This is one of the more embarrassing fics to write and post (which is why it took me a few days to finally get it ready to post), but now that I've finished it, I'm no longer embarrassed by it....

A red rose and a white rose tied together with a golden silk ribbon, for Henry and Monica Swinton;
A tiny pink rosebud and a thick thorny stem without ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I wrote anything set in the DegSep universe, but it's still one that's dear to my heart, so when crowdog66 requested something from this alternate version of the Matrix 'verse, involving Neo and the Merovingian, I was at one in the same time fumbling for an idea and yet delighted for the chance to write about the One and the Red King ( Read more... )

I managed to get the lousy paperwork done this afternoon, after pulling in a busy six-hour shift. My nerves are a bit frayed from all that, and from some LJ-related difficulties that I'm really not comfortable discussing ( Read more... )

I spent much of the day resting and reading the manual for the MxO software (Note to the idiotic reviewers who claimed it "doesn't give you any time to learn the game": Did you think to read the frockin' manual?! Yeesh.). There's a reason for this, besides semi-wishful thinking: As of now, I'm looking at Dell computers and trying to decide which ( Read more... )

Finally did the right thing and shuffled all the DegSep-related fanfics and fragments into one WIP binder; and I finally rescheduled my appointment with the nurse-practitioner, this time for August 16th. The remnants of Cindy have been slamming us, which added to the slightly dreary atmosphere. Other than that, and taking a stab at typing the next ( Read more... )

And the Merv's bloodpressure goes through the roof...

( Reason why DegSep is *SO* much better than the MxO, number 101 )

No, that is not a line of surrealist poetry; it's one of the bugs that got fixed in the MxO, according to their most recent patch/bug-fixing report. I never realized until now how funny they were, until I read today's rundown ( Read more... )

YAY!!! Neil Gaiman will be in Boston sometime this year, promoting his new book "Anansi Boys ( Read more... )

I've got the sore finger wrapped up in a gauze bandage, to keep the tender spot on it from getting bumped. But it makes doing *anything* that requires the use of my right hand really awkward, and I have to take the bandage off if I need to get my hands wet ( Read more... )

To quote the Fanfiction/dom Glossary ( Read more... )