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* Post 12 pictures you currently have on your hard drive that you think are self-expressive.
* No captions! It must be like we're speaking with images and we have to interpret your visual language just like we have to interpret your words.
* They must already be on your hard drive - no googling or flickr!
* You don't have to answer any questions about any of your pictures if you don't want to. You can make them as mysterious as you like. Or you can explain as much as you like.



( three more )

I'd have had more photos here if my collection of Eames photographs was on my hard drive, but it's probably under my bed somewhere. Under my bed: where data cds go to die.

John/Rodney
PG
127 words


"Stop staring at me," Rodney says, trying to push John away without letting go of his coffee, but it can't be done and John just slides closer. Rodney's eyes are squinched shut like a mole's, his hair tufty and weird, his cheeks still creased from his pillow.

John can't resist him like this, grumpy and half-asleep; Rodney's refusal to engage only makes him more tempting.

"Can't," John says, stealing a kiss from Rodney's crooked mouth. Rodney grumbles and hides a smile in his coffee.

The sun's just coming up, the sky a soft orangy pink. From the kitchens, the clank and clatter of breakfast rises and falls. The mess will open soon, but for now they're alone, and John steals another kiss, safe in their morning solitude.

So here's a question: I've seen the first season of Torchwood, but I haven't seen the second season, can I watch the third? I know there's some big ass surprise about the events of season two, which I either vaguely know about or I've guessed wrong based on the spoilerishy things I've seen around the internet.

Something else to consider: It looks like I can watch the season two finale (both parts) before I start season three. Do I want to do that? Or do I want to wait for someone (coughemilycough) to send me all of season two first? These are important questions! Also, put no spoilers in the comments!

The Closer: there was just not enough David! And is his mouth getting even slantier? God, I love him. It's up to us to make sure his character gets a nice showing in future crossovers.

Future crossovers which may or may not feature GAY DANCE PARTIES.

There are so many directions to take this. For the record, it's unlikely that I will be taking any of them. I just like noodling around with the idea. So if you find yourself with, say, a cliche_bingo card and/or a love for Hewligan and/or some spare time on your hands and/or absolutely no story ideas, try one of these! They're organic.

Warning: All I know about Brendan Dean, I learned from fanfic.

( two ways it could go )

The most important thing to keep in mind is this: Brendan Dean looks at Jerry, all neat and clean, his hair parted just so, the knot in his tie perfectly centered against his collar, and Brendan just wants to get him all rumpled and messy.

Hey, sports fans, don't forget David Hewlett's going to be on The Closer tonight at 9pm on TNT. The episode's called Walking Back the Cat and he appears to be playing a nebbishy hardass FBI agent that likes to carry around a lot of paper. You can watch a preview here.

They put a part in his hair, bless him.

Hah, the episode summary!: Brenda and her squad are deputized by the FBI to help investigate a murder involving drug trafficking at gay dance parties.

So now we know how Agent Moore meets Brendan Dean. It's at a gay dance party.

I don't know if anyone out there is dying to know my policy on warnings, but just in case, here it is: I try to warn for things that I think might upset people.

If you read my stories, though, you already know this: I rarely write things that are dark, serious, or upsetting.

To date, I have only written one story that I felt deserved a warning, an X-Files fic that dealt with attempted suicide, and mental and physical abuse.

I ended the world once, but it happened off-screen.

I've written Smallville stories where Clark was in a sexual relationship with Lex and assumed to be underage. I've written Stargate Atlantis stories where aliens make John and Rodney do things: kisses, spankings, blowjobs. Technically -- legally -- some of these acts could be construed as dub-con, but I believe the majority of fans wouldn't see it that way.

All the sex I write is meant to be consensual. If the story is for kink_bingo, I list kinks in the summary or the headers, but I don't always do that for stories I write without prompting because I don't always identify what I'm writing as a kink. But, again, if the story involves a sexual practice that I think might cause distress, I will be sure to note it somewhere in the headers.

crysothemis mentioned that she'll sometimes put joke headers on a story, and I do that too, for the same reasons. One of my fics says: Warning: Contains dairy. I hope it shows that the fic contains nothing to be afraid of beyond a little ice cream, or schmoopy kisses. I would never put a silly warning on a serious story.

I want you guys to trust me. If I've overlooked something, please let me know.

Oh man, cliche_bingo now?  I kind of want to sign up! But I've already got kink_bingo on my plate, and I have kisses to write when I get tired of kink, and while I love reading cliche fic, I'm not so keen on writing them. There's too much pressure, you know? Like, I wrote a bodyswap in X-Files, but I feel like I cheated because I didn't have Mulder and Scully fool around with each other in their swapped bodies -- that's like the best part of bodyswap! But I didn't want to write it.

I wrote pretending to be gay in Smallville and I just remember feeling really twitchy, thinking of all the excellent "pretending to be gay" fics I'd read in Smallville and worried that I wasn't doing it right. Cliche and I just aren't a good match, I think, but I encourage you all to sign up for cliche_bingo because the world can never have too many cliche fics.

Turns out I don't have chicken pox. THANK GOD. Turns out we don't know what I have. Yeah, story of my life. But whatever it is seems to be going away, which is nice because that means I can use my hands for things again. Things like the internet! (I'm only six pages behind on my friends list!) And typing! (I have kinky porn to write!)

Funny thing about kinky porn -- I'm writing for one prompt, but in order to get there I'm doing things that would satisfy at least two other prompts. The kinks, they multiply.

Everybody pray that I don't have chicken pox. Because, seriously, DO NOT WANT. I will definitely take "mysterious bumps," which I have, over chicken pox, which I, to be utterly clear, DO NOT WANT.

Shit. I'll be in my bunk. AND NOT IN THE FUN WAY.

The problem with kink_bingo is that I always want to give my stories horrible punny titles. I hate punny titles, but I can't seem to help myself.

The wet and messy/dirty square ambushed me this morning and so I'm dinking around with that. I've only got 227 words so far, even though it's finished in my head. It's the putting it down in digital form that's a pain. (Is the brain analog or digital? Uh, it looks like it might be both, or neither. No one can agree.)

Anyway. Kink Bingo. Punny titles. Messy sex. This could get ugly.

I tried to write these reviews without any huge spoilers, so if you're curious, you can skim through and see if the books interest you. I'll tell you now, you can pretty much pick up any book in the series and it'll make sense because there's a lot of "Henry! Vampire! Bastard Son of Henry VIII!" in every book. They're pretty easy to follow.

( Blood Series )

Blood Trail was my favorite (werewolves!) and Blood Lines was my least favorite (stupid boring mummy). Now for the Smoke series!

( Bonk, Getting Even, Children of the Night, A Man Without a Country, Matelots, Falling Free )

In light of #amazonfail and the fact I should have done this years ago, I've started linking to Powell's in my book reviews. The links may not be as persistent or reliable as Amazon's, but Powell's is an independent, local (to me) bookstore, and I encourage you to buy from them. They sell new and used books, as well as DVDs, blank journals, maps, and crazy Japanese stationery. It's one of my favorite places in the world.

kink_bingo sign-ups are underway! The comm has moved to Dreamwidth this year. If you don't have an account there, or would rather not have one, the mods have come up with several solutions so that you can still play along.

( My new card ) is way kinkier than last year's. I probably won't be going for a bingo; I prefer to hopscotch across my squares, which is lucky for me because this card is like a mine field. And luckily or unluckily for you, depending on your point of view, I think I'm taking advantage of that watersports square. Yay?

Speaking of kinks, I posted the code to turn your bingo card into an image map if that's the sort of thing you're into.

Considering The Snail

The snail pushes through a green
night, for the grass is heavy
with water and meets over
the bright path he makes, where rain
has darkened the earth's dark. He
moves in a wood of desire,

pale antlers barely stirring
as he hunts. I cannot tell
what power is at work, drenched there
with purpose, knowing nothing.
What is a snail's fury? All
I think is that if later

I parted the blades above
the tunnel and saw the thin
trail of broken white across
litter, I would never have
imagined the slow passion
to that deliberate progress.


( the snail: considered )

John/Rodney (with a side of Ronon/Jennifer)
PG
3500 words

( Caught )

Extra big thanks to thingswithwings for beta and hand-holding.

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Okay, the good news is that I am not as fucked up as I feared. YAY. I'm having very little trouble writing, as long as I don't look backwards and get all self-critical. The other good news is that this story I am writing has spiraled out of control. It's four times as long as I expected and has an actual plot-like substance in it. So much for starting out with drabbles. The other good news is that you guys have left me lots of yummy prompts and I hope to be writing something every other day or so.

There is no bad news!

Hi, internets. I've fucked myself up again. It's mild compared to the last time this happened, but, still, fucked. I wasn't paying attention and my anxiety slammed up against my raging perfectionism and now I can't write without shaking like a small nervous dog. But I'm going to be okay, because anything else is just absurd.

The shitty thing is that I was doing really, really well until this April. But I'll get back there, and for now my mental health loss is your gain, hopefully. I'm going to try writing some small John/Rodney kisses, starting out with drabbles and maybe working up to longer pieces. The trick is to write and post quickly and not worry about perfection, just bask in the warm goofiness of John and Rodney.

What I need from you, dear readers, are prompts. You can give me adjectives for types of kisses: awkward, silly, drunken. Or you can try to trick me into writing something longer by giving me nouns (Mmm, nouns), like a place or event: kissing on a train! kissing at the circus! Leave as many prompts as you want. I'll take what I like, in the order they catch my attention. Here we go!

I have two Dreamwidth invites. If you want one, comment with your email address.

Now for some time travel. It's 1991 and a bad year for jeans. Quick, before we go blind from the acid wash: Does anyone have an mp3 of Siouxsie & the Banshees' Kiss Them For Me they'd like to share? Got it! From weatherpenny.

April kicked my ass and May seems to be intent on doing the same and I'm kind of a wreck. I'm trying to come up with a little fanfic project to work on. Keep your eyes open; I'll probably be asking for prompts soon.