Cool Beans

First off though, I think the internet is pining for the fjords or something. I'm on around two dozen email lists, and I had exactly one email this morning. What's with that? Add that to LJ being asleep, and it equals, where is everybody?

Okay, on to the cool beans. This month's theme on hl_recs is 'established relationship stories'. That's one of my favourite things in Highlander and Forever Knight fandom/fic! Probably why Robert and Gina are such favourites of mine. They really push that button for me. Granted, probably 99% of what will be recced will be D/M, which means the usual nothing for me to read, but maybe there's a teensy chance that a non D/M rec or two will show up! Hey, hope springs eternal [g] Yes, I know, I should know better. But I'm still in that happy first cup of tea mode!

Oh, look, one more email! Piffle.

Cool Beans

First off though, I think the internet is pining for the fjords or something. I'm on around two dozen email lists, and I had exactly one email this morning. What's with that? Add that to LJ being asleep, and it equals, where is everybody?

Okay, on to the cool beans. This month's theme on hl_recs is 'established relationship stories'. That's one of my favourite things in Highlander and Forever Knight fandom/fic! Probably why Robert and Gina are such favourites of mine. They really push that button for me. Granted, probably 99% of what will be recced will be D/M, which means the usual nothing for me to read, but maybe there's a teensy chance that a non D/M rec or two will show up! Hey, hope springs eternal [g] Yes, I know, I should know better. But I'm still in that happy first cup of tea mode!

Oh, look, one more email! Piffle.

Cool Beans

First off though, I think the internet is pining for the fjords or something. I'm on around two dozen email lists, and I had exactly one email this morning. What's with that? Add that to LJ being asleep, and it equals, where is everybody?

Okay, on to the cool beans. This month's theme on hl_recs is 'established relationship stories'. That's one of my favourite things in Highlander and Forever Knight fandom/fic! Probably why Robert and Gina are such favourites of mine. They really push that button for me. Granted, probably 99% of what will be recced will be D/M, which means the usual nothing for me to read, but maybe there's a teensy chance that a non D/M rec or two will show up! Hey, hope springs eternal [g] Yes, I know, I should know better. But I'm still in that happy first cup of tea mode!

Oh, look, one more email! Piffle.

LJ is Alive With the Sound of Music

Pillaged from taselby

Instructions: Open up your iTunes and fill out this survey, no matter how embarrassing the responses might be.

Okay, I have a bunch of folders, and I share the iTunes on the 'puter with ninjababe, so I picked my 'Denise' folder to do this from (I also have a 'Fic Writing' folder, and a 'Grey's Radio' folder, and a few artist folders.)

How many songs total: 1073
How many hours or days of music: 2.9 days
Most recently played: 'Sugarland' by Sugarland: Enjoy the Ride
Most played: 'Ruby Blue' by Róisín Murphy
Most recently added: 'Peppermint' by Lovers (No idea what this is. Nin drops music she thinks I'll like into my folder on a frequent basis) (I haven't even heard it yet!)

Sort by song title:
First Song: 'Absolute Gravity' by Snow Patrol
Last Song: '200 More Miles [Live]' by Cowboy Junkies

Sort by time:
Shortest Song: 'Serenity' by David Newman, Serenity Soundtrack
Longest Song: The Lady of Shalott by Loreena McKennitt

Sort by album:
First album: 'Afterglow', Sarah McLachlan
Last album: 'Yoshida Brothers', Yoshida Brothers

First song that comes up on Shuffle: 'Jack Sparrow', Dead Man's Chest Soundtrack

Search the following and state how many songs come up:
Death: 0
Life: 23
Love: 55
Hate: 4
You: 96
Sex: 1

And random 'me' stuff:
Pirates: 66
Soundtrack: 186
World: 120

LJ is Alive With the Sound of Music

Pillaged from taselby

Instructions: Open up your iTunes and fill out this survey, no matter how embarrassing the responses might be.

Okay, I have a bunch of folders, and I share the iTunes on the 'puter with ninjababe, so I picked my 'Denise' folder to do this from (I also have a 'Fic Writing' folder, and a 'Grey's Radio' folder, and a few artist folders.)

How many songs total: 1073
How many hours or days of music: 2.9 days
Most recently played: 'Sugarland' by Sugarland: Enjoy the Ride
Most played: 'Ruby Blue' by Róisín Murphy
Most recently added: 'Peppermint' by Lovers (No idea what this is. Nin drops music she thinks I'll like into my folder on a frequent basis) (I haven't even heard it yet!)

Sort by song title:
First Song: 'Absolute Gravity' by Snow Patrol
Last Song: '200 More Miles [Live]' by Cowboy Junkies

Sort by time:
Shortest Song: 'Serenity' by David Newman, Serenity Soundtrack
Longest Song: The Lady of Shalott by Loreena McKennitt

Sort by album:
First album: 'Afterglow', Sarah McLachlan
Last album: 'Yoshida Brothers', Yoshida Brothers

First song that comes up on Shuffle: 'Jack Sparrow', Dead Man's Chest Soundtrack

Search the following and state how many songs come up:
Death: 0
Life: 23
Love: 55
Hate: 4
You: 96
Sex: 1

And random 'me' stuff:
Pirates: 66
Soundtrack: 186
World: 120

LJ is Alive With the Sound of Music

Pillaged from taselby

Instructions: Open up your iTunes and fill out this survey, no matter how embarrassing the responses might be.

Okay, I have a bunch of folders, and I share the iTunes on the 'puter with ninjababe, so I picked my 'Denise' folder to do this from (I also have a 'Fic Writing' folder, and a 'Grey's Radio' folder, and a few artist folders.)

How many songs total: 1073
How many hours or days of music: 2.9 days
Most recently played: 'Sugarland' by Sugarland: Enjoy the Ride
Most played: 'Ruby Blue' by Róisín Murphy
Most recently added: 'Peppermint' by Lovers (No idea what this is. Nin drops music she thinks I'll like into my folder on a frequent basis) (I haven't even heard it yet!)

Sort by song title:
First Song: 'Absolute Gravity' by Snow Patrol
Last Song: '200 More Miles [Live]' by Cowboy Junkies

Sort by time:
Shortest Song: 'Serenity' by David Newman, Serenity Soundtrack
Longest Song: The Lady of Shalott by Loreena McKennitt

Sort by album:
First album: 'Afterglow', Sarah McLachlan
Last album: 'Yoshida Brothers', Yoshida Brothers

First song that comes up on Shuffle: 'Jack Sparrow', Dead Man's Chest Soundtrack

Search the following and state how many songs come up:
Death: 0
Life: 23
Love: 55
Hate: 4
You: 96
Sex: 1

And random 'me' stuff:
Pirates: 66
Soundtrack: 186
World: 120

Speaking of Established Relationships

The quietness of the internet is prompting rambling posts, it would seem. So here's one more.

My own personal fave 'established relationship' to write is actually not even a sexual one. It's a familial and friendship one. It's also the one I've been writing the longest. In fact, the very first story I actually publicly posted was this pairing -- Methos and LaCroix. I love writing these two! Two thousand odd years of history, starting with LaCroix when he was still mortal, a twelve year old boy, and his aunt's new husband, Methos. Their relationship is the foundation of all the relationships in the series I write. Though when I wrote that first story eleven years ago, I had no idea that Methos and LaCroix would still be such a big part of my fandom life! They've outlasted just about everyone else I might have fancied over the years -- I guess I have an established relationship with them! [g] And I still love writing them. They snark so nicely at each other. But beyond the snark, there's an understanding and an acceptance of each others natures that I never seem to tire of exploring.

What established relationships do you enjoy writing?

Speaking of Established Relationships

The quietness of the internet is prompting rambling posts, it would seem. So here's one more.

My own personal fave 'established relationship' to write is actually not even a sexual one. It's a familial and friendship one. It's also the one I've been writing the longest. In fact, the very first story I actually publicly posted was this pairing -- Methos and LaCroix. I love writing these two! Two thousand odd years of history, starting with LaCroix when he was still mortal, a twelve year old boy, and his aunt's new husband, Methos. Their relationship is the foundation of all the relationships in the series I write. Though when I wrote that first story eleven years ago, I had no idea that Methos and LaCroix would still be such a big part of my fandom life! They've outlasted just about everyone else I might have fancied over the years -- I guess I have an established relationship with them! [g] And I still love writing them. They snark so nicely at each other. But beyond the snark, there's an understanding and an acceptance of each others natures that I never seem to tire of exploring.

What established relationships do you enjoy writing?

Speaking of Established Relationships

The quietness of the internet is prompting rambling posts, it would seem. So here's one more.

My own personal fave 'established relationship' to write is actually not even a sexual one. It's a familial and friendship one. It's also the one I've been writing the longest. In fact, the very first story I actually publicly posted was this pairing -- Methos and LaCroix. I love writing these two! Two thousand odd years of history, starting with LaCroix when he was still mortal, a twelve year old boy, and his aunt's new husband, Methos. Their relationship is the foundation of all the relationships in the series I write. Though when I wrote that first story eleven years ago, I had no idea that Methos and LaCroix would still be such a big part of my fandom life! They've outlasted just about everyone else I might have fancied over the years -- I guess I have an established relationship with them! [g] And I still love writing them. They snark so nicely at each other. But beyond the snark, there's an understanding and an acceptance of each others natures that I never seem to tire of exploring.

What established relationships do you enjoy writing?

Relieving Boredom

The cat must have decided to help give me something to do, since she proceeded to throw up from the living room to my bedroom. Bleah. On the bright side, the talk earlier of Gina and Robert inspired me to watch 'Chivalry' and now I'm watching 'Comes a Horseman' as I try and work on the next part of 'Fondly' (yes, I am still trying to get a new part out) ( very slowly, I know). Figured it might help get the voices to cooperate if I watched the episodes.

Nin will be home in another half hour, and she's going to recolour my hair. Way too much gray showing and it's depressing [g]

Relieving Boredom

The cat must have decided to help give me something to do, since she proceeded to throw up from the living room to my bedroom. Bleah. On the bright side, the talk earlier of Gina and Robert inspired me to watch 'Chivalry' and now I'm watching 'Comes a Horseman' as I try and work on the next part of 'Fondly' (yes, I am still trying to get a new part out) ( very slowly, I know). Figured it might help get the voices to cooperate if I watched the episodes.

Nin will be home in another half hour, and she's going to recolour my hair. Way too much gray showing and it's depressing [g]

Relieving Boredom

The cat must have decided to help give me something to do, since she proceeded to throw up from the living room to my bedroom. Bleah. On the bright side, the talk earlier of Gina and Robert inspired me to watch 'Chivalry' and now I'm watching 'Comes a Horseman' as I try and work on the next part of 'Fondly' (yes, I am still trying to get a new part out) ( very slowly, I know). Figured it might help get the voices to cooperate if I watched the episodes.

Nin will be home in another half hour, and she's going to recolour my hair. Way too much gray showing and it's depressing [g]