Merry Christmas and neutron pink wallpaper

Merry Christmas!

Happily ensconced at S.'s place. Stayed up waaaaay too late working on a latchhook rug when I realized how long it was going to take. You see, my logic circuits decided that this meant I should work on the rug AsFastAsPossible and try to FinishItAllTonight. Absurd, but no one said my logic circuits were logical.

S. has utterly spoiled me over the last few months. I've told you guys about the resort stay on my birthday, the dinners out every week, and the two of us hanging out every Wednesday and Saturday, right?

No?

There's been a resort stay, dinners out, shopping, and hanging out every week. Plus lots of other great stuff. I mean, really, really great. (I'll you NC-17 fic writers fill in the blanks.) Mostly at my place for a variety of reasons involving his townhouse and family, though the decor at his pad would be a good reason if we needed one:


Approximation of S.'s bedroom walls. Someone thought this eye-popping graph pattern, in bold navy blue vertical and red horizontal stripes, would make great wallpaper.

Now that S.'s Chinese grandmother is out of the way (that sounds like we offed her -- no, no, she's just away for Christmas, I swear) his ugly wallpaper is coming down, ha-ha-ha!

Er. Except... it turns out that underneath that ugly wallpaper is horrifying Pepto-Bismol pink paint. It's neutron pink. Can't look at it without getting double vision pink. It's the kind of color a taste-free six-year-old would pick out for her bedroom because "It looks like candy!"

I think I heard a "meep" sound from S. when he saw it. Not an actual sound, perhaps, but a silence that quietly wished that wallpaper back on the wall.

Anyway, I wish you and yours a Merry, merry Christmas. I'm lurking in fandom, reading fic here and there during this busy, busy time. Wrote my sga_santa fic shortly after the deadline. I'm filling out my grad school apps which are all due around January 1st, working till 10pm most nights, and all day Saturdays (more about my boss who thinks lunch breaks are optional in an 8-hour day), decorating S.'s place and mine ... and spending time with long-lost family. Which we all should do if given half a chance.

Merry Christmas, all.


ETA: Cracked wall update.
Primer problem.

Christmas fic cheer.

And for your entertainment ...

Cracked.com's 'Five Ridiculous Things You Probably Believe About Islam

I've noticed the Yuletide cheer spreading across my friends list. Come one, come all. One year I'm going to write one of these. In the meantime, have an sga_santa rec for Christmas:

A Fist Full Of Power Bars, SGA, teamfic, Gen, funnnny

Who wrote this? Can we have them cloned? John finally bests Ronon at something. "John had always imagined it would feel good to beat Ronon at something. It didn't. It felt fantastic!" We get note-perfect character voices -- especially John, who is 12 (if that). A plausible explanation of the weird initiation rituals. And the best end notes to a story, ever.

My own story was well-received. Meanwhile my fic writer was kind enough to write classic gender-switch for me. (grins) Best part: she actually considered some very plausible solutions to John's, er, problem. I found myself slapping my forehead. Why we didn't think of this before?

And The Plural For Penis Is? SGA, John/Rodney, NC-17, genderswitch

Hmm. And now I may just poke S. with a stick to see if he's still alive.

The Fanfic Ghosts of Christmas Past

I can't tell you what fic I wrote for SGA Santa. But! I can tell you what I've written for Christmas in the past:

2002

A Moment Of Sin, Harry Potter fandom, Snape-centric, R. Yes, for my first fandom Christmas I wrote prostitution fic.

2003

Christmas Lilies (ficlet), Harry Potter fandom, Harry/Percy, followup to Skinny Dipping. The lake glistened deep blue and silver with moonsplash, half-hidden by the sweep of willow trees. It was little more than a pond by daylight, but the night had transformed it into a beckoning mysterious paradise, alight under the half moon.

2004

The Walls Of Jericho, SG-1 fandom, Jack/Daniel, NC-17 overall, action adventure fic, worked Christmas mention into ongoing WIP and the rest of it's here.

2005

First Christmas, SGA, John/Rodney, PG, a jumper and a Christmas tree.

2006

Huh. No fic. But This post about things that I love about Christmas.

2007

Silent Night, SGA, Team fic, John/Rodney, PG-13. Christmas under the stars on an alien world.

2008

All Dressed Up And..., SGA, John/Rodney, R. Nothing says Christmas like crossdressing fic.

Out Of Bounds (Christmas scene), SGA, John/Rodney, epic figure skating fic. The rest of it is here. I think this is probably the happiest story I've ever written.

2009

Star Drive, SGA, Gen, PG-13. John, Ancients, and a fast new spaceship.

The Pandora Effect, SGA, Woolsey/John, R. Usually Richard avoids entanglements by focusing his affections on someone safely out of reach. But in the midst of a battle with the Wraith, an uncomfortable alliance, and disruptions on Atlantis, he is offered everything he could ever want and no man is completely immune.


And from my f-list: The 12 Most Unintentionally Disturbing Christmas Ads.