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03 August 2010 @ 07:25 pm

I'm super excited about the cliché prompts you guys gave me, but there's also the part where I am a SUPER-SLOW writer. Case in point, here's a fic I've been working on for more than a year and a half, no joke; which I am tossing out on its bum now before it starts growing mold.

I adore this pairing and I've wanted to express that for a long time now. Consider this my imperfect ship manifesto.

flying, free
Naruto
Neji/Hinata, NC-17
~2000 words
Spoilers through Chapter 105.

I know why the caged bird beats his wing Till its blood is red on the cruel bars; For he must fly back to his perch and cling When he fain would be on the bough a-swing; And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars And they pulse again with a keener sting-- I know why he beats his wing!
~"Sympathy", Paul Laurence Dunbar

( When his wing is bruised and his bosom soreCollapse )

Current Mood: cold-ridden

I've been struck by a sudden burst of writing--something, at the same time as I increasingly have the suspicion no one will want to read any of it. Case in point, here is a Shikamaru/Kurenai piece I've been sitting on for a little while. Because I LOVE THE TASTE OF OBSCURITY, apparently. Mmm, mmm.

Advance and Follow
Naruto
Shikamaru/Kurenai, implied Asuma/Kurenai, R
~750 words
The ones left behind. Spoilers through Chapter 342.
( The future is oursCollapse )

( Naruto 406 HOLY GOSHCollapse )

In other news, if I didn't already know I was premenstrual, I would start to suspect it after the display of waterworks this weekend. I'm feeling very leaky--good and bad emotions, everything makes me want to cry. First I cried because I was sitting in my apartment by myself on a Saturday evening feeling friendless and singularly unfriendable; then I cried because people said incredibly nice things to me. I cried and cried and couldn't stop. I felt so grateful and wished so hard to someday be able to do credit to my friends' belief in me by believing it myself.

Shit, I'm crying now. See? LEAKY. Drip, drip, drip.

Also: foreverdirt made a post of win, part of which was a link to this video: Weezer, "Pork and Beans". Not only am I completely addicted to this song now, I'm finding it strangely inspirational--to the point that, yeah, it made me cry a little bit, too. I'm clinging to the lyrics like an anthem--though my defiance is directed less at the outside world and more at the part of myself that produces negative thoughts and pressure ("I ain't got a thing to prove to you", shouted at the top of my lungs).

I'm not dandy with the me inside, of course--that's maybe the one big thing I've realized about myself in the last couple of years--but this song reminds me that that's where I want to be. And the sheer cheerful dorkiness of the video--a bunch of people making good music and just doing their respective things--makes me think that maybe I can get there.

In sum: THANK YOU, INTERNET. You make things so much less crappy than they would be otherwise.

Current Music: guess?

Current Mood: hormonal

Things I did today:

1. failed at speaking Mandarin
2. felt awkward and out of place

So, a bit of a failure.

Things that cheer me up:

1. Improv Everywhere
2. Funny Amazon.com reviews
3. Freaking out about Naruto 397, asdkjhadslf COME ONNNN

Current Mood: sick, lonely

01 September 2007 @ 07:40 pm

25 August 2007 @ 02:01 am

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*passes out*

Current Mood: ABOUT FREAKING TIME? Y/N

15 August 2007 @ 11:41 pm

I'm a little late to the party, but I've seen this meme going around: When you see this, post a little weensy excerpt from as many random works-in-progress as you can find lying around. Who knows? Maybe inspiration will burst forth and do something, um, inspiration-y.

This is kind of embarrassing, like having guests over and letting them see my gigantic pile of laundry, laundry which has passed the point of unwashed and is nearing archaeological significance. These bits here range from a few weeks to a few years old, and there is a sadly small probability of any of them ever being completed. I say this not because I don't like them anymore, but just because I know me.

BLEACH
( The one that's mostly just Chad and Ichigo being cuteCollapse )

The Charioteer
( The one that's mostly just Laurie being thinkyCollapse )

FAKE
( The one where Ryo and Dee both sleep with Berkeley, and then they have a threesomeCollapse )

FFVII
( The one where Zack meets AerisCollapse )
( The one where Cloud gets religion in the North CraterCollapse )
( The extremely silly one that's based on a heinous pun about the Slash-all materiaCollapse )
( The one where Cloud comes to Midgar, meets Zack, blah blah you know how it goesCollapse )

FFX
( The one where Auron decides to be nicer to Jecht, and then they have sexCollapse )
( The one where Auron has culture shockCollapse )

Good Omens
( The one where Crowley is a girl, and has a babyCollapse )

Naruto
( The one where I can't resist writing a KakaIru get-together ficCollapse )
( The one where Sakura and Naruto are both stupid in love with Sasuke, i.e. CANONCollapse )
( The one where Haku gets sick and Zabuza gets introduced to some nasty feelings (like fear)Collapse )

Samurai Champloo
( The one where Mugen and Fuu continue his reading lessonsCollapse )

Sandman
( The one with Rose and Dream that I barely rememberCollapse )

SGA
( The one in which John is a girl, thanks to a handy Ancient (plot) deviceCollapse )

That's- wow. Rather a lot. And I didn't follow the instructions quite literally, or it would be even worse.

The sad thing is, I'm pretty sure this is the most fic I've posted in well over a year.

03 August 2007 @ 10:03 pm

01 August 2007 @ 10:10 pm

OK, is it just me, or would Shikamaru and Sokka get along like awesomesauce? The ponytail, the sarcasm, the grumbling about girls, the caring a lot about one's friends underneath it all, the getting paired up with girls who kick their butts, the...names that start with S?

This extremely random thought brought to you by this fanart, which for some reason made me think of Sokka when I first glanced at it. Maybe it's the sleeveless shirt-thing. And the snow? IDK.

...

OK, a quick devArt search reveals that it's been done. Thank goodness, I THOUGHT MAYBE I WAS CRAZY.

Current Mood: anyone? anyone?

Current Music: Cowboy Bebop, "The Real Folk Blues"