quidditchgrrl

*blows dust off journal* Well, hello!

I've been lurking of late, spending some time on MySpace and being busy with things like Holiday cards, baking and shopping.

I got nuthin' to say aside from that.

Oh! Look what some lovely person wrote for me! Observation, a Neville/Ginny fic that is actually HOT. Wow.

Hopefully I'll feel more verbose later. Right now holiday stress, work and family drama leaves me so drained that everything else has kind of fallen by the wayside.

*hugs to you all*

Strangers With Candy Trailer, w00t! June 28 (finally)! *pathetically excited*

And, TAD was on Cobert this week! *loves on Paul*

Continuing with the slashiness, I read a hot one-shot today: Headlines by dramaphile. It's Harry/Colin, which is certainly not a pairing that I would pick up on a whim. But it's, well, yeah. Hot. Read, perv, review. Repeat as necessary.

Ta, y'all. Daily Show is on!

I swear, I'll start more upbeat posts soon.  The holiday season isn't really conducive to that, however (who in the world put forth the idea that Christmastime brings out anything but the worst in family relations?), so I'll rant on.

My former sister-in-law reminded me of something very important regarding one of my medicines:  phenergan is highly addictive.

*screams* 

My stomach is already Audrey II.

Stomach:  Feed me.
Me:  What do you want?
Stomach:  You know what I want.
Me:  Uh...I don't have any more.
Stomach:  Aw, c'mon.  Feed me!
Me:  No, I won't!
Stomach:  I can make things difficult for you...*cue crippling nausea and sleeplessness*
*begins pathetic dance of denial and demand a la "Feed Me (Git It)"*

The bright spot was getting together with the hp_ohio t00bs Friday night - yay for yummy food and laughs!  (velvet__moon, I will get you a more appropriate gift, since I misunderstood exactly what kind of white elephant exchange we were having)  I am so bad with large groups, and there were so many people there!  :-S

Randomly:

MTV Hits has been feeding my latest addiction:  Alicia Keys.  I just mute and enjoy the pretty.

Went into work Thursday to turn in my return to work notice and everyone was so sweet.  Either they really like me, or they're so delirious from work that they're happy to see (relatively) fresh meat come in the door.  I think it's the latter.

Oh, and yay!  My nose is nearly healed!  (They ripped my left nostril off when they took out my NG tube)  So no more glances of disgust/horror!

Cute rec:  likebunnies wrote a Harry/Hermione Christmas Fic.  Go read and review (but only if you're of age, since it's NC-17).

Toodle-loo, y'all.  :)

( Handwriting Meme )

Oh, you know you want to go take it.

Oh, nearly forgot:  Congrats to queenkatiett for getting the job with CML!  All are agreed that we have never heard of a person being hired off the street into the CML machine, so those hours you spent studying up paid off!  Yay!

And many thanks to deirdre_riordan for the "Republicans for Voldemort" bumpersticker!  What would you like in return (postage?  paypal?) for that?  I'm already receiving comments.  :)

Ooh, and two Snarry recs!  rushlight75 has posted a sequel to Through a Shattered Mirror called Walking the Mirror's Edge.  And mousewrites has put up Chapter I and Chapter II of Corvus Fallere, Book II.  Looks like it'll be another late night for me.  :>

( There are some things I hate about customer service )

( In 1975... )

( And because the answers to this are too funny... )

In other, random thoughts:

I want to marry Morrissey and have his little emo babies. He's just that hot.

For those of you who've been socked with my general crabbiness lately, deal. :D I do get irritated with the fandom from time to time, especially when people confuse fanon with canon. Work is also kicking my ass, but that's a rant that wears me out and makes me want to quit.

And finally, John Kerry picks his running mate! I also saw a great bumper sticker today - "No one died when Clinton lied!" We'll never know, will we, Mr. Starr? *evil laughter*

And yes, even suburbanites hate Starbucks. Viva Scottie MacBean!

Now, some fic recs - watch out folks, they're slash!

The Same Coin by meri_oddities (Snarry, R, a little bit fluffy). After being injured as a Auror, Harry Potter returns to teach Defense Against Dark Arts at Hogwarts.

Mischief Manifest by iscaris (Fred/George/Harry, Remus/Harry, NC-17, all the usual kinks).

And rushlight75's newest fic, Spoils of War (Harry/various, NC-17, non-con) is up at RS.org. Slaveboy!Harry considers his fate.

Yes, I'm alive! Trip to NC, RL issues, lack of internet access from home - all of these things have been conspiring against my spending every waking moment time reading LJs.

Currently I'm on a news embargo. Crying while on the Arc Trainer is Not Good. Fucking Bush. Fucking useless Iraq war. Fucking useless Don Rumsfeld. Saw a tee-shirt Ben Jelen wore that said "American Psycho" with a pic of Bush. I really want that shirt now.

(  Long, boring RL update, what I've done in the past two or so weeks )

And can I ask a question of you Southerners? What is up with the suspicious attitude? We were followed about by the owner of a tea shop, then I was criminalized by the Wal-Mart checkpoint man, and finally tailed by the perfume lady at Belk's. WTF? I felt, felt...well, Black. Is it like that everywhere down South or do you all think it was just the area (Fayetteville doesn't have the greatest economy)? My gentle Northern sensibilities were offended *sniff*

So, that's it for me.

Randomly:

All right, if you haven't read Dark Directed, click on that damn link and start! fearthainn, I'll be reviewing soon, once I've digested the epilogue properly and can do more than squeal fangirlishly.

PoA previews: All I can say is, move over Dan, Rupert is turning into the heartthrob! Yum. Yum..not perving at all, nope, not at all. :-P~

chickadilly - love ya hon! I haven't been on YM lately to chat, but I've been thinkin' about you lately.

Hugs and love to those who need them, especially rainpuddle13 who lost her mother very recently.

Boy, I know how to bring the drama, don't I? *facepalms*

Let's just forget that last entry ever happened. I'm fine. Really. Yes.

Let's just say this fandom can wank like no other; I can already tell that my diplomacy skills will be put to the test this week.

lissinthecity, I guess "fluttered" wasn't the word we should have debated. :D Your story rocks, hands down, as usual.

If you don't belong to the_psych_ward, you may have not gotten the call to read and critique beccafran's new story, Happily Ever After.

It is Harry/Ginny, and rated PG to boot, but it's extremely well-written, if a tad sugary. I can take a little sugar with my fic as long as there is good plot and characterization. She delivers.

You all know that I would not recommend H/G unless it was decent stuff.

So, what are you waiting for? Go, read and review!