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Title: Drowning In Memories
By: Bridget McKennitt
Character: Tamara
Rating: G
Word Count: 327
Challenge: supernatural100's prompt grave
Contains: No warnings in as far I know that can't be extrapolated from the header itself.
Disclaimer: Supernatural is owned by Eric Kripke and other companies. They are used here without permission, and for entertainment purposes only. No challenge or infringement upon the copyright is intended, nor should any be inferred.

Drowning In Memories

( 1.07 The Gift )

Holy snaps cup, Batman.

I don't remember when the last one of these I saw was; I just remember that I didn't participate and comment on nearly enough people's posts. This time, it's my resolution to do better, and so I will.

My only real complaint about the past few days is that the leg I busted at Rocky Horror is restless. It is both sprained and restless. So, I've been taking it easy, trying to NaNo/RP/write for class/do my research assistant stuff, and, then, out of nowhere, it'll start going, "You know what we should do? THINGS. We should go do THINGS. Like, I don't know, DDR. Or running a marathon. Or going up and down the steepest hill on campus just because! Or, or, or SOMETHING. That'd be AWESOME, let's do stuff." …And it's sprained, so I can't do much more with it than the awkward, gimpy walk thing I can do with my crutches. I had no idea a limb could be both sprained and restless.

Dear Yuletide Writer,

Thanks for being a dear and attempting to tackle my weird cravings in my rare/inactive/obscure fandoms. In case you forgot what fandoms those were and what my general requests were, they are:

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If you have any questions, feel free to post anon and ask.

Title: The Good Doctor Bell
By: Bridget McKennitt
Character: Vernita Green
Rating: G
Word Count: 379
Challenge: movie_100's prompt conceal
Disclaimer: Kill Bill is owned by other companies. They are used here without permission, and for entertainment purposes only. No challenge or infringement upon the copyright is intended, nor should any be inferred.

The Good Doctor Bell

Title: Surge Of Darkness
By: Bridget McKennitt
Pairing: Edyis Darkbane/Fjola Lightbane
Rating: PG
Word Count: 212
Summary: What the Lich King commands, the Twin Val'kyr are delighted to obey.
Contains: Any warnings given to World of Warcraft, including video game violence. Twincest.
Disclaimer: World of Warcraft is owned by Blizzard. They are used here without permission, and for entertainment purposes only. No challenge or infringement upon the copyright is intended, nor should any be inferred.

Surge of Darkness

October's been over for a while now. Annnnnd I almost forgot to crosspost my daily_deviant fic again. *shifty eyes*

Title: Ladies in Waiting
Characters: Madam Malkin/Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Almost-but-not-quite infidelity, improper use of a wedding dress, table!sex... yeah, I'm grasping at straws here. :P
Themes/kinks chosen: Hyphephilia: arousal by touching fabrics or garments
Word Count: ~4400
Summary: I'm acutely aware of how this garment will cover her body, how every square inch that I've touched will touch her, in turn. It makes me wet.
Author's notes: According to HP Lexicon, Madam Malkin has no canon first name, which would generally scare me off from writing from her POV, but there was no way she wasn't being the one to get this kink (professional robemaker + fabric kink = destiny, y/y?). So for convenience's sake I went ahead and named her Melvina. And then I went and wrote the fic in first person because seeing the made-up name all over the place weirded me out. LOL. ...there was a point to this note, at some point. Many thanks to woldy for the beta!

( Ladies in Waiting )

Um, all right, so... I'm kinda-sorta doing NaNoWriMo. And I think I'm kinda-sorta nuts. Or possibly more than kinda-sorta, because really, WTF?! I haven't written ANYTHING fictional besides a handful of fanfic drabbles since 2006, which is when I finished my last novel. I've written two novels already through NaNoWriMo - and since this last one, I hadn't been able to write just about anything. Fanfic ideas came and went, and I had NO original fiction ideas that I was really enthusiastic about pursuing, and now...

I WROTE 4,220 WORDS TODAY. While I realise that this may be a paltry sum for many of you, this is more fiction than I've written in YEARS. I used to write all the time. I started trying to write books when I was in first or second grade. Nothing was finished until I started doing NaNo, and actually finishing a book completely changed my life. Finishing two was absolutely crazy.

And now... I've only committed myself definitively to 25,000 words, which is equivalent to half the NaNo goal. But - I have a feeling I'm going to get suckered into writing another novel, a full 50,000 words before the month is up. I mean, I use scene cards. As in, before I begin, break down the entire story into scenes and set an approximate word count to be met for each scene. I wrote three scenes today which were supposed to be 1,000 words, 500 words, and another 500 words. The 1,000 word scene went over by about 300 words no big deal), but both of the 500 word scenes decided to nearly triple themselves.

... I'm pretty terrified right now. It's such a high, writing again, and... I don't want to lose this, but I'm terrified of reaching out and really grabbing this again.

Somebody hold my hand, plz? 0.o kthxbi

This may interest you if you are hosting art at flickr. The bastards changed their TOS:

Don’t use your account to host web graphics like logos and banners.
Your account will be terminated if we find you using it to host graphic elements of web page designs, icons, smilies, buddy icons, forum avatars, badges, and other non-photographic elements on external web sites.


BRB busy saving my art to my harddrive and searching for a new image host.

It's snarry_ldws time again! Only four drabbles left, so reading and voting and being awesome will take but an instant. :D

Title: Walk of Shame
Prompts: Non-magic AU, "way to go, Harry!"
Summary: Last night was good (incredible), but it's over now.
Rating/Warnings: R
Word Count: 300
Notes: This was non-magic AU week, so I took the opportunity to turn Hogwarts into the Enterprise and Harry and Snape into Chekov and McCoy and write blatant gift!fic for _beetle_ for being AWESOME and GLORIOUS. But then this whole scene might just be plagiarized from one of her actual ST fics so I dunno how much of a gift it is...*shoves fic at teh beetle and runs away*

( last week's drabble )

Have you voted yet?

After several years of not cooking, I’ve been getting back into it lately.  I think it has a lot to do with the fact that I have people to cook for.  In Chicago I was pretty much on my own and limited my culinary activities to making myself salads.  Now however, I have my grandmother and parents in close proximity and willing to eat whatever I prepare. 

 

My mother writes and self-publishes books about local history.  She’s planning a party in about two weeks to thank the people who helped her on her latest book.  Since she doesn’t like cooking and I do I’m going to be doing a lot of the food preparation.  The tea I went to on Halloween gave me some great ideas (glazed pumpkin scones, walnut bread with cream cheese and apple slices, pumpkin pie meringues) and I’ve also been watching Food Network for inspiration.

 

Last night I was watching a Halloween themed “Horror Cake Challenge” and I was surprised to see a familiar face.  One of the competing chefs was Michelle Garcia from Bleeding Heart Bakery.  Bleeding Heart is a funky organic bakery in Chicago.  They were originally located in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood right down the street from my sister’s place then a couple years ago they moved to Damen and Belmont, only a couple blocks from the Whole Foods where I worked.  Michelle occasionally came into the market.  She was easy to recognize with her pink dreadlocks and prominent tattoos of mixing bowls and egg beaters.  Unfortunately Michelle didn’t win the Challenge or the $10,000 prize but I always considered her to be a local celebrity of my Chicago days so it was ever so cool to see her on national TV. 

Title: Joining In Ecstasy
By: Bridget McKennitt
Pairing: RPS - Jared Padalecki/Jensen Ackles
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 806
Challenge: supernatural100's prompt wicked
Contains: No warnings in as far I know that can't be extrapolated from the header itself. Cheerleader!Jensen, Geek!Jared
Disclaimer: Any real person, location, or organization mentioned in the story below own themselves. This is only a fictional story meant for entertainment and not intended for profit or believing the real people mentioned are like this in real life.
Author's Notes: Prequel to Moving At Lightspeed Into Eternity.

Joining In Ecstasy

My parents and I went to a literary high tea with a Halloween theme yesterday. 

 

It was held at a church in Jordanville, a small town about 45 minutes from our home.  It started off with tea and a course of all different kinds of little sandwiches, and then a story was read a loud.  After that there was more tea and a course of scones.  This was followed by two more stories and finally a dessert course. 

 

The first story read was “The Most Haunted House” from Spooks of the Valley edited by Louis C. Jones, a legendary folklorist in our area who put together several books of local ghost stories he collected.  The second story was Shirley Jackson’s always chilling “The Lottery” and the final story was Roald Dahl’s darkly humorous “Lamb to the Slaughter”. 

 

I admit I was a little disappointed that only the first story dealt with supernatural horror but still, it was quite an enjoyable and unusual way to celebrate one of my favorite holidays.  Being me I didn’t eat anything but it was interesting to see all the different things that were served and I got some ideas for things to make for the book release party my mother holding later this month. 

I’ve deeply drawn to the films of Lars Von Tier. There’s something about his worldview that validates the pessimism about human nature that I feel as a chronic depressive. Stephan Rylance’s review of Von Tier’s lastest movie, AntiChrist, really clarified this aspect of Von Tier’s work for me.

The Agonies of an Antichrist by Stephan Rylance

On the liter side is “Truly, Truly Outragous”, an article on Samantha Newark who was the speaking voice of Jem (Britta Phillips was her singing voice) on the 1980’s cartoon series Jem and the Holograms. Jem was a great show and the interview addresses it’s gay appeal and even mentions fan fiction.

Truly, Truly Outrageous by Noah Michelson

During August and September when I was still working at the supermarket I developed a daily after work ritual—I’d put on the soundtrack to Inglourios Basterds and polish off an entire bottle of wine while playing Farmville on Facebook. It’s only been a little more than a month but I already feel a combination of horror and deep nostalgia for that time in my life. The soundtrack however I have only enthusiasm for. It was recently posted on The American Nightmare, a music blog I sometimes follow and I would strongly recommend it.

Inglorious Basterds Soundtrack at The American Nightmare

Hope it was a good one for all of you!

( 1.06 Scary Monsters and Super Creeps )

In honor of Halloween, I present... a darkfic! Written for nextgendarkfest way back in what, June? July? But not crossposted to my journal until now for whatever reason. :P

But before the fic, a bonus feature...

THE CREATIVE PROCESS, A DRAMATIZATION
Nothing that looks like a direct quote is a direct quote. Some details may be fudged, since my memory = 0.
( cut for extreme length and irrelevance )

( acknowledgement & squee &c. )

Title: A Cracked Smile and a Silent Shout
Rating: NC-17
Word Count:6000
Pairing(s): Albus Severus/Scorpius, implied Draco/Albus Severus, and Draco/Scorpius
Warnings: Violence, character death, potions use, coercion, incest, implied chan, non-con, MEAN DRACO. DRACO IS MEAN. IF YOU LIKE HIM YOU MIGHT BE SAD.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Scorpius had only started giving Al the potion as a way to get the ball rolling, but now he doesn't dare stop, not when Al could so easily slip out of Scorpius's arms and into Draco's.
Author's Notes: I owe many firstborn babies to my fabulous betas icanhaspancake and juliandahling. MANY. I shall go and start collecting them now. Title and quoted lyrics taken from Silent Shout by The Knife.

If I explain it once thoroughly
He'll have you later 'cause it's never free
You were at the gigantic spree
I caught a glimpse now it haunts me

( The fumes rising from the cauldron mingled with the dank air of the dungeons )

Pairing: Snape
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG
Notes: I am working on different shading techniques. I like how the skin turned out in this one, but I am not too fond of the shirt. This is my take on the canon scene of Snape on the stairs in his nightshirt right before he is facing Moody.

I am also including a ratings poll. I am not sure if this is a good idea or not, only time will tell. The poll is IP locked but not on IJ/LJ i.e. I cannot see who voted but you can only vote once.

( Good Intentions )

Title: Moving At Lightspeed Into Eternity
By: Bridget McKennitt
Pairing: RPS - Jared Padalecki/Jensen Ackles
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 665
Challenge: supernatural100's prompt forever
Contains: No warnings in as far I know that can't be extrapolated from the header itself. Cheerleader!Jensen, Geek!Jared
Disclaimer: Any real person, location, or organization mentioned in the story below own themselves. This is only a fictional story meant for entertainment and not intended for profit or believing the real people mentioned are like this in real life.

Moving At Lightspeed Into Eternity

So, I was in the study room of my dorm a little while ago, and a guy wearing five-inch heels walked in, took his stuff off the printer, bitched a bit on how it was printed on colored paper, and walked back out. Seriously, I love my university.