• 17:16 celebrated @unperfectwolf's great-grandma's 100th birthday today! I can't imagine living that long. got mistaken for family a few times. :P #
• 19:18 so Misha brought up fictional cocks again, and Matt Nathanson keeps talking about mpreg. WTF LIFE. #
• 19:23 @clex_monkie89 (and all of chat): still not back at the house yet, and I won't have MSN again until we go home tomorrow. sorry! #
• 19:31 @celtic_cookie @clex_monkie89 LOL I AM VERY SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. I miss you guys TOO! <3 #
• 19:47 so full, but in a good way. pumpkin cake, why are you so delicious? #
• 21:37 just drove for the first time in like a year and a half and did not crash! \o/ going dancing with @unperfectwolf and her mom, etc. now. #
• 00:58 such a long day. back at the house now, but I still have to write before I can crash. I WILL NOT FAIL MINI NANO. #
• 01:20 @twofourteen WOOT. @unperfectwolf and I helped! \o/ #
• 01:55 GOT MY WORDS DONE. they are sucky words, but there are over a hundred of them, AND NOW I CAN CRASH. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. #

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Today brought to you by the most dodgy looking Hot Dog ever¹.



( Day 6 )

So, what do we all think of today's challenges then? Gwyl's Great Escape is yet another game that alludes me, and I am not that brilliant at Kou-Jong either. The rest are okay, though. I just need to summon up some enthusiasm to play more games now.

¹ - There I was, innocently looking at Hot Dogs on the JN items database last night, when that caught my eye. Please tell me that I am not the only person who thinks it looks really quite dodgy. :X

I hope all of you Americans had a great Thanksgiving! Ours was very low-key, though we did go to a coffee shop for baked treats around lunchtime. We caught up on all of V, and Glee, and mostly loafed. No special dinner—these days, HalfshellHusband's "good" time of day is from about 10-3, and after that he becomes increasingly nauseated. But I only really missed having Weber-grilled turkey (I dislike a lot of the traditional Thanksgiving foods except the turkey, mashed potatoes, and cranberries), and HSH isn't up to missing anything. The kids were at their aunt's, and they had all the usual choices (and ate very few of them).

Neither of us went out to the stores on Black Friday (except for my trip to Dollar Tree and Rite Aid late in the day). Found lots of online Black Friday deals at Amazon.com, including SPN S4 for $14.99 (thanks for the heads-up, huggenkiss!), and virtually every season of House, M.D. for $12.99. I looked at tons of stuff, until my eyes were dry and tired.

I mentioned searching for penguin-related things at Etsy earlier this week. I prefer the chubby, happy-go-lucky penguins to the more crowlike ones, and it's probably wrong that I find Piplup cute (he's a Pokemon pseudo-penguin), but just look at him. I also find this Penguin in a Squid suit hilarious, despite it being a product of Disney overcommercializing Club Penguin. There's also a penguin in a bee suit. ;)

While looking in the LEGO-type toys for something Christopher wanted, I came across the wrongness of this bikini-clad slave version of Princess Leia (the bikini looks like a really badly done tattoo, especially on that blocky LEGO body), and the painful dorky cuteness of a little green dragon (the nostrils! The dippy-looking tongue!)

Today I went to Cost Plus Imports, which is one of my favorite Christmas haunts (even though all the treats are ridiculously overpriced). I bought all my gift wines (almost bought "Plungerhead Zinfandel" for my BIL, but I wasn't sure he'd think that was funny). Last year, I bought a lot of "Electric Reindeer" wine, mostly for the great label, and was tempted this year by "EVIL" (upside-down on the bottle) and "The 7 Deadly Zins," but ultimately passed.

In the Christmas ornament section, there was an adorable paper-husk green dinosaur I'd seen last year, which is made to look all fierce and "RAAAHR" but is undermined by its little paper teeth. There was a great red dragon in that same section, and elsewhere an inexplicable Santa riding a chicken ornament. Wow. I have a feeling that has some kind of Eastern European origin, but I can't imagine what. In the candy section, there were bundled packages of foil-decorated chocolate pigs. Because nothing says "Christmas" like a barrel of chocolate pigs. :0

Some good finds: pumpkin bark candy, an eggnog chocolate bar (for my younger sister), and Iguana brand "vicious jalapeno pepper sauce" for my BIL who likes spicy foods.

Did all of you shoppers survive? How many of you holed up at home on Friday like me?

Fandom: NARUTO
Pairing: Kakashi/Iruka
Author on LJ: unknown
Length: Epic - 100,000 +
Author website: PrincessTyler Briefs
Why this should be read:

When Tsunade bets Asuma that Kakashi can teach Iruka to be a jonin in two months, Iruka's life is thrown into chaos. But along the way, the Leaf Village's favorite teacher discovers a new way of seeing the Copy-Cat Ninja.

An old-fashioned love story with romance and danger that just happens to take place btw ninjas, this will make you grin. PrincessTyler Briefs makes these two characters play off each other so well. Swoon!!! ;-) And while All The Broken Pieces is the largest part of the series, don't miss the delightful one-shots that follow.

All The Broken Pieces
1:47 in the Morning
Holding Fast
Can, Can't and Won't
Snow Day
Strength

Please leave the author feedback. Maybe we'll get more.

Fandom: BANDOM
Pairing: Frank/Gerard
Length: about 43000 words
Author on LJ: jjtaylor
Author Website: n/a
Why this must be read:
In this AU, Frank is a vampire and Gerard is a detective. That may sound silly, but it works remarkably well. The fic is wonderfully engrossing.

( Excerpt )


Gerard Way's (Vampire) Detective Agency

Ahhh, I am so happy! xD
On poogle day, I made 3 poogles on my side account. I've been zapping them, but keep liking what they turn to so stopping. One turned gold, which I liked, another turned fire, which I love, so I kept zapping the third hoping for MSP...
And I just got it! Yaaay! xD

http://www.neopets.com/userlookup.phtml?user=katesaba


Now quick question! Bravikins is meant to be a boy, is there any way of changing gender without risking another zap?

( Cutting for Tweet's sake. )

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Once again, the Light Faerie's given me a quest. Can someone help me find "Fuhnah The Fire Faerie"?

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Title: It's a burning love
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It's a burning love