*amused*

Poor Cai. She is a very grumpy, defensive little kitty right now... And she's being ignored rather thoroughly.

:D

It's quite funny, really. We've gradually been introducing her to Abby (that's the name we have given our new little tabby), and so far it's gone well. We've taken it slowly and there haven't been any physical fights (yay) just growling and hissing. The worst we've seen was last night when I accidentally stepped on the little cat, making her screech, and Cai came rushing over to investigate/pounce. I deterred her, though, and that had more to do with tension than actually wanting to fight.

But it's so funny when she sits and has this low, continuous whiny growl, and Abby just ignores her. She's content to keep her distance, but unless we've picked her up so that she's too close, or something like that, she just minds her own business and looks at Cai as though she is strange. -amused- I almost feel sorry for Cai.

So for four days in, things aren't going badly at all! I do hope they will be friends eventually, we will have to see.

I need to make Cai and Abby icons. Separately, probably, since I don't see them curling up together anytime soon. :P

You should all read this. It's a G rated, femmeslash story based upon two fairy tales. The pairing is Briar Rose/Snow White. Yep! Isn't that just awesome?

It's such a sad, beautiful, lyrical piece. I absolutely love the style of writing.

*pokes flist*

Go read. Now.

There are also other awesome pieces in thelittlebang. If you like femmeslash, you should totally go check out that community.

Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Saturday, July 18, 2009 are:

Between One Breath and the Next
Fandom: Perry Moore - Hero
Written by Bonster for TrollPrincess
Thom and Goran's relationship is new, but there's a comfort there.

A World That Does Not Exist
Fandom: RPF - Star Wars
Written by anr for dirty diana
Not quite a lie, but not quite the whole truth either.

Until the Sea Shall Free Them
Fandom: Homer - The Iliad and the Odyssey
Written by victoria p. for Aderam
Patroclus knows there is a reckoning coming, probably sooner rather than later, but for now, he chooses to lose himself in the heat of Achilles' body.

Recollections of an Ordinary Childhood in an Extraordinary House - Excerpts from the Unpublished Diaries of Vanya Hargreeves
Fandom: The Umbrella Academy
Written by perch for Kati-Lara
Vanya recalls various tidbits of her childhood and teenage years with her adopted family.

Portrait in 3/4 Time
Fandom: Some Kind of Wonderful
Written by romanticalgirl for zenfu
A rough sketch of his future

Xaphania's After
Fandom: Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials
Written by thecolourclear for Fizza
Xaphania stays with Will to create the Republic of Heaven, and finds things do not go the way she would wish.

A Big Wolf Christmas
Fandom: Big Wolf on Campus
Written by Amethyst Shard for Atlantia
Tommy and Merton left school years ago, but things haven't really changed that much.
Tommy/Merton slash. <3

Disgusting
Fandom: Esther Forbes - Johnny Tremain
Written by Eve for bethctg
After the dance, Johnny confronts Rab about the girls' lack of reaction to his hand.

It's Magic
Fandom: How I Met Your Mother
Written by hhertzof for zelempa
Take one goat, add a generous helping of Barney Stinson. Presto.

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: pervyficgirl
Request: Alias (comic) (Jessica Jones/Scott Lang aka Antman)
Details: Notes: I will try to be brief here, and if you want more, I'll have a post up at my journal. The short version, of course, is that I will love whatever story you give me, because YAY Yuletide! I have lots of love for Alias, but the end of the comic does not make me very happy. The whole Jessica/Luke Cage thing I think was resolved very shoddily, and mostly? I am just in love with Scott Lang, and enjoy the relationship he and Jessica had/could have had. If you want to do a mored gen approach and work in Cassie, instead, that would also be wonderful.

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

Chuck vs. The Promise of Paperwork
Fandom: Chuck
Written by Person for Steph in the Yuletide 2007 challenge.
Chuck suspects that the night's going to end in death when he's alone with Casey for the first time after the events of episode 11.



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Thank fuck I don't have a hangover today.

Because I am 150% into making stupid decisions lately, with full awareness of how stupid they are before I make them, last night I decided to cope with my epic boredom (home alone, broke, still too sore to go out on any more walks for the time being, moodier than I know what to do with) by taking a few shots and then attempting to cut my own hair.

See, I've been thinking a lot about mohawks lately, and how I kind of want one, except I'm not sure how it would look on me and I really do like my hair the way it is right now, so there was no way I was going to manage doing it sober. So I was like, all right, I'll knock back some shots, and then I'll be just recklessly brave enough to just do it.

Except not, apparently. I just ended up staring the mirror for a few minutes with my hands knotted in my hair, and then I flopped onto the couch and watched Gia until I fell asleep sometime around 11.

Ugh. Sore this morning. But all in all it could be a lot worse. And not that I expected anything else, but Elizabeth Mitchell's character is still my dream girlfriend. I think it's safe to say I'll never be as off-kilter as Gia herself, or as crazy as my mother (let's cross our fingers), but I'd still be lucky to have someone love me that way, to look at me with that look in her eyes even after how many years of not seeing each other?

Yeah, I don't know.

It's probably bad for me to identify with the tragic, psychotic characters, isn't it?

But speaking of people loving each other through unfortunate circumstances, I need to go shower, because Alex is coming to see me today. I haven't seen her since I ended things, obviously, and I'm ridiculously fucking excited that I'm about to.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSteampunkHome/~3/RA-CLeMpIEs/evas-steampunk-naturalist-living-room.html

Eva posted a link to pictures of her living room in the comments to Decorating the Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, and I thought you all might be interested in seeing what she's done.







My take-aways: Apothecary jars are key to the "Victorian Naturalist Laboratory" look. (And there have been so many in stores over the last couple of years they are starting to show up in thrift stores -- I scored a smaller pedestal one just yesterday.) Uncluttered is good (a constant tension in steampunk decor). I do think the room would benefit from a bit more organized clutter on the walls -- maybe some Haeckel prints to play up the unsweet side of our naturalist?

See her whole set of pictures, including before and afters, here.

What would you fill apothecary jars with?

So, hey, chocolate won yesterday, surprise! By which I mean, "not at all." Oh, chocolate rule, so rarely do you disappoint us.

Here's a harder to predict battle today! Both contestants are equally delicious, sweet and creamy. But one is purple and one is....multi-hued, so there's something to go by, if you need help deciding. ;)

Poll #1431482
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

You choose:

Ready? VOTE.

Sorry for spamming your flists tonight with fic!

I had this dream last night where I wrote a Richard/Emmet fic that was a sequel to this Keeping Up Appearances fic and I called it Washing Shirts and Other Household Duties.

Damn it, I have to write it now. Keeping Up Appearances is so fun to write!

http://www.pendragonshoes.com/

A lot of really delicious shoes. Pendragon Shoes hails from Australia.

http://kikistrikeny.blogspot.com/2009/07/sense-and-sensibility-and-sea-monsters.html

From the people who brought you Pride & Prejudice & Zombies.

Awesome.

Yesterday the temperature dropped to nearly 97 degrees, so we decided to actually do something outside. With a couple of friends we drove up to Calvert, a little town to the north of here, with a Victorian main street and a lot of old houses. Calvert is very small, very poor, and a lot of it looks mostly the same as how it looked in the 1901. We ate lunch at Cocoa Moda, had wonderful chocolate, and then looked at little stores with stuff we couldn't afford.

We took a few pictures of some of the houses, though there were lots to choose from. Unlike a lot of surviving old houses, a bunch of these still had their big lots and some of their outbuildings. These are Victorians, though there were a lot of Federal style houses and at least one New Orleans style:

( photos )

It was a really good day. Then I got sick last night, either from being a little too dehydrated or just my weird food allergy, but I'm better now.

Title:: Control
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~1300
Pairing(s): Harry/Scorpius, Draco/Scorpius
Warnings: Bloodplay, not quite non-con, incest, knifeplay, bondage, frottage
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Scorpius seduces Potter in a dark alcove.

( Control )

Title: A Second Chance
Rating: PG-13/R
Pairing: Lucius/Hermione
Summary: Hermione makes a decision that lands her in an alternate universe.
Warnings: AU fic
Word Count: ~10K
Author Notes: Written for the Lucius/Hermione fic exchange. I have to admit, I'm not completely 100% happy with this story, but I like the idea.

( A Second Chance )

( Epilogue )

Title: Apocalypse Plan: Number 19
Author: curia_regis
Recipient: ishie
Fandom: The Big Bang Theory
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None.
Summary: Sheldon has a beautifully detailed plan to save them from every eventuality. However, it's Penny's idea that saves the day.
Pairing: Almost Sheldon/Penny, but not quite
Author Notes: The main idea comes from The Day After Tomorrow. Thank you so much ishie for giving me the chance to write this fic! It is an awesome prompt. I too love the pairing Sheldon/Penny but unfortunately I think this one works better as a genfic. There is some implied Sheldon/Penny though! Thank you rodlox for the beta!

( Apocalypse Plan: Number 19 )