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November 6th, 2009

Just a few thoughts

[info]madam_minnie
11/6/09 10:07 pm
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Just a few points today:

  • My final grade for school posted today and I'm ecstatic that it was a 98.5% it brought my GPA up to 3.8 which is still shy of honors but not by much. I can't even begin to tell you how great it feels to be done with school.

  • Found a loaner Blackberry at work so I'm not without a phone this weekend. A new one's been ordered for me so it's only temporary but the poor thing is so old it has the Cingular logo on it. Hehehehe. It gets my email and I can get text and make calls so it's good for now.

  • Mom finally caved and signed up for a 2-year contract with T-Mobile. She's been month to month for close to 10 years. I kid you not! In that time she's paid bills ranging from $140 to $210 but wouldn't sign a contract. I could not get her to budge. Today, she finally agreed and we got new phones and added the daughter to the plan.

  • Tonight is family game night so we're waiting for [info] orlando_mcnally to come home from his Poker gig to play. I should've taken a nap like I usually do. It's usually a late night.

  • I'm going to search for silver and green Christmas decorations tomorrow. It's a Slytherin year. If you'd like to send me Christmas decorations this year in lieu of cards, I would greatly appreciate it.

  • My medical benefits have gone up for next year but I had to choose the non-deductible plan. The plan I have now is $500 family deductible and we haven't even met that this year and it's NOVEMBER. Plan premium's gone up by $100 per month, at least I'm hoping it's per month and not biweekly or I'm going to have a coronary.


Off to finish plotting the Harry/Draco fic. I actually added 500 words to it yesterday! Yay me!
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Brain dead, and CSA

[info]celandineb
11/6/09 08:51 pm
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Okay, I'm in not too bad of shape with this assignment, I guess, unless I've woefully misinterpreted what it's supposed to do. The instructions were... terse. But my brain is seriously shutting down, so I'm going to quit working on it for tonight and come back in the morning.

CSA this week included: daikon, red radishes, turnips, a few little carrots, garlic, cherry tomatoes, lettuce, arugula, turnip greens (in addition to those on the turnips), dandelion greens, and purple beans. [Still around from previous weeks: cherry tomatoes, radishes, daikon, turnips, acorn squash, butternut squash, beets.] Turnip puree again, probably; cook some of the red radishes for SO; plain steamed beans; lettuce salad. I might turn the other greens into a tart (don't have that recipe online yet). I also have a recipe for shrimp with cherry tomatoes and feta (also not online) and have a pound of frozen shrimp, so maybe that (using last week's tomatoes, which are now about ripe).

Other than that... Taught classes. Got prep done for Monday for both classes. Had a meeting. Dealt with work email. Dictated about 800 words each on two different fics; one for a fest, the other DD. Played some with Juno.

Now waiting for SO to get home. He'd indicated he was going to try to get home early tonight, but that didn't happen; he decided he really needed to work out since he hadn't all week. Okay, fair enough, and I worked on the assignment meantime. But if he doesn't get back soon, we probably can't have our Friday night date since restaurants around here close pretty dang early even on weekends. So we'll see. There are some leftovers if we end up not doing anything tonight.
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6th November 2009 20:34 - Lost and Held

[info]gatewaygirl posting in [info]daily_deviant
11/6/09 08:38 pm
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Title: Lost and Held
Author: [info]gatewaygirl
Characters: Sirius, Peter
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Castration, sex, cross-dressing, manipulation
Themes/kinks chosen: Eunuchs/Castrati, Costumes
Word Count: 5,317
Summary: An accident gives Sirius and Peter a shared secret
Author's notes: November prompts included the theme "eunuchs/castrati". It's listed in the tags as "castration", which would have been a rather different story. I have been as accurate as I could manage with the theme, but certainly do not guarantee all details are correct. ;-) Thanks to Clauclauclaudia for very short-notice beta work.


( Lost and Held )
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Day 6: Slash Chat

[info]r_grayjoy
11/6/09 12:32 pm
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This is for [info]alisanne, [info]eeyore9990, [info]sassy_cissa, and [info]unbroken_halo (who've been there from the beginning), and everyone who's ever spent time with us. I want to let you all know how much the chats and all the word wars have meant to me over the last few (is it almost three now??) years. I was initially ecstatic to find a group of like-minded, slash-inclined geeks with whom I could talk on a regular basis, OMG! It was amazing how physical distance never seemed to matter and I felt like you all were right there in the room with me at times. Giving and receiving so much feedback and encouragement helped my writing to improve more than I can possibly comprehend. It's been great watching all of us change and grow as writers and artists.

If you don't know what the heck this is all about, the explanation is here.
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Happy birthday!

[info]celandineb
11/6/09 07:53 am
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Many happy returns, [info]highlyeccentric!

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Speaking of voting...

[info]eeyore9990
11/5/09 10:27 pm
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I am utterly disappointed in all of you. Well. All but thirteen of you!

Thirteen is a good number, but fifteen beats it. Why is that significant? Because fifteen of you voted to allow [info]lilyseyes to beat me in my utterly fair and balanced poll.

But fear not, my brave thirteen! [info]leela_cat wrote us a fic ANYWAY! Because we are obviously awesome. *nod nod*

Deathfic! Yay!!!

Go forth, ye fabulous ones, and read There Had Been a Plan.
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The Greater Goodzilla and the Doomed Gingerbread Castle of Doom.

[info]didodikali posting in [info]daily_deviant
11/6/09 02:55 pm
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Title: The Greater Goodzilla and the Doomed Gingerbread Castle of Doom.
Artist: [info]didodikali
Media: pencil.
Characters: Albus, Gellert.
Rating: NC-17.
Warnings: Haha. No.
Themes/kinks chosen: costumes, symphorophilia

( Rarrrgh! Rahhhr! Graaahr! Arrrrhahahahahaha! )
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November 5th, 2009

Where did the day go?

[info]celandineb
11/5/09 07:05 pm
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Did not get nearly as much done, work-wise, as I hoped. More household/personal stuff.

( Done dids: )

[info]3fan_holidays will be running once again! This is the small ficlet fest I mod, now in its fifth year. Wow. It's a low-commitment, very friendly little exchange; participants only have to write as few as 100 words (up to 2000 max), in one of three fandoms: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, or Pirates of the Caribbean. You don't have to be familiar with more than one, and you can request fic in a fandom you're not comfortable writing. Go here for the info/signup post, and spread the word!

Finally finished and posted the next installment of HotM. I need to edit/submit a fest fic, finish another (which is becoming rather longer than I thought initially), and start on December's DD. Phew. Then there'll be Yuletide fic to write, too, and 3fan. Clearly my sanity is, hm, marginal when it comes to all this.

  • Worse Things to Do [Kirk/McCoy, adult]: The last night that he and McCoy are in Atlanta, Kirk finally meets Jocelyn. Here at IJ.
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It's a wonder I can still dress myself

[info]madam_minnie
11/5/09 01:53 pm
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Talk about having a bad day! I was feeling achy yesterday afternoon and by 3 o'clock I knew I needed to leave the office if I was going to make it home in one piece. The aches are arthritic, I know this and I get them from time to time when the barometric pressure changes so not overly concerned but I know that if I don't get home, take some painkillers and lie down, I end up feeling like the Tin Man. Anyway, got home, took meds, crawled into bed and slept for an hour. Felt better and even got to watch the full Yankees/Phillies game (GO YANKS!) before my head started to ache. Took an ibuprofen and went to bed. Forgot that I'd left my unfinished coffee on my bedside table and fell promptly asleep.

Alarm goes off at 5:30 and my head is reeling. I can barely open my eyes in the almost black room (I keep all the curtains closed off real tight) and reach for the Blackberry to snooze the alarm. I do so, put it back in the cradle and go back to sleep. 10 minutes later, the snooze goes off and I decide that I should really just call in. Reaching for the Blackberry with one eye open, I find that I've dunked it in my coffee cup. Yes, I'm a dork! Panicked, I sit up fast which did not help my headache ONE BIT and take the phone into the bathroom where the light almost knocks me over. Migraine! Lovely! I try to dry it off with my hairdryer with cool air (thank God for that feature or I'd fry the phone) but it's no use. I can still hear a bit of the coffee swishing around inside. Dammit!

I try to wake my daughter up (as it's now past 6:10 and she needs to be at the bus stop by 6:30) and find she's in pain too. Lower back, beginnings of a UTI. She's had so many of them we can diagnose her without medical intervention, I kid you not. No fever but achy. I go back to my bed, wake hubby to help her and explain that I have to e-mail my bosses and let them know I won't be in today. While he helps her get into the bathroom and take a shower (usually helps her muscles that atrophy from her trying to adjust in her sleep to avoid the pain) I e-mail my bosses and the Telecomm lady to let know that the 3rd Blackberry I've had in 2 years, needs to be replaced AGAIN. Thankfully, she's got a sense of humor and knows my pain so she just laughed and said she'd order me a new one.

Thing is, I don't have another phone. Hubby uses my T-Mobile phone and he decided to pick up a gig go play Poker during the day so he's off doing that while daughter and I are at home, achy without a phone. At least, I can e-mail people and post LJ entries like this one.

I swear some days I wonder why I even bother rolling out of bed!

And for those who need to know how to salvage your wet phone, [info] enelya_oronar sent me this DIY link. Which I hope helps. Blackberry's submerged in rice can right now.
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Day 5: [info]kabal42

[info]r_grayjoy
11/5/09 07:53 am
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Wow, this is a hard one. Have you ever felt something about someone (their presence or aura, something they exude, a way you feel around them) that you can't quite figure out how to express in words? I have that with you. I sense something powerful about you that I can't begin to describe.

You're intelligent, diverse, strong, passionate, and genuinely interesting. You have a lot of love to give. Your writing is wonderfully vivid with complex layers of feeling. I'm truly fortunate to have been able to spend time with you, and I look forward to seeing you again at some point.

If you don't know what the heck this is all about, the explanation is here.
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Fic: Required Relief (Neville, NC-17)

[info]alisanne posting in [info]daily_deviant
11/5/09 12:00 am
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Title: Required Relief
Author: [info]alisanne
Characters: Neville Longbottom/?
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: BDSM.
Themes/kinks chosen: Clamps
Word Count: 1850
Summary: There are some nights the Neville just needs a break from being in command.
Author's notes: Thanks to [info]sevfan and [info]eeyore9990 for their assistance.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

( Required Relief )
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November 4th, 2009

Garrrr

[info]eeyore9990
11/4/09 10:21 pm
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I had awesome plans to go to bed with hubby and do the snuggly thing and just forget about my current fic for a while. And then the need to write propelled me out of bed (hubby was already asleep, so it's not like I interrupted anything *coughs*). So here I sit.

Like a lump on a log.

Which means, of course, that it's time again for another round of fic bitching! *crowd goes wild*

Character B... oh, Character B. Why must you intimidate me so? Also, what's with the personality disorder you seem to have? Don't you know I want to make you happy in the pants? Cuz I do. I want to make you so happy in the pants that you come back for more (yes, pun is totally intended).

So why, then, aren't you cooperating?

Character A? I'm not sure exactly where you're going with this, but it's unlike you to be reticent. So maybe just cut it out and jump Character B's bones? I realize you're trying to be a better person or whatever, but come ON, man. This fic is due in just over a week and we are at a stand still.

Characters C through infinity? Rock on with your bad selves. I love you all. Seriously.

Me? Please stop with the Britglish in this fic. It's not only not necessary but also... you're doing it wrong!

A whopping 369 words so far today. Which is kinda cool in the fact that any number with 69 in it is obviously shooting for porn, but less cool in the "I still have a lot to write" way.

So come on, self. Characters. We have an hour and a half. Let's get this thing going!
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Dear Yuletide writer...

[info]celandineb
11/4/09 09:10 pm
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Signed up for Yuletide! At the time of my sign-up, no one else had either requested or offered any of the four fandoms I picked. *holding thumbs* They are:

Anne Perry - Thomas and Charlotte Pitt series - Charlotte Pitt
Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah - Sime/Gen series - any characters
Norah Lofts - The Maude Reed Tale - any characters
Rumer Godden - Thursday's Children - Doone Penny, Ruth Sherrin

I'm actually posting this before I complete the sign-up, so I can put a link to it there. (And cross-posting just 'cause I always do, and besides, maybe some of my f-list will be interested.)

( Dear Yuletide writer, I've been a very good girl this year... )
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Fic: Office Boy (Harry/Draco, NC-17)

[info]snegurochka_lee posting in [info]daily_deviant
11/4/09 08:39 pm
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Title: Office Boy
Author: [info]snegurochka_lee
Characters: Harry/Draco
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: EWE, probably. Also, see theme.
Theme chosen: Nipple clamps
Word Count: ~2,500
Summary: Harry watched the single bead of sweat slide down the side of Malfoy's face, slipping behind his ear and disappearing into his hair, and Harry's body gave a shiver at the thought of what was causing Malfoy's tension.
Author's notes: This is for [info]marguerite_26, who was the most insanely tireless cheerleader and beta for my [info]hd_career_fair story last month when I turned into a whinging snowflake of epic proportions and was wringing my hands over ever having been mad enough to sign up for an H/D fest. :) She suggested Harry/Teddy, actually, when I insisted on writing her a reward, but that shall have to wait for another day, because lo, now it seems my brain is all LET'S WRITE MOAR H/D OKAY. :/

( Office Boy )
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Because clearly I love lists

[info]celandineb
11/4/09 05:18 pm
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( Although this is a short one )

Also, yay! My gift in the [info]fall_fantasia exchange was posted yesterday! It's called "Unveiled," and is Draco/Sirius with a side of Severus/Harry. Postwar and PG, and I enjoyed it very much.
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A Book is a book is a book

[info]madam_minnie
11/4/09 03:42 pm
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As many of you know, I've made the leap from print books to eBooks for my reading pleasure ever since I got my iPod Touch. I love reading eBooks and, like many out there, find that I can read them faster in electronic format than I can in print. I don't know why really. It should be the same regardless since it's the same number of words, the format is just different. I, of course, expect to pay a lot less for an eBook than I would pay for a print book and with the number of books I buy per month and the state of our finances right now, eBooks are much more affordable.

Yes, there's the debate over sharing eBooks and DRM and all that crap that, to be honest, annoys me to no end. Everything we do and are able to do with Print books should be made available in eBooks and dammit, if I want to swap books with my girlfriends, I should be able to do so at whim and as many times as I want. 9 times out of 10, my girlfriends go out and buy a book they share with me, so I don't see what the big fuss is. Okay, climbs down from her soapbox on that topic.

Anyway, [info] winnett made a comment (thank you darling for getting my brain going) in an earlier entry of mine about wanting to hold a book in her hands if she's going to pay for it and it got me thinking... so... a poll!

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[info]zoanthropic
11/4/09 01:45 pm
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Nuff said.
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There's no reason for this post

[info]eeyore9990
11/4/09 12:10 pm
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I'm just tired of refreshing my flist to see that no one's updated.

How am I supposed to procrastinate if y'all aren't posting?!
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Ravenous Romance and NaNoWriMo

[info]madam_minnie
11/4/09 10:27 am
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I know many of you are participating in NaNoWriMo this month and some of you may even think to submit your work for publishing (yay!) so I thought I'd share this link with you.

As seen on [info - personal] elisa_rolle's journal:

Get your NaNoWriMo work published at Ravenous Romance



Last year more than 100,000 writers participated, and every year one or two of them get published.

We'd like to increase the odds.

Ravenous Romance novels are 50,000 - 60,000 words. We love finding new writers. So, we'd really like you to write a 50,000 word novel for RR.

Although we publish just about every category of erotic romance, our readers are anxious for more M/M/, paranormal and menage. We'd love to see more science fiction erotic romance, or what we cal Futurotica. And, of course, we always love good contemporary and historical novels.

Our guidelines are up on our website: http://www.ravenousromance.com/images/stories/ravenousromancesubmissionguidelines.pdf

So, from Dec. 1 until New Year's Eve, send us your completed NaNoWriMo erotic romance, and if we think you're good enough, you might win a contract, as well as a $200 advance. Your novel will be published in 2010. Should your work be chosen, we'll interview you on the RR blog and the RR Ning, so you can share your story.

Should the submissions merit it, we'll give out first, second and third place awards, but every novel published will get the $200 advance.

We're looking forward to publishing your NaNoWriMo novel!

Send completed novels, with an outline and a author bio, to: submissions@ravenousromancecom."

Ravenous Romance is a publisher of e-books and audiobooks led by three longtime publishing professionals who see digital publishing as the new mass market. They launched www.ravenousromance.com on December 1, 2008 and have published more than 200 novels, anthologies, and short stories since. Ravenous Romance produces and sells the “Escape with Romance Collection” of trade paperback novels exclusively on HSN, and has licensed print rights to many of its other titles to traditional publishing houses.
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Day 4: [info]twilightsorcery

[info]r_grayjoy
11/4/09 12:36 am
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I'm so glad Jan introduced us when I was moving to Philly, because you're all-around awesome. You're one of the most intelligent and diverse people I've met, either in or out of fandom. Beyond that, though, you're loads of fun and genuinely nice. I miss having you around Philly!

I've watched your art develop and grow, and your talent astounds me. Your work is gorgeous and vivid and carries real feeling.

Now go draw me some Snack and/or Snupin and/or Cain/Glitch, gaaaah!! ;)

If you don't know what the heck this is all about, the explanation is here.
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