Their dance is our dance.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:05:17 GMT

Yesterday I had a most wonderful dinner at a French restaurant for Thanksgiving. I went with a friend whose family is also far away -- neither of us were traveling for Thanksgiving again this year, so we made the most of it as we usually do by spending it with a mutual friend whose family is in the area, or doing our own thing (as we did this year). And oh, this restaurant is kind of fancy and pricey, but it was so worth it to treat ourselves and be thankful.

I am still in my pyjamas today. I don't plan to get out of them until I possibly go out later for Chinese and/or to the packie. I am not a fan of Black Friday. I'm down with sales, don't get me wrong, but not with crowds at malls. Or crazy traffic. I'll do my last bits of shopping on Sunday. Yes, last bits -- for the family -- as I'm going for early Christmas with the fam this year.

It's a bit of a weird thing, my holiday plans this year, and not spending actual Christmas with family for the first time ever. I'm not quite ready to explore that here, but I think I need to. I think I'll need some advice.

I'm thankful for my Thanksgiving buddy, who is one of my best friends; a secure job that I love; my family, even though they're far away; all the babies about to be born in my life; and the possibility of being able to go to DC for Obama's inauguration. Also, breakfast sandwiches. I really love breakfast sandwiches.

What are you thankful for?

Not to toot my own horn, but...

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:53:10 GMT

Où sont tes héros aux corps d'athlètes?

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:25:49 GMT

I'm working on my first story of any significant length. Synopsis has been sitting for a while, but real life got in the way -- my sister needed my support and then work kicked my tush a fair bit. And now, I'm distracted. By divers. Male divers. Mostly underage or nearly underage male divers. That means you, Thomas Finchum, David Boudia, Matthew Mitcham, and Thomas Daley.

So, I'll give in and watch. Easy peasy. 0:-)

Dutch paving stones clean air pollution

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:46:01 GMT

By mixing a photocatalyst with concrete, Dutch researchers have built a "green" paving stone that absorbs smog-causing pollution, cleaning the road in the process.

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but your feet I'm following in soft steps on a path the way you lead

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:23:15 GMT

I'm finished a synopsis for my next story today. Got a good bunny going on. I'm going to leave the synopsis be for tonight, and go back to it tomorrow or the next night and see if I want to adjust any points. Then, onwards and upwards with the writing!

I have to wait for my next Netflix to get here, anyways, and there's no much on TV these days. I'm finally watching Freaks and Geeks. I'd always heard what a good show it was, along the lines of My So-Called Life, which I LOVED. Can't believe I never watched it until now. The actors all look so young, and now they're all on to new things.

Alright, it's late, gotta work in the morning. New person starting that I've gotta train. I'm gonna need coffee, that's for sure.

we are so magical

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:03:24 GMT

It's a beautiful late spring/nearly summer day. I'm probably going to end up spending it inside reading and writing, with the now-installed AC on, but that's just fine. I'm perusing plot bunnies and reading, and I can feel the words ready to come out. It's a far cry from where I'd been before.

In other news, I got takeout on my way home from work yesterday (hooray for summer Fridays and getting out of work at 3:00!) and can I just say, I looove singapore rice noodles?! Mmm. Steamed dumplings, too. Eating leftovers now, nom nom nom.

One would think there would be more plot bunny communities on LJ. Well, my cursory search revealed not that many HP-specific, and many in general are languishing and haven't been updated in weeks and weeks. I'm also wondering what you folks find are the best writing support communities out there, if you make use of them.

I'll post another time about betas. Not quite there yet. :-)

Is it bad that I can't stop listening to this song?!

we all have something that digs at us

Mon, 26 May 2008 20:07:25 GMT

I'm having a bit of a moment. Well, it's similar to moments I've had the past several weekends, which is when I have the most time to sit down and write. The long and the short of it is that I'm letting myself be intimidated.

I've been reading fanfic for a long time. I used to read X-Files back in college, then took a break for a while and got pulled back in via HP fandom in 2003 or thereabouts. I've made forays into LOTR slash and RPS, QAF slash and RPS, CSI slash, Doctor Who and Torchwood slash, and a few others minor things. My main fandom is HP, though. And I've read a LOT of it.

After reading so much of it, I wanted to try my hand at it. I wanted to develop characters, write a great plot that readers would love and I would be proud of, be that person posting a story on a comm. I wanted to establish the wonderful banter relationships I saw in comments between writers who glomp and tease each other. I have stories in my head, loads of them, and I know I'll need some practice and have to work at getting them down into good fics, but I want to write them.

I have only one acquaintance who I know for sure has read fanfic. We've talked about it a bit, and recently she told me that she still reads a bit but she's mad about the fates of Lupin and Tonks in Deathly Hallows, which I can understand. She also hasn't written anything, as far as I know. What I'm trying to say is that I don't have anyone in RL to talk about this stuff with, and I don't have any relationships established here yet to do so.

Basically, I'm afraid to put myself out there. I need some reassurance that sure, it's scary at first, but it's worth it. I'm scared to reveal too much about my personal life, but at the same time, I'd love to find some RL friends around these HP LJ parts.

If anyone out there who's friended me for whatever reason makes any sense of my ramblings above, and has some words of encouragement, I'd be much obliged.

storms have come, rains wash the earth away

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:36:34 GMT

The past week has been simply exhausting. On Tuesday, I thought for sure it must be Friday, based on how worn out I was. That was disappointing, to put it mildly. It's just that I'm in the midst of finalizing two huge projects, and one involves a particularly demanding author. I was either so tired or worked so late each night that I didn't have time or energy to get to the gym. That's a bummer because not only did I finally get my act together to join a gym and get used to going, but I've been losing weight (one goal) and feeling better and more energized in general (the other main goal). I should be able to manage better this week, especially since the project is done on Tuesday (fingers crossed).

The other difficulty is apartment hunting. It's no fun, and neither is moving, but there are some very strong reasons for doing so this year. SIGH.

Therefore, I just haven't been in the mood to write. I've still got my ideas/plan in mind for the rest of my 100quills table, but it'll have to wait at least a few days.

Back to my Trader Joe's white cheddar puffs, Diet Coke with lime, and H/D goodness. Anyone know if Brothers & Sisters is new tonight? It's been hard to keep track of returning shows, and it's one of my favorites...

No Doubt (Draco/Harry, G)

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:58:09 GMT

Title: No Doubt
Rating: G
Prompt: 50.1, 001 - Doubt
Word Count: ~400
Summary: Harry has an unexpected blast from his past on a rainy day in the park.
Warnings: post-Hogwarts, EWE
Notes: This fic fulfills Prompt 001 of my 100quills D/H Table 50.1 and was inspired by a justprompts picture prompt for 3/26-4/9, "A rainy day at the park." There doesn’t seem to be a real park between the likely locations of the Ministry of Magic (slightly north of the west end of the Strand) and the Leaky Cauldron (Charing Cross Road), so take it as poetic license. P.S. This is my first fic of any sort. I did it! *squee!*

Harry hunched his shoulders against the increasing rain and pulled up the hood of his light coat, shivering a bit. “Should have watched the weather report this morning,” he muttered.

“Whether what report?” Ron asked beside him.

“Nevermind, let’s just walk faster and find a spot to apparate to the Leaky. Cut across the park, yeah?”

Ron grinned. “Race ya, mate!” He took off to their right towards the path through the park. Despite the cold rain, Harry smiled at his friend and followed at a jog. He couldn’t see much between the rain on his glasses and the hood obstructing his peripheral vision, but he wanted to get out of the rain before he got completely soaked. In his haste, he almost ran into someone walking briskly across his path.

“Pardon,” the man said quickly, barely even looking in Harry’s direction as he hurried on.

“’s alright,” replied Harry politely, too late, but not too late to see the platinum hair underneath the stranger’s black umbrella. The sight stopped Harry in his tracks, cold rain and all. “Malfoy?” he said aloud, staring after him for several long moments until he lost sight of the umbrella. Ron’s voice snapped him back to reality.

“Harry, what are you looking at? C’mon, it’s cold and wet out here!”

Harry blinked and looked at his friend. “I think I just nearly ran into Malfoy walking through here. He didn’t recognize me though, just kept right on going.”

“Huh,” Ron grunted without enthusiasm. “Figures, I heard he was working some boring job around here. Wonder why he isn’t inside on a day like this, though. Prat was always such ponce, can’t see him getting his fancy clothes wet.”

“Something tells me he isn’t as well off as he used to be, Ron,” Harry said, frowning, “but I haven’t heard anything about him in a while.”

“All I know is the boring job bit, and I don’t care about the rest,” said Ron bluntly. “Probably still up to no good, though.”

“No doubt,” said Harry, turning to glance towards the direction Malfoy had gone with a puzzled look on his face.

“C’mon,” said Ron, breaking back into a jog down the path.

Harry looked back again, brow furrowed. A small hmmm escaped as he exhaled through pursed lips. “Coming,” he shouted, turning to the path and quickening his steps to catch up.

100quills Draco/Harry Table 50.1

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:49:29 GMT

Et voilà, my Draco/Harry Table 50.1 for 100quills!

001.	Doubt.	002.	Magical.	003.	Tomorrow.	004.	Blank.	005.	Destiny.
006.	Picture.	007.	Gentle.	008.	Wrong.	009.	Circle.	010.	Breakfast.
011.	Ice.	012.	Wonder.	013.	Balcony.	014.	Honor.	015.	Shaken.
016.	Regal.	017.	Now.	018.	Child.	019.	Stone.	020.	Clarity.
021.	Weeks.	022.	Purple.	023.	Freedom.	024.	Dark.	025.	Too Much.
026.	Friends.	027.	Hers.	028.	Journey.	029.	Quarrel.	030.	Regret.
031.	Forgiveness.	032.	Naked.	033.	Transparent.	034.	Ancient.	035.	Severe.
036.	Cemetery.	037.	Risk.	038.	Knots.	039.	Warmth.	040.	Promises.
041.	Race.	042.	Hero.	043.	Natural.	044.	Silence.	045.	Who?
046.	Tears.	047.	Chocolate.	048.	Parents.	049.	If.	050.	Ribbon.

Felix sit annus novus!

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:02:04 GMT

I just got home last night from my holidays in New Mexico with the fam, and what do I do? Start up the computer and head for the H/D. At least I know where my priorities are, eh? :-)

Happy New Year, everyone! Hope it's the start of Good Things for you.

Spin me round again and rub my eyes, this can't be happening...

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:03:20 GMT

Hallo to all! I've had this journal for quite some time. I had high hopes -- I fully intended to start writing my own fanfic. However, I've only used this journal for reading fanfic and keeping up with fandom through my flist, and for commenting on stories/posts. This will change! I've thought and poked around, and think the best way to get started is to take on a challenge claim. I'm waiting for a reply from 100quills for a 50-prompt table of H/D luv, and we'll see where things go from there. Ta for now, but more soon!

Thinking...

Tue, 15 May 2007 23:25:04 GMT

It's been a while since I created this journal and stated that I wanted to try my hand at writing fanfic. I haven't gotten very far, except for reading a lot of it. Like, A LOT. There's something to be said for that, but I also want to try and write it. I think I just get scared when I even get so far as to start to have an inkling of where I'd start. Take a plot bunny? Take on a posted challenge? I don't know.

I suppose I could just start somewhere, and then ask for beta help, and then network that way, with support and constructive criticism, right? Makes sense to me...

I think I'll get on this after my cousin's graduation and my mom's visit this weekend/next week. Yes.

happy journal to meeee

Sat, 14 Aug 2004 21:39:44 GMT

Hello LJ, it's me, AnnaPerenna. This is my first post in my new fanfic-related journal. I'm going to use this journal for HP fandom posting and writing. And I hope this is the beginning of a Good Thing. Maybe not a huge thing, but we'll see. :-)