tarotgal

Had a great day today, apart from health crap but I don't want to count that or I'd never have a perfect day.


Didn't work again (I really need to start sending out resumes again) so I slept in until noon and took the dog out since Mom drove down to see my sister at college. Then I went online and found one (and then, tonight, two!) more donation(s) for the AIDS Walk. OMG I'm overjoyed! *HUGS All around!*


I spent all of 20 minutes on pornish_pixies and wound up at a Snape/Harry/Lucius pic that TOTALLY inspired me to write a Snarry fic. I know! ME! Me, who said I'd probably NEVER purposefully write one! And though this one is darker than midnight and sort of non-con, it's still Snarry. ANd there's a little sneezing. And WHOA! Me?! WTF? LOL! I've been toying with the idea of trying to write a Snarry fic once, but even time I even think about it the wrongness overpowers me and I can't wrap my head around it canon-wise. So no one was more surprised than me that I leaped upon this bunny!

And then, not even a page and a half into that story, I was suddenly sidetracked with a plot bunny that had been rolling around in my head since I'd been on pornish_pixies and saw a girl!Sirius/girl!Remus pic (which, incidentally, is by the same person as the one above- I should really send some feedback!). It's a terribly fun, naughty fic... and my GODS but I have weird-ass tastes when I write in this fandom! What the heck is it about the Harry Potter fandom that makes me crave ponyboys and perverted fetishes and just about every kink under the sun? There's something SO wrong with that! LMAO

So for most of the day after that (as the fic bits race through my head) I keep feeling like I need to rinse my mind out with soap and water!


I had some soup and then drove across town to the mall (though, thankfully, I didn't actually have to go IN the mall). I went to Borders and bought two copies of 'A Breath of Snow and Ashes' by Diana Gabaldon (one for me, one for my mother). I'm dying to read it but I think I need to re-read 'Firey Cross' first. Or at least the end part of it. Maybe chapter 26 onward because I looooooove chapter 26 (OMG adorable-sneezing-Jamie!). Then I went to Best Buy and (with a my gift card from last Christmas) bought Robots on DVD. Okay, yeah, I'm silly but it's cute and it's Ewan so I'm roped into buying it.

Then I headed next door to the Metro (subway) station and got a card that'll last me for my next scheduled trips into Washington DC. And then I headed to Judiciary Square (just a block or so from the MCI Center where the caps play, so 'Let's Go Caps' banners were everywhere!!! YIPPIE! I can't wait until their game Friday!) and the AIDS Walk meeting. OH my gods, but the people were so nice! Of course I expected them to be (the head coordinator changed my shift so I don't have to worry about getting there at 6:30am since the Metro doesn't even start running until 7am). But everyone seems SO nice and my team leader was definitely the cutest guy in the room. Too bad he's gay and lives in Richmond (3+ hours away) but still. YAY! I'm so excited about Saturday now! On the way home I hopped on the wrong color train but realized the mistake and switched in time. Then I had incredible trouble with the machine that gives out the parking cars (so I could get out of the parking lot). I didn't have enough change (I needed $10) so I put in my $20 and the machine doesn't take those. Grrr. Then I tried my Debit card (both as a Debit and a Credit Card) and my other Credit Card and the machine said NONE were authorized! So I had to use the ATM to get out a $10 bill and use that (and pay $2 for the processing, grrr!) but I finally got my parking pass and went to leave. The car in front of me was stuck at the exit and out hopped one of the girls from the AIDS Walk meeting!! I recognized her and said hi and she said the machine wasn't taking her parking card and was going crazy not knowing how she'd get out. So she backed out and I used mine (which, thank goodness, worked!) and she quickly followed me out. Yay! It felt good helping her out. She's a sweetie. Of course I would have helped anyone out there (stupid parking pass!) but it was ironic that it just so happened to be an AIDS Walk person. If I hadn't spent all that time with the wrong train and the dumb machine I would have missed her and missed helping her out. Strange how fate works, isn't it?


Anyway, I was home in time to watch The Amazing Race after all and I saw the new Harry Potter 4 movie trailer! Red fire guy freaked me out and Moody STILL does NOTHING for me, but the movie still looks fantastic. The Black family (I am SO amused calling them that, because that's their name but it's also how my mother and I refer to people on the show- oh, that's the black team, or the gay people, or the wrestlers, or the stupid models, or the old people, etc.) were from my area, so it was especially sad to see them go. What a nice group they were, though. And I taped/watched Boston Legal. I'm not feeling the new kid(s) yet, but maybe I'll give it another week. And Alan! Squeee! I love him. Someone should really write Boston Legal sneezefic, you know? Yummy Alan. Good show.


*sigh* Great day for me. All happy things. Lots of happy things. I love those types of days. So few and far between. I wish these types of days for everyone. PS- THANK YOU again to those of you who sponsored me for the AIDS Walk! *EVEN HUGER HUGS*

A few random notices for y'all.

SciFi's showing all of Firefly starting this Friday before the Stargates. I've known about this for a few weeks but I thought I'd mention it in case anyone cares and doesn't yet know. I'm looking forward to it :-)


Gameshow Network's showing The Amazing Race at 9pm and 12pm every single day. They're down to 5 teams right now, but when I say they're showing the show, I mean ALL of it. All 7 seasons. One episode every night for the entire summer. So.. yeah... if you like it and missed any (I never saw most of season 1, which is what's playing now) tune in.


My FAVORITE Harry Potter artist, Marta, *points to icon* has opened a slash journal! It's got the info about how to get to the Slash section of her site and any new art (though she's not doing much of it lately) will be up there. So all you people who haven't seen it yet, go right now! It's beautiful!
Marta's normal journal: seviet (See the recent Sirius & Regulus and Greenhouse and Marauder Pillow Fight pics!)
Marta's new Slash journal: slashiet (With link to that part of her site- You must be a member to read the posts)


Oh... and Vault 711 has a new Remus/Sirius comic up that I just ADORE! It's got HBP spoilers but it's fantastic. It's the one in red (#35) http://www.persephone.nu/711/ *sigh* Makes me feel SO much better about HBP ;-) Of course, I still like #23 for that as well.

So I've decided to go more public with my freaked-out fangirlyness and I want to buy a Slash bumpersticker for my car. I'm leaning towards this "I'd rather be writing slash" one. I'd rather not go pairing-specific and nothing at Fiction Alley has jumped out at me (much as I like the "Don't Badger me, I'm writing Fanfic" sticker)
There's also "Slash- because it's there" and "Got Slash?"(I'm not sure I could handle the little fish penises- LOL) and "Read More Slash" and "Slasher Revolution" (which are rather plain) and "I Slash, Therefore I Am" (which I also really like. The journal that says "I think therefore I slash. I slash therefore I am" and the "I heart Vampire Porn" and "I brake for slashy subtext" stickers). And the "Have Plot Bunny, Will Happily Slash" button is calling... gah, I wish I had money! LOL!

But I also really like this "Slash sickday" mug... and even though it's not my pairing, who WOULDN'T love a Snupin Whore mug? I mean, seriously, a Snupin Whore mug! "My ship does it with intellectual foreplay" SQUEE! Too cute. There's also a cute Slash-Happy mousepad I like.

Guh, I don't know what to get. Hrm. I'm currently leaning towards the plot bunny button and the "I'd rather be writing slash" sticker. If I still had a boyfriend I would TOTALLY buy him the "My Partner is a Sad, Sad, Obsessive Fangirl" sticker. He put up with so much squeeing from me :-) But I'm also sort of considering the "I've gotta have more cowbell" sticker... wish it wasn't so plain, though. Would it kill them to have a picture of a cowbell on it?

It's really scary what you can get on stickers, you know? LOL Yeah, I'm a freak.

On an only slightly related note, I bought a HP shirt from Hot Topic this morning. It's a Hufflepuff shirt on sale for $8.95. I couldn't resist. It's so cute!

I could really use a good fic or two to read right now to keep from bursting into tears every ten minutes. Anybody got anything good to rec? You know what I like fandom-wise. And snuggly boy-wise. I love those snuggly boys... Hell, I'll even take gen if you don't have slash! See how desperate I am?!

Anybody have a good link or two to share avec moi? Pleeeeease?????


EDIT: I don't think I have to say it but, um, no deathfics please. That's probably obvious, but, yeah. Fluff and sweetness preferred :-)

I made two rec journals tonight- one for H/C and sneezefics, and one for non. I had fun with layouts tonight- learned how to do that basic banner override thingy that people have been doing for years now. LOL! The journals look pretty! *snuggles them* They're not quite done. And there's nothing in the way of content up yet. And the info sections aren't very detailed yet.
I'll post the links anyway... just so I don't forget to tomorrow or the next day :-)
H/C & SF Recs: hcrecs
Various fandom Recs: rectacular
Don't know how often I'll update or how each will mature as I update... so we'll see. Should be a fun experiment for me. Thanks for all the input, everyone :-)

As for fics...

• Posted a short Charlieficlet... that was fun. Lots of fun :-)
  
• Last night before bed I came up with an excellent idea for a new Obi story (no sneezing, but some angst and a PLOT! Imagine that! Me! With a PLOT!)
  
• Am currently staring at the Remus & Snape and potion fic... as well as the Percy/Oliver fic. I'm working on the end of both of them.
  

Found this today while searching for mythological figures from various cultures (yes, I have the strangest job ever). Anyway, I wanted to post a link to it so I wouldn't lose it in my list of thousands of badly organized bookmarks:
Book of Werewolves

The eclipse was beautiful tonight :-)

I'm doing laundry now. Haven't watched Serpant's Kiss yet. And I need a credit card. Check cards can't be used as actual credit cards, can they?

I was stalking casirafics's LJ this morning and she posted Serendipity's frozen hot chocolate recipe. So I couldn't resist sharing the yumminess as well. *wishes she could make things in the kitchen that actually turn out the way they're supposed to* This dessert is really one of the most delicious things in the world.

Okay... think I'll go back to sleep now.

Did some writing today... like, 4 paragraphs. LOL
I was kicked offline most of the day *pout* but just posted a new hatching on sneezefic- and silverelf already has a ficlette for it! YAY!!!!!! I love short fics. :-)

For some unknown reason, I suddenly volunteered as an archivist on another group. As though I need the extra fandom work? LOL Had FUN putting together a bunch of layouts today, though.

Boyfriend and I both didn't feel very inspired to masturbate this weekend for the MMoM marathon. Kinda sucks. Ah well. We'll have to pick another time I guess. I had a hard weekend in general, so it's no surprise. And a mental breakdown tonight, joy oh joy. Now my eyes are killing me again. 2 and a half hours crying'll do that to a person. LOL

Van Helsing was delicious. FUNNY but delicious. *hugs David and Hugh* I read a fucking hilarious parody of it before going and was spoiled completely. But I think it was a very enjoyable experience... just a different sort of one.

Today's word of the day is: redoubtable
Which apparently doesn't mean able to doubt a second time. LOL I learn something new every day! heehee

Oh, I watched the 2-hour season finale of Charmed. Cried at that, too. Poor characters go through so damn much every week! LOL But this was pretty hard to deal with. And I'm SO glad they didn't leave us hanging until season 7 and just showed both parts back-to-back. Excellent show *snuggles Leo* but still makes me cry

Didn't write a Friday fic this week, I know. I'm bad. Sorry! I wrote a lot of other stories, though. And since the point is just to write... well, I'm okay with slipping up now and again. Life sucks for me right now. I don't need added pressure from myself. LOL So I'll try and pick it up next week for sure :-)

EDIT: Awwwww! It's almost worth feeling like shit just to use 'drained' as my mood and have that cute picture of Duncan helping Connor out of the water after he's been stabbed. Awwwwwwwww *huggles*

Just wanted to do some pimping *G* schtiel has just written her very first "official" sneezefic and posted it on her LJ.

It is entitled The Sick and the Stubborn :-) It's a Queer as Folk fic with lots of very yummy Brian/Justin goodness. And as I'm certainly not the only QAF fan around I thought it most important to make everyone aware of this lovely story's presence *G*

EDIT: Okay, so her journal's friends-only but she's all right adding people so they can view it. Sorry I didn't think to mention that before. My bad for sending you all somewhere you couldn't get to automatically... sorry!

I don't think I've laughed so hard in a LONG time. *wipes tears from eyes* So much for going to sleep early. And so far I've only got my mail up through 4am. @#$%^&*(%^Mail Server!

Anyway, on to the funny:
http://www.livejournal.com/community/crappicons/
(Make sure you read all the replies- that's where all the new and old nominations of icons are)

Oh my goodness... laughed so hard I gave myself the hiccups. Whoo, that's not good. LOL Owww....