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One Shots:
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Anon in ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) daily_deviant: Leap of Faith - Charlie/Draco, NC17
Anon insnarry_holidays: A Holiday Tradition - Snape/Harry, PG
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enchanted_jae: Pixies and Poppets - Draco, Annalise, Pixie, PG
alisanne: Insistent - Snape/Harry, R
snapesgirl_62: Cold Remedy & Father Christmas - Sinistra, G
mailroomy: What Rhymes with....Greyback - Snape/Lupin, PG13, 100x6
alisanne: Promises Fulfilled - Harry/Draco, PG
ellid: Echoes of the Past vi - Snape/Lupin
lilyseyes: As If By Magic - Harry, G
Art:
Anon in snarry_holidays: A Handful of Snow - Snape/Harry, G
Anon in daily_deviant: An Unwrapped Gift - Charlie/Lavender/Parvati, NC17
Anon in snapelyholidays: Snape's Apprentice - Snape/Harry, G
Community News:
snapelyholidays: Week 1 in Review
snapedom: The December Challenge
slythindor100: Day 8
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dailysnitch: New Issue - Monday, 7th December 2009
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TEMPEST IN A COFFEE POT.
This afternoon, one of our managers emailed the operation staff (of which I am the lowest rung and yet hold all the power...interesting) to notify us that every morning, when she comes in to brew her pot of decaf coffee, the coffee pots from the night before have not been rinsed out. She is outraged! She demands the cleaning staff be reminded of their position!
1. While I hate to say it, nobody thinks decaf coffee in the morning is in any way worthy of their time. I know people like the taste of coffee, and like not being caffeinated, and I'm not going to say morning decaf is stupid. It's just that nobody else in the world cares. I can guarantee you my hard-caffeine-drinking bosses, ALL THREE OF THEM, went "Oh fuck that noise, decaf junkie."
2. The cleaning staff are under no obligation to wash our coffee pots.
I emailed her back that the coffee pots are communal kitchen responsibility, because the cleaning staff can wash the coffee pots but it'll cost us $50/night, which is a trifle prohibitive.
She asked about the possibility of a rota, or of a no-new-coffee-after-3pm rule.
I am hoping she will compromise on a "please rinse out the coffee pots if you see them full after 5pm" sign. It won't actually work, but she'll get a warm feeling of martyrdom when she sees them as she's rinsing out a pot for decaf every morning.
Coworker Fail saw the email and said, "If BossBoss makes cleaning out the coffeepots part of my evening duties, the union's getting involved."
I might have LOLed. On the inside.
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It would be so much easier and quicker to get through these last few papers if they didn't suck.
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So the v-gift snowflakes being free was a glitch, not a nice show of holiday generosity by LJ. Huh. Color me unsurprised.
In other news, I've graded around 40 papers in 3 days. I have 4 final papers, 3 late papers, and a batch of journals from my lit course remaining. Then I get a mini-break until the final exam material starts coming in. Huzzah!
I went to the dentist this morning, and all was well; no cavities or other oral issues. Huzzah again!
I stopped at Michael's (a chain craft store in the US) afterward and picked up some double-pointed needles and a three pack of cookie decorating stuff in green, red, and white, so I think that means I've committed myself to making either gingerbread cookies or sugar cookies once I'm on break.
Okay, back to work! I won't get finished unless I keep plodding along.
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Big Bang Theory
Sheldon! ♥
( spoilers )
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Castle
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Hopefully today will be less fraught and crazy-making than yesterday was, and I will be able to get some work done on my yuletide story. I am worried I won't live up to the source, but then I think, in some ways, who could? Which will make more sense once I can talk about it.
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LJ, please to be fixing comment notifications ASAP. It is really freaking irritating that I'm still not getting any.
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Lastly, thank you again for all the lovely snowflakes. I wasn't able to get to everyone before they shut it down, but if I could have, I would have. *heart*
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- Actors and Movies: Video: Tom Felton talks Deathly Hallows final battle scenes & epilogue to BBC Switch.
Deathly Hallows teaser trailer and screencaps.
Harry Potter cast members attend British Independent Film Awards.
It's a happy sparkling Christmas for Harry, Hermione and Ron.
Video: Chris Columbus & Alan Rickman discuss casting Snape in Sorcerer's Stone.
New photos of Matt Lewis at "B Someone" event.
Half-Blood Prince Ultimate Collector's Edition DVDs release tomorrow.
- Communities: Posting at
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bottom_draco has a mod post and a poll.
severus_lucius has a mod post.
- Discussions:
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territesting discusses Lily's behaviour in "Snape's Worst Memory.
territesting discusses Severus and the Dark Arts.
- General Interest: Win tickets to see Potted Potter in London. (Correction from Sunday's post)
- Hot Rec: Amor Vitae by Anonymous (Rated PG-13, Flitwick, McGonagall, Snape, Moody, Lupin)
By the Clock by Anonymous (Rated R, Snape/Dumbledore)
No Greater Love by Anonymous (Rated R, Snape/Lupin)
Twelfth Night, or Harry Potter Is A No-Good Tosser by Anonymous (Rated PG-13, Harry/Draco)
- News: New Wizarding World of Harry Potter sneak peek.
Video: Harry Potter LEGO Years 1-4 video game preview vignette.
Rowling listed as an EW Entertainer of the Year.
- Searches: daily_snitch is looking for fanworks and resources featuring Alice Longbottom.
- Updates: The Petulant Poetess's Snape/Hermione section, Potions Under Duress, has been updated with 16 new stories.
Moonshadow, the Snape/Lupin archive, has been updated with one new story and one new piece of fanart. Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch!
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One Shots:
alisanne: Promises Delayed - (Harry/Draco, Teddy, PG)
iulia_linnea: Seeing Fairies - (Luna, Lily Luna, G)
alisanne: Stockings Stuffed With Care - (Severus/Harry, NC-17)
Anonymous in snupin_santa: You Only Live Twice - (Severus/Remus, PG13)
Anonymous daily_deviant: Fleur-de-Lis - (Lucius/Harry, NC-17)
Anonymous in daily_deviant: You're as sane as I am... - (George/Luna, Fred, R)
Anonymous in snupin_santa: The Space Between - (Severus/Remus, PG)
Anonymous in snarry_holidays: Terms of This Conflict - (Severus/Harry, R)
Anonymous in snapelyholidays: A Million Sharpened Pieces - (Lucius/Severus, NC-17)
Drabbles:
lilyseyes: A Good Boy - (Harry, R)
ellid: Echoes of the Past, VI - (Andromeda, Narcissa, Teddy, G)
celandineb: Provocation - (Albus Dumbledore/Severus, R)
shoeboxes4all: Harry's Birthday Surprise - (Severus/Harry, PG)
drachenmina: Father's shadow - (Draco, PG)
Art:
Anonymous in snarry_holidays: Beware the Power of Mistletoe - (Severus/Harry, PG13)
Community News:
snarry_holidays: Posted their Week One wrap-up
harry100: Posted their latest challenge
draco100: Posted their latest prompt
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I made Spiced Tea over the weekend, and today, I took a break from grading long enough to put together some Peanut-butter Pumpkin bread, which is warm out of the oven and goes perfectly with spiced tea. My world is a little bit better now.
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I think it's very nice that Livejournal is offering a free virtual gift, and I've even sent a couple of snowflakes myself. I'm also amused that snowflake mania appears to have taken over my flist, but I'm still not tempted to enable virtual gifts for my journal. Sorry about that!
Meanwhile, I've been pushing exceptionally hard to finish grading the last set of papers for my comp classes so I can have a tiny respite before final exam material starts coming in later this week, and if I see one more comma error, I may well scream.
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Thank you so much to ![[livejournal.com profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif) ingridmatthews, spectralbovine, tygress girlmostlikely, tartanshell, midnitemaraud_r, devildoll, and also to the anonymice for the snowflake cookies! ♥♥♥♥♥ *twirls you all*
[eta] Thanks also to the folks at crack_impala for the snowflake they sent to unfitforsociety. *g* [/eta]
I have been very meh recently and now I feel all warm and loved.
I've fallen behind completely on answering comments, so I am declaring today comment amnesty day, and getting rid of all the unanswered comments (on anything but fic - those I will try to answer) from before today.
I have three sets of minutes to write now, plus yuletide and broken toys. Yay?
Have a poem:
Rhymes and Songs
It's late now, December, a few trees
continue translating.
A menorah
holds up its little buckets of light.
An old woman with hands to her ears,
two homeless men discussing the nature of evil.
It's a clear morning.
Everyone's carrying luggage. There're gaps
between passersby, larger than usual.
The sun sets silver shields
in a row of window frames, all but one,
where a girl in a fur hat looks out.
Dawn riddled with memories
fading and dispersing among the trees,
fever subsiding —
you think, at last I can do what I want,
but mostly
you're building on the silence,
the solemnity of things left to themselves.
White limousine at the corner: an
intricate, depressed millionaire
trolling for a girl so beautiful
& frightened she might be enticed.
And a new life, arduous
and dire, commences. Years
on a backcountry farm near one of the Great Lakes,
a bent for poetry, little rhymes
& songs
to soothe yourself
and children you've come to know.
~Charlie Smith
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Thank you to deirdre_c, marciaelena, catdancerz and dotfic for the lovely snowflakes in my userinfo! ♥♥♥♥♥
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LJ, let my comments go!
*shakes tiny ineffectual fist*
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Giants beat the Cowboys! That always makes for a great Sunday. And they swept them this year, so I think that means they have the upper hand should it come down to a tiebreaker.
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After brunch, I went to Supercuts and while she was cutting my hair, the hairdresser quizzed me on 19th c. novels like Wuthering Heights and Pride and Prejudice (well, technically movies adapted from 19th c. novels). I thought she said she'd read Jane Eyre, so I kind of spoiled it for her (crazy wife in the attic omg!) but she didn't seem to care. She said she was going to bump it up on her Netflix list, 'cause she likes the creepy ones.
Generally, I hate having to chat while having my hair done, but this conversation was amusing and also about something I am familiar with, which is not usually the case. Also, she washed my hair with this lavender and mint shampoo that I really liked so I ended up buying it. Obviously, the way to upsell me is with conversation about books and things that smell nice.
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I have a whopping 71 words on my yuletide story. Wah! Also, I am trying to figure out how I am going to find a beta who knows the source, because I'd like someone who is at least familiar with it to read the thing over when I finally finish it.
When that's done, I can focus on Broken Toys, among other things. I think I know what I'm writing for that, but writing it in my current unable to write state should be interesting.
Stupid writing. Why so hard?
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One Shots:
bertas: Happy B-Day to Me - (Severus/Harry, R)
archionblu: One Last Try - (Severus/Harry, G)
Anonymous in daily_deviant: If You Can't Stand the Heat… - (Ron/Hermione, NC-17)
Anonymous in snarry_holidays: It’s Harry, Remember - (Severus/Harry, PG)
Anonymous in snapelyholidays: By the Clock - (Severus/Albus Dumbledore, R)
Anonymous in snarry_holidays: In the Beginning - (Severus/Harry, R)
Drabbles:
snapesgirl_62: Holiday Musings - (Sinistra, PG)
enchanted_jae: The Traditional Role of Mistletoe 5 - (Harry/Draco, R)
alisanne: Promises Made - (Harry/Draco, PG)
unbroken_halo: Who Needs Halloween? - (Harry/Draco, PG)
unbroken_halo: Snow Games - (Harry/Draco, PG)
alisanne: Fun Fight - (Neville/Remus, Severus/Harry, PG)
sweetmelodykiss: Music Appreciation - (Severus/Kingsley, PG13)
magialuna: Revising Memory Charms - (Severus/Harry, G)
enchanted_jae: Made With A List - (Harry/Draco, PG)
lilyseyes: Unexpected Bounty - (Harry, R)
alisanne: Hot Buttered Harry - (Severus/Harry, NC-17)
torina_archelda: Gifts - (Harry/Severus, PG)
Art:
lemondropseven: Berta's B-day Present - (Severus, PG)
Anonymous in daily_deviant: Heal - (Pansy/Ginny, NC-17)
Anonymous in snupin_santa: Touch Me... - (Severus/Remus, PG13)
Community News:
slytherindor100: Posted Challenge 119
snape100: Posted their latest challenge
Newsletters:
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WELL.
The beans and the beer bread came out well -- for the many who've asked, the beer bread is a quickbread, a mix from Trader Joe's, $2 and well worth it because it is DELICIOUS.
Meanwhile this morning, the yoghurt is yogging and will be for the next ten to fourteen hours; the pumpkin bread is baking, the rice is soaking, and the curry for the rice is defrosting. I am going to have some EPIC LUNCHES this week, between the curry and the beans and the chowder. And the fried stuffing, oooh.
As long as I'm taking a break from cooking, I may as well post Chapter Nine of Valet of Anize; Chapter Ten might...take a while.
I used to write faster than this, you know, but I also used to have a job that wasn't nine-to-five and I don't think I wrote as well. I'm trying to embrace the genre-adventure-story thing and not struggle with imbuing too much meaning in this; it's never going to be the same kind of story as Nameless was. It's still my problem child, but I'm finding moments of pure beauty in it, so. I do what I can.
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