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Hallo!!! Am back from my 'break' a day early. It was all terribly productive and refreshing. Felt like one of those vacations where you empty your inbox on the beach. (yes, a little The Politician's Wife reference in there - reread it again last night. ♥)

Stuff I did:
- finished first draft of Merlin/Arthur fic - need to type that in tomorrow.
- outlined my SL-fest porn
- got caught up (and fell behind again) on [livejournal.com profile] hds_beltane
- beta'd a few fantastic fics
- replied to comments (still not even close to caught up)
- finished Draco/Al crack broom recs (will post summary soon)
- finished c&p for h/d bookshelf. the lovely vaysh is creating the poll this very moment
- wrote up new Merlin rec post (still formatting - will be up soon)

And of course, I spent a ridiculous number of hours in my backyard in a baby pool, walking to the park, going to the zoo, teaching the kids how to ride their bikes... you know... vacation stuff.

Sorry if I missed something! Link me to stuff I missed, kay?

Also today is Quit Facebook Day

How to permanently delete your facebook account. (The key apparently is to STAY OUT. So you need to stay out of facebook for 2 full weeks after you delete it, or your delete will be cancelled. Sneaky eh?

Happy Monday!

ETA: OMG! LJ!!! NOT COOL!!!! You know how if you see an lj user ID, and there is that little 'person' beside it? and if you hover over that 'person' a rollover box pops up? Well one of those options is to 'remove friend' and if you finger slips and clicks that option, IT DEFRIENDS THE PERSON - no 'are you sure?' just oops... defriended and you didn't even realise that you did it!!! Add that to having a temperamental touch pad instead of a mouse and OMG!!! accidental defriending == UNCOOL! Look, try it, see how ridiculously easy it is! Defriend me: [livejournal.com profile] marguerite_26. but you know... friend me back, kay? Sorry Huey. :(

Date: 2010-05-31 02:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com
I has a ridiculous poll and some Tom/Dan RPS I posted a few days.

Happy Monday to you, too!

*twirls you*

Date: 2010-05-31 03:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com
hahaha! Thanks for pointing me there! That should not be missed. :D

*iz twirled*

Date: 2010-05-31 02:22 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] ms-katonic.livejournal.com
Fear not, there is an option somewhere on LJ to turn off the rollover box. Which I did ages ago as it was driving me insane. Have a look in the options, I think it's still there.

Date: 2010-05-31 03:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com
I will have to look that up! I have used the rollover box for stuff before, but on the laptop it's a bit more clumsy - or I AM a bit more clumsy. :D

Date: 2010-05-31 02:23 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] snegurochka_lee
Welcome back!!!!

Re ETA, ahahahaha. Also, I have noticed before that "View profile," which I do quite often thank you very much, is right next to "Ban user everywhere" and "Report a bot." :( Thanks, LJ.

Date: 2010-05-31 03:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com
BAN USER EVERYWHERE!!! now there's a lovely accidental slip. :D

*twirls*

Date: 2010-05-31 02:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] phoenixacid.livejournal.com
It's alright. :D I actually never notice the rollover box. OMG - I really hope I didn't accidentally click on the defriend thing! It's just too easy! Stupid LJ.

I can't wait to read that Merlin/Arthur fic!! And I'm glad you had fun in the pool and at the zoo! :D

Date: 2010-05-31 03:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com
IT IS TOO EASY!!! And not prompt for: Do you realise what you are doing? :(((

*clings* and *stares at Colin Morgan's gorgeous smile until I feel better*

Date: 2010-05-31 03:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alisanne.livejournal.com
You can disable that rollover thingy. I did a while back. :)

Date: 2010-05-31 03:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com
I am totally going to do that. Even though some of those things are convenient! but still... too easy to click the wrong thing!

Date: 2010-05-31 03:59 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] potteresque_ire
*Glomps you and have my naughty naughty ways with you*

*Gropes Squishy*

I never used Facebook but I had an account and had tried to remove it before...without success (because I only deactivated it). Tried again just now :). Even without the privacy issues, I never like the fact that it's there for curious bystanders to look at who I am and who I know and what I do etc etc. *iz antisocial*

Yeah, the way LJ has their menu .. it's so easy to press the wrong thing. I used to be so worried that I would flag a journal by mistake *gulps*.

That's a lot of fun activities for you! *iz jealous*. I still suck at riding the bike and I love to swim (although not the getting ready part... I don't like pool changing rooms) and I love going to the Aquarium, if not the zoo (where I haven't gone enough to remember how it's really like). The sting rays and penguins there are made of awesome! *pats them* :) (Oh, and what I find amusing? There's a seafood restaurant right across the street from the Aquarium... OUCH.)

I have been lurking and reading short fics here and there, H/D and beyond. HP keeps me sane. Honestly. :) Oh oh oh, and I broke my RPS (of RP who I know, so Colin/Bradley, which I have read a few, don't count...) reading cherry! :)

Date: 2010-05-31 04:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] phoenixacid.livejournal.com
PENGUINS! STINGRAYS! 8D

You don't need a pool changing room, Pie - just wear all your swimsuit things under your shirt and do a sexy striptease right before you hit the water! *giggles and ducks thrown pies*

Date: 2010-05-31 04:15 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] potteresque_ire
do a sexy striptease

*Tries to keep my lunch down*

No pie throwing beside the swimming poo! *grabs Huey and throws her into the pool with one Sexy!Pie*

Date: 2010-05-31 04:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] phoenixacid.livejournal.com
*flails around and gropes Sexy!Pie* xD

It's been so long since I last flailed in a pool. I remember trying to play Quidditch with my friends (pebble thrown into water = snitch, inflatable ball = quaffle, two hula hoops = goal posts) xD Unfortunately, I'm pretty much blind without my slash goggles.

Date: 2010-05-31 05:25 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] potteresque_ire
That sounds fun, Huey. I think I can see the Quaffle but the snitch, no way :). As to throwing at goal post...given my track record in sports involving balls *blocks drain so your brain won't go down there*, chances are I'll break something a few pool lengths away from the pool itself. My strength usually comes in the most inappropriate moment! :D

I used to love to dive into 12 ft deep pool (that's the swimming pool I used to go in my school).... and clean up all the fallen leaves and rocks that had accumulated there. It's a test of how long I can hold my breath...

Hee hee. I wonder whether Speedo makes slash goggles. I may swim faster than Michael Phelps if I have them and see.... *grins*. And those rubber caps they make ... aren't they lubricated for easier wear?

Date: 2010-05-31 05:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] phoenixacid.livejournal.com
I guess you can throw a goldfish into the pool for the snitch, but that would be cruel. xD

*brain is too strong and burned a hole through drain blockage* LMAO.

That's cool! I always try to swim underwater from one end to the other - but I could never finish it. Hee.

I bet they are lubricated... maybe even the swimming trunks are lubricated. *dies*

Date: 2010-05-31 06:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chantefable.livejournal.com
OMG I feel your pain! I'm constantly getting finger cramps because I'm afraid they'll slip on the touchpad & I'll ban or unfriend someone:(

BTW WELCOME BACK!!!

Date: 2010-05-31 06:06 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] faithwood.livejournal.com
Defriend me: [livejournal.com profile] marguerite_26. but you know... friend me back, kay?

You request, I obey. :D

Also, that's a lot of stuff you did. I did, let's see . . . nothing. *headdesk*
Edited Date: 2010-05-31 06:08 pm (UTC)

Date: 2010-05-31 07:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] enchanted-jae.livejournal.com
I don't like that "Remove friend" is right there between "send message" and "send gift". WTF? It should be all the way at the bottom!

Date: 2010-05-31 09:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chantefable.livejournal.com
I'm glad you're back so I'm spamming you with recs. What? Is logical.

The Prince's Mare: Horse Ex Machina (http://rotrude.livejournal.com/15021.html) by [livejournal.com profile] rotrude

“No, I can’t have a talking horse in Uther’s court and I’m not in love with Arthur. You can cut down on the gossip,” Merlin snaps. Before falling asleep against her, the cold and drowsiness taking over, he murmurs, “I love him as a friend.”

The last thing he hears is a half-neighed, “So deluded.”

Date: 2010-05-31 09:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chantefable.livejournal.com
From [livejournal.com profile] reel_merlin (I read Merlin crack. I can't help it. It looks like 60% of Merlin out there is cracky…):
Laws of Attraction (http://christycorr.livejournal.com/127970.html) by [livejournal.com profile] christycorr
Merlin Emrys had strong convictions on the subjects of love and marriage—namely, that they should be avoided at all costs.


Dynamite With A Laser Beam (http://sequinedfairy.livejournal.com/21226.html) by [livejournal.com profile] sequinedfairy
Merlin was, at the moment, contorted into a small, windowless box with a limited amount of air, so they better be fucking invincible, or Merlin was screwed. Arthur had insisted Merlin do that because he was the only one skinny and flexible enough, which was, annoyingly enough, true. Even Morgana had backed Arthur up, which was when Merlin knew there was no getting out of there. Gwen had started to ask how Morgana knew Merlin was so flexible, but Arthur had cut her off with an urgent, "We do not talk about that. She does not. It never happened. We never talk about that. There were no twizzlers involved."


Two Birds, One Stone (http://justicemischief.livejournal.com/6175.html) by [livejournal.com profile] justicemischief
"They are insurrectionists, traitors to the crown. Arthur of Sherwood has gone too far this time. An example must be made of him."

Date: 2010-05-31 09:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chantefable.livejournal.com
This is actually awesome. NO KIDDING.

The Prince's New Clothes (http://oxoniensis.livejournal.com/404305.html) by [livejournal.com profile] oxoniensis

Arthur lifts his head and his eyes goes wide with realisation. "You knew I was naked. All the time."

Merlin tries to look like the sort of servant who would never say a word out of turn. He keeps silent to keep up the illusion.

"And you didn't say a word," Arthur continues. Then his shoulders slump. "Of course you didn't. No one did. No one dared." His words trail off.

There's an awkward silence for a bit, and Merlin hopes it's signalling a mutual decision to say no more about the whole affair, and most particularly not to bring up any issue of Merlin maybe possibly having good reason to be worried about being outed as a magician.

"Though—" Arthur sits up in bed and looks thoughtful, then almost pleased with himself. He jumps out of bed. He's still naked. Arthur looks down at himself, and his look goes from almost pleased to definitely smug. "At least I've nothing to be ashamed of," he says, his mood suddenly sunny.

"Yes, you're a fine figure of a man," Merlin tells him dryly. "Now, how about you put some clothes on."

"You were staring at my arse last night," Arthur says reflectively.

"No, I wasn't," Merlin denies immediately. "How could you know, anyway? You don't have eyes in the back of your head."

Arthur smirks. "Aha, you're admitting it."

"No, I'm not!"

"So you were lying when you said I'm a fine figure of a man?" Arthur asks sneakily.

Date: 2010-05-31 10:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chantefable.livejournal.com
even medieval times had a top shelf (http://oxoniensis.livejournal.com/384003.html) by [livejournal.com profile] oxoniensis
"You and Will, surely—"

Merlin boggles. "Me and Will? Seriously, you think—?"

"I'm guessing that's a no then." Arthur shouldn't have said anything—everything was going so well when they weren't talking.

"No." Merlin shakes his head vehemently, as though just saying no was nowhere near enough. "Definitely not," he adds eventually, grinning. Then his grin gets wider. "You don't have a clue what to do next, do you?"

Date: 2010-05-31 10:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chantefable.livejournal.com
The Prince and the Captured Moon (http://oxoniensis.livejournal.com/399305.html) by [livejournal.com profile] oxoniensis
It is the moon, he is certain.

He strips off his armour and clothing, and wades out into the water, with only his dagger for protection. He takes deep breaths, then one final one, and dives underwater. When he reaches the figure, he lifts away the hood.

The moon's smile is as radiant as the light he shines, and Arthur blinks in the glow. "I knew you would come," the moon says, and Arthur does not know how he hears the words through the water, but he does.

He cuts away the vicious cords binding the moon, freeing his hands first, and then cutting him loose from the rock he's bound to. Arthur's feeling faint from lack of air, but still he keeps working, the thought of leaving the moon down here even minutes longer more than he can bear. And then, when he knows he is about to lose consciousness, he cuts the final tie. With one last effort, he kicks out, sending them rising to the surface.

Date: 2010-05-31 10:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chantefable.livejournal.com
Four Times Merlin Cock-Blocked Arthur, and One Time He Didn't (http://oxoniensis.livejournal.com/385122.html) by [livejournal.com profile] oxoniensis

They bag two wild boar, an alphyn, a twelve point stag, eleven hares and numerous rabbits. The rabbits are for dinner—thankfully, no one wants to risk Merlin cooking it, so his only task is to gut them. Sir Hervis does the cooking. It's surprisingly good. When Merlin tells him so, he offers the recipe, then stutters and stammers and pretends he was offering to teach Merlin to set traps. [...]
The good thing is that there are no dangerous creatures and Arthur's clearly unharmed, as is the knight with him. Sir Meliot, Merlin thinks, though it's hard to see in the dim light.

The bad is that he's pretty sure Arthur doesn't want to be rescued. The look on Arthur's face is definitely not the look of a man who's pleased to have been found. It's the look of a prince who's very pissed off indeed. Which is understandable, really, considering that his britches are around his ankles, as are Sir Meliot's. And—oh. Merlin lifts his eyes up quickly.

Date: 2010-05-31 10:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chantefable.livejournal.com
a tree and a bee and a flea, fiddle-dee-dee (http://oxoniensis.livejournal.com/398558.html) by [livejournal.com profile] oxoniensis

"No, Merlin, I am not going to be the princess."

"But you always say that I've got no sense of court manners," Merlin points out, "and there's no way I could pull it off. You, however, would make an excellent princess." Merlin copies the smug grin that Arthur's always using on him — it feels good using it on Arthur for a change.


Date: 2010-06-03 03:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marguerite-26.livejournal.com
OMG!! You are so fab!!! Thank you for these. My life's been crazy the last couple days and now YAY!!! am going to work through these. You are such a doll. ♥

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