I have just written my first F/S, and it is a drabble. Problem is I have two versions of it, and I can't decide which I like better. And now I am so close to it, I can't see the forest for the trees ( Read more... )

melanieathene, here are some pictures of my Louise.

( My white wizard cat... )

At work, that is! Let the fun begin! (Hi, melanieatheneI haven't been on LJ for any more than 5 minutes in the last week. S. is addicted to the Sims 2 computer game, so I let her enjoy it and took a vacation from the computer. (Plus, it proved to her that she was more important than my F/S obsession and I didn't have to get teased ( Read more... )

Another plumbing emergency...ON CHRISTMAS, right before dinner and 11 guests. The main line is backed up again, water overflowing in the basement. Rotor Rooter should be here between 2 and 5. I am hoping it is closer to two.

Oh geez.

Well, last night S. let me open the gift she brought me back from North Carolina. She was going to make me wait until Christmas, but I had a feeling she was just as eager for me to open it as I was. I thought it was going to be the EE, but the box was too big. Well, it was the collector's EE! I didn't think she would buy that ( Read more... )

It's a beautiful, sunny Friday, I have off from work, but I am not feeling so well. I took my partner S. and her sister L. to the airport this morning--they are going to North Carolina for the weekend for one of L.'s best friend's wedding. I opted to stay home to save airfare because I do not know this person well and also because she started ( Read more... )

Thanks to screencaps by moonlight_spike, I just couldn't resist making this into an icon. But now that I've made it and been staring at it awhile, I can't help but think I've seen this before. Forgive me if so! And I am just having a terrible time this morning getting myself to type correctly ( Read more... )

This may amuse only me, but I am used to that.... I am on a couple of library-related (cataloging) listservs. Lately when people have been answering questions about searching or cataloging DVDs, they use ROTK as an example. Today's example was using the commands [ti return and ti king and au astin and nt DVD] to do a keyword search on OCLC, a ( Read more... )

A year ago I never thought about RPS. I barely knew about FPS. I came to Sean/Elijah through my love of Frodo/Sam and found I got addicted to both. I have been inspired by so many great writers. This is dedicated to Rakshi and is a gift to all those whose stories I've enjoyed this past year.

Thank you, rakshi, for your encouragement!Also posted at ( Read more... )

I thought I would post two poems that touched me at a time when I needed them.

This first one evokes for me Sam's spirit after Frodo sailed.

Burning with love
And
Enduring the pain in silence,
I have wasted away to a skeleton
Like a thin red dragonfly.

Akera Kanko
The second one is longer (but worth reading), so I'll put it behind ( Read more... )