Songfics [adventures in xfiles fanfiction and shopping]

This writers block ends now. I mean, honestly, I just finished reading my fourth book this week, and I've barely written 5 pages?! I'm ending it as soon as I finish this blog post. I decided that I am going to force myself to sit down and write a songfic. It will probably turn out horribley, but the lyrics should help me along and provide guidance and inspiration. At least that's what I hope.

I've written quite a few songfics and I love writing them. Music is something that I really connect to and love, so it's fun to relate it to Mulder and Scully. That being said, I also believe it to be the lowest form of fanfiction, because the author relies very heavily on words that have already been written. They can still be quite lovely though! Not trying to bash them!


For those dying to know, a songfic is a form of fanfiction in which the author embeds lyrics from song into the fic. This can be done in varying degrees. The song can either carry the piece, or serve to enhance it. Mine usually carry them, hence, they don't usually get published.

Anyways, enough of that. Today my family and I went shopping at the outlet mall near our house. We spent a lot, so chances are that my mother won't be paying for my purchases for quite a while. It was especially fun because everything was on sale, so I got to purchase things that normally my parents would never dream of paying for.

We are talking a nice juicy couture necklace for 30 bucks. Uh, yeah.

I wasn't over eager to buy a bunch of things from expensive brands though. I was thinking of what other people would think if they saw me take my coach wallet out of my juicy shoulder bag. That kind of thing.

I know when I see someone with an extravagant amount of overpriced clothing I tend to make snap judgement about their character, and I know I'm not the only one guilty of it. Is it stereotyping, or just plain jealousy? Probably a little of both.

I love shopping, I don't know where that last part came from, I had just planned on talking about the stores we went to...

I should probably get going though... I need to choose a song. I've been listening to a lot of Mayday Parade, so I'll probably go with No Heroes Allowed.

I'll let you know if it goes well by posting it on fanfiction.net. See other posts for my penname. If you never see it on there, feel free to assume it sucked.

-Haley