last weekend redux

Two of my favourite fics of the hd_career_fair were posted this morning!!! It's like my b-day all over again. YAY!!!!

No Animagi, No Polyjuice, No Sparkling Vampires (12k)
Great title, y/y?!?! It's based on the prompt I threw together for last year's St. Patrick's day Career Fair pimp post. Harry is a pub owner, hiding from life and Draco makes an unexpected and unwanted appearance at said pub. This is wonderfully done, great dynamic between the boys and really fun OCs. With a background of Lucius/Hermione!!! Woot!!!


Normal Does It (26k - oof! right? But it's the weekend!!! and this just flies by.)
Another pirate fic! *rolls around in swashbuckling love* Draco is on a quest, and he needs Harry's help. Both Harry and Draco have layers of secrets in this fic which are a joy to unravel. The plot is great pirate escapade following an old map and meeting nefarious creatures along the way. Being chased by other ships and not knowing who to trust. A really well done adventure. OH! and totally not AU, it's EWE, but it's holds to all of DH.


And I haven't broken my vow to give up reading for a bit! I read these two ages ago. Now go, read and stare at the beta credits and try to guess who wrote. We all know that's what you do. ;)

I now have 2hr sans kids. I am off to work on my hols. :D


ETA: !!! NEED Harry/Draco art - NWS Wow. That's just... intense. *shivers*

Crazy people will poke you in the eye and defriending stuff

*checks back for DEFRIEND ME sign*

o_O

Er? ok, so I believe that defriendings are often not personal and there are likely many people on my flist (especially the lovely non-HP fen whose finger itches to remove me because I am sure they scroll past all my posts with an eyeroll thinking: I have no idea what that chick is talking about, ever).

But you know, sometimes it is actually triggered by something more than a long avoided spring flist cleaning. And several people in one day is rather odd. So for the record:

- That beta poll? er? Nothing personal to ANYONE. It was not about me, or you or an old beta or my betaing experience in any direct way. I just woke up Friday morning and was curious about how people who (do and don't) beta feel about beta related stuff. so I asked.

- I have only read (maybe?) half of the hd_career_fair fics. If your fic was posted and I did not comment or rec, I'm sure it was lovely but I very possibly have not read it. Does that make me a shitty reccer for reccing from only the fic that I happened to have been assigned to proof read? Yes. But it was that or nothing, and I felt reccing what I could was the better option.

- I suck at replying to comments. I truly apologize for this. It's rude and ungrateful, but it's not personal. I believe in being rude to everyone equally.

- If you defriend me to prove a point, it would work better if you tell me what that point is. I'm really not that clever.


But! to end on a funny note!
Crazy people! My sister (who does in fact live near a Mental Hospital) sent me this this morning

( How I learned to mind my own business: )

warning: remember up there, about the replying to comments? yeah. I still suck, so comment at your own risk.

ETA: YES! LJ sends notifications for defriending. Check out that, and other cool stuff: HERE