40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes [November 23, 2009 @ 6:41pm] madam_minnie [ mood | pleased ] [ music | Alone (Glee Cast Version) - Glee Cast ] Thanks mandebooks for linking this: Comment

Holiday wish list meme [November 23, 2009 @ 3:30pm] snapesgirl_62 [ mood | optimistic ] Please post your own wish list of ten things, whether fandom or real life). I'm not going to do the formal wish list group this year. I'm just posting my wishes in my journal. I do like to read everyone's wishes to see if there is something I can fulfill. ( my wishes ) Comment

NaNoWriMo Attempt [November 22, 2009 @ 9:02pm] snapesgirl_62 [ mood | okay ] [ music | Die Hard ] Pairing:Remus/Severus Warnings: slash, bottom Snape, mention of character death, child abuse/chan mentioned, voyeurism, wip rating NC-17 Word count: 3800 +/- Summary: The months following Voldemort's disappearance are a time of adjustment for Severus and Remus. A/N: this segment was inspired by various posts about alternate lifestyles. I am exploring some of these in the course of this fic. ( boys will be boys ) Comment

NaNoWriMo Attempt [November 22, 2009 @ 6:46pm] snapesgirl_62 [ mood | accomplished ] [ music | NASCAR ] Thanks to the_minx_17, I have not experienced helium hand and volunteered to pinch hit. blame it on the phase of the moon...I volunteered. I spent this afternoon writing on my Nano attempt. 7948 / 25000 words. 32% done! I looked over what I had, scrapped a section, did a rewrite and my goal will be 25K by the end of the month. Anything above that number is a bonus at this point. Comment

halp? [November 22, 2009 @ 3:07pm] snapesgirl_62 [ mood | numb ] I keep seeing pleas for pinch hitters. Somebody stop me from volunteering. Seriously, there's enough going on around here.... Read (5) Comment

Six Impossible Things (Seth’s Morning List Remix) [The O.C., Seth/Ryan, 100 Words, PG-13] [November 22, 2009 @ 2:31am] lilian_cho [ mood | *shuffle shuffle* ] 1. Only sesame seed bagels left, and no cream cheese. My life, ladies and gentlemen. 2. Ate a bowl of Oreos for breakfast. 3. There’s a coffee ring stain on my X-men. I know I accidentally burned down Dad’s office, but a man’s comics are sacred. 4. Ryan kissed me to shut me up. Twice. (!!!) 5. Did a Samuel L. Jackson impression under my breath. Was sharing my bucket of popcorn, extra butter, with Ryan, when our shoulders bumped together. It was nice; not Summer-in-a-Wonder-Woman-outfit nice, but getting there. 6. Make out Share kisses with Ryan at the poolhouse. Remix of theswearingkind's Sam Jackson Ain't Got Nothing on These Two (f-locked) for remixthedrabble. I haven't actually watched the episode on which #3 is based. One day I'll probably finish watching the O.C. Maybe. If only for more of Seth Cohen's wordvomit. [ LJ | IJ | DW ] Comment

Alternate Lifestyles: Poly Relationships [November 21, 2009 @ 4:57pm] snapesgirl_62 [ mood | pensive ] [ music | dire straights ] the_minx_17 wrote a wonderful post yesterday about bdsm. Her post inspired irana to write a post on consent. I'd like to add a few thoughts on Polyamory. My name is sg. I play in an organization that expects its members to behave in a chivalrous manner and show respect to all who attend their events no matter their orientation. As a result of this, I have met folks who practice Polyamory. ( rough draft, subject to change with discussion ) Read (12) Comment

REVIEW: Tunnels of Blood (Cirque Du Freak #3) [November 20, 2009 @ 1:47pm] madam_minnie [ mood | busy ] Tunnels of Blood by Darren Shan My rating: 3 of 5 stars Well, I've stuck it out for three books with Darren and I'm actually enjoying the ride. While I don't normally enjoy whiny main characters, there's something about Darren (perhaps his keen intellect) that keeps you coming back for more. Summary: Darren Shan, the vampire's assistant, gets a taste of the city when he leaves the Cirque Du Freak with Evra the snake-boy and Mr. Crepsley. When corpses are discovered drained of blood, Darren and Evra are compelled to confront a foul creature of the night who may prove to be the end of them all. What I liked about this book: Darren is an enigma. He hates his lot, his likes his powers, he hates Mr. Crepsley, he likes Mr. Crepsley. He likes Madame Octa, he hates Madame Octa. In other words, he's your typical teenager with a see-saw of emotions that are now heightened by his vampiric powers. In this book, we meet Murlough who in the movie was kind of creepy and scary but wore the pirate-looking costume that Darren wears throughout the book. Darren meets his first crush, learns about the Vampaneze and comes face to face with evil. I love that you're on an adventure from the get-go and while the book paces along quickly, you don't lose yourself in the characters or the story. My favorite parts, of course, are those with Darren and Evra. Best friends who pretend to be brothers traveling with their "father" Mr. Crepsley into a city that gives them an opportunity to bond, be teenagers and meet more humans. Of course, that also means danger for the pair but it gives them an opportunity to test that friendship too. Instead of a girl coming between them, an evil psychopath does. But hey, what's another monster in a world of freaks, right? I'm enjoying the series so far. I will say that if I'd read the books then gone seen the movie, I would've been really pissed off! LOL View all my reviews >> Comment

Fic: Bloodlust, Bellatrix/Various, NC-17 [November 20, 2009 @ 10:02am] eeyore9990 Title: Bloodlust Author: eeyore9990 Characters: Bellatrix/Rabastan, Bellatrix/Rodolphus, Bellatrix/Frank, Alice Rating: NC-17 Warnings: Torture, Non-con Themes/kinks chosen: symphorophilia: arousal by watching or causing destruction and/or death Word Count: 1015 Summary: There was something so very powerful about holding another life in the palm of her hand, dangling it from the tip of her wand. Author's notes: Not my usual fare, but it was a hell of a lot of fun to write this. :D Thanks to kathrynthegreat for looking this over and letting me know it didn't suck donkey balls. Heh. Please heed the warnings before clicking. Comment

A reason Aziraphale is awesomecakes [Good Omens drabblet] [November 19, 2009 @ 3:07am] lilian_cho Aziraphale had, on several occasions*, persuaded Crowley to take over his angelic duties. When it is his turn to be Crowley's stand-in, he tempts impoverished students** to make splurges on books at Amazon. * Rare books & manuscripts auction ** A month down the road, they discover they're the recipient of a small grant that they don't remember applying for. [ LJ | IJ | DW ] Remixed by lilfluffykitten: Spontaneous Acts of Charity (The Sorry We Missed You Remix) [Crowley, 150 words, rated G] Another remix written for me this round: Envy remixed into Envy (The Curiosity Hurts Remix) [Morgana, 100 words, rated PG], by rapunzelita Comment

Today's Twitts (Tweets? Twitters?) [November 18, 2009 @ 5:02pm] dee_groovy and now, deeeep thoughts.... lj-tags: twitahs 15:57 @darknessdescend still, almost 20K, that's awesome - much better than 7,000 ;p # 16:01 I still dig this song XD www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter Comment

For my records, but you're welcome to read... [November 18, 2009 @ 12:37pm] eeyore9990 I went and saw a nutritionist on Monday and since I was sort of having to stop and think today, I figured I'd write down everything she told me so I am less likely to forget. And since I have the benefit of free nutritional advice, I figured I'd share with y'all what she said to me. Note: I know some of you are uncomfortable with "weight loss" posts, but this is only tangentially about weight loss. Mostly it's just a way for the hubby and I to get and STAY healthy. ( The Dos and Don'ts of Eating ) I have never in my life heard the phrases "eat CORRECTLY" and "portion control" as much as I did that day. However, three days later, here are the side effects I'm noticing: ( The Other Stuff ) Anyway, that's healthy eating 101 and you didn't have to go get bitched at by my skinny little nutritionist. For those who wonder how I ate before and how this differs: I ate once a day at dinner. I'd have maybe 800-1000 calories per day, all at once. Because I really don't like to eat at other times. So I'm eating "more" now, but I'm spacing it out and making healthier choices. Read (28) Comment

Random Meme Time [November 16, 2009 @ 7:20pm] snapesgirl_62 [ mood | artistic ] [ music | Hitler's War - History channnel ] 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 ( elfflame asked me the following ) Read (11) Comment

Today's Twitts (Tweets? Twitters?) [November 16, 2009 @ 5:01pm] dee_groovy and now, deeeep thoughts.... lj-tags: twitahs 14:58 @darknessdescend like me XD My word count is like just over 7,000 # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter Comment

About me - now with photo links! [November 16, 2009 @ 2:59pm] madam_minnie [ mood | calm ] Well, I have failed NaBloPoMo already. Damn colds and busy working weekends! But, I shall continue on as best I can with the rest of the month, posting as often as I can. Let's see... what can I blather on about today? How about a little "Get to know Minnie" meme since some of you are new to my journal and others likely know little else since most of my posts have been twitter horoscopes. Sorry about that! I am Puertorican. Born in Aguadilla and raised in Ponce. Moved to Orlando, Florida in 1984 at the age of 11. Though I am an island girl, I'm not fond of the beach. I may go and sit on the sand and read but it would take an act of God, and several hot, gay men to gawk at to get me to stay and enjoy it. I used to love the beach as a child. Especially when we went as a family and my cousins got to go with us. We'd play mermaids and pirates in the water, eat crabs by the water and pretend to fish while we talked about who we kissed and who we wanted to kiss. My husband is a Newyorican. He was born and raised in the city (born: Manhattan, raised: Bronx) and misses it terribly. He doesn't miss the cold, but the pulse and life that is New York City, I know calls to him as much as Las Vegas does. My husband is a poker dealer with All In Poker Series and is a damn good poker player. If we could get him into one of the local tournaments that award the buy-in to the World Series of Poker, he'd get in. I'm sure of it! We have three kids; girl - 15, boy - 13, boy - 11 and they keep us well-entertained! Their sense of humor is amazing and they're at the perfect age to enjoy them! :D We live next door to my Mom. We rent a 3-bedroom house, she has a 4-bedroom house. It's easier to live next door in a smaller house than it is to live in her house (which we did for over 5 years). We get along so much better this way too! I work in textbook publishing and really love what I do. I just wish my bosses would see me for what I am rather than what they think I should be. Lots of politics and well, Latina women are not at the top of an Irish-owned company. Not stirring the waters, just stating facts. I just completed my Bachelor of Science in Management from the University of Phoenix online. I planned to go straight through for my Master's but without the guarantee that the company will help with tuition reimbursement (which they've balked at and made it damn near impossible to get) I figured it wasn't worth the aggravation. I'm proud of finally achieving a degree I set out to complete as soon as I finished high school. Now it's time to get my kids ready to achieve theirs. My daughter has been in martial arts with my father (a 10th degree black belt and grand master in Iaido) since she was 3 years old. She's a jack of all weapon trades. She's a good marksman and she wants to be a Marine. Did I mention I'm a democrat in a family of right-wing, conservative republicans? Yeah... it's never a dull moment at my house! I have a Min Pin named Dobby who thinks he's human. We've never put a pillowcase on him, but I did get him in drag for Halloween. I'm a founder and captain of the Harry Potter fanfic archive, The Quidditch Pitch and am extremely proud of our staff, authors and members. Their generosity, dedication and determination have been a great strength to me and the other Captains. I'm a Mac Girl (though I wish I looked like her!). I love Macs and only use Macs. I do not like PCs. I do not like them with a mouse, I do not like them in my house. I do not like them here nor there. I do not like them ANYWHERE! But seriously... I have several Macs in the house (most of them laptops) and I won't own a PC for many reasons. The first being, I don't like viruses. I've been a Mac owner for over 5 years and have yet to lose a laptop to a virus. Yes, they're more costly but no, I don't have to replace them every other year. I've learned not to argue with people over politics, religion, income, GLBT issues or Mac versus PC. I value everyone's opinions and welcome opposing viewpoints. I draw the line at preaching, personal attacks and rants that lead to wank on my journal or any of my friends'. If we agree to disagree, life will be much simpler for us. Live and let live as my friend joesther says. My car's name is Sevvie (2000 Black Mistsubishi Galant), my husband's car's name is Wheezy (1996 Red Buick Regal) which I owned first then gave to him when Sevvie came around. Both cars need major repair-work and since I married neither handyman nor mechanic, they are being run into the ground, the poor dears. Well, not really into the ground, we just can't replace the rear shock absorbers on Wheezy just yet and are waiting to get the CV joint for Sevvy at a price we can afford. I love to slash all pairings. I do. I can slash pretty much anyone, though I had trouble with Neville Longbottom because I really just don't see him as sexual at all. Sorry coffee_n_cocoa, it's just been tough to do. But I will say, Neville's growing on me and I've been able to slash him recently in a trio with Harry and Remus. Well, that's me in a nutshell. You can find me on Facebook playing Farmville, Treasure Madness and Vampire Wars when the muse is not cooperating. Come by and say hi. Read (2) Comment

REVIEW: The Vampire's Assistant (Cirque Du Freak #2) [November 16, 2009 @ 9:43am] madam_minnie [ mood | sick ] [ music | Some show on Food Network ] The Vampire's Assistant by Darren Shan My rating: 3 of 5 stars If I had read the books and then gone to see the movie, I would have been very disappointed that Sam never made it to the big screen and that he was replaced by a monkey girl that so far, does not exist in canon (mind you, I'm only 2 books in). Summary: Darren Shan was just an ordinary schoolboy - until his visit to the Cirque Du Freak. Now, as he struggles with his new life as a Vampire's Assistant, he tries desperately to resist the one temptation that sickens him, the one thing that can keep him alive. But destiny is calling... the Wolf Man is waiting. What I liked about this book: The story picks up right where A Living Nightmare left off. While I'm still a bit miffed about a few editorial misgivings in the book, these didn't keep me from reading, which is always a good thing. As Darren struggles with his humanity and losing his childhood in the process, he's faced with more blood and gore and a tragedy that forever changes him. I like that death is not masked at all in these books and when the proverbial crap blood hits the fan, it's done in vivid technicolor and Darren Shan spares no one from it! The story is definitely keeping me intrigued. Hopefully it does so for the full dozen. View all my reviews >> Comment

Blah [November 15, 2009 @ 7:55pm] snapesgirl_62 [ mood | numb ] [ music | Molly Hatchet ] Migraines still are not fun. knitting like a fiend keeps my thoughts away from how little the meds help. fledermaushund had updated her journal. She's feeling contemplative. I think she's decided she wants to help a family out instead of receiving presents for Jule this year. Comment

Today's Twitts (Tweets? Twitters?) [November 15, 2009 @ 5:01pm] dee_groovy and now, deeeep thoughts.... lj-tags: twitahs 18:59 @Cheekz bahaha! ah, authentic frontier gibberish XD # 19:16 @hjeanc aww, it was great hanging out today; wish we coulda visited longer - Home Depot was OH so exciting ;p # 19:16 @hjeanc we should def. plan our next hang out :) there are a couple of neat places in Tampa if you can get out this way :) # 14:20 @hjeanc doh! Yeah, I had just realized it like halfway down 41 XD Well, you can always give the turkey to Mackenzie :) # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter Comment

OMG *face palm* [November 15, 2009 @ 1:15pm] eeyore9990 Okay so. I have written, I think, one RPF. EVER. And that was when the Giants won the Superbowl and I was sort of high on everything to do with football and Eli Manning and yay Giants won! I'm a Cowboys fan at heart, but I'll take ANYONE over the Patriots and Eli Manning is sort of my personal favorite underdog and.... and that has nothing to do with anything today. Except to say, I never ever thought I'd be in this position again. All right, now, y'all know that I'm kinda half-obsessed with Star Trek Reboot fandom, right? And the main reason for that is Karl Urban's Bones (because he is awesome), and even though he's nothing like DeForest Kelley, I kinda like that because it makes the character his own. I mean, no one's topping TOS Bones for sheer awesomeness, but Karl Urban is... Well. I kinda have the hots for him in a way that may not be entirely legal. And because of this, I started thinking about the day the cast met him and how that went and (because every single guy but John Cho on that cast is "gay in my head") this is what happened. ( Fic: A Whole Lot of Yummy, very PG, Entire Cast ) Read (16) Comment

Sick [November 14, 2009 @ 4:22pm] madam_minnie [ music | Hey Jude - Across the Universe Soundtrack ] I hate getting sick! It's happening more often now and when you have to work on the weekend, it's even worse. I'm going to go crawl under the covers now for a bit. The kids will be home in 45 minutes and the peace will end then. LOL Stupid hacking cough and head-explosive sneezing! GO AWAY! Comment

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