Dear Dreaded Lurgy,

I know you have a quota to keep up to, but next time you decide to decide to call, could you maybe call ahead and check my schedule?

I only ask because, your recent 4 day visit happened to coincide exactly with time booked out of my annual holiday allowance, whereas I'd much rather it came out of my paid sick leave.

I'm sure you can understand my reasoning behind this.

Thank you for your attention,

Your current host.

Just a fly-by post with a video!

Saw this video elsewhere, a wall bites a vandal back!

The Prodigal Son

Rating: Teens
Setting: Post-DH
Words: 2,440
Updated: March 03, 2008
Summary: Our seasons have no fixed returns, Without our will they come and go; At noon our sudden summer burns, ere sunset all is snow. Written for </a></b></a>in</a></b></a></b>Changing Seasons Harry/Ginny Exchange

Stolen from</a></b></a></b></div></b>katieay. She asked me five questions. My answers are under the cut. If you would like me to ask you questions, leave me a comment and then post your answers to your journal!

Okay, I've had my first official warning poke on this, so here are my answers to Katie's 5 questions!

1. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?

Well I suppose I quite fancy a trip to a provincial, little out post of the former British Empire ;o) But since I was young I've always really fancied starting in Alaska and working my way down, obviously there are one or two countries once you hit South America you'd probably avoid but the idea still appeals to me.

2. You read a lot, do you have an absolute favourite book?

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. (Always know where my towel is!)

3. What's your favourite story of the ones you've written (fanfic or original).

Oh I'm quite proud of The Second Unbreakable Vow, because while most of it was wildly inaccurate in the  long run, I did end up guessing correctly on a number of points, Snape's loyalties, that Dumbledore forced him in to agreeing to kill him and that Harry would learn about in in a Pensive.

But for the shear fun of it and and how it was posted (and I still get the odd indignant review after for the first chapter!) I have to plump for The Baby, I've never giggled evilly quite so much as I did that April the 1st.

4. What was the first cd/cassette/LP you ever paid for?

Time, by The Electric Light Orchestra.

5. Have you ever really been a fan of a celebrity (posters on the wall, etc)? Who?

Yup, lil' old Kyle, back when Gold Hot Pants (TM) took a back seat to dungarees! LOL

I'd panic slightly, and worry about the other drivers on the road, as I've never taken a driving lesson in my life, don't have a licence, nor a car actually!

Blaming Leonieke

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first article title on the page is the name of your band.

2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.

3. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

You then take the pic and add your band name and the album title to it, then post your pic.

...wander past someone reading at a bus stop, and with the meerest glance, at some distance, know which HP book, they are reading, and what chapter? (all without seeing the cover)

Nicked from "The Blue Chisel"

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Well November 1st is nearly here, so not long before I start having to write this thing.

You see that mess of squiggles?

That's my handwriting that is. :D

You see all those wriggly lines?

They're my plot they are. :unsure: Bart

Nicked from dadaginny

It's harder than it looks! Copy and paste into a new post.

*Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following...

They have to be real places, names, things...nothing made up! Try to use different
answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question. You're up!!

What is your name? D.
Vehicle: Don't have one.
City: Durham
Boy Name: David
Girl Name: Debbie
Alcoholic drink: Dunkle (as in Beer)
Occupation: Deep Sea Diver
Something you wear: Denim
Celebrity: Daniel Radcliffe
Food: Dessert!!!
Reason for Being Late: Death!
Cartoon Character: Danger Mouse!
Something You Shout: Duuuuuuuuuuuucccck!

Okay, so that's what I didn't need.

There I am, nicely plotting along my fic idea for Nano. It's a good idea especially formulated to make it as easy as possible to hit 50,000.

When along comes the first inklings of an original plot idea. With scenes and everything.

It's fifteen days to Nano, what's this all about? Who's been spiking the bunnies feed? What the onhfosdnfodsnfs! do I do now!

The fic idea will work, give me something to polish up and post. Will be easier to keep the flow of writing up, thus hitting 50,000 that bit easier.

or

Do the original idea, as it is not something I'd do at any other time of the year. But it'll be harder to keep going when inspiration is lacking, however if I do hit 50,000 the satisfaction will be that bit more.

I wouldn't have minded a fortnight ago, I'd have had the opportunity to play around with the idea that bit more.

Well, who knows, Nano's meant to be a challenge.

Question is. How big of a one do I make it?

Would the person who phoned at 2:45 this morning, please take their receiver and insert it as far as they can, right up their...









Sideways.

I tashte like Alcohol. Heh. Heh. I taste like beer. I like beer. Buy me a beer. I'm not drunk, I can drink plenty without... What was I saying? Beer. What Flavour Are You?

After six weeks of it being broken.

The lift at work is now working! :o)

// Note to any management types who happen to stumble across this, the post title is OBVIOUSLY not a serious statement! ;o)

Blogged with Flock

<work related snark>

DING! DONG! The BWitch is Dead!

(aka Terminated her contract by mutual consent)

And a cheer rippled down the office floor...

<end work related snark>

Are You Lonely?

Don’t like working on your own?
Hate making decisions?

Then call a MEETING!

You can…

SEE people!
DRAW flowcharts!
FEEL important!
FORM subcommittees!
IMPRESS your colleagues!
MAKE meaningless recommendations!

ALL ON COMPANY TIME!!!

MEETINGS…

The Practical Alternative to Work.

Originally published at bartsspace. You can comment here or there.

Well, I’m more than a little knackered tired. Got up early yesterday to catch the train down to London, to meet up with Katieay, M, Lucas, and AntoniaEast.

Where did we meet up? Where else but Platform 9 3/4!

Lucas and I became immediate friends, and as a good friend should, I tried to draw him away from the dark side.

Lunch was followed by a few hours relaxing and chatting in St James Park, and then Ice-Cream in Leicester Square, where I also purchased a half-price ticket to go see Blood Brothers, as I was staying overnight (because of the way the train tickets were priced, it was only slightly more to stay the night and travel back today - well that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it!)

Talking of which, when they said it was front row they weren’t kidding, my legs were up against the stage! As as ever (I’ve seen versions of it three times now) it was a fantastic show, the ending is just heart-breaking.

Then came the train journey home and I managed to get 700 words or down for my hpgw-ficafest entry.

All in all a successful and enjoyable - if tiring - weekend.

Originally published at bartsspace. You can comment here or there.

Okay I’m taking up OhGinnyFan’s drabble challenge, as I could probably do with stretching my fic writing skills before diving into my hpgw_ficafest.

So, for the first 10 to respond, I offer a 100 word drabble. I plan for all of these to be 100 words. No more. No less. If something strikes me, I may re-work it later into a regular fic.

Must be canon requests through DH. Missing Moments, post DH, etc. It can be any canon pairing or no pairing. I will try to accomodate all requests that I’m given.

Originally published at bartsspace. You can comment here or there.

Don’t these people look at dates…

A review I’ve just received for my 2005 story, The Baby.

Never write these again. They’re terrible, and what the heck, you’re changing J.K. Rowling’s story…Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Hermionie dueling Voldemort in the Chamber of Secrets?! ARe you retarded! GOD! And to that idiotic girl who almost didn’t realize it was J.K. Rowling, you are a moron, and the rest of you that enjoyed it have absolutely no taste. Harry and Ginny got married and had three kids named James, Albus, and Lily, and never had a baby or pretended to have one. Rowling has a totally different and much better writing style. I’ll never visit this sorry site again.

And my reply…

Oooh! Get you!

First off, why would I want to write them again, I’m rather proud of them, thank you!

And speaking of morons… I think you’ll find that this story was written way back on 2005 (check out the dates on the earliest reviews) long before the wonderful Deathly Hallows was published. And as such the facts you so eloquently listed, were at that time only known by JKR. This was only a fanfiction story. It may be an idea, by-the-way, for you to look the definition of fanfiction up (wikipedia is a good place to start), its reason d’etre, is funnily enough, not to be canon, but to interpret, continue or indeed change storylines that may or may not exist in the original.

Oh and are you suggesting Harry and Ginny adopted their kids? Now there’s an idea for a fic!

Am I bad for enjoying myself?

Originally published at bartsspace. You can comment here or there.