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Title: "Sons and Lovers" (Part 1)
Fandom: Monster/Death Note crossover (anime versions)
Genre: Drama, crossover, character study
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Tenma/Watari, L, B, Johan, Tenma/Grimmer mentioned
Spoilers: Monster series; Death Note, some backstory.
Summary: Germany, 1998: L arrives too late to help capture Johan, but Watari finds a new friend in Tenma.
Notes: A prequel to the "main story," which I intend to set during the main Death Note plot. Lots of made-up DN backstory, probably contradicts some of the manga. About 9000 words.

Sons and Lovers: Part 1

1. I have powder all over my fingers from my gloves.
2. Damn American volume system; couldn't they at least include equivalent metric measurements on bottles? It's so sloppy. I would also appreciate molarity on my bottles, if it wouldn't be too difficult.
3. My love for being a mad scientist is rekindled. I kind of want to take another chem lab.
4. Hee!


( 61 days )


Those really neat bottle of Mountain Dew are at the Tenn. St Walmart, in front of check out #5. They're 2 for $3. They are totally worth it.

ilu, football. <3

In honor of 07/07/08, my pal and I dressed up as Nana and Hachi in the MMORPG Second Life.

Here are our avatars all decked out! More photos are here.

Somewhere in the hill country of central Texas...




The colors may be a bit wonky.

Theme suggestion: odd one out

Well, the 4th of July really wasn't a big deal for us. It was raining this year, and there weren't many shows in our area (either due to the economy or the overall lack of fireworks) so we called it a quiet night of dinner out and a little gaming and that was about it. But the day after, well...



Yup, nostalgia time. Went to go see a double feature at a drive in. Specifically, the Family Drive-in, down in Stephens City, just a short hop from Winchester and about a 100 miles or so from where we live. Yeah, probably a bit on the insane side, given the price of gas (but not so really, since we got to tank up there for $3.89 a gallon when it's already $4.11 at the place down the street from us). But I'm getting ahead of myself. It started earlier last week, when during a slow period at work I was reading Time, and came across this article talking about the renaissance of drive-ins. Remembering the old days when as a kid my grandparents used to load me and several other grandbrats in the car and take us to the Sundown in Whittier, as well as thinking of the last drive-in corpse I'd seen (the Kam Twins in Aiea), I wanted to see something that recalled those halcyon days of youth (I think I can fairly say I'm an old enough fart now to get away with this).

So, with a little digging on the internet at hand, I was lucky enough to find the Family, though it was somewhat of a distance from where I was. No problem, going anyway. So after talking the wife into this (note: it did not take much arm twisting), we headed off on our grand adventure. Arriving at the place was interesting (I thought I was going to be late, as we were running behind schedule, but it turns out that they didn't start the movie until 9 anyway), and being drive-in neophytes, we'll have to bring a table and some lawn chairs for the next time. But all in all, it was a blast, and I was giddier than I've been in some time, so I'm thinking we're going to try to organize a trek that way again. Hell, if I had enough money, I'd try building one myself, just because.

But, anyone up for a trip in August? ^_^

The Politics of Poutine

"Canada's U.S. embassy apologized on Thursday for a party invitation that featured a prominent figure in Canadian history brandishing a large plate of French fries covered in cheese curds and gravy. "

I don't know what the fuss is about.  Poutine is awesome.

In other food-related news,  I'd like to thank Arden's Garden for teaching me that good smoothies can be made solely from frozen fruit and fruit juice.  I had been avoiding smoothies in part because I didn't know what was in the "smoothie mix" each different smoothie place adds in.  I still hit the shop when I'm at work, but at home I find I can make them just as tasty.

FUCKING LENS FLARES!

(I dont really use them)

Theme suggestions: What I did on my summer holiday/vacation

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it's now also out on onemanga

( Who season 4 spoilers en masse )



Anonymous flew into the time war, and saw all of time.

Nevermind. Just looked. -_-' boy I feel stupid.

Title: Lover's Holiday
Genre: Romance, some angst
Rating: PG
Characters: Tenma, Nina, Johan
Pairings: Tenma/Nina, mild hints of Tenma/Johan
Summary: In many ways, Tenma's journey was not yet over.
Notes: Spoilers for the end of the series.

( Lover's Holiday )

another DS doodle

I noticed that I do not have Animorphs #44, The Unexpected. As this is a crime, I hopped on Amazon.

I can buy this book--arguably one of the weakest of the series--for $8.94, cheapest, or $52.84, most expensive, not including shipping. They're not even billing it as a collectible.

WHAT THE HELL


So I just searched for Animorphs and organized the results from highest price to lowest.

"Animorphs mixed set (Paperback)" (whatever that means) for $511.11

You've got to be effing kidding me.

You can get the absolute complete set for $295. The highest price for an individual book is $167.96 for Megamorphs #2 In the Time of Dinosaurs.

#15 The Escape in German goes for $129.12.

Meanwhile, you can get a whole lot of them for the standard $0.01.


Things that amuse me: Great Sex for Moms: Ten Steps to Nurturing Passion While Raising Kids and That Takes Ovaries!: Bold Females and Their Brazen Acts popping up in the middle of the cheap results; a spam email with the subject line "Grow a kangeroo in 2 weeks" wherein 'kangeroo' is clearly a code word for 'larger penis.' This is funny because #44 is the Australia one.

i need #44 now. neeeeed.

Title: Bottom of the Sky
Genre: Angst
Rating: PG
Characters: Tenma, Johan, Grimmer
Pairing: Grimmer/Tenma
Summary: Tenma reflects on a promise he made with Grimmer.
Notes: This was written for springkink, and the prompt is "hurt/comfort - not a good day for a picnic," and this fic contains major spoilers for the end of the series.

( Bottom of the Sky )

For you Americans. I am new here. My name is Erin, I'm 23, and I am teach English as a second language to elementary students. I have been reading Nana for around four or five years (don't remember which)

anyhoo I just wanted to say that CD website has updated with the first seventeen pages of Nana ch. 76.

Check it out here ->   Oh the joy!!!



Later!

Rin and Kagehisa fanart. + a very rough scetch-crossover starring Manji

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