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Monday, November 30th, 2009
dailysnitch [ padmekenobi ]	11:54p	The Daily Snitch: Monday, November 30, 2009 Happy birthday, Clémence Poésy! Actors and Movies: David Yates and cast members talk Half-Blood Prince DVD and more. Adrian Rawlins to reprise James Potter role in Deathly Hallows. David Yates: Dan Radcliffe to be naked for silver doe and lake scene in Deathly Hallows. Tom Felton talks Deathly Hallows filming with Ralph Fiennes in Mizz magazine. Update and reminder: DVD signing in London December 6. Videos: Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright & Matt Lewis talk Potter and music at T4 event. Communities: Prompt claiming is open at hp_couplesremix. hp_yule_balls has a mod post. lupin_snape has a mod post. Essay: randomneses: In Defense of Lily Evans: A Brief Follow Up. Fandom: Potted Potter to begin third run soon. General Interest: Sign-ups for the 4th Annual HDS Beltane Gift Exchange will open Tuesday, December 1 at hds_beltane. News: New Wizarding World of Harry Potter construction aerial shots. Searches: daily_snitch is looking for fanworks and resources featuring Godric Gryffindor. Updates: Moonshadow, the Snape/Lupin archive, has been updated with two new stories. Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! (Comment on this)
musesfool	9:09p	I met you at the station in Ronkonkoma So, we had a committee meeting today, and I swear to god, I thought someone was going to start throwing things. Writing the minutes up should be an interesting exercise in doublespeak. Board meeting tomorrow, and then I am done, DONE I TELL YOU, until January. I mean, I still have to work etc., but the craziness should abate. I hope. I am tired. And it makes it really hard for me to write. Witness the tiny writing round-up! November 2009 Writing Roundup swim in my blood when it's warm Supernatural; Sam/Dean; pg; spoilers through 5.04; 3,434 words Sam's seeing everything clearly now. your ears tuned to the roar Supernatural; Jo, Ellen; pg; spoilers through 5.10; 1,510 words In which Jo grows up. * Top 5 Songs - November 2009 6. Levon - Elton John 5. Song to the Siren - Sheila Chandra 4. Set the Story Straight - Tom McRae 3. Somebody to Love - Glee cast version 2. The Shape I Found You In - Girlyman 1. Psalms 40:2 - the Mountain Goats * BSG folk, you totally need to watch this vid about the frakked up relationship between Bill Adama and Starbuck: Like My Very Own Blood by jarrow. It's FANTASTIC. Creepy and utterly heartbreaking and just... takes the idea that Adama made Starbuck into his second son, his replacement for Zak, to its logical conclusion, including the damage it inflicts on her, him, and Lee. And of course Kara accepts it, clings to it - how does she know any better? *cuddles her* Really well done, and you know how bad I am at getting vids, but this one made total sense to me. * This entry at DW: http://musesfool.dreamwidth.org/101593.html. people have commented there. Current Mood: exhausted Current Music: Like a Luminous Girl - Mike Doughty (Comment on this)
stele3	2:33p	The bunnies have mutated, but their size remains. If I knew more about the personalities of Adam Lambert's band members (just enough to figure out their voices) I would write a Stonewall Riots AU. Adam would be the drag queen performer in the night club. He's an old hand at these raids, knows just how much to give up to stay out of jail, but not an inch more. Lisa's a fellow patron, a bull dyke who's involved in the local feminist chapter; she and Adam are best buddies and always dance close together so that when a raid starts they can quickly switch partners. Tommy's a hustler, a runaway living in the park nearby who isn't so much a fag as he is starving and living hand-to-mouth (or dick-to-mouth). Monte's a bartender in the Inn, a morally-compromised confidence man for the Mob owners. Longineu's a local civil rights activist who doesn't so much care about the fags until the riots start and he sees the police violence, and draws commonality to his own struggles. Or maybe I could start a community and other people could join in? This would be an epic project -- would anyone else be interested in participating? (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
stele3	9:19p	Drumming diary: Mr. Brightside I had planned to do Zepp this week, but in looking at the notation I realized I need a double bass pedal. That'll have to wait until after Christmas. So, Mr. Brightside by The Killers it is. Drummer is Ronnie Vannucci Jr. Tempo's about 148, which will make it the fastest song I've played thus far. It's also probably the most complex, especially when it comes to the hi-hat. The verses have rapid-fire 16th notes on a tight hi-hat for this very harsh ticking noise; the chorus opens up the hi-hat and switches to fourth notes. Then there's a late bridge at 2:56 with eighth notes on the hi-hat. The bass drum is on its familiar place of one and three, except for when IT'S playing the eighth notes at the end of the second chorus or in the outro. The breaks jump onto the toms, too, which I'm happy about -- I need to move around the kit a bit more. It's a very chorus-happy song: there are only two of them, but they're 4 times as big as the verses or bridges. There's also a sizable intro and outro. Intro: 20 measures Verse 1: 8 measures Choruses 1 & 2: 32 measures each Bridge 1: 8 measures Verse 2: 16 measures Bridge 2: 8 measures Outro: 16 measures Total: 140 measures This is going to be a tough one. There isn't a stable "groove," per se - while the verse and chorus have a basic bass drum of 1 & 3 and snare at 2 & 4, almost every measure is slightly different. An extra bass here, a crash there. Everything's always changing. It'll be difficult to keep up, especially at that tempo. (Comment on this)
dailysnitch [ vitalitat ]	7:44p	The Daily Snitch: Sunday, November 29th, 2009! Happy Birthday to Bill Weasley and Clémence Poésy! Actors and Movies: Clémence Poésy to reprise role as Fleur Delacour in 'Deathly Hallows'. Matthew Lewis, Bonnie Wright, and Tom Felton attended T4's Stars of 2009 at Earls Court in London. UPDATE: Bonnie Wright, Jason Isaacs & Jamie Campbell Bower attend EA Children's BAFTAs! Archive: The daily_snitch has posted its Special Edition featuring Helga Hufflepuff! Challenges: The HDS Beltane Fest will be running again in 2010! Claiming for ginger_lust will close on Tuesday, December 1st. Fandom: bunney has some questions regarding Infinitus 2010 and Draco/Hermione programming. General Interest: Media references to fanfic, the week ending 11/28/09 have been posted in fanthropology Nifty: The WB has lowered the price of the Harry Potter Spells application for iPhone... Searches: The daily_snitch is looking for art, fiction, communities and resources that features Godric Gryffindor! Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! (Comment on this)
dementordelta	10:06p	In Lieu Of An Actual Update... This makes me insanely happy-- Santa Claus is Coming Out. Santa and Geppetto! Who knew? (Comment on this)
musesfool	9:25p	lay out two or three good hits tonight Dear Sam, I am trying to get you laid. It would be easier if you weren't such an angsty motherfucker. Stop being so difficult! It's sex! It's supposed to be fun! No wonder most of the porn I write is about Dean. He rarely gives me this kind of trouble. Why can't you be more like your brother? frustratedly, me PS: Yes, I understand everyone you sleep with dies. I...am not breaking that streak. Um, sorry? I blame canon. Still, though. Sex! You should be less angsty about it! *** Holy shit, Jane Lynch is doing commercials for X-Box in which she is in character as Sue Sylvester. And they sing "Carry On Wayward Son." And the mother is a fan of Greco-Roman wrestling (i.e., oiled half-naked men getting sweaty together). I feel like this is some kind of crazy fannish collision. I am amused. *** This entry at DW: http://musesfool.dreamwidth.org/101306.html. people have commented there. Current Mood: amused Current Music: Ravens v. Steelers on tv (Comment on this)
musesfool	12:42p	who got the will and the way Writing is hard. So I updated unfitforsociety instead, with 15 recs for November 2009: * 3 Supernatural * 3 crossovers * 2 White Collar * 2 Harry Potter * 2 Star Trek Reboot * 1 each Big Bang Theory, Dark Angel, and Psych *** Every time I listen to the Black Keys, I wonder why they haven't been used on SPN yet (if they were, I missed it). Dean could shock Sam by listening to something that was produced after 1979, but that still sounds like it came from the early '70s. Heh. *** This entry at DW: http://musesfool.dreamwidth.org/100934.html. people have commented there. Current Mood: frustrated Current Music: Give Your Heart Away - the Black Keys (Comment on this)
dailysnitch [ titti ]	10:00a	Special Edition: Helga Hufflepuff Art: ( Gen ) Fics: ( Gen ) ( G to PG-13 ) ( R and NC-17 ) Resources: - helga_salazar - A Helga/Salazar community - founders_gifts - A Hogwarts Founders gift exchange - allie_andromeda's Helga Hufflepuff recs: 20. - allie_andromeda's Founders recs: 22. If you have more art or fic that you will like to see posted, please leave a comment here. Please use the format requested in the call-up post. Previous editions can be found at Live Journal, InsaneJournal, JournalFen, and Dreamwidth (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 28th, 2009
poisontaster	10:35p	My mother passed early yesterday morning. If I am absent from LJ for a little while, this is why. Current Mood: sad
musesfool	8:04p	she has fancy clothes and diamond rings The uploading continues apace. I am almost ready to stop for the evening and maybe try to write. Or something. I miss writing. It's been days since I did any. Sigh. I was uploading a lot of the codas I wrote in season 2, when I was still in the first flush of fandom love, and wow, season 2 was good for codas. I think I wrote at least one (sometimes more than one) for almost every episode. I miss that, too. * Tonight for dinner I made a roast loin of pork. It was very tasty. I combined garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, and basil in about a tablespoon of olive oil (for easy spreading), along with a couple of teaspoons of brown sugar and a large splash of vanilla (for years, I wouldn't tell my mother about the brown sugar and vanilla, and she couldn't replicate the taste. Heh.). Rub that on, top with a few pats of butter, and then cook until the internal temperature is 160°F. It was very tasty and juicy and good. * This entry at DW: http://musesfool.dreamwidth.org/100853.html. people have commented there. Current Mood: melancholy Current Music: baby, if you wanna be wild, you got a lot to learn (Comment on this)
dailysnitch [ furiosity ]	6:38p	The Daily Snitch: Saturday, November 28, 2009 Happy birthday, Alfonso Cuarón! Actors and Movies: Video: Dan Radcliffe & Rupert Grint talk illnesses and schedules for Deathly Hallows Exclusive Clip from HP Ultimate DVDs Video: Evanna Lynch promotes Half-Blood Prince DVD & talks Deathly Hallows filming New Matthew Lewis 2009 photo shoot & Twitter images Tom Felton talks Deathly Hallows filming with Voldemort in Mizz magazine Two new Dan Radcliffe One Day in the Life of book photos Tom Felton talks technology & online chess with Harry Potter cast Video: James & Oliver Phelps talk Deathly Hallows filming on GMTV Potter cast to attend London Half-Blood Prince Blu-ray signing event Natalia Tena & Josh Herdman attend Collectormania Copenhagen Archive: Moonshadow, the Snape/Lupin archive, has been updated. Essay: randomneses has posted a brief follow-up to "In Defense of Lily Evans". Searches: daily_snitch is looking for fanworks and resources featuring Helga Hufflepuff. Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! (Comment on this)
auburnnothenna	12:32a	Yuletide progress Wheee! I rewatched my source material today and used it to add a few details here and there to my story. I've got 9028 words and expect to finish the first draft this weekend. I'm lucky I was able to use a story idea I already had and work it together with the request. I know, I have this freakish love/hate relationship with deadlines. They make me crazy, but they make me write steadily, every day, and they also give me this great whooop of relief when I know I've succeeded ahead of time. And I will get right back to work of GT&T once I've finished with the Yuletide story and get the next part out before New Year's. I swear. I can write on one thing and revise on another, I've discovered. This entry was originally posted at http://auburn.dreamwidth.org/230328.html. where there are comments. Comments are enabled on all cross posted journals. Current Music: REM - Try Not to Breathe (Comment on this)
Friday, November 27th, 2009
auburnnothenna	11:43p	feeling stupid question for SGA Big Bangers Could anyone remind me when the writers and artists are free to post their work outside the Big Bang site? I just noticed one of the stories reposted at the Pit of Voles. ETA The release date was/is 11/27. This entry was originally posted at http://auburn.dreamwidth.org/229963.html. where there are comments. Comments are enabled on all cross posted journals. (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 28th, 2009
killabeez_lj	2:25a	random post is random http://killabeez.livejournal.com/304419.html How come the One Ring doesn't turn Sauron invisible? (Read more ...) (Comment on this)
Friday, November 27th, 2009
musesfool	11:40p	backpage news down in the neighborhood I don't really care about so much about the plots on White Collar. They just keep giving me tasty OT3 stuff and I'm content. I've spent most of the day uploading stuff to the AO3. It allows me to feel productive when I can't write. I have too many goddamn stories, though. angelgazing pointed out that I will never be done uploading because I write faster than I upload. Though possibly this is no longer the case. I don't know. I have been having my usual late autumn/early winter problems getting motivated. Since the archive takes so long to upload, I am also rereading some favorite stories (I don't have to pay as close attention to rereads - I can skim and skip and be interrupted without losing anything, 'cause I've already read them before). I keep getting errors, unfortunately, which is slowing things down even more. Technology is not my friend. I know lots of people are excited by tagging their stories in all sorts of ways, but I am doing what I find useful and that's it. As long as I get the characters/pairing on there, and maybe if it's a casefile or an episode tag, that's about the extent of my interest. Maybe if I upload my HP stuff, I'll split the Remus/Sirius out by era, like I have it in my tags on LJ, but mostly I don't care about the tags. *hides* Also, I wish there were a place in the profile to link to a warnings policy, and that that link could just automatically be included on every story. Because I am just using the "No Primary Warnings Apply" which isn't the same as "no warnings needed" but 99% of my stuff is "no warnings needed" and I'd like to be able to say that somewhere, since it isn't a choice on the warnings field. I guess I could make it a tag, but I never think of it. I wish it were automatic. Hmm... *** This entry at DW: http://musesfool.dreamwidth.org/100505.html. people have commented there. Current Mood: lazy Current Music: Boom Boom Boom - the Iguanas (1 Comment |Comment on this)
stele3	9:07a	Abusive asshole >>> Gay man REALLY, Good Morning America? Really? First you cancel a gay man's appearance on your show b/c the night before he kissed another guy on national television, then in the same week you book a dude who beat the crap out of his girlfriend and threatened to kill her. Just, wow. The different layers of homophobia, hypocrisy, and female negativity wrapped up in how GMA handled this...WOULD amaze me, if I hadn't seen it a million times before. *clutches head* I hope that Adam a) is smart enough to understand that by just being "a performer" - by being HIM - he's going to walk a very certain path, b) is brave enough to walk it despite the asshats, and c) has people around him who will help. Because goddamn, this is just the start of his career. (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
musesfool	10:24p	he's done it with just one hand most of the time Happy Thanksgiving to those who are celebrating! Happy Thursday to those who are not. I hope everyone had a lovely day, regardless. My day began with BACON and PIE and ended with FOOTBALL and PIE, and in between there was stuffing and homemade cheese macaroni and turkey that was actually moist and tasty (!!), and more family shenanigans than you could shake a stick at. My brother was in rare form tonight, and basically had the whole table in stitches for most of the meal. Mostly at my expense, but eh, that's not new. and unfortunately, the Giants are capping off the day by sucking like unto a hoover, but I am too full and sleepy to care too much. I am thankful for my family, my friends - including you guys - my health, and my job. Man, a year ago at this time, I was a week away from being laid off. I'm still a little freaked out by how that went, still anxious and lacking in confidence sometimes, but I'm so glad I found a new job quickly, and one that I mostly like, for people and an organization that I like. (I'm also grateful that I have tomorrow off and I don't have to use a day - it's one of our holidays. Mmm...sleeping in...) I'm grateful I have health insurance and can pay my rent and that I have an apartment I love. I'm thankful for fandom, not just because of all the great stories to read and the feeling of having people who get my excitement about various shows and characters, but because of all the great people I've met and become friends with, who've made my life richer and better and more fun all around. *hugs* And also, I am thankful for PIE, and I would share some with you all if I could. *** This entry at DW: http://musesfool.dreamwidth.org/100175.html. people have commented there. Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: Giants v. Broncos on tv (Comment on this)
Friday, November 27th, 2009
dailysnitch [ oddnari ]	4:35a	The Daily Snitch: Thursday, November 26, 2009 Actors and Movies: Potter-cast to attend Half-Blood Prince DVD signing event in London Katie Leung contributes photograph to Sightsavers International exhibition Yorkshire Dales and Hunsbury to feature in Deathly Hallows James and Oliver Phelps to be guests on GMTV on Friday, November 27, 2009 Hot Art: Till Death Do Us Part by Anon (Harry/Draco, Harry/Ginny; R) Polls: bablefisk has posted a fan-fiction survey on fanfic_bachelor Searches: daily_snitch is looking for fan-works and resources featuring Helga Hufflepuff Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
auburnnothenna	2:21p	Peeved is Peevish Andy Rooney voice: You know what annoys me? A story with no email for feedback, just a journal to comment in. I read a story I really very much liked, but I also wanted to discuss the ways it didn't work for me, and so I thought: I'll send the feedback in an email. Only there was no email addy. So I tried the writer's livejournal profile. No email. Tried her story site and the stories there. No email. A journalfen link for replying, but see, if I wanted this feedback public I'd have already left it at the feedback post. And now I'm annoyed and not in the mood to feedback at all in any form. Too bad, because there was a lot about the story I wanted to praise. This entry was originally posted at http://auburn.dreamwidth.org/229741.html. where there are comments. Comments are enabled on all cross posted journals. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
stele3	3:15a	The greatest hits of Craigslist. This is epic. It's like a novel excerpt scrawled on a bathroom wall. I love it. Gonna be out at my parents' house for the next couple of days, so -- to any and all Yankees, have a Happy Thanksgiving. To everyone else, have a happy Thursday and Friday. Safe journeys. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
dailysnitch [ bewarethesmirk ]	11:00p	The Daily Snitch: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Actors and Movies: Ian Kelly talks Emma Watson and Deathly Hallows filming New Dan Radcliffe and Rupert Grint photo and interview from Deathly Hallows set Video: Rupert Grint talks chess game scene on Sorcerer’s Stone and Deathly Hallows sets Tom Felton and Bonnie Wright talk Deathly Hallows epilogue from set Hot Rec: Grey Dawning by silentauror (Harry/Draco, NC-17) News: Autographed deluxe Deathly Hallows book being auctioned for MS and Habitat for Humanity Searches: daily_snitch is searching for Helga Hufflepuff fanwork (fic and art) and resources Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! (Comment on this)
musesfool	10:41p	mama, put my guns in the ground Criminal Minds ( spoilers ) *** Maybe I will try to write. I would like to post one more story this month, if possible, before I buckle down on yuletide and broken toys. *** This entry at DW: http://musesfool.dreamwidth.org/100016.html. people have commented there. Current Mood: lethargic Current Music: Knockin' On Heaven's Door - G'n'R (Comment on this)
stele3	3:53p	Drumming diary: Violet Hill II There isn't much to report: the song itself is pretty simple, as I thought. The main problem that I'm having is that my headphones appear to be giving me jaw problems. I've got some heavy-duty Sennheisers that cancel out noise really well - but in the last few weeks, my jaw has been aching and popping every time I yawn or take a semi-big bite of food. I don't honestly know if the two are related. The headphones do hurt my ear and jaw area if I wear them for extended periods of time, and I can't seem to adjust them to a place where they don't. I've always just kind of dealt with it, but I've been wearing them a lot more in the last few weeks, since one of my last steps to learning a song is to play along to the music. I'd do it without headphones, but in the particular case of Violet Hill, the drums are kind of muted and hard to make out if you're playing your own kit on top. (This is really the case for everything except, like, AC/DC.) You really need noise-canceling abilities of some kind. Has anyone else experienced headphone-related jaw problems? I couldn't find anything online. I don't want to screw up that part of my drum practice, but I also would like to be able to EAT, yaknow? Eating is nice. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
musesfool	11:55a	some days, there's nothing left to learn So I have this thing where I reverse numbers all the time, e.g., I usually have to redial new to me phone numbers two or three times because I switch the order of the numbers, etc. NOTE TO SELF: NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BE DYSLEXIC WITH ROMAN NUMERALS! *** This entry at DW: http://musesfool.dreamwidth.org/99809.html. people have commented there. Current Mood: busy Current Music: i saved the world today - eurythmics (Comment on this)

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