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Or in my case, working on the weekend. We didn't have our usual Friday "date" tonight, i.e. going out for dinner, partly b/c we both have work to do tonight, partly b/c we had to eat out so much last weekend while traveling.

I graded quizzes and reading responses and wrote up the last paper assignment for one class this afternoon; also finished/submitted an LIS assignment, and spent 1+ hour in the library looking up stuff for the other one (due tomorrow). Dictated some drabbles and posted one (link at end).

Juno was not good tonight; our neighbor-across-the-street J. was over talking with SO and brought his dog Luna, and the two dogs were playing pretty well in the back yard. I fed Juno when it was her dinner time, and then gave each dog a biscuit. Juno ate hers immediately, and when Luna didn't and dropped it in some leaves, Juno went after Luna's and there was a brief brawl. SO and J. managed to separate them quickly, but clearly they cannot both be given food in proximity, or else there will have to be very close supervision.

Okay, I have to work on this assignment. It's not conceptually difficult or anything, but substantial. Sigh. Not due till midnight tomorrow, but it would be good to get most of the content worked out tonight and then all the formatting etc. tomorrow - it has to be presented as both a paper flyer and a web page/site.

Have I said lately how glad I will be when this semester is over? All right, here's the drabble:

• Luck [Kirk/McCoy, general]: Kirk's in sick bay, again. Here at LJ.

Title: Dreams of Home (written for Week Nine /snarry_ldws on LJ)
Author: joanwilder (RaeWhit)
Pairing: Harry/Snape
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Word Count: 500
Genre/Cliché: Romance
Word: 'shot in the dark'
Summary: 'A dream is just a wish you wish could come true.'
A/N: Thank you to jadzialove for supporting me all these weeks, and for beta reading. Also, all of the readers/voters who hung with us--thanks for showing up every week, and for the comments of encouragement along the way. alisanne, congrats!

I owe 15 drabbles to correct guessers (yay, lulabelle72!). I'll be working on them after the holiday, and will post them during December.


( Dreams of Home )

So, the_minx_17 and I have been talking for the last couple days about making a specific post. Minx put hers up already – you can find it here - and now I'm putting up mine.

Hello, my name is Irana, and I am a Top. This means that within the BDSM community/The Scene/Lifestyle, I am what many refer to as a Dominant.

This post will hopefully not only explain why I read very little BDSM, D/s, lifestyle themed fics, but also will allow those of you reading who are not a part of the community some knowledge. Because really, some of the crap out there being called kink is shit. Please, for the love of life, seriously, go fuck up someone else's kink, okay? Leave mine alone. Some of those fics have no actually basis in reality, they do not acknowledge RACK/SSC at all and it drives me batshit insane. What are those two things you ask? ( Let me explain. )

I have a lot more to say, so I'm going to stop here for a bit. Got questions? Ask. Really. Next topics will be limits, total power exchange and negotiation.

So, was looking about my journal and realized huh... didn't post this last years after 30 Days of Nev was over. So... posting now.

Title: Fireworks
Author: Irana irana
Rating: Adult
Pairing(s): Draco/Neville
Summary: When Draco and Neville see each other again for the first time in years it's at a place Draco never expected with results he never dreamed of.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fanfiction set in the Harry Potter universe – all recognisable characters and settings are the property of J. K. Rowling and her associates. No copyright infringement is intended. No profit is made from this work. Please observe your local laws with regards to the age-limit and content of this work.
Warning(s): UST, alternating POV, hair pulling, biting, semi-public sex, oral sex
Word Count: 4825
Author's Notes: I had a lot of fun writing this. Real places and locations have been taken and twisted to suit my purposes for this fic. There is very little magic in this, because both of them are working within a Muggle/Magic program, and so they keep the use of magic to a minimum.
Beta: many thanks to andreth_47 for the lightning beta. *smooches*

( *~*~* )

Wow, that "Buffy vs. Edward" vid I stumbled upon a while ago has triggered a veritable avalanche of fannish obsessions...

First, it sucked me into all things "Buffy" (and subsequently, "Angel") to an almost unhealthy degree. Then I came across the rumour that David Boreanaz is actually capable of getting through a whole TV episode without whining if he's not in Wheydonverse, so I went to check out "Bones".

What can I say? I'm halfway through season 4 at this point, and I'm seriously hooked. Diehard vampire fan that I've always been, I still have to admit that some actors obviously work better without fangs.

In other news, I've got myself an "Archive of Our Own" account, but the uploading process is a right pain in the ass, so I'll probably wait until some of the bugs get sorted out.

And now back to that fest fic... *eyes deadline*

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I'm off to LGBT conference today and will be returning on Sunday.

As it's in Cardiff, I'm hoping that I might get some time to go on Who/Torchwood place spotting, even if it's just going to Roald Dahl Plass. So don't break the internets when I'm gone.

Title: Reversal of Fortune
Author: unbroken_halo
Pairing: Severus/Bill, others
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 1,251
Summary: Severus and Bill make an agreement.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and company belong to JKR Rowling. This piece of fiction was written for entertainment purposes only and makes no monetary gain for the author.
Highlight for Warnings: * BDSM, Doms playing together, blowjob, wall!sex*
AN: For irana! Ask and ye shall receive, love. *smoochies* I hope you had a fantastic birthday! Much thanks to eeyore9990 for the beta and the slash chat darlings for their help. Directly follows Wheel Of Fortune, so if you haven't read that you might be a little lost.

( Happy Birthday, darling! )

I finished editing and submitted two fest fics today. Which leaves yuletide and 3fan_holidays yet to go, for which I don't have bunnies quite yet (and am still reviewing source material for Yuletide anyhow). So I'm in good shape there, yay! Have some drabbles to work on in the meantime so my commute will be sufficiently occupied.

Did do some LIS work, some reading and beginning on an assignment, but will need to finish that up after dinner and turn it in. The other assignment I'll be working on tomorrow and Saturday, oh yeah. That's a big one - creating a pathfinder aka finding guide, in both paper and online versions. My other task this weekend, Sunday, will be to finalize my resume (and send it to my various recommenders) and see if either of the jobs I was looking at is still open, and write letters if so.

Took Juno to the dog park and also picked up some beer for SO, as he'd been out for a week. It was warm enough that I had the back door propped open this afternoon, and our neighbor dog Scruffy (Juno's best bud/playmate) escaped his own yard twice and came visiting, once even coming upstairs with Juno. I returned him and I think they've located the escape point and fixed it now.

I have salmon casserole in the oven for dinner and it smells yummy already. SO should be home soon...

Title: Practice
Character: Neville
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Challenge: Written for neville100's prompt #96: Boggart
Disclaimer: I am neither J.K. Rowling nor any of the corporations to which she has licensed her creation.

( Practice )

I'm very amused that DanRad's guest star bit on an episode of The Simpsons to be aired next year is an Edward Cullen parody.

See the pretty picture? That's my birthday pressie from essayel. Isn't it purdy?

... so far, the day has been pretty spectacular already. *happy sigh*

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Still not feeling the love for writing any tonight, so I thought I would go ahead and repost the fics I wrote for fall_fantasia. This is the first.

Title: 'Meta' Carpus
Author:unbroken_halo
Pairing: Harry/Charlie, others
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 1,132
Summary: There's just something about a man's hands.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and Company belong to JK Rowling. This fiction was written for entertainment only and makes no monetary gain for the author.
Highlight for Warnings: *bi-curiosity, innuendo, men having hawt sex! *
AN: For the participants and watchers of fall_fantasia. Last year, alisanne, eeyore9990 and I all collaborated on a fic for the fest. It fit in with the posting schedule and was well received so I decided to do it again this year; only I didn't bother to inform them I was doing so.

(  'Meta' Carpus )

A bit late, but I can now thank alisanne officially for having written "Unveiled" for me in this year's fall_fantasia; and I can also claim authorship of the fic I wrote, which was for her! *g*

• Unconventional [Harry/Severus, adult]: A wizard went into a bar... Here at IJ.

Haven't been able to get much done today, as I unexpectedly ended up having a lunch meeting w/ a grad student, and then there was a dept. meeting (which thankfully did not go as long as usual). So now I'm headed for home. Need to slam through edits so I can submit fest fics, also work on LIS reading and assignments (one due tomorrow, the other now postponed till Saturday, huzzah). I did manage to get next Monday's classes prepped in between meetings, so Friday I can spend time at the library here to check on some things for the Saturday assignment.

Title: The Proper Incentive
Author: irana
Recipient: eeyore9990
Pairing: Snape/Bill, surprise second pairing
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,845
Summary: Harry is Slytherin enough to know that all it takes is the proper incentive to make things happen.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and company are owned by JK Rowling. This work of fiction is for entertainment purposes only and makes no monetary gain for the author.
A/N: Written for the 2009 fall_fantasia Exchange.

( ~~~~ )

So my writing list is dwindling, and yet, I still have no time for drabbles. I miss my drabbles but RL is not giving me a chance to breathe much less write and more often than not when I do write it is hurried. I hate that. Not only does it make me feel as if I am rushing someone's gift but it also makes me careless, and I hate that even more. Today, though, today is actually my day to myself and I just don't feel the urge to write.

( More )

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In which I walked Juno, did 3 loads laundry, read some for class, went to class, and made dinner. That was pretty much it. I managed to get 9+ hours of sleep last night, too. Still in sleep deficit though. Sigh.

My head is so fail-y at the moment. I swear my brain is leaking out of my ears. I will think of stuff to say whilst at work on the bus and then completely forget until the middle of the night.

But my yuletide assignment came. I just need to find my hook and I think I will be fine. But to my mystery author:

( Dear yuletide author )

( Dr Who on Sunday )

There was more but whatevs.

ETA: Fic will be posted when I have time to edit it a little.

Instructions:

Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile."

• I'll respond by asking you five 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.

So, I left snapesgirl_62 the comment and here are the questions she asked.

( More than you ever wanted to know about Halo )

What tickles me most is that not only do these two songs share key thematic elements, but they share the adjective-train-home title structure. MY INNER GRAMMAR NERD GETS OFF ON THIS FOR SOME REASON. And they're each really quite lovely songs (this first one? Was that perniciously indescribable melody that was running through my head all those weeks ago, driving me to the brink of insanity textLJ. Obviously, I've listened to it about 40,000 times since I figured out what it was.)

The melancholy one: Door Train Home - Fischerspooner

The happy, eager one: First Train Home - Imogen Heap

Plans for the rest of the day involve making pancakes, cleaning my room, whipping nano into shape, and avoiding getting called into work. My stomach is audibly grumbling; there is a reason pancakes are the first on that list. *dashes off*

So it turns out the first thing I write is for a band I don't even know anything about and have maybe read one or two crackfics of. Ummm... *peers at brain* Yup. And I am including the name of the band that the band dudes come from in the header, because that is what I told redsnake05 she should do when I started getting into this fandom. I CATER TO NOOBS, OKAY.

Title: A Treatise on the Practical Advantages of Invisibility
Pairing: Pete/Patrick [Fall Out Boy]
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Voyeurism, dub-con, invisibility!sex, stealth fluff
Word count: 3885
Disclaimer: Fake, never happened, no aspersion intended, &c.
Summary: One day Pete discovers he can turn invisible.
Notes: Set in some kind of post-high-school/college AU where the boys appear to be roughly the same age. The facts I know about FOB's history or members could be easily held in the palm of a premature infant's hand, so this might as well be bandom-inspired original fic. Originally written for anon_lovefest, with the prompt "Pete somehow has the ability to turn invisible and follows (bb!)Patrick into the bathroom and watches him shower, change, sing embarrassing songs, sleeping, etc. When Patrick is sleeping Pete feels him up and fingers (and eventually fucks) him."

Many thanks to [Bad username: verbosewordsmith] for looking this over and offering invaluable facts about canon which I then ignored. And I owe icanhaspancake about a million internet cookies for betaing this even though she knows even less about bandom than I do. <333

( After the shower incident, Pete knows he has to watch Patrick again, as soon as possible. )

and hop on over to r_grayjoy's post! WORST WORDS TO USE WHILE WRITING A SEX SCENE (with some truly hideous comment!porn from yours truly) ... come and join in the fun and help me procrastinate on my NaNo novel!

Come on, seriously. I bet you can top "pustulent" ... can't you?

Because honestly, after discussing some of the unmitigated crap floating around various fandoms with Minxie, I needed something fluffy to restore my spirits. And, it's got neville, so you know it made me feel better.

Go read To Be Noticed. It's Harry/Neville and worth the read.

Also, the reveals for fall_fantasia went up today, so I can claim the story I wrote for eeyore9990, The Proper Incentive. Tis Snape/Bill, with a surprise secondary pairing.

In addition, unbroken_halo wrote me the most delicious fivesome smut. yes. You read that right... fivesome. It's Wheel Of Fortune.

snarry_ldws

Final Week!

Well, this is it, my friends, the final week for us drabblers. Now it's down to alisanne and myself; we had the option to chose any of the previous genres/topics, and had to incorporate the phrase 'a shot in the dark'. The word count for this final show-down has been raised to 500 words.

Go HERE to read and vote, if you will. Thanks to everyone who's followed the competition over the weeks. It's been fun (except for a few heart-stopping moments when I had NO ideas); there've been great topics and drabbles, and I appreciate everyone who's turned out to participate, whether by writing or reading and voting (not to mention the artists who've made banners).

Now, about the guessing game. You do the math; we're down to two drabbles, so you have a fair chance of figuring out which is mine (I hope lulabelle72 is still playing!). So, my offer still stands: if you correctly guess which of the two is mine, I'll write you a drabble, with one minor change in the offer. For this week only, I'll write Snarry or H/D only. I do owe drabbles still, but I promise to have everyone's done in December. Reply to this entry to leave your guess (comments are screened).

Jan's mom died last night. The viewing's tomorrow, the funeral is Wednesday.

J's dad *does* have prostate cancer.

Is every character getting their own Big Bang now? I've seen Sirius, Severus, Ginny, Hermione, George (I think? might be wrong), I could swear there was a Weasleys-collectively one, and now Draco. Sheesh.

Happy belated birthday to venturous1/venturous!

If I missed anything important this weekend - personal or fic-related or whatever - please poke me, and link, as it's doubtful I'll be able to skim back and see everything. Thanks!

( My grandmother's memorial service )

( Travel woes )

( Today's to-dos )

( CSA/weekly menus )

( Ficcishness )

I've been retired since 2002. My largest expense, by far, is for health insurance. I'm too young for five more years for Medicare. This means that I have to pay for my health insurance entirely out of my own pocket. When I shopped for health insurance, I found that no one wanted to cover me. I am overweight and I have asthma. Neither of these conditions have caused any problems, but the insurance bandits say that they could, so I have to pay ... and pay ... and pay. The only company that would cover me is one that my state requires that they cover "high risk" clients. I have no other choice at all in the state of Nebraska.

Tonight I got my rate raise for the next year. Now bear in mind that for the 7 years that I have had my insurance I have never met my $5000 deductable. So the insurance company has just taken my money and had to pay out nothing, $0 to date.

So because I'm such a good customer and have never turned in a claim that went above my deductable, they only raised my rates by an additional $140 per month or $1680 per year! My new premium will be only a few dollars less than one half of my after tax income!

Right now I don't want health insurance reform. I want insurance companies banned, outlawed and disbarred. I want their executives jailed! I want pure out and out socialized medicine! To hell with insurance companies, they are criminal organizations as far as I'm concerned.

My Senator, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, says he will not vote for Obama's health insurance plan if it has a public option. The man took $2 million in campaign contributions from the health insurance industry. He deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison as far as I'm concerned. The entire situation is so outrageous that I have no words to express my fury.

My only option is to raise my deductable to $10000. Even with that, my rates will still rise by $60 per month. I am so screwed!

Last repost this evening - I swear, I'm off to frost cupcakes now! I'll totally stop spamming you!

Title: Lust Potion Number Nine
Author: lesyeuxverts
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Harry/Severus, with mention of Harry/Ginny, Harry/Viktor, and Harry/unspecified male
Word Count: ~14k
Summary: Harry Potter was the last person Severus expected to need this particular potion, but the Ministry's Propagation and Restoration Emergency Guidelines have them both trapped in lives they don't particularly want to lead.
A/N: Please note that this is intended to be AU with regards to the timing of the epilogue; Harry and Ginny were married immediately after the war, rather than several years later.
Written for the 2009 Snarry Games, in the Alive&Kicking Genre and for the Love&Marrage and Play The Game prompts.

Nothing which you recognize from the HP universe belongs to me, alas. The boys would have so much more fun with me…

Huge thanks to jin_fenghuang, rgrayjoy, and carpet_diemon for all of the help, support, and brainstorming while I wrote; to my teammates for the support, encouragement, and concrit; to odogoddess, jin_fenghuang, and angela_snape for being the best beta-readers a girl could ask for; and to the mods, for putting on such fabulous fest and being extraordinarily patient with me. Thank you all so much!

Long fic is long and is posted at DreamWidth: Lust Potion Number Nine

Title: Christmas Ever After
Author: lesyeuxverts00
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: "Thou canst hear though from the wild/ Thou canst save amid despair/Safe may we sleep beneath Thy care/ though banish'd, outcast, and reviled."
Summary: "What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace." - Agnes M. Pharo
Any other notes, warnings, etc.: Thanks so much to softly_sweetly, raspberry, and bewarethesmirk for looking this over for me; and to L and S for being there for me as I wrote this.
This is canon-compliant, including canon character deaths, but has a happy ending of sorts.
Written for laroseminuit in the 2008 round of rs_small_gifts.

( Christmas Ever After )

Title: To Perish Twice
Author: </a></strong></a>lesyeuxverts
Word Count: 5k or thereabouts
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Harry/Severus
Warnings: forced bonding, epilogue-compliant (more or less), happy endings
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Severus had had five years of very bad sex with Potter, once a year and regular as clockwork – he wasn't about to go on like that for the rest of his life.
Author's Notes: Written for jadzialove in the 2008 Snarry Holidays exchange.

( To Perish Twice )

Title: The Memories That Matter Most
Author: lesyeuxverts
Word Count: 2400ish
Rating: R
Pairing: Snape/Harry (Harry/Ginny, Ginny/Dean)
Warnings: infidelity, divorce
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Harry doesn't need the photographs in order to remember – but he keeps them nonetheless, his forever memories.
Author's Notes: The story is told backwards in four parts. Inspired by the photographs in jin_fenghuang</a>'s Snarry Games art When All is Said and Done.

( The Memories That Matter Most )

Title: No Place for the Living
Author: lesyeuxverts
Pairing: Snape/Sirius
Rating: NC17
Warnings: Dub-con, bondage
Summary: Flesh and bone and rope have their limits, and Snape never pushes too hard.
Disclaimer: The world of HP and its characters belongs to J K Rowling. The author of this fic has borrowed them for the purposes of storytelling. No profit was or will be made.
Word count: 2280
Author Notes: Written for iamisaac in the 2008 round of snapelyholidays. Thanks to M and S for the beta, and to E for the title!


( No Place for the Living )

Title: Always White
Author: lesyeuxverts00
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Harry/Teddy
Summary: Harry has to marry Teddy. Just to save him, of course. He isn't a dirty old man lusting after his godson – he isn't.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fanfiction set in the Harry Potter universe – all recognisable characters and settings are the property of J. K. Rowling and her associates. No copyright infringement is intended. No profit is made from this work. Please observe your local laws with regards to the age-limit and content of this work
Warning(s): forced bonding, semi-public sex
Word Count: 3500
Author's Notes: Written for entrenous88 in the first round of hp_cross_fest.

( Always White )

So, in uploading fic to my shiny new Archive of Our Own account, I've realized that there's a shameful number of fest fics that I haven't reposted here. For the sake of having everything at my LJ, I am going to spam your flists like crazy tonight, and I am super-sorry about it, and please just scroll on past. Nothing to see here...just really old fics.

Title: Not By Bread Alone
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco (Harry/Ginny, Draco/Astoria)
Summary: No man – wizard or Muggle – can live by bread alone.
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Warning(s): Infidelity, prostitution, bondage, angst
Epilogue compliant? Epilogue compliant, yes. Disregards most of interview canon except for Astoria's name.
Word Count: 6500ish
Author's Notes: Written for the 2008 round of hd_holidays.

( Not By Bread Alone )

(First, OMG, Yuletide! Yay! But getting my assignment made me realize that I had not yet posted a Yuletide letter, so let me postpone my squee until later - or direct it toward the ginger cake I'm going to try to make again - and go on and do that. In between trips to the kitchen to carry on with the baking.)

( Dear Yuletide Author, )

Okay, now I will go back to the kitchen and see if I can scrounge enough sugar to make some pumpkin bread. And squee (quietly) about Yuletide while finishing off my gingerbread dinner with gingerbread dessert. :D

It's that time of year when I need to start writing cards. If you wish to have a Christmas/seasonal card and your address has changed from previous years, please leave it in comments. Or if I don't have your address. Comments are screened and check this tag to check previous addresses held.

Title: Planning Paper (written for Week Eight /snarry_ldws on LJ)
Author: joanwilder (RaeWhit)
Pairing: Harry/Snape
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Word Count: 300
Genre/Cliché: Private writings (diary, journal, scribbles, doodles, drawings, etc) found and perused.
Word: 'gaudy'
Summary: Success begins with plotting a strategy.
A/N: Thank you to jadzialove for beta reading. The same folks guessed me again: accioslash and lemondropseven! I'm working on them!

( Planning Paper )

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In my long rant of my life and why I suck, I mentioned I was having issues with my degree program plan.

Here is my letter to the the director of the Publishing Program and currently my boss (Independent Study/Internship in publishing).

( reasons why I should be allowed into the Master of Science in Publishing program )

So do you think I made my case?

Mom thinks that I should be a writer writing novels because of how good this and other papers I've written are.

In the parking garage at Other University last night, I drove past a car with the license plate CPNKIRK. *g*

Other than that amusing sighting... am caught up on grading, except for what came in today; am also prepped for next week except for needing to do some reading and write up some discussion questions for Friday. Also, next two fest fics are pretty much drafted and I have printed drafts to red-pen while on the plane today. If I don't nap, given that I got 5 hours' sleep last night.

I have not yet packed for the trip (plane leaves at 5), though, and I need to stop and pick up the CSA on the way home. If I get my butt out of the office by about 12:30, though, all should be fine. I mean, 48 hours' absence does not require extensive packing.

Happy (early) birthday to fleurdeliser and venturous!

Anyone interested in recieving a holiday card from me?
Just let me know if you want Gen, Slash, Femme-slash or Non fandom card.

Comments are screened and point me to your holdiay card thing, if you are doing one.