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November 23rd, 2008
02:26 am cluegirl [Link]	Visitation night at Club Maenad... We went to the Cruxshadows show at Valentines tonight. I'm sure once the overload of awesome has had the night to process, I'll come up with a means of expressing it, but for right now, all I can quite manage, is a bit of exhausted chair-boogie while I wait for myself to wind down enough that I can hope for sleep sometime tonight. Small venue, not a highly advertised show, so it wasn't crowded beyond belief, and oh, did Himself ever grace the dance floor... not uncommon for that band, so I'm told, but still -- Club Maenad bypassed the dance floor in favour of the main stage tonight! Valerie, the new guitarist is just about the cutest thing I've seen, and... well, let's just say there wasn't a single creature up there in the band, whom I'd have thrown out of bed. But no, I can't get started now, or I'll just babble on all night, and never sleep. This is me, being 'good' now. Dayum, that was a nice early birthday present! I still have a love/hate relationship with their song Birthday though. I told Matt that he'd bloody well feel the same, once HE was 40 years old. He laughed at me, so I whacked him in the knee with my walker. That'll learn 'im. (Leave a comment)
November 22nd, 2008
06:01 pm dailysnitch [furiosity] [Link]	The Daily Snitch: Saturday, November 22, 2008 Actors and Movies: Dan Radcliffe to auction Equus jeans French Half-Blood Prince release date News: Nominate J.K. Rowling for next Children's Laureate Amazon Contest For Possible Chance to Buy Half-Price Collector's Editon of "Beedle the Bard" Spanish Tales of Beedle the Bard cover art Searches: daily_snitch is looking for fanworks and resources featuring Dolores Umbridge. Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! Tags: saturday (Leave a comment)
04:58 pm snape_potter [alisanne] [Link]	Apprenticeship Title: Apprenticeship Author: alisanne Character(s): Severus Snape Pairing(s): Severus Snape/Harry Potter Rating: PG Warning(s): None Challenge(s): Written for slytherins100's prompt #54: Counter Word count: 100 Author's notes: This is Harry's chance and he fully intends to use it. Beta: sevfan Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only. Apprenticeship Current Mood: cheerful Tags: alisanne, drabble, rating: pg (Leave a comment)
02:40 pm snarry100 [venturous] [Link]	Hidden talents Title: Hidden talents Author: venturous Word Count: 100 Rating: PG Challenge 137: Oil and Water Disclaimer: They arent mine, I just play with them. A/N: I haven't drabbled in ages. it feels good! ( Read more... ) Current Mood: cold Tags: challenge 137: oil and water, venturous (5 comments \| Leave a comment)
November 21st, 2008
10:04 pm snape_potter [lilyseyes] [Link]	FIC: harry100 ~ Special Magic Title: Special Magic Author: lilyseyes Characters: Harry Potter Challenge: #7: Nox Rating: PG Length: 100 Warnings: AU, Harry is 13, pre-slash if you squint, set during POA Summary: Disclaimer: JKR owns the Potterverse – I just play in it. No money is made from these amateur works. Special Magic Current Location: Trying to write Current Mood: cranky Tags: drabble, lilyseyes, rating: pg (Leave a comment)
09:47 pm snarry100 [torino10154] [Link]	Boxing Day at the Burrow Title: Boxing Day at the Burrow Author: torino10154 Word Count: 100 Rating: PG Challenge 137: Oil and Water Disclaimer: They belong to JKR. A/N: Crummy title. Sorry. ;) Tags: challenge 137: oil and water, torino10154 (Leave a comment)
08:49 pm dailysnitch [saraannette] [Link]	The Daily Snitch: Friday, November 21, 2008 Actors and Movies: Richard Griffiths to attend Macy's Herald Square Tree Lighting New photos of Emma Watson at Somerset House Ice Rink tree-lighting ceremony New Dan Radcliffe interview in the Daily Mail (scroll down) Challenges: hermionesirius has announced the 2008 Christmas challenge. Communities: sbhg_awards is a new awards community for Sirius/Hermione fanworks. The fic and art at snarry_holidays has been rehosted and is once again available to view. Discussions: suntzu_s asks Who do you ship Neville with, and why? News: Amazon Germany is giving away ten signed copies of Tales of Beedle the Bard JKR talks critics, fans, and shippers Searches: dailysnitch is looking for fanworks and resources featuring Dolores Umbridge. Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! Tags: friday (Leave a comment)
12:07 am snarry100 [lilyseyes] [Link]	Challenge 137 ~ Inhaled Deeply Title: Inhaled Deeply Rating : NC-17/Adult Author: lilyseyes Word Count: 100x3 Challenge: 137: Oil and Water Warnings: Implied Mpreg, bath!smex Disclaimer: JKR owns the Potterverse – I just play in it. No money is made from these amateur works. Summary: Glimpses life with the Potter-Snape family. Another in the Breathe series For the_minx_17 ~ a bit of smuttiness ~ smooches ( Inhaled Deeply ) Current Location: Writing at home Current Mood: pensive Tags: challenge 137: oil and water, lilyseyes (4 comments \| Leave a comment)
12:43 am snarry100 [shadowess] [Link]	More Oil Title: More Oil Author: shadowess Word Count: 100 Rating(s): R Challenge: #137 - Oil and Water Warning(s): none A/N: because I’m a massage therapist I think of massage when I hear the word oil. ^_^ Also, this is my first post here, yay! ( More Oil ) Current Mood: creative Tags: challenge 137: oil and water (8 comments \| Leave a comment)
November 20th, 2008
07:49 pm dailysnitch [yenesi] [Link]	The Daily Snitch: Thursday, November 20th, 2008! Actors and Movies: Even more HBP photos have appeared online, including Ginny in her Quidditch robes, Dumbledore, the trio, Ron, and more! Film executives for Harry Potter have reportedly wrapped up scouting locations around Scotland for the upcoming Deathly Hallows two-part film. Danradcliffe.com has updated with several new articles about the actor, one of which he talks of his love for the books. Emma Watson has been named as one of the top 20 best dressed people of 2008 by Teen Vogue Magazine! You can also vote for her for the Best Dressed of the Year award 2008. Communities: There's one week left to submit prompts for the hp_crackdealers crack!fic fest. Prompts can be submitted on Livejournal or on Insanejournal. Fandom: PotterCast 173: Are You There God? It's Me, Harry is now available for download. Snitchseeker.com has uploaded almost 500 HD screen caps of the full US trailer for Half-Blood Prince, which can be found in their galleries. Have a Laugh: A new 'Yes Man' promo image featuring the stars Jim Carey, Zooey Deschanel, Rhys Darby parodying the Trio has surfaced online. News: Two new reports have emerged about pirated Harry Potter audiobook CDs and Blu-Ray DVDs. Polls and Discussion: 5k, 10k, 20k.... Kestrelsan on LJ has a post and poll about on story length and reading habits. Searches: The dailysnitch is looking for fanfic, fanart, communities and resources featuring Dolores Umbridge! Updates: dmhgficexchange has posted its entries for the week: Sunday Nov 9th - Monday Nov 17th! Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! Tags: thursday (Leave a comment)
10:45 pm candy_blog [Link]	Darrell Lea Dark Chocolate Covered Liquorice http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/candyblog/~3/1bkEiKWkAik/ http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/item/darrell_lea_dark_chocolate_covered_liquorice/#When:22:45:01Z A few months ago I reviewed Darrell Lea Soft Eating Liquorice from Australia. I enjoyed it quite a bit and now that the weather should be turning chillier (though we’ve had our ups and downs in Los Angeles lately), I was keen to try more chocolate covered licorice varieties. The Kookaburra variety I tried used milk chocolate, the Darrell Lea Dark Chocolate Covered Liquorice is made with dark chocolate. (Well, it’s not vegan, as it does have butterfat in it.) Anise and chocolate are a natural pairing, quite common in Italian and Greek confections but pretty rare here in the United States. There are not a chocolate covered version of the Soft Eating variety I reviewed before. Instead these have artificial colors in them, which makes even less sense since it’s covered in chocolate. They’re also a bit thicker and have a twisted band to the shape. The scent is nice, a mix of the woodsy and coffee notes of the chocolate and the mellow molasses and anise of the licorice. The bite is soft and the chocolate melts easily. The overwhelming flavors are of molasses with those hints of sweet licorice, fennel and some cedar and spice notes. It’s not at all like the Indian curry and coriander I noticed with the Soft Eating variety. Overall, even though these have the senseless addition of my nemesis Red 40 food coloring, it’s satisfying stuff. The price difference for the addition of chocolate is substantial. The regular bags are $2.99, the chocolate variety at Cost Plus World Market are $4.99. Rating: 7 out of 10 I haven’t tried Darrell Lea’s fruit flavored licorices yet, but decided to try the Dark Chocolate Coated Strawberry Liquorice. Mostly because I like chocolate covered strawberries. I also like the packages. They’re simple, but the striped color coding makes it pretty easy at a glance to tell which is which (and this is the fifth package of Darrell Lea I’ve had). Like the Licorice, this strawberry variety is also not all-natural like the Soft Eating variety. But it’s still a generous 7 ounce bag with a clear expiration date, which I always appreciate. I found these much more attractive than the black licorice counterparts. The pieces are slightly smaller, just narrower, but still have the little twist in them. The chocolate was glossier, but that could simply be attributed to handling. The bag smelled like bubble gum and chocolate. Sweet and summery. The strawberry flavor of the licorice is mild with a good combination of the floral notes and the light tangy berry flavor. The chew is a bit stickier than the black variety, leading to some glops stuck to the sides of my molars. The chocolate sets off the sweet elements well and melts smoothly to a creamy syrup to go with the strawberry chew. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. Rating: 7 out of 10 Related Candies Mitchell’s Candies Organic Finnska Soft Licorice Dolfin: Anise and Red Pepper Bassett’s Licorice Allsorts Dutch Licorice Panda Bars (Leave a comment)
04:54 pm snarry100 [alisanne] [Link]	Challenge 137: Oli and Water Brrrr. Happy chilly Thursday, everyone. Time for a new prompt. It's time to discuss the nature of the Snarry relationship. I think we can all agree that our favorite couple have had their, well, issues over the years. This week's challenge allows us to explore some of those issues. Challenge 137: Oil and Water They don't mix, or do they under certain circumstances? This week you can use our prompt words as you like. The only rule? Have fun! Current Mood: calm Tags: challenge 137: oil and water, current challenge, mod post (Leave a comment)
05:41 pm cluegirl [Link]	The Girly meme, via rikibeth ( I flip when a fella sends me flowers, I swoon over dresses made of lace... ) (Leave a comment)
11:24 am cluegirl [Link]	Painting diary -- Nov 20 ( Lord, I'm walking to you now... ) Speaking of which, my birthday is in 12 days -- what should I get up to, d'you think? If I get anything worthwhile, I'll bang them up here for folks to see... but I honestly don't expect to, given that they're meant to be little more than medium experiments. (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
02:25 pm snape_potter [jin_fenghuang] [Link]	Art and Fic Title: When all is Said and Done (Art), The Memories That Matter Most (fic) Author: anonymous Artist: jin_fenghuang Rating: R Warnings: Art: The pictures shown here are snarry only, if you want to see the others please follow the link to my journal. Fic: infidelity, divorce, Snape/Harry (Harry/Ginny, Ginny/Dean) Please follow the link to the fic! Disclaimer: I am not JKR, or this would be canon. Summary: Harry doesn't need the photographs in order to remember – but he keeps them nonetheless, his forever memories. The art is part of my snarry_games art and a wonderful author wrote an accompanying piece for it for me in the snarry_holidays. Enjoy! ( Read more... ) Tags: art, jin_fenghuang, rating: r (Leave a comment)
11:22 pm snape_potter [alisanne] [Link]	The Best Reason Title: The Best Reason Author: alisanne Rating: G Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter Written for snape100's challenge #256: Love, actually. Word Count: 100 Warnings: Not much Snape to be seen. Beta: sevfan Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only. The Best Reason Current Mood: calm Tags: alisanne, drabble, rating: g (Leave a comment)
12:09 am dailysnitch [bewarethesmirk] [Link]	The Daily Snitch: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Actors and Movies: Robert Pattinson, One Sexy Hufflepuff Video Now Online from Dan Radcliffe, Richard Griffith Interview on "Charlie Rose" Show Tom Felton talks comedies and Draco Malfoy WB Adds New Trailer to "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" Website New Quidditch Half-Blood Prince video game screencaps Communities: dramione_awards opened Round 4 of nominations through Dec. 4 snarry_games posted the 2008 Art Games Medal Ceremonies Essay: darth_gojira wrote about why s/he ships Neville/Hermione Fandom: shoebox_project was hacked again. Users are advised not to click on any links that are posted there or on dorkorific News: Video: Arthur Levine talks Harry Potter books & publishing Winners of Harry Potter costume contest announced First Mary GrandPre Harry Potter exhibit report online Participate: New contest for UK residents to win a trip to the Beedle the Bard release party with JK Rowling PotterCast is looking for editors Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! Tags: wednesday (Leave a comment)
November 19th, 2008
11:46 pm snarry100 [torino10154] [Link]	Dream a Little Dream of Me Title: Dream a Little Dream of Me Author: torino10154 Word Count: 100 Rating: R Challenge 136: Dreams Highlight to Read Warning: Discussion of bottom!Snape but it's all a dream ;) Disclaimer: They belong to JKR. I'm just letting them play. A/N: Title is from the song of the same name. Tags: challenge 136: dreams, torino10154 (Leave a comment)
11:22 pm cluegirl [Link]	Thanks! Great set of discussions today -- thank you to all who chimed in. (And sorry that my work of day had me away from the computer for longer than I'd anticipated. I'd intended to jump in a lot more often than I was able to do, but still enjoyed reading the interplay. (In case it's not clear, I crossposted this morning's invitation to debate between my Cluegirl accounts at LJ and IJ, and also to the LJ where I pretend to be an actual grown up with responsibilities and a career and suchlike. The threads of discussion were similar in all three, but different enough to have made the cross-post well worthwhile.) Cheers! C (Leave a comment)
11:37 am snape_potter [lilyseyes] [Link]	FIC: harry100 ~ Safe Title: Safe Author: lilyseyes Characters: Harry Potter, Severus Snape Challenge: #7: Nox Rating: PG Length: 100 Warnings: AU, Harry is 13, pre-slash if you squint, set during POA Summary: Disclaimer: JKR owns the Potterverse – I just play in it. No money is made from these amateur works. Safe Current Mood: busy Tags: drabble, lilyseyes, rating: pg (Leave a comment)
10:38 am cluegirl [Link]	For the anthropologists / biologists / theologists / utter geeks on my flist: an invitation Homosexuality might be (in part,) a biological failsafe against population density outstripping available resources. Discuss and debate. Yes, I know. I know it's not that simple -- the opening statement is just meant to get the ball rolling. Bring all the data you want to the table, and whatever theories you fancy as well. Let's have it all... except the tablebanging religious dogma please, because that just gives people gas, you know. (19 comments \| Leave a comment)
12:13 am cluegirl [Link]	Pfuck! What's happened to Skyehawke??? Is it gone? Really gone -- gone? Because the last time it was 'kinda gone', I lost dozens of feedback comments, and... well, fine, call me shallow and all, but I'm not all that sanguine about my having the heart to rebuild or re-update there if it's lost again. As amanuensis1 says, it would be another triumph of entropy over creation, and it would make me very very sad indeed. And that's not even getting INTO the number of my favorite stories which I have only ever located there! No, Skyehawke being kaput is Not Allowed. It makes the Maiden Brighid cry, and that's never a good thing. Not allowed at ALL. Someone tell me it ain't so... please? Edit: I was tired and panicking last night when I made this post. There is nothing wrong with Semagic, I just typed in the wrong bloody word. It's Skyehawke that has me in a froth -- please forgive my error. (7 comments \| Leave a comment)
02:18 am candy_blog [Link]	Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Almonds http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/candyblog/~3/DqlfRIoG6Pk/ http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/item/trader_joes_dark_chocolate_almonds/#When:02:18:01Z Chocolate covered almonds. Ho hum, how many different version of them could there be? I mean, they’re just almonds and in this case, some dark chocolate. I think chocolate covered almonds but great and probably don’t need to be mucked around with. However, it’s 2008 and it’s not an innovative product unless it contains evaporated cane juice or sea salt. But wait, Trader Joe’s has it all wrapped up here with Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Almonds made with Belgian chocolate and sprinkled with sea salt and turbinado sugar. Could they be more on top of trends? I think not! What’s turbinado sugar? That’s the large crystal unfiltered stuff you’ve seen before, often sold as Sugar in the Raw or in the UK, it’s called demerara. The effect of adding the two crystals to the chocolate coating is bumpiness. No more glossy ovules that look like olives. Instead they look like miniature Oak Galls. They smell woodsy, a little astringent. I expected them to be messy like the cocoa rolled version of chocolate covered nuts, but these were mercifully neat, only bearing a scuffed appearance but not powdery residue. Without the waxy glaze on the outside, the flavor and melt of the chocolate was readily accessible - and the chocolate was tasty and smooth. The deep crunch of the nuts were balanced with the high pitched staccato interruptions of the salt and sugar crystals. Not knowing if that little nugget was going to be sweet or salty was kind of fun. But some nuts were extremely salty, to the point where the neighbors and I made faces from time to time. But it wasn’t so bad that we didn’t keep eating them. I think I’ll probably stick to the plain ones from now on, the Russian Roulette is just to stressful, or if I need an additional salty pop, I’ll go for Sconza’s Toffee Almonds. Related Candies Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Covered Pretzel Bites Short & Sweet: Fancy Food Bites Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels Das French Salted Caramels Charles Chocolates (Leave a comment)
07:02 am dailysnitch [oddnari] [Link]	The Daily Snitch: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Actors and Movies: Emma Watson turned on Christmas tree lights in London to mark the opening of the Somerset House Ice Rink. Daniel Radcliffe appeared on The Early Show in New York to discuss his Broadway play Equus. His Inside the Actors Studio interview is scheduled to air on December 1, 2008. In a new interview with Digital Spy, Tom Felton talks about some of the bizarre gifts he's received and the fan reactions he gets across the globe. Challenges: pphp_challenge is a new community featuring Pansy Parkinson/Harry Potter. They have announced prompts for their first challenge. grangersnape100 have posted their Week 45 Challenge: Grey Night Shirt. colourful_bat have announced the Winter Solstice Challenge. draco100 posted prompt #15: Shadows. dramione_awards have opened have announced a special winter one-shot challenge. Communities: draco100 made a round-up post for Prompt #14. Nominations for the fourth round of have dramione_awards have opened and all are encouraged to nominate their favorite art and one-shots through Friday, December 4, 2008. Only one week left to submit prompts for the Drapery and Snarco Fest. You can submit prompts at livejournal and insanejournal. Discussions: iulea_linnea has posted a poll on fic prompts. Fandom: The Leaky Cauldron has announced a major sale underway at the official Harry Potter shop, which includes pieces from the Tonner Doll collection and the Noble Collection. heidi8 has made a post asking people in fandom to submit proposals for programmes for Azkatraz 2009. Hot Art: First look at Mary Grandpré's art exhibition in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The exhibition also showcased an alternate cover for Deathly Hallows. Updates: son_of_darkness has updated The Comprehension Series with Chapter 61. elfflame updated The Sultan's Slave with Chapter 28 (Harry/Draco, Sirius/Remus, Harry/Tonks, others implied; PG-13) bamachick updated Severus Snape Revealed Part I with Chapter 82 (Severus Snape; Mature). Searches: mewmar is looking for bottom!Draco recs in German and/or Spanish. daily_snitch are looking for fanfic, fanart, communities and resources featuring Dolores Umbridge Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! Tags: tuesday (Leave a comment)
November 17th, 2008
11:36 pm dailysnitch [padmekenobi] [Link]	The Daily Snitch: Monday, November 17, 2008 Actors and Movies: David Thewlis talks Tonks, Half-Blood Prince & Deathly Hallows Video: Devon Murray on Podge & Rodge show (NSFW) New Harry & Ginny Slug Club Half-Blood Prince photo Pattinson set to take Efron crown? Dan Radcliffe to appear on "Charlie Rose," "CBS Early Show" tomorrow (Tuesday November 18th) New Hermione & Dumbledore Half-Blood Prince magazine scans Challenges: hermionesirius has a new oneshot fic challenge dramione_ldws has Round 2 Challenge #11: Voting snape100 has Challenge #256 Communities: jphp_slash has Mod Post: The future of the community snarry_holidays has Weekly Wrap-Up: November 10-16, 2008 Discussions: solar_cat discusses The art of name mashups princessofg discusses Marriage: Another Empty Signifier? alchemia discusses naming conventions in genderswap fic beccastareyes discussed Harry Potter Houses General Interest: PotterCast 172.5: Bonus Episode - Reacting to the New Trailer Due to a server move, LiveJournal.com will experience a planned outage beginning at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time Harry Potter fan bumps into J.K. Rowling in Edinburgh cafe Calendar Contest winners announced Hot Rec: Balanced on the Sword's Edge by Anonymous (Rated NC-17, Lucius/Harry) News: Steven Vander Ark's new book approved by JKR's lawyers Beware of not-so-High Def Harry Potter discs Nifty: HPFantrips is giving away two tickets to "Equus" for this Thursday night (November 20th) Participate: LeakyCon proposal submissions open Searches: daily_snitch is looking for fanfic, fanart, communities and resources featuring Dolores Umbridge Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! (Leave a comment)

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