Wow, what is the secret to xmmficathon? It seems to produce some of the most consistently awesome fic out of any ficathon I follow. Everything is worth a read, but the fics that really stood out to me are below.

The Light Gets Into Your Heart by
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femslash09 has been making me so very happy! There are still a few stories rolling in, but here are my recs so far.

Royal and Important by
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So, I just learned about del.icio.us (if I am not the only one for whom this is new, you can find a very detailed explanation of the site and its potential uses in fandom here). The short explanation is that it is a web-based bookmarks site, and I have used it to set up a rec site (http://del.icio.us/scoured). You can go there if you want to ( Read more... )

Yay, Tin Cup Prophette just released her first CD! We went to the release show last night, the boy picked up the album, and it's so beautiful. So beautiful. Lots of layered violin, xylophone, and gorgeous vocals. Here's a sample:

Tin Cup Prophette - Going Numb

She also has more downloads on her website, which says you should be able to order ( Read more... )

Today, I could really rant. I could fill pages with anger about my job (I have a constant fear that I will one day break and yell "I'm sick of being your fucking bitch!" at my boss, which would be temporarily fulfilling but ultimately a bad thing, probably). I could also go on about my frustrations at bumbling hospital billing systems that charge ( Read more... )

not_the_whip drew me Roy Mustang as a pirate! He has lots of pirate accessories, and the sexiest smirk on the Caribbean! He's beautiful.

And...I have story recs!

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My Santa-nin is awesome! Over at naruto_wishlist I received my gift, entitled Phone Sex. It's SasuNaru and, you guessed it, it centers around phone sex. Also, it's really hot and sweet (a difficult combo to manage, in my book). I can't wait to figure out who my writer is.

In other news, this is just about the best Christmas thing I have ever seen. It's a ( Read more... )

In the past couple of weeks, my friends list has been full of some awesome fics. Just wanted to share.

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To my naruto_wishlist Santa-nin (and anyone else who wants some Naruto fic recs),

These stories are super:

"Choices" by ninjacat__ally

"At the End of All Things" by Silvaren

"Anniversaries" by shadows_of_fire (Phoenix of Eternity)

"Best Laid Plans" by askerian (Asuka Kureru)

"No Different" by askerian (Asuka Kureru)

"Laundry" by gelfling8604I was going to post this earlier, but first I had to put the list ( Read more... )