Aletheia ~ Veracious Reality

Please fill this out over @ LJ: Merlin characters' age poll! (With gratituous Narnia ticky boxes)

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Happiness meme - Day 8/8

* Why are there no Merlin/Narnia icons out there?

+ Finished writing for armer_gayms' Bro Code challenge and I like it \o/

* Speaking of which, would anyone be willing to beta?
It's < 1K words, Merlin/Arthur PG-13. ETA 04/29/09: Thanks, lilithilien!

+ Ep. 13 reaction: Hell, even I would have slapped some Emergency Het in after what amounted to a spiritual blowjob.
* It actually makes me want to watch it! Well, will watch it before Season Two airs, at any rate.

+ Warm kotatsu <333

Smut Love for every holiday: A regular holiday-a-thon community

The stories posted at holidaysmut are mostly original slash, but fanfic, femmeslash and het are also welcome. Using HP fandom's smut-o-meter, a lot of the stories I've seen are in the PG-13 range. (If I'm looking at the tamer stories, by all means, someone link me to the NSFW ones =P)

To quote the mod:

[A]ny rating is welcome, too. Despite the comm name, we definitely value romance over smut, so it doesn't have to be smut. Smut is, of course, welcome.^_^

Also, as long or short as you want, poetry or prose or art, all welcome.

And most importantly for me (and I suspect for many of you procrastinating writers out there), the challenges never expire. All the challenges can be found on this tag.

Some challenges that I'm toying brainstorming and/or writing for: ( Ten for now )

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Happiness meme - Day 6/8 & Day 7/8

1. Conversation seen at sams_cafe: Doesn't this news/blog business model sound cool?

2. Sinfest: "I'm good enough."

3. Link seen at ioanthe: Guitar Hero scarf =DDD ( Read more... )

:♥: skellerbvvt updated Citrus with chapter 1.3! \o/ \o/ /o/ \o\ \o/

:♥: kabal42 being bunnied by my "Familiar" drabble =DDD

:♥: My new Girl!Merlin icons from lizardspots' art <333
Please credit if taking.

* Isn't it kinda sad how girl!Merlin is my only "female" icon at LJ? I have Luna, Su Li, Jade Malfoy (my OFC), Yachiru (Bleach) and Natalie Portman at IJ.

:♥: kinkme_merlin Round #2!

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Happiness meme
Day 1/8
Tagged by oconel
1. Post about something that made you happy today.
2. Repeat for eight days.
3. Do it if you want to =D

+ See above

+ pretty new butterfly top! and cute white top with frilly accent =DDD <333
Both from Marqsmen.

+ $14 chirashi-sushi OM NOM NOM NOM

+ Frozen "tiramisu"* + Vividly Vanilla ice cream
* more cake than tiramisu, really

X-posted @ LJ

ETA 5:50 p.m.: Didn't realize Lunch in a Box has a Bento of the month contest. Will have to check the forum from time to time. This might push me into using my bento supplies =P Didn't realize how effective competition is for me, heh.

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I've been reading this funny shoujo manga called Otomen (a play on the words "otome" (maiden / young lady) and "men"), and this bento scene = <3

♥ alligator sausages
♥ little chickie quail eggs
◆ round onigiri + goma (sesame seed) + ume (sour plum)
♥ tofu money bags
◆ cabbage rolls + flower food pick
♥ thin renkon (lotus root) & cucumber (?) slices
◆ broccoli floret filler + a bed of shredded cabbage (?)

♥ apple rabbits
◆ strawberries

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✔ Participated in Life Without Plastic metal bento box giveaway on Adventures in Bentomaking (March 31st deadline)

Considering how many times I drop my water bottle on my toes, changing it into steel =/= good idea =P
I’ve stopped using plastic silverware. I pledge to phase out my plastic spatula, cooking utensils etc. and replace them with bamboo =)
Gotta check the price next time I pass by That Kitchen Shop.

✔ Participated in jewelmaker's bento bag & belt giveaway (March 31st deadline)

✔ Participated in ss_biggie's Kids Konserve metal lunch kit giveaway (deadline: Thursday, April 2)

Problem with metal boxes? You can't microwave them* =/
Chinese people use metal lunch canisters because you can then put them directly on the stove to make the food piping hot. Whereas here in the U.S. it's more likely that your workplace provides you with a microwave instead of a stove =P

*Granted you're not supposed to microwave your plastic bento boxes either so that they last longer...But people do it anyway =P

( My imaginary meal, let me show you it. )

Fandom content tomorrow, mmmkay?

X-posted @ LJ

:♥: Drastically Redefining Protocol (Arthur/Merlin, modern-day AU, WIP, 7/?).
In which Merlin is a medic and Arthur is the Crown Prince of England.

“It doesn’t matter anyway,” the voice sulked, and suddenly there was the flicker of a lighter and the glowing orange coal-tip of a cigarette, suspended in the blackness of the tiny room. “We’re just going to have to wait until his royal highness is done molesting some patients and hies himself away before we start shouting for a nurse to let us out.”

Extremely put out, Arthur growled, “The crown prince does not molest children.”

“Right, like his visit to the hospital isn’t the most astonishing exercise in royal onanism,” the voice snorted, and the orange went obscured by a heavy cloud of smoke, filling the air over the cigarette before it blew right into Arthur’s face.

:♥: Finding this crack conversation in the comments

:♥: Pregnant abandoned Merlin fic WHAT. (Merlin/Lancelot, Arthur/Merlin, mpreg AHAHAHAH, modern day AU, WIP, 1/?)

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Day 7/8
1. Post about something that made you happy today even if it's just a small thing.
2. Do this everyday for eight days without fail.

+ See above ^___^
+ Downloaded Doctor Who 04X10 just to see Colin Morgan as an emo kid MWAHAHA \o/
+ Stalking tasabian

+ Antique whee <333 Pretty Korean boys FTW!
Who needs subtitles when I've read all the Antique Bakery manga and watched all the anime?
+ Swinging baby legs <3

X-posted @ LJ

:♥: duckling!Bradley James snippet by svmadelyn X-D

:♥: rps_makeyousmile by fabella (LJ post)
I...I...this vid makes me want to read Bradley/Colin RPS. LOTS and LOTS of it.
*downloads Merlin DVD extras*
( Calling You lyrics )

:♥: Merlin - 10,000 Nights of Thunder (LJ post)
Adorkable Merlin is adorkable
:♥: The Bitch Prince --click "watch in high quality" (LJ post)
Close-ups of Merlin's eyes = pretty *_*
:♥: And the video response: Merlin&Arthur - ever the same
Flaily Merlin is flaily. Princely Arthur is princely.

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Day 3/8
1. Post about something that made you happy today even if it's just a small thing.
2. Do this everyday for eight days without fail.

+ See above!111 asdsagdhgf <333
+ jordangrant updated "Owned" (H/D) \o/

+ syllic finished "Three Tasks" (Arthur/Merlin)
+ The existence of harlequinmerlin X-D

+ Cushiony baby cheeks

X-posted @ LJ

Draco eyed Florean Fortescue’s glass display with the desperate longing of a denied sweetaholic.

"The Dental-Wizard said no hot or cold food for three days," Harry reminded his boyfriend.

Draco huffed in annoyance. His attempt at a Malfoy glare only made him look silly with his swollen pink cheeks. Shortly after his twenty-eighth birthday, Draco’s wisdom teeth had suddenly grown in. All four of them.

Harry realized that he was not quite successful in masking his amusement when Draco’s left eye started twitching.

Hastening to avoid a full-blown Malfoy tantrum, he quickly pointed at a jewelry store. "Look, pretty rings!"


(X-posted @ LJ and writing_game here)

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( This week I: )

(Strangely enough, it doesn't include "orgasm.")

Comment and I'll give you a letter; then you have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter. Afterwards, post this in your journal and give out some letters of your own.

kennahijja gave me the letter "O"

( Ten 'O' Things I Love )

( Ten "H" Things I Love )

24 letters to go, Y/Y? X-D

(X-posted @ LJ)

+ wrote "China Doll," Draco/Pansy drabble
(for slytherin_100's common room prompt & writing_game's China Doll prompt)

+ wrote "Waiting for the Bus" (Good Omens drabble)

+ tried to entice the muse, with a success rate that is higher than 0%. Yay?

+ played this awesome song (entirely from Windows XP & 98 sounds) over and over again.
+ discovered the game Filler. It felt like creating moons and satellites.
* decided to stop waxing lyrical about the solar system before I fell into Hikaru no Go territory.

+ Aww'd at the Severus/Draco/Harry interaction at hp_dungeons

+ LOL'd at "Sips off, you ducking yanker!"
+ discovered XKCD/Penny Arcade slash. It's canon, people.

* for a brief ten seconds, actually contemplated applying for Padma. Heh.

+ is pleased by my remixthedrabble assignments. Have decided which remix(es) to write. Ditto for remixredux.

How was everyone's week? =D


X-posted @ LJ

(And by "H" I don't mean "ecchi" =P)

Comment and I'll give you a letter; then you have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter. Afterwards, post this in your journal and give out some letters of your own.

titti gave me the letter "H"

1. Harry/Draco. The fans, the fanfics, the fanarts <333
Since January 2005 ;-)

2. Half-blood Prince. The book that proves H/D is canon *g*

3. House, M.D. I love Hugh Laurie in any shape and form. House/Wilson, House/Chase, Foreman/Chase, Chase/Cameron...

4. Hatsuharu Souma from Furuba (Fruits Basket). *squees* I love how Haru went "Yuki is my first love." <333
And Black Haru is so awesome in his flirtatious lewdness X-D

5. Howl from Diana Wynne Jones' Howl's Moving Castle. I love him even before we know his real personality <3 The hair episode is just. so. much. love.

6. "House of Angels."* Am I allowed to love my own original fic this much? Dub-con teenage prostitution threesome. With a dash of het twincest and implied drug abuse. AHahahahahahhaa...

7. Haircut. Depending on who you ask, my new haircut makes me look like:
a. A Hongkong pop star
b. A Korean pretty boy
c. A well-known Chinese singer

8. Honey walnut prawn. It's not an authentic Chinese dish. You can only find it in this city. But it was love at first bite for me X-D

9. Ho Soon Yi. Cheapest great Korean restaurant around here. Plus there's Bubble tea and a Korean gift store right next door ;-)

10. Hung bao (New Year's money). More when getting and less when giving =P
Gave out 18 this year (lots of cousins GAH). I put $5 on top of two chocolate coins in golden wrappers & six assorted Japanese gummy fruit candies. Instant sugar rush and crash lol. Every single one of them gobbled everything at one sitting. From the 7-y.o.s to the 19-y.o.s. Heh.
Next year will give them 4 instead of 6 gummy candies each ^^;;

* That was also my first time ever scoring #1 @ writing_game. Is it a sign? lolol
I'm currently writing 20 Things about Su Li over at writing_game's fantabulous Valentine board ;-)

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