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stepstomarrow
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Operation Dasey is now in effect.

( Over here! )

I had these sitting on my computer for a while, and i decided to post them. It's ranty, but I know everyone can relate to them. If you want you can post any other points in a comment :)



( The reasons I believe Dasey exists... )

Alright, just a couple questions.
Has anyone else squealed over Misadventures in Babysitting? Casey calls them "them kids" all episode long and it makes them sound like Dasey's kids. LOVE IT!
Also, during the theme song for season four there's a part where Derek runs at Casey and picks her up. And it also makes me squeal.
Is there anyone else squealing at these observations, or just me?!

Ever since I heard about the revival of shows like Gilmore Girls and Firefly through fanfic in their own "virtual seasons", the idea has been sticking in my head of a Life with Derek virtual season 5. The season would be a collaboration of a group of fic writers working to write different episodes that continue LWD in a way that we want it continued. We would basically follow the tried and true formula of virtual series before us (such as this: http://virtualgilmore.squarepins.org/) but tweak it to fit our own needs.

Would there be any interest in this? Anyone willing to help write, construct an LJ comm, make graphics, spread the news, whatever? This would be an epic undertaking and would take alot of time and effort, but if the Dasey-ers will it, it will be done.

( More information under here! )

taste_buds
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Hey, there! I’m new to the community, this is my first post. J

Dasey caught my eye not too long ago and now I can’t get them out of my mind!

So, I thought I’d write a fanfiction. It’s a songfic made with the help of iTunes and shuffle.

Title: Bent Daisies

Rating: T for language

Word Count: 3,291

Summary: Derek and Casey go away to university and learn about all the love and hardship life can throw your way.

( Angst under the cut )

Oh My Freaking God.

Go to-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Life_with_Derek_episodes-and check out the "Season Five" episodes of Life With Derek. I don't think I've ever seen something so epic in my life.

(If this is the work of someone in this community, we bow down to you!)

EDIT1: Dang, Wikipedia caught on.

EDIT2: These were created by Emily (kthxilyxxx) and Erin (MermaidMidna), so major props to them ^_^ Also, the 'episodes' (for all those who missed them) are on the operationdasey comm. Join in!

Mike tweeted it.

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Title: Only In Sleep Do The Restless Find Peace
Rating: PG-13
Mood: Dark, Regretful
Pairing: Derek/Casey

Marti swallows hard.

“I want you to tell me the truth, Smerek, pinky promise truth.”

Derek valiantly extends his pinky towards her and they lock pinkies. “Duh, Smartipants. What is it.”

“Is Casey going to wake up?”

**FINAL EDIT Thu Dec 10 02:15:47 UTC 2009**

So there is the final update... Over the past day we have processed around 11 million jobs out of the 12 million that were in queue at that time. Please bear in mind that over this past day, more jobs for notifications are also created. So while the queue has been dropping, we are still not fully caught up at this point, due to backlog and new jobs. We have roughly 3 million jobs still pending that involve the notification system in some manner. We had hoped we could have fully cleared the queue in a day, but unfortunately we can't clear it too quickly, since we need the rest of the site to operate normally. From our current perspective on the amount of jobs that are left in queue, and how many it has processed thus far, we believe it will take around another 8 - 12 hours to process everything.

And finally some answers to some questions:

( Read More and Get Some Answers... )

freeskiers
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