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05.06.04 - 4:33 p.m.

recs and fic and remix updates

Stupid. fucking. fill in remix entry.

I thought my actual remix assignment was difficult, and it *was*, but this is... I've thought and thought, and dude, I can *do* this. I can. First I thought I was going to do a sort of Rashomon thing, but now I'm thinking maybe one pov....

Oh.

OH.

Forget it.

I think I know how to do it.

Dude.

Sometimes I love my brain.

***

Arrgh.

The strap of my sandal keeps getting caught on the mouse cable and it's really fucking annoying.

***

I've been remiss in updating. I blame the Remix.

Bit of stuff added to the site since my last update:

Au Revoir, Not Goodbye, a brief Josh fic for the Isn't It Iconic ficlet-a thon, Inheritances, the Aragorn/vambraces fic that took me over a year to finish, and Six Long Years On Your Trail, a James/Sirius, Harry/Ron story about lost boys and blowjobs. I blame Morrissey, personally.

Also, I finally updated the recs LJ for April: 33 recs in 9 fandoms from Alias to Smallville (but mostly HP).

Remix is driving me nuts, but that's par for the course. I just wish people would TELL me if they're bailing instead of just not answering my emails.

But I think everybody's pretty much covered. I ahve one person I'm hoping isn't bailing, but I think I can get her person covered if she does. And if she doesn't, well, somebody may end up with two remixes, and how is that a bad thing?

~victoria



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04.28.04 - 10:18 a.m.

update and guh.

Site update!

Stories added:

Three Tequila, the Remus/Sirius/Hermione threesome.

The Only Hope, a short Theoden ficlet set during movie-RotK, just before Aragorn leaves for the Paths of the Dead.

What Friends Are For, a Good Omens ficlet featuring an angry Pepper and a conciliating Adam.

The latter two were part of Phase Two of my ficlet project.

Meanwhile, I still remain gobsmacked by Charisma Carpenter, naked. very not work-safe

Jesus.

Must get head back together to do Remix admin, editing, writing etc.

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04.23.04 - 9:29 a.m.

and on to the next thing...

Looking at that fannish to-do list I posted last time - Razor's Edge has been coded and uploaded, as well as the following stories:

What You're Best At, some Remus-Harry post-OotP angst

The Grave Soul, a bit of MWPP-era Snupin. Yeah, you heard me. Snupin. Of course it can't end well. Sigh.

and

Weakness, Dawn/Xander post-Chosen. Yes, like that. Well, not exactly.

Luckily, I was already booked for the Special Hell, so I don't feel too bad about it. *g*

My remix fic is finished - finished it last night. I realized all my nattering will totally make it obvious which one is mine when they get posted "anonymously," so I'm just gonna shut up about it (or try to anyway).

I have to do all the remix admin stuff now, and contemplate the Remus Remix, since there does seem to be some interest in it. (Dude, you will all fall to his sexay werewolf mojo in the end. Also, I just like saying sexay werewolf mojo. *g*)

Now that that's out of the way, I can get back to:

1. revising the R/S/Hr

2. You Showed Me (aka It Had to Be You)

3. So Lost Sometimes (amnesia fic)

4. James/Lily and Ron/Hermione virginity challenges

5. Icon-a-thon ficlet

6. The Most Gorgeously Stupid Thing (Lily wants a little sumpin-sumpin)

And various other stories that are in states of half-undress. *g*

Also, I need to update the recs. I may do that this weekend.

~victoria



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04.13.04 - 11:13 a.m.

a brief (ha!) fannish to-do list

Brief fannish to-do list:

+ finish Remix fic - am at a very scary 9100 words. 1000 more should do it, I think. I hope

+ enter Remix authors in shiny new database Die set up, because she is the Database Goddess

+ answer feedback and comments

+ code Razor's Edge and upload to site

+ finish promised ficlets for other people

+ icon challenge fic

+ virgin challenge fic (x2: James/Lily and Ron/Hermione)

+ work on various assorted WsiP

+ keep on top of Lyrics Challenge stories.

+ after Die sets up database, start loading Remix fic into database

I think that's it.

*whimper*

~victoria



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04.06.04 - 10:09 p.m.

Fic! Fic! and yet more fic!

The plan tonight was to code all the ficlets I've written, plus Soothe, which I posted this afternoon and which is now called Wrapped Round Everything: Remus/Sirius in Grimmauld Place: home is a moveable feast.

I seem to be stuck in that house, as surely as Sirius is, because I've also got Rain. Freedom. Spring. and Time Enough for Loving, which are also set during OotP (or just prior to it).

Then there's my hp100 drabble for this week: Not According to Script, for the working class heroes challenge.

In fandoms that are not HP, I've got The Bitter Dregs of Strife, a LotR drabble (well, 142 words. I went over.) about Faramir's ride out from Minas Tirith from the POV of an OFC, No One-Sided Coin, a Sandman ficlet set at Ground Zero, and If Love Is a Red Dress, a Donna ficlet inspired by 15minuteficlets. (Oh, so is Rain. Freedom. Spring. different word though.)

Now I'm supposed to be writing my Remix fic but I'm futzing around with this visual representation of stories meme, looking for pictures that seem to represent my stories to me.

Sigh.

I am an expert in procrastination. At least I filed my taxes today. Finally. This is the latest I've been in like, ever. Meh.

~victoria



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03.31.04 - 4:23 p.m.

Y Cant Tori Write?

In the midst of thinking everything I write sucks utterly and completely (well, everything I've written yesterday and today, anyway), I do still find this hilarious:

"Sirius, have you ever had sex with another man?" Sirius opened his mouth, and Remus said, "That morning in my flat doesn't count. We were both half asleep. I could have been anyone."

"No. You're my best friend--"

"Right now, I'm your only friend," Remus interrupted sharply. "James was your best friend. Dead or alive. It doesn't matter. And you didn't want sex from him."

"Of course not."

"Maybe Tonks knows someone. Emmeline Vance is still quite pretty--"

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"Obviously, you're bored, and you're horny. None of your old girlfriends are still single -- Letitia Corning turned out to be a lesbian, by the way--" Sirius choked at that. "And you can't just go out on the pull, so..."

"Moony, I want *you*." Sirius at his most charming was almost irresistible; Remus had never been much good at saying him no. To have the full force of Sirius's personality directed at him, when Sirius wanted something, had always meant trouble.

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I'm just easily amused, I think. I don't know that I'm ever gonna actually write the fic this belongs in. Sigh.

~victoria

PS: If anyone ever calls me "Tori," I treat them to frosty silence. Just sayin'.



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03.30.04 - 9:07 a.m.

I'm late, I'm late...

Lots of fic added to the site.

Beguile Thy Melancholy
for siryn99
Lord of the Rings | Éowyn, book, melancholy | 428 words

Being James Potter
for narie
Harry Potter | James, potato, melancholy. | 439 words.

Also, Come With Me, Jealous of Your Cigarette, and One-Night Stand, With Potential - three Sirius/Remus stories, Caesar's Wife, a Narcissa story, Why Can't I Be You?, my hp100 contribution this week (the polyjuice challenge), and Can't Take That Away, a Faith/Buffy drabble (well, 125 words).

Not everything is up on the indices yet, because it took me a couple hours to just get all of that done. Sigh.

You can find links to all the responses to my informal lyrics challenge here.

In addition to being behind on coding. I have yet to start my Remix fic OR my taxes.

Ulp.

Gotta stop being slack. Of course, now I just want to work on the stories that have nothing to do with any challenges. Sigh.

~victoria



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03.24.04 - 9:04 a.m.

more ficlets

Did I mention there were two more ficlets?

for darthrami: More Relentless Than AA | HLotS | Tim. Cigarette. Cranky. | 413 words.

and

for siryn99: Beguile Thy Melancholy | LotR | Éowyn, book, melancholy | 428 words.

Headachy again, and I think this time it's *definitely* the fault of my contact lenses. I've been having a lot of trouble with them in the morning. I just started using a new lens cup two weeks ago, and that's supposed to not give me that burning "the solution hasn't neutralized yet" feeling in the morning, but it is. Every day. Even though the lenses are in there at least six hours and usually eight or nine.

It's like the muscles in behind my eyes are overcompensating or something, making my head hurt. Grrr...

~victoria

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03.22.04 - 1:12 a.m.

Phase Two Index

Got the new Phase Two ficlet index up, but I'll share it here, because I have no other content I'm cool like that.

Fiat Lux
for bonibaru
Good Omens | Crowley, chandelier, surprise | 331 words

Lies of Omission
for maveness
Gilmore Girls | Emily Gilmore, angry, poker | 288 words

Bull's Eye
for snacky
Lord of the Rings | Eowyn, triumphant | 157 words

Lucky
for hiddendaze and snacky
Harry Potter | Charlie, desk, wonderment and Tonks, wand, desperate | R | 798 words

Real Genius
for goss
Smallville | Lex. Rubik's cube. Smug. | 307 words.

Revitalizing
for imacartwright
X-Men Movieverse | Logan, hair conditioner, rapture. | R | 386 words.

What It's Like
for nimori
Harry Potter | Sirius, quill, envy. | 192 words

Nobody Likes a Sore Winner
for celli
Alias | Weiss, water balloon, worried. | 405 words

Hunger
For voleuse
The Matrix | Trinity. Candy bar. Hunger. | 170 words

Security Blanket
for fairy_tale_echo
Harry Potter | Lily, blanket, conflicted | 763 words

Last of the Red Hot Lovers
for zeelee_penguin
X-Men Movieverse| Mystique, romance novel, vulnerable. | 605 words.

Fruit of the Vine
for maeglinyedi
Good Omens | Crowley, Aziraphale, astonishment. | 280 words.

Regret to Inform
for penknife
Harry Potter | Dumbledore, a letter, regret. | 274 words

The Secret Sharer
for stellamaru
Harry Potter | Neville, Sneakoscope, infatuation. | 705 words.

Needs Must When the Devil Drives
for leadensky
Lucifer | Death. snowflake. irritated. 515 words.

You Know It's All Right
for rynne
Harry Potter | Neville, wand, happiness. | 405 words.

Shades of Gray
For nikitangel
Buffy the Vampire Slayer| Faith, crossbow, peaceful | 427 words.

Foolish Girl
for bowdlerized
Harry Potter | Minerva McGonagall, an old-fashioned, tortoise-shell hairbrush, penitence | 656 words

and the ladies, they rolled their eyes
for callmesandy
Gilmore Girls | Paris. CD missing the insert but in the case. Panicked. | 504 words

Fear, Itself
for pearl_o
Sports Night | Natalie, hairbrush, fear. | 206 words

The Least You Could Have Done
for blunaris
West Wing | Josh Lyman. A 1972 Chevelle SS. Frustration. | 819 words.

Wake
for _mysteria_
X-Men Movieverse | Logan, withered flowers, jubilant. | 520 words.

Maybe Someday
for pearl_o
Firefly/Sandman | Delirium. River. | 305 words.

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I just like the layout. It's different from my usual.

And now I'm falling asleep, so I bid you goodnight. A domani.

~victoria



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