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Humph
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Nov. 29th, 2009 @ 09:27 pm
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Did grocery shopping, finished LIS reading, baked 28 mini loaves cranberry-nut bread, talked w/ my mom, checked work & school emails.
Am grumpy for no discernible reason, unless maybe PMS. Or not wanting to have the last couple of weeks of the semester still to go. Perhaps I should go to bed early?Current Mood:  grumpy Current Music: Juno sighing in the corner |
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Drabble: Patronus Interruptus
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Nov. 29th, 2009 @ 05:16 pm
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Stuff of a stufflike stuffness
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Nov. 28th, 2009 @ 07:23 pm
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As we say in these parts. Another pretty mellow day; got up late, and decided not to grocery shop today since we had sufficient milk etc. to hold us till tomorrow, and fridge space was still at a premium with various leftovers occupying it. (We ate up a few things for dinner tonight.) Ran an errand or two, though, and have done almost all the LIS reading (1.5 more chapters to go) and posted in discussion for one class. Also hung out in the front yard with SO and the neighbors for a while.
Tomorrow I'll grocery shop, then make a whole lot of cranberry nut bread mini-loaves for gifting, and make mashed potatoes for dinner with leftover turkey & gravy and more leftover veggies. Turkey Sun/Tues/Thurs, gumbo Mon/Wed/Fri, I think. Easy. Will just need to make more veg eventually. We're going to throw a little holiday party in a couple of weeks and I'm starting to plot food for that.
Fic-stuff: ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) alisanne is modding ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) adventdrabbles at IJ again this year; she posts a daily prompt from December 1-24, but it's not required to use it, and ficlets as well as drabbles are welcome, in any fandom. beren_writes mods ![[info]](http://stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) adventdrabbles at LJ, although doesn't do the prompts.
Less than 2 weeks until 3fan_holidays ficlets are due, and I put up the header template post for that today. And hd_holidays starts posting Tuesday, as will daily_deviant's Kinky Kristmas, and I believe also happy_trekmas. Whew - those are just the ones I'm participating in, too, and there are plenty of other fests kicking off shortly as well.Current Mood:  excited |
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Drabble: The Appeal of Books
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Nov. 28th, 2009 @ 04:04 pm
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Drabble: Ready
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Nov. 28th, 2009 @ 01:28 am
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Wow
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Nov. 28th, 2009 @ 12:46 am
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Did online holiday shopping tonight too. Now have only a couple of minor gifts yet to find/buy, plus stocking stuff, plus sew waistcoat for SO (which won't happen till the semester is over, but also doesn't have to be shipped anywhere). And I think he's decided on and possibly ordered something for me already. So basically - we are done with gift organizing. Wow. Now, whether we can get in gear with cards/letter remains to be seen.
It is, however, nearly 1 am so I think I'd better head for bed!Current Mood:  impressed with myself |
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Black Friday
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Nov. 27th, 2009 @ 07:07 pm
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In the event SO and I did do a little holiday shopping today. Both of our cars went in to the dealer/mechanic this morning - I needed an oil change and tire rotation, and it turned out that I'd picked up a nail in one sidewall, so also ended up getting a new tire; SO had to get an underneath piece replaced. So that all took a while, and then we went and had a burger for lunch, and decided to check out a couple of galleries/shops in the art district afterward. We now have gifts for all parental units and siblings (although not my BIL and niblings yet). So go us! SO also went to the good local independent bookstore to pick up something he'd ordered, but there was no going to malls or anything of that sort.
I've now written the last quiz for my lower-div class, so that means IIRC I have no more prep in either class to do, though I do have some reading and grading. Also have both reading and work to do for LIS classes, though, which I hope to get to tonight/tomorrow. I could have started on some of it, but I finished a novel instead. Also have started thinking about holiday cards/letters, though haven't gotten very far with that yet.
Turkey breast is roasting and smelling yummy. I'll temp it shortly, and once it's done the dressing goes into the oven (my tiny oven will not hold both a bird and another dish at once). Then make gravy, and all the rest is leftover veggies. *mouth is watering* We had a very nice time with J., C., and F. yesterday, and good food, but I do like having leftover turkey of our own.Current Mood:  mellow |
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Drabble: The Benefits of Rank
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Nov. 27th, 2009 @ 02:29 pm
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Birthday Greetings
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Nov. 27th, 2009 @ 11:29 am
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Happy Birthday to
Many happy returns, sweetie! :)Current Mood:  recumbent |
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Drabble: Past Time
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Nov. 26th, 2009 @ 10:05 pm
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B-day wishes :)
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Nov. 27th, 2009 @ 12:04 am
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ![[info - personal]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) snegurochka_lee!
Hope you had a great day, with lots of love 'cause you might just be one of the loveliest people I know, and HP fandom is *so* lucky to have you!
*hugs* Current Mood:  cheerful |
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Wanted - one drabble/ficlet prompt!
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Nov. 26th, 2009 @ 03:18 pm
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Resulting drabble/ficlet to be posted sometime in December.
Usual request - pairing or character, plus a 1-to-3-word prompt. Any fandom you know I write/have written is fine.
Thanks!
[If I get multiple prompts, I will write more than one if the muse is cooperative.]Current Mood:  creative |
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Nov. 26th, 2009 @ 02:42 pm
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To those who celebrate - and a happy Thursday to everyone else!
We're going to our neighbors' for the evening in about two hours; pretty much all we've done today is take Juno to the dog park (where there were a handful of other dogs), have brunch, and cook stuff to take tonight. SO's worked a bit on his window. So yeah, definitely a holiday.
Tomorrow I'm actually going to roast a turkey breast, just for us, because otherwise there would be no leftover turkey. There were fresh ones in the store yesterday when we stopped to pick up some milk, so I made the decision partly on impulse. I'll make dressing and gravy too, but other than that, it'll be some of the near-infinite supply of leftover veggies, nothing special. Probably won't make mashed potatoes, at least not for tomorrow. Possibly for with leftovers though. I contemplated making rolls (my sister having called about that recipe this morning) but I think maybe will wait and make them at Christmas instead.Current Mood:  nostalgic |
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Happy birthday!
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Nov. 26th, 2009 @ 02:34 pm
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Yay, Birthday!
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Nov. 26th, 2009 @ 11:22 am
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Happy Birthday today to a fabulous writer and reccer
Many happy returns, my dear! :)Current Mood:  thoughtful |
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Nov. 26th, 2009 @ 11:04 am
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To all my friends who celebrate this holiday, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
I am thankful that I have all of you wonderful people in my life.
*hugs everyone*Current Mood:  grateful |
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Drabble: Gratifying
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Nov. 25th, 2009 @ 11:47 pm
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The Rec Post Of DOOM, Part 2
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Nov. 26th, 2009 @ 01:52 am
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hd_career_fair may be over but I've still got some excellent recs to make. These fics are so varied from one another that there's something to everyone's liking. My only wish is that Harry and Draco would continue having diverse and imaginative careers outside this fest. After all the fun and unusual scenarios I'm not sure I'm ready to go back to the compulsory, more than plentiful Auror!fics quite yet. :D
♥ Little Red Courgette (H/D, PG, WC: ~31,000) featuring Cartoonist!Harry and Assistant Junior Under-Secretary in the Office for the Volumetric Standardisation of Edible Wizarding Greengrocery Produce!Draco by blamebrampton, art by raitala
Summary: When this season’s purple courgettes are woefully thin, Draco Malfoy thinks it amounts to small beans. Next thing he knows, the Department of Standards is over-run with leeks, Brussels sprouts all sorts of legislative difficulties, and somebody appears to have put a roquette under Harry Potter. Can Draco seize a marrow victory? Or will his plans for peas be squashed?
Draco smiled slightly; he knew the feeling. Of course, he was partially responsible for the dark circles beneath the Minister's eyes these days. His last report, all four-hundred-and-twelve pages of it, had been a detailed summary of the desirable diameters of lettuce varieties, from hearting to non-hearting. Shacklebolt had read it, too, as the three red circles around mis-spelled words proved.
♥ Blood and Brimstone (H/D, NC-17, WC: ~42,000) featuring Inquisitor!Harry and Prodigal!Draco by calanthe_fics (Set in Ginn Hale’s Wicked Gentlemen universe)
Summary: The Inquisition claims it reforms and cleanses Prodigals of their demonic heritage, but Captain Harry Potter learns that the Church has lost its way and is worse by far than the devils in Hells Below.
Harry thought that if more angels looked as compelling and dangerous as Draco he'd have worked a lot harder at praying over the years.
♥ Silhouettes in Sunsets (H/D, PG-13, WC: ~23,000) featuring Day-time Accountant/Night-time Luthier!Draco and Owner of Hedwig's Owl Emporium!Harry by potteresque_ire
Summary: Draco Malfoy is a Gringotts accountant by day and a luthier by night. Harry Potter is the owner of Hedwig’s Owl Emporium on Diagon Alley. Music and scheming owls will bring the two men back together.
It will be a long night. Draco has never worked on a harp before -- how can a heart so open, so candid need so many strings to speak?
Harry's reasoning is simple: because it's talking to you.
♥ Normal Does It (H/D, NC-17, WC: ~26,400) featuring Captain!Harry and Druidic Warrior!Draco by lotus_lizzy, art by cydienne
Summary: On his deathbed, Lucius gives Draco an almost impossible task that will hopefully salvage the reputation of the Malfoy family. Draco finds himself in need of a magical ship called the Wave-Sweeper, but finds one Harry Potter standing in his way. This "new" Harry Potter, with his strange obsession to be "normal", assigns himself the task of being Draco's watchdog. Together, with a motley crew of Hogwarts alumni, they fly both sea and air following an ancient map that leads them to an unknown island and strange creatures, but both Harry and Draco are harbouring secrets that threaten the tenuous relationship that grows between them.
'Ron's not lying. Voldemort's body is really gone. My father thinks the Unspeakables stole the body to run tests on his skin. His body secreted a natural sun block, keeping his body free from melanoma.'
♥ Wrong Side of Dead (H/D, R, WC: ~30,000) featuring Scout!Harry and Model Member of the Force!Draco by sirra_scribbles (A Zombie Apocalypse!)
Summary: "Zombies reached out their grey-green fingers stained purple and red at the tips, their mouths open in groans."
"Unscrew the fuel tank cap, here." Draco dropped one end of tubing into the green tank. "Now start siphoning."
"What?" Harry sceptically eyed the tube in Draco's hand and the petrol tank.
"Get down and start sucking."
His eyes widened and a faint flush came to his cheeks. "Beg pardon?"
That was queer, Draco thought as he felt his own face warm. "You poofter. Now you have the job of lifting the moped."
♥ Light as Iron, Singed as Pearl (H/D, NC-17, WC: ~13,800) featuring Commissioner!Harry and Club Owner!Draco by snegurochka_lee
Summary: The owner of the elite BDSM club M had not gained his reputation as the most coveted Dominant on the scene by taking on just any riff-raff submissive who asked. It would take an unexpected letter to convince him to accept a new client, but it might turn out to be the biggest mistake he ever made.
Quick as lightning, Draco's hand shot out and he curled his index finger under Potter's chin, his thumb digging into the side of his face. He squared his shoulders and shifted his voice, making his new persona plain. "What did you say to me?" he said quietly.
He held back a grin of triumph when Potter crumbled. Casting his eyes down, his shoulders curved and his arms fell limp. Draco stared. Remarkable. After a heated pause, Potter took a shuddering breath and murmured, "Not here."
"You don't decide that." Draco shifted his hand so that his thumb slid over Potter's lips. Despite himself, Potter parted them and swiped his tongue up the pad of Draco's thumb, a flash of heat creeping up his face. With his own blood rising, Draco threw caution to the wind and leaned in close to Potter's ear. "I decide what happens here. If I want to bend you over this desk right this second and fuck that grin off your face, that's my decision, not yours."
Potter whimpered.
♥ Scratching the Itch (H/D, NC-17, WC: ~10,000) featuring Model!Harry and Model Agency Owner!Draco by tray_la_la
Summary: Draco Malfoy is a homophobe who's allergic to gay men. He's also the owner of a male modeling agency. Go figure. Harry Potter is a model for hire who may just prove to be the cure to Draco's ails.
Draco rolled his eyes. Fucking Paris. He’d been to Paris: everyone wore black and nobody gave a damn.
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Drabble: True Sincerity
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Nov. 25th, 2009 @ 02:47 pm
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Pimpety Pimp
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Nov. 25th, 2009 @ 02:08 pm
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As Advent approaches, I'd like to draw your attention to adventdrabbles, a multi-fandom drabble/drawble/ficlet com. We operate all through Advent.
So if you're looking for a low-pressure com to write or draw for in the holiday season, do check out my 2009 Welcome Post, and come and play with us (that may not have come out right...) *g*Current Mood:  working |
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