Holy shit, apparently the rapidly developing bromance (which I talked about a bit a couple of weeks back) between Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn is so visible from outer space that there's even an entire story about it linked on the front page sidebar of NHL.com. Given how little the Stars tend to get covered in the national media, that's kind of ( Read more... )

In the midst of a time crunch right now, so this rec will have to be a quick one. Full of lots of joy, though! Joy, and coloring books. :D

64 Colors (2049 words) by
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Here's a confession, I watch way too much food-related television. It's oddly soothing, and it's easy to multitask while watching it. And, well, I just really love food. Top Chef: All-Stars was an especially entertaining season of Top Chef, I thought, and not just because some of the food looked delicious. There were some very distinctive ( Read more... )

1. Dim sum! And they even had chrysanthemum tea! Served, exactly as it should be, with a little dish of rock sugar. *swoon* (It is strangely difficult to find in the US, so it is very, very exciting to know that there is a place nearby that has it!) ( Deliciousness. )

My three wonderful writers (please see my previous post for the long form of these recs, including warnings) turned out to be curiouslyfic (who wrote the kickass, amazing (and amazingly long), brilliantly characterized, prickly and hilarious Kitchen Confidential fic), eudaimon (who wrote really lovely Will/Tunny/Extraordinary Girl), and oxoniensis (who wrote gorgeous, ( Read more... )

I have no idea how I always get so lucky, Yuletide-wise. This year, I got three fabulous stories! And I'm going to try out AO3's "share" function.

desert island, gun to your head (15221 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Kitchen ConfidentialRating: Mature ( Read more... )

If you like joy, you should go read The Dream: Not Working, the amazing Ryan Bradley/Jeremy Abbott story that some wonderful, incredible person wrote me for fs-exchange. In which Ryan is mysteriously depressed after Jeremy moves to Detroit, and most of Team Colorado gets involved despite themselves. So many fantastic details, amusing conversations, and very ( Read more... )

I really, really, really adore you. I'm still two episodes behind, but the last couple seriously hit it out of the park for me. Especially 1.11, which was almost everything I ever wanted in a Justified episode and plenty of things I didn't even know I wanted to boot.

( spoilers up to Episode 1.11: Veterans )

24 recs in 21 fandoms, including the two wonderful fics I was lucky enough to receive as gifts, already gushed about here. Most of this text is taken from my bookmarks on AO3 -- go there to check out tags, both mine and that of the authors. I'll note that I've been trying to avoid reclists and just reading things as the whim takes me, but it was ( Read more... )

I don't know how I keep being lucky enough to receive more than one Yuletide fic, but at least this year I wrote more than one? I was trying to pay back some karma, you know? But my gift fics are both so fucking wonderful, I'm not sure that plan worked ( Read more... )