It's been in interesting weekend. One that has been really quite fantastic, but may yet result in tears. 

I met an amazing guy on Friday night. It was late, I was in two minds about meeting a stranger for a drink. I thought I really should just go to bed, but then I decided what the hell...

I'm glad I did. He is amazing. Korean. Educated. Speaks a decent amount of English (with a cross between a Korean and a French accent). Has lived in France and Switzerland. Just finished working with the national theatre company of Switzerland. Dancer. Gorgeous. Smiling. Laughing. 

We stayed up until the sun rose, and we had to part to get ready for our respective days. Which for me was nothing, and for him was lunch with his sister. After he had done lunch, we met for coffee and dessert. We walked and chatted, and hung out for a few hours. Then I was called away for dinner and he had to go home to get ready for that night. We went out, some of my friends, so of his friends. We stayed dancing till the sun came up. Today, in the early evening, another quick meet. And the talk of meeting again tomorrow. 

It's all been so wonderful. 

Today he even started to say the sentence, that so much of me would love to hear, and yet so much of me wouldn't. 

If my boyfriend and I ever break... 

A sentence that was left unfinished. A sentence I told him should remain unfinished. He is wonderful, and he finds me wonderful. 

His boyfriend flies in on Tuesday, and together they fly out to Taiwan for a holiday on Monday, and from there they are moving to Canada. I am so thankful for the time that we have had together. I am so thankful for the rekindling of hope of finding someone amazing out there. I think I am becoming quite devastated that yet again, it was not to be. 

I can't believe that I have known him for only 48 hours or so. And yet...

I've never been a big believe in Love at first sight. And yet... 

When hugging him good-bye earlier today, I could feel tears behind the eyes. I still don't know whether they were out of overwhelming happiness for that instant. Or out of sadness for the ever-closer final good-bye. 

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Hi!

I read the com's profile but didn't see any warning against fic search, so here I am ^^

(by the way, is there a community dedicated to fic search in the HP fandom?)

Anyway, I was searching for a fic and I thought it might be by Scribbulus Ink, but I didn't find it. The fact is, I don't remember much and I'm not even sure of the pairing >_< I'm pretty sure it was a SS_RL but it might be a SS_HP, sorry.

It was a fic in which Severus (still potion teacher) finds a piece of silk? clothes and wore it to death. Then he discovers clothing by mail and buy himself quite a few things.

Rings any bell, anyone?

Thanks in advance ^^
Anyssia

FOUND IT!

It's The Lacy Things series by Diana Williams found here

http://diana.slashcity.com/series.php?seriesid=1

Thank you, iceqwene!!

(by the way, it's a SS_RL in fact XD)

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Title: A Hogwarts Christmas Carol.
Author: MrsCake_akaJane
Rating: PG
Pairing: Lupin/Snape
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: I claim no rights to the characters, just the situations in which I'm placing them.
Summary: The first Christmas after the war. Snape is his usual bastard self, but the powers that be decide that it must stop now. They will use every power they can to make the dower man see sence. What will Snape see through the eyes of the spirits?

( A Hogwarts Christmas Carol Chapter One )

First off, Happy Fourth to all Americans!!!

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I've come to the conclusion that communist trained athletes and trainers are sadist. I don't mean Italian communists, which the new BMW in their backyard, I mean real communist countries. I've had plenty of experience with them to know by now.

1. My ballet teachet. It was the 70s. He had defected in Paris in the late 60s while on a tour with the Bolshoi. He could not understand why parents of six years olds complained that their daughters went home with blisters and bloody feet. He told them and us, repeatedly, that if we couldn't take the pain we shouldn't do ballet.

2. My gym teacher in high school. She had defected from Romania in the late 70s. She started teaching in my school in my first year. We didn't have much in the gym, but we had uneven bars. She taught us a routine and it didn't matter if people were afraid or not, if they had done gymnastic before. A school year, multiple sprains, one dislocated knee and plenty of fake doctor's notes later, she managed to teach the routine to the surviving class members.

3. My current personal trainer, Skifter, was part of the Albanian olympic team. He came to the US after Enver Hoxha's death. He doesn't understand just how much I despise that Stair Master. Really, he doesn't.

Now, I know that all of these people grew up in regimes that as Skifter eloquently put it 'sent you to jail for life if you didn't compete well', but really, I joined the gym to make my husband happy, not because of any masochistic tendencies.

***

I was looking at temperatures for California to decide what to bring in terms of clothes. Here is the forecast:

New York 80°-63°; 81°-65°; 77°-63°; 78°-65°; 80°-67°; 85°-70°; 83°-70°; 81°68°; 79°-68°
San Francisco 60°-52°; 60°-52°; 58°-52°; 60°-53°; 62°-55°; 64°-56°; 64°-57°; 65°-58°; 63°-56°
San Diego 73°-63°; 72°-64°; 70°-64°;70°-64°; 71°-65°; 71°-66°; 72°-58°; 72°-66°; 72°-66°

There are no words for how wrong this is. San Diego should not be colder than New York, and nothing should be this cold in the summer.

Hi everyone!

I have recently discovered that a lot of people make trailers for fanfictions and post them on youtube. Me and my girlfriend sweetjerry  thought this might be a fun idea, so we sat down and made an attempt at a trailer for a Remus/Severus fic we will start writing together shortly.

Here it is, for your enjoyment! Please let me know what you think of it (and if you have become the least bit curious about the fic xD).

Giftee: nathaniel_hp
Title: lover please do not fall to your knees
Pairing/Characters: Oliver/Percy, Oliver/Other
Rating: R
Word Count: 2,433
Warnings: Violence, language, heaping loads of angst, character death
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
Summary: “These are just ghosts that broke my heart before I met you.”
Notes: Title and summary by Laura Marling. A big thanks to my beta, M. She’s probably one of the best writers I know and I appreciate how fabulous she was in getting back to me on time. Mods, thanks for the extra days. I appreciate it. And finally, enjoy the angst. I do hope you enjoy this.

( lover please do not fall to your knees )

Sat Jul 04 09, 1:15PM( Read more... )

So this cutest little plot bunny--as the fens say--hopped through here.

And, on the advice of garpu, I fed it.

Then there were two.

Now the damn things are breeding like, well, rabbit's.

First a question. I'm trying to decide which Earth invading villain to use for my first fan fic. Do you think it's best to stay away from fart humour on one's first fan fic outing, or do you think it's like actually a must to explore just that sort of thing (on one's first outing)?

Obviously, I'm considering writing the Slitheen. A race that I also claimed--only last week--should never appear in Doctor Who related fiction again.

Now a warning. The slippery slope you heard about ... it's a slippery dangerous one indeed. Again last week I would have scoffed... now I can only admit with only the slightest hint shame that you have to watch out when fen meets fan and fan meets fen.

The third story in my planned Doctor Who related arc (lord he fell hard didn't he) will be a light romp called "It's My Time to Bang, Bang a KaBoom".

It's a rollicking old skool spy vs. spy adventure as two French foreign agents travel to Russia and stumble onto a plot hatched by rogue British scientists to ignite a second, colder war by destroying the European Union (plus Azerbaijan and Israel) using lifelike extraterrestrial androids modelled after Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jade. The future hangs in the balance when Madame and Monsieur de Roche arrive at the the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in a "borrowed" TARDIS in the very nick of time to join the real Andrew Lloyd Webber, and young Jade, in a last ditch effort to save the world. Again.

God. See. That is what happens. At least, despite the obvious setup, I'm resisting the urge (so far) to make the whole thing a MUSICAL.

No links this time because I'm just that rushed. Anyone who needs links, please either check the community archives or ask here and hope some other kind member will help out. ~_^

I know the Chocolate and Asphodel v.2 deadline was July 1, but as I'm swamped anyway, everyone feel free to take until July 20 as the new hard and fast deadline. At that point, the zine will be what it will be and I won't accept any more submissions.

Because the zine minimum for stories is 3000 words, there's still time for some of you to make it in, even if this is the first time you've heard of it. There is a beta and acceptance process to be in the zine, so the sooner you turn in stories, the better.

Artists, we could use some color and grayscale full-age pieces, if you're interested.

Please mail all submissions to ssrlzine at yahoo.com, although pieces mailed other places eventually find their way over there.

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The BLU archive should debut on Monday, however, I have a feeling it will be closer to Tuesday, as I am still missing a few things here and there. If you're on the BLU project and owe me art or a bio, please get it in!

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Oh, ok, one link:

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love, lore

Somewhere in my memoirs I have lots of good B+B stories.

Did I tell you about the HOT German guy who went to tour the city with my Brazilian friend--and fellow fang banger--the Blue Dream guy? When he came back my guest said he'd never had so many blow jobs on a city tour in his life! I was shocked--though not totally surprised, the blue dreamer liked Mr. German after all. But then I remembered that the Swiss German word for "Blow Job" is also the German word for "Blister"--I will leave it to the reader to decide what that says about the Swiss man's ability in the oral department. (I know an American woman though, who wanted to tell a Swiss man, "No thanks, I can just use this sandpaper.")

But this summer is only full of tales of tribulation. After my Austrian guests I decided to close the hobby B+B. Of course I'm honouring the bookings which were already made. It's not that this summer's crop of guests is particularly bad, so much as my last gay nerve has already been trampled all over. But still.

The current guest is a passive-aggressive, German insurance claims adjuster.

I suppose I can just stop there.

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