Snarry Holidays

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I'd been working on my Snarry Swap piece all day yesterday and I finally got some of it done to my satisfaction. I've got the base layer of Snape's face finished, so I'm really happy about that. Usually his face is the hardest to do and that's why I like to finish it first. I have the basic outline for the rest of his body drawn in, but I might change it.

I also tried to start on Harry's face, but although it was coming out prettily, the styles clashed too much. It wasn't cohesive at all. So I had to delete Harry and I'll have to start over again for him. It also looks like I'll have to resize the canvas. It's huge now, but as it is now there isn't enough room for Harry. I'll have to do something about that, but I'll probably stop tonight and try it again tomorrow.

I've been feeling horrible all day. My ear on my left side is completely plugged up and I've been having trouble hearing what people are saying to me. Instead of getting better as I'd hoped, my cold has gotten worse. I had a runny nose briefly earlier last night and now it's stopped up, so it's hard to breathe. And to top it off I have a throat full of mucus and a painful hacking cough. ARGH!

I've been taking vitamin C and lozenges and cough syrup and it doesn't seem to be doing much of anything for my cold. I ran out of lozenges tonight, so I have to get more tomorrow and I'd really rather just stay in bed, feeling miserable.

I have to wait until Monday to call the doctor again and see what he can do about the ears at least. The medicine I'm using hasn't helped and it's been several days now. Right now I feel congested in so many ways it's not funny. I'm really, really upset because I don't know if I'll be able to get any sleep like this. It's just starting Sunday :(

( WriSoMiFu Day 22 - Part 2 Recs You Might Not Expect From Me  )

Hey, I'm posting before midnight, it's a miracle.

Teen boys suck! At least the one that bailed on my daughter does. LOL I had to go see New Moon after all. I can honestly say that it was better than the first (but that wouldn't take much), and that I even laughed quite a few times. (Laughing at the ending earned me several nasty looks from my daughter. But what can I say, that ending was hilarious!) The lack of...shall I say sound effects (read the sighs, ooohhs, and aahhhhs) from women MY age helped as well. Although, I do believe my daughter now has more incentinve to try and get me to read the books (good luck dear, I bleed stuborn), she is sick to death of me commenting and asking questions durring the movies.

Jeff took the boys to see Planet 51, the boys enjoyed it, and Jeff said it was ok. Found out Gary Oldman is the voice of the General. :)

I fear I am going to fail on my Mini_Fest story. It's been opened on my computer everyday for the last week and every time I go to type...I just freeze up. I have no idea what is holding me back, I really should have a case of the "It's never going to be good enough"s, but it seems I do. I shall continue trying up to the deadline, though.

My turkey will end up in a cooler after all. Lucky we had one just the right size to both give the turkey room, and that fits in the fridge. I shall start my brine tomorrow. Jeff will be pleased. I also think I'm going to change up what I put in it this year too. I'm not going to bother with stock or broth, but I'm thinking of adding some pineapple and orange juice. I am thinking the amount of water that goes in will be enough to dilute the acid enough so that it doesn't start cooking the bird. I will be watching it closely though.

I have been in a great deal of pain the past few days. Today the right kidney area of my back has been killing me. Which brings back memories of the stone I had when pregnant with my youngest. (that fucker was the size of a pea, and they refused to admit me to the hospital for it. The only consulation I had afterward, was how horrified my doctor acted when he found out what had happened to me over the weekend.) The only thing that has kept me from going to the ER is the lack of other symptoms. With the last one, I felt like I almost had a bladder infection. I am hoping a decent nights sleep will cure the pain. (although I am pretty sure there is only one cure, and it is about 2 months away)

I hope everyone is having a good weekend. *hugs*

Title: Too Good to Hide
Author: alisanne
Rating: PG
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Word Count: 100
Genre: Humor
Warnings: None that I am aware of.
A/N: Written for centaury_squill, who correctly guessed which fic I wrote for the snarry_ldws. Her request was Snarry, prompt: Kilt.
Beta: sevfan
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

( Too Good to Hide )

Finished the pathfinder, both paper and web versions, and submitted 4 hours before deadline. *does happy dance* Only one more major assignment, plus a final exam, for the two LIS classes, if I remember correctly. Will double-check tomorrow. Possibly a minor thing or two as well, not sure.

Also today took SO out to lunch, went to four stores for grocery and other shopping, and made a white-bean-and-greens dish that turned out pretty well (which is good since there's like 3 or 4 more meals' worth!). Watched part of ST:XI during dinner, SO's choice.

Tomorrow: walk Juno (hopefully) and/or do some yard work, work on resume and job apps, cook for the first half of the week, talk to maternal unit, and do some reading for classes.

Other things to do over the next week: start writing holiday letter/cards, make a lot of cranberry bread, possibly bake regular bread, write/edit some fic, work on last big LIS assignment, go to the art museum, cook a lot, clean the house, and do the last course preps for the term. I was really really clever and managed to schedule things so that I don't have any grading of substance to do over Thanksgiving, go me!

Title: In The Rhythm Of Loving You
By: Bridget McKennitt
Pairing: RPS - Jared Padalecki/Jensen Ackles
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 1297
Challenge: supernatural100's prompt spring
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: Set a few days after Jared proposes to Jensen. Part of the Moving At Lightspeed Into Eternity verse. Masterpost with chronological order here.

In The Rhythm Of Loving You

I don't like football, except for the lulz factor that comes from men in lots of padding falling all over the place, but in this case, I wholeheartedly approve of what they're trying to sell to me!

Happy Birthday today to

mom2enk!

and



phoenixsong71!

Many happy returns! ♥

My brother ODed again. My mom tried to wake him and couldn't, so she got my nephew R awake and called the paramedics. D, my brother, is back in the hospital again, and again, R is staying with me. I told my brother before that if he did this again, I was going to kill him. Now I have to figure out how.

The paramedics told my mom in front of R that they thought it was another drug overdose, so now R knows about it. He's livid. And yet, after we talked about it, he said he really doesn't want to go back to his mother, either. He asked, "is my dad going to jail?" He's not; not that I don't wish he would. Maybe that would teach him. Not that it ever has, before. But I told R no. The boys both helped me go through D's room for drugs. This time we couldn't find the methadone that my brother said he took. The boys found a marijuana stash, though. They were all keen to watch me flush it down the toilet until they discovered my brother's porn stash *facepalm*.

I'm so angry I can't even form a coherent sentence. I'm signing off.

Title: Sweet Kisses
Rating : R
Author: lilyseyes
Word Count: 100
For:angela_snape who guessed which fall_fantasia story I'd written! The word prompt was 'bond' ~
Warnings: * Implied forced-bonding*
Disclaimer: JKR owns the Potterverse – I just play in it. No money is made from these amateur works.
Summary: The morning after At Last, A Kiss.
Thanks to alisanne for the once over! *smishes you*

( Sweet Kisses )

Title: Malfoy Mistletoe
Author: alisanne
Rating: PG
Pairing: Lucius Malfoy/Hermione Granger, Severus Snape/Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Summary: A Malfoy always has a plan.
Word Count: 520
Genre: Humor, romance
Warnings: Potential threesome.
A/N: Written for for, who correctly guessed which snarry_ldws story was mine. Her request was for Lumione, prompt: Mistletoe.
Beta: sevfan
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

( Malfoy Mistletoe )

Title: A Rough Day
Author: katiebell_0408 
Pairing: Harry/Severus
Word Count: 1,231
Summary: severus_sighs Prompt: Someone punches Severus in the nose. Hard.
Rating: R
Disclaimer: All characters owned by JK Rowling, I just play with them. No profit is being made. 



A Rough Day

Anyone see the "remake" of "The Prisoner?" They should have skipped borrowing a few decorations from The Prisoner like the title and The Village and just admitted they were making a not terribly original sci fi movie that had nothing to do with a classic bit of mid-century television. I figured it out early on and was mostly reading a rather dull history book with a clever title, "The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company."

The REAL Prisoner had charm, menace, paranoia, complexity, and was a statement of its time. I love it. This show was dull and predictable, even with names instead of numbers.

Watched SGU again, mostly because it was on and I like the nerd. I hate the episodes where we go back to earth for some soap opera and sex. This was primarily one of those. I don't know what the producers were thinking but it obviously wasn't "maybe we should make some good sci fi television about people isolated a million light years from earth." "Sanctuary" wasn't a winner either. Yeah, you killed off a primary character. Sure you did. Uh-huh. Pull the other one.

I did enjoy the almost final episode (sob!) of "Monk." The former former former police lieutenant. We knew he couldn't handle being back on the force after all those years on his own. And we knew Natalie would hate her new boss. So it wasn't full of suspense or surprise but just Monk being Monk. And Stottlemeyer being Stottlemeyer.

It's me, doing things and having culture and stuff!
that is the entrance to Jones Hall from the underground parking garage that spans the underbelly of the entire Theater District. Cool art, for an underground lair. :D

Brahms was excellent. Mahler was odd. It was a great night.

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 )

The black light in my son's room died, so he replaced it. It was maybe 2.5 feet long. So he had this dead bulb. I don't know where he thought he was going to dispose of it. I don't know why he was trying to use it as a baton. It's a man thing.

The good news is that nobody got hurt.

The resultant explosion when he dropped it and it hit the floor threw leetle tiny shards of black glass over an area 3 yards in radius.

Okay, we might have over-reacted a bit. But, I mean, mercury gas? Not cool. Opened the windows and evacuated that part of the house for a few minutes, while I worried about the wellfare of the dog.

And then there was much cleaning. And after a while outbreaks of giggles at how far away glass shards had traveled and what odd places they had landed. Because of the angle of a bookcase, I thought my Snape collection was totally safe, although books on the other side of it were covered with glass. But on careful examination I found one - one - tiny piece of broken tube among the Harry Potter Christmas ornaments. (Those are on display all year, by the way. I'm not celebrating Christmas this year.)

I figure an hour of vacuuming, including replacing the belt on the vacuum, is ample punishment for Faeon's temporary stupidity.

Back in my Quantum Leap days, I tended to be more of a fan of Dean Stockwell than Scott Bakula. And I'm proud of my record of watching very little television aside from MSNBC and HBO.

Nevertheless, I am more excited about Men of a Certain Age than I have been about any show since the premiere of True Blood.



I mean, face it, the man is gorgeous.

. . . but until then, more random posts.

severus_sighs posted their interview with jadzialove, who just happens to be my beta. *squishes her*

I must point you especially to her answer to number #5, "What is it about Severus you find sexy?" because OMG it's a great answer (in under 100 words).