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12:34 am: Happy belated birthday to sabethea. Happy birthday to pinkfinity

( About half a dozen fic recs for you )

I would have more except I still have bazillions of tabs open so more will be coming at some point. I also need to be up in approximately 6 hours.

Tags: birthday greetings, fic rec, fic recs

11:15 pm: Drive by fic recs
So Many Letters Torchwood G. A lot of letters come from those who went to solider in WW1.

Genealogies of Silence St Trinians (Mature) Warnings for : Racism (hate crimes, racist language), mentions of rape (non-graphic) and rape aftermath. and I have been reading this the end of last year and I am completely inarticulate on how much I want those to give this a go. It's long (~90,000 words with a lot of OCs) These are the things we don't talk about. This is the story we never tell. Take time to read this.

And on a lighter note, Of String Theory, Bad Poetry, and Head Girl Badges St Trinians. How Kelly gets to be Head Girl

Ten Percent Malory Towers/Torchwood (G) Set during the events of Children of Earth. Darrell isn't going to stand for it. When I saw the summary, I didn't it would work. But it does - only tangently Torchwood.

And a lot the drabbles on sabethea's tag here

I have a few others that I am reading in my tabs before I hit up yuletide so I have achieved something today and tomorrow's Friday. SO hurrah.

Tags: fic rec, fic recs

11:39 pm: Happy birthday to heyhoolou. Hope you had a lovely day.

I am rocking my New Year pyjamas (We have a tradition in out family that Father Christmas brings you new knickers in your stocking and you get new pyjamas for the New Year. Everyone's happy and it's a sign that we are getting old that we are genuinely pleased to getting underwear and socks for Christmas.)

I also think I need to get back into my embroidery. I found that when I was making my Secret Santa that I found it quite relaxing do I will have a poke around for new patterns and stuff this week.

And I would quite like some more general icons. It's hard when you haven't been feeling particularly fandomy so if people have sure fire comms etc they can link me to, that would be much appreciated. But I don't have any Skins icons and this makes me sad.

The big news story today is the conviction of two men for the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Stephen Lawrence was murdered in April 1993 - just before we moved back to the UK and it's one of the 1st news stories that I remember from that time and the ongoing saga of the following 18 years bought race relations particularly with the police into the spotlight. Gah. A lot of people are saying things are better now ut I'm not sure that it is.

Tags: birthday greetings, fandom, rl

11:55 pm: Happy New Year everyone. I hope everyone had a lovely end of year and is ready to go back to work/school/RL :)

I am delurking again and have semi caught up but have resolved to do better in the New Year. So my New Year resolutions are as follows:

1. Keep up with LJ/DW (bearing in mind the latest kerfuffle) and actually comment.

1.5. Actually post semi regularly.

2. Write some fic this year. My best bet is a NYR for yuletide

3. Make recs for the fic and meta I do read. I currently have tabs open from November which I am halfway through reading and some recs from the holiday fests

Christmas was lovely and too much food was had by all. New Year was spent at home with my parents and drinking fizz and watching Jools Holland. And I have a new nephew born on NYE which I am very excited about. Name unknown but we have been joking that as we only have a limited pool of family names to choose from, it won't be that difficult to guess. But Sebastian is in the running which is not a family name so watch this space :)

New job (as in old job but with more pay) starts tomorrow. Hopefully the dust will have settled after the whole reorganisation process and people actually start behaving like grown ups and just get on with their jobs. I am not expecting this to happen but I am trying to be nicer to people this year and give them the benefit of the doubt.

Tags: delurking, fandom, rl

12:07 am: Self, what the fuck are you still doing up. You have to be out of the house in 6 and 1/2 hours and be coherent enough to grapple Easyjet. Telling yourself you can have a nap when you get to the other won't help as you will have stuff to do when you get to the other end.

In other news, job applications have now been submitted. It was getting to the point where I was going cross-eyed and mixed messages were coming from HR. I wouldn't say they couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery but you wonder at times. Hopefully I'll know next week whether I've been short listed.

I'm off for a few days. Will be back Mondayish. And still won't have time to watch Merlin before I go.

Tags: rl, wtf

10:39 pm: Today has been all about sleeping and job applications. And I'm talking about hardcore note taking and drafting. However, I can't submit until tomorrow at the earliest as that is when the job specs come through. So I keep having to channel a mantra of "I'm fucking fabulous and you'll be stupid not to hire me."

And also trawling through yuletide NYR prompts to see if I get bunnied and therefore I can get off the shit list and maybe enter next year. Also I haven't written any fic since last year and that makes me sad. I think I've settled my bunnies for Swallows and Amazons where Nancy joins the WRENS and rescues John at Dunkirk (it kind of works if you fudge the timelines a couple of years either way)

Tags: rl, yuletide

10:02 pm: Why aren't I asleep yet? Mainly because I waiting for a call to do the station run but it means I can't even get into my jimjams. But that is an aside as I can't wait to see people this weekend. I think I have packed everything - including sleeping bag and robes and torch. I have also packed some mulled wine sachets if we want to have a go at pick some on Saturday or something. Is there anything I've forgotten?

Most importantly, I have caught up on Marlin in case of a viewing party. :D ( Brief thoughts on Season 4 )

I haven't finished watching season 6 of Supernatural let alone started season 7. Am I missing much by taking my time catching up?

Tags: fandom, glee, merlin, rl, supernatural

10:25 pm: *waves*
*dusts off journal*

( Testing testing )

I have mostly being snowed under at work with restructures and redundancies and having to apply for my own and general shit like that. Added to my computer dying a mini death (and it's currently essentially being held together with chewing gum and string) and I have just been out of it really. And the longer I have been out of it there harder it is to get back into the swing of things.

So this is me. Saying hi and putting my toe back in the waters.

Tags: rl

10:12 pm: ( Tales of being a mardy cow )

Tags: being a mardy cow, rl

11:50 pm: Title: It makes sense in context
Rating: G-PG
Warnings: None
Genre: fluff
Word Count: 213
Notes: Written for woldy's informal femmeslash exchange. Taken from liseuse's prompt Angelina/Parvati, duvet covers, max rating NC-17. Yeah just a fluffy wee drabble thingy.

( It makse sense in context )


Title: Only today the fire shines brightly
Rating: PG for swearing
Warnings: None except shameless reference to the Ashes
Genre: fluff
Word Count: 181
Notes: Written for woldy's informal femmeslash exchange. Taken from liseuse's prompt Angelina/Parvati, duvet covers, max rating NC-17.

( Only today the fire shines brightly )

Title: Ynys yr Afalon
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Genre: fluff
Word Count: 171
Notes: Written for woldy's informal femmeslash exchange. Taken from liseuse's prompt Angelina/Parvati, duvet covers, max rating NC-17. Sorry this one didn’t follow the prompt


( Ynys yr Afalon )

Tags: angelina, angelina/parvati, my fics, parvati

11:40 pm: Christmas 1980 A sweet fic with vinginettes of different families just before the first war.

Especially in the Month of June 6 year old Neville finds out about his parents and this was an especially adorable Neville and bonus!Susan Bones.

Putting the Natives at Ease Narnia!fic mainly focusing on Mr and Mrs Pevensie and this just made flail with joy. It feels right and in fact check out all the ficlets she's written in this universe. Post WW2 and see what happens when you put 15 years battle experience in a young man's body.

In the Light, Remember Polly has her miracles, Kelly has the memory of a Saviour, but all Annabelle has is popcorn on a string. St Trinian's. This makes me have flaily hands of glee

Thank you for the cards from aigooism, such_heights and silvernatasha. Mine are being written tomorrow.

Tags: fic rec

02:23 pm: Dear yuletide author,

Sorry this is so late. I will love anything you will write for any of these fandoms but here are some more details on them anyway! As a pan fandom cravat, gen, het, slash and femmeslash of any rating would be lovely.

( Yuletide ramblings )

And if I am late commenting, it doesn't mean I hate your fic. I am away in another country between 22nd December and 4th January so my internet access will be patchy if non existent.

Tags: yuletide

11:00 pm: If you want a card this year and I haven't got an up to date address for you, please give it to me! I love sending them out. Comments are screened and if you want to check on the address I hold, please click on the seasons greetings tag.

I spent the most of the last week Not AT Home and bloody hell it's tiring. Spending time waiting for trains but when I got where I was going, it was lovely and catching up with people I hadn't since last year. Blimey, how do people commute for longer than about half an hour and not be exhausted?

Tags: rl, seasons greetings

10:50 pm: FIC: All Love Is Sweet
Title: All love is sweet
Rating: PG
Warnings: Off screen sexual activity and non sexual nudity, on screen mild drug use
Genre(s): fluff/angst
Word Count: 1530
Summary: How can you tell when things changed? And when do you stop living in the past and start embracing the future?
Notes: Thanks to my sister for giving this a quick beta. All remaining mistakes are mine.

( All Love Is Sweet )

Tags: hp, my fics, remus, remus/sirius, sirius

09:54 pm: Happy belated birthdays to abbeydale, tudorrose1533.nessaja82, schmoo999 and happy birthday to lkaet

( Fic recs )

I know I have knowledgeable people on my flist. I am looking for book recs for my two American cousins. E is a 15 year girl and is currently into the Ender's Game series. T is a 13 year old boy and is into Stephen King. I would prefer recs that they wouldn't necessarily have come across in the States but any ideas are welcome.

Tags: birthday greetings, fic recs, rl

12:55 am: Happy belated birthdays to llassah, goddessvicky, maple_clef greyandgold, erikdesoir and happy birthday to loony_moony and mizzoulu

( Fic recs )

yuletide nominations are open closed. Now need to decide what I want to write and receive this year!

Call for papers and art is open for diacon_alley. Slash, femslash and fic friendly so please send in your proposals!

Tags: birthday greetings, diacon_alley, fandom, fic rec

11:03 pm: Happy belated birthday to pinkbutterflies, multiclassgeek and ethuil.

I have a whole heap of shit to talk about but am too brain dead to do so. Will do so later in the week. So onto fic recs.

Fuck is a Dangerous Word to Say Ginny/Pansy (NC-17) with quite a brash Ginny and a cool headed Pansy. Yay for femmeslash.

Flight Adorable Remus/Sirius art and it's steampunk!

Entre chien et loup More Remus/Sirius art. I wasn't sure I liked the style but it's a grower. It reminds me a lot of the art from A Little Prince

More to come..

Tags: birthday greetings, fic rec

11:29 pm: Happy belated birthdays to czeri, heykidbiteme, becassine, petulans, rynne and happy birthdays to melusinahp and midnitemaraud_r.

Hooray for Talk like a Pirate Day today. I will be wearing my piratical sweat bands today. I think a great piratical rumbustification should be in order*. And I got my hp_yule_balls thingy and it looks all right. *starts plotting* I need to tidy up my other fest piece before I can do that though as the deadline is on Friday.

Still need to watch Law & Order: UK and Merlin and X Factor.

*Bonus points for those who get that reference without Googling

Tags: birthday greetings, fandom, rl

09:52 am: Happy belated birthdays to lazy_daze and ashleyfanfic#

Academic Interest New!Who (River Song/Liz Ten) *bounces* We need more of this pairing.

Am off to Grantham for a course. Not on Maggie Thatcher but it would be funny if she was worked in at some point. So yeah, not here until Thursday.

Tags: birthday greetings, fic recs, rl

12:04 am: Latest LJ fuckup. It's not well thought out but for the most part, it appears you have to opt in to cross post. But I don't have to say this but I will - don't be a douche. I'm looking to set up more of my filters on DW - not that I filter much, so locked posts can't get crossposted. And just for housekeeping? I crosspost between LJ, IJ and DW. The content is the same at all three except my tagging system is more up to date on LJ. My username is the same on all three. I also have 7 invite codes for DW if you want to switch. There is also a greasemonkey script here. I'm assured it works in Firefox and it appears to work in Google Chrome.

Happy belated birthdays to frizzy_hermione and tinnidawg and as it's past midnight happy birthday to kuteki.

date night Torchwood Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys. I always enjoy her writing especially when Gwen and Ianto are BFFs
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather The Devil Wears Prada with hints of Emily/Andy. I haven't watched the film recently but it feels like part of the film.
Dear Headmistress McGonagall Pansy-centric gen (hurrah!) and Pansy is seriously hardcore in this.

bicon. ( Cut for your convience )

Speaking of cons, I know there was a formula equating sleep and meals. multiclassgeek, do you know it?

Tags: bicon, birthday greetings, fic rec, omgwtf