Somewhere Over The Rainbow

A wonderful writer has gifted me with an incredible Ryan O'Reily story for oz_magi. It's a series of scenes going from childhood to just past Cyril's accident with many entertaining detours in between.

Check it out - In the Before

Fellow Ozzites -

Run, don't walk to take a peek at bitter_crimson's Death Montage.

Every OZ death set to the music of the can-can.

So, I've been busy writing drabbles for the halfamoon community. Here's what I've done so far:

Three Drabbles Featuring Ladies in Law Enforcement - Justified (Rachel Brooks), Life (Dani Reese), and Life (Jane Seever)

Three Drabbles Featuring Ladies Outside the Law - OZ (Shirley Bellinger), Leverage (Parker), and Thelma & Louise (Louise Sawyer)

Three Drabbles Featuring Daughters - Now Voyager (Charlotte Vale), The Sopranos (Meadow Soprano), and Mad Men (Sally Draper)

I think the drabble I wrote for Meadow has been my favorite one so far. And surprisingly, the first thing I wrote for Justified wasn't the Art/Raylan fic of my dreams, but a little piece about Rachel who is my favorite woman on the show (but it does manage to mention both Art and Raylan *g*).

I also want to rec fics from the latest round at femslash_minis. It's a remix round and the masterlist is here. There's a lot of really good writing for the Buffy/Angel/Firefly fandoms, so check it out if you're interested.

We have a newcomer to the OZ fandom, ellu_ellu who has just begun a WIP about Rosalie Schibetta as she deals with the fallout from Peter's murder (in a way that would make her late father-in-law very proud).

It's definitely not the usual Oz faire, so I would encourage anyone who's willing to go over and check it out. Or just go over and say 'hi' and welcome ellu to the fandom.

Here's the link to the story - Somewhere Over the Rainbow

My Oz Magi story could have been submitted by tomorrow, but I am SO glad they extended the deadline just because I'm still not sure about the ending. I'm pretty happy with the rest of it though, so that's a good thing.

The job situation is still iffy. There are transportation issues involving my lack thereof and the fact that they've put me at an entirely different location than the people I'd be working with (which is an hour away by bus(es) for me). So they might want someone who can go back and forth more quickly between the two locations (although I was told that they were informed of my transportation situation before I started). I'll either be there for the two-year duration or I'll be gone by the end of the year - nothing like a little job security. Right now though there is literally nothing to do there. I know it'll get busy eventually.

My brother is bringing his girlfriend over for Christmas Eve. I could really do without that.

Set some fandom-centric New Year's Resolutions - write a few drabbles (particularly some of the hardtime100 ones that I've missed), post what I have finished on "Great Risks" (the story still isn't done though), and update the McManus links page with descriptions of the stories and any links I may have missed in the past few months (please feel free to tell me if I've missed anything).

Speaking of that, if you haven't read it, do check out severina2001's Change of Priorities. It's 100 words of pure love.

By the way, I know some of you have been missing my hockey posts *g*. I really do love my Blackhawks (especially when they shutout the Wings).

I should check in before then, but if I don't... I hope you enjoy the holidays!

There is a wonderful Mad Men fic written by fallen_womandepicting Pete and Hildy's relationship before and after the Season 3 finale.

Office Wife

Spoilers abound, so make sure you watch the finale before reading this fic.

Just read an excellent Pete/Peggy fic by lila82. It'll make more sense if you've seen the episodes "Meditations in an Emergency" (Season 2 finale) and "The Fog" (3.04). The fic "Here's Your Future" is here.

... still not employed. I'm going to have to call in as available again to my temp agencies.

The radish seeds that I planted are starting to sprout. I'm curious about how big they're going to be allowed to get before the rabbits start eating them. Big, killer bunnies in the backyard. I need to get out and weed some time this weekend - between the raindrops.

Before I weed, I have to do something about the ant problem in the house. One would think that with all the water outside, they wouldn't need to come in for it, but they are all over the kitchen and the bathroom. I hate ants.

I think Vancouver has eclipsed Detroit in my most-hated hockey team category. And last night didn't really help. I really hate that Boston is playing Carolina, but at least that means that one team I'm rooting for will get to the conference finals.

I need to continue/start working on my entry for spring_with_xan. What's weird is that neither one of them is what I'd planned to write. There are a couple of free-for-all days left, so I might be able to post them then.

And here's a little something by iambickilometer for the Dollhouse fans. It's Boyd/Topher.

BTW, if you want to participate in the drabble meme or if you just want to prompt me, the info is here.

Went to see "State of Play" yesterday. It was okay, but I think it lost a bit going from the miniseries to film. It still was fairly involving and intense and Russell Crowe as usual was good.

There was a preview of "Public Enemies" (Johnny Depp!) - I'm really looking forward to that movie. I expect there to be some good slash coming out of it too.

I think I've caught pretty well up on my reading, but if there's something I've missed or not responded to that I should have, feel free to nudge me.

I'm wickedly procrastinating on my fic for lgbtfest. It's due Sunday and I haven't got a word in the computer. I don't know what I'm waiting for.

On that note, generally I really hate RPF, but I've been reading fic under the pundit tag at lgbtfest like there's no tomorrow. One that I really like is called The Sculpter's Model Sends Regards by Sarken. Sort of a coming-out story in reverse.

Blues were swept out of the playoffs last night on an OT goal. I didn't think I'd get as sad as I did about it, but it was depressing as hell. I hope my beloved Blackhawks win tonight. They played really well on Monday, so I can't fault them for losing, but I'm not sure I can take another loss right now.

Off to write!