Hiding fandom in the underwear drawer since 1977

Gosh it's been awhile.

Remix madness has started!!! GO HERE. WRITE FUN THINGS BASED ON OTHER PEOPLE'S STORIES

I had 2 remix assignments and got both in on time, woot. Gosh, WHO WRITES 10,000 WORD REMIXES? ME OF COURSE. I'm an idiot. But you knew that. I'd love to get a madness in, I have an idea, but it may not happen -- we're off to Nova Scotia soon. cannot WAIT. I was so sad when the deadline closed because it once again appeared that the person assigned to me had defaulted -- omg I've got rthstewart, run like the wind.
But, a couple days later, a story did pop up so I'm VERY happy that someone did not run like the wind.


Work has been slow and boring and so taking forever to do and in my distraction, I managed to scrape up my car on a parking pylon garage pillar that leaped out at me. Grrr. Also, we may have to replace the car altogether so I got distracted looking at new cars and then got pissed off at car salesman. What about "only contact me by email" was unclear? Also, my spawn ran off to wilderness camp for a week without water bottles and I've been fretting about it.

I've seen Mad Max twice, LOVED IT. OMG GO SEE IT. I did not see Jurassic World though, of course, I love dinosaurs, because ehh. And I need to see the new Pixar movie, though I'm sure I'll cry through the whole thing. I saw the Rebels premiere and did enjoy it. I've not watched Orphan Black yet. I'm just tired of grimdark -- the world is such an awful horrible place from where I sit I look for true escapism from my Twitter feed and daily news. Why yes, hello depression, I've not missed you AT ALL. There was a fun article about the awesomeness of crows in WaPo here.

After receiving two really sweet comments, one for AW and one for Rat and Sword, I decided to thank the readers with an AW blurb that I posted in comments on AO3. I'd wanted to get a new chapter up this month but that's not going to happen, I think, given how busy work and other things are keeping me. But I did start writing, and I'm counting that as a win, even though this is far in advance and won't actually appear for awhile.  It also shows a big point/reveal that's been part of the story for a really long time. By the time I get there, this will undoubtedly change, but the afternmath of John Pevensie accompanying Edmund and Peter for a round of drinks at a pub after Peter's made a tough, rotten decision, has been part of the story from the very beginning.

approx 2000 words
from Apostolic Way to come (which will probably be under another name)
It's 1948, give or take

ooOOoo

( If you aren't interested in a vision of the future, move along, nothing to see here )

I'm thrilled with the new trailer.  I am sick with envy that I am not at Celebration with Club Jade but I've done some fun Star Wars things like watch the new Force Awakens trailer 6 times and didn't have pay for a movie ticket!  I'm THRILLED that the Spawn and I shall be able to take the nieces and nephews to see the movie at Christmas and we CANNOT WAIT.  Also, there's a Force Awakens exhibit at Celebration that was described on io9 that included pictures and commentary on concept art for a character that is either a huge misdirection or a big, giant spoiler.

Behold the glory of the trailer....


I LOVE the opening shot.  And I love this



And this,




Also, anyone notice Luke's peculiar grammar -- "my father has it...."  Present tense?

And of course, Chewie, we're home.

For Adaese, who asked here for a story about Cook. More to come!! (Aidan and Lucy, I think?  Polly and the Whipsnade zoo)  Thanks so much to everyone who has been so nice!

How not to murder your dinner guests

This obviously bears upon the recent difficulty I had in preparing a St Patrick's Day party.

It's been a difficult week and a little distraction might be nice.  If you are so inclined, please share a prompt, or something happy, or something that I've done that helped.
Thanks!

So, with lots of planning and second guessing and spending WAY too much money and time, nevertheless, the dinner party was a success.  Not enough roasted vegetables, too much rice, chicken and white bean dip, ovens acting up, and the chocolate fondue, garbanzo bean cookie brownie, and avocado/yogurt sauce all were very popular.  Not gluten for the evening, no eggs, no nuts, and optional cheese and chicken.  Everyone drank wine instead of all the beer and so I was very glad that they brought wine as hostess gifts.  Also, 2 extra people so we kinda ran out of seating.  Woops. 

Done.  I am done in.  Also, next time, I'll skip Whole Foods, Trader Joes, and Mom's Organic and go straight to Shopper Food Warehouse.  Our local SFW has an enormous ethnic foods department, huge selection of Kosher, Indian, Latin, and Asian product, the largest selection of Goya I've ever seen, and their prices are half of the other places.  Lots of vegetarian options, lots of gluten free options, and so much cheaper, and calmer than these lunatic high end places.  I don't even have to go into a parking garage and negotiate around giant SUVs with rhino guards.

Thanks to everyone for the excellent suggestions.   

So my SO, dear, darling long suffering person, LST, has FOR YEARS, wanted to invite his co-workers over for St. Patrick's Day or Cinco de Mayo, or something.  Always.  I sort of nod, and say, OK, fine, whatever, sure.

So, it's finally happening, on Sunday, and he got really short with me when he asked about food ideas and I responded that there really weren't any typically Irish foods we could serve for a crowd unless we looked at a pork or lamb dish, or salmon, and/or potatoes.  And this is more a 4-7 PM buffet kind of grazing thing, not a sit down meal.  He said he didn't think lamb (I agree), he likes salmon but not for a party food for 20, and there are Indian and Jewish guests coming, so pork is out. 

Fine.  Party poultry it is, with a vegetarian option.  I said I'd make turkey chili and vegetable chili -- not Irish but good, easy and he likes it and I'll do something with potatoes -- I'm thinking hash brown cups.
I made a bunch of batches of cookie dough, froze them and can bake cookies, crackers and cheese, get a fruit and veggie tray, make some mac and cheese for the kids (yes, we have kids too) and we're done, right? 

I send him out to get decorations and he buys Irish beer, so he's happy, and when he asked about things for the kids, I said, well, we can have them decorate cookies or cupcakes with green sprinkles and frosting. 

HA HA HA

Now, I do have a very high food awareness, allergens, sensitivities and such.  I can accommodate just about anything. My BIL is allergic to melon and fish.  My SIL is allergic to shellfish.  I've entertained lots of people with nut, shellfish, gluten allergies, and lactose sensitivities.   I don't have them but gosh I know lots of people who do and it's bad form to injure your guests.  I know how to cook in a clean, segregated kitchen.  I'm glad to do it.  So I always ask, any allergies?  Anything out? 

I should have known from his workplace.
Not only no pork but
1 Vegan
1 gluten-free
2 no nuts, eggs (including any cooked eggs, like in baked goods)

Wuhhh.  THAT becomes a very small set of foods that can be eaten by everyone.  Beans, vegetables, fruit, preferably raw.   Because seriously if you eliminate all animal products (fine, that's doable), you typically start substituting nut butters, flours, and milk substitutes.  But, nuts are out.  Gluten free is no problem (OK, no pasta or bread, but this is what those rice crackers are for) but a lot of gluten free flours specifically state for baking, don't substitute the eggs.  Macaroons are good alternative but those have nuts and egg whites.  Also, not putting the corn I already bought in the vegetarian chili and the vegetable and chicken stock I bought say they are gluten free -- but I may have to make my own stock between now and Sunday to be sure. 

I've not told my husband that the gluten-free person won't be drinking any of the beer he bought. 

WHOLE FOODS HERE I COME.    And chocolate dipped fruit except I don't have that fondue sterno thing.  Also, I found this, speaking of beans, deep dish cookie.

Gah.  I knew this would happen. 

It's been awesome, you all are awesome but the 3SF will close tomorrow, March 8, at 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time.  (and we lose an  hour tomorrow!). 

edit:  I will leave the thread open, so that people can continue to fill prompts and comment upon existing fills.  Ideally, there won't be any new prompts.  (Until next year!!)

First, back when I concluded H&M, I had intended to post 2 epilogues. I decided against it because I was satisfied with Acceptance of the Terms. But I did have several thousand words of the AU version of it, Rejection of the Terms, Everybody Lives, Nobody Leaves. I was really worried that it was nothing but a vanity project and spewing things you've already read. Some of it you've seen before because I pulled from this draft to write Lost in Translation. Lots of it is new. heliopausa , ruanchuxian0 and syrena_of_the_lake all read it and thought it was OK and not too repetitive, so I polished it up and posted 11,800 words of it. So, I hope you enjoy it. It's on AO3 and FF.net

Second, autumnia pointed me in the direction of this amazing article about a girl who started leaving food for crows and now they bring her gifts.

Third, in addition to the roving llamas here and here (last one set to Born To Run) (and yes, I'm working on a fic about them -- watch this space), and the mysterious colored dress, there was this picture that went viral today of a weasel leaping on to the back of a green woodpecker.


Source and article here.

All of these, btw, have launched fic on the 3 sentence ficathon.  It's winding up this week on Sunday but there's plenty of time to play!!

Last, this all comes to you despite zomg so sick.  I had an emergency root canal on Friday followed by the worst respiratory crud thing I've had in years.  I've missed the last two days of work and we're getting more snow so who knows when I'll make it back in.  Anyway, that is all.  Thank you so much.  If you like the story, I hope you'll let me know.

Also, wasn't Star Wars Rebels FUN?  And Agent Carter?  And isn't Elementary good this season.  And gosh, I bought the hype and went back for the last episode of Sleepy Hollow, and was SO GLAD I DID.  Yes, anything?

Well, 3SF went live 4 days ago and we're already nearly to 1000 prompts, fills, and comments. YOWZA. Welcome to everyone that is new and welcome back if you were here before!  Thank you for spreading the word!  Thanks so much to all of you for playing along. 

I know that it's intimidating to come into 3SF late, especially when it explodes so suddenly. You can't keep up (I know I can't and I'm getting copied on every single comment!) Don't worry about it. Skim if you want or just start anew.    Don't worry if there have already been a zillion prompts in your favorite fandom; come to think of it, I've not seen any Susan/Maglor yet.  vialethe ?  snacky ?

I use the word "host" deliberately - given the speed and volume, I can't mod this.  If there's anything you see that is very concerning, drop me a line or send me a PM or email.  I'm easy to find.  Best way to keep me from having to do or say anything is to carry on as fabulously as you already have.

Last time, we did a friending meme and I'll put one up in a couple of days so we can all get to know one another. 

Also, if your fill is fem-oriented, please consider posting it over in the Half-a-Moon community going on right now. You an also post on AO3 under the 3SF tag. (There are probably a couple of them, but here's one, three sentence ficathon

That is all and thanks again!