| evening out |
[Nov. 6th, 2009|09:54 pm] |
This evening the lovely ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) alisanne was in town, so we met up for dinner and tea and much chatter of fandom and other topics. It was quite a nice time.
Now I must prepare for my weekend adventure in Austin, plus try to make some progress on my art coming due. |
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| Small Victories |
[Nov. 6th, 2009|12:30 pm] |
Tuesday morning I took Truck to town. It was one of those do-it-now impulses that I am prone to, and I reasoned that 9am on a weekday morning would probably give me the least amount of traffic to contend with. (Not that there's much traffic out here at any time. If I pass three cars on that road it rates as rush hour.) There are some curves on the winding road down into town that I don't even like in the Toyota, since they don't have a shoulder and there is a steep drop on the outside. However, I reminded myself that Truck is only six inches wider than the Toy, and off I went. No problem. I drove to town, turned around in the museum parking lot, and came back--for a total round trip excursion of twelve miles. Now I feel a lot more relaxed about driving the thing.
This morning I bagged Chuck's three-piece suits for the trash. He worked for IBM for 17 years and I worked for Xerox for 18. When we moved up here, we both brought along our suits, and I packed my high heels as well. Naturally we never wore any of it, but who was to know? My suits are still in boxes in storage, somewhere, but his suits were hanging in the closet covered with a film of dust. They were beautiful wool suits, and Chuck got them from a Hong Kong clothier who was recommended to him by another IBMer. We called the guy Hong Kong Harry. He came to the Los Angeles area every six months or so and took a motel room. Customers came into have their measurements taken, selected what fabric they wanted, and handed over a check. About a month later some absolutely gorgeous wool suits showed up in the mail.
I kept putting off doing anything with the suits, telling myself that I could offer them to the local Little Theatre group, or maybe recycle the cloth. Some women do that; cut their husband's old clothes up into largish squares and sew them together into comforters. I finally faced the fact that I was never going to do either of those things, so away they go. It has only taken me nine months. |
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| Winter skies |
[Nov. 6th, 2009|05:02 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | clouds, photos, sky | ] |
| [ | Current Location |
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After days of wind and rain, the weather calmed down.
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| Update, Progress, Beta Wanted! |
[Nov. 5th, 2009|12:14 pm] |
I have been hard at work! And I have to say, not one of my art pieces so far look like they were remotely drawn by the same artist! XD I've experimented with a lot of new things, so expect surprises :)
Progress so far:
Snupin Santa - done, waiting to be mailed!
Snarry Holidays - done, waiting to be mailed!
Snapely Hols - done and delivered!
HP Yule Ball - in outline form
Smutty Claus - not started
DmHG Fic Exchange - not started
HP Genfic exhange - half done
Wizard Love - waiting for assignment
HP Valensmut - not started
This is on top of my NaNoWriMo (currently at 8k, and I'm hoping to get to 12k tonight) and the Fic That Ate My Brain and Sold My Soul, aka Pain Management, a Snape/Hermione post-war BDSM fic. It grew from a short little smutty one-shot to a 5-chapter story with PLOT!
I posted to HP betas, but no-one's replied so far, so I'll try prodding the Flist. I need someone who's good with transitions. I generally can come up with some really decent plot and characterisation, but my strength is in short, emotionally-packed vignettes. So longer stories with one or more transitions can be a bit of a struggle. A beta good with Britishisms would be dearly loved as well!
All but the last chapter revolve around purely consensual het and BDSM, and a variety of kinks - not all the chapters are written yet so I can't tell you for sure what all will end up included. The last chapter DOES have some dubcon and torture and a bit of slash with other characters. Happy ending though, never fear!
If you're willing to work with me, please comment or drop me a line - I have gmail accounts to match my IJ accounts :) |
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| still here, still hacking |
[Nov. 4th, 2009|12:42 pm] |
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Just a big thank you and hugs to all who sent well-wishes on my having caught (and apparently caged deep in my lungs) the scourge of the ages; i.e. - h1n1.
I'm *still* badly fatigued and ill. I can manage sitting up a couple times a day and using the laptop, but most of the time I'm down and coughing my torso muscles into painful jelly. There is no energy for anything else.
I miss my flist. I hope to catch up eventually. For now... recovery.
I leave you with these words of wisdom: Letter to young American women |
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| More help please? Fanfic/Fanart hosting? |
[Nov. 3rd, 2009|02:35 pm] |
(Crossposted to LJ)
I am looking for ONE site for uploading my Harry Potter fanfic *and* fanart. So I need a site that will accept ANY rating and ANY pairing, as well as art. T_T Not asking for much....just the moon, aye? @_@
But seriously, I promise a nice smutty drabble of 100-300 words, ANY pairing, your choice of a kink, in return for helping me find a site that can do this. |
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| An Angel's Touch - Chapter 20 |
[Nov. 2nd, 2009|03:48 pm] |
Credits and notes as for Part I, except that, since OWL and the House Cup are keeping Annie so busy, the final beta passes on this and subsequent chapters are by geyer.
( An Angel's Touch ) |
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| An Angel's Touch - Chapter 19 |
[Nov. 1st, 2009|10:56 am] |
Credits and notes as for Part I, except that, since OWL and the House Cup are keeping Annie so busy, the final beta pass on this and subsequent chapters is by geyer.
( An Angel's Touch ) |
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| Update, but no progress |
[Oct. 30th, 2009|03:58 pm] |
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I'm all over the place these days. I'm still working, but I'm more on my last leg than I ever was. At least, for a long time now. I've never looked forward to going to work, but since the manager change, it's been even more so. I'm looking at my options and I've printed out numerous copies of my resume, but I'm completely lost. I really don't know what to do. *sighs*
I'm more depressed than anything else.
And this is exactly what this is, my depression and anxiety going untreated. I would love more than anything to be on medication and possibly have a nice stint in a lovely, controlled nuthouse somewhere. Or maybe just see a therapist, but I could use almost any reason to get away from daily life. I just can't afford any of that.
Am headed back to work for my second shift of the day and will try not to go crazy. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's (Saturday, October 31, 2009) potentially offensive costume. I do look rather cute in it, if I do say so. Which I do. :)
Danielle |
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| Star Trek Halloween... Finally!!!!!! |
[Oct. 30th, 2009|03:10 pm] |
I finally went out to snag a Halloween costume and what should I stumble upon? Trek costumes, of course. And... Michael Jackson, but this post isn't about him or vampires or race car drivers or any of that other stuff I didn't take pictures of.
It's about Trek and our local contributions to starting the little ones on their lifetime journey of loving ST.
 <-- Is this your kid??? It should be!
( Cut to save your lists. ) |
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| An Angel's Touch - Chapter 18 |
[Oct. 30th, 2009|12:33 pm] |
Credits and notes as for Part I, except that since OWL is keeping Annie so busy, the final beta pass on this and subsequent chapters is by geyer.
( An Angel's Touch ) |
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| A Little Too Helpful |
[Oct. 29th, 2009|03:46 pm] |
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The remodeling project is complete! I have a kitchenette downstairs where I can make hors d'oeuvres and mixed drinks if I want to throw a wild party. The stairs and half of the upper deck are roofed over, and so is the new redwood deck that Adam built downstairs. He finished on Tuesday, packed up his tools on Wednesday,(leaving the place looking rather empty -- he brings along everything he could conceivably need) and left this afternoon for Italy.
Filled with enthusiasm, I went to the hardware store this morning to get a couple of gallons of white paint for the deck railings. I was looking for fence paint, but they didn't seem to have any. A helpful clerk spotted me peering at the paint cans and asked if I needed assistance. I explained what I needed. He proudly showed off his white house paint at $29 a gallon and pointed out that it contained silicone. Okay. I guess that's good. I said I'd take two gallons.
"Flat, semi-gloss, or gloss?" he asked. That was easy, flat. "Do you want white, or TRUE white?" he asked with a gimlet-eyed stare. Responding to my dubious expression, he explained grandly that all white paint has black in it. Now, I am aware of white that tends toward blue, green, red, or anything else you care to name, but white with black in it is usually called GREY.
Sensing my hesitation, he trotted out his Explain to the Little Woman manner and showed me two sample swatches. One of them was a nice brilliant white and the other was... grey. At that point I gave him my best fluttering-eyelashes look and said, "Maybe I'd better ask my husband exactly what he wants," and left.
I went to Mendo Mill, the local builder's supply, and bought two cans of their white Barn and Fence paint for $17 a gallon. |
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| Update |
[Oct. 26th, 2009|02:57 pm] |
Hi, All - ![[info - personal]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) chazpure here. odogoddess asked me to log in and let everyone know she's got the crud. :-( She came down sick last Tuesday night, while we were out of town, and since she had her flu shot early, we're pretty sure she's got H1N1.
( more info ) |
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| ART: The Duellist (Godric, Salazar, PG) |
[Oct. 25th, 2009|08:20 pm] |
Title: The Duellist
Artist: zephre
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Godric, Salazar, unknown wizard.
Rating: PG
Warnings: implied mild violence
Genres: friendship, could be romance
Artist's Notes: Drawn for vega_pandanina for the Founders' Gifts exchange. I went with a Norse-looking Godric as per the request.
Summary: Godric always won. Soon there would be no one in Alba but Salazar willing to duel him.
( full image under cut ) |
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| At the Faire |
[Oct. 25th, 2009|08:04 pm] |
I ran away to the circus.. er, Renaissance Festival today!
It was pirate weekend, so I got into a pseudo-costume (I wore jeans), and met Donna, Jon, Lando and some friends.
It was a long drive, by the way. Geez. It seems so much shorter when there is another person in the car.
This is us in front of the waterwheel by the carousel, which was the designated "let's all meet here" location.
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