Below are the most recent 18 friends' journal entries.

Monday, December 21st, 2009
amejisuto	11:10a	Cranberry-Orange-Nut Cookies Comments by ZingerBug.com ( Cranberry-Orange-Nut Cookies ) (Comment on this)
amanuensis1	7:09a	Update, original fic: Lord Bereshti's Concubines, ch. 18 Chapter 18 of Lord Bereshti's Concubines is up. ( Teaser below the cut ) Chapter 20 will be up before the end of the month. I promise still more smut. ^_^ Current Mood: chipper Current Music: Kuroshitsuji musical (Comment on this)
Sunday, December 20th, 2009
amejisuto	12:19p	Hershey's Double Chocolate Cheesecake I usually post this link but I forget it up until Christmas Eve so I thought I'd post it early. It for all the kids -big and little- so they can track Santa on his journey Christmas Eve. Norad Santa Tracker. Because if the US Military believes in Santa, he must be real! ( Hershey's Double Chocolate Cheesecake ) Current Mood: cold (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, December 19th, 2009
amejisuto	1:52p	Snow Report and Baklava I'm still here! YAY! And it is a yaying situation because about 4,500 people in town are without power and there are still people stuck out on the interstate. So the fact that I have heat and internet and cable? YAYYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAY!! YAY! It's slowed down snowing but I'd guess we have about two feet of the stuff on the ground. It's hard to tell with all the drifting. We're supposed to get another six inches before it finally stops tomorrow morning. But yeah, about two feet of snow. I got our ramp shoveled off of about fourteen inches last night and had to do it all over again this morning. Joy. I'm not even trying the driveway. It's about as long as a football field and has extra room for cars to turn around here at the top. I'd have a heart attack before I even made my way to the mailbox. So yeah, both VA and WV are in a state of emergency and everything is canceled. I mean everything. Banks, churches, mail, everything. Still, it could be worse, so I'm thankful I have a big pot of veggie soup made for dinner and biscuts and the power to use the oven and keep my computer going. Hope everyone else in the area is staying safe and warm! And now! Onto the recipe! ( Baklava ) I think I watched AB make this three times this week. I lost count due to all the drooling. Current Mood: Under 2 ft of snow (12 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, December 18th, 2009
alchemia	10:11p	GoogleWave Any of you there?  Ive barely looked at it have little clue wtf to do with it or even how to find people.  But uh, I'm there, and have some invites. (Comment on this)
amejisuto	8:16p	Snow Report It started snowing around three this afternoon, about five hours ago. All roads in Greenbrier County are closed, as are all roads in Tazewell County. Here in my little corner of WV, five school buses of kids didn't make it home and they took them to Beaver Vol. Fire Dept to wait out the snow. So far we have power, thank gods, but damn do I feel for the parents and kids having to wait out the storm. There are still kids on the roads down in Mercer County trying to get home too. Damn. It's been quite a while since we've had a snow this bad. I went out to my porch and measured the snow, eight inches of it so far and it's supposed to keep snowing all day tomorrow. I hope all those kids make it home safely. Keep warm folks. ETA: Update folks. It's 11:30 and people are trapped in their cars on I-77 between Beckley and Ghent. Road crews are focusing on that area, digging people out and getting them home. Rt. 19 between Beckley and Oak Hill is pretty much snow covered and that's a main highway for our area. I'm hearing tales of tractor trailers jack knifing in a couple of places which is making the interstate roads even more hazardous. The two main roads through Beckley are pretty much snow covered too, so I'm really not holding my breath on seeing the snow plow until Sunday. As for me, I keep on trying to shovel off my porch. I get a little bit done, go sit for a minute and go back and find another inch or two of snow has fallen. Yeah, this snow is really nasty. If anyone needs road info, I've got numbers to call for Virgina and West Virgina. WV- 1 877 WVA Road VA- 1 800 367 Road Good luck if you're going out! Me? I'm hibernating until Monday. And I can skip going out Monday if I really have to. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
amejisuto	2:07p	Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark First snowstorm of the year starting tonight. YAY. Not. I like snow at Christmas as much as anyone but over a foot all at once? So not funny, Mother Nature. Not funny at all. ( Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark ) Current Mood: amused Current Music: Leroy the Redneck Reindeer -- No, that's what I'm really listening to! WEIRD! (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
amejisuto	6:52p	Chocolate and Orange Meltaways Why is it you always get sick the day AFTER you go to the doctor? ( Chocolate and Orange Meltaways ) (Comment on this)
thete1	5:27p	"I know it's racist, Te, but the special effects look awesome!" *points up* I hate that. I really, really, *really* hate that. Can you guess why? Wait, wait. If you can't, I don't really want to know. This has been on my mind -- harshing *my* squee -- since that first Transformers movie came out and so many of you were full of excuses about why you were going to see it anyway. Despite the racism. Yes, yes, giant robots and you love them. I love things, too -- I know how it goes. But. ( But. ) Current Mood: bitchy Current Music: Jay-Z vs. The Verve: "Brush Your Bittersweet Shoulders Off" (4 Comments |Comment on this)
thete1	5:08a	Infinite, undying Infinite, undying by Te November 14, 2009 Disclaimers: No one and nothing here is mine. Spoilers/Timeline: Mostly vague and AU-ized references to older storylines. Takes place not long after "War Games." Summary: There is careful, and then there is careful *enough*. Ratings Note/Warnings: Sexual content which mostly doesn't have a damned thing to do with the content some readers may find disturbing. Author's Note: A closer-to-real sequel to ending two of A way so familiar. Will not make sense without the other. Acknowledgments: Pixie and Mildred asked very nicely, and then joined Jack for audiencing duties. *hugs all around* Story! Current Music: The Spinners: "It's A Shame" (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, December 14th, 2009
ac1d6urn	7:30p	RPGs, the other collaborative fiction sinick, devious RPG-dwelling creature that she is, has introduced me to my current addiction: the RPG called Breaking Point, which has a few interesting twists. It's 2024 in Harry Potter world. Suddenly, wizards from the past are popping up all over the place as if they'd Apparated through time instead of space Resurrected wizards include Tom Riddle, Death Eaters, and Grindelwald. Chaos, and mayhem ensues. Everyone panics1. My previous experience with role-playing games included tossing dice and crunching numbers for stats in table tops, beating Sephiroth, leveling up a horde of Oblivion characters, and avoiding chat transcripts of the 'I put on my wand and my wizard hat' kind. Now, I play Albus Severus Potter. I am not the first player to take him on, and he's had some interesting biography facts handed down: He's a Ravenclaw reporter-wannabe. It was the book canon's fault that he is a thoughtful, quiet second son that is close to his Dad and looks just like him It was my fault alone when in the process of tweaking his bio, I made Al into a list-loving dork, an equal proportion mix of Sherlock Holmes, Sheldon Cooper, and pre-Pon Farr Spocklet. Imagine, if you will, a short Clark Kent, sans the Superman suit3 underneath. Without the slightest possibility of there ever being a Superman suit. What is there instead is curiosity and logic. This RPG is fun! Everything went rather well for Al in his neat information bubble reinforced with books and newspapers, until his brother was cursed and Al witnessed (and helped) Snape save him. After some careful analysis of the situation, he concluded that Snape was a logical and rational creature worthy of interest and interaction. Of course I should mention that Snape only tolerated Al seasoning his cauldrons until he learned what Al does for a crust.   "What is this? A reporter? OMIGODYOUREETASKEETERU!!!!111"   Well, maybe he said it with a bit more character and a bit less emo. Sinick plays him and she watches her exclamation marks, as well as the emo. Then Al suddenly declared to his dad that Severus Snape was the best thing that happened to them since sliced bread and gave his father, the Ever Suffering Boy Who Lived, an intellectual finger and a few new gray hairs in the process. It all went from there.   Soon into playing Al I realized a few things about collaborative writing RPGs: Your character gains depth as they interact with others and they never stop changing as a person In character driven writing, strong plots help, a lot Ask the players involved before sending your character to walk around poking others' characters, most likely they'll laugh and let you There's no beta-readers. Get the words out while the reaction's still fresh in your head and let the others do the same. There will be typos and missed commas. It's good for Practicing to write dialogue driven conversations Discovering the importance of speech patterns (you discover early on that you hear how your character sounds and whether they're tired, happy, or angry when they say it) Rapidly producing a large body of text that would drive any sane beta reader nuts with errors It's bad for Constant POV storytelling. It jumps like a ping-pong ball all over, unless one of the players consciously maintains distance. Strict control over the characters, you never know who'll show up, and where they'll drag you next Procrastination purposes. It'll eat up your spare time, and take a huge chunk out of sleep time too, beware. So, here you go, RPGs for fiction writers, in a nutshell. If you want to join us, there's still plenty of characters left to resurrect, play, and puppeteer, such as Luna, Pansy, Bellatrix, the Lestranges, or whoever else comes to mind up to and including each one of the giant squid's tentacles (he is giant, and multi-limbed, he deserves multiple accounts, I say.) 1. And has hot, meaningless sex2, if you're into that sort of thing 2. Except for Dumbledore, who is just happy that his (boy)friend's back 3. Note, if your mind jumped to Clark Kent in his birthday suit, I am not responsible, it's all your mind's fault. Stop now. Proceed with reading.   (Comment on this)
amejisuto	7:31p	Two Pranline Recipes For the_minx_17. They both looked good so you can pick and choose. ( Pecan Praline Morsels ) ( Creamy Pecan Pralines ) (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, December 13th, 2009
amejisuto	11:01a	Peanut Butter Fudge Brownie Bars ( Peanut Butter Fudge Brownie Bars ) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, December 12th, 2009
amejisuto	11:22a	Rugelach ( Rugelach ) (Comment on this)
Friday, December 11th, 2009
amejisuto	12:56p	Twelve Days of Cookies: Day Twelve I've been informed that not only is it unusally cold in parts of Florida, but they were expecting snow last night in Southern California. So yeah, except for Hawaii, the entire US is freaking cold. It starts snowing in Honolulu though, and I reserve the right to freak out about the next ice age starting. ( White Peppermint Snowballs ) Current Mood: cold (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
amejisuto	10:07a	Twelve Days of Cookies: Day Eleven I think I speak for most of the United States -- except for possibly Southern California and Florida -- when I say: OH MY GODS, IT'S FUCKING COLD! ( Classic Shortbread Cookies in 4 Ingredients with added 1 ingredient Variations ) Current Mood: freezing my tits off (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
amejisuto	7:13a	Twelve Days of Cookies: Day Ten ( Crunchy Peanut Butter S'more Bites ) (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
amejisuto	7:26a	Twelve Days of Cookies: Day Nine ( Orange Currant Polenta Cookies ) (Comment on this)