Alex's Fourth Annual Candy Advent Calendar Hunt is a failure.

Why must I constantly be denied such cheap chocolatey goodness?

1. My user name is hotfuss because as most people know I'm obsessed with the Killers
2. My name is Young Hollywood.. I don't even remember why. It's from a FOB song, but I can't remember why I picked it at the time. It's been that for about 2 years now.
3. My title is "You're a hot mess and I'm falling for you", because I really like that song atm
4. My default icon is Spencer Smith and Brendon Urie's dog cause I thought it was an adorable picture.

1. My username is ______ because ______: My username is pansexual because I was looking for a journal name to replace mjslsbs and this one was offered to me from someone at tradingspaces and cause I have a dirty mind... I fell in love with it

2. My name is _____ because ______: Immortal Aussie because that is currently my online handle. I'm Australian and I thought it sounded cool when I was half asleep and stuck for idea.s

3. My journal is titled ____ because ____: The Den of Immortal Aussie- because a Den is a place where people live and this is where I 'live' on IJ

4. My default userpic is ____ because ____: Red/Orange ocean with 'I threw Bitter Tearts at the Ocean but all that came back were the tides' well along with most of my icons it was made by a friend, the quote sounds awesome too.

1. My username is ______ because ______: amor_remanet; Well, back at the end of ninth grade, when I got my first livejournal, I'd been using Duanya as an online alias (still seen in my email address) and various forms of Sailor Moon-themed silliness as backups. Duanya came from a D&D character who got shot in the face and died; the Sailor Moon stuff was just me being an obsessive fan-nerd. Anyway, when I got to LJ, I wanted to do something ~different~ and ~new~… so I put my four years of Latin class to work and made up a Latin username. It translates to "love remains," which I thought was being Poignant And Cool… and then it just stuck and I'm too attached to change it.

2. My name is _____ because ______: "Kassie: a wild tl;dr monster" because, for ages, it was "Kassie, guardian angel of emo angsty boys" courtesy of something sherlock said on some snaps cup meme (I think it was a snaps cup meme anyway?) a while back, and as much as I loved that name, I thought a change was worthwhile. Also, I talk too much.

3. My journal is titled ____ because ____: "no, not the young people. they shall be spared." This is one of my favorite lines from the translation of Strindberg's The Ghost Sonata I read for Theatre History in my freshman year. Mostly, it's because I just really liked that line. Likewise, the subtitle is, "it could be worse! we could be stuck in the audience!" from one of my favorite lines in Muppet Treasure Island. (Statler and Waldorf are the figureheads on the bow of the ship. They're discussing how much it sucks to be stuck on said bow.)

4. My default userpic is ____ because ____: Linus and his blue blanket in A Charlie Brown Christmas, forlornly staring at the fail-tree. Because it's seasonal and I've been sort of feeling like the fail-tree lately.

Current Mood: pensive

Title: Beauty Incarnate
Author: sweetmelodykiss
Pairing: Snarry
Rating: R
Word Count: 100
advent_drabbles Prompt 1: Christmas Candles
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters herein.

( Beauty Incarnate )

1. My username is ______ because ______: 24601, which is a reference to Les Miserables, one of my favoritefavoritefavorite books and musicals. 24601 is Jean Valjean's prisoner number (in the musical, it's not quite as musical in the book), and it's how Javert, the cop that's always after him, sees him, as a criminal and a prisoner instead of a guy with the possibility of reform. It's all dramatic when he reveals it in the play, and he's all, "Who am I? Who am IIII? TWO-FOUR-SIX-OH-OOOOOOOOOONE." And in the version I saw at least he ripped his shirt open and was all, "CHECK MY 24601 TAT," and I was all, "OKAY YOU'RE AN AWESOME SINGER BUT YOU GOT A POT BELLY, PUT THAT SHIT AWAY."

2. My name is _____ because ______: "disgruntled goat" because he had his moments. It's from a Simpsons episode, where they got to Itchy and Scratchyland and it's a parody of Westworld, and Bart and Lisa are in the gift shop and Lisa asks about all these different stuffed animals on one of the shelves. Bart says they were from a failed Itchy and Scratchy variety hour I think? Anyways, one of them was Disgruntled Goat, and when Lisa says they weren't very good, Bart goes, "I dunno, Disgruntled Goat had his moments." And since I'm the goat girl, and the Simpsons girl, I had to use it. It was about time I changed it from "(william) control freak".

3. My journal is titled ____ because ____: "This Journal is Property of Rut Ru Enterprises, Inc./and he seduced my mom to get it". From Minghags. One of (MY LOVE) Brandon DiCamillo's characters is Rut Ru, an evil corporate man who steals Dico's other character's invention, and he seduces his mom to get it, and I'm so fucking in love with Brandon DiCamillo it went from not even funny to kind of funny again, so I used it.

4. My default userpic is ____ because ____: Seth Green and Joel McHale, when Seth pretty much climbed Joel like a redwood on The Soup. I couldn't stop watching that bit, because I love tiny tiny Seth Green and Joel's all giant and and and yeah. Hi.

In other news you guys, I finished NaNo with a completed story! I had to kill Burton at the end, poor guy, but I finished the story! First time I've managed to do that, even though I ended with less words than my previous attempts, which had... way more story to go. Like, a lot. A lot a lot.

Title: Shaken
Author: lilyseyes
Characters: Harry Potter/Severus Snape
Challenge: harry100 #59: Quidditch
Rating: R
Length: 100x4
Warnings: *AU, chan – Harry is 14, set during GOF*
Summary: Harry just wants to escape to somewhere that no one can find him.
The Erastes Series.
Disclaimer: JKR owns the Potterverse – I just play in it. No money is made from these amateur works.

Thanks to the_minx_17 for the once over! *muchas smoochas*

Current Mood: sleepy

This month, (not) looking forward to getting up at 7am every day. May not seem much of a challenge to most of the people here, but it's 2-3 hours earlier than I normally wake up, and I take fucking with my sleeping hours very bad (as opposed to fucking with the diet). Didn't get much sleep this night, being nervous and literally scared to envision how I'll manage to go through the day. (See why I'm doing this?)

Hopefully it gets better when I'll be compelled to go to sleep earlier. Sleep deprivation is not a goal, and neither is suffering. Actually, my feelings are irrelevant, but if I feel nice about it, it's even amusing (relax and enjoy the abuse, lol). And self-pity is definitely not helpful.

So, if I say or do anything extraordinary stupid during the current month, please consider the excuse that I may be too trashed to think properly ;) Just kidding. The challenge includes being able to function approx. within the normal parameters.

Current Mood: optimistic

Ladies and gentlemen, I am now a three-time NaNoWriMo winner. Now I just need to edit the hell out of The Fangirl's Guide to Life and finish doing the first draft of Better Than Truth.

Current Mood: happy

I've been on twitter for less than two hours and I can't deal. AHHH

TITLE: 101 POSITIONS IN 20 MINUTE
AUTHOR: PEJA
RATING: PG-13, I think.
FANDOM: ALIAS SMITH AND JONES
PAIRING: HEYES/CURRY
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This came about when I saw the logo on a friend's shirt....which is now the title. It is just one of several stories on WWOMB as the direct result of a challenge issued from said logo. I fixated, OK?
Also, I want to break the ice on my Alias Smith And Jones list.
And so it begins
SUMMARY: Heyes wins something intriguing in a poker game.
FEEDBACK: better get some or I'm on strike.
Website: http://www.squidge.org/~peja/
DISCLAIMER: Don't own them in anything but spirit, but oh boy do they have spirit
NOTE: This fic goes xover in the next part so I'm tagging it xover


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Without fail, nearly every weekday morning until the middle of the afternoon, my life is hell. I'm just really frustrated.

Title:Dance for me
Author: PEJA
Fandom 24
Pairing: Evil Alan York/Jack Bauer
Rating: R
Summary: Alan takes a step out of time.
Disclaimer: Don't own them, don't care.
Archive: Ask before posting anywhere. I insist on the headers remaining intact including the two MLs that this story is written to activate.
Warning: this is an AU. I couldn't figure out how to drop the characters out of that 24 hour time frame without slipping in some AU moments.
Disclaimer: 24 belongs to its creators.

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Title: Always
Author: sweetmelodykiss
Pairing: Snarry
Rating: PG
Summary: Severus ponders his future with Harry
Word Count: 326
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the character herein. All are owned by JKR. No copyright infringement is intended.
Written for severus_sighs challenge: Make Torina happy.

Always

I'm going to be playing a Cheryl-character-sibling.

Megan, do you have any advice for me? How will I ever fill your shoes?

< brb > is not an acceptable HTML.

Using it whilst coding tables will not end well.

That is all.

Current Mood: sleepy

Robert Rodriguez's Predators is shooting in the Austin area with Adrien Brody and Topher Grace in the rethinking of the 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Well, shit, I need to go to Austin.

Current Mood: stressed

Stolen from barush. How to do this meme: Using only EPISODE names from ONE TV SHOW, cleverly answer these questions. Try not to repeat an episode title. It's a lot harder than you think! Repost as "My life according to (show)".

Describe yourself: "Facets"
How do you feel: "Broken Link"
Describe where you currently live: "Far Beyond the Stars"
If you could go anywhere where would you go: "Past Tense"
Your favorite form of transportation: "Through the Looking Glass"
Your best friend is: "Distant Voices"
What's the weather like: "Statistical Probabilities"
Favorite time of day: "In the Pale Moonlight"
If your life was a TV show, it would be called: "Crossover"
What is life to you: "The Darkness and the Light"
Your fear: "Invasive Procedures"
What is the best advice you have to give: "Favor the Bold"
Thought for the Day: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite"
How I would like to die: "Blaze of Glory"
My soul's present condition: "Shadows and Symbols"
My motto: "It's Only a Paper Moon"

Current Mood: amused

Finally saw the infamous "Inglourious Basterds". I had the file for ages but in such a lousy quality that I had considered waiting for the DVD, until I get really bored or something.

So, after all the hype, it left me entirely unimpressed - and I don't think it's the quality of the video which had spoiled it. The plot is boring, the characters are boring, you don't care what happens with any of them either way (with one exception, see below), it's neither shocking nor depressing nor amusing nor atmospheric.

The alleged blood & gore (e.g. scalping) is shown very briefly and is too obviously fake. I had expected to see more of Basterds' action, as a proof why they are supposed to be so fearsome - but most of the movie is talking talking talking. Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) looks and acts like a clown with a funny moustache. Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz (Til Schweiger) is just hanging around looking bored (although I do appreciate the 4 seconds of the whipping scene :)

The only redeeming quality of this movie is the character of Col. Hans Landa - he is intelligent, devious, charming, subtle and dangerous - everything one wants to see in the movie character! The bargaining bit at the end spoils it a little, but I suppose it was a followup to the intro, when he mentions that he knows how to think like a Jew. And the scene when he uncovers the disguise of the pseudo-Italians in the movie theater had totally cracked me up!

A couple more scenes worth watching:

- The capture and murder of Sgt. Werner Rachtman (a German soldier who chose death over betrayal, that was at least touching)

- the torture scene of Bridget von Hammersmark (not much to see but heck, with 2.5 hours of trash, you gotta be grateful for every bit of amusement you've got)

Also, I've learned a new bar game :)

Current Mood: bored