So since I've been slacking on Trainers, here's a little someting to chew on.


I have about seven other stories in varying degrees of being-finishedness. Allow me to share one that's done.

This is a bit of wish-fulfillment fantasy for any gay or bi person who's had a crush on a straight friend. All opinions expressed are very much my own. Why is bisexuality so hard for some people to understand? I actually find it impossible to understand those who are exclusively gay or straight. But that's just me. And, well, Dom. In this story, at least.

Dom/Billy
NC-17, but not all that porny by my standards
in fact, maybe a little schmoopy and unrealistic, but whatever

( 2am LA/10am Glasgow - We've been over this before, Dom. )

MiA doesn't even begin to describe it, you know? More like MiRL. In the past six months I've lost my job, turned 33 (age of hobbit majority-I'm a grown-up hobbit now!), graduated from college, broke two laptops, and got my gf knocked up. Go me!

A quick thanks to those who encouraged me through the dark times of procrastinating my way through classes while working. It was tough, for sure, but wearing the black cape and silly hat while my gf and my parents watched was way gratifying. Now comes the job hunt, and urgh. I hate that part.

And now I'm gonna be someone's mom. How about that? She's 6 weeks along, due at the end of January. I'm so excited I could cry. And have, quite a few times.

I miss all of you, and hope things are well. I'll try not to be a stranger now that the rough stuff is mostly behind me. Well, except for getting a job. And that whole baby thing. But besides that, you know? =)

This is Steve. 
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( Steve is hot. )

This is for Kia (punkmeanscuddle) for the Lotrips wedding ficathon.

I really hope you like it, Punkeh. Your writing is so fantastic; I hope I managed to come up with something you'll enjoy.

( something old, something rude, something borrowed, something skewed )

lordoftherings.net - the EE trailer is up

It looks amazing. And about 3/4 of the way into the trailer is a monaboyd moment that is just killing me. Not Billy's little clarification, but just shortly after.

Dom can say more with a single look than anyone I've ever seen.


Man, if anyone wanted a mood theme pic for 'unrequited', Dom just nailed it. My heart hurts.



and yes, Billy, you are beautiful

Ennui is an awesome word. I like that it makes me sound cool and smart. I anticipate that my paper will go up a full letter grade for using it. Yep.

*hugs cinco for being a good vocabularial influence*

If I thought loving a single paragraph could send me to hell, I'd be buying an asbestos suit. The last paragraph.

Now where's that handbasket?

Fuck. Me. Sideways.

Drivecest. Charliam. The best tig evah. Call it what you will. I call it fucking SCORCHING.


*refresh refresh refresh*

*hides from term paper due in six hours*

It's the end of the world as we know it
and I feel fiiiiiiiiiine

One of my favorite memories is being seventeen years old, at the end of my freshman year in college (which would make it 1989), at some kind of spring bash, wearing a t-shirt and a skirt I tye-dyed myself, dancing to this song. I just remember I felt so free, so alive.

I once dated a guy who memorized all of the lyrics of that song to impress girls. We were already hooking up when he told me that, and I remember feeling proud that I didn't need some song gimmick to be roped in. Oddly enough, every lyrics website has something different. Shouldn't there be a definitive version somewhere? Michael Stipe, you're such a freak. Love you.


So, hey! I lost my job on Friday, but I'm getting 3 months of severance pay, so it's all good. Sadly I've been sick all week, so I haven't been in the right mind-set for writing, but I will, I swear it.

Big thanks to those who sent recs for my school daze post. I'll tidy that up and make it nice and pretty, and post it in a place or two around town.

I'm thinking of doing a call for good first-time fics. They've always been my favorite, my weakness. I'm tempted to limit it to monaboyd, but I know I've read some orlijah first time stories that melted my knees. Hmm.


In the meantime, I leave you with this (cold-medicine addled) ficlet set in Trainers-verse:


"So what do you think about Billy?" Elijah's been wanting to start this conversation all morning, but the nerve has only just come to him now as he and Orli sit on a park bench drinking coffee.

Orlando pulls Elijah closer, presses soft kisses into his hair to stall for time to think. "I like him. He and Dom seem perfect for each other."

"But you'll miss him. Dom, I mean. If things work out for them." He doesn't mean to sound nervous. It's not like this should be so hard to talk about, but for some reason it is.

"Of course." Orlando draws back just enough to look into Elijah's eyes. "You'll miss him too, won't you?"

"Yeah." Elijah nods as he drops his gaze to the coffee cup in his hands. "But I'm kinda looking forward to having you all to myself. Is that selfish?"

Orlando laughs and sets both of their coffee cups on the ground before tackle-hugging Elijah. "It might be selfish if Billy were anyone else, but they belong together. There's nothing wrong with wanting Dom to be happy. And if that makes us happy in the process, then all the better, right?"

"Right!" Elijah giggles and hugs tighter, relieved.

Alright, I need to cheer myself up.

I want to put together a list of all AU lotrips stories set in schools. High school, college, whatever. RPGs and WIPs are welcome, and stories of our guys in other roles are good, too. (I know there was a fic that had Geoffrey and Ice Storm's Mikey and Astin's character from Toy Soldiers all off in a school somewhere. Did that ever get finished?)

Send me links and I'll compile them here in this post.

To start things off:

Fandom classics Football and Skaterboy by the lovely and talented deleerium. Love her. Like oxygen.


Here are two amazing RPGs that I never read until a week ago:
inclineoftrees and liebevoll
Both are monaboyd, and both feature great characterization and fantastic writing, and the funny thing is that they couldn't be more different from each other if they tried. Really addictive, in the best way.


Rec courtesy of rubynye: American Football Sadly, 'tis f-locked...


zoniduck pointed me toward Fraternity.



I found a few more thanks to nothing_to_say's link to the AU site.

Chemistry is set on a school campus where Dom and Elijah are teachers.

Fourth Floor, the preferred fic of band geeks everywhere.

Another RPG: uni_verse

The Young and the Rich. I loved this. I hope she's still working on it!

OMG The New Kid is adorable. I never read it before, and it's seriously the most cutest thing ever.

The best-titled fic ever: Love Like Mayonnaise

Iowa City - another marching band story. I haven't read this one yet. Yaye for new stories!

The Impulse Series by shanalle - Billy is the 'house mom' at a fraternity. Kinky! (but not really)


Basketcase, by circe_tigana, is currently flocked. Does anyone know if it's archived anywhere?



Keep 'em coming!

america sucks.

bush re-elected.
gay marriage failed everywhere.

why does my own country hate me?

and more importantly, why is it so cold in canada? alternatively, why is vancouver so far away from here? i would do it. i'm that upset that i'd seriously do it.

*cries*

Tangled
NC-17

Beware of the Charlie-abuse. The life of a junkie is never easy.
And the Shark is not inclined to make it any easier.


( He was having a very bad day. )

Eden
Claire/Charlie

Warnings for schmoop and a pregnant woman that hasn't been completely de-sexualized. Those raging hormones make you more sexed-up, not less. Or so I hear. Also, pregnant women lose a lot of modesty. Something about having your coochie on display on a regular basis makes you pretty matter-of-fact about it.

I think I wrote this in advanced penance for a fic where I'm abusing Charlie pretty terribly. ( The poor thing needs a little bit of hope every now and then. )

Okay, I totally just had to say that.

I'm having a really weird day. Feeling that kind of disconnected feeling, yeah? Maybe because I hate everyone I work with and my cinco isn't around for me to vent some steam. Or to make me feel slightly less insane.

The good news is that there's a *ton* of new Billy/Dom stories, so hopefully that will cheer me up or whatever. You lot have been busy! Speaking of which, I need someone to explain Eden to me. I love it, but have lingering questions. It's because I'm logical and Spock-like; sometimes being such a literal-minded thinker is a bad thing.

Also - I've mentioned this project before to a couple of folks - I'm putting together a FPS/RPS crossover story, and have decided I need a co-writer, particularly with the FPS stuff. I already asked someone, but she might say no, so if any other FPS writers think it sounds interesting, let me know.

My blah moods make it exceptionally hard to write Trainers. I want those two to be happy and cheery and la la la, and that's hard to write when you feel lonesome. If anyone thinks they can inspire some really happy writer-y feelings, please have at it. If you want to do that ask-my-character-a-question thingy or anything along those lines, that'd be cool.

*sigh*

Trainers on a Strange - 4e/7
later Thursday night
Dom/Billy AU
NC-17

previous parts

I love my betas, oh yes I do! cincodemaygirl and pinn2480 rock so very hard.
Also, big thanks to the people who gave some advanced input when I asked for it. Focus groups are usually anonymous so I haven't named names, but feel free to identify yourselves in the comments if you like.
bibliotech is bad-ass in the very best way, and I'm glad she's my friend.


This is the last part of the longest day *ever*. Whew! I'm looking forward to starting a new day.
Also, the NC-17 is well-earned here. You've been warned.

( later Thursday night - better than a trip to the spa )

Trainers on a Strange - 4d/7
Thursday night
Dom/Billy AU
NC-17

previous parts

This is the second half of Thursday night. Half is really a misnomer, because there's actually another small part after this as well.

Much beta love to pinn2480 for her excellent editing and to cincodemaygirl who was more patient than should reasonably be expected of a beta and held my hand when I needed it.

I'm gonna go lay down now.


( Thursday night - too much action )

Trainers on a Strange - 4c/7
Thursday evening
Dom/Billy AU
NC-17 for the series

previous parts

This is the first half of Thursday night. Beta Queens willing, I'll have the rest up today. I'm sorry for the long wait. Remember when I thought I'd do it all in a week? Hahahahahahhaha.

Muchas gracias to cincodemaygirl and pinn2480 (the latter of whom beta'd these two bits so long ago she probably doesn't even remember doing it), and my ever-loving monkey_pie.


( Thursday evening - So now what? )

between my two-week vacation, recovering from said vacation, driving ten hours each way to indianapolis for a wedding, and the start of the semester, which also happens to be my busy time at work, I haven't had much time to be around. please, if i've missed anything important, let me know. work is still crazy, and i'm out of town sometime this weekend, so i'm not really back, just giving a quick update. i apologize for feedback and other messages i haven't replied to.

i'm still working on trainers, i promise. unfortunately, the later chapters are coming to me a lot faster than the current one, but i'll have something up just as soon as i can.

*love to everyone*

What's better than ending a wonderful vacation sitting on a bench staring at the full moon's reflection on the warm ocean water with a half-eaten funnel cake on your lap and your wonderful, beautiful, sun-kissed girlfriend at your side? Not a fuckin' thing, man. Not a single fuckin' thing.

So I'm back after two weeks...what have I missed? Seriously. Any good stories? New pics? Gossip? Wank? Fill me in!

Here's a fun little series of vignettes that monkey_pie thought of and I wrote (longhand - and I have blisters to prove it!) and she betaed and added to and typed. It goes out to all my beach-loving friends who will be able to relate. For those who don't know, funnel cakes are fried-dough heaven, and lots of European kids come to work at East Coast beach towns for the summer.

( click here for fun AU summertime goodness in which your favorite castmembers get jobs on the boardwalk )

So this is just the set-up for an actual story floating around in monkey_pie's head. If you harass her, maybe she'll write it.

Wow. I just read that Graham Chapman was openly gay for quite a long time before he died. How did I not know this? As a queer culture fiend and a huge Monty Python fan, how did this escape me for so long?

Also - funny thing - if you search imdb for "gay" in celebrity bios, Both Dom and Billy's names come up. How funny is that?

Also - Michael Ian Black? Married and a father, so ostensibly not gay. Knock me over with a feather. I really really thought he was.


Best gay actor quote ever:

"I've had enough of being a gay icon! I've had enough of all this hard work, because, since I came out, I keep getting all these parts, and my career's taken off. I want a quiet life. I'm going back into the closet. But I can't get back into the closet, because it's absolutely jam-packed full of other actors."

--Sir Ian McKellan


*loves him so much*