determined to save the only life you could save

i'm legitimately teary-eyed over this video where hp actors are asked to sum up the movies in one word. it's one part hormones, two parts stress, and five million parts all the good memories i have associated with this series.



grintfacers, thanks for proving why ron is the best.

today is algernon_mouse's birthday. when i checked her birthdate on facebook (yeah, i use fb as my birthday reminder, do you have a problem with that?), i was all "girl, are you seriously 37?!". apparently she is.

as has been the custom for the past two years, school is eating my face right now. i told someone the other day that they shouldn't make eye contact with me because the depth of crazy in my eyes is terrifying. so here is what i slapped together as a birthday present.

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i just want to drive the point home that she's a great person and a great mom and a great writer and a great motivator and i think you get the point. i hope y'all agree with me.

as my birthday present to you, mouse, here are some dudes you like doing that thing you love. happy birthday! <3 x infinity.

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title: Goldilocks
people: Hawaii 5-0, Catherine/Steve
warnings/spoilers: none
a/n: written for sheafrotherdon's cuddling and naps post, re-posting here for my own reference. 739 words.
summary: Catherine's pretty sure that Steve didn't give her the security code to his house so she could pick his locks in the middle of the afternoon and take a nap in his bed.

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Title: One of Those Breathing Tornadoes
People: Hawaii 5-0, Danny/Steve, Teen
Warnings/Spoilers: None
A/N: Thanks to algernon_mouse and fitofpique for looking this over. Title is a line from 'Into the Dark' by Ben Lee.
Summary: Grace has everyone wrapped around her little finger, Steve's taste buds are under assault, and the true definition of a symbolic gesture is debated.

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As predicted, I didn't do any actual work yesterday. I watched some tv, shoveled a lot of snow, and thought up this tiny fic. Thanks to this and that GK AU that I scribbled out 6 months ago, I officially wrote 2500 words in 2010. Well played, self.

Title: Make Our Homes on the Water
People: Hawaii 5-0, Chin POV, Gen
Disclaimer: Not mine
A/N: Thanks to algernon_mouse for the usual, i.e. betaing, making it less awkward, letting me talk about this show, indulging all my whims, forgetting to fill out the customs form on my Christmas present before going on vacation thereby ensuring that it sat for a week before getting mailed, etc. Title is from 'Sons & Daughters' by The Decemberists.
Summary: "Chin Ho Kelly, I know you're not trying to teach me about mother-daughter relationships," his aunt replies. "I've been a daughter and now I'm a mother. I think I have a better handle on this than you do."

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i decided to make today a snow day because there's a blizzard moving through and the winds are at 20 mph, gusting as high as 45 mph. some days you just have to know when to stay home even if the buses are still running. (i'm forcing myself to not make any disparaging comments about the east coast.) i said i would get work done if i stayed home but i'd much rather go back to bed. decisions!

anyways, the real reason for this post is that if there was ever a time you thought to yourself, "i really like 'putting the b back in subtle' but there's just so many words to read", then there's now a solution to your problems. a kind soul has recorded a podcast of the fic! i am in awe of falter for reading 29,000 of our words. i also can't believe that our fic is three hours long when read but that's not the point. here's the recording. you should download, listen, and let falter know how amazing it is.

time to get to work! nb: work equals thinking about hawaii 5-0 and browsing the yuletide archive. later, work will include making bread and finishing a soup. it seems doubtful that at any point, it will include any actual work work.

ooh, there's a smallish snow tornado in the back alley.

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in conclusion, i have definitely not written 1500 words of annie/jeff smut. i would never do that.

I feel like this podcast is especially relevant right now.

Science Friday: Online Privacy.

Facebook has dozens of toggles for privacy settings on its service, and a privacy policy longer than the US Constitution. And while many users of the service know that they're sharing information with their friends and associates, they may be surprised to find out just exactly what they're sharing, and with what groups of people. New programs that offer to tie social media integration into outside web sites offer an ever-more social experience, but they also expose even more of your online activities to social media service providers and advertisers. Is it getting too hard to keep hold of our privacy online?

In short, nothing you do online can be considered private especially if Facebook is involved. Also, having a separate browser only for FB is a good idea.

i'm pretty sure everyone can appreciate this graph.



from hyperbole and a half. the entire entry about trying to be an adult is pretty hilarious.

and here is a video of snoop dogg rapping about sookie stackhouse. "oh sookie"

you're welcome, internets.

livejournal, not only did i start writing a fic last night but i also finished it. oh snap! i haven't actually finished a fic in a year and a half so this is kind of exciting. to be fair, it's only 1700 words but it's got a beginning, middle, and end so it counts in my book.

if we're breaking the rules, it's fine
generation kill, ray/nate, college!au
written for pjvilar's ray/nate potluck (there's lots of awesome ray/nate comment fics if you're into that kind of thing). much thanks to shoshannagold for staying up late to encourage and look it over for any mistakes.

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Guys, I'm doing my best impression of a Sickie McSickerson right now. I'm hopped up on cold medicine, I've been in my jim-jams since 2 pm, and I don't think I've breathed through my nose since last night. Another sure sign that I'm sick - I watched NCIS tonight and found myself thinking that Mark Harmon is the original silver fox. I only do that when I'm feverish.

I think the fever's broken though. This should be celebrated if only because it means no one (read fitofpique) has to worry about me starting a Mark Harmon fan page or something. It also means I can go to work tomorrow and actually do some work instead of whining about dying.

Anyways, my actual reason for posting (other than talking about Mark Harmon's steely blue eyes) is to request recs for college!AUs. IDK why but I'm really craving some right now. So tell me your favorite college!AU regardless of fandom, and I'll read it and we can chat about it. :D?

i had a dream last night about eating florida strawberries. the entire dream was me eating berries and being fully aware that they were from florida and not california. apparently my subconscious doesn't care that florida berries are now out of season. i can't decide if this means i'm homesick for florida or if i'm ready for summer produce. i do know that i got suckered into buying berries at the store this morning even though they were insanely expensive. damn you, dreams!

i also realized today that i kind of miss true blood. actually, to clarify, i miss askars doing his crazy eric thing. you can only rewatch your favorite clips before you get antsy for new craziness.

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well this has been a nice waste of a sunday.

a couple of weeks ago, i e-mailed algernon_mouse and wrote, "apparently your birthday is coming up in 10 or 11 days (idk, i can't be bothered to check). anyways, what do you want? please keep in mind that it'll be the week before spring break so i will be desperate for a vacation, under a ton of pressure to finish some work, and will have an insane homework assignment to do. what i'm saying is that 20,000 words of brad/ray ain't happening."

talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy! all of those things are true plus i spent 12 hours at school today and i get to do it all over again tomorrow. essentially, mouse's fic is nowhere near done. essentially, i suck.

as it's now mouse's birthday on the east coast, i've put together some things to keep her happy on her special day including another excerpt from this fic that refuses to write itself.

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hey, hey, mouse. thanks for being such a great friend and always being around for me. thanks for listening to me when i tell you to try new things and for exchanging sweaters and not eating my aeros and being an awesome mom and a ridiculously talented photographer and a tough cookie and fair and smart and compassionate and an excellent listener and pretty and, and, and ... i'm guess i'm saying thanks for being you. <3 x infinity!

algernon_mouse's birthday is this week. somehow, i've managed to find time to write her a fic. of course, said fic is not actually done and needs a lot of editing but i'm confident it can be done by wednesday plus/minus 24 hours. however, between writing the fic and actually doing my work, i haven't had much time to torment mouse and get her all anxious and anticipatory.

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...now i feel like she's been properly tormented.

mobi_wan and I were chatting on the phone tonight, as we are want to do, and I said something about 30 Helens agreeing. She had absolutely no idea what I was talking about so I went searching on YouTube for a clip from Kids in the Hall that had the 30 Helens agreeing. The only one I could find was this one, 30 Helens agreeing that you can't pay too much for a good pair of shoes, which isn't even the funniest but it's still good.



Does anyone else remember this?

P.S. I am so incredibly tired of studying.

I just saw 500 Days of Summer at the second-run theater and I have to say, I did not like it. It's weird because that movie was designed for people like me but I'm so annoyed right now.

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While I'm being super-negative, I want to talk about Glee for a second, specifically some of the complaints I'm seeing about the show. ( Am I the only person on LJ who watched the first three seasons of Nip/Tuck?Collapse )

Long story short, people who complain about Glee need to remember this is Ryan Murphy we're talking about and he's seriously fucked up. That's it, I think I've exhausted my internet ranting privileges for the next five years.

You guys, my favorite little douchiest douche who's ever douched, Cash Colligan, has left The Cab. While I was wondering about what they are going to call themselves now, I remembered a fic that I started writing last November about Cash for sinsense. The basic premise was that Cash was looking for love in all the wrong places. He wants to cuddle and have a nice long-term relationship but every girl he dates think he's just looking for a one-night stand.

Obviously I never finished the fic because I suck and because I started writing another fic for sinsense that wound up becoming 'Count Down From Today'.

Anyways, here's 5,000 words about Cash trying to find love and eventually realizing that it's Marshall. Some of my favorite lines that I've ever written are in this fic so I reserve the right to plagiarize myself some day.

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Dearest mobi_wan,
Today is Yesterday was your 27th birthday. I think we can all agree that this year is starting out pretty shitty. But! I have high hopes that things will only go up from here. You are an awesome person and I'm really lucky to have someone like you who puts up with my crazy on a daily basis in my life.

If I was in Florida, I would totally get you drunk and drive you to Bradenton so we could watch Star Trek. As I'm nowhere near Florida, that can't happen. Instead, I give to you the next best thing.

Kisses,
Me

P.S. Sorry all of your presents are late. Seriously, why are you still my friend?

Title: Adventures in Butt-sniffing
Pairing: Zach Quinto/Lee Pace
A/N: For everyone who isn't mobi_wan, here is some background for this pairing: Both Lee Pace and Zach Quinto have listed hiking with their respective dogs as one of their favorite pastimes. Here is Lee and his dog. And here is an example of Zach and Noah, with Noah sporting his sweet kerchief.

… That's pretty much all the background you need to know for this. Deep down, I'm a very shallow person. Oh, and Anna is Anna Friel and Bryan is Bryan Fuller.

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i have already talked about this to belladonnalin and koncupscience but i might talk about this with you guys.

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I was browsing through the prompts on the Star Trek Kink Meme the other day when I came across this gem - Kirk/Bones preslash. The 5 times Bones and Kirk drank the others semen by accident and the 1 time they did it on purpose.

I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, "How do you accidentally drink someone else's semen one time, let alone five times? The excuse 'whoops, I tripped, hit your penis, and drank your semen. My bad!' barely works for the first time." I seriously loled about it all day. I also took advantage of my friends and forced them to discuss the epidemic of accidental semen drinking via emails/texts. You guys, this madness must be stopped. (The strangest part is that the resulting fic wasn't awful.)

Anyways, the real reason I'm posting is that the fic I made a mix for in bandombigbang has finally been posted. Questions for the Answers, Tom/Spencer. Tom's kind of a sad bastard but he's trying to figure it out. My mix is here, the last one.

You go read the fic while I continue to ponder accidental semen drinking.

ETA: And because I have talked about this one a lot, the Star Trek RPF ficlet where Zach gets Chris pregnant, and Chris cries a lot. I'm eagerly awaiting the posting of the 16th and final part (and I suspect so is mswalter). My Baby-Daddy's Not A Half-Vulcan (He Just Plays One in the Movies)