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I really, REALLY don't like this Anton Nosik.

"There no longer exists an entity on the web, which, without specifically being a charity, would refu se to make money - be it from users or from advertising. This is normal, you don't walk into a store and ask for free products."

I take it Mr Nosik is not familiar with InsaneJournal?

"Over the last 2 years base account registrations cover about 10 percent of new users."

So, if the rest pay anyway, why not just leave those 10 percent be?

Oh this is why.

"...a good portion of those are virtual, created by already existing users for spamming, increasing search engine ratings, leaving comments that would get their account banned."

As a basic user for four years let me thank you for your trust and your stellar insight into my online persona. 

Twat.

Amazon.uk is fantastic. On Monday they dispatched my order and today it's already in my postbox. All the way across Europe. 

So, I finally got my Torchwood Series 1 DVD box (shiny!!!) and I've just watched the very first episode. I'd not watched it since last spring and I hadn't really remember how much I loved it at first sight then. But now it's all come back to me. 

It would be a shame to let this day go by without a post, right? But I guess I have to hurry. Only a few mins left...

Turns out February 29th seems to be one of these good dates for me. I actually had a great day today. Even work was pretty cool. (How often do you get to say that? Me... not so much.). A real energy-booster, and totally unexpected too.

Some more A Day In The Death thoughts, or rather questions:

So Gareth David-Lloyd is no different from us fangirls; he too can't stop reading fanfic once he's started. That's somewhat reassuring. *g* (Go read it all in his AfterElton interview.)

And he genuinely appreciates Ianto Fimo action figures made by fangirls.

On a completely different note, I'm going to see Michelle Shocked in concert tonight (provided tickets are still available).  Oh memories of my youth!

I'm all kinds of in love with Torchwood Audiofic, especially fairyd123's recordings.  

Listening to graphic descriptions of two gorgeous guys getting it on with each other elevates the experience of walking through the aisles in the supermarket onto a whole different level. Makes me wonder if all those other people with earphones around me are secretly listening to porn too to make their day that bit better. Wouldn't that be awesome?

Whoa, it's Shrove Tuesday and I'm pretty sloshed. I didn't do anything special but nonetheless I decided I couldn't let the day pass by just like that. So I ate a whole bar of chocolate and got drunk on self-made liqueur. This is  remarkable just because I've been off my anti-histamine medication for one and a half weeks and eating and drinking these things is really testing the limits. No terrible side-effects so far. Win!

But Lent won't be anything special this year since I don't eat any meat or sweets or drink alcohol anyway. But I'm thinking of maybe trying to at least limit my online time and maybe go to the gym more. Does that count as feasting? Or maybe I'll just ignore it... 

So, another Torchwood tomorrow, right? I haven't talked about the one from last week, even though I utterly loved it. It was exactly the type of episode I expect from Torchwood. And yes, I'm one of the very few who doesn't bitch about Series 1, who loved every single episode (okay, maybe not the one with the shoes and the epi 13 monster was a pretty poor cousin of King Kong), and I loved it for all its clumsy and quirky bits and for being dark and unashamedly campy. But most of all I loved it for the episodes where it focused on character insight and the relationships between the characters.

And as much fun as e.g. KKBB was, To The Last Man was exactly the kind of episode I keep hoping for from Torchwood. 

Tonight I went out with this friend of mine who is one of the rare good friends you make after you turn 30. We've got really close in the last few years, travelling together and seeing each other on a fairly regular basis. Tonight she told me she'd decided to move to Paris to live with her boyfriend. It seems all my good friends are moving away lately. First my best friend who moves to Edinburgh, now her going to live in Paris. Makes me feel a bit left behind. Then again, she and her boyfriend have a great flat in the centre of Paris, perfect for visits. *g*

But damn, I'm gonna miss her!

OTOH, I've been thinking about going abroad for a year or so, too, lately. I'm starting to feel restless again. The last time I lived abroad (in France, seven years or so ago) I was actually ready to come back and settle down for a bit. But ever since last X-mas when I met an old friend who's teaching English in Yemen I've kind of caught the travel bug again. I'd love to go somewhere totally exotic and soak up a different culture. Just for a change of perspective. Otherwise you just float through life without any real reference points. Sometimes I think back to an event, thinking 'oh yeah, that was last year' only to realise that, no, that really happened 4 years ago. Scary!

 ... And we all agree, don't we? *g*

Counting down the days to Torchwood Series 2.

This scene is simply awsome. In fact, awsome doesn't even begin to describe it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v0szrB5nB8

First day back at work. Turns out it wasn't so bad. Even though last night I was in complete and utter denial and went to bed ridiculously late, resulting in bleary eyes and short attention span today. Didn't matter, though. Was a great day anyway. I finally got my new and shiny cell phone (and am now able to get rid of my dinosaur version which I had for years and years and years and...). AND I booked a flight to London for May which, let's face it, is always a good thing. 

Athens was great, by the way. Even on the flight there I felt like an extra in My Big Fat Greek Wedding. I was surrounded by at least 15 members of one and the same family. Also, they love, and I mean LOVE, balloons. It was also pretty fun suddenly being transported back into pre-Christmas time after having already been there, done that just a couple of days earlier. Culture-wise I was more than just a bit embarrassed as I could not for the life of me remember what the difference between Ionic and Doric columns was. *hangs head in shame* 

And apparently, today John Paul gets a new love interest. A priest! Whoa. I'm soooo reluctant to watch it. In fact, I can hardly imagine looking at the screen. I'm just too much in love with the JP/Craig ship. Still, months later. 

Hence today's icon.

In continuation of my year-long tradition of leaving the country for New Year's, I'm packed and ready to fly to Athens, Greece tomorrow (well, technically, today). 

I wish you all the best for 2008, Flist! 

*clinks glasses*

*hugs and kisses whomever she can grab*

New Torchwood Series 2 trailer, BBC 2 version. I think I love this one even more than the BBC America one, if that's possible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s9C2TkQV-Y

You were too busy watching to see me drool, right? Good.

I got back home today from staying at my parents' for Christmas and what do I find in my postbox?!?! 

A parcel! From </a></strong></a>kannnichtfranz!

With the coolest things in it. DVDs that look gorgeous even from the outside (congratulations, sweetie, now I'm actually dying to put those anime DVD's in, just because you made them look so pretty!), sweets that aren't chocolate (wow, you remembered that I can't eat chocolate) and Bruce!!! and Gilmore Girls!!! and a letter on anime paper!!! *happy sigh*

</a></strong></a>kannnichtfranz, did you hear me squee from over here? You should have. It was loud enough. You are the awsomest ever. Thank you thank you thank you. *mwah* 

*puts Kyou Kara Maou, Disk 1 in*

I hope you're all enjoying the season and the upcoming holidays. I'm just dropping by to wish you guys all the best and peaceful days filled with joy and love.

Here is something that should get you in the mood and make you smile at the same time. :-)

Yes, it IS cold.

But, ... Christmas hols!

After work I went shopping, I just felt so relaxed after all the stress of the last couple of weeks, and even though I hadn't yet bought a single present when I started out, I began my shopping spree by treating MYSELF to some prezzies. Got a lovely tight jumper dress at Monsoon and then I finally bought QaF Season 3 that has just been released on DVD here. And only THEN did I start looking for presents for other people. Turned out to be a relatively harmless affair this year. My sis and I always get together to shop for our family, so at least we don't have to stress out on our own. 

I know the lady in the middle is a character from Dr Who. I also know I should really watch those Dr Who episodes that have Captain Jack in them because if I don't, I'll probably be lost once Torchwood starts again. But for some reason I can't get into it. I have tried, I really have, but I can't concentrate on it long enough to actually finish an episode. 

Um, btw, you're all reading </a></strong></a>vamphile's drabblefic Whore In  A Hoody aka Hustler!Justin, right? OK. Thought so. Just wanted to make sure. (Cause, really, I've not been reading any QaF fic at all lately, but this one? Well, let's just say, my refresh button gets some serious workout these days.)

OMG! 

Torchwood Series 2 Trailer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2gbr_rRmls

*runs around in circles*

Really, how sad is my life? It's Saturday night and I'm working; have actually been working non-stop since noon. And it's 2:00 a.m. now. Yes, very sad. It wouldn't even be so bad had I not been working practically without any breaks for more than 2 weeks. Sleep has to be sneaked into random hours and minutes these days. 

Right now I'm preparing a 3-day seminar for English teachers in Serbia that I'm supposed to hold next week. Gaahh! I've never held a seminar in my life. 

So, are any of you guys specialists in conducting seminars ... or have you sat in seminars thinking 'what the fuck is this imbecile doing?!' Then let me know what not to do, and what to do, too, if you've any ideas. *g*

I've been so busy that I haven't even had time to express my sincere and heartfelt WHAT THE FUCK over LJ's latest, um, fuck-up.  I mean, come on, flagging? In school we called that squealing. And in the Third Reich denunciating, in the GDR surveillance, in McCarthy's USA redbaiting... take your pick ... So now the Internets, too, have their means. Lovely. I can't even count the number of times I've been pissed off at people flagging random clips on YouTube. Usually, just two guys kissing merits a NO UNDER 18-YEAR OLDS flagging. So, what's next? I'm eagerly awaiting LJ's next move. \sarcasm

I'm watching old Hollyoaks episodes on the BBC America site. So finally, I get to see other storylines apart from just the John Paul/Craig bits. But hey, I always thought they were the first gay couple on HO. Nobody told me that they already had two guys happily living together, raising a kid, working together and unconditionally loving each other.  I mean, come on, Max/OB? ... it's my new OTP! *g*

Also, the Craig/JP scenes are hilarious when embedded in the whole episode. James and Guy both have a great sense for comedy.

Maybe it's wrong, but I can't stop laughing about this.

Can you imagine any European news programme seriously talking about the evils Dumbledore's outing will do to young sexually confused boys?!?! 

And whoever this Dan Abrams is, he is made. Of. Win. Love him. His reaction is dead-on and I'm totally with him on Peppermint Patty.

I think I'm officially in love with J K Rowling now. For once I didn't read too much into it. 

No more subtext. 

It's TEXT this time.

Just for the record, this is what I wrote in my post-DH entry:

I honestly had to laugh out loud at the thought of how many Dumbledore/Grindelwald stories this book will probably prompt. And Dumbledore/Snape, too, I'm sure. *g*

It was all intentional, OMG!!!!

 How does the man do it? He's 58 (58, holy shit!) and I'd still prefer him to any of the young hotshots. *sigh* I guess I'll just have to accept it. I'll love Bruce Springsteen forever.  

Bruce on 60 Minutes.

Just ignore the annoying presenter.

Right, so I've been spending the last half hour or so trying to get a conclusive answer to this pressing matter. To no avail. Now your guys' expert eyes (and ears) are needed. 

Is Craig patting John Paul's butt at 5:29 or is he not? 

Well, well. I didn't think we'd ever find out the answer to this particular question. But apparently I was wrong. Now, haven't we all (no, not all? not even close to all? yeah, well, I knew that, but what the hell) been wondering about what goes on between John Paul and Craig once the camera's turned off? Wondered, as Craig put it so endearingly, what goes on underneath their duvet?  Well here's a clue at least.

Thanks to admiratio   for posting this. 

And thanks to Guy Burnet for making me sleep easier. *g*

ETA: How the hell do I copy/paste my LJ posts to IJ without losing all the links on the way???!!!

 I feel weird saying this. But I think I've fallen off the bandwagon that's the Queer As Folk fandom. I don't know why it has happened, all I know is that it happened really fast, something like in the last two or three weeks. Maybe it's got something to do with the fandom having mostly emigrated to IJ and I still don't feel at home here. Or maybe it's my new obsession with Hollyoaks, or maybe it's just time. The strange thing, though, is that I'm still completely in love with Brian/Justin. But I just can't even click at a link to read a fic. I read the first line and I shudder. What's that all about? I'm sorta hoping that it's just a passing distaste, that I just need a break, because, as I said, I still love my boys madly. 

I'm trying out a new way of feeding myself at the moment. I don't think I've mentioned this but I've been taking anti-histamine for three months now because I have a chronic case of urticaria ("hives") and the doctors can't seem to find a reason for it. The only thing that they have found out is that I suffer from histamine-intolerance and I also seem to be allergic against all dairy products. Now, that cancels out a whole lot of foodstuffs. You wouldn't believe all the foods that contain vinegar (which has incredibly high levels of histamine) as an ingredient. It's a challenge to shop these days. And since I can't tolerate milk in any form and I practically used to live on cheese sandwiches and yoghurts, at first I was pretty much out of my depth. 

Now, I've read a book on nutrition and for the last week I've been trying to follow this diet it proposes. Ever since I had to lay off the dairy products I got hungry really fast inbetween meals. Now, this book suggests you should eat at least 5 meals a day and to never eat anything without adding at least a little protein to it. That way, your bloodsugar doesn't surge so fast but doesn't drop so quickly, either. So, if you eat an apple, you're supposed to add a few nuts or seeds (yes, I know, nuts contain histamine too, but there are some that don't seem to bother me) or a yoghurt. Well, since I can't have dairy-based yoghurt, I've had to eat soy yoghurt. It takes some getting used to, but my fridge and cabinets are now housing a whole range of new aliments and it's kind of fun to try them out. And I must say, eating a few little snacks during the day has really helped keeping my energy and concentration levels pretty high. I don't need any coffee anymore (which I react to badly, too), and I don't come home from work having the munchies so badly that I'll cram down anything I can get my hands on. So, yay for that.

 Yoga really is THE BEST. I went to my first yoga class in what must be months. In a way, it was also sort of a new experience for me since so far I've always done dynamic yoga, but this class focuses more on flow and meditation. I loved it! You don't even work up much of a sweat, but your whole body feels energized and while I was doing the positions, I could localise some really tense spots in my body (that I hadn't even realised were there to begin with) and my muscles were all a lot more loose and relaxed afterwards. I'm so going again next week!

Okay, why is there no new Hollyoaks update tonight???!!! I'm going cold turkey here. It's not the same without Craig there anymore, but I'm slowly but seriously getting hooked on other storylines. (Deep inside, I'm so ashamed. A soap opera, Mercy, A SOAP OPERA? Really? But it's like with chocolate. You know it's bad for you, but you just. can't. stop.) So, like a junkie, I went on a search for a new fix. And came across this: 

The Hollyoaks guys on the photoshoot for the HO Calendar 07, featuring Italian HO. Yes, I know. But it's funny, really.

And the second part has Guy Burnet in ITALIA shorts. No shirt.

Actually, this Hollyoaks 2006 World Cup Special makes me wonder if he's not Italian rather than English. Well, apart from the fact that he's rooting for England. (Good thing they didn't know then how it'd turn out...)

Oh, and on my search I came across some vintage Eurovision clips. Don't ask how I did that. But hey, good times. Growing up in the 80's in Europe there wasn't a chance you didn't sit in front of the t.v. on Eurovision night. Here, enjoy some awful eighties (or at least honorary eighties) performances. 

Johnny Logan wins for a second time. What's with the priest's collar underneath the Sonny Crocket suit? I actually liked the song at the time. Dramatic tunes, yay!

Nicole 1982. There is a harp, and look, it's a polkadot dress! I had a collar like this! *shudder* This is actually the first Eurovision song I can remember. All the cool kids were singing it. Hee.

Toto Cotugnio - Insieme 1992. It's 1990 and what Johnny Logan hadn't quite got right in 1987, these guys perfected it: The ultimate Miami Vice look.

The other day I had a whole bunch of colleagues over at my place. At one point one of them came back from the toilet asking me who the two gorgeous guys decorating my toilet walls were. (Yes, my dears, it's Brian and Justin. I have some great company in my toilet.) To make a long story short, I ended up borrowing her my season 1 set. At work the next morning she came to me, all rosy cheeks, a sparkle in her eyes, telling me she stayed up half the night and "oh my god, they are so incredibly awsome, sweet, sexy (add related adjectives). Tell me are they going to get together?!?!" Of course I kept mum. But I'm so excited. Apart from my sister, I have had no one in real life so far to share this obsession with. And I just KNOW that she's great to gush with. (All day she kept going on about going home for the weekend and putting the DVD back in. I bet she's halfway through the season by now. *g*) So, yay, that's something to look forward to this week. (And it's the kiss of life that my slowly fading QaF devotion so desperately needed.)

My devotion to Hollyoaks, OTOH, is in no peril whatsoever. I've been on the hunt for some half-way decent JP/Craig fic and have actually found some not-so-bad stuff. I mean, it's a soap opera to begin with, so it's not like the bar for the quality of the dialogue is all that high. It's amazing how much fun pulp can be if that's what you are expecting anyway. But now I make it seem like all the fic is bad. It's not!!! It's good, it's just the premise is different from the stuff I'm usually into. 

And there's some great vids. Don't believe me? Go watch  emily_anne's  The Scientist, for example.

And I can't get over how much everyone at the show is campaigning for a "Sunset Ending", as they call it. Openly, and at every possible opportunity; the producers, the actors, even Guy Burnet's (Craig) mum (well, that's my interpretation, at least *g*) .

I got the new Springsteen album today. I've only listened to it once (it's been battling vainly against my freaky obsession of the day: David Bisbal singing Silencio) but already I love the first track, Radio Nowhere. It's incredibly powerful and goes right to your soul. Also, I really like the booklet. I can't believe how insanely hot Bruce is in the photos. It must be Magic. (God, I'm so lame.)

O-kay. Time to share this with the world. Make an all-out confession and not mince words. (And point fingers while doing it. I kind of blame   emily_anne  for this because she kept saying 'look, pretty, you wanna see', and oh boy, did I ever, as it turned out. So, she is to blame for getting me there in the first place. And while we're at it,   kannnichtfranz  is to blame for this post. Cos I infected her and she said, make a post in your journal with all the pretty links and whatnot's that were originally meant just for her.)

All right, so here I am. And I'm saying it loud and clear. After never even stopping to watch a minute of any soap opera ever before I've now totally fallen for one. Actually, it's more like I have fallen for this one storyline of a British soap that I can only access via YouTube. How convenient is that? 

Since then I've learnt a lot about the attraction of soap operas. I mean, there is people shouting at each other, sobbing heartbreakingly, flinging themselves at one another, professing their undying love only to do a complete 180° the next minute. It's delicious. And the accent (North-West of England) alone makes it worth watching. Surprisingly, the acting is pretty damn good. Combined with a lot of cheesy lines, it makes for a curiously addictive combo. But, most of all, it's this story of two best mates who fall in love with each other.

So, Boy Meets Boy and we got to see every littly step of it, everything that happened between them during a whole year. And there was a new episode practically every day of the week! Well, I only discovered this a couple of weeks ago, ergo there's been A LOT to catch up on. But of course, there's an easier way. 

Some nice person before me has made an fantastic mini-primer about this whole story-line that tells you everything you need to understand what all the squeeing is about. Including the main scenes, all served neatly on a platter.

But since (s)he stopped somewhere at the end of June and since then a whole lot of (pretty dramatic) stuff has happened, I've made a collection of all the key moments that lead up to the finale. A crash-course so to speak. 

I haven't done a meme in months, if not years. So, I figured, a meme was in order.

Gakked from sisabet:

1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top fifteen results

1. Humanitarian Aid Worker

Ha, every teenager's dream. Apparently I haven't quite outgrown my adolescent hopes of healing the world.

2. Actor

Um. No. Definitely not. I don't think I could let go of myself and my own inhibitions enough to be good at acting.

3. Director

That OTOH, I could imagine myself doing. Pulling the strings and not having to show up on stage myself. But only theatre productions or low-budget, intimate films where I wouldn't have to coordinate huge sets and time lines and worry about demanding divas.

4. Magician

LOL. I think I like this one best. Where's the bunny?

5. Industrial-Organizational Psychologist

Yuck. Helping a company make their employees as efficient as possible. Sounds horrible.

6. Comedian

Obviously, this test has never heard me tell a joke.

7. Musician

... or hear me play the piano.

8. Special Effects Technician

For some reason, this test doggedly pursues a career in the film or TV industry for me... I could probably really get into re-creating historical settings or finding the perfect props for sci-fi films. Stunts, though, I don't know. I don't want to endanger and be responsible for other people's lives.

9. Composer

See 7.

10. Furniture Finisher

Nope. Too lonely, too much detail, too boring.

11. Picture Framer

See 10. (At least this time they don't expect me to draw the pictures myself.)

12. Foreign Service Officer

That's actually something I kind of envisioned myself doing when I was in my late teens. It had a certain glamour attached to it. But I guess my self-confidence wasn't strong enough to really pursue it.

13. Sport Psychology Consultant

Can you do that even if you yourself couldn't care less if you come first or fifty-seventh in a race?

14. Rehabilitation Counselor

Nah. I'm already an underpaid government employee. Once is enough. Thanks.

15. Pet Groomer

LOL. And. NO FUCKING WAY.

Funny, nowhere does it say 'go and be a teacher'. But I guess being a teacher in reality often means being a one-woman entertainer, a director, an actor and a psychology consultant. It's just a lot less glamorous. *g*

I went to see The Dixie Chicks - Shut Up And Sing last night. (Yes, it's just been released in Europe.) Hey, I didn't know that their singer, Natalie, is married to Adrian Pasdar from Heroes. And just when I'd so recently discovered him for being so adorably slashable. Damn. Now I don't want to see that anymore. He belongs to Natalie!!! 

Anyway, I've been a fan of the Dixie Chicks long before anyone else in Europe had ever heard about them, and this documentary just cemented my long-established love for them.  

See, yesterday I admitted that I've never seen a Heroes episode, gushed about a Petrellicest fic and admitted I only even gave it a try because of the slashy (and pretty damn gorgeous) actors. Well, today I came across this:

Those two are adorable.

Continuing the tradition of reccing stories from fandoms I don't know a thing about...

I have never seen even a single episode of Heroes. But I have seen some extremely slashy pictures of Nathan and Peter Petrelli, and lately more and more of the actors playing them, one of them - to my surprise - I did recognise as Jess from Gilmore Girls *g*. What's more they seem to really be endorsing the incest vibes the fangirls crave so much. So, I just had to give them a chance, right?

Anyway,  47_trek_47  has written a beautiful, edgy and ultimately, very hot story that just needs to be mentioned:  The Making of Nathan Petrelli (G to NC-17).

Hello, lovelies! I guess it's time to post over here too. So, this is kind of my first real post on IJ (although, for now just copying my LJ post). New Era!

So the summer's most definitely over now, I'm back from Scotland and London (great, GREAT, times! ... Edinburgh Festival! The Tattoo! Orlando Bloom on stage! Matt Damon in Leicester Sq.! Incredibly gripping murder trial in Old Bailey! ETC, ETC!), and that means back to work. Amazingly enough, the first day back wasn't even that bad. Well, maybe that had something to do with the fact that it wasn't exactly work!work. Instead they eased us into things by sending us on a staff outing to Bratislava. I'd never been there even though it's less than an hour from Vienna. Turns out it's a very nice place (well, at least the city centre).

In the meantime, I've developped a rather intense interest in obscure fandoms where good fic is hard to find. But when you do ... it's all the more pleasing. Just to give you a taste of my newest obsessions:

</a></font></strong></a>hard4brains is great for one's John McClane/Matt Farrell cravings. That's right, Die Hard 4.0, baby! (Thanks to </a></strong></a>elandrialorefor pointing me there!) 

</a></font></strong></a>elayna88's Die Hard series is pretty addictive. 
As is </a></font></strong></a>poisontaster's Connectivity (Five Meals John Didn't Plan to Have).
And to give this whole pairing (that I've been craving since about half an hour into the movie) the credibility it deserves, here is Justin Long (Matt) elaborating on his role in Live Free or Die Hard. (Watch it. The guy is hilarious.)

I'm also quite fond of The History Boys at the moment. For that </a></font></strong></a>drinkswithdakinis pretty helpful. So, if, like me, you're a bit of a grammar-obsessed nerd AND into Dakin/Irwin, </a></strong></a>solvent90's notes from a subjunctive history is the fic for you. Her other History Boys fics are pretty awsome, too.

Well, and then there is George/Alex from Grey's Anatomy, a show I have seen maybe 3 times and a few times zapped through. I don't even know all the characters' names. But I do know those two! I mean, I find George/Callie adorable and I'm kind of rooting for them to make it on the show. But it's George and Alex that got me searching for fic. Found some, too, although not a whole lot. But </a></strong></a>mimesere's Grey's Apocalypse (Yay! Apocalypse fic!) is pretty good. There's also </a></strong></a>seedyapartment's Reason's Why It Was Alright For George To Be Crying In The Bathroom. And I just loved </a></strong></a>_shades_'s something.

And - I can't really believe this myself since I've never EVER been into Snarry AT ALL (Oh Gawd!) - I read Jordan Grant's Cambiare Podentes which anyone even remotely interested in HP has probably read, except if, like me, you usually avoid anything just vaguely smacking of Snape/Harry. I can't even remember why I clicked the link. But, oh wow, this fic almost has the power to convert me. In a sense it actually has. Why are Harry Potter fics always so good???

ETA: Sorry about the wonky formating. Anyone know how I can just transfer my LJ posts over here without having to change the HTML codes?

I'm not yet planning to desert LJ. But just in case...

I've tried to friend as many of the people I've friended on LJ. If you don't find yourself on my flist, but are on it over in LJ-Land, it's either because you don't have a journal here, yet, or I didn't find you for some other reason. Anyway, it's not because I didn't want you here, so just go ahead and friend me and I'll friend you back. :-)