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Tuesday, September 7th, 2027
9:00 pm	All my fic in one handy post I got to thinking that I should have one central place to locate all my fic. So here is that place. ( Here there be fics, organized by fandom... ) (Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
10:31 am	F-list cut and ICON MEME Well, I finally went ahead and did a friends list cut. Most everyone is safe unless I haven't spoken or interacted with you in a while, and if I cut you, I'm sorry. Feel free to defriend me in return or poke me with a stick and say "what is wrong with you?" Of course, there are some of you that will never be rid of me and that's just too bad for you. ;) Meanwhile, stole an icon meme from thistlerose! Yay icons! ( Icon meme, weee! ) It is going to be a very busy and stressful week, I think. I'm already a tightly wound ball-o-stress and am starting to bow under the pressure of the To Do list, and my aunt doesn't arrive until after midnight tonight. Why yes, this means it is Christmas here again--or, you know, officially, as my aunt and her roommate will be here until Sunday. Usually story applies--my life will not be my own, I am at the whim of their plans, I fully expect some home improvement scheme or other upheaval in our life before she leaves. Hurricane Bo approaches. Must go do chores and shop and bake now. Bracing comments of support or the equivalent of alcohol will not go unappreciated. (Also, the Smallville!Cissie idea has an excel spreadsheet and like four or five days worth of chatting with xenokattz behind it. Dear GOD. (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 1st, 2009
10:49 pm	Yuletide reveal Oh, yuletide, how I love you! ♥ Every year I seem to spazz when I am writing my fic, and think 'I should not do this again,' but then I get my INSANELY AWESOME gifts and I realize I didn't write complete crap and I actually like it, and my recipient likes what I wrote and I remember that Yuletide is simply made of win. I didn't give anyone the chance to guess what I wrote for Yuletide or jbbs, mostly because I didn't think anyone would guess Yuletide, and jbbs had us written ALL OVER IT. I never know how to start guessing other people's Yuletide fics, either, since the options are just so VAST. This year, I wrote for Robin McKinley's Outlaws of Sherwood, which was the second Robin McKinley book I ever read (after Beauty), back in 1997. Yes, 1997. I was in seventh grade and I have been in love with her writing ever since. I have long had an obsession with the Robin Hood myth, and this is possibly my favorite version--so I had massive spazz and flail about writing this. (No, really. I even wrote a research paper on the subject during senior year of college. And had FUN writing it.) (xenokattz and zoe_chan are probably surprised; I had been thinking of attempting to write something for Sunshine, since my recipient loves it so much and I had not read it before--but I hadn't read it before, and I didn't finish it in time. And then Marian popped into my head, started talking and would not shut up.) So--I wrote Man and Legend, which is Marian's POV before she goes to Nottingham Fair in Robin's place. Now. I have ficlet requests to play with! (I will take more! Bonus points for anyone who can find me an excuse to write something involving Cissie and Roy. She keeps telling me he takes her to his apartment--not like THAT!--but won't tell me WHY.) (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
8:46 pm	A grab-bag of things--prompt me! Last entry of 2008! (Possibly.) I visited zoe_chan Monday into Tuesday. :D I was her Christmas Cookie Baking Assistant. (Otherwise known as dishwasher and company-keeper. ;) I don't think she believes me that I really don't mind dishwashing and it was *fun.*) Despite an emergency run to Walmart when the first cookie dough killed the mixer, and the fact that we were baking until 4:30 in the morning, all went well! The cookies are beautiful. zoe_chan is a cookie genius! Also, I had sushi Tuesday with her and aradiachiba and one of their friends. Like, real not-just-California-rolls-from-the-grocery-store sushi, in a sushi restaurant! And I liked it! It was very fun and I am very glad I didn't go home early instead of tagging along. I even tried unagi, which--always makes me think of Ross and one of my favorite episodes of Friends (hence my icon). "Are you aware 'unagi' is a type of freshwater eel?" Sadly, yes, thanks to Friends, but I ate it anyway! Brave me! It was good, too. (If I tried it because of this association, no one will judge me, right?) jbbs authors have been revealed! I am SO AMUSED. milleniumrex wrote our gift fic (which is SO FREAKING AWESOME) and we wrote his! Heeee! That's right--everyone who might have read it will be utterly SHOCKED to know that zoe_chan and I wrote So This is Christmas?, which kind of has us stamped all over it. But it was wicked fun to write. And, finally, this exchange happened a while ago, but it is still worth posting, as it shows how insane I am pretty clearly: LadySarai55: I had something to say and now it is completely GONE xenokattz: *L* xenokattz: retrace your steps? LadySarai55: ummm LadySarai55: it's very difficult to retrace mental steps! I never walk in a straight line! LadySarai55: ...think. xenokattz: truefax LadySarai55: like Shadowfax. But not. LadySarai55:... xenokattz:... xenokattz: BOOM DE YADDA * NO, WAIT, I LIED. Not last. Lastly--I feel like writing, and Cissie is being especially loud (shock!), so--prompt me? Give me some prompts for Cissie ficlets, please. (Comment on this)
Friday, December 26th, 2008
1:41 am	JBBS and Yuletide, YAY!! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas, everyone! Even if you don't celebrate, I hope you had a wonderful couple of days. ♥ ( My Christmas ) And then! I woke up this morning to discover that not only did yuletide and jbbs go live, but I got REALLY FREAKING AWESOME FICS from both of them!! ZOMG. I'll start with jbbs: zoe_chan and I signed up together, so I won't flail too massively here, as she is away for Christmas and hasn't read our gift-fic yet, but O.M.G.!!!!! WE GOT TIM/CISSIE!!! I draw sparkly hearts all over it. I really want to flail excessively, but I am containing myself. In the meantime, everyone should go read Christmas with the Waynes because it is SO FREAKING AWESOME. ♥♥♥♥♥ ~*~ And now, yuletide: Um. WOW. I really don't even know what to say, but imagine my complete shock when I opened my email and found SIX stories, just for me!! O_O First, from my incredibly awesome author: Five Ways Reality Beats Fairy Tales, By Queen Nancy and a shorter follow-up, P.S.: Three Ways Fairy Tales Beat the Real World, Also By Queen Nancy For Enchanted, I requested Edward and Nancy's happy ending, and oh! These are so cute and fun! And--five things format!! I *love* that! The fic itself is cute and perfect. Love at first sight is fine for fairytales. I'll take reality and being in love over it any day. Any damn day. The follow up is short and funny, too! * And now, my ADDITIONAL FICS. I really don't even know how to express how happy and thankful I am for all of these wonderful stories. Thank you so much, mystery authors! You are all fantastic and so kind! I Think You'll Manage Better This Time is also an Enchanted fic. Edward's POV, once they are in Andalasia and married and WOW, Edward's voice is spot-on here! He's just as cute and confused and adorable here as he is in the movie, and I really love this. It's just so cute, witnessing Edward's thoughts as he and Nancy have an argument. "You're patronizing." Nancy's voice sounded flat and Edward felt a rush of panic. "I'm sorry!" he said. "I didn't mean to anger you!" Nancy stared at him. He wanted her not to sigh again, but how she said, "Edward?," wasn't any better. Edward licked his lips. "Yes?" "Right now I would very much like to hit you." Edward stared and he could feel his mouth fall open. "But, oh, why?," he finally managed to ask. * Beyond the Wide World's Edge is a beautiful re-telling of East of the Sun, West of the Moon, which is one of my all-time favorite fairy tales--(kind of a Norwegian version of Beauty and the Beast; East by Edith Pattou is a wonderful novel version). This fic has gorgeous language and really interesting world-building. It has a wonderful journey, and mysterious characters and is such a fairy tale. "I need to find my way out of the world." "Yes." The Mother of Storms tears a hunk from a loaf of bread warming on the ring of stones around the fire, holds it out to Esta. "You may not be able to find your way back into it." Esta holds the stew in her right hand, takes the bread carefully in her left claws. "I'm not sure the world would have me back." * My last two (but SO not least!) fics are for Green Arrow--but actually have very little Ollie in them, which is perfect. ;) When I was signing up, I saw that Cissie was listed as a GA character, and so of COURSE I had to ask for a fic about Cissie joining the Arrow-clan. And I got TWO!! Like Family is so perfect. It shows both Cissie and Mia's insecurities about their places in their family, and there is Roy!! While Cissie just tried to learn her family, Mia tried to figure out her place. Cissie was an Olympic champion. She was Oliver's daughter, related by blood, and even if Cissie hadn't been around before, Mia felt Cissie was far more entitled to the Arrow clan. She thought maybe this was how Roy had felt when Connor had arrived, and felt she understood Roy better now, even though she was the one who had taken his name, not Connor. * Then there is Some Girls, which is yet another gorgeous story just for me! This one is really neat in the way it describes Cissie and Mia's growing relationship and juxtaposes them--despite being blond archers, they are different, and this really shows that. There's also Connor and Roy and Ollie and all of them in their brief appearances are awesome and perfect. (For some reason, Ollie's part is particularly wrenching and perfect.) Oh, Arrows, you really are a mess sometimes. It is Mia/Cissie flavored, and while femme-slash doesn't usually do much for me, I still totally adore this fic. (And I have to say, the nickname Roy gives Cissie made me squeak and grin.) Her room is next to Mia's. It makes for an agreeable kind of juxtaposition. It's been months and Cissie's room still has the sort of blank hospitality any Holiday Inn would be proud to call it's own. There are no signs that she lives there, except for a purple stain on the carpet from when she accidentally tipped over a can of grape Zesti. Mia's room is exactly the opposite. * In conclusion, I am so full of joy and love about Yuletide and JBBS that I really don't know what to do with myself! I love EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. of my fics, and they are all absolutely perfect. I would love to be more coherent, and if I didn't say it enough--I love everything I received!! But I am beyond exhausted and my head is pounding and I have caught a cold for Christmas. So I am going to crawl into bed now. Merry Christmas, everyone! (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
9:40 am	[Fic] Wish You Were Here! 1/?, [DC comics: Tim/Cissie, Bart, Kon, Cassie, Jaime, Rose] I posted fic! O_O And now I'm off to clean the fridge to make room for the MILLION groceries I bought this morning, ack! And then bake. ::nods:: (OMG where has December gone??) In other news, we have twenty inches of snow. Yes, twenty inches. 50.8 centimeters, thank you google. (That actually sounds equally impressive, however you read it.) That poor Damn Reindeer is half-buried, and our 24" Christmas trees? Well, you know, we can see 4 inches of them. ;) ANYWAY, FIC! Sort of a... multi-media fic thing? ::shrug:: Title: Wish You Were Here! 1/? Authors: lady_sarai and zoe_chan Pairing/Characters: Tim/Cissie, Bart, Kon, Cassie, Jaime, Rose Rating/Warnings: PGish Disclaimer: We do not own anything or anyone. We promise. Summary: When the Titans go abroad, they have a tradition to uphold: they send a postcard to Cissie. Part 1: In which the tradition is established. Authors' Note: Okay, so lady_sarai has a slight Photoshop addiction, and both of us love postcards. For the purposes of this fic, the Titans are Tim, Cassie, Kon, Bart, Jaime Reyes (Blue Beetle) and Rose Wilson (Ravager). Which means, yes, Bart and Kon are alive again. Don't ask us how. And to allow for this to be, they are all college age--hence the address on Cissie's postcards. (And, yes, Tim and Cissie are together.) (And yes, this is image-heavy. Sorry, dial-up.) Remember how you said you like postcards? (Comment on this)
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
11:46 pm	Dude, go Mr. Crowley! ( Survivor Spoilers ) (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 13th, 2008
3:16 pm	Ice Storm PicSpam So, I promised pictures. It started raining on Thursday night and I was skeptical about the supposed ice storm, because it was warm for most of the day. Yeeeah. Woke up at 5 am on Friday when the power went out. Disabled the garage door to help Mom get off to work at 6; she works 20 minutes away, but didn't get to work until 7. At 8 I woke up again to a REALLY LOUD NOISE--the tree at the end of our driveway split and fell across the road. The fire department had to come and clear the road. We finally got power back late Friday night, but we had no cable or internet until this morning at 9 am. I went out yesterday and took pictures of the ice; Katt said she wondered if Maine had turned into the Fortress of Solitude... She's not entirely off-base! ( Ice, ice, and more ice! ) If I had a little too much fun with the camera, it's because there was nothing else to do? (Comment on this)
9:30 am	Why yes, it WAS an Ice Storm. OMG we have power! And cable and internet! I--::CLINGS::! More later, with pictures, but for now--SQUEEEE! (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
6:04 pm	A *what* storm now?? So, apparently we are in the midst of an ICE STORM. >_< We were first supposed to get snow, then a sleetish mix, and now it's *ice.* They are talking about half an inch to AN INCH of ICE accumulated overnight. If I disappear for a few days, that's why. (I really don't want this.) During Ice Storm '98 (which is all ANYONE is talking about on the news tonight. Anytime ice is mentioned, it comes up and there is panic.), we lost power for four or five days but could stay at my grandmother's, where there was power. Not an option now. That ice storm is also famous for the sleepover where zoe_chan, aradiachiba and I ate two dozen pears and drank 24 cans of Diet Pepsi. ...In our defense, we were 14 and 13? And this is also no longer an option, woe! (Well, we can have sleepovers, but they take more planning these days.) ANYWAY--here is hoping that this is the usual "OMG ICE" panic that has happened every year since January 1998. Also, my brother drives tractor trailer trucks and he is driving tonight up to Bangor and back--good thoughts his way wouldn't hurt, since he was just telling me this afternoon (when we thought it would be a mix, not ice) that ice is the worst thing to drive through. Argh, damn it. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
2:21 pm	>_< Grr. Ever just have a day where you're irrationally crabby and you want to throw a good temper tantrum? (Comment on this)
2:28 am	I don't believe in coincidences. There were a few kind of funny things that happened today that literally made me stop and think for a minute. I turned the heat on in my car leaving the grocery store today, and you know how when you turn on the heat or air conditioning, there's a smell that goes along with the heat? (Maybe this is just me.) It's not a strong or overpowering thing, just--there. Anyway. Today I turned on my heat, and the whole car just suddenly smelled like my grandmother. Or, you know, like it did when it was her car. I had to just sit there in the parking lot for a minute because the deja-vu and everything was just so strong it felt like I was borrowing her car to pick up groceries for her, or like she was in the car with me. And then later I started the Christmas cookie baking. When we make berliner kranser, we cheat--we don't make them wreath shaped and we don't put sugar on them, we roll them in logs, chill them overnight and slice and bake--they taste just as good, and are SO MUCH easier. But my grandmother, being the traditional Norwegian woman she was, made the wreaths and put the sugar on top. Every year. It was such an event, making those cookies. Christmas baking for her took weeks. Anyway, I was making the dough and rolling it into logs and I just had another really intense deja-vu feeling. I could have been in my grandmother's kitchen, helping to roll those stupid little cookie wreaths. It was weird. I really miss her. This is our second Christmas without her, and it's been thirteen months since she died, but I still feel like if I drive past her house, she'll be there. At least this year I am looking forward to Christmas, even if it will never be the same. Mom and I are determined to make it Christmas, despite the drastic changes. Last year we could hardly be bothered, so I think that's progress, right? (Comment on this)
Sunday, December 7th, 2008
4:35 pm	Fandom Appreciation Meme Spamming LJ today apparently. But this is so very, very much made of win. ♥ The Fandom Appreciation Meme: My Thread Now to sift through and find people I know in there... (Comment on this)
Monday, December 1st, 2008
12:11 am	NaNo, uh Um. Oh my god. I did it. Clocking in at 50,033 at 11:59 EST. This morning I had 37520 words. Friday I had 19000. I... cannot do all that math right now, but I have not left my bedroom or my desk in two whole days and am on eight hours of sleep in the last 48 hours and and and Holy crap I did it. (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 27th, 2008
9:58 am	Happy Thanksgiving! HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I hope everyone celebrating has a wonderful day, and to my non-American friends (Hi Katt! ♥)--I will eat some turkey for you. ;) No, really, you have a wonderful day, too! I am in a much better place this year than I was last Thanksgiving. We will always miss my grandmother, but this year it feels like we can enjoy the holidays. There is coffee and the parade and there will be turkey and cranberry sauce (that I made!) and gravy and stuffing and chocolate cream pie! And I plan on putting up the Christmas lights outside tomorrow, wee! I do love this season and I'm happy to be happy about it this year. In other news, I am still kind of sick--stupid cough that won't quit--and I am still behind in NaNo. This cold killed me--I was behind to begin with and then I basically did nothing the week I was sickest. So now I'm in a mad scramble, and I won't let myself take down my away message on AIM until I hit at least 40k. Which is why that hasn't changed in DAYS. But I did some very intense planning last night and I'm excited about it again and I still have hope. Wish me luck! And I point everyone who hasn't taken it to my Holiday Fic Exchange Poll. Vote! And Comment! Inquiring minds want to know! So far, it is unanimous that everyone wants Mama Llama Pajama Drama in their fics. What do we think that means? In conclusion--Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I am grateful for all of my wonderful friends! ♥ (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
3:33 pm	YULETIDE!!!! I got my Yuletide assignment, squeeeeee!! And OMG! I thought I was so careful in what I offered to write, but am already flailing--except for how another request is for a book I have been *meaning* to read for ages and it stares and mocks me from the bookshelf AS I TYPE so perhaps this is the kick in the pants to read it... ..... Sara, you know this is not how Yuletide works, stop it! Behave. My Dear Santa letter is coming soon, I swear. As soon as I finish housework and flailing and MAKE MY NANO WORD COUNT BECAUSE I AM *DAYS* BEHIND ACK! ......Ooooooh, incentive! No writing your Dear Santa letter until you make word count, Sara! (Which is possibly very unfair to your author, you know. Shut up, you're starting to sound schizophrenic and you will scare them away! ...Well, now you've done it, Sara.) In the meantime, go ahead and check out my last two Dear Santa letters here and here. Since I might be borrowing some of the more generic things I said in those for my new letter, they're not completely defunct. This post has some stuff about things I like, too, although it was a birthday idea list--there is a list of non-fandom-specific things I like in the middle, though. Oh god, I have to unpack the groceries, I left the chicken out! (I am not usually this spazzy and flaily, I *swear.*) (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 6th, 2008
2:36 am	I wish I could be more coherent about this. I offer these Obama Picspam of Win and Flaily Awesome and this World Reactions Picspam of Win in lieu of having anything substantial to say. All I know is that I've been kind of speechless since 11pm EST last night, and I have lost count of how many times I've teared up over this. (Oh, wait, another two picspams that made me teary--> Obamas and Bidens last night and the crowd at Grant Park. That second one is especially moving.) John McCain was wonderful and classy and I have nothing but goodwill and nice things to say about him after that concession speech and the way he handled that crowd. And Barack Obama... I can't quite get enough of him. He's going to be our president. I just--no words. And to no one's surprise, I have been failing at NaNo since Monday. 8,338 / 50,000 (16.7%) Tomorrow should be better, and then--this weekend is my Writing Weekend with my girls, yay! ♥ (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
7:44 am	Happy Voting Day!! I VOTED TODAY!! ♥ I was at the middle school at 6:43 am, parked and in line by 6:45--the line was already out around the corner, but the polls opened at 7 and by 7:04 I was in a voting booth with my ballots. I was back in my car by 7:15. The traffic killed me, though. They had a police officer over by the high school entrance, THANK GOD. Even with that, what is normally a less than ten minute drive (give or take traffic and lights) took me over twenty to get home. So--my biggest issues today with voting were the below 40 degree weather while I waited in line and the traffic after leaving (I was one of the early people and avoided the incoming traffic, wee!). Also--University of Southern Maine is closed today for "Democracy Day," to encourage students to go vote. I think this is awesome. ETA: The radio news said that in the last presidential election 74% of registered voters in Maine voted and that they expect the turnout to be around 80% or higher this year--also that Maine has traditionally one of the largest voter turnouts in the country. DUDE. (I love my state, can we tell? Also I kind of love voting.) Now, once you've voted, tell me how it went for you! ♥ (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 1st, 2008
3:47 am	NaNo night 1 Aaaaaaaaand at 3:48 am, I have: 1,800 / 50,000 (3.6%) (Also, if you want on the NaNo filter, I may post snippets eventually. ;) Is a fanfic novel, because that is the way the cookie crumbled.) ::collapses into bed:: (Comment on this)
Friday, October 31st, 2008
6:06 pm	NANO! ZOMG NANO STARTS IN LESS THAN SIX HOURS PARDON ME WHILE I FLAIL TO PIECES I AM SO EXCITED AND TERRIFIED! ::coughs:: Happy Halloween? I want a NaNo icon. AND I NEED TO MAKE MY PLAYLIST!! (Comment on this)