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I went and changed the ending of On the Windy Side of Care ever so slightly. It had been bothering me.

Damn, I miss writing about these people. WHERE IS MY MOJO??

I got to meet

cruisedirector in person on Tuesday! I had a lovely time hanging out at her house, watching movies and "Voyager" episodes, eating Indian takeout, and meeting her cats and family. It's so great having friends here!

The semester started on Wednesday, so there are actually people in the library again! With questions!! And Bubbles, the library fish, has returned. When he didn't come back immediately after winter break, I feared the worst but was afraid to ask. Unless this is a different fish. But my boss said she'd never get another fish after Bubbles died, so I'm going to assume it's him.

Hmm. I want to work on my story, but 1) it's actually busy here now! and 2) it's porn and I still feel guilty about writing porn at work.

Speaking of porn, many years ago, I printed out some of my Gundam Wing stories. And my dad found them. I don't think he's read them - neither of my parents have any interest in my writing, though they'll tell everyone who asks that I'm a wonderful writer /bitter - but ... what if he does? Baby's first explicit sex scene is in there. I asked him to recycle the stories, but I think he's afraid I don't have backups. (I do.) Ho-hum.

Anyway, here's a meme I copied from the lovely

maypirate: ( Firsts )

Just realized I've been placing the Xavier Mansion in the wrong part of the state in all my XMFC fics. Salem (where I've been imagining the mansion) and North Salem (where the mansion actually is) are two very different places! So, Alex and Darwin were really taking the scenic route in "A Day at the Beach." (I had them going through Vermont and northern Massachusetts.) So Darwin was even more justifiably pissed at Alex than I'd first envisioned. *g*

Though, looking at a map now, I see that Salem and North Salem are pretty much equidistant to the Boston shore.

Anyway. I'm procrastinating, and I need to leave for work in half an hour.

I think I'm going to sign up for

purimgifts again this year. This time maybe I won't catch a bad cold. Also, I have more fandoms this year. I could do Star Trek, Glee, X-Men, BtVS, possibly Parks & Recreation, since I'm now caught up with the series (and still loving it madly).

*sigh* I want to go back to New York. I got there Friday night, left last night, and it isn't fair that I don't have a relative from whom I can inherit a rent-controlled apartment in the West Village. I had a lovely time seeing my mother, brother, and brother's girlfriend. Ate many delicious cupcakes.

Last week, I posted On The Wing, a Trek/Pern crossover, featuring Sulu and Jim (or H'karu and J'mmy) as dragonriders at High Reaches Weyr. I don't write very many crossovers, but that one was fun.

I've also been posting a number of my older fics, including all my Narnia stories and some Harry Potter stories to my AO3 account: http://archiveofourown.org/users/Thistlerose
They're mostly Harry/Ginny, Sirius/Remus, and gen.

Wow, I wrote a lot.

And wow, it is really, really grim out today. It's like the whole world turned gray.

The Animal Rescue site is giving away grant money to animal shelters worldwide (but primarily in the US). There's more information here. Basically, every day until March 18th, you can vote once for the animal shelter of your choice, and the shelters with the most votes get prizes. You don't have to sign up for anything, and it doesn't cost anything.

I've been voting for Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary, based in North Carolina. They rescue and care for blind and FIV+ cats, many of whom were abandoned by their owners. :(

Just putting that out there.

Title: On The Wing
Fandom: Star Trek AOS / The Dragonriders of Pern
Rating: teen+
Pairing(s): Kirk/Sulu, implied Pike/Winona, Spock/Uhura, and casual Kirk/Gaila
Warning(s): (highlight to reveal) At one point, Sulu tries to establish a boundary and Kirk steps blithely past it. (Hey, it wouldn't be Pern if everyone respected each other's boundaries!) Everything ends up being okay, but there's that. If you need more info, PM me. I would not characterize it as dub-con, but YMMV.
Notes: For

jactrades, for the

kirk_sulu holiday exchange! Beta read by

sail_aweigh. 2,130 words.
Summary: For one week, they were equals at High Reaches Weyr. Then J’mmy Impressed bronze Pineth while H’karu Impressed brown Choth, and everything changed.

( By the time Wingleader S’pock called a halt to the day’s practice flight, the sun was low on the horizon, and the jagged shadows of the High Reaches stretched long across the valley far below. )

OMG, I'm 32. This is actually good, because for the past few months, whenever people asked me how old I was, I would answer 32 instead of 31. I don't know why. But now it's actually true. In a couple of hours, I'm going to meet some friends for Mexican food. Mmmmyum.

Other than that, it's been an unremarkable day. Oh! I took my car - you know, the one I hate - in for an oil change, and the auto mechanic informed me that it was in excellent shape. I didn't even have to shell out hundreds of dollars first. This guy might be a keeper.

I finished my

kirk_sulu exchange story. Yay!

I guess it's been a productive day.

Current Music: The Muppets, "The Rainbow Connection"

Ha! Significant progress on my fic that's due Friday has been made.

If only I could say the same about the story I started writing for

fandom_stocking but haven't finished. I need to get the characters from point B to point D, but I'm kind of stuck. I'd had an idea when I first started writing, but I realized it wouldn't work, as it would pretty much change the tone of the story. Heh. The last scene is all porn; I just need to get them there. But Alex is being coy and Darwin is being way too easy-going. Heeeeeelp.

Going to New York again next Friday. I love how it's RIGHT THERE. This time I'm taking the bus and only staying for two nights. My mom and brother are flying out there, so it's going to be a little family reunion. (Nobody wanted to go to Minnesota, at least at this time of year.)

My housemate is having dinner guests tomorrow, so I think I'll take myself to a movie. Either "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" or "War Horse," I think. Hmm.

This miniature food is pretty amazing. To the point that it's making me hungry.

And look what else! Hogwarts miniatures! Pretty overpriced, but still very cute.

I finally got my Maryland driver's license and plates, though I'm having some trouble getting the old plates off my car. So I'm driving around with the wrong plates, which is obnoxious, but I have the new plates in case I get pulled over. Which I won't be. I hope.

Copied from

lotesseflower, because the results are too amusing:

Pick up the nearest book to you. Turn to page 45. The first sentence describes your sex life in 2012.

"Surreal seemed an understatement." (From Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold.)

Well, okay then!

Just had the following conversation with my co-worker's seven-year-old son:

Child: You know Darth Vader?

Me: Yes, I know who Darth Vader is.

Child: He's in Star Wars.

Me: Yes, I know.

Child: You know Star Wars? But you're not a boy.

Me: Girls like Star Wars!

Child: [mind clearly blown] I thought Star Wars was for boys.

Me: [sternly] Trust me, GIRLS LIKE STAR WARS.

He'd better remember that. Honestly, he's seen the R2D2 on my dashboard! Oh, child.

(We might have to watch Star Wars together the next time I babysit. The hardships I bear.)

Day 8

In your own space, talk about a talent (or talents) you have. Everyone's got something they're good at. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I'm not a creative baker, but when I follow a recipe, my cookies tend to come out really well.

Also, I can write. Not just fiction. A couple of weeks ago, I was re-reading a paper I wrote for grad school. I can throw together a good sentence.

Title: A Quiet Interlude
Fandom: Glee
Rating: teen (one swear word!)
Pairing(s): Santana/Brittany
Notes: For

exiled_mind's

fandom_stocking. 380 words.
Summary: Santana isn't 100% comfortable, but she knows she's safe.

( Warm, slender arms slide around her from behind, and a pointed chin rests itself against her shoulder. )

Day 7

In your own space, create a list of at least three fannish things you'd love to receive, something you've wanted but were afraid to ask for - a fannish wish-list of sorts. Drop a link to your wish-list in this post. Maybe someone will grant a wish. Maybe you will grant a wish. If any wishes are granted, we'd love it if you link them to this post.

( I had to think about this for a while. )

Day 6

In your own space, rec at least 3 fanworks you thought you wouldn't like (because they weren't your fandom or they pushed against your boundaries or you thought you just wouldn't be interested) and that you ended up loving.

Actually, I was pretty sure I would like all of these because I like the authors a lot. They're just very much not my kinks, and I'd probably have skipped over them if they'd been written by other people. But they weren't, so I didn't, and I'm very, very glad. :)

These are all Star Trek: AOS

Rich, Not Gaudy by

janice_lester
Kirk/McCoy | NC-17 | 3,700 words | Bones has a secret hobby, and Jim's beginning to think it might be awesome if Bones would, you know, admit it so they could have some fun with the whole concept... | Contains cross-dressing

In Perfect Trust by

mijan
Kirk/McCoy | NC-17 | 22k | "Everything feels just... it's like I'm itching for something that I can't quite scratch. So I wanted something that could… snap me out of that. Feel like I'm trying something new and dangerous."
It certainly wasn't how Leonard McCoy had ever hoped to discover Jim's more unusual sexual interests, but now that he knew, he wasn't going to let the opportunity slip for either of them... if Jim trusted him enough. | Contains BDSM, needleplay, sounding. Also contains artwork that is gorgeous, but very much not work-safe

These Inconvenient Fireworks by

affectingly
Kirk/McCoy | NC-17 | 16.5k | Jim finds that giving Bones what he wants is exactly what they both need. | Contains: daddy kink, spanking ... and possibly a few other things that I can't remember.

Bring Your Jukebox Money by

rubynye
Kirk/Gaila/McCoy | NC-17 | Jim found them in bed together like an unwrapped present, fully assembled and lubed and powered up, and he doesn't see any reason he can't have them both on this rainy afternoon. | Contains a threesome*

* But seriously, Ruby has written lots and lots of gorgeous threesome stories. If I were not utterly crap at remembering titles, I would rec more of her stuff.

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So, I'm writing this m/m fic that involves cross-dressing (though really, it's more about trust and kink acceptance and being comfortable than it is about anything else) and it occurred to me that I've never encountered the f/f or f/m equivalent - that is to say, a story in which a woman dresses only in men's underwear (my fic involves underwear) and it really turns her partner on. I feel like I should remedy that. I'm just trying to settle on a pairing. Keith/Watts? (She already wears boxers in canon.) Willow/Kennedy? Faith/Robin? Brittany/Santana? Gaila/someone? Gaila walking around topless in Sulu's silk boxers?

Day 5

In your own space, share something non-fannish you are passionate about with your fannish friends. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I'm passionate about a lot of things. They include politics (I take my civic duty seriously and I like to stay informed - also, I'm a feminist); science (especially astronomy and anything having to do with evolution); history (primarily medieval at first, but I've been branching out); literature (got my BA in English Lit, and I'm a librarian); and art (theater, cinema, illustration).

I also like cats a lot. :)

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On a fannish note, I'm having a surprising amount of fun writing about a kink that is not my kink. But it's my POV character's kink. I hope I'll have this thing done before Saturday (it's for someone's

fandom_stocking. Maybe I'll even get it done tonight, if I can refrain from marathoning more "Parks and Recreation." (How much do I love you, Leslie Knope?)

I don't want to go back to Maryland tomorrow. I'm having such a good time in New York, especially now that my dad and his girlfriend have left for Ecuador and I have the house to myself. In the past week and a half, I got to see my aunt and uncle and two of my cousins, my best friend and her family, friends I've known since elementary school, and friends I met through online fandoms. I love New York. I wish I could afford to live here.

Fortunately, I have plenty of reasons to keep coming back. I have so many connections to this place.

*sigh* The other day, I got to give my best friend's infant son his bottle. Oh my god. I still don't want children of my own, but this three-month-old baby gripped my hand while I was feeding him and ... oh my god.

On this trip I got to see the Morgan Library and the Jewish Museum, each for the first time. More thoughts later, possibly. When I'm not so tired. If you're on the Upper East Side before the 29th, I do recommend the Ezra Jack Keats exhibit at the Jewish Museum. If you like children's illustration - I hadn't realized he was so incredible. Plus, his book "The Snowy Day" was apparently the first full-color children's book to feature an African American protagonist. I hadn't realized that either. (It's a lovely book.)

I spent yesterday evening and most of today hanging out with my brother's girlfriend, whom I'd only met once before. Verdict: if he fucks this up, I'll kill him. She's the best one. Fortunately, he seems aware of the fact that he's got a good thing here.

Day 2

In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you did not create. Drop a link to your post in the comments. See if you can rec fanworks that are less likely to be praised: tiny fandoms, rare pairings, fanworks other than stories, lesser known kinks or tropes. Find fanworks that have few to no comments, or creators new to a particular fandom and maybe aren't well known or appreciated. Appreciate them.

The last three fics I pimped all had male protagonists. So here are some female-centric recs.

Two Brittany/Santana pics (Glee) by

ileliberte. The first one is semi work-safe (they're wearing bikinis and kissing, but nothing's showing). The second one is work-safe. So pretty. So sweet. And I love the way the artist captured Santana's happy but slightly mischievous expression.

To Be Alone With You (Star Trek: TOS | McCoy/Uhura | teen+) by

malleablyfic. This is the story that got me into McCoy/Uhura. It's mostly set during the movies, and they're so tender and irascible and adorable together.

You can't put back a petal when it falls from a flower (Grey's Anatomy | Meredith/Cristina | teen) by

zvi_likes_tv. My affection for this show lasted for about three seasons, but my favorite thing about it was Meredith and Cristina's friendship. Hell, I still privately hope they dump their men and hook up. Cristina is Meredith's person and vice versa, and this fic captures them - and Izzie - beautifully.

And No Birds Sing (Westmark Trilogy | Zara & Florian | teen) by

rainbowjehan. We don't learn a lot about Zara in Lloyd Alexander's Westmark Trilogy, except that she's very fierce and in love with Florian and has russet hair. This fic fleshes her out nicely. We get a lot of insight into her character as she saves Florian after he's been wounded.

I'm a day late. Whatever.

Day 1

In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you have created. It can be your favorite fanworks that you've created, or fanworks you feel no one ever saw, or fanworks you say would define you as a creator.

Here's one gen, one het, one f/f, and one m/m fic for you. From four fandoms.

And Away We Go (2162 words) by

Thistlerose
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rupert Giles, Buffy Summers, Xander Harris, Willow Rosenberg, Faith Lehane, Andrew Wells
Summary: "Is it weird," Xander asks, "having your roles reversed? Being the one Watcher in all the world – amid hundreds of Slayers?"

Love Is the Light In Your Face (724 words) by

Thistlerose
Fandom: Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Keith Nelson/Watts
Characters: Keith Nelson, Watts, Laura Nelson
Summary: Watts sleeps in her diamonds, and nothing else. The morning after.

Starlight, Strawberries, Stories, and Nargles (2022 words) by

Thistlerose
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Luna Lovegood/Ginny Weasley
Characters: Luna Lovegood, Ginny Weasley
Summary: Ginny keeps Luna company while she guards the student body from Nargles.

Myths & Legends (3233 words) by

Thistlerose
Fandom: Star Trek (2009)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James T. Kirk/Leonard McCoy
Characters: James T. Kirk, Leonard McCoy
Summary: Everyone's heard of sex pollen. If anyone's actually encountered it, though, they're keeping quiet about it.

The Stuff of Legends (1931 words) by

Thistlerose
Fandom: Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences (a little sex)
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bess/Much the Miller's Son, Robin/Marian
Characters: Much the Miller's Son, Prince John, Robin Hood, Maid Marian, Bess, Eleanor of Aquitaine
Summary: Bess pretends to be simple, but she's more than what she seems.

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This is my Yuletide 2011 story, which I wrote for

notannette. She asked for a post-canon story (or a fusion with screwball comedies of the 1930s, which would have been awesome, if I'd been more familiar with the genre). I decided to go with Bess as my POV character because she's adorable in the film and I liked the idea that there was more to her. There's some evidence to support my interpretation: Bess has been married multiple times, sneaks in and out of the castle, actively pursues Much, and is fiercely protective of Maid Marian. She even snaps at Robin once! Do not mess with Bess.

I wish I'd had a little more time to develop my idea. I'd like to have explored Bess's backstory and her (professional) relationship with Eleanor of Aquitaine, which I only got to hint at here. (Yeah, I brought in Eleanor. I couldn't resist trying to fix the historical inaccuracies of the source, just a little bit.)

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