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Title: How to Treat Your Lover (Book 3)
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 – M/M, Angelus/Spike, Angel/Spike
Timeline – ATS Season 3/BTVS Season 6-AU
Summary - While Angel is dealing with Wolfram & Hart constantly attacking members of his team, Spike, still hasn't completely forgiven Angel for the events in Book 2 and is feeling bitter that Angel abandoned him. Meanwhile, Buffy is back from the dead and depressed after being torn from heaven by her friends. Together they start a relationship of sorts. None of them could have anticipated the widespread consequences of this destructive affair.
Feedback – It would be appreciated. My plot bunny has been lagging lately.
Author's Note - This story came to me after watching how Buffy treated Spike in SMASHED - AS YOU WERE (BTVS, Season 6). I wondered how Angel would truly feel, if he really knew how Buffy mistreated Spike. Yes, Spike is the Big Bad, and he and Angel normally don't see eye-to-eye, but they are family nonetheless
Word Count: 10,971 overall

How to Treat Your Lover Soundtrack (Feel free to suggest a song/scene)

( Book 1 )
( Book 2 )

( Previous Chapters for Book 3 )

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( Chapter 49-B: Step 3 – Estrangement (Part 16) )

Title: How to Treat Your Lover (Book 3)
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 – M/M, Angelus/Spike, Angel/Spike
Timeline – ATS Season 3/BTVS Season 6-AU
Summary - While Angel is dealing with Wolfram & Hart constantly attacking members of his team, Spike, still hasn't completely forgiven Angel for the events in Book 2 and is feeling bitter that Angel abandoned him. Meanwhile, Buffy is back from the dead and depressed after being torn from heaven by her friends. Together they start a relationship of sorts. None of them could have anticipated the widespread consequences of this destructive affair.
Feedback – It would be appreciated. My plot bunny has been lagging lately.
Author's Note - This story came to me after watching how Buffy treated Spike in SMASHED - AS YOU WERE (BTVS, Season 6). I wondered how Angel would truly feel, if he really knew how Buffy mistreated Spike. Yes, Spike is the Big Bad, and he and Angel normally don't see eye-to-eye, but they are family nonetheless
Word Count: 10,971 overall

How to Treat Your Lover Soundtrack (Feel free to suggest a song/scene)

( Book 1 )
( Book 2 )

( Previous Chapters for Book 3 )

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( Chapter 49-A: Step 3 – Estrangement (Part 16) )

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18:35 WANT: bit.ly/4OOGdT #

20:35 #Highlarious - UPS turns over iMac to the FDA before delivering: is.gd/5cJCJ Somebody needs to lighten up on the crack! #

20:51 Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund is looking to hire a staff lawyer. bit.ly/7verYp PRT (via @katebornstein) #

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21:41 Were dinosaurs really cold-blooded? A new study says probably not. ow.ly/IEXF (via @Discovery_News) #

21:42 Thanks to XML coding error, brokerage receives delivery of 28,000 tons of coal. bit.ly/91h1N9 (via @Danjite) #

21:46 How to Email a Text Message to a Cell Phone is.gd/5bUIv (via @AnnePMitchell) #

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Now, before anyone yells at me, I firmly believe that people are entitled to wear whatever they want. I don't judge people based on the way they dress. Clothes do not make the person, IMO. I don't follow fashion trends myself, and I wear whatever the hell I feel like at the time. If I like it, I'll wear it, regardless of whether it's "in" or not.

That said, however, am I the only person who just doesn't "get" the recent fashion trend of wearing baggy tracksuit bottoms tucked into those sheepskin-style boots? (Well, it seems to be a current trend in the UK, anyway, I don't know about the rest of the world...)

However, today (or yesterday, rather) I saw a new one - someone walking around dressed in... heart-patterned pyjama bottoms tucked into boots.

I know PJs are comfy, and all, but seriously now.

It just... baffled me a bit, is all. But, heck, I don't even like taking part in the staff-only "pyjama day" that leads up to Christmas, so...

In other clothing-related news, I want this jacket. Or quite possibly this one. I can't quite decide between the blue or the red.

And in completely different news, I have my swine flu jab before work later. I HATE NEEDLES ARGH. D: Hopefully I won't have any side-effects from it. I've heard it's pretty similar to a regular flu jab, so hopefully it won't screw around with my body too much, like some other vaccinations have.

Meeting at NS at 3:30 on tuesday. Need to watch lectures 16, 20 and take note. Also need to bring notes and laptop for that day. Power cord too. BIO STUDY FEST IS GO.

Need to read chapter 18, 19 of physics, go over chapter 3, 6, 7, 10 material. Also need to get through 20 pages or so of psych reading every night from now on. Or a chapter a night works too.

For chem, so questions for each section, go over labs and notes. Do the quiz at the back of the lab manual.

For Calc, do assigned work, off course outline, and assigned questions, especially for chapters 4, 5 and 6.

Okay, it seems like I have to cut this year's advent series short, because with preparing the launch for my webcomic (on New Years) and all the other stuff, I found that I simply don't have time to write a short story a day.

Um, sorry everyone.

• 15:19 I now own a Sony Pocket Reader. Need a case. #
• 16:09 Borders is crazycakes. Their accessories for the ebook are expensive, and the search on Ebay is driving me nuts. #
• 16:11 @medelle I had a birthday and the 'rents sent me money!! I waffled on spending it on one thing, versus many things....gadget luv won. #
• 16:12 @medelle I'm currently afraid to take it out of the box until I buy a cover for it. #
• 16:12 There are all kinds of Kindle cases on Ebay, so far none for Ebook. #
• 16:14 HA! Found them.... #
• 16:18 There is someone on Ebay selling 2 dvds with 16,000 ebooks on them. They have several auctions going. #
• 16:53 @medelle My oldest gave me an amazon.com gift card for $45, so I got my hard case for it using that. I'm about to register it. Excited. #
• 17:03 @medelle I just canceled the order. Reader already came with a cover. #
• 18:06 How the hell did I manage to break the downloaded ebook library, already? Crap #
• 19:11 @SonyElectronics I got it fixed. Somehow I had two versions on my pc. #
• 19:22 @shannenb I heard the kid on The Tool's show today. He sounds so adult, it's kind of scary. #
• 19:26 Does Amazon.com only sell ebooks for Kindle? #
• 20:10 @medelle And Borders sells for? #
• 20:11 @medelle Since I bought the Reader at Borders, clearly I can buy ebooks from them as well. Of course I have $75 in Amazon...crap #
• 20:12 @medelle I wonder how much more an ebook price is. I did find a program to convert my .lit books to .rtfs #
• 21:07 I can't figure out ebooks on Borders website. Is there a specific category or you just look for a book and hope its an ebook? #
• 21:07 I may have to rethink this whole Ebook thing. #
• 21:21 @shannenb Its driving me nuts trying to figure out where to go. #
• 22:45 @medelle Nope that doesn't take me to actual ebooks either. #
• 22:47 @medelle Yeah, but its not exactly divided into working categories. I'll have to go in knowing the authors name...sigh. Adding fanfic. #
• 22:51 @medelle But I'm not sure where the authors I read would fall in. They aren't exactly fantasy. #
• 11:12 Plz RT: Why pay for a Kindle when you can win one from Noobie! tinyurl.com/ydyl9xf #
• 11:44 Now that I have bought an Ebook, watch me win one. #
• 11:49 @KatplusMonkeys We are forced to have a landline because of ADT Security, otherwise we would dump as all of us have cells. #

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Title: Untitled
By Tami (tabrandt @ hotmail.com)
Disclaimer: This story is not meant to infringe upon anyone's rights, only to entertain. Supernatural is owned by Eric Kripke and Warner Brothers/CW.
BETA: Myself
Rating – R (Wincest implied)
Pairing: None
Summary – Sam's POV of Dean while in the car.
Timeline - Post Season 2 CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS, kinda goes AU.
Author's Note: For those of you in the die hard SPN fandom, please don't attack for daring to play with the boys. It's a one-off thing. I'm still immersed in Spangel.
Feedback – It would be appreciated. My plot bunny has been lagging lately.
Word Count: 774 overall

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( What happens when your muse won't focus on a current WIP? )

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20:24 Gotta love Emmet Otter! ♫ blip.fm/~h9ett #

21:37 WANT: bit.ly/6PXhaE #

22:10 NYC using public cops to privatize a public street for the day, for the wealthy: is.gd/5bO1b #

22:15 Iranian torture whistle blower killed by poisoned dinner salad: is.gd/5bOgy #iran #iranelection #

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my younger sister has created a Caring Bridge site for my mom:

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/juliabarnett

only one entry up for now, done by my little sister, but I'll probably help update it when I get home. monday. *sigh*

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This letter written by 20-year-old David Bowie to his first American fan is pretty much the cutest thing ever.

(Well, I guess the surprised kitten is cuter.)

I’ve been having a hard time with Farscape fanfic (first step to making a story readable: Find: “half-breed”; Replace: “Scorpius”) but I’ve been enjoying vids. Particularly comedy vids, like this Scorpius/Braca one, or Scorpius as the Grinch. Man, I wish I’d been in the fandom when the show aired… I love it very much but there’s not really any kind of outlet for my enthusiasm. Active fandoms are a lot more fun.

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Ugh, I don't feel so good.

( Advent 03 )

• 16:22 @deliriumbubbles I remember my Sr ditch day...we went skiing...I don't ski...much pain later #
• 16:24 @rachelkvincent Ooooh you shipped me something? Pfft, probably a different Elaine altogether. #
• 16:27 @BuddyTV Was there ever any doubt about Burn Notice? Michael, Fi, Sam...Maddie! #
• 16:45 twitpic.com/rw3gq - Santa being naughty. But when ya gotta go... #
• 16:51 @Borders But is it free? Free is good....especially for us poor folk. Lusting after a Sony. #
• 16:57 @DeidreKnight Reported! #
• 21:33 @medelle Obama can be all 3 as he is the Magic Negro....duh #
• 08:44 Plz RT: Why pay for a Kindle when you can win one from Noobie! tinyurl.com/ydyl9xf #
• 08:59 Which is better, the Sony Reader Pocket or Touch? I want the Pocket, but the Touch has the expansion slot. I have birthday money to burn. #
• 09:25 @SmartBitches Which is better, the Sony Reader Pocket or Touch? I want the Pocket, but the Touch has the expansion slot. #
• 10:09 @KatplusMonkeys Thanks hon. I'm thinking I'm going to splurge and buy myself an Sony E-Reader. I'm waffling back and forth though. #
• 10:19 @KatplusMonkeys I have been lusting after one for over a year, and both kids and the husband said to go for it. #
• 10:19 @KatplusMonkeys It sure would beat trying to read fanfic off my cellphone...lol #
• 10:27 @SmartBitches Thanks. I'm not crazy about touch screens, but wanted the option of the expansion slot. #
• 11:15 Plz RT @BittenbyBooks: Please help me win while you win too! Direct link to enter is: tinyurl.com/yem7h2t #

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I’m selling some fannish stuff on eBay:

* Buffy the Vampire Slayer Initiative Xander Action Figure (New York Comic Con 2007 Exclusive)

* Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Scruffy Norrington Action Figure

The Norrington one is really cute. Um, for an action figure. (Look at the close up of his face!)

I’m also selling a new, unopened 120GB Playstation 3 (with all accessories) if, uh, anyone wants one. (Long story–I decided to buy an HDTV on Black Friday but to make it worth the cost I had to buy it in combo with a Playstation and then sell the Playstation.)

I’m also selling some books and DVDs. Everything’s listed here. I’ll give free shipping to any of my fandom friends who buy any of these. (If your eBay name doesn’t match your fandom name, let me know who you are so I know to take the shipping cost off.)

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~sighs~ not at all keeping up with what I wanted to do for this month and hey, it's the second third. (no am not that zombie, started typing this up last night and got derailed)

Boo has been...a Boo and a half. And we're trying to figure out what the hell we're doing with this fella as far as school because it's turned into a hell of an ordeal the last oh month and a half. 1-he's bored.(HOORAY though the SpEd teacher actually figured that one out) 2-sensory issues. 3-some OCD issues. 4-and some just being a little shitzel issues.

Am bracing myself, half doing research and trying to sort out some vague idea of lesson plans adaptable for current obsessions/switching obsessions. Really not wanting to homeschool, but preparing for that to be the likely eventuality. *knock on wood* hope not. I really hope not. Or at least hope that we can put it off a couple, three years.

They've managed to work out that he's got a room to himself the three hours he's at school, him & para working with him to do his worksheets and what not. And hey the autism expert for the region/works with several ESUs said that maybe following his interests and playing offf obsession of week/month rather than your basic McGraw Hill curric the way to go with him (~sighs~ no kidding). School is seriously trying, with in budget and within the slow to be convinced of some of the admin, the SpEd teacher is awesome. But something here is going to have to give and I don't know what beyond my sanity.

So yeah. RL chaotic, sleep minimal, and so on and so on. WiPs are being picked at but keeping continuity/voices is taking a bit more concentration than I have for extended periods.

There will be fic either today. or tomorrow. Probably tomorrow. And a mass of icons & a few wallpapers sometime here this weekend most likely.

Tomorrow is friday!*does a happy dance* I haven't had a good weekend in 2 weeks.

I am watching New Moon this weekend with Iseol and then I am going to talk her into coming to the market with me.

My mom is going to try and find me Anannsy Boys in paperback this weekend so I might be getting one with me as well. I am, however, spending sunday in Buy the Book with the awesome owner and the awesome books. I really hope she has found all the rest of the Mercedes Lackey books. She said she has the whole series so when she gets the rest, I am going to buy them and since they are a pain to find in the US, I am going to take them back with me.

I am getting a hamster for my B-day. I wanted something furry and those don't live more than 3-4 years so it is perfect...The one that I want is small, cute and it is white with big black spots...I have decided, when I get it its name will be Xemnas!!! ^^ They are like W8000 each wich is like $7.5 I might get a second one later as well. It will not cost me more than $50 to have everything I need and I will have a FURRY XEMNAS!!! YAY!!!

Anyway, my mom is sending me my presents on monday so I will get it about a week later so perfect for my b-day. YAY.

Now back to Farscape...

P.S. I finished my Slytherin scarf and am making a scarf for Todd before I can make my Griffindor.

Naruto Issue #474: Prepare to Act as Hokage

Sai clone appeared before Naruto, Kakashi and Yamato and told Naruto that Sakura intended to kill Sasuke herself so as to lessen Naruto's emotional burden even if he were to hate her for it. As Naruto was in shocked, Gaara, Temari and Kankuro appeared and told Naruto and others of the happening in the Kage Summit and that Kakashi was being suggested to be Hokage for time being. Kakashi stated he had never consider the idea of he himself being a Hokage and told them that it was up to the Konoha ninjas' decision. Gaara told Naruto that a war would be commencing. Hachibi and Kyuubi jinchuriki would be protected. Gaara swored that he would risk his life to protect Naruto and told him to follow the way of kage if he really wanted to be a Hokage. Gaara told Naruto what Sasuke had done at the Summit and that Sasuke was a criminal and had only pursued his aim in form of hatred. Naruto was at a loss.

Other place, Madara confronted Danzou and others. Danzou revealed his right mechanical arm preparing to deal with Madara. Madara commented that it had been years since they met after the Uchiha massacre.

Bleach Issue #384: Can't Fear Your Own Sword

Hisagi was injured by Tousen who had hollowified himself and other shinigami captain stated that Tousen had fallen to this stage because he had obtained this kind of power willingly unlike Ichigo. Hisagi demanded to know what Tousen had been fearing of as he recalled Tousen's advise to him in the past that to be a fighter, he had to be fearful of his sword. Back to present, Tousen stated that he feared to die as a shinigami as he stabbed Hisagi in his stomach. The other shinigami captain activated his bankai at him.

One Piece Issue #566: Fierce Attack

The battle intensified as Luffy and others tried to save Ace. Luffy cut two soldiers who were preparing to execute Ace as he fought the admirals. One of the admirals was bemused over Crocodile's fighting against the Marine eventhough he had grudge with Whitebeard. He prepared to fight Crocodile even if he was indebted to Crocodile's grand dad.

D.Gray Man Issue #189: Yuda's Voice

Allen Walker was shocked to find he and Kanda were in the headquarter even though both of them were supposed to be on their respective missions in other part of Earth. He and Tyki (who subconsciously for no reason) stomped on Earl. A new member of the Noah introduced himself as a manipulator who could twist a person's limbs without touching them. The Order's researchers apologised to Allen for being held hostage again. The Earl threatened to hurt them unless Allen could go back with him and the Noah.

Allen was shocked and the Earl told him that Allen was the 14th himself. The 14th's subconciousness temporary took over Allen's mind and he told the Earl that he would return, kill the Earl and become the Earl of Milliemium himself. The 14th even called the Earl 'Brother'. The shocked Allen recalled his teacher's words that if the 14th took over Allen's body, he would kill everyone he treasured. Allen took control of his own body and mind and kicked the Earl away. Kanda went to support him and bit doll!Road in his mouth. As Road told Kanda of Alma (who was taken away by the Noah), Kanda stabbed her. Allen called him to calm down. One of the Noah activated a kind of light that the researchers called Allen not to look. But Allen was mentally sent back to the past when a little boy named Alma was looking at Kanda who was lying beneath the water hole. Allen was surprised.

Fairy Tail #08:

Natsu defeated Eigor but Kage stole the lullaby and sped off to the Guild master meeting place. In the forest, he ran into Fairy Tail guild master but could not bring himself to kill the old man with the lullaby as he recalled Gray and Erza's words. The arriving Natsu and others tried to stop Kage but were hindered by other guild masters. The Fairy tail guild master's words touched Kage and he gave up the lullaby. Apparently, the guild masters had already knew of Egor's evil plot and had prepared before hand.

The angry lullaby evolved into a giant monster. Erza, Natsu and Gray joined forces and destroyed it, and unfortunately along with the guild masters' meeting building. The Fairy Tail Guild master almost passed out.