. Skye vid was super. I loved it.

*waves to hooked, Pest Spray, daysfan, and knh* This place is crowded. I think ( a ) Luke has his coat on because he just came in from the funeral and ( b ) as a group, we worry too much. I don't think he's moved out. And I would love clips of today and yesterday's scenes. Oh, and MsQ, I saw your LuNacy vid to Listen to Your Heart. My jealousy of your vid-making talent will probably make me bitter in the long run. I totally loved it. Haven't seen the Tracy-Skye one yet. You know my opinion on Skye at the moment, so I feel no need to expand.

Anybody up for the breakroom? http://pub13.bravenet.com/chat/show.php/1049349012 Loved, loved, loved Tracy's scenes today. Oh, the facial expressions during the Spumoni/Three Stooges scenes were priceless. MsQ, about the memorial pictures... Edit: I SO adore the picture of Jane and Stuart that Tracey is using as her avatar on JE.com, that I made an LJ icon with it. Ooh, I remember this one....Like it....

Okay, she smacks down Skye AND we get her with Luke AND she makes fun of Spumoni/Spaghetti's name? Oooohhhhhh! TracySQUEE!

Another tiny short LuNacy fic from me on the Ficathon: What She Doesn't Say SQUEE at the sudden influx of stories.

hookedongh has posted part one of her story The Perfect Day on the Ficathon! Fwee! Feedback will make her post more, will it not?

Yeah, what they said. Wow. The Muppets are breathing a sigh of relief. Oh, and I just wondered something. Are they are bringing Jane in like, everyday, filming 30 second/two minute scenes? Or did they film all the hospital scenes at once? Because I can so see Jane--Okay, let me get this straight? I get up, get in my car, fight LA traffic, have my HAIR STRAIGHTENED, put on my make-up (which is supposed to look like she's not wearing any), put on my costume, go to the set, film for 25 minutes, go BACK to the dressing room, take off my costume, take off my make-up, put my street clothes and make-up back on, get BACK in my car, fight the LA traffic again all for 30 seconds of film? And you want me to do this every day this week? Yeah, no wonder she's stressed and tired looking.

Sorry, TL. If Jane goes, the Muppets go. But I don't do voodoo. Louisianians take such things very seriously. I may pen a very stern letter, though.... Nah. I'm gonna torment beloved stuffed animals in the name of WTF?

ILTQ, do NOT give them a plausible way to make Tracy the killer. Just don't even GO there. First of all, these guys are not above revising history for their own nefarious purposes. Second, as logical and well thought out as YOUR scenario is, they'd just take it and twist it into something about Jason.... If this spumor comes through AND we lose Jane/LuNacy in the process, Elmo is not the only furry cute thing that's going down.... I'm telling you, if they do this, Sesame Street is gonna look like downtown Beirut before I'm done....

Okay. I'm serious. If the spumor about Tracy and Rick Webber's murder is true... Elmo gets it. Right between his big, bulbous eyes.

Re: SPUMOR > > > Oh, puhlease. I will shoot something small, furry and adorable point blank with a BB gun if TIIC make TRACY Rick Webber's killer. No more stupid rumors....EVAH....

She's on, she's on, and according to SZ's Live Post, she's rocking the Casbah.

Shweet! We are long, long overdue for new RegencyFic. P.S. The hug is on Nex's clip. It's at the very, very end of 2/13, right after the scene with Edward and Monica. Blink and you miss it.

KNH, can you give me some adjectives to describe the characters? I'm pretty good at names. If all else fails, name them after friends or favorite characters/actors who share the traits. Most names are pretty common. You may not like them at first, but the longer you write, the more attached you get to them BTW, whoever posted this vid in yesterday's chat--I didn't think, taken in the original context, that the ending was anti-Tracy. In fact, I remember that being one of the better Tracy scenes of that era. *cracks up remembering it* Video was cute--I wonder where the person got all the blooper clips. I'd love to see Tony-Jane bloopers. ETA: ARGH! Nex, I just watched the 2/13, 2/14, and 2/15 edits of Tracy's scenes, and the hug is not there. Help The Debbie. The Debbie must have huggles. Must. Please?

Hey, guys. Wanna know fun? I wound up in the Emergency Room this morning! Yup, I woke up around 4 am with dizziness, shortness of breath, tingling in my extremities, and nausea. I get really scared and tell Fey I'm scared. (I've had these symptoms before and talked myself down from them. I almost never tell Fey.) Anyway, she's like, immediately awake. Please remember, her mother (who's only 13 years older than me) had a heart attack just over a year ago when we were living with her. Get this-it's 10 degrees outside, the car is covered in ice, and the ground is covered in snow. Fey's like, do you want to call an ambulance? I'm thinking of insurance copays and fearing that if this is nothing, they'll make me pay for an ambulance---besides, there's no pain, just other symptoms. So I get in my car and drive the two minutes to the hospital. They do an EKG on me, check my vitals, etc. (I had gone yesterday morning for routine bloodwork, so that was already in their system.) I'm crying and mortified and apologizing profusely to Fey, because I feel pathetic and melodramatic and like I'm taking valuable resources from the other ER patients--all NONE of them. (Ya'll, I don't cry in public. Hell, I don't cry in private. Cue MinervaFan in OverEmotional Mode. Not a pretty picture.) Anyway, I was NOT having a heart attack. My EKG was fine, my blood pressure was slightly elevated, and my vitals were within normal range. Apparently, the nauea, tingling, and muscle pain were from the viral infection I've had all week. The shortness of breath, dizziness, and racing pulse were a panic attack, which I used to have all the time. Funny, I never went to the emergency room for a panic attack before. I used to be able to recognize them. I guess being 40 and living with a heart attack patient made me overly cautious. Besides, last week my doctor told me that my blood pressure was high enough for medication, which has never happened to me before, so I guess that just made me panic. And as we're driving home at 6:45 am, I also remember the two sodas and cup of coffee I drank last night while watching Voyager--you know, three megashots of caffeine after 10 pm. I got home and still couldn't fall asleep for another hour. My pulse was racing, and I was still feeling nauseous and stupid and panic-filled. Man, I totally gotta switch to decaf. Anyway, I'm okay. Just wanted to share my real-life drama with you guys. Now, if only Alan would get out of it with just a diagnosis of viral infection/panic attack...

OMG, MsQ, I didn't even realize the hug occurred on Valentine's Day. That makes me absurdly happy for some reason.... Thanks, Nex, for the edited clips. I really appreciate them. Hooked, check your Yahoo email, okay. The story should be there.

I updated 100 Situations. Yes, I'm morbid and pathetic. SERIOUS Angst, ya'll. I blame the antibiotics. Feud: (PG) Tracy, Dillon, Ned. Tracy remains understandably neutral as her sons fight one last Quartermaine feud.

Looks like we have a couple of new authors on the Ficathon. I've updated the Masterlist to include new stories added. The url is http://community.livejournal.com/tq_ficathon/5396.html.

I'm staying home sick from work today--2nd day in a row. I went to the doctor yesterday, who said it was probably viral. Oy. Anyhoo, between sleeping and more sleeping, I'm hoping to work on the AU today. I'm also downloading the clips knh put up a few days back (thanks, KNH!) Does anybody have clips of our girl on Wednesday and Thursday? I managed to tape over my vid of both days, thanks to the aforementioned sleeping stuff... I loved all the Qs yesterday. Of course, Tracy broke my heart. I just kept getting this image of a little girl, letting go of her mommy's hand to stand by her brother's hospital bed, poking him and saying, "Wake up! Wake up, Alan!" and him not waking up. I think I read somewhere a quote of Jane's to the effect of, "Tracy never stopped being someone's daughter." In other words, she still identifies as a child, with a mommy and daddy to turn to for affection and approval. And her immature, childlike response to Alan's illness is just further evidence of that, just like her gut reaction to Lila's death was, "I want my mommy." Very interesting character, our Tracy....

ICAM, Kristin. The hug was spontaneous and real, and showed how they're beginning to connect. This is so much better than stumbling into bed together, because to me at least, it shows them struggling towards something more solid and less transient than just a physical relationship. There is lust there (we've seen it) and desire. But this relationship is going towards two people who choose to be together, not just respond to their hormones. They have been through so much together already, and this is going to bring them together even more (except for that brief period where Tracy pushes everybody away trying to be SuperStoicTracy.)

Quick two cents about yesterday's episode: 1. The hug was wonderful. More physical contact than we've EVER seen between them on screen, genuine affection, spontaneous, and most importantly PUBLIC. They held each other for a long time, in front of God and the milkman, and didn't care who saw them. It was a good sign, my friends. 2. Edward's first monologue about how all Alan ever wanted was for him to be proud of him. Tracy's expressions were heartbreaking, and I just wanted to reach through the screen and shake Edward so hard. Dude, you have another child there. She needs exactly what you're saying you didn't give to your son, and she's alive and afraid. Come on, Edward. Figure it out. And later, when he's talking about Lila, I just wanted him to reach out and touch his daughter's hand or something. *kicks Edward* Come on, idiot. Pay attention. 3. Monica's little conversation with Edward just broke my heart. LC is really knocking her scenes out of the ballpark these days. Too bad it is coming at such a high price. *kicks TIIC*

Hooked, I didn't have any trouble downloading the clip. I think there's a new story on the Ficathon....

TracyLuv, go ahead and use the Storms of Love whatever way you want. I put it there for people to use. Loved, loved, loved yesterday's episode. When Tracy said "I want to be prepared," I got chills.

Thanks for the clip, Nex. I'm trying to be diligent about getting her scenes from this, because I fully intend to organize mine eventually. I missed so much when I was on dial-up....

Break Room? http://pub13.bravenet.com/chat/show.php/1049349012