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    Saturday, November 28th, 2009
    amanuensis1
         		12:52p
    Don't eat while reading this. Eeesh.
    By the way, hearkening back to my earlier post--this doesn't spoil anything, since you can see on the Yuletide list of requested fandoms that no one asked for it--I did not get assigned to write for Richard Adams's The Plague Dogs. I decided, when I accidentally included it in the list, that rather than redo my list I'd just go read the book once and for all, even before the assignments came out, so I got it from the library.

    I got through Ulysses easier than this. This is...guys, I have written some interesting metaphors myself in my time, some of them admittedly more purple than should be seen outside of crackfic, but this takes them all:

    ...Rowf's rump slid suddenly forward as smoothly as a turd from a healthy anus...

    I can't even facepalm. It's too squicky.

    Current Mood: aggravated
    Current Music: Treasure Planet DVD
    lesyeuxverts
         		12:03p
    In which Lyv is a needy, needy thing...
    ...errr. Anyone enjoying the holiday weekend enough to want to do some beta work for me? You need a break from eggnog and Christmas shopping, riiight? *puppy dog eyes*

    These are the things wot I might need a teensy bit of help with:

    1. a Kirk/Spock
    2. a Remus/Sirius
    3. a Sheldon/Leonard

    Umm, so these are all for fests, except #3, so I can't give tons of details, but they're like, not at all scary, really. Nothing terribly squicky or sad or scary or anything. I can e-mail you details if you wants them.

    Also, there is something that I am midway through writing (well. Not midway. but started, at least) and could use some cheerleading help on. If anyone is extra specially helpful, and wants to have capslocky chat conversations with me. Because capslock is love, and you know, I just need someone to help me focus on ficcage instead of pumpkin cheesecake.

    Pleeeeeease? I will <3 you forever!

    Current Mood: crazy
    snape_potter
    [ jin_fenghuang ]
         		9:08p
    Art Post: jin_fenghuang
    Holiday Drawbles Drive: For sra_danvers

    Pairing: Snape/Harry
    Rating: PG
    Media: digital
    Warnings: none

    Notes: This is part of my Holiday Drawbles Drive. Donate a dollar or two and get a drawble of you favorite pairing kissing.


    Friday, November 27th, 2009
    potter_prophet
    [ boxedcrayon125 ]
         		8:21p
    Friday Issue
    One Shots:
    [info]bertas: Fulfilled Promises - (Severus and Harry; PG)

    Drabbles:
    [info]alisanne: Past Time - (Remus/Severus; PG)
    [info]leela_cat: A Happy Memory - (Bill/Neville; PG)

    Art:
    [info]jin_fenghuang: Smooch - (Snape/Lupin; PG)

    Community News:
    [info]neville100: Posted a new prompt - 97: Patronus

    Newsletters:
    [info]quibbler_report: Posted an issue - 26 November
    [info]quibbler_report: Posted an issue - 27 November

    If you have any links or tips for us, please let us know. Email us at potterprophet.ij@gmail.com.
    snape_potter
    [ alisanne ]
         		3:01p
    The Benefits of Rank
    Title: The Benefits of Rank
    Author: [info]alisanne
    Character(s): Severus Snape/Harry Potter
    Pairing(s): Severus Snape/Harry Potter
    Rating: PG-13
    Warning(s): m/m sex implied.
    Challenge(s): Written for [info]slytherins100's prompt #98: Art School
    Word count: 100
    Author's notes: Severus is always the teacher.
    Beta: [info]sevfan
    Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

    The Benefits of Rank

    Current Mood: calm
    cluegirl
         		9:02a
    Nobel Prize? For a human rights activist in Iran? U Can Not Has!
    You stay classy, Ahmadinejad, you just stay classy...
    Thursday, November 26th, 2009
    florahart
         		10:56p
    Ficlet: "The Needs of the Revolted" (Sarek/OFC, NC17)
    Title: The Needs of the Revolted
    Pairing: Sarek/OFC
    Rating: NC17
    Words: ~800
    Warning: dubious consent
    Summary: The kink meme prompt was for Sarek to get tired of his people talking smack about Amanda and Vulcanishly telling them to stick it. However, as it was on the kink meme, there is sex.
    A/N: I have fooled with this a bit more (largely for clarity) since posting it over there last night while I was taking a break from the more substantial fic that is currently taunting me.
    ponderosa121
         		9:51p
    oh hell yes, I have a Snuggie
    We went down to Salinas to J's sister's new place, and holy crap is it huge. It's got a nifty layout, and infinitely more space than their old house. We hadn't seen Natalie since before she was walking so it took a while for her to stop giving J and I the suspicious eye, but by the end of the night it was lots of carry-me arms, and where Sophie is usually all about her Uncle J, somehow this time I ended up with her hanging on me more often than not. I suspect it was that I was wearing a pink shirt so that boosted my coolness rating. It's interesting to see the ways her personality has changed now that she's a big sister. Sometimes I wish we lived a bit closer in order to visit more often.

    Anyway, we hung out, ate food, played with dolls, tried to devise a plan to steal their adorable pug, and at the end of the evening I got the bonus of belated b-day gifts. See subject. I have also increased my fuzzy scarf collection by one, so I should probably put out some of the ones I don't wear often out onto the curb.

    The drive was nice, and J and I talked a lot about the ways in which we'd like to focus on our projects for school and general creative things. I'm back to having a solid idea of where to go with my current assignments so I'm feeling very rejuvenated about them. Which is good, as I need to be doubly-focused this weekend, since I didn't actually get any extra days off, and the lab is closed tomorrow which is typically my dedicated time to go in and work all day on my homework!

    Current Mood: touched
    cluegirl
         		10:28p
    And six days later, she exploded in a great cloud of superannuation!
    That's right! In six days, on December second, I, Cluegirl, shall spontaneously become The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything. (Line forms to the right, gratuities are appreciated.) For those hoopy froods who don't speak Hitchiker, I'll be turning 42.

    I expect it to be nothing at all like being 41 has been, but just in case, I've liquidated my assets, put everything into canned goods and shotgun ammunition, and have stapled my towel firmly to my elbow. With that, and my wand in my back pocket, I expect I'll be ready for anything. Except possibly zombies. Zombies take a little more preparation.

    As for what I want for my birthday?
    No frelling idea.

    I mean, there are the old standards, of course; I always get a bit giddy at just the notion that someone might illustrate one of my stories, or conversely, might write a story for one of my drawings. Collaboration is highly squee-some in my little world, y'see, and I swear that one day SOMEONE will illustrate the mirror scene from Pink Slip, and I shall expire of Happy on the spot.

    I could wish for world peace and the brotherhood of man, but I've noticed how shittily brothers treat each other, and as we all know, the last time the matrix was configured for world peace, it crashed and we lost whole crops to the logic failure. So that's out.

    But reining things back into the realm of the distantly plausible, I'd say I want for more or less nothing of note. I want to keep rolling on Tempus Fugitive. I want my cats and my snakes to stay healthy in the coming year. I want the resources to close up the hole in my house properly, and to begin the next major set of repairs (Hopefully before the porch falls entirely OFF Mandala House, thanks!)

    And most importantly, I want my friends who are in reach to join me for a Solstice party on December 19th, to celebrate both my birthday, and the Sun King's in one swat. The date is positive; December 19th. Save it, and if you can possibly make it to Troy, NY, do consider coming! And don't worry if you're not of the witchy persuasion -- I plan no heresy, just cake and shenanigans.

    Current Mood: Sated
    Current Music: She Moved Through the Fair -- Enter the Haggis
    florahart
         		7:10p
    Dear My Fingers:
    I appreciate your industrious hacking away at the (somewhat-past-)due fic, but some of these errors of logic and departures from expectation as you go along are a bit ridiculous.

    For instance, "building" and "bukkake" (of which there is none expected in this fic) are really quite not at all the same thing, and are not interchangeable.

    Pls to type what (and only what) the brain says now.

    Thx,
    Me.

    I originally posted this at http://florahart.dreamwidth.org/1005362.html. Comments may be left here or there; you can comment there with OpenID even if you don't have an account.
    amanuensis1
         		10:07p
    Also, being by myself, I got to watch anything I wanted on tv, not football. Anime yaoi, ho!
    I had to work part of the holiday, so I just counted the time I did have off as a good thing, and took it easy rather than make plans with others. I did make time to make a yummy dinner for myself from scratch:

    Chicken with sun-dried tomatoes in dijon-riesling-cream sauce
    Sesame noodles
    Spicy peanut butter soup
    Tart green salad with proscuitto and asiago and warm balsamic dressing
    Warm butterscotch-maple pudding

    I love mixing cuisines.

    Current Mood: full
    Current Music: hikaru no go, ep 70
    Friday, November 27th, 2009
    dailysnitch
    [ oddnari ]
         		4:35a
    Thursday, November 26th, 2009
    sams_cafe 5:06p
    New season of QI starts tonight! Stephen Fry's looking fit, isn't he? Well done him.

    I didn't make pie today, the turkey kind of wore me down, but I was a CLEVER LAD and bought a pint of ice cream when I last bought groceries, then HID IT behind something in the freezer. And just rediscovered it, so. QUITE INTERESTING AND ICE CREAM.

    And then I will sleep forever.
    snakeling
         		10:57p
    Aventures on rail

    So, since I've moved, I go to work by train, which is good as it gives me time for reading, etc.

    Except that tonight, I managed to get onto the wrong train, and arrived at the storage station. *facepalm* Thankfully, the train driver was very helpful, and managed to find a colleague that went back to Lyon and could leave me at the station before the last train. :D

    This entry was originally posted at http://snakeling.dreamwidth.org/157195.html [comment count unavailable comments]. You can reply there using OpenID.



    Current Mood: stupid
    potter_prophet
    [ kabal42 ]
         		10:50p
    Thursday Edition
    One Shots:
    [info]mailroomy: The invisible line - Severus/Remus; R
    [info]lemondropseven: In My Dreams - Severus/Harry; R *warnings* Underage sexuality (14-16)
    [info]aceia: Too Much Snarry - Severus/Lucuis; R *warnings*
    [info]countesszero: The Corset - Severus/Harry; NC-18 *warnings*
    [info]lesyeuxverts: Le Ténébreux - Severus, Lily; R *warnings*

    Works In Progress:
    [info]lilyseyes: My Son - updated with part 8 - Severus, Harry; R

    Drabbles:
    [info]alisanne: Gratifying - Severus/Harry; PG
    [info]alisanne: True Sincerity - Harry/Draco; PG
    [info]fancypantsdylan: San Diego Marriott Hotel - Severus/Harry; R
    [info]torina_archelda: Watching - Severus/Lucius; PG

    Art:
    [info]bielol: Shrieking Shack - Severus/Harry; NC-17

    Newsletters:
    [info]quibbler_report: Posted a new issue
    [info]dailysnitch: Posted a new issue
    [info]snapenews: Posted a new issue

    If you have any links or tips for us, please let us know. Email us at potterprophet.ij@gmail.com.

    Current Mood: guilty
    Current Music: TV trash
    sams_cafe 2:30p
    THAT



    WAS AMAZING.

    OH YES IT WAS.



    You can see a couple of things -- one, NOTHING ON THE PLATE IS TOUCHING. Mock me not, I was a picky child.

    Two, the herb rub is a little visible on the done turkey and definitely visible on the plated turkey. It's delicious -- like a light relish. It does make the skin more moist, though, so you don't get that lovely crackly skin.

    Three, the fried stuffing was awesome -- I definitely recommend adding walnuts -- but I need a fryer basket, as one of those is visibly mangled. Still ate well.

    Thee A, well, there's no sauce for the turkey. I didn't think to make gravy and if it had come out dry I would have just put a bit of bbq sauce on it, but it was so moist it totally didn't need any. It just about fell apart in my fingers, very much like properly smoked turkey will. I didn't even bother with cutlery. Because FOOD GOOD.

    On the other hand, I cooked an eight pound bird and now have seven and a half pounds remaining. I've stripped off what I could -- I'm waiting for it to cool before stripping the rest -- but seriously I'm going to be eating turkey for the rest of my life.

    Or until R gets back on Sunday.

    I DECLARE MYSELF KING OF THANKSGIVING.
    sams_cafe 12:14p
    The turkey is in the oven!

    I have thoroughly violated it. I washed it in cold water, rubbed herb paste under its skin, shoved apples and onions up its arse, laid it out on a rack, and oiled it all over before pushing a probe thermometer into its breast.



    This is either going to be awesome or totally inedible. If the latter, well, it was art while it lasted, and I have the delivery number of an open-on-Thanksgiving sushi place.

    ( Aromatics and Herb Rub )
    sams_cafe 10:51a
    I had potato oyaki for breakfast! Which...I did not photograph, first my hands were starchy and then I was too busy eating them. It's a bit like eating a hand-held shepherd's pie.

    I got the original recipe here, but I rewrote it slightly as I do most of my recipes and I want it archived here anyway.

    ( Potato Oyaki )
    cluegirl
         		10:43a
    Kitchin Witchin! -- Clue Hash; it's what's for breakfast!
    A note of explanation: Dominus is a boy scout. As such, he has the requisite Scouting addiction to Corned Beef Hash. Anywhere we go to eat, if it's got hash on the menu, I immediately know what my husband will be ordering, no matter what else they may serve. Seriously, he loves the stuff so much that from time to time, he'll scratch the hash itch with tinned. Clearly, this was a situation I could not abide. I mean, if you're gonna feed your monkey, feed it the good stuff, right? So here's what we're having for breakfast today.

    * Go to your deli, and ask for a butt end of corned beef. Anything over a quarter of a pound is great, and they don't need to slice it for you. You'll be mincing it up at home yourself.

    * If you are pork-compliant, then chop up three good, fatty strips of bacon, and put them in a BIG, flat-bottomed pan on low heat. (The object here is to render their fat, not to cook the bacon; cooking the bacon is a side effect of the rendering.)

    * If you are pork-resistant, then do the 2 - 1 mix of olive and sesame oils here, to add the smoky taste of the bacon.

    * Peel a few cloves of garlic, and crush them with the flat of your knife. Throw those in with the bacon to render.

    * go out to the sage bushes, and get a handful of fresh leaves. Throw those in whole too.

    * Add a generous drizzle of oil into the pan to help the bacon give it up in case it's a bit chary. I think I put about two tablespoons of olive (because I keep olive oil ready to hand. You can use whatever kind of oil you fancy, really.)

    * Rough-chop a medium onion (red ones are tastiest!) and enough potatoes to match volume, then half again. In my kitchen, that was three small blue potatoes, and one large red. (I have goth tubers. No one's surprised, I know.) You want to cut them fairly large, but fairly thin -- that is to say, quarter each potato longways, and then slice the pieces about half an inch thick at most. They need to be large enough that they'll hold together, but thin enough to cook all the way through. In my case, the blue potatoes were a bit elderly, so they didn't need any pre-cooking, but I slung the red in the microwave for two turns at 30 seconds apiece, so its texture would match the others. You do as you see fit.

    * Take your biggest kitchen knife -- this is the time to break out your cleaver, if you've got one, -- hack your corned beef into crumbles. There's no rhyme or reason to this, you just whack away, and try not to let it fly all over the place.

    * Once the bacon's not showing any white anymore (that is, all its fatty rind should now be caramel coloured and kind of translucent) you can dump the onion, potatoes, and beef into the pot. If you don't have enough oil to lightly coat everything, then add just a little more, but otherwise, just turn the lot to get it evenly mixed and coated, throw in salt and pepper to taste, pat it all down flat in the pan, and walk away.

    * Ignore the sizzling, and the searing smells from the pan for a good long time. Hash is SUPPOSED to be kind of scorchy and burny, remember? If it really distressed you, you can fuss it about for awhile first, to try and get everything to cook up, but that's kind of redundant, since you're going to settle it to scorch soon anyway, and when you flip it over to do the other side, everything else will cook up then.

    * Fry up an egg for each person you'll be feeding. (From our stovetop, it looks like this is going to feed four, which means two for us today, and two lunches for Dominus later on.) Scrape all the good stuff up from the bottom of the pan, and ladle the hash into the plates, then slap the egg on top.

    * Serve with tabasco, worchestershire sauce, and ketchup on the table, but don't be surprised if your guests don't even notice they're there all.

    * Make this noise: OM NOM NOM!!!

    * Wish you were eating breakfast with Clue and Dominus today!

    Current Mood: Hungry!
    Current Music: No More Stones -- Enter the Haggis
    sams_cafe 8:54a
    On this day, citizens of the United States gather to give thanks for turkey, for the Blues, for the sanity to stay home on Black Friday, and for our foreign neighbours, who peer curiously and a little indulgently at us from across the borders. Today I'm making Tarte aux pommes et beurre de cacahuète à la Chicago, though I'm only calling it that to tease [info]la_rainette, who objected strongly to French and Peanut Butter ever mixing. :D

    I am still thankful, but I am also thankful for a job I like, a boss I like who likes me, my beloved Bigger On The Inside flat, a gas cooking range, an electric blanket that works, public transit, my family, my family being several states away, and this FIVE DAY WEEKEND OH YEAH.

    In the way of attempting to cause a Thanksgiving Miracle: [info]violetisblue contacted me yesterday (sorry this post is late, Violet!) about adopting an ITTY BITTY TORTIE KITTY. I'm not financially in the position to adopt a cat right now, plus R's allergic, so I thought I'd put out a call on the cafe.

    Is there anyone in the Chicago or Northern Indiana area who is looking for a cat? She's two years old, spayed, feline leukemia negative, all her shots, no behavioural problems. Her foster mum says the shelters in their area are full and she can't keep her because her own cat has problems; she's willing to deliver her to someone who's reasonably local to the area. If you're interested, get in touch with her at violetaugustine at gmail.com. Suggestions for no-kill shelters that will take cats from across county lines are also appreciated.

    Happy Thanksgiving, all!
    snape_potter
    [ fancypantsdylan ]
         		8:47a
    Title: San Diego Marriott Hotel
    Challenge: [info]snape100 challenge 309: Wikipedia, Redux I got this
    Author: [info]fancypantsdylan (on LJ as [info]rage_jt)
    Pairing: Harry/Severus
    Word Count: 200
    Summary: Harry and Severus go on holiday (awful summary but hey *shrugs *)
    Rating: R
    Beta: [info]katiebell_0408
    Disclaimer: All characters owned by JK Rowling, I just play with them. No profit made on use of characters.




    ( Read here )

    Current Mood: cold
    Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
    snape_potter
    [ lilyseyes ]
         		11:55p
    FIC: My Son ~ Part 8
    Title: My Son/Part 8
    Author: [info]lilyseyes
    Prompt: thematic_hp - Round 7 – Vows and life debts, Prompt #30. Severitus – Snape knows he is Harry’s father, but his desperate attempts to gain custody fail. He vows that even if he cannot tell Harry who he is, he will always protect his son.
    Pairing: None
    Rating: R for the warnings
    Word Count: +/- 5200
    Warnings: *Mentions of child abuse and child selling, manipulative!Dumbledore*
    Author's Notes: This story took off on its own journey, choosing its own way – this is a WIP that will be updated as real life allows.
    Betas: [info]whitecotton and [info]the_minx_17

    Part 1
    Part 2
    Part 3
    Part 4
    Part 5
    Part 6
    Part 7

    Part 8



    Current Mood: thankful
    lesyeuxverts
         		11:03p
    The Continued Adventures of Lyv in Cookery
    Because I have been baking a lot lately (and am still baking for Thanksgiving, currently, as we speak), and have not had a lot of sleep, and have had a lot of caffeine, and need to come up with ways to amuse myself, such as creating silly polls

    Because I have been baking a lot lately, and have been wondering about the ways in which other people bake, and thinking about food in general, because food is good

    And because I am procrastinating on writing, because I cannot and will not manage to write anything coherent for NaNo or any other story, when I am this sleep-deprived:

    ( I present to you, dear flist, the following poll )

    Current Mood: exhausted
    dailysnitch
    [ bewarethesmirk ]
         		11:00p
    sams_cafe 9:48p
    It's remarkably hard to mash potatoes without a potato masher. I keep flashing back to the Potato Ricer scene in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. "How can you not have a potato ricer? What IS a potato ricer?" "We will just use a fork, like the pilgrims did."

    Anyway, the turkey is brining (the brine is very green. I worry this is going to be a repeat of the curry-marinated Neon Chicken incident) and the stuffing is chilling in balls, waiting to be fried on the morrow. The oyaki dough is cooling in a tupperware on the counter. R is safely off to play Blues all night and then drive home for Thanksgiving at 3 in the morning. I have Hot Fuzz and To Catch A Thief and The Thomas Crown Affair (the original AND the remake) on DVD.

    LET THE GIVING OF THANKS AND VIEWING OF COPS AND ROBBERS FLICKS BE FORETOLD.

    As [info]florahart reminded me, of the many things I am thankful for this year, health insurance is very near the top of the list. If I could, I would put you all on my plan.
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