Creatively Girt

Give me a prompt in the following format:
fandom + pairing + color + title of an album
fandom + pairing + color + title of a movie
fandom + pairing + color + title of a book

I havent had much inspiration of late, so thought this might help.

You can choose just one, two or all three (though unless the Muse is super excited I will only choose one prompt). I make no guarantees to write them all - I'm just hoping the Muse will come to the party.

You all know my ships - if you need a refresher, check out my recent shipping meme or my shipping masterlist.

So I finished the first draft of a fic yesterday. This morning I opened it back up to go through it and tweak and what not, only for some reason nothing of what I did yesterday saved. I looked in other folders, hoping that maybe I had just saved the newest version of the file somewhere else, but that came up with nothing. So now I have to go back and re-write the page I wrote yesterday. *head desk* Why don't all word docs automatically save every minute????

I mentioned in my last post that I went to fanfiction.net the other day and that I almost never go there. Well, I never go there anymore. Back in the day, when I was just beginning to get into various fandoms, I did go there a bit (though for most of my few fandoms I read and posted fic to different websites). Anyway, the funny thing is that yesterday I got an email from fanfiction.net saying someone had posted a review at both my Dark Angel fics that I uploaded there six years ago.

This amuses me on two levels. One, I think its funny I go to ff.net one day and the next day I get a review for one of my fics. Two, I cant believe someone is reading something from six years ago!

For those of you interested - my ff.net profile. There are six stories there: 3 Roswell, 2 Dark Angel and 1 Alias fic.

The website I posted my other Roswell fics at has since disappeared and I honestly cannot remember where I posted my Dawsons or Voyager fics. And I'm pretty sure I had more Alias fics, but I dont know where they were posted either. LOL.

Anyway, feel free to check it out and laugh an my writing. :O)

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And, on a semi-related note, ( handwriting meme )

Damnit. Why can't I write??? I have several ideas, I've been sitting at my laptop for about an hour and its just not working for me. The best I have been able to manage is writing a few paragraphs and then deleting them and starting over again - I've done that about five times now.

Where are you, Muse??? Come back!!!!

GIP. Again. James in a hat ... *drool*

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Okay, so here is a rundown of my weekend.

Friday:

My boss left work at about 1.30/2.00ish and tells me I can leave now too. That would be awesome, if she didnt pick the one day I was staying in the city to go out after work. Of course the one day she says I can leave early I cant anyway. But then I decided if she said I could leave early it meant I could leave work and go shopping. :O) So I did. I bought a few DVDs - The OC Season Four (the only season I've bought - Ryan/Taylor FTW), Dead Like Me Season One (so I dont have to borrow it off my suster anymore) and Liar Liar (it was on sale).

Then E (my sister) and I went to Lygon St and had dinner. It was drizzling but we still decided to eat outside coz the cafe was hot and stuffy, and there were large umbrellas so we wouldnt get rained on. Which was fine. And then it started raining sooo heavily. Biggest raindrops ever. And it was fine, we got a bit of mist from the edges of the table but still not rained on. But then I realised, all the rain was falling onto the ground, and rolling down the slight slope of the footpath, and the bottom of my jeans got soaked. Not fun.

Then after eating we went and saw December Boys. It was good. It wont be for everyone - very character driven, as opposed to plot driven. Dan was excellent. Seriously. As for the Oz accent, I thought it was really good. I could hear the Brit coming through once in a while but on the whole, very good. I wont say more for those of you out there who havent seen it and dont want to be spoiled.

Saturday:

In the morning (like 9am) E and I went shopping. I needed a new top for the hens night I was going to that night (and for my trip) so I needed her second opinion. We did a few other things while we were out before I went back to her house to make a post over at hermione_ldws saying the result and challenge posts would be coming later because my net at home had died. Thats right, it has died again. Stupid bigpond. Anyway, then I left E's and went to pick up auxetoiles23 from the station.

auxetoiles23 and I are going overseas soon but we hadnt actually met each other before. LOL. But it was totally great. *squishes her* I took her back to my house coz my mum wanted to meet her. I think my mum wanted to make sure she wasnt a 45yo male or something, since we met online. LOL. So she met my mum and I showed her around my place and some of my stuff from my last holiday. Then we went to Highpoint. Got some food, did a bit of shopping for the trip, and went and saw The Nanny Diaries. It was okay - not as funny as I hoped but still okay. Pretty much what you expected it to be. Then we left and I dropped auxetoiles23 at the station before heading home. The next time we see each other will be in London!!!

I got home from Highpoint, got changed, and then my friends L and C picked me up to go out to the Hens Night. Honestly, C and I were a bit confused as to why we were invited. We arent that close with the bride (we were friends in high school - though not even close friends - and we only really see each other once or twice a year). Anyway, L dropped us off (he somehow didnt get an invite to the bucks night, despite being better friends with the groom than we are with the bride AND living with the groom for a bit in the past). C and I decided we were there because a) another high school friend is maid of honour, and we are close with her, and b) to make up numbers. LOL. Anyway, it was at one of those theatre restaurants. It was an okay night. There were a few funny moments - the climax of the show being one of the male actors gracing the stage in a Borat mankini comes to mind. LOL. So wrong but so funny. C and I didnt go out afterwards - L came to pick us up and I went home to bed.

Sunday:

E and I were supposed to go see Stardust. But by then I was knackered. LOL. Also, our older sister J was having one of those Enjo parties, so we thought we should probably go. So I went to J's at about midday so I could user her net for a bit before the party. The rest of the day was spent on the couch watching The OC.

So hopefully E and I (and her boyfriend) will be seeing Stardust some time this week.

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Since I have had no access to the internet, I have been skimming my flist at work. It got up to something like skip=250. If I missed anything, please let me know.

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Re: fic. I have been working on my smutty_claus fic, since its due a few days after I get back from my holiday. Alas, that means I have had to put aside my 7spells series. For those of you who remembered the writers block I was having with the smutty parts - I have written a bit more since the last time I complained about it, but its still not done. *cries* Hopefully I'll come back from my trip all rejuvenated and finish it in one go. *crosses fingers*

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Holiday Countdown - 10 days to go
Work Countdown - 7 days of work left

If you made it through all of that, I salute you!! :O)

Hope everyone has a good week.

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I have so much love for my flist for choosing Cary Elwes as their fave Robin Hood. Cary pretty much pwns everything he is in. He rocks.

Thanks for all the suggestions for what to call my Muse. There were some great responses - some of my faves include: Hamish, Bob and John Travolta. :O) Although right now all I can think of calling my so-called Muse is Miserable Bastard - I cant write anything at the moment. I sat down the other day to write one of my ABC challenge fics (no, I havent forgotten about them, I've just been busy with exchange fics). Anyway, sat down, wanting to write, and came out of it with a really crappy half a page of writing. Not happy.

For all those wondering, all the bands and artists in the poll, where a lot of you picked what exactly do all these people have in common??? - they are all playing the Australian leg of the Live Earth series of concerts. Personally I would love to go to the British one - David Gray, Damien Rice, Snow Patrol, Genesis, Madonna... The US one aint too bad either. :O)

Also in the poll, a lot of people chose 'other' for the Lost ships. Is that coz you dont watch it / ship anything or because your ship wasnt mentioned? If it was the latter I'd love to know your Lost ship.

Saw Shrek 3 today. Not as good as the first two but it had some amusing moments.

Musicspam!! Very random, but I hope someone finds something they enjoy. :O)

Soul Singin - Black Crowes
Do You Realize - The Flaming Lips
Easier to Run - Linkin Park
9 Crimes - Damien Rice
Addicted - Kelly Clarkson
Gravity - John Mayer
Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie
Body II Body - Samantha Mumba (Ashes to Ashes sample)
As - George Michael and Mary J Blige
Every Car You Chase - The Police & Snow Patrol (quality is not 100% but still ok)

Over the last few days I have watched the LotR trilogy for the first time in ages - I had forgotten how much I loved it.

There is a second OotP trailer. Every time I see something about this movie I want to see it more and more. Is it July yet???

I finished my first draft of my hghpficexchange fic and I have to say - I freakin love it. I dont know what everyone else (inc my recipient) will think of it but I am very happy with the way it turned out. I am struggling a bit with my sunandsmut fic though. :O( There is still some weeks til its due so hopefully The Muse will help me out with it.






Lest we forget.

The music meme has 10 out of 15 lyrics solved. Come on flist, I know you can get them all. :O) I have added some more lyrics to the unsolved songs if that helps.

Also, for all the James McAvoy fans and icon makes on my flist - go join/watch i_james - a James McAvoy stillness comm.

Is the day over yet???

I know I have been fairly quiet of late. Yes, I am still writing (though not as much as I would like I'm afraid) and I am still working on teh moodthemes. RL has been kicking my arse of late, hence why you guys havent seen much from me. But here is whats doing with me right now:

* Made it through the first challenges at raylor_lims and hermione_ldws. Huzzah!

* Have had some (for lack of a better word) issues with my holiday. Its a really long story which I wont go into - I am very hopeful that next week we can get it sorted and I can tell you guys about the changes to my holiday. I'm sure it will all work out okay - even better than my original holiday plan - but this limbo is so crappy.

* Dance has been translated into Russian!! Dance (in Russian). I got someone else to double-check the translation was spot on and she only saw one mis-translation. What should have been along the lines of she felt him tense was translated as she felt his arousal. LOL. Its been fixed now though.

* Because of the lovely Dave Matthews guest starring on an ep and me seeing some spoilery icons I finally caved and DL'ed all the S3 eps of House. :O) This also means that since I am now up to date and dont have to be worried about being spoiled again I have dipped my toe into the House fandom. Any of my US flisters into House??

* I went and saw Weird Al Yankovic last night. The concert itself once it actually started was very good. The rest of the night sucked. Here is how it went. There were 7 of us going so my half of the group met at my best friends house to meet with his work mate and his wife who had a seven seater and were driving. We got there at 5pm. Driver & Wife were supposed to be there at 5.15. He rocked up at 6pm - with no apology, nothing. This was extra annoying because one of my friends had specifically left work early and made the effort to be there on time. We got into the city fine but because we left so late we didnt have time to have a proper sit down dinner in a restaurant. So we went to a food court in Southbank and went to Nandos. The people there had major attitude, the cashier gave me a meal when I just ordered a burger and drink (and I didnt realise until too late), and when I finally ate said burger halfway through I bit into a small bone. Yeah. So anyway, we went and sat down in the theatre. Show was supposed to start at 8pm - at which time the support act, a crappy stand-up comedienne came on. She sucked. She left at 8.15 and then people were scurrying about the stage so we figured the show would start at 8.30. 8.30 came and went. 8.45 came and went. 9.00 arrived. The audience was getting a bit narky at this point so Weird Al came over the speaker to announce they were having technical difficulties with their projectors and they wanted to give the best show possible and they really appreciated our patience etc etc. We could tell before that that they were having tecnhincal probs but it should not have taken 45 minutes for them to announce it. Finally at about 9.20 the show started - with 2 out of the 3 projectors working. But like I said, once the show actually started, it rocked.

* When we were at the Arts Centre we saw posters for King Lear with Sir Ian McKellon. Thats right, Sir Ian is coming to Melbourne to do Shakespeare. I really wanted to go when I found out about it around a month ago but figuring no one would want to see Shakespeare with me I didnt ask. But when I showed the posters to my sis she was all 'that would be cool.' I take this as further proof I have the worst luck in the world. :O) So I called up this morning to see if they had any tickets left but of course they were all sold out.

* I had an RDO yesterday and went and saw Wild Hogs. It wasnt bad. And I saw a preview for PotC3 up on the big screen. *grins*

* For anyone who remembers this post with me squeeing with pride over my younger sis finally getting on board with the hp books - she is halfway through PoA and yesterday bought all the remaining books. *beams*

Well, I think thats everything. If you made it through all that you deserve a cookie. :O) Hope everyone has a good weekend. *loves*

This is something inell did a while ago and I thought I would give it a go.

Choose one letter and give me a prompt (a word starting with the letter you chose) and a ship. I will write a drabble/cookie/fic/epic novel with that ship and prompt and dedicate it to the person who provided the prompt. If more than one person chooses the same letter, I'm going to take the first one given.

One letter per person. But since I have no idea how many people will provide prompts I might let people provide additional letters some time down the track.

Usual disclaimers apply:

* You can request anything in the HP and Narnia fandoms
* Any ship can be requested - however you guys know what I usually write and if you give me one of the ships I write it is more likely to be done sooner. If you give me a ship/prompt that I cannot (for whatever reason) write then I will ask you to provide a different ship/prompt so you still get something.
* Depending on how many people prompt me (I am hoping to get all letters - but who knows) it may take a long time to complete.

Cheers.

ETA: To make things easier for all concerned. :O)

A // aphrodisiac - Draco/Hermione - wannabedesigner
B // baby - Harry/Hermione - alissomora
C // confusion - Fred/Hermione or Viktor/Hermione - mandy_jg
D // dance - Remus/Hermione - alexi_lupin
E // erase - Harry/Draco or Ron/Hermione - auxetoiles23
F // fireworks - Trio - cyclonejuliet
G // gigantic - Harry/Ron - kerryblaze
H // home - Tumnus/Lucy - fran06
I // intense - Remus/Hermione - slashissilly
J // joke - gen or Remus/Hermione - lady_game
K // kiss - Viktor/Hermione - inell
L // lightning - Harry/Ron or Harry/Ron/Seamus - maple_mahogany
M // mine - Tumnus/Lucy - narnialovers
N // never - Trio or Draco/Hermione - eclipsed_sky
O // only one - Tumnus/Lucy - beautyfish
P // parseltongue - Trio - simons_flower
Q // quandary - Trio or Remus/Tonks - bridgets_cross
R // rain - Remus/Hermione or Trio - chocky_mousse
S // scar - Ron/Hermione - midnight_writer
T // tattoo - Remus/Hermione - maddyriddle
U // unique - Harry/Hermione - fehrlybrendan
V // vanilla - Viktor/Hermione or Trio - lorraineblue
W // want - Sirius/Hermione - mrs_remus
X // Xerox - Harry/Hermione cobaltcrafter
Y // yearning - Trio - mrsquizzical
Z // zoo - Harry/Lucy (crossover) or Remus/Hermione - argosy