THE KING'S SPEECH!!!!

You may have loved The Social Network, 127 hours, True Grit, or The Black Swan, but I just have to let all of my LJ friends know that The King's Speech has helped more people who stutter find their voice and feel pride in themselves than anything ever has before.

I have stuttered since I was a child. I don't stutter much now ( Read more... )

I just came back from the COOLEST MOVIE EVER! If you live near an I-Max theater, keep your eye out for U23D. It's U2.... in 3D ( Read more... )

I just posted a new fic on TQP and decided that I will do something rare and post it here too. I'm new to all this LJ cut and linking thing, so I've been hesitant to post longer stories here. But since this is what LJ's are for....

This story came to me when I noticed a similarity between some of the elements of the show Friends and Harry Potter ( Read more... )

Now that I've fully recovered from my weekend (well, almost), I thought I'd drop a quick note to say what a blast I had at Phoenix Rising. ( a bit more here )

Just a quick post about the great visit I had this past week with Redblaze and her son, Christopher. It was great to finally meet her in person, after emailing and LJ-posting back and forth for a year. I had to work all week, but I was able to take them into downtown DC and let them run amok among the musuems and monuments during the, and then head home ( Read more... )

I'm new to LJ and haven't figured everything out yet. I want to post the rest of my story but I don't know how to make the links go from chapter to chapter. Is there anyone who can help me offline - over email or something? Thanks!

I had another “I love living in Washington” moments yesterday, but this time I can connect it to the world of fan fic writing! I went to the National Council meeting of the National Endowment for the Arts - the quarterly meeting where the governing body overseeing the NEA comes to town to approve the grants for that quarter. For those of you who ( Read more... )

Ok, here's chapter 2. I want to thank Mench for her wonderful betaing!

Summary: What does a woman do when her young lover finds the love of his life...again? Can she find the nobility of heart to let him go? This is a story of young love, lustful love, and sacrificial love. This has a non-canon pairing at first, but is H/G at heart.
Pairing:Harry ( Read more... )

For my first real blog posting I wanted to share a really interesting experience I had the other day. It's a bit long, but I'll put the bulk of it below the cut, so click there if you want to check it out ( Read more... )

Here's my very first HP fan fic. The fic is based on my favorite opera. Fifty points to whoever guesses which one (no fair cheating if you've already seen the answer!). Please let me know what you think!

Summary: What does a woman do when her young lover finds the love of his life...again? Can she find the nobility of heart to let him go? This ( Read more... )