Spike/Xander/Anya

  • May. 25th, 2013 at 5:37 PM
katkot81
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I am looking for some stories to read where Spike gets hurt in some way and Xander and Anya take care of him, or any stories where all three are in a relationship together. They can be any subject or any length, I do prefer completed or regularly updated ones though. Thanks for the help in advance.

Exile

  • May. 25th, 2013 at 5:53 PM

killerweasel
This was written for frodosweetstuff, who wanted a fic to go along with this image.

Title: Exile
Fandom: Star Trek
Characters: John Harrison, OC (sortof)
Word Count: 1,102
Rating: PG
A/N: AU after Star Trek Into Darkness
Warnings: contains character and plot spoilers, so if you haven't seen the film yet, you might want to skip this
Summary: Everything he did, he did for his friends, his family, and his crew.

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White-throated Sparrow

  • May. 25th, 2013 at 3:10 PM

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backyard_birds
White-throated sparrow A


Bird of the day. Nearly thought this was a white-crowned, till I saw in the book that they don't come here, but further west mostly.

Tarot of the Day: 05/25/2013

  • May. 25th, 2013 at 1:48 PM

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Tarot of the Day:

XXI The World
Queen of Wands
IV The Emperor

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46 The Friends

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64 The Gift

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Possibilities

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Queue-jumper

  • May. 25th, 2013 at 5:34 PM

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customers_suck
I had just gone on my fifteen minute break. I got my purse, went downstairs, got a sandwich and proceeded to queue. It was busy because it's Saturday and there was only one cashier on. He was also new. I told him to ring his bell. In the meantime, the queue got bigger and bigger and the new guy made a small mistake. He asked me how to correct it but I told him that he'd need a supervisor for that kind of mistake. As usual, queue was getting bigger.

My manager came and jumped on the till next to the new guys. He served some people, then it was my turn. But when I went to place my sandwich onto the counter, the woman behind me swiped it away and placed this huge basket onto the counter saying "I'm next!" I turned to her and said, "Excuse me, but I was before you."

"Oh I'm soooooo soooorry!" she sarcastically said. She rolled her eyes at me and wouldn't move her basket from the counter. I lost my temper and said, "You've jumped the queue! I was waiting to be served before you, and I've only got a sandwich!"

Cue her yelling that the staff at this shop are rude and disrespectful to their customers. I told her that I was a customer too and she chimed back saying that because I work here I should let the actual customers go first.

FUCK YOU. And lol 'actual customers'. Because I work at the store I'm not actually a customer didn't you know?!

My manager caved and said, "Charuby, calm down! Take your sandwich now, you can pay for it later."

I turned to the woman and said to her, "I'm on a fifteen minute break here, just so you know." and walked off. Because fuck her if she thinks she can push in front of me with a big basket of stuff and get away with it, just because I work here. I'm on a break, I'm not inclined to be falsely nice to you just because you're an 'actual customer'. This is my personal time right now, and I have EVERY right to defend myself.

EDIT: Forgot to add: I've finished now, for two weeks! No more shitty customers for two whole weeks. I am overjoyed!

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"Hand And Penis" - Sat, 25 May 2013

  • May. 25th, 2013 at 12:00 AM
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Hand And Penis

Well. It has finally happened

  • May. 24th, 2013 at 11:08 PM

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My bitch of a sister in law finally did it.

She managed to hurt my brother enough to end their marriage. Yup.

The evil bitch monster of cheating cheated on him AGAIN, and didn't even bother to deny it when he confronted her. In fact, blamed her behavior on HIM. He's been too "depressed and negative" lately. yes, my brother's emotional state just OPENED UP YOUR VAGINA FOR ANOTHER MAN'S COCK. Fuck you, you bitch, and the horse you rode in on.

*ahem* sorry.

My carpet is fixed, my house smells like the very sweet deodorizer that the carpet people use. blech. and I've decided to not move apartments. I'm sticking in the same place for another year - at least.

Am introducing my students to Firefly. Or, well, Serenity. One class LOVED it. were riveted. Another movie that they haven't seen: The Truman Show. WHAT??? They hadn't seen Truman Show??? Unbelievable. I have three more days with my kids. two days for review, then their exam...holy crap, the year is almost done. Golly, this was a great bunch of kids. *sniff*

Photograph: Critter Visiting

  • May. 24th, 2013 at 9:23 PM

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IMG_4674
Photograph Taken: 05/23/2013
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

There is a little critter in this one. I really enjoy it when I find one in my photographs. It's like nature saying hello.

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Well...

  • May. 24th, 2013 at 9:07 PM

irish_dragon
Today I made it.

I made it through all of my massages, had three clients, and it was a full day. How? Well I had 2 2-hour clients, and 1 1-hour client. Which equals 5 hours of work. All three were DT clients. So it was a iffy on getting through the work. Because when I was doing the 2 hour sessions, my energy levels were plummeting, my mind was going nap?

But today was a good day. Kim's doing good. Her Mom and I did some retail shopping, tomorrow is almost completely booked solid. Sunday may get there. Being it's the day before Memorial Day, it may book it may not, it's a new pay period day. Tomorrow is the the last day of the payperiod. Ah well, I'm getting better and healthy. So I'm good with the decisions that I needed to make this week.

Have I mentioned I enjoy working at Elements, even with the drama, FFFAAARRR better than Massage Retreat and Spa.

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Happy birthday!

  • May. 24th, 2013 at 5:43 PM

fgherman
to lydy.

May Arwen always be curled up in your lap and Death and Destruction perch on your shoulders.

This Week’s Caught in the Wild

  • May. 24th, 2013 at 2:00 PM

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Originally published at The Sound and the Foley. Please leave any comments there.

"Hey, Scotty! This thing just space-beeped at me!"

“Hey, Scotty! This thing just space-beeped at me!”

Our eagle-eared readers have done it again! Here are more discoveries about things we’ve discussed here at The Sound and the Foley.

RED-TAILED HAWK

Mandydax says, “I was just starting Mythbusters and there’s that sound in the opening credits just before Adam says ‘It’s SCIENTIFIC!’ They do a quick close up of his face with his hat brim pulled down and ‘screeeeee!’”

Wow, I’ll need to try to dig that one up! Some cursory searching online reveals that a) Mythbusters has a ton of different opening sequences, and b) none of them are the one you found. Looks like it’s time for me to go watch a whole bunch of Mythbusters. Oh, the humanity!

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Too Good to Leave on Twitter

  • May. 24th, 2013 at 1:00 PM

chebutykin

Originally published at Tin Lizard Productions. You can comment here or there.

The-Bourne-Identity-1988Dakegra: Did Bourne redefine the action genre? Discuss.

Me: Yes.

KyleCassidy: Bourne stood on the shoulders of Bond and John Woo. The view from that high up is pretty epic. Books not so actioney.

Dakegra: True.

Me: However, it was the Bourne films that made other contemporary action films look silly and overwrought. (…at least, in terms of mainstream American cinema.)

Me (later): Also, I should note that I’m not talking about the 3-hour 1988 Richard Chamberlain version of The Bourne Identity.

Dakegra: I’d not heard of that one. I feel I ought to watch it.

KyleCassidy: You mean of course The Bourne Birds.

Me: *spit take*

Dakegra: #applause

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All Roads Led to You 7/?

  • May. 24th, 2013 at 10:24 AM

forsaken2003
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Title: All Roads Led to You 7/?
Author: Forsaken2003
Pairing: S/X
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I own none, all belong to Joss Whedon
Comments: Always welcomed!
Summary: After a demon kills his sister Spike takes him out. He isn’t prepared for the outcome.
Warnings/Spoilers: Series never happened
Beta’d by: Unbeta’d
Prompt #357 from Tamingthemuse- Leonardo da Vinci
Note: From now on most of my Tamingthemuse stories will be named as the challenge.
Note 2: Spike is much older than he was in the show. Turned around the 1400’s
Previous Parts Here: http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=forsaken2003&keyword=All%20Roads%20Led%20to%20You&filter=all

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Tarot of the Day: 05/24/2013

  • May. 24th, 2013 at 7:49 AM

irish_dragon
Tarot of the Day:

XXI The World
Eight of Wands
XII The Hanged Man

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53 Death

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46 The Juggler

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Receptivity

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May. 24th, 2013

  • 12:31 PM

dakegra
happy birthday to the lovely boliviafang. May your day be full of cake and shiny things. Mainly cake.

Mmm, cake.

Sucky Customers and I'm Not Even At Work...

  • May. 24th, 2013 at 12:23 PM

elphane_uk
customers_suck
I hope this post is allowed, as it features sucky customers, I'm just not actually serving them.  Or anyone else for that matter.

I had a landline put in at home about 6 months ago.  It turns out though my 'new' number last used for a local pub, the owners of which didn't bother to go online and change any info on websites when they changed it. It is also nearly the same as the number of ANOTHER local pub, just two numbers swapped round (theirs end 274, mine ends 247).  So this has lead to some interesting calls.  I spent all day a few months back going through every result on Google that had my number listed as the number for the first pub, which has helped somewhat, but I still get mis dialed calls for the other pub.  I find it all kind of hilarious as I work for a totally different local pub.

Now on most calls I get the people are nice and polite about it, but this morning I had a real humdinger.  I was in the bathroom, when my phone rang.  I didn't make it down it time, and it went to my messaging service.  When I checked my messages it was a call for the pub with a similar number to mine, and as it seemed an important call about accommodation for tonight, I called the lady who had left the message back to tell her she had mixed the number up.  It went straight through to her voicemail, so I left a polite message telling her she'd dialed the wrong number and pointing out she'd called '247' not '274' and left it at that.  My good deed done for the day, right?

Wrong.  About ten minutes later she calls me back and yells at me that I need to have my number changed as it's MY fault she called the wrong place.  If my number wasn't similar it wouldn't have gone through and she'd have known there and then her mistake, not ten minutes later.  And how dare I call her personal number, I must be a weirdo.  I simply told her I wanted to make sure she didn't turn up to the pub tonight to find she didn't have accommodation after all and I thought I was being helpful.  Which according to her I wasn't, I was just being weird.

I don't think I'll be helpful anymore.

A minor annoyance about this whole issue though is when people calling for the pub that used to have my number find out it's changed they ask me what the new number is.  Which I don't know.  And they can be a bit snotty about that.  I should find it out I guess.

And in case anyone is wondering why I don't have my number changed, it would be more of a pain to inform everyone with my number that it's been changed than it is to get these calls a few times a week.
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  • May. 24th, 2013 at 9:12 AM

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Sticks and Stones

  • May. 24th, 2013 at 4:00 AM
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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can make me think I deserved it.

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"Sinfest Nights 10" - Fri, 24 May 2013

  • May. 24th, 2013 at 12:00 AM
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Photograph: Spring Blooms

  • May. 23rd, 2013 at 10:01 PM

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Crab Apple Tree
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
3 Mile Drive: Crab Apple Section
May 23, 2013

Well today was a Returning of sort for me. As I returned to the Arboretum for the first time this year to take photographs. I took over 500 and kept 93. I would still really like to get a macro or equivalent, but it was a fun day. It wasn't a draining day, but I still needed a nap after I got home.

My energy levels are increasing slowly, but I'm getting better. Coughs are getting better. Had some unexpected guests in my photographs. I bird eating breakfast in one of the trees. And a little black insect looking over the pedal of one of the crab apple blossoms.

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Tarot of the Day: 05/23/2013

  • May. 23rd, 2013 at 9:47 PM

irish_dragon
Tarot of the Day:

II The High Priestess
King of Pentacles
XII The Hanged Man

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43 Geeeeeooo The Slow


65 The Returning

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Morality

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Male House Finch

  • May. 23rd, 2013 at 5:08 PM

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stuff but not nonsense

  • May. 23rd, 2013 at 4:27 PM

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I went to get my teeth cleaned today at the dentist's! Uh, that is not a let's-celebrate-dentistry kind of exclamation, but more of a "I made it, I didn't cancel at the last minute because dentist (gah, I've done that before in my life), and I don't feel completely traumatized right now!"

My hygienist was super-competent, hilarious, and adorable. We did have a moment when I near-shouted, "You graduated WHEN?" and she looked slightly trapped, because wow, young! But we totally hit it off, and because I have to go back for more cleaning-type follow-up, she was like, "I'm going to cancel your appointment with so-and-so and get you back in with me," because we bonded over my on-the-path-to-wellness teeth and gums, yo.

I am missing my niece Miss C something awful. I was going to try to lure my sister to bring her for a visit here, but if I can't make that happen soon, I might schedule another trip to Pittsburgh in the near future. Miss C told her mom recently that she wishes she had a version of me that was so teensy she could put it in her pocket and take me with her everywhere. I mean, how does a seven-year-old come up with pocket!Auntie Entre all on her own, right? That kid deserves a visit and also a trip to a bouncy castle.

My writing is going fairly well right now. Yeah. That may seem a random observation, but it's pretty big in my mind. Part of me still can't even believe I can write that sentence out and nod like, yes, true statement, this has in fact been the case for nearly a month now. What a huge relief, especially from the late fall through late winter when writing hardly happened at all for me. To any of you feeling blocked right now, you have my immense sympathies, because it can be such a horrid feeling, and it's so hard to see that there might be an end to the lack of writing when you're in a drought like that. I might at some point post a bit about how I'm going about making myself write these days and ask you all if you have any more tips you want to share.

Also, I'm still not getting most comment notifications to LJ, so bear with me if it takes me a few days to realize you replied somewhere. Or if I seem to traipse along blithely unaware you've replied to something I've said in an entry that's not mine, this is probably the reason.

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ABC Meme, stolen from angstpuppy

  • May. 23rd, 2013 at 4:08 PM

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A - Age: 37. And I look good, too.
B - Bed size: Queen. My bed is beautific and intimidating. I have this on good authority. :D
C - Chore you hate: Emptying and scrubbing the cat box.
D - Dog's name: I have no dog.
E - Essential start to your day item(s): Shower.
F - Favorite color: Deep Green
G - Gold or Silver: gold.
H - Height: 5'7".
I - Instruments you play: I sing and can play the Clarinet.
J - Job title: English Teacher.
K - Kisses or hugs: ugh. Neither? But if I had to choose? kisses - less contact for shorter period of time. Unless I"m making out, then everything is fair game.
L - Living arrangements: I live alone. ALL ALONE. Well, I have Diego, my kitty, but ALONE.
M - Mood: care-free and easy going most of the time.
N - Nicknames: Chelle, Shelly, Shel-bird, Mickey
O - Overnight hospital stays other than birth: Pneumonia at 3 yrs, D&C at 23, pelvic infection that nearly killed me, also at 23.
P - Pet Peeves: Stupid people, liars, apathetic and entitled students.
Q - Quote from a movie: Lemme explain. No. There is too much; lemme me sum up."
R - Right or left handed: Right.
S - Siblings: 1 Brother who is awesome.
T - Time you wake up: 6:30 am. Even on my freakin days off. :(
U - Underwear: all the time. ALL the time.
V - Vegetable you dislike: Onions, peppers.
W - Ways you run late: I have a pathological need to stick it to the man....
X - X-rays you've had: abdominal and chest.
Y - Yummy food you make: Banana pudding and pound cake.
Z - Zoo favorite: Big cats - lions, tigers.

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  • Thu, 01:57: Following up Die Another Day with The Matador. One of these movies is much better than the other.
  • Thu, 03:14: Paraphrased cheery comment from @Linkara19 tonight: "Hey, you're not as drunk as you usually are!" Still seeking a witty rejoinder.
  • Thu, 03:17: I'd like to think of myself as a Myrna-Loy-in-The-Thin-Man sort of drunk, but I probably need to have more money to do that properly.
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Sound and the Foley in the Wild!

  • May. 23rd, 2013 at 2:00 PM

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Originally published at The Sound and the Foley. Please leave any comments there.

CofCThis upcoming Saturday, I will be speaking at the College of Curiosity’s Conference of Curiosity in Chicago. My subject?

(Cue the dun dun DUNNNNN!*)

I will be speaking about The Sound and the Foley project, of course!

Subjects in my talk will range from items discussed here on the blog to subjects that (gasp!) I have not yet covered. Yes, that’s right: I’ll be bringing up some new material at the conference.

If you are in the Chicago area and would like to join in the fun, tickets are a suggested donation of $60, and include things like lunch and a very curious goodie bag. One of the other speakers is a man who was once the most dangerous man in the world, so, really, you shouldn’t miss this.

* Oh hey! I should also write about the history of the dramatic music sting…

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Some thoughts on Kindle Worlds

  • May. 23rd, 2013 at 1:20 PM

grenacia
Kindle Worlds

Fan fiction and pro fiction are both very large places, which blur into each other here and there. My most comprehensive experience of them both is in Star Trek fandom, the main obsession of my coming-of-age years. In Star Trek, none of the writers own the characters and world they are writing in. They are owned by Paramount Pictures. Star Trek novels have the authors' names on the cover, but are © Copyright Paramount.

There have been times when it was very easy to get a Star Trek novel published, all you had to do was be a decent writer with a reasonable understanding of the characters, write a story that didn't go anywhere too inappropriate, and send it in in the appropriate manner and wait for it to be picked out of the pile. A lot of sci-fi writers grew up as Star Trek fans, and a lot of them wrote fanfic, and some of them also wrote official Star Trek fiction.

I have, on my shelves at home, a large collection of Star Trek fiction (pared down from an even larger collection I read but eventually decided I would never re-read). It includes some fanfic that is better than some of the official fic. It includes some fanfic that is written by the same authors as official fic (because, however well written it is, Paramount is not going to buy your novel that was elegantly plotted to put Ambassador Sarek into a situation where he decides an orgy is the logical choice). The official novels I have read include some masterpieces and some stinkers, and a lot of in-between. The fanfic of course does as well. Some of it, I have no idea why it didn't get officially published. Other writings, I totally know why (hello, ream of Jadzia Dax/Kira Nerys slashfic I downloaded and printed back when DS9 was on the air!).

I think Kindle Worlds could be a pretty cool new thing, but it has limitations - probably necessary ones. It's a lot more like writing an official Star Trek novel than writing fanfic. You're never going to truly own your work when you write about other peoples' worlds and characters. There will be limitations on the content of your official writing of them (no porn, nothing too out-of character, and whatever other arbitrary limitations the owners and creators come up with) and limitations on how it is sold.

If you want creative freedom and ownership of your work, you should make up your own worlds and characters. If you want creative freedom but want to write about other people's characters, you should write fanfic, but realize that it is fanfic, not pro fic: it is unofficial, not something you can sell legitimately. If you are itching to write a story about characters you don't own, but think you can do it within the right limitations, and don't care that you don't own or control it, than Kindle Worlds (or other tie-in fiction) is for you.

I've seen a lot of complaints about Kindle Worlds, but they all seem to be from people who were hoping to see fanfiction treated like original work, and are all sorts of disappointed for this reason. Unless you want to write fanfiction based on works in the public domain or Creative Commons, that's not going to happen.

The other big limitation of Kindle Worlds is that it has a very limited number of worlds available for writing in. That list may grow, but not as much as one might think. Creators that have historically kept a tight leash on spinoffs and frowned upon fanfiction will probably never release their work to Kindle Worlds, however many limitations they could apply therein.

Paw*Con 2013

  • May. 23rd, 2013 at 5:30 AM

joshuwain
On my way...

Paw*Con is what we jokingly refer to the annual gathering of fellow friends that get together each spring. It's been in Kansas City and, of late, in Milwaukee. I'm hitting the road, shortly, and bringing food-n-games to share. I really can't wait! This is a gathering of my best friends; the sort of gathering that makes my life worth living!

This year will be at the home of Geemo and Quinn in Milwaukee and have at least a dozen furs descending on the place. There's a military museum trip planned as well as just hanging out, playing games, maybe watching movies, pizza-ing, and other such fun.

I'm hitting the road early since I got a rock in my windshield the other day and no place could squeeze me in for repairs before I left. So, with the help of my insurance company, I found a place en-route in Hudson, WI, where I could spin by at 8am and get the windshield replaced. From there, since I'll be on the road way too early, I'm going to be stopping at a State Park or two as I drive through Wisconsin.

I've not taken a road trip like this in a long while: I'm looking forward to it!

See you all later!

<goes to rummage breakfast and put a turkey in the brine>

Yours,
Sylvan

Mad, Bad & Dangerous To Know

  • May. 23rd, 2013 at 10:17 AM

darker_fae
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( You are about to view content that may only be appropriate for adults. )

Love's Gentle Touch ~ Spike/Xander ~ R

  • May. 23rd, 2013 at 10:09 AM

skargasm
bloodclaim
Title: → Love's Gentle Touch
Author: → skargasm
Rating: → R
Pairing(s): → Spike/Xander
Genre: → AU
Word Count: → 596
Prompt (s): → Prompt #04: Love @52_challenge, Prompt #357: Leonardo da Vinci @tamingthemuse, Drabblefest @ spanking_world & Prompt: Wild Card ~ Gentle Love @ love_bingo
Beta(s): → Unbeta'd but cross proofread
Warning(s): → N/A
Disclaimer: → Joss owns 'em, we borrowed 'em
Summary: → A little snippet of Spike and Xander.....
LOVES GENTLE TOUCH

Edition 2,566

  • May. 22nd, 2013 at 11:36 PM

waterofthemoon
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"Hi Guys 2" - Thu, 23 May 2013

  • May. 23rd, 2013 at 12:00 AM
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Hi Guys 2

Wiscon census?

  • May. 22nd, 2013 at 8:49 PM

pgdudda
Who all in my readership will be attending Wiscon this year? For reasons I won't discuss in a public post, I'm needing a little more social security than usual, so I'd like to know who I can keep an eye out for as being People I Already Know.

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Alien Sea Anemone Invasion

  • May. 22nd, 2013 at 8:53 PM

caitirin
Katie and I saw these weirdo things on a cedar tree on campus today, right near Holloway. And went O.O

Untitled

Bethany looked them up for us and apparently they are not alien sea anemone invaders but some bizarre kind of rust fungus that she'd never even heard of.

SCIENCE!

I still say aliens.
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Sarah Diemer's latest novel, TWIXT, available for free!

  • May. 22nd, 2013 at 8:38 PM

elaby
My friend YA author Sarah Diemer has made her latest novel, Twixt, available for free on KDP Select. Read her blog post for more details and the link.

This is an AMAZING deal, you guys - I devoured Twixt the moment it arrived in the mail, and it's an incredible story. The characters are heart-capturing and complicated, the world is chillingly gorgeous, and plot is SO TWISTY that everybody had to drag me away from it to go to the Fairie Festival. THE FAIRIE FESTIVAL. There are few things that could stall me with the prospect of the Fairie Festival before me, guys. Here's the novel's description from Sarah's blog:

You wake upon the cold ground. As you struggle to rise, as your breath exhales like a ghost, you know only two things: You can’t remember who you are. And you’re being hunted.

No one sleeps in Abeo City. The lost souls gather indoors at night as Snatchers tear through the sky on black-feathered wings, stalking them. But inside the rotting walls of the Safe Houses comes a quieter, creeping danger. The people of Abeo City have forgotten their pasts, and they can trade locks of their hair to sinister women known only as the Sixers for an addictive drug. Nox will give you back a single memory–for a price.

Like the other lost souls, Lottie wakens in this harsh landscape and runs in terror from the Snatchers. But she soon comes to realize that she is not at all like the people of Abeo City. When she takes Nox, her memories remain a mystery, and the monsters who fill the sky at night refuse to snatch her. Trying to understand who she is, and how she ended up in such a hopeless place, Lottie bands together with other outcasts, including a brave and lovely girl named Charlie. In the darkness, and despite the threat of a monstrous end, love begins to grow. But as Lottie and Charlie plot their escape from Abeo City, Lottie’s dark secrets begin to surface, along with the disturbing truth about Twixt: a truth that could cost her everything.

Sarah is putting her novel out there for free for a limited time so that people who are interested in her work can have access to it. If you value my literary recommendations at all, give this one a read. It's a journey worth taking.

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because I'm a masochist,

  • May. 22nd, 2013 at 6:14 PM

thatotherperv
I'm reading published erotica. I figure my flist is more likely to rec me readable things than I'd get going in blind, or god forbid, depending on the rating of mere amazon peasants. so...

know anything worth the time?

May. 22nd, 2013

  • 11:23 PM

felisblanco
Btw, I'm totaly blaming Tumblr for the sex dream I had about Jeremy Renner.

For some reason I've never really liked him. Probably because of his character in Angel, that's the only reason I have and it's a bad one, I know. Just for some reason I have never found him attractive or even interesting at all.

And then last night, wham! He was so charming and sweet and just absolutely the cutest thing ever. And we kept making out. A Gothenburg's Liseberg amusement park for some weird reason and then in IKEA, where we got caught by the staff when we tried to sneak into one of the beds to have wild nekkid sex. And now I can't look at picture of him on Tumblr anymore without my vagina doing a little oooh dance.


Talking about being sexually frustrated, I'm watching Identity which has Queer as Folk (UK)'s Aidan Gillen being a sexy bastard. I swear, his swag, his sexy accent... So. Fucking. Hot. *fans self*
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May. 22nd, 2013

  • 9:11 PM

felisblanco
My older cat will be 18 years old this summer. I just realised she's gone blind.

It must have happened quite recently. She's been talking to me a lot, following me around and staring up at me. But it wasn't until I saw her walking across the floor today and she bumped into a box of books that I realised her pupils have been blown wide for days. Just as I was thinking about this my daughter comes and tells me she thinks the cat can't see well anymore, that she was sniffing around for her water bowl and having trouble finding it. So I tried shining a bright light into her eyes just now and her pupils didn't change at all.

I know cats can survive when born blind but turning blind when they're 18 years old? I don't know if she can handle it. She doesn't seem to be in any pain though. Well, she's been rheumatic and limping for a few years but she never complains, she seems to be happy enough. She still takes those crazy cat running frenzies, or at least it hasn't been very long since she did it last. A couple of weeks maybe. Before she lost her sight, I guess.

*sighs*

I know. I'm being stupid. This is it, right? It's just... 18 years, you know.
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The Hothouse

  • May. 22nd, 2013 at 8:27 PM

coraline73
A few months ago I saw that John Simm was going to be appearing in a play in London, and as I still haven't really got over the fact that I missed seeing his Hamlet when that was on, I decided that this time, I'd make it to see him.

He is appearing in The Hothouse, and as I realised after booking, not only does it feature Simm, but also Simon Russell Beale (who I last saw in the cinema broadcast of the National Theatre's Timon of Athens). The rest of the cast is equally impressive:

Harry Melling (best know as Dudley Dursley, but unrecognisable)
Christopher Timothy (who has got somewhat older since playing James Herriott),
Clive Rowe (among other things, he was in the Voyage of the Damned episode of Doctor Who),
Indira Varma (Suzie Costello of Torchwood) and
John Heffernan (I don't think I've seen him before, but I think he is going to be one to watch



I haven't seen the play before, and decided not to read any reviews before seeing it, so as to see it fresh

The play is set in an Institution. It's never explained what  kind of institution, whether it is a rest home, a psychiatric hospital, or something more sinister - we never see any of the inmates (patients?), although we hear wails and screams, and learn that they are known by numbers, not names, and that they are locked into their rooms., and everything is run under the distant control of The Ministry

Simon Russell Beale is Roote, the director of the institution, initially merely ineffectual, but as the play proceeds, increasingly, frighteningly unhinged and unpredictable. Simm's Gibbs is coldly efficient, the perfect 'company man', apparently more in control of himself than the other staff members, (and perhaps therefore more culpable) .

As the play unfolds, we learn that one inmate has died, another has given birth, probably as a result of rape by one of the members of staff. We see the hapless Lamb (Harry Melling) subjected to mental and physical abuse in the name of experimentation, and things do not end well.

Despite the nature of the setting and subject matter of the play, it is full of very funny moments - as long as you don't think too closely about what you are laughing at. It's a very strong cast, and well worth seeing.

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