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.

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.

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Irreverand Hugh did some articles for his website a while back, and one that he posted was about Black Magick

http://www.geocities.com/tribhis/blackmagic.html

Unfortunately since his site went down, there’s no more site to pull that article from. I checked on Archive.org and with Google Cache and I can’t find it anyplace.

Anyone know where I can find a copy?

Found it. A friend pointed me to a copy at http://webspace.webring.com/people/ug/goldenmonkey/blackmagic.html, which, oddly enough, is the site that they wound up moving to.

I’ve reprinted it at On Black Magick here on the Journal.

I kinda feel silly now.

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I’m playing around with my sitemaps. I have two different ones:

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Please let your voice be heard. I can use either, but I need to know which you prefer. I really don’t want to have two sitemaps on my site.

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Okay, you may have noticed that I changed everything. I have the development site live now.

No need to change your shortcuts, it’s still at http://davensjournal.com .

There are still some housekeeping chores to do, like making the links all work. So if you come across a page/post where the links are pointing at the wrong place, let me know please? Just leave a comment on that article or post and I’ll get it.

I don’t have a page up for the links out to other sites just yet, and my classes are scarce. I plan on rectifying those problems soon.

Let everyone know, let your blog readers know, let those who just casually drop by that the new site is live. There will be some kicking the tires and so on, but I think this one is going to be a lot nicer.

And please, on this post, tell me what you think? I’d love to hear it.

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Hahahaha! I have been learning how to crochet, and I wanted to look up how to make a hat with kitty ears on it, and one of the things I ran into was how to make a hat for a cat. I had just a little bit of yarn left from another project, so I did it, and Noms turned out to be the only cat that would have it on him for any length of time, usually only 10 seconds or so.. 'till I made a little string to tie it around his chin. Since I put it on him, he has just been laying here, grumping at me and flicking his tail. I had to take a picture, it's too funny:



Don't get me wrong, I hate people who dress up their pets all the time, but I am all for annoying them from time to time for my own amusement ;)

Just throwing this out there, anyone have some unwanted balls/skeins of yarn around I might be able to have? I am playing with crocheting and would like to have a sort of pool of yarns to choose from, and to not have to go to hobby lobby every time I want to crochet. I don't really want anything under worsted weight, and bulky or chunky would be preferred.. pretty much any style except for really fuzzy/crazy/eyelash ones, I am still learning and would like things to be fairly even and smooth. Don't really care what they are made of.

I sound super picky so I am going to stop adding on requirements, lol. Not sure when I'll have more money for shipping but I'll pay for it when I do. Oh, erm, one more thing I guess, I don't really want scrap yarn.. just whole/nearly whole balls/skeins?

Also, I think I might be allergic to wool? Haha, I got some mostly wool yarn to mess with and my cat unraveled and tangled the whole thing, so I spent about 2 hours straightening it all out, and during that time I must have sneezed at least once every 5 minutes, and stopped when I was done. Wasn't itchy though o_o hmm. Don't let you stop you if you have woolen yarn though! I want it!

Ok, I'll shut up now. Poor person begging.

Ooh, I like my assignment for Yuletide lots. I thought I might get this one last year; it's something I've loved for a long time and am thrilled to have the motivation to write for it.

Regarding my own request,

Dear Yuletide Santa/Kringle/Hanukkah Fairy/etc.:

Everything I had to say about the specific fandoms, I think I covered in my request. If you'd like to hear more details about my fic likes in general:

Yes, I love slash. I discovered I liked m/m slash at the same time I dove headfirst into fanfiction; it was not a coincidence. Three of these four fandoms that I chose for Yuletide, I chose because I cherish the slashy possibilities of the two main characters. Having said that, I also like friendship fic, pre-slash hints, femslash, humor, crack (I adore well-done crack), Alternate Realities... I love NC-17 smut, but I won't be sad if the fic chooses not to go there, not if it doesn't feel right to you.

Please don't feel you have to write an epic. Short fic is often the most rewarding. I eat up even drabbles. Write me 5 200-word drabbles to make the word count minimum; I'll still go ape.

Thank you so much!

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