Yay Yuletide!, Yay Highlander!!!!, Yay for sleepy Christmas mornings!
The Highlander Holiday Shortcuts reveal was yesterday! Every year since it started, the 
hlh_shortcuts fest has been a real highlight of the holiday season for me, and this year was no exception.
As a gift, the wonderful
merriman wrote a HL/Ocean's 11 crossover story entitled Fencing for me! Do you have any idea how long I have wanted a HL/Ocean's 11 crossover???? Well, you can safely assume it's been since two seconds after watching Ocean's 11 the first time. hah.
And so now I can talk a little bit about my story that I wrote for the ever generous and amazing
unovis.
Domaine du Meilleur Bien-Aimé
for Unovis
Duncan/Methos, various OCs
No doubt Methos took great delight in making MacLeod tramp all over eastern France with nothing more than a rambling note and the vague directions given by a barefoot child, but there could be no question that in the end MacLeod would find him.
It'll be up at the HL Archive in uno momento. And done.
But, first, let's talk about DONKEYS. So, I had a casting call for Lucignolo, and this fine fellow won the part:
LOOK AT HIS FACE!!! lol. He'll need to fatten up a little and grow a few inches. :D
And also, to get an idea of what Methos and Duncan woke up to every morning:
OMG LOVE. I want one. He's more the size and shape I wanted, but the wrong color.
Romeo, Romeo!
(Incidentally, if you didn't get the reference, Lucignolo is the name of Pinoccio's friend who turns into a donkey in Paradise Island. In the old Italian story, his real name is Romeo, but he's called Lucignolo (candlewick in English, I think he's called Lampwick in the Disney version) because he's so thin. Ironic because Lucy, as written, is a well fed donkey. hah).
Honestly, I had no idea where the donkeys came from. I had not set out to write donkeys. NO REALLY. But Lucy knew better. Clearly. Perhaps the blame falls to Mrs Augusta Elton:
"I wish we had a donkey. The thing would be for us all to come on donkeys, Jane, Miss Bates, and me and my caro sposo walking by. I really must talk to him about purchasing a donkey. In a country life I conceive it to be a sort of necessary; for, let a woman have ever so many resources, it is not possible for her to be always shut up at home;and very long walks, you knowin summer there is dust, and in winter there is dirt."
"You will not find either, between Donwell and Highbury. Donwell Lane is never dusty, and now it is perfectly dry. Come on a donkey, however, if you prefer it. You can borrow Mrs. Cole's. I would wish every thing to be as much to your taste as possible." -- Emma, Jane Austen.
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Yay the Yuletide Archive is LIVE!
This year I received another lovely Ozma/Dorothy story. The Royal Wedding of Oz, which is delightful and sweet and everything I could want, except that I want MORE. lol. But I always want more Oz, and more Ozma and Dorothy. I am like the Hungry Tiger in that way.
And that's all of Yuletide that I've read so far. There is so much to read! *big eyes*
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I'm in Mexico right now, with my parents at their house, under a pile of blankets because central heating is apparently too modern an invention. But their house is large and freshly painted, so that's good. And has internet, which is really the important thing. :D The town is, well, a town, and in this part of Mexico (Baja California) everything is rather 3rd world meets Walmart and Costco, but yesterday we drove out into the country side a little bit and it's truly beautiful and stunning out here, once you get away from the towns. The drive down from LA is lovely, too, with the ocean right there. I love the ocean.
Last night my mom and I visited some of her neighbors who, um, party. LOL. They had a Karaoke machine and were singing, loudly, ranchero songs. Honestly it was like being at the barn because the grooms all play ranchero music ALL THE TIME. But they were so nice! My parents have really nice, friendly, generous neighbors. The kids won't stop playing with fireworks, though, and that's kind of annoying. It's going to be LOUD on New Years and I'm so glad I'm going to miss it. lol.
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hlh_shortcuts fest has been a real highlight of the holiday season for me, and this year was no exception.
As a gift, the wonderful
merriman wrote a HL/Ocean's 11 crossover story entitled Fencing for me! Do you have any idea how long I have wanted a HL/Ocean's 11 crossover???? Well, you can safely assume it's been since two seconds after watching Ocean's 11 the first time. hah.
And so now I can talk a little bit about my story that I wrote for the ever generous and amazing
unovis.
Domaine du Meilleur Bien-Aimé
for Unovis
Duncan/Methos, various OCs
No doubt Methos took great delight in making MacLeod tramp all over eastern France with nothing more than a rambling note and the vague directions given by a barefoot child, but there could be no question that in the end MacLeod would find him.
It'll be up at the HL Archive in uno momento. And done.
But, first, let's talk about DONKEYS. So, I had a casting call for Lucignolo, and this fine fellow won the part:
LOOK AT HIS FACE!!! lol. He'll need to fatten up a little and grow a few inches. :D
And also, to get an idea of what Methos and Duncan woke up to every morning:
Click to viewOMG LOVE. I want one. He's more the size and shape I wanted, but the wrong color.
Romeo, Romeo!
(Incidentally, if you didn't get the reference, Lucignolo is the name of Pinoccio's friend who turns into a donkey in Paradise Island. In the old Italian story, his real name is Romeo, but he's called Lucignolo (candlewick in English, I think he's called Lampwick in the Disney version) because he's so thin. Ironic because Lucy, as written, is a well fed donkey. hah).
Honestly, I had no idea where the donkeys came from. I had not set out to write donkeys. NO REALLY. But Lucy knew better. Clearly. Perhaps the blame falls to Mrs Augusta Elton:
"I wish we had a donkey. The thing would be for us all to come on donkeys, Jane, Miss Bates, and me and my caro sposo walking by. I really must talk to him about purchasing a donkey. In a country life I conceive it to be a sort of necessary; for, let a woman have ever so many resources, it is not possible for her to be always shut up at home;and very long walks, you knowin summer there is dust, and in winter there is dirt."
"You will not find either, between Donwell and Highbury. Donwell Lane is never dusty, and now it is perfectly dry. Come on a donkey, however, if you prefer it. You can borrow Mrs. Cole's. I would wish every thing to be as much to your taste as possible." -- Emma, Jane Austen.
~~~
Yay the Yuletide Archive is LIVE!
This year I received another lovely Ozma/Dorothy story. The Royal Wedding of Oz, which is delightful and sweet and everything I could want, except that I want MORE. lol. But I always want more Oz, and more Ozma and Dorothy. I am like the Hungry Tiger in that way.
And that's all of Yuletide that I've read so far. There is so much to read! *big eyes*
~~~
I'm in Mexico right now, with my parents at their house, under a pile of blankets because central heating is apparently too modern an invention. But their house is large and freshly painted, so that's good. And has internet, which is really the important thing. :D The town is, well, a town, and in this part of Mexico (Baja California) everything is rather 3rd world meets Walmart and Costco, but yesterday we drove out into the country side a little bit and it's truly beautiful and stunning out here, once you get away from the towns. The drive down from LA is lovely, too, with the ocean right there. I love the ocean.
Last night my mom and I visited some of her neighbors who, um, party. LOL. They had a Karaoke machine and were singing, loudly, ranchero songs. Honestly it was like being at the barn because the grooms all play ranchero music ALL THE TIME. But they were so nice! My parents have really nice, friendly, generous neighbors. The kids won't stop playing with fireworks, though, and that's kind of annoying. It's going to be LOUD on New Years and I'm so glad I'm going to miss it. lol.
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