Migrants to IJ, 2007

I'm all signed up omg!

So, Dear Yuletide Author:

First, of course, all optional details are optional! I will love whatever you write for me! I've nothing particular to add about the fandoms I requested besides what's in my sign-up, but I'll copy that below in case you'd rather read it here. Other than that -- I like just about everything, humor and drama and angst and fluff, plottiness and crack and character analysis. I love gen, but I also like romance - m/f, m/m, f/f, and multiples - but would prefer not NC-17 unless it's integral to the story, in which case, full speed ahead. I also like crossovers, so if you want to cross one of these with a fandom that I know, go for it! (You can probably LJ-stalk me enough to figure out my major fandoms.) I .. think that should about cover it?

( Requests! )

Yuletide author, you have to write one of the above, so you can stop reading here! But for posterity, here are the two fandoms I nominated but didn't have room to request (sob!), with itty-bitty baby prompts. ( Read more... )

Lastly, here are the fandoms I offered: ( help what am I thinking )

I plan to not even consider any of this until after the semester is over. WHEEE. (by the way, when did Life on Mars UK get small enough for Yuletide??)

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Okay, so it's that time. I'm late! D:

If you'd like a card from me for Christmas drop your address here! (Those of you whose address I've had, I'm afraid I'll need it again. I've misplaced all of my addresses when I moved.)

I will have things in the mail by the 15th of next month.

:D


oh, yeah. all comments are screened.

I had to go to the lab this morning to have a blood test for my thyroid levels--I started taking Synthroid last July, and the doc wants to see how it's doing and if she needs to increase the dosage. I hate to have blood drawn. It's not the needle (not much)--it's that I don't think my blood should be OUTSIDE my body! Eep! And I sure don't want to watch the process. Urgh.

But after that, as we stopped by a Burger King on the way home, things got better. All the rest of the day may sound mundane and boring, but everything was so much better because Cat'r was here, pretty much all day. :-)

In the early afternoon, while the guys went to Target to get stuff to outfit Cat'r's kitchen in his new apartment, I went through the coupons and ads. When they got back, Bunnicula and I made the grocery list for what we needed here, and Cat'r made one for stuff he needed at his place.

After that, I cooked and prepared my little meals for the next several days, then had my lunch. Later, the guys went to Fresh Market while I read more in _Little, Big_ by John Crowley.

When they got back, B. fixed hot dogs for them (I can't eat them--oh well), and we all watched an episode of the excellent series, "Warehouse 13". After that we all played a Tinkerbell card game; 8 1/2; and Cosmic Wimpout.

Cat'r has been playing Rock Band 2 transatlantic since then, and I had my late supper. And now I'm online.

I am soooo glad Cat'r is staying overnight tonight. When he moved permanently over to his apartment last Sunday, it was hard to get used to. And as the week progressed, I was missing him more, even though he's been over every evening. But now that we've been all together today, it feels like our family is complete again. :-)

Title: Shadows of Yesterday
By Tami (tabrandt @ hotmail.com)
Disclaimer: The characters from ATS / BTVS are owned by Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, and Fox studios. This story is not meant to infringe upon anyone's rights, only to entertain.
BETA: Myself, lexa4227
Rating – NC-17
Pairing – Slash, multiple-partner sex (Spike/Angel(us)/Seeley Booth/Drusilla)
Timeline – Pre-Bones/Post-ATS Season 5, 2-3 months after the events of VISIONS OF YOU
Summary – Two-Three months after the events of VISIONS OF YOU. Booth takes Angel up on that offer of a vacation and brings Parker with him to Las Vegas. Someone from Angel's past takes note of the new addition. The events that follow can only be described as a nightmare. Is history repeating itself or has Angel's past come back to haunt him and everyone he cares about? Sequel to ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FATE, COMING FULL CIRCLE, and VISIONS OF YOU.
Feedback – It would be appreciated. My plot bunny has been lagging lately.
Author's Note - This story takes place before BONES series and after an AU NOT FADE AWAY.
WARNINGS: slash and multiple-partner sex, dark themes, possible minor character death, depending on Angel, Seeley and Spike's mood.
Word Count: 4,187



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( Chapter 3 )

Wow, there's some serious ablism in The Postman Always Rings Twice. Suits the characters, though.

ANYWAY have a meme.

Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile."
• I'll respond by asking you four questions so I can satisfy my curiosity
• Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions

From micaturtle:

1. Raphael the Manwhore? What does THAT mean? ... *blinka*
2. If you could date ANY fictional character, who would it be and why?
3. Last I heard, you had reproduced! How is your child(s)? (Or am I completely batshit in my memory/recall)
4. Are you planning on coming to Comic Con in 2010? Also, do you ever attend any other conventions?

( The answers )

This movie is pretty damn good. Lana Turner was pretty hot back in the day.

This one's on InsaneJournal, and looks like a lot of fun, with tons of diverse fandoms (WAY more than the comment_fic comm on LJ):

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/porn_battle/

I think I'll try this one out. ^_-

*This entry was originally posted from Haruka's Dreamwidth*

Abstracts/Summaries written: 5 done, 3 to go
Discussion assignments: 4 done, 3 to go
Book Critiques: 1 done, 4 to go
Essays: 1 done, 2 to go
Key Terms assignments: 4 done, 3 to go
Exams: 3 done, 5 to go
Quizzes: 4 done, 3 to go
Books left to read: 3 + 6 academic papers and a handful of PDFs
Term Project: 1 to go
Research Paper: 1 to go

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I am reading you all, but replying to you is a little patchy and for that, I apologize. I am just really swamped for the next month and a half as the term comes to a close. Hold down the forts until I get back? Let's just hope I come back somewhat sane. *flail hands*

Yes, I have more or less slept since getting home from the concert.

Anyway.

Thursday afternoon I had my MHMR appointment, Sucked as usual. I was supposed to see the doctor but they fobbed me off onto a nurse. Grr. But I got home in plenty of time to take a nap before showtime.

Hitting Frank beforehand didn't work out :( Was looking forward to it, too.

But that was not the important part! doombuggie and I chattered on ride there, and I told him this would probably be the most fun I'd had since my RHPS days, and we discussed our mutual RHPS days a bit, and the possibility of investigating the current local cast, preferably with rehd_fawx.

( What I wore )

We were early enough to get good parking, which is always nice. We hung around a bit, and then we went up to the merch table, cuz Voltaire was there! doombuggie bought a couple of CDs and had them signed, and I gave him, as I'd hoped to, the bottle ofConjure Oils La Calavera (which he sniffed and seemed to like... he also asked if I was the one who made it, which makes it two for two since Neil Gaiman asked if I wa a Labbie when I gave him a bottle of Shub... now I just need to find a goth icon to give a bottle of Arcana to) and got my copy of OH MY GOTH signed.

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Moments after that was taken, I got an unexpected Voltaire-hug! Of the friendly variety, not the creepy one. It was smile-making.

Waiting time. The very loud DJ music, bright spinning flashing lights, and smoke machines were far too much for me, and I mostly huddled up with my eyes closed so I wouldn't burn out.

doombuggie also greatly overestimated my ability to hold a conversation in a noisy club, which is pretty much nil.

Then we had the opening act. Oh lord! He played a keyboard with so much bass that the seat of my metal chair vibrated, which is the best that can be said of him. He had this wannabe-Nick-Cave thing going and sang as if he'd been gargling ground glass and lye, but his speaking voice was normal. He did a few 'oooooo I'm morbid' songs, and then...

"Beth" by Kiss. I thought we had reached the pinnacle, but he followed it with "Chim Chim Chiree" from Mary Poppins. Good thing I'd just hid the restroom or I might have wet myself. If this dude stuck to doing incongrous covers he could be the next Richard Cheese!

And then.

And then.



It was magic, completely magic. The man has astonishing stage presence, just a wonderful personality that shines through.

doombuggie went to do a little more circulation, and during 'BRAINS' a simply adorably pink-haired girl came up to compliment my barrettes. She asked where I got them and I let her know they'd been a Walgreens Halloween item. Poor dear looked so disappointed! Now, the thing about these barrettes... I had them both on one side because the way they were made, if you wear one on each side, one would be upside down. So it was an easy snap decision to pull one out and give it to her. I mean, this was a fifty cent barrette. The gleeful expression was worth much more than that, and she kissed me, too! And it gives each of us a nice little extra memory of an already awesome concert.

As I've said, Voltaire was busily being awesome, doing a lot of his classics and a few new ones. Each one had me enthralled.

And then...

Truly Voltaire is a Messenger of Fate, for he closed with this




I yelled "FUCK THE BACK ROW!" scary loud. And I tried to do a standing ovation, and I fell down.

Stone cold sober, folks. I'm just that cool.

And that is basically how it went.

musesfool has created jamponygifts and now sign-ups are open for a Dark Angel fic exchange! The FAQ includes format and deadlines. It's not going to be a huge exchange, we're capping participation at 50 people, but if you're a Dark Angel fan, check it out, and if you know a Dark Angel fan, feel free to pass on the link.

Since 14 people said they'd participate, sign-ups for Broken Toys: a Dark Angel ficathon are open.

Please read the post and comment there if you want to participate, or if you have questions.

(If anyone wants to make a pretty layout for the comm, that'd be awesome. I chose the Seattle layout for obvious reasons.)

To get in the mood, I've been rewatching the show all day, and I made a bunch of icons, as well. Given my shipping and character preferences, they are mostly Max/Alec and Alec, though there are some Max/Cindy and other stuff in there too.

A sample:
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( click for the icons )

As always, comments are nice, credit's not necessary.

Now, maybe I will attempt to write something.

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This entry at DW: http://musesfool.dreamwidth.org/91453.html. people have commented there.

Mia and Kaya visit the Goodrich site

I am so done with being sick. I can haz a day where I can breathe through my nose and I'm not hacking up a lung now plz?

• 02:38 @madargon you need to start writing things down! #
• 03:09 Nano makes me a little dead twitpic.com/ok2cu #
• 03:13 twitpic.com/ok2cu - @mutedtempest that's just because my pajamas is awesome #
• 03:44 twitpic.com/ok2cu - @mutedtempest you need to be nice to me when i'm in pain! #
• 04:31 This whole stupid body hurts so I'm just gonna sleep now. I can write tomorrow hopefully. #
• 14:21 This is more like what winter's supposed to look like. twitpic.com/olwg0 #
• 14:50 I heart my dishwasher. I heart my dishwasher. I heart my dishwasher. I heart my dishwasher. I heart my dishwasher. #nanowrimo #
• 15:11 twittering = twisting someone's nipple in a bad way (jeff-fa-faaaaa dunHAAAAM dotCOOOM! #
• 15:36 If I don't write 67 words today I'm not gonna make today's goal for #nanowrimo. GAH. #
• 15:41 @madargon watch #threerivers instead :P #
• 15:44 Oh crap. I just remembered I have to write about Sounder and Spongebob O_o #nanowrimo #
• 15:52 I'd like to apologize to Dr. David Lee because his life really sucks in this story. Sounder needs to be nicer to him #nanowrimo #threerivers #
• 16:04 I have a plot pomeranian #nanowrimo #
• 16:15 @madargon No, this poor guy bit.ly/2O6VRb XD #
• 16:43 .@mutedtempest that's at least better than having a tiny little dog humping everything in sight. #nanowrimo #
• 16:56 ADD and #nanowrimo don't really mix that well. #
• 17:08 @Dendrocygna I thought you were so busy with WoW that you didn't have time to hang out with us O____o #
• 18:09 I just figured out how to NOT write a sex scene XD #nanowrimo #
• 20:00 @devinlind I'm gonna write the scene from someone else's perspective... someone who only has to listen through the wall XD #
• 20:28 My poor "lapbottom" is full of words that say nothing at all. #
• 21:36 You know something's REALLY wrong with Swedish television when the BEST thing airing on a Saturday night is CSI: Miami. SAVE ME! #
• 21:43 .@weasley74 if it was Criminal Minds I wouldn't be complaining, but since it's not... there you go. #
• 22:06 @devinlind Go you! XD I have to keep writing though, didn't get much done yet today O_o #
• 23:30 More coffee.... #nanowrimo #
• 23:53 TV is evil. They have Angelina Jolie on there when I'm supposed to write. This isn't gonna end well. #
• 01:28 It feels good to know that I'm at least 25 % done with #nanowrimo #

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I've got a fresh ham steak and I'm not sure what to do with it. It was part of our order way back when from the local farmer. -- Please to be noting, his is a *fresh* ham steak, not a cured or smoked one.

I read on the recipe sites that it's essentially an over sized pork chop. I'm not fond of pork chops - no matter what I do, they end up dry. I'm sort of inclined to put it in a crock pot and stew it until it shreds. But I'm looking for how you'd cook it.

Besides, the crock pot is currently filled with the cast off apples from the CSA, turning into applesauce and apple jam. That will be very helpful if this ham steak turns out like my pork chops ;-)

The friends and I rearranged CSA shares this week and I am now in possession of a boat load of greens and other stuff

- Kale
- Baby mustard greens
- escarole *loves*
- a scattering of turnip greens
- Chinese Cabbage
- and a small head fo a green/savoy cabbage

In *tiny* quantities I've got turnips, fennel, daikon and lemons
I've also got garlic, onions, hot peppers, peppers, carrots, potatoes, limes and squash
By the way, those peppers need to be used up ;-) (but not necessarily here)

And, of course, a pantry full of canned and dried beans, tomatoes, along with all sorts of interesting grains. There's also various dried sausages and bacon. I've got a seriously eclectic pantry, so don't be afraid to suggest anything; there's a reasonable chance I've got it.

I'm fond of cuisine that's not from around here, which is New Jersey.

By the way, this is is for tomorrow's dinner (and my lunches all week and no doubt some frozen leftovers). So assume I've got all day to cook it because I'll be home.

I noticed a lot of hits on my fics were originating from here, and now it's made its way onto my regular links just because it seems like a great way to discover other Dreamwidth users.

It's also a good way to learn about communities, although sometimes that's just for the laugh factor. For example, this. I don't think there's anything I've ever written that wouldn't show up on that list somewhere (well, maybe those original young adult novels I wrote in my youth. Maybe.)

Okay, I've got to change the channel; the news is on and it's depressing. I try never to watch it.

I miss my wife; she's working all weekend, boo. :( Thank goodness we both have Monday off together. We cut our hair today and it BADLY needed it. I swear when my hair gets too long I start having more headaches.

Getting the new deck didn't solve the leak problem, but I didn't really expect it would. On Monday we'll probably tear out some of the wainscotting on the other side of the basement door where that leak is coming in. I'll bet it's coming up through a crack in the floor, God help us. Oh yes, and our old deck is STILL in the backyard. My wife said it looks like a demolition yard, and she's right. I'll bet the neighbors hate us.

I've been trying to write something for my game and it's going as slow as molasses. Once I get done with it, I'll start a new chapter of Sakura Court; I miss that one, and haven't written a new chapter since March. @_@ I'll have new characters to add to my neighborhood, since I've got a lot more fandoms I've become interested in since then.

Speaking of fandoms, Michiru and I have fallen into the Johnny's trap. XD It started with either KAT-TUN or Nakayama Yuma, and now we're also hunting down Hey Say Jump! stuff. Pretty boys make great fic fodder. Yamada Ryosuke is my favorite in Hey Say - he's as cute as a human hamster (we call him Hamsuke XD). Check out my favorite song of theirs here.

I want to see the next Shinkenger episode so MUCH. Ryunosuke and Chiaki tied together? I mean, HOT DAMN! *ahem* Yes, it should be fun ....

Last week Kamen Rider W wasn't on and that sucks. Want more now.

We're so far behind on Oreten it's not funny. :( I miss my Rei-boy. The problem is that we keep finding older series to watch (currently watching Scrap Teacher) and along with Shinkenger and W it doesn't leave much time (unless we were both able to quit our jobs and do nothing but watch stuff. *dreamy sigh*)

Okay, need to work more on my game post ....

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*This entry was originally posted from Haruka's Dreamwidth*

So when in Rome and all that.

My friends won't leave LJ to come to the obviously-superior Dreamwidth, so I'll compromise and use Dreamwidth's very-convenient-and-not-available-through-LJ's crossposting feature to put posts on Dreamwidth, InsaneJournal, Inksome, and LJ all at once. I'd rather they came to my Dreamwidth to reply, seeing as both my username and my icons of choice (250 of them) are here, but I know that's unlikely.

It may only be the public posts that go out on LJ. I don't feel comfortable there anymore, so my Friends Only posts may remain on Dreamwidth and InsaneJournal. I'm still deciding.

*This entry was originally posted from Haruka's Dreamwidth*

Still holding off on the concert report until I get the pics from doombuggie, but this is the opening act.

Yes, this song was performed. There was a cover of "Beth" by Kiss as well.