Truly. Deeply. Madly

After I survived all the tide waves in fandom, all the TV series and shows and whatnot, all the things that sound cute but will eat my time with a spoon, I was defeated. By the prettiest thing that walked my laptop screen, opened his blue eyes wide and was devastated that his girlfriend left the wine bottle behind. (The wine-bottle story? D'awww, can I have you please? Promise not to lave you behind for the dude with the Malfoy crest pinky ring. Okay, maybe that was not entirely true but still, for no one besides the Malfoy crest-holder anyway)

Yes, it is White Collar.

OMG how gorgeous are all these actors? The FBI agent's assistant? His glorious and witty wife? The romantic side plots? The relationship-discussions taking place between the snark? I am so much in love it is embarrassing. :blush: And I've only watched the pilot, too. The FBI agent's superior Aren't You A Moron Now smirk is duh. The scene with half-naked Neil hugging a thick law book? Come here this instant, I will give you all the large books you can possibly want! Ahem. Yeah. Also I might have drooled a tiny little bit over the grand-daughter the Art student. I mean, didn't you? :P



Also, stolen from cluegirl because it is totally hilarious:

Read online discussion comments, wrote a recommendation, taught two classes, met w/ two different students re: research paper, revised lecture, wrote up lesson plans for all next week, read two chapters in source reader, wrote up two sets of discussion questions, dealt w/ both work and student email, checked on LIS classes' readings/assignments/due dates (some reading & discussion to do this week and should work on last big assignment).

It's now 4 pm, I'm incredibly stiff and sore from yesterday's gardening, and I'm gonna go home and drink tea and edit ficlets (or else read Yuletide canon). *nods firmly* I can write a quiz and another recommendation at home later this week, also grade a couple of reviews and do a last bit of reading for one of the classes I'm teaching. So yeah. Outta here...

I have very few kinks, compared to most of fandom, but I will admit this: I have a thing for drunken sex. I don't know why. Not nonconsensual sex, eurgh, and it has to be a very specific type of drunk!sex, but when it's done right I am all over it.

AND THEN FOXY WROTE ME SOME. For me! So I'm recc'ing it. I'm recc'ing it hard. :D (Also I beta'd it, and it's a rule!)

Title: Pub Fiction
Rating: R
Summary: Jack makes sure Ianto gets home. Because he just can't drive in that state.

There's a cabdriver named Fozzie in it. Go on, you know you want to.

http://feeds.penny-arcade.com/~r/pa-mainsite/~3/M_MoO3MUnAw/

Gabe: I have exciting news to share! A while back we talked about a reality show based on life here at Penny Arcade. It was just something we kicked around during a podcast but the idea stuck with us. We kept getting mail from people saying that this was actually something they'd be interested in. Eventually we decided to partner with 2 Player Productions and actually do it. So now we have camera guys here in the office filming us make strips, play game and eat lunch. They also followed us around during PAX and they will be at the CP ...

http://feeds.penny-arcade.com/~r/pa-mainsite/~3/gKbFp3TVh7w/

New Comic: Delicioso

http://feeds.penny-arcade.com/~r/pa-mainsite/~3/mJxN3rg-wGk/

Tycho: In the same way that professional skateboarders can approach Tony Hawk Ride and extract something resembling a game, people who are Italian are in a position to discern the dialogue and plot of Assassin's Creed II without resorting to deep menus or taking copious notes. This is what something like ninety percent of the game sounds like to a non-speaker: an amalgamation of intercepted food court communiques. Because Modern Warfare 2 is "controversial," for a variety of reasons, the only manner in which serious writers may refer to it is by analyzing "that level" or by raising one's voice in ...

Author: Bitterfig
Title: Inconstant Rose
Fandom: Merlin
Pairing: Morgana/Guinevere (Gwen)
Summary: Morgana and Gwen go to a nearby kingdom to visit Morgana’s dearest childhood friend, Roshannon. Morgana is distressed to discover that their bond is no longer what it once was.
Beta Reader: Fedink
Word Count: 1335
Rating: PG
Warnings: a bit of angst, a bit of sexual content highly romanticized.
Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction. Any illegal acts taking place within that fiction are NOT condoned by the author. Depictions of any questionable, illegal, or potentially illegal activity in said fiction does not mean that I condone, promote, support, participate in, or approve of said activity. I grasp the distinction between fiction and reality and trust that readers will do the same. I do not profit from the fan fiction I write, and all rights to the characters remain firmly in the hands of their creator

( Inconstant Rose )

I spent the day pretty much running about, and accomplished none of the things I planned. Oh, well. I suppose it's only to be expected after I went to be at three last night and had to be up and shining at 6.30. (Don't ask. It involves, as is usual for me, a gripping book, a protesting back and sore eyes. One day I will probably grow up and start behaving like a normal person, but it will be a difficult thing to force on me.) I plan to at least go swimming in an hour so that the day would not be a total loss.

Started a new rotation today, I think called Preventive Medicine in English. Hm. One the one hand, spending four weeks doing what I've done today I will pretty much end up in the loony bin of those who have perfected the art of staring into empty spaces for hours while they wait for something at all to happen: See, they allow no absences. Not more than a single one if you want the rotation signed and yourself allowed to the exam, and even that one after a permission has been granted to you. It's been a while since we saw such strict control :eyeroll: I have lots of words to say about strictness - funny how the most absurd departments enforce it the most fiercely. On the other hand, we had a few bright moments with the professor, among which features the discussion about Natasha Rostova's personal physician, who was accidentally a real person with his real name in the book, and did really contribute much about the disease mentioned in the book. Also, there was Dan Brown and his latest novel, an account how the Prof's grandson was born in the Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan and a lengthy examination of Peter the Great's interior and international politics. Notice how none of this is directly Preventive Medicine? It's no coincidence. :sigh: Also, to my quiet internal glee and despair ...

PROFESSOR: :tells us all about the summer of her second year when she devoured with great enthusiasm Dostoevsky's collected works, apparently 14 tomes:
BOY FROM TWIN GROUP: All of them? Like, for that one summer?
PROF: :from over her half-moon glasses, sternly: I'll have you know, you clearly illiterate clearly non-lover of classic Russian prose young man, that my norm of reading was a hundred pages even during revision sessions. FYI, textbook reading pace is the slowest of one's spectrum.
MY GROUP: :have had a chat about who reads how much a day during session not five minutes before:
SPARK: :in my mind: Please, please...
BOY 2 FROM MY GROUP: Ha, this is how much Spark reads, too!
SPARK: :blush and eyeroll: Yes, say that louder, maybe someone somehow missed I breathe books.
PROF: GIRLS OF THE WORLD UNITE FOR LEADERSHIP!
SPARK: FINE THEN I ADMIT IT IS TRUE! Ahem.
GROUP: :chortle:

Regardless, I have never tried Dostoevsky. Maybe it is time? After I finish the latest vampire urban fantasy? ...Dear Reading Diary, shockingly, there are no werewolves at the bottom of Crime and Punishment...


:off to the pool:

Watching this video review of New Moon made me laugh and forget how much I want to kill certain fest participants with my brain right now.

Caveat: It's not a flattering review, more like a "It's funny because it's true" review, so if you're a die-hard Twilight fan, you might want to give it a miss.

On the subject of Twilight and vampires: elsewhere on the internet, a RL acquaintance of mine wrote about how Christians ought to be careful about reading/viewing the Twilight saga because vampires are false idols who offer a dangerous brand of immortality. That's not a discussion I care to touch, but he mentioned Coppola's film version of Dracula as another example, which got me thinking about some things that we talked about in my lit course this semester when we discussed Dracula.

The interesting thing to me is that Stoker wrote Dracula as a pretty clear-cut tale of Good vs. Evil, God vs. the Devil. He draws the characters in broad, black and white strokes, and the Christian references and symbolism are everywhere throughout the book.

( My tl;dr thoughts about the evolution of vampires in 20th/21st century pop culture )

Dear flist: I have 6 hours of The Prisoner sitting on my DVR at home, along with however many other hours of TV I normally watch. I will not get to watch it until I get back, at which point I will have many other things I could spend my time on.

My question is, as someone who has never seen the original, is the remake worth it? It's got Ian McKellan, who almost makes it worth it in and of himself for me. However, I've been hearing not-so-good things about the remake, albeit from fans of the original, to the point where I'm not sure even Sir Ian will be able to save it. Should I bother trying, or just delete from the DVR unseen?

Anyone else going to Arisia this coming January?

Allow me to cut straight to the case. I'm hoping to get a room again this Arisia. So if anyone is interested, I can split the cost of the room. Only this time I want at least a cot to sleep on. (I'm usually fine on any given surface, but not for more than one night. Those carpets have no cushion to them.) Otherwise, I'm an awesome roommate. I don't take up much space, will not bring anyone else to the room, very quiet and while I may like to sleep in, I'm not easily disturbed.

Figured I'd start with my f-list and later take my chances on an Arisia forum, but I'm not really picky about whom I share a room with, even if they have kids. All I ask is that no one takes my things or tries to sleep with me. See? Easy. Otherwise, if anyone wishes to have someone accompany them for a meal or just wants to say hello, I'll likely be available.

Having a room in the hotel last time was great even if I had to share it with a complete stranger. Said stranger was terribly hospitable for which I'm forever grateful. On the penultimate day, my mother hurt her back (Two out of five of her herniated disks had ruptured. Ouch!) and so I rushed home the minute I got word. As a result, I left a few things behind. My roommate was very understanding and I was so thankful to omly for having my back. Om is awesome. Remember that.

I did leave a note and my share of the room for my roommate, even for the night I wasn't there. (Couldn't have lived with myself otherwise.) However, my sudden disappearance shouldn't be an issue next January since I doubt that will happen again. (My mother has taken up yoga and pilates, and she no longer suffers any pain.)

Pass It On by hay1ock
J2 AU, R
Jared, geek, nerd, and everything in between. Oh, and he's as out as any 17 yr old can be at high school. Jensen, swimteam captain, popular, everything Jared isn't. Oh yeah, and he's not so out. A simple offer by Jared to help Jensen with some extra studying, lands both the boys in the middle of something they weren't quite expecting. A little bit of angst, some heavy usting, Jared with a crush and skiddish Jensen - yeah, all the lovely things that can go into a highschool AU to make it worth settling in for a nice read.


Dogs and Cats Living Together! Mass Hysteria! by timewillbe
J2, PG
In which Jared decides to get another dog. And Jensen is a pushover. And yes, it is adorably schmoopy as the summary indicated. *grins*


King of the Mountain by raeschae
J2, NC-17
Jared's a top. So's Jensen. Conflict naturally ensues. Its not about the sexy hotness, its about the charming cuteness. LOL. And Jared and Jensen. Its just sorta great, dude.

And that story brought me to the Disclaimer!Verse also by raeschae
J2 AU, NC-17
In September '06, a skater walks into a tattoo parlor . . . the rest, as they say, is history. I've read this before, but I think it wasn't as complete as it is now. I just finished We Will Not Be Held Responsible and totally loved it. This entire verse is interesting, deep and sexy. It has tattoos and love and kids and freaky hot sex and all sorts of things. Its a fully developed 'verse with interesting secondary characters and a Jared and Jensen that seem to be at the core very realistic, but with enough back story and changes to make them uniquely different and entirely intriguing. Ok..Imma stop with the thesaurus. Lets just say its very cool 'verse and I did a bit of *flail*ing over many parts of it.

Author: Bitterfig
Title: The One Who Picks Up the Pieces
Fandom: Heroes
Pairing: Peter/Nathan
Summary: Set a couple years before the series begins. In an effort to please his family, Peter is attending law school. Desperately unhappy, he increasingly turns to alcohol for relief. Nathan discovers this and intervenes.
Beta Reader: Fedink
Word Count: 1584
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Incest. Alcohol abuse, some sexual content.
Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction. Any illegal acts taking place within that fiction are NOT condoned by the author. Depictions of any questionable, illegal, or potentially illegal activity in said fiction does not mean that I condone, promote, support, participate in, or approve of said activity. I grasp the distinction between fiction and reality and trust that readers will do the same. I do not profit from the fan fiction I write, and all rights to the characters remain firmly in the hands of their creator


( The One Who Picks Up the Pieces )

Title: Recompense
Word Count: 100
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Rating: PG-13
snape100 Challenge 309: "Wikipedia, Redux!"
Warning: Reference to homophobia/verbal abuse.
Disclaimer: Not mine. They belong to JKR.
A/N: I wouldn't even believe me, but I swear this was the first thing that came up. :) Pornophobia.

( Recompense )

Is facebook down or am I being blocked? O.o I haven't been able to access the site since last night :(

Title: Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks
Author: RaeWhit ( aka joanwilder)
Team: Snitch!
Genre: Alive and Kicking (EWE)
Prompts: Secrets and Lies, Coming Home
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: NC-17, mild bondage, whipping
Word Count: 48,000+
Summary: Belonging and deserving, needing and wanting—desires of the human heart that Severus and Harry must face when they're forced to the little village of Lochdubh to settle a very late codicil of Albus Dumbledore's will.

Author Notes: The village of Lochdubh and its inhabitants in this story are the property of BBC Scotland (from the series Hamish Macbeth). All things Harry Potter belong to J.K. Rowling et al. I'd be remiss if I didn't express my appreciation to Rudyard Kipling for his masterpiece, Captains Courageous.

This is my journal posting of my 2009 Mixed snarry_games fic. My heartfelt appreciation to jadzialove for the excellent beta reading, to whitecotton for help with Scottish-izing my Scottish, and to sestra_prior for her assistance with British questions.

This is posted in six parts; subsequent parts have been linked.

( Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks--Part One )

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( Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks--Part Two )

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( Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks--Part Three )

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( Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks--Part Four )

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( Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks--Part Five )