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Dec. 20th, 2010 06:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hoosierbitchMy car's broken. And I'm getting it fixed, but paying for the repair with money that I'm borrowing from my parents that they can't really afford to lend. So. That could be going better.
This also means that I'm still stuck in Bumfuck instead of being home last Friday. So it's just me, kettlecorn-and-seaweed (IT IS LIKE SUSHI ONLY NOT), and rum-and-coke. AND White Collar season 1 - some friends of ours who are moving in January left a bunch of their stuff in our apartment, INCLUDING THEIR GIANT TELEVISION AND PLAYSTATION. Blu-ray is actually as cool as the commercials say it is. And the picture quality on this TV? INSANE. IT IS LIKE MATT BOMER IS ACTUALLY IN MY LIVING ROOM. White Collar's the only show I've watched so far where the ultra-detail only adds to the perfection. Their acting's wonderful. I love Tim DeKay's mouth creases.
Have been reading some plays. Scarcity is fucking brilliant - read the last five pages absolutely breathless.
Ohohoh and an update - I am officially directing Romeo and Juliet next semester! Definitely a challenge, but one I feel confident I can meet, as I can research and prepare like nobody's business. I think it's a good sign that I've already started directing it in my head whenever I'm bored. I'm pondering doing the balcony scene on a ladder. Possibly with lanterns and flashlights as the only source of illumination. "What light through yonder window breaks..."
This may mean a sequel to be all my sins remembered. I never did get to the corset-and-candle-kink sex scene that inspired the whole damn thing!
Also, I know that I am weeks behind in replying to comments, and I am very sorry. I really really do appreciate comments - especially feedback on my stories! - and I will try to catch up soon. I know I also owe a bunch of people emails - sorry I suck. :-( I think next semester I may need to take an official fandom hiatus. 'Cause right now I just feel like a bad friend.
But before I do that there are five fics I need to finish - Roman!AU for Elr, Neal-with-AIDS, hurt!Eliot, the sequel to Sore, and the-WIP-that-haunts-me-at-night.
To that end - I'mma do the WIP meme! Only not really, because it tells you to only post a sentence, and I want to post more than that. So:
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU WRITING?
*
"The senator’s dead," Jones whispered from behind his right shoulder. "The whore was here the whole time, but is claiming that he didn’t do it. Ruiz is ready to take him to the chambers to make sure he's not withholding - should I accompany him?"
Peter'd seen the whore before. He was sure of it. Something about the eyes, the angle of his chin, the tension running down his curved spine. He just couldn’t quite place him. He doubted he'd ever seen the man like this before - naked, covered in blood and probably semen. Possibly tears.
"Tell Ruiz to go find a phallus and sit on it. This one's mine."
He could practically feel Jones stiffen behind him, hear him stifling the urge to ask Peter to reconsider. The politics of the senate were a delicate game and Peter'd never claimed to be anything other than a blunt instrument. This room, with its gold trim and brocade fabrics, the sumptuous odor of roses drifting on the air, the blood that may as well have run purple for all its richness - this room was not a place Peter belonged.
He waved Jones away and stepped towards the whore. Put his hands on his hips, fingers falling comfortably in the grooves of his leather armor, and surveyed his witness.
"Well, I'll be damned."
*
After the job at the VA hospital Nate had been sure that this gig was too good to be real. Too good to last. Four thieves and an insurance agent? It barely even made a mediocre knock-knock joke, let alone a business plan. So he kept his cards close to his chest and his skepticism even closer.
But then—somehow—it had worked. They worked. Together, smoothly, over and over again.
A year and four months after that first VA job things went bad. And by then Nate had forgotten that they weren’t the good guys, forgotten that the world didn’t owe them, forgotten that in the end things don’t always balance out.
He’d stopped thinking that every day could be their last.
*
He just - he really wished that Gaila was there. So that he could ask her how these things were supposed to go, ask her if she knew of any stupid social rules he'd broken, some ritual he'd failed to observe. Ask her if she knew what the feeling was that had lodged itself deep in his belly after he'd seen them together. Maybe she'd know if it was something that he was doing wrong, or if it was just - him. Just something else he wasn't supposed to have.
*
I'm gonna go read about what Ancient Romans ate for breakfast, eat my popcorn, and ponder Mercutio's liminality. Or maybe I'll just get drunk and watch Spartacus: Blood and Sand. WATCHING SWEATY MEN ROLL AROUND IS V. IMPORTANT RESEARCH FOR MY ART.
This also means that I'm still stuck in Bumfuck instead of being home last Friday. So it's just me, kettlecorn-and-seaweed (IT IS LIKE SUSHI ONLY NOT), and rum-and-coke. AND White Collar season 1 - some friends of ours who are moving in January left a bunch of their stuff in our apartment, INCLUDING THEIR GIANT TELEVISION AND PLAYSTATION. Blu-ray is actually as cool as the commercials say it is. And the picture quality on this TV? INSANE. IT IS LIKE MATT BOMER IS ACTUALLY IN MY LIVING ROOM. White Collar's the only show I've watched so far where the ultra-detail only adds to the perfection. Their acting's wonderful. I love Tim DeKay's mouth creases.
Have been reading some plays. Scarcity is fucking brilliant - read the last five pages absolutely breathless.
Ohohoh and an update - I am officially directing Romeo and Juliet next semester! Definitely a challenge, but one I feel confident I can meet, as I can research and prepare like nobody's business. I think it's a good sign that I've already started directing it in my head whenever I'm bored. I'm pondering doing the balcony scene on a ladder. Possibly with lanterns and flashlights as the only source of illumination. "What light through yonder window breaks..."
This may mean a sequel to be all my sins remembered. I never did get to the corset-and-candle-kink sex scene that inspired the whole damn thing!
Also, I know that I am weeks behind in replying to comments, and I am very sorry. I really really do appreciate comments - especially feedback on my stories! - and I will try to catch up soon. I know I also owe a bunch of people emails - sorry I suck. :-( I think next semester I may need to take an official fandom hiatus. 'Cause right now I just feel like a bad friend.
But before I do that there are five fics I need to finish - Roman!AU for Elr, Neal-with-AIDS, hurt!Eliot, the sequel to Sore, and the-WIP-that-haunts-me-at-night.
To that end - I'mma do the WIP meme! Only not really, because it tells you to only post a sentence, and I want to post more than that. So:
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU WRITING?
*
"The senator’s dead," Jones whispered from behind his right shoulder. "The whore was here the whole time, but is claiming that he didn’t do it. Ruiz is ready to take him to the chambers to make sure he's not withholding - should I accompany him?"
Peter'd seen the whore before. He was sure of it. Something about the eyes, the angle of his chin, the tension running down his curved spine. He just couldn’t quite place him. He doubted he'd ever seen the man like this before - naked, covered in blood and probably semen. Possibly tears.
"Tell Ruiz to go find a phallus and sit on it. This one's mine."
He could practically feel Jones stiffen behind him, hear him stifling the urge to ask Peter to reconsider. The politics of the senate were a delicate game and Peter'd never claimed to be anything other than a blunt instrument. This room, with its gold trim and brocade fabrics, the sumptuous odor of roses drifting on the air, the blood that may as well have run purple for all its richness - this room was not a place Peter belonged.
He waved Jones away and stepped towards the whore. Put his hands on his hips, fingers falling comfortably in the grooves of his leather armor, and surveyed his witness.
"Well, I'll be damned."
*
After the job at the VA hospital Nate had been sure that this gig was too good to be real. Too good to last. Four thieves and an insurance agent? It barely even made a mediocre knock-knock joke, let alone a business plan. So he kept his cards close to his chest and his skepticism even closer.
But then—somehow—it had worked. They worked. Together, smoothly, over and over again.
A year and four months after that first VA job things went bad. And by then Nate had forgotten that they weren’t the good guys, forgotten that the world didn’t owe them, forgotten that in the end things don’t always balance out.
He’d stopped thinking that every day could be their last.
*
He just - he really wished that Gaila was there. So that he could ask her how these things were supposed to go, ask her if she knew of any stupid social rules he'd broken, some ritual he'd failed to observe. Ask her if she knew what the feeling was that had lodged itself deep in his belly after he'd seen them together. Maybe she'd know if it was something that he was doing wrong, or if it was just - him. Just something else he wasn't supposed to have.
*
I'm gonna go read about what Ancient Romans ate for breakfast, eat my popcorn, and ponder Mercutio's liminality. Or maybe I'll just get drunk and watch Spartacus: Blood and Sand. WATCHING SWEATY MEN ROLL AROUND IS V. IMPORTANT RESEARCH FOR MY ART.
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Date: 2010-12-21 12:35 am (UTC)Also? I need the White Collar AU so bad it feels like the want is trying to claw it's way from my body and grab it. But I'll be patient; I'm 100% certain it'll be worth the wait.
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Date: 2010-12-21 01:05 am (UTC)2) True, at least I didn't get stranded! That would have been less than ideal. As it seems you know from experience...
3) I am so glad you like that AU! It's trying to be looong, and I barely kept up with the Shakes!AU at 14k! So I'm not sure how I'm gonna handle this one. But it seems to really want a PLOT. And also lots of Neal being fucked as the centerpiece at dinner parties.
4) I LIKE YOU.
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Date: 2010-12-21 01:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-12-21 01:16 am (UTC)And the car thing wasn't actually all that dramatic. I now know, though, that if I have to repeat it I should try to break down next to a fire station again- firefighters, besides being delicious, always stop to ask what they can do. :) Also, I was Not Fired, just out a working car engine. So- silver lining there too.
And I second
And, aw, I like you too. *hugs*
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Date: 2010-12-21 12:38 am (UTC)Yeah, I'll miss you next semester, but we'll always have some summertime! I'll continue to love you to extra-special tiny bits, anyway.
*HUGS*
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Date: 2010-12-21 01:11 am (UTC)You are so wonderful! I probably won't be able to keep myself from writing fic from R&J as I research it. Maybe not while I'm directing it, 'cause that could get into creepy RPS territory...or maybe... *haz ideaz* Maybe there is a new actor playing Romeo, and Peter gets jealous, and much angry backstage sex is had. Neal on the balcony while they're working on something on the stage, just gazing out - man. That's a pretty picture.
BUT I AM NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT NOW. Because I am indeed working on expanding the snippets that are going to be your Roman!AU. :-) It will have much porns, I am thinking, and also maybe...politics. I DUNNO. You know how plot intimidates me! But I'm having a lot of fun working on it. I'm so glad you like that bit!!!!! ♥
If you made it out to Tinytown, I think I would pass out from excitement. I will let you know after auditions whether it's going to be a good production or not - I think, maybe, if I get the people I've got my eye on, it might actually be good. *wood knocked on and fingers crossed*
I adore you.
*HUGS BACK*
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Date: 2010-12-21 01:05 am (UTC)For that, I have only this:
{{{{{{{{{{{Youyouyou}}}}}}}}}}}}} I might have snuck in a fondling there. Uh, my hand slipped? Anyway.
About the R&J: YESSSSSSSSS!!!!! So happy for you!!! :-)
Also happy about your awesome TV.
I think I would do many embarrassing things to get more 'Sins Remembered'!!! So. Um. YES. Yes, dammit!
And whatever that is with the whore there? Um, more of that, please?
Oh and liminality is not pretentious! It is necessary!!! ;-)
Take care of you, hear?
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Date: 2010-12-21 01:14 am (UTC)I'm so glad you liked be all my sins!! It is the piece I am proudest of. I think.
*thinks about it*
Maybe tied with love is not a battlefield (i am no hercules)? I SHOULD MAKE A LIST SOMETIME.
The whore bit's from the Roman!AU that I'm writing as a thank you to Elr, who's loaning me her laptop (as she is secretly a goddess in disguise).
You make me smile.
♥
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Date: 2010-12-21 01:23 am (UTC)2. I'm very glad that you at least have WC S1 with you, though! I'm also very happy to see that my stories are still on your schedule. Thank you so much!
3. I hope that things go better soon. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help. I send many hugs and lots of love!
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Date: 2010-12-21 02:05 am (UTC)As to the stories - the HIV fic's still marinating nicely in the back of my head, but the Leverage one's still a bit unsettled. Have you seen the latest eps? I think the fic might fit in there...otherwise, what was the S1 ep you were thinking of (...or S2? Where he gets wet?).
Thank you so much for your patience and support! :-) I hope you're doing well!!
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Date: 2010-12-21 02:17 am (UTC)I haven't seen the last two episodes, but I've seen everything else.
I was thinking of 3x08, The Boost Job, in which Eliot is tossed into the water. He could easily end up with some sort of illness due to being out in the cold, all wet. Let me know whether or not this works for you!
I hope that you get home tomorrow, too! Moreover, your sister appears to be almost as awesome as you are. Anybody who quotes political theorists is pretty damn cool.
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Date: 2010-12-21 02:30 am (UTC)1. an address to which I should send any gifts I may make or buy
2. your amazon.com wish list if you have one, or a list of stuff you desire if you don't
If you were to provide me with that information, that would be super awesome.
Thanks!
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Date: 2010-12-21 01:40 am (UTC)Also? Hi.
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Date: 2010-12-21 02:07 am (UTC)HIS STUBBLE, IT IS SO SEXY.
Also? *smoosh*
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Date: 2010-12-21 01:53 am (UTC)Is roomie not there?
:) i hope the fic I love most is the super secrets one <3 b/c it still haunts me too :D
*HUGS*
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Date: 2010-12-21 02:13 am (UTC)BFF and ex-GF (AHAHA A WHOLE 'NOTHER STORY) left Saturday. At first, the space was very nice! But now I would like to be home.
Of COURSE it's your fic! I THINK I WANT TO WRITE THE FLIRTING BIT IN FIRST PERSON. I don't think I've written anything in first person before. Is this crazy? I can't tell. THE SPRINKLES, THEY ARE SO ROMANTIC. (...really, this will make sense and be heartwarming and not cheesy when I get it all written. Probably. I hope. IF ALL GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN...)
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Date: 2010-12-21 02:32 am (UTC)Also did you get the package I sent you?? (and untape your present that i squished to fit into the package)
<3 b/c I sent it to tinytown!
<3 I will cheerlead and praise anything you write for that <3 you know that already but just reminding you :)
i've missed you dear *hugs* glad you're going home soon!!
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Date: 2010-12-21 03:28 am (UTC)sorry you are so down. I am super excited about your fic, though. I think you know how much I love your Shakespeare AU and all of it sounds soooo good.
also, you have the best timing. i was just browsing plays at the bookstore while holiday shopping and whining about how there aren't any new plays on shelves that look interesting. and then you rec a play! thx
also, everyone slashes Mercutio/Romeo, right? Not just slash fans!
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Date: 2010-12-21 05:02 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-12-21 05:29 am (UTC)I, too, love Tim DeKay's mouth creases. And his shoulders. I just... SHOULDERS!
Congratulations on the directing gig! I'm curious to know what spin you'll put on the play- traditional? Modern setting? I think R&J is really fun to try to place somewhere else in time and possibly space. When you're ready to share details, I'm all ears. :)
I ADORE your fic ideas and the snippets are just the best! I totally LOVE Peter and the idea of him as a Roman centurion (I'm getting that right, aren't I? What, with the leather?) is just tasty and good.
And I would LOVE to read your hurt!Eliot fic. That is one of my kink buttons, let me tell you what. :)
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Date: 2010-12-21 07:07 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-12-21 04:57 pm (UTC)I understand you want to take a break from writing but you will keep us updated, yes? Please?
But I am so excited you are doing R&J!!!!!! -squishes you with joy-
One other thing: Do you like sparkly shiny things?
//random comments of randomness to your post.
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Date: 2010-12-22 05:58 am (UTC)