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I've got my beta-invite to Archive of Our Own -- and am busily uploading to my page.

So far, it's been really easy to get stuff of FF.net. We'll see what happens when I try to grab my works from LJ. The tagging will be... interesting, I think.

Meh. No update this weekend; I'm sorry :/. I have been cleaning, rearranging, throwing out junk and whatnot - and the whole painful, long overdue process has taken up the better part of this week. No time to draw/write/scan/post. Unfortunately. Boy, how I hate chores -_-.

However, on the upside of things: I'll be able to actually work at my desk. Because there'll be space. Instead of piles of junk.

So in a way I feel pretty pleased with myself, despite the lack of comic-y fun and other activities more agreeable than sorting out a mess. Will provide comic next week. Srsly.

Now I need to go and cook myself a meal, because I haven't eaten since this morning, being too busy cleaning and all. Me and household tasks: it's all or nothing... ;-)

On Turkey Day I went cold turkey with the caffeine intake. Word to the wise: don't do this. By six p.m. I was lying in bed. Not so bad. 7:40 on Friday morning, I started throwing up and could not stop. After three hours of nearly constant dry heaves, my ex came and got the kids for me. Without them there, I could doze for 30-45 minutes, which helped. I would wake up and lie there till I barfed again, then doze off. Went on like that until 7 p.m. when I realized that not only was it not going away, I was getting symptoms of very low blood sugar. This is how desperate I was -- I called my EX! He brought some Emetrol, which did the trick. I was in bed for about 39 hours straight. I'm better now, but a bit out of it.

No other symptoms. No fever. No diarrhea. I figure it was caffeine withdrawal. Flu-like symptoms and nausea are not the most common side-effects, but they do happen.

Oh, but I miss my Coke Zero.

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Thanks to isagel, I am totally hooked on Survivors an awesome British show about life after the collapse of society. The basic idea is that a virus has wiped out 99% of humanity and the few that are left have to struggle to stay alive and functional.

...Okay, not the most original plot ever, but I'm giving it a pass for two reasons. One is that it's based on an older British TV show from the 70s (written by Terry Nation, who also created the Daleks and Blake's 7), when presumably a lot of ideas were a bit fresher than they are now.

More importantly, they do it SO WELL. I described it to someone as The Stand with all the crap parts taken out. By that I mean, among other things, that horror has a human face, rather than bad special effects. And there's no big battle between good and evil going on, meaning that when people do good and bad things, we're not automatically assumed to take the side of the people "fighting for good".

That's right. We're not told who to side with. I can't tell you what a relief it is to see a show where anyone can be right or wrong, or both right and wrong, and we're allowed to make up our own minds.

And, oh, the characters. That's what it all comes down to, really. Such lovely, lovely characters. So allow me to present them all properly, crack_van style, with pictures taken from the BBC website.

( Meet them all here. )

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(...and of course Svante, the singer, is very talented too!)

To the Scanians on my flist - Martelli Tapes, the band my brother is in when he isn't in Damn!, will be playing this Saturday lunchtime at Mejeriet. Do come!

To everyone else, here are some rehearsal videos they have put up:





And since those two weren't very visually interesting, a more "proper" music video to finish this post:

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends south of the border!

Happy almost end of the week to everyone else ;)

Happy birthday to one of my favourite authors (and people!) in fandom - snegurochka_lee!
♥ ♥ ♥

I have some Google Wave invites to give out.

Comment with the email address you'd like me to send it to.

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A few poems... meaningless fluff... Nothing to see here folks, unless ya wanna be depressed.
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FACT: When you are used to writing antagonistic pairings, writing friendship pairings is hard. And features way too many OOC fights before the sex. :/

FACT: I heard some old Heart song on... IDK, a bathroom cleaner commercial or something the other day, and now I can't get it out of my head. Also, it has now become the soundtrack for my smutty_claus story. I... don't know if this is a good thing or not.

... but man, those chicks could rock, riiiight? *air guitar*

FACT: The S.O. and I just heroically got out, by exploiting a technicality, of a horrible Thanksgiving dinner we were supposed to go to tomorrow, hosted by the distant relations of a pseudo-acquaintance. Yes! *fist pump* Pyjamas and bacon sandwiches on the couch by ourselves, here we come. Thank God. Americans, I love you and appreciate that you love Thanksgiving so much, but honestly, I usually have better things to do on my birthday or close to than hang out with other people's families who invite the foreigners out of pity. I appreciate the gesture, but, no. Just, no. :)

FACT: Fabulous art recs are fabulous! Before I head back into writing lockdown, here, have some art!

Till Death Do Us Part by Anon at hp_darkfest (Harry/Ginny, Harry/Draco, R: blood, character death [Ginny])
Mind the warnings, please: this is a very dark piece, thematically. It stunned the breath right out of me with its implications. It made me super uncomfortable and want to weep for humanity, in a way, but it's also an astonishing piece, both artistically and conceptually. Very highly recommended, but not easy to take in.

Pensive by stellamoon (Draco, G)
Utterly stunning. a;lskdjf. I cannot even put into words how gorgeous and erotic this portrait is.

As You Witch by Anon at radish_love (Harry/Luna, PG)
Yeah, ANON. *coughcough* Just about as anon as the first piece up there. :D There is no reason in the universe for this piece not having about 8 times as many comments as it currently does. It's fabulous.

Teddy and Victoire by ericahpfa (both PG)
Erica is drawing next-gen portraits!!! *runs around flailing*

"Looking for these, Potter?" by tbranch (Harry/Pansy, R)
Because I never, ever get tired of tbranch's Pansy, or Harry/Pansy. *purr*

Lily/Lorcan/Lysander by _aurora_sky_ (NWS LIKE WHOA OKAY. Also, incest)
Because this post did not have nearly enough porn in it. :D Well, this isn't just porn. It's actually really gorgeous, with the positioning and the lighting and things like that. *nod* It's also hot like burning, okay, and I don't even care what you think of the next-gen characters or who Lorcan and Lysander are or whatever. HOT LIKE BURNING.

See something you like? Leave a bit of feedback for a talented artist today!

*runs back to writing*

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