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Star Trek Big Bang Fic: Diamonds, a Club, and a Couple of Hearts
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 10:48 pm
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Title: Diamonds, a Club, and a Couple of Hearts
Author: Flora (![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) florahart)
Artist/Mixer: elanorofcastile
Beta(s): Several people have read bits and parts; lauriegilbert has been the most involved culler of commas and shortener of sentences (half of which I defied her about anyway).
Series: Reboot/ST XI
Characters/Pairings: primary pairing is Kirk/McCoy; however, there is a Kirk/Gaila scene and Spock/Uhura and Pike/Number One are referenced.
Rating: NC17
Warnings: mostly just smut (het and slash), AU.
Word Count: ~23,500
Summary: Jim Kirk is a hotshot new shortstop in the Constitution League. His team is young, but they have a lot of potential, and oh by the way, the team doctor? Is hot.
Notes: Written for startrekbigbang. Baseball AU in which all the characters are human, and the setting is some nonspecific time between now and 2258. Lots of nods to various baseball movies mashed up with lots of moments from/rearrangements of ST XI. Lots of other nods to things from the Trek canon (of any timeframe/reality) and para-canon, such as character names and backgrounds. Concept is inell's fault.
Art: here
Fanmix: here
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CSTS Global Charity Donation Tally has just hit a new record $116,936.18.
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Nov. 7th, 2009 @ 05:50 am
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http://whedonesque.com/comments/22287 http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com/ Whoo-hoo! And still climbing. Equality Now $104,764.02
And Other charities
1,500lbs in food for Greater Boston Food Bank
Al Wooten Jr Heritage Center = $378
BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre Foundation = $727.95
Donors Choose = $874.66
House of the Good Shepherd = $1,160.00
Humane Society = $395
Kids Need to Read = $7006.49
MADCAP Cinema = $269.00
Nashville Cares = $200.11
PDX Browncoats = $500.00
Women's Foundation of Southern Arizona = $660.95
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Thirty Days of Spam...Day 7 - Navel Gazing About Recs
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Nov. 7th, 2009 @ 12:55 am
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BloMo6: Friday night is Wonky TV night!....
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 11:56 pm
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It's like...if you stay home on a Friday night, you must have eclectic tastes. Right? It's certainly not Loser TV for Losers, nooooo. ~_^
(I am kidding, really!)
Ghost Whisperer
I didn't watch the early seasons of this show, trying to tell myself I wasn't interested, but I have a hard time resisting supernatural anything. I mean, I watched Charmed for a few seasons, for gawd's sake! Plus, I have to admit, Jennifer Love-Hewitt is awfully...Lush. It's actually not a bad little show. Usually, the ghost is put to rest at the end of the episode, and any mytharc the series flirts with fits into the regular episode. Ok, the husband's not bad either.
Ugly Betty
Bright, colourful, wacky, fun! I'm a little sad that more people don't watch Ugly Betty. I love the entire cast; I can't think of one character I don't adore. *clings to it*
Medium
This show is smart, the family and characters are real, and NBC is staffed by fools. The End.
Monk
The first half of this last season, the show was cruising hard. The cases were almost nonexistent, and the "bits" were tired. But now that we're into the second half, it's like a light went on and the people involved realised that they only have a few episodes left to say goodbye to one of TV's most original characters. If you watch The Mentalist or Numbers, you have Mr. Monk to thank.
Psych
Oh. How. I. Love. This. Show. Shawn and Gus are a great team, and I love the premise, of a man so observant that people wouldn't listen to him until he began doing his psychic schtick. It's funny, it's fun, it's smart. I actually like Corbin Bersen for once. If you have no idea what Psych is about, then ask me more, because this is a show you should be watching.
White Collar
Jury's still out on this one. The SO likes it, but I have a hard time cheering for criminals.
Sanctuary & Stargate BSGUniverse
Um, we have bazillion episodes sitting on the TiVO. Does not bode well. The first episode of Stargate Universe was a huge downer, and people keep telling us it finds sub-levels from there.
So, who's home with me? ^_^
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Full Moon
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 09:54 pm
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First daily_deviant fic!
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 10:16 pm
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So, I put up my first post to ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) daily_deviant. For something I wrote quickly (having been obsessed with A Confusion of Will and Desire for the last two months), I'm pretty happy with it, except for the title, which is lame.
Title: Lost and Held
Characters: Sirius, Peter
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Castration, sex, cross-dressing, manipulation
Themes/kinks chosen: Eunuchs/Castrati, Costumes
Word Count: ~5,300
Summary: An accident gives Sirius and Peter a shared secret
Author's notes: November prompts included the theme "eunuchs/castrati". It's listed in the tags as "castration", which would have been a rather different story. I have been as accurate as possible with the theme, but do not guarantee all details are correct. ;-) Thanks to Clauclauclaudia for very short-notice beta work.
Link to post
This one was odd to work on. The themes for November were clamps, costumes, eunuchs/castrati, and symphorophilia (arousal by watching or causing destruction and/or death). "Costumes" didn't really seem like enough to me, and I hate clamps so much that it's hard for me to write about them. Symphorophilia would be easy ... but I wasn't in the mood for something that dark. So I wrote castration because I didn't want to write darkfic. Um....
Researching physiological details was truly weird. I found support services for castrated men, historical notes on castrati, and quite a lot about self-castration, either for practical reasons or as a one-use-only fetish. o_0
Writing Sirius/Peter was also weird. I'm generally a Sirius/Remus person.
This is going to be another one of those fics no one reads, isn't it?
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It's time to nut up, or shut up...
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 10:05 pm
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Okay, so yeah. We went to see Zombieland tonight. I was 500 words shy of daily quota (but am still ahead by nearly half of tomorrow's, thanks to yesterday's push,) and I decided that I wanted a real, grown-up date, with dinner out, and nice drinks, and, apparently, zombies.
It was laugh out loud, ridiculously funny, that movie. Predictable leik whoa, and probably the closest America will ever get to a zombie movie in league with Sean of the Dead. Zombies come from eating mad cows, apparently. Who knew?
Look, this movie isn't gonna change anybody's life, but it will make you guffaw at Woody Harrelson fan-humping *Secret Stealth Celebrity Cameo who's name I am withholding*'s leg in an epic geek-out moment. Or the four-gun funeral salute, with pause in the middle to reload the double-barrel. Or the Purel scene. Or the squeaky nose.
I'm just sayin.
And I'm also sayin, for a movie in which The Rules Of Survival play such a prominent role, how the HELL is it that when the Hummer rolls up on the gates of Pacific Playland, and pushes gently through as twilight gives way to dusk, Dominus and I were the ones who leaned over to each other and murmured "Rule one: Don't go at night. Rule two: Don't go alone. Rule three: Save the last bullet for yourself." Sadly, none of those rules made an appearance in this film. Though they should have done, as they were all broken at one point or another.
Still, I believe I will officially add Zombieland's rule two to the list from now on, as it bears keeping in mind.
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FIC: Stating the Obvious
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 09:41 pm
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Title: Stating the Obvious (written for Week Seven /snarry_ldws on LJ)
Author: joanwilder (RaeWhit)
Pairing: Harry/Snape
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Word Count: 300
Genre/Cliché: Romance
Word: disfavor
Summary: Knowing the truth is important, but hearing the words, priceless.
A/N: ♥ to jadzialove for beta reading. I owe drabbles to [Unknown LJ tag] (who clearly has my M.O.), and lemondropseven for correctly guessing my entry! I'm working on 'em.
Stating the Obvious
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FIC: Stating the Obvious
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 09:26 pm
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Title: Stating the Obvious (written for Week Seven /snarry_ldws on LJ)
Author: joanwilder (RaeWhit)
Pairing: Harry/Snape
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Word Count: 300
Genre/Cliché: Romance
Word: disfavor
Summary: Knowing the truth is important, but hearing the words, priceless.
A/N: ♥ to jadzialove for beta reading. I owe drabbles to accioslash (who clearly has my M.O.), and lemondropseven for correctly guessing my entry! I'm working on 'em.
( Stating the Obvious )
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Julie Benz is just busy.
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Nov. 7th, 2009 @ 01:31 am
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http://whedonesque.com/comments/22286 http://blog.buzzymultimedia.com/julie-benz-just-busy/ Buzzy Multimedia spoke with her about her various roles and the common thread they seem to have. "Julie Benz is one of the sweetest-looking people on Planet Earth, and yet somehow she winds up in a lot of films and TV shows dealing with violence." |
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6th November 2009 20:34 - Lost and Held
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 08:38 pm
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Title: Lost and Held
Author: gatewaygirl
Characters: Sirius, Peter
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Castration, sex, cross-dressing, manipulation
Themes/kinks chosen: Eunuchs/Castrati, Costumes
Word Count: 5,317
Summary: An accident gives Sirius and Peter a shared secret
Author's notes: November prompts included the theme "eunuchs/castrati". It's listed in the tags as "castration", which would have been a rather different story. I have been as accurate as I could manage with the theme, but certainly do not guarantee all details are correct. ;-) Thanks to Clauclauclaudia for very short-notice beta work.
( Lost and Held )
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Feeling Strangely Fine
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 08:22 pm
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I've been bored, so I bought some hair dye today. *G* Nothing drastic, but I did that tonight and have been messing around making icons for ![[info]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) mcgarrygirl78.
( Clicky for pics of my new hair color )
Current Mood:  happy Current Music: Semisonic - All Worked Out |
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Feeling Strangely Fine
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 08:22 pm
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I've been bored, so I bought some hair dye today. *G* Nothing drastic, but I did that tonight and have been messing around making icons for mcgarrygirl78.
( Clicky for pics of my new hair color )
Current Mood: happy Current Music: Semisonic - All Worked Out |
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Bianca Lawson joins The Vampire Diaries.
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Nov. 7th, 2009 @ 12:11 am
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http://whedonesque.com/comments/22285 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493161/ She was in it for only a couple seconds of the last minute of the eighth episode. Apologies as this must have been posted before but just in case. |
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The Buzz on 'V's' Morena Baccarin
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Nov. 7th, 2009 @ 12:03 am
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http://whedonesque.com/comments/22284 http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/the-buzz-on-morena-baccarin--762 The web is abuzz about the 'new' face we already knew. The main Yahoo! page asks 'who is this mysterious face?' |
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 05:59 pm
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I have decided to start a temp agency. If you are looking for work or looking for prospective hires, you may want to check out this post over on LJ. :) |
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Issue #779: Thursday/Friday, November 5/6, 2009
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 05:55 pm
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Hello, and welcome to the latest issue of snapenews. Thank you all for your continuing support and useful links! Feel free to comment (either below or at snapenews@gmail.com) and let us know how we're doing!
COMMUNITIES
snupin_santa is looking for a pinch hitter. For more info, click here
CHALLENGES/CONTESTS
This week's challenge on snupin100 is The Games We Play.
This week's challenge on snarry100 is Methods of Communication.
This week's challenge on ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif) quiz_sshg is Save our Snape
Sign-ups for wizard_love (the het art and fic exchange) remain open for five more days. For more info, click here.
REC LISTS/ARCHIVE UPDATES
The hgss_digest has been updated here.
DISCLAIMERS: The warnings listed here are those given by the artist/author/poet. Please pay attention to all ratings and warnings when following links.
We aim to bring you the latest Snape-centric items in the fandom but some might slip through the net! You can help to ensure this doesn't happen by sending us links via email to snapenews@gmail.com. There are submission guidelines in the snapenews user profile, but for the 'Today in' sections we just require the basic title/creator/rating/warnings/link info. |
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Vote for Dollhouse + other shows in TVGuide November Sweeps Survey.
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 09:00 pm
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http://whedonesque.com/comments/22282 http://tvguidemagazine.com/feature/sweeps-preview-poll-enter-to-win-1000-3105.html Chance to win $1,000. You can vote for Dollhouse for November (LOL Cry) sweeps, HIMYM, Bones, V everything but Castle. TVguide (Nov. 9-15) magazine has an interview with Nathan Fillion with full page pic. Also there is a pic of Barney Stinson for the Nov 9th episode under the caption "BARNEY BLOWS UP!".
Seems you can vote as many times as you like but your email only counts 1 time for chance to win.
I really enjoyed marking a lot of shows do not watch and marking Dollhouse and several other shows live.
Direct link to survey |
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Small Victories
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 12:30 pm
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Tuesday morning I took Truck to town. It was one of those do-it-now impulses that I am prone to, and I reasoned that 9am on a weekday morning would probably give me the least amount of traffic to contend with. (Not that there's much traffic out here at any time. If I pass three cars on that road it rates as rush hour.) There are some curves on the winding road down into town that I don't even like in the Toyota, since they don't have a shoulder and there is a steep drop on the outside. However, I reminded myself that Truck is only six inches wider than the Toy, and off I went. No problem. I drove to town, turned around in the museum parking lot, and came back--for a total round trip excursion of twelve miles. Now I feel a lot more relaxed about driving the thing.
This morning I bagged Chuck's three-piece suits for the trash. He worked for IBM for 17 years and I worked for Xerox for 18. When we moved up here, we both brought along our suits, and I packed my high heels as well. Naturally we never wore any of it, but who was to know? My suits are still in boxes in storage, somewhere, but his suits were hanging in the closet covered with a film of dust. They were beautiful wool suits, and Chuck got them from a Hong Kong clothier who was recommended to him by another IBMer. We called the guy Hong Kong Harry. He came to the Los Angeles area every six months or so and took a motel room. Customers came into have their measurements taken, selected what fabric they wanted, and handed over a check. About a month later some absolutely gorgeous wool suits showed up in the mail.
I kept putting off doing anything with the suits, telling myself that I could offer them to the local Little Theatre group, or maybe recycle the cloth. Some women do that; cut their husband's old clothes up into largish squares and sew them together into comforters. I finally faced the fact that I was never going to do either of those things, so away they go. It has only taken me nine months. |
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Serenity nabs place in top SciFi tear jerkers.
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 08:04 pm
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amused