2006-11-09 09:17 am

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I have just received word that Ed Bradley has passed away. This is just, this is very sad to me. I understand that he died from leukemia, which had been in remission for the last two years, but come back recently. R.I.P., Mr Bradley, you were a wonderful man and a brilliant reporter. Your passion and intellect will be missed greatly.

If anybody else is interested, I'm going to be making a donation the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in his memory. It won't be a lot, but every little bit helps. I firmly believe this.
2006-11-08 01:29 pm
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FNL – Man Up (NC-17)

Oh, Matt Saracen, how are you so awesome and so hot? Really? Also, initially this pairing did something weird to my brain and made it think we were writing Superman Returns/ Batverse again.


Friday Night Lights
Jason/Tim (Jason/Lyla, Tim/Tyra)
Spoilers for 1.07 'El Accidente'
Rated Adult
Beta by [livejournal.com profile] antheia, coercion by [livejournal.com profile] musesfool, dedicated to [livejournal.com profile] lyra_sena, remaining fuck-ups by me.


Man Up


On the third day of their freshman year of high school, Jason Street kissed Tim Riggins for the first time. It wasn't a particularly *good* kiss -- they'd been sitting on a dead log by the river, and Tim had been drinking because Billy had been giving him shit about football and how he had to step up his game, because Billy had had to give up his dream for Tim and he fucking *owed* him. )
2006-11-07 11:48 am
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Heroes - You Can Be Mean and I'll Drink All the Time (PG-13)

I was gonna say something here, but everybody seems to be in a craptastic mood about the election, so you know, just hey, Heroes!

Heroes
Missing scene from 1.05 'Hiros'
Spoilers through 1.07
Nathan Petrelli. Hiro Nakamura.

You Can Be Mean and I'll Drink All the Time


Nathan's going to have to work on the landing part, the skidding is still too amateurish, but this was a lot better than the time he landed on his ass in the middle of Central Park at 4 o'clock in the morning, freaking out two winos and entirely too many pigeons. )
2006-11-06 11:14 am

Awesomecakes.

I had a whole post, but I got distracted by having to explain to someone what tea bagging is and lost the whole thing.

In short:

a) Person who bought me a flower = Adoration and hearts and chubby smartass angels who shoot you in the ass with an arrow, and then you bitch to Carson about how it really hurts, and the whole of Atlantis gets to talk about what a great ass you have and it's okay. Um, yeah.

b) My writing mojo has vanished on me. Just in time for [livejournal.com profile] yuletide. Just fucking great.

c) Does anybody have any character meta on Hiro and Nathan so I can write cracked-out friend fic with them in it, even though I haven't watched most of the Heroes, just the bits with them in it?

d)My day has been made MOST AWESOME by [livejournal.com profile] serialkarma telling me that Rachel McAdams has signed on to be Clare in the Time Traveler's Wife. And by 'most awesome' I mean that there was whooping and hollering and bouncing up and down in my chair, because the only way this could be more right is if they got Ryan Gosling to play the most beloved Henry, except like [livejournal.com profile] torchthisnow said, TTW is NOT The Notebook, pt II. Still, I cannot begin to tell you how amazing The Time Traveler's Wife is as a novel, just that it was my favorite book of 2005, and that my copy is now travelling around the country to indoctrinate other people into the brilliance.


Story Rec: [livejournal.com profile] runpunkrun. Punk Manuverability (I spelt it right and everything!). Stargate: Atlantis. Able to Zoo. Twenty-six stories of 100 words where there are blue daisies and orgies and eavesdropping. How can one be with down with the rainbow crank? And no, that's not even a drug reference.
2006-11-03 09:36 am

Isn't my house classic? The columns date all the way back to 1972. (Yay, Yuletide!)

Dearest [livejournal.com profile] yuletide Santa:

I'm sure there are lots of things I could hope to see in my story -- humor, crack, Best Friends Foreva!, more humor, slash, sarcasm, gen, humor, crack, friendship -- but the fact of the matter is that I'm pretty easy to please. I write lots of things, and I enjoy even more. The best thing you could do is to write me a story that *you* enjoyed writing, because those are the sorts of stories that always seem to turn out the best. I don't want you to feel like OMG how will I ever do this? It should be a fun experience, so, if you like it, chances are I will too.

Regards,
[livejournal.com profile] hackthis


Dear The O.C.,

I gave you a one-time reprieve, because GA's been an ass lately, and well, [livejournal.com profile] torchthisnow said it best: I DIDN'T EVEN HATE MINICOOP. I KIND OF LOVED HER. SHE'S ALREADY MORE INTERESTING THAN MARISSA EVER WAS. SHE HAS MINIONS. I AM DOWN WITH ANYONE WHO HAS MINIONS.

Sweet Jesus gay. I need to go lie down.


We'll see, Joshua. We'll see.

x,
Me

ETA: Catlin, or Kaitlin, whatever the child's name, is will henceforth be referred to by me as Mini Cooper (TM), because yeah, she actually is kind of awesome. If you steal that shit I want credit.


Dear Ugly Betty,

The Special Guest Star was just hotass. Wow. And also, Vanessa L. Williams is the best evil villain ever. She's the kind of evil that shows you that hey, evil has reasoning. She should've been doing this years ago.

x,
me


Dear Friday,

I am SO glad you are here, because you bring Tahmoh. Even if his hair is all kinds of unfortunate now. I know a really good stylist who can sort that out in no time.

xxxxxx,
me
2006-11-02 11:58 am
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SGA - Absence Makes the Heart Grow Kinky

So, inquiring minds wanted to know what happened to the SGA 'John masturbates in Rodney's bed' story. I'll tell you what happened -- my brain happened. The story should've just been this one-off thing, but it kept getting in its own way. So here are a bunch of attempts, hopefully, one of which will, you know... [insert [livejournal.com profile] hackthis waving hands vaguely as she tends to when her brain is telling her to shut up and stop babbling]

Stargate: Atlantis
Sheppard/McKay
P for Thar Be Porn Here
Spoilers for 'The Return' [insert sobbing over actually knowledge of episode titles HERE]

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Kinky


The great thing about the afterglow of quality masturbation is that almost nothing can disturb it: except for Rodney standing in the doorway holding a large frying pan. )


Random Note: This was originally titled 'Like Cookies Love Milk' hence the icon.
2006-11-02 09:31 am

Ye ole bitchery

1. Today something occurs that I haven't cared about it a very very long time. In fact, if [livejournal.com profile] serialkarma hadn't reminded me it was occurring I would've forgotten all over again, even though I told myself I had to see it to believe it. What is this auspicious occasion you ask? The premiere of The O.C.. And why am I watching it? Well, if you haven't seen the spoilers I won't tell you, but dude, if it's promising what it says it is? Well, who knows. People without fandoms are prone to backsliding into old relationships.

2. [livejournal.com profile] amberlynne loves me. You all wish you had an [livejournal.com profile] amberlynne, but this one is all mine and if you try to poach her I will stab you in the hand with a fork. Try me. I've done it before.

3. Snow Patrol fans, prepare for a huge deluge. You notice I haven't even said anything about [edited by attorneys for [livejournal.com profile] hackthis]– but I am very interested in the Gary/Lisa Hannigan song written by the guy from BellX1. Anybody got that?

4. Today is the last day to sign up for [livejournal.com profile] yuletide if you are so inclined. People who haven't participated in The Ol'Yule before, and hell, those who have too, I recommend a little refresher course offered by [livejournal.com profile] liviapenn on Recipient etiquette and How Not to Be an Ungrateful Tool, err, How Not to Ruin Yuletide. Because really, bitching that your writer didn’t write the story you requested exactly the way you wanted, and woe how they suck, because it's not exactly what you wanted is pretty much the height of crass rudeness, and I guarantee that when you are roasting in hell, no one will even spit on you to put out the fire. It's called a 'request' not a commandment. Be happy that person attempted at all. If it's not what you wanted, then hey, maybe you should have WRITTEN IT YOUR DAMN SELF. Furthermore, people will check your LJ to see how you respond, so, uh trashing the person who wrote for you later, like they probably won't find out? Wow, tacky and rude.

That is all. Carry on.
2006-11-01 10:04 am

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1) When I first saw the Jordan Catalano chokes Frodo story a few days ago I thought to myself "He prolly hit on him, and the wombat told him to get lost. Which, you know, is so fucking funny on so many levels I can't even count them all." [livejournal.com profile] serialkarma thinks I'm prolly right too, ha!

2) I can't believe nobody told me that in a follow-up to The Hardest Part of Break-Up [livejournal.com profile] fryadvocate wrote Ken/G.I. Joe! Now with stalking G.I. Joe and Cobra Commander Barbie! I mean really. Everybody's fired.

3) Last night's TV was shockingly good. I'm just. Can I just ask WHERE IS THE JASON/TIM PRON FROM FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS?! How much do I heart Matt Saracen? Seriously Matt = UberWoobie. Don't even fake.

4) NaNo people, come and tell me what your fabulous stories are going to be about.

5) [livejournal.com profile] amberlynne what did you say happened to that group called Republic? Have you got any of their music for sharing?

You know who else is fired? [livejournal.com profile] serialkarma because here I am trying to write SGA porn and she's all, why isn't there any Eric/Ari? How could that happen? What could make that occur? And I'm all but…but….but… porn. She kilt it!

And yet, no matter how hard I try, I can't seem to make anything work, so you know, I just [makes wail of frustration].
2006-10-31 08:24 am

Randomcakes

The story centre of my brain woke me up at 3 o'clock ths morning to inform me that it had finally come up with a story for me to write, because I'd been distressed without anything to work on.

The story in question? John jerking off in Rodney's bed. I'm not too sure of the specifics, possibly this occured on Earth during The Return, but the story seemed very clear that it should start with John jerking off and Rodney knocking on the door just as John had come.

I was just like, '.... Well you picked a FINE time to tell me about this. Shame it's THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!'

I just dropped my breakfast on my keyboard.

I think I have to resubmit my [livejournal.com profile] yuletide info because there is this fandom that I'm suddenly gagging to write. Um, well, that was stupid. *heads desk*
2006-10-27 12:37 pm
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Recredux.

It my ongoing effort to pimp Things Wot I Love, today I am pimping some SGA things to those who have just gotten on the bandwagon. *cough[livejournal.com profile] antheiacough*


The first thing I am pimping is a vid. I very well may have pimped it before, but you know that was like months ago or whatever. So, firstly, Atlantis! By [livejournal.com profile] sherrold and [livejournal.com profile] wickedwords, which is SGA done to Oklahoma. Yeah, that Oklahoma. I watch this video a lot. Almost as much as I watch [livejournal.com profile] lim's This is How it Works. I wish I could explain the awesomeness of Atlantis, but really you have to see it for yourself, because well, the farmer and the cowman should be friends. *dies* I have to go watch Oklahoma now or something.

My second recommendation is for [livejournal.com profile] scrunchy's Chasing Sheppard, which yes, I've already recommended before too, but you know I obviously keep coming back to it for a reason. It's an AU. Based on a movie. Try to stick with me. I know there are lots of people who have 'comfort fics'; I don’t. I have stories that burrow under my skin and make me hurt, and holler at the computer screen, and say 'Oh, well -- well shit.' This is one of those stories. Not pretty, not pleasant, but oh so very real, and so very good. It's not about SGA, it's not about Chasing Amy either, it's mostly about getting in your own way, and I think we all know what that's like.

And because too much SGA isn't good for the blood, I'm dragging out the story that not only introduced me to [livejournal.com profile] fryadvocate's work, but also made me offer her my first born. Repeatedly. The Best Part of Breaking Up, which is, uh, Barbie!fic. Wait! Wait! Before you run screaming into the night, just hear me out. The author says its crack!fic, and it is, but for anybody who ever owned a Barbie doll and a Ken doll it's like the epiphany of all time, because you always knew somebody with plastic hair wasn't right for the most fabulous doll ever.

Okay, I am off now. Be nice to the other children. Don’t poke anybody in the eye with a crayon. Sign up for [livejournal.com profile] yuletide before November 2nd. Remember that the word of the day is 'pornery' as brought to you by [livejournal.com profile] etben, who says pornery: an adjective describing that state of squinty-eyed long-day fuck-a-bunch-of-you mean-ass cussedness for which the only remedy is porn.


ETA: I threw together a quick zip of Things Wot [livejournal.com profile] hackthis is perving, err grooving on right now, for those feeling curious/up for it. There'a little rap (Lupe Fiasco), a little country (Jeffrey Foucault), a little sad bastard (M. Ward), a little hipster (Get Set Go), you know, something for everybody.
2006-10-26 02:55 pm

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It's come to my attention today that fandom is such a fantastic teaching tool, that it has single handedly decreased increased my IQ by at least 20 points. I mean there are all kinds of words that I've learned here that I'd never have learned anywhere else. Words like: 'craptastic' and 'woobie' and 'pron' and and 'dicksmack' and 'syphilitic whoremonger' are among my favorites, which then begs the question, what words has fandom taught you that you didn't know before?

Bat-shit insane?

Clex?

Asshat?

Tinhat? <-- Now there is a great word.

Slash? <-- That was my first fandom word. *sniff*

Tell me. And while you're at it, also tell me how to pronounce your user name, because I saw someone else doing this somewhere and I was learning all kinds of pronunciations that I never would've come up with. For example [livejournal.com profile] hackthis is pronounced Ari. Are-ree. No, really, it's pronounced 'hack- this', not 'hackth-is'.


ETA: [livejournal.com profile] yuletide LIVES! I am going to sign up just as soon as I figure out all the fandoms I'm willing to suffer an aneurysm for. Newbies here's a quick FAQ for you lot. Old heads, get to it.

If you punk out I have a .45 and a shovel. Seriously though, if you think you're not going to be able to do it, don't sign up and leave somebody else without, because that's just fucked up and wrong. The spirit of yuletide is not to sign up on a maybe, it's to sign up with a definite intention of following through and giving to someone else. If you're a really generous soul though and are willing to clean up someone else's fuck ups, [livejournal.com profile] yuletide always tends to need pinch hitters too.

Oh my god, the fandoms you lot come up with are priceless. *goes back to perusing list*
2006-10-26 11:42 am

Warehouse Clearance

Two brainfarts that will never see the light of day as a proper story. Not even with bribery. Unless the bribery is REALLY good.

Dedicated to [livejournal.com profile] antheia and [livejournal.com profile] raucousraven respectively.

1. Harry Potter: The one where Blaise is Prime Minister. )

2. House/Entourage/Clooney in 2008: The one where Ari meets Gregory House )
2006-10-24 09:51 am
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SGA – Bros Before Hoes

1) SGA, people, I understand there's a Dr. Biro on the show. They named a character after a pen? That's just -- that's funny. British people, you know that's funny.

2) I posted music the other day.

3) I am not a Heroes fan. I do not watch this show. Except that last week Evil Lite, err, [livejournal.com profile] slodwick, was all on about Adrian Pasdar being hot, and my brain was all, isn't Adrian Pasdar scary-looking as hell? So I watched some, and okay, Hiro is love, everybody else can rot, and Adrian Pasdar is still scary looking, but you know, he did that THING and uh, yeah. That's how you do that. [livejournal.com profile] sparky77 said it best, A sardonic, sexy, shirtless asshole superhero. It's like a dream come true. -- Except for that superhero bit. But by virtue of it being Jim Profit I'm not that concerned about the hero bit.

4) I have a new word in my vocabulary. Bromance. Blame [livejournal.com profile] 3v1lsh33pz and [livejournal.com profile] serialkarma. What is bromance you ask? Read on, chickens, read on.

Stargate: Atlantis
Sheppard/McKay
No spoilers. Lots of snark. Tis about it.

Bros Before Hoes


You have a martyr complex the size of Pegasus; you're going to get yourself killed, and you're going to leave me alone, and -- and I'll end up a nervous wreck, yelling at your ghost, and then all my brain-dead peons will run around saying, 'Dr McKay used to be a brilliant man, but since Colonel Sheppard got himself Ascended with that slutty Chaya he's just lost his mind-- )
2006-10-23 10:13 am

Blah blah movies blah blah cool ass

This weekend I saw The Queen, which you know, what can you say about Helen Mirren that hasn't already been said (awesome, awe-inspiring, holy-fucking-cow I thought it was a documentary, she was so brilliant, crap like that) and The Prestige.

Now, I had no expectations of The Prestige. None. Despite it being Chris Nolan and Michael Caine, and like other people -- because you know Scarlett Johannsen makes me gag, and Christian Bale may be Bruce, but holy fuck is he a scary one to look at. And well, damn.

Every now and then a movie comes along that towards the end you find yourself cocking your head to the side more and more until your head is at a 45 degree angle, and you're all '...the fuck?' Did they really just pull that off?'

Remember when you saw The Usual Supsects for the first time? Yeah, this is kind of like that. Not quite that shocking. I saw it coming, but still, it was very good.

So good that I yearn longingly for someone to write it for [livejournal.com profile] yuletide. Really. Don't make me go there on my own. Come talk to me about it in the comments if you've seen either one.

If you haven't, what are you waiting for? A goddamn invitation from the queen?!
2006-10-20 06:50 pm
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REPOST: Musak Friday!

This is my October Frankenstein Mix. Normally, all my songs come with little tidbits about what they mean to me, or what I think of the artists, or some sort of factual information about said artist, but this time I felt like seeing what you thought without my impressions. So, here they are, take what you will, please fill out the poll about what you took, and later, if you want, come back and comment and tell me what you think.
Hackthis' Fill in the Blanks Mix )
2006-10-19 10:33 am

SGA/Entourage/RPS -- W.O.E (World of Entertainment) 2/?

It's come to my attention that there are people who read this El Jay who don't know who Ari is. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I mean apart from the screaming of INFIDELS! *sigh* This is the story of Ari as told by me. This is the story of Ari as told by HBO.


Stargate: Atlantis/Entourage/RPS (Alternate Universe)
Rodney McKay, Ari Gold, and John Sheppard, with special appearances by both ensembles and Matt Damon!


W.O.E. (World of Entertainment) 2/?


Chapter one here

Is this the part where I'm supposed to confess to an illicit background in gay porn and you tell me it doesn't matter, that you can make me a legitimate star anyway? Is this the part where I'm supposed to blow you for a second chance? )
2006-10-17 05:05 pm
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I could be really shallow and recommend [livejournal.com profile] zoetrope's Missed the Saturday Dance just because I adore her and she makes me laugh and she makes me pretty things, but you know, in the interest of substance, I will tell you that for all my multimedia/interactive plugging, [livejournal.com profile] zoetrope sets the bar so high you'll never see it.

Missed the Saturday Dance is a SGA AU story set during World War II, but it's not about SGA, it's about fighter pilots, and where you're from, and who you are, and it's got a fucking video trailer (!) and audio trailers you can listen to (!!) and it's so beautiful and so amazing.

[livejournal.com profile] zoetrope's been working on it for an entire year, so you know, go forth and revel in all her hard work. It doesn't matter if you're not an SGA fan, you'll be a fan of this. Show her some love.

You are truly a rockstar, sweetie. My hat is off to you.
2006-10-17 12:23 pm

GA - Alex/Callie, Alex/Addison, Ensemble

It occurs to me that if I had done as much research in university as I do for my stories I wouldn't have to do this shit for a living. Oh wait, I don't get paid for this.

Grey's Anatomy
Ensemble. Alex POV.

Changing the Size of Your Soul


Grey's Spoilers through 3.04. Nip/Tuck spoilers through this season. Alex/Callie 4eva. Read my SGA/Entourage AU, bitches. Peace in the streets and Clooney in 2008. Bring back Kitchen Confidential! Yeah, I think that covers all my platforms. *gets off soap box* )
2006-10-16 12:37 pm

W.O.E. – SGA/Entourage/RPS

Nitroglycerin. Mentos and Diet Coke. Rodney McKay and Ari Gold. Who doesn't like to see things go 'BOOM!'?

Dedicated to [livejournal.com profile] trinityofone and [livejournal.com profile] littera_abactor who both kicked this SGA AU concept around the yard long before I got to it.

Stargate: Atlantis/Entourage/RPS (Alternate Universe)
Rodney McKay, Ari Gold, and John Sheppard, with special appearances by both ensembles and the future president of the United States. (Clooney in 2008!)

W.O.E. (World of Entertainment) 1/?



There is an urban legend in the cocaine-strewn, anorexic halls of the Los Angeles entertainment industry that when Rodney McKay and Ari Gold announced they were forming the McKay Gold Talent Agency, the remaining agencies pooled their funds and hired the best assassin money could buy to kill them both before escrow could be completed on their office space. )
2006-10-13 12:57 pm
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For my anonymous donor


Meet the First Son!
Meet the First Son!



Washington, D.C., White House Press Room -- The President of the United States and the First Gentleman have adopted a child from the great country of California. The five month-old boy, seen here in his first offical press release, a brochure promoting the Toys for Tots charity, is named Cooper Nicholas Clooney after the First Gentleman, and the President's father.

During the press conference to announce the adoption, the President quoted the First Gentleman by saying that the U.S. should take care of its own children before pilfering from other countries. He also went on to say he planned on collecting the $40,000 owed to him by Nicole Kidman and Michelle Pfeiffer for the First Son's college fund.

"Nicole and Michelle thought I'd never make it to 50 without being a dad, but the joke's on them, because I just turned 50," the President said proudly. "If they could pay up sooner rather than later Anderson and I would appreciate it, because college is going to be expensive by the time Nick is ready to go."

While the First Son wasn't at the press conference, attendees were able to hear his cooing from the White House hall and the President had baby spit-up on his Brioni suit. The First Family have requested that instead of sending money and baby presents the public please donate to:

The National Adoption Center
1500 Walnut Street, Suite 701,
Philadelphia, PA, 19102
1-800-TO-ADOPT


Thank you to whomever bought me the flower, I am very touched