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Belated wishes for dolabellae
Happy Birthday dolabellae!
(As scrolling seems to be the universal LJ sign of celebration.) So sorry I missed your birthday yesterday! Hope it was filled with wonderful, smoky, (non-virtual) drinks and live Notts! -
HP fanfic recs
After a long hiatus from LJ, I started catching up with posts and communities. It's taking a long time, but it was wonderful to see how many good stories have been written (or at least reposted) recently! Two of my favorites are posted on omniocular:
The Hall of the Mirrors by ignipes
Stopped by gehayiI was a bit of a glutton today, but I'm making myself save some to ( Read more... ) -
Old Men Dreaming
Title: Old Men Dreaming
Author: Winter Dragon
Rating: PG
Length: 3500
Summary: As Voldemort's shadow darkens Wizarding Britain and strikes even into the heart of Hogwarts, Rufus Scrimgeour takes action. Theodore Nott suffers the consequences.
Author's note: Written for the omniocular January challenge.
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Yay!
Merry Christmas to me... In a fit of egomania a few days ago I applied to join omniocular. I kind of regretted it as soon as I hit the "Send" button, but I figured no one would ever know that I'd applied and failed. But I got in! I'm thrilled. -
Wordsmith humor
I'm pretty sure this is old, but it's every bit as clever the second time around ( Read more... ) -
Italian in Park Slope
My friend was having a terrible day, so despite my exhaustion after a long and very cold bike ride, I grabbed a protein bar and braved the subway to have dinner with her in Park Slope. Am I glad I did, for we discovered a fantastic Italian place around the corner from her called Sette Enoteca E Cucina (3rd St and 7th Avenue ( Read more... ) -
Harvest Feast
Have been rather exhausted in aftermath of a small dinner party I hosted on Monday. It was a good deal of fun, no small thanks to the copious quanities of good wine poured all around. (Enough that I managed to smash my first wine glass in 4 years. Ah, well. No one was injured, at least, but now I'll have to track down what kind of glass it was so I ( Read more... ) -
Wasting time...
I've spent the last hour on myheritage.com, uploading photos of myself and my friends to try to see which celebrities we resemble. I've been semi-matched to such distinctive people such as Chelsea Clinton, Charlize Theron, Scarlett Johanssen, Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jim Carrey, Bette Davis, Meryl Streep, and my personal ( Read more... ) -
Rant
Was coming back from Brooklyn just now, and was reminded exactly why I hate the west side bike path on weekends ( Read more... )