Reasons For Voyaging

Once again, I fell off the side of the LJ planet... I apologise wholeheartedly, but I have a great reason. I took the plunge, and went travelling around America for a month and a half. It was pretty much the best thing I could do, and something I did for myself for a change, when I feel like a whole lot of the last few years has been me doing what other people want me to do, and me winding up unhappy.

I stepped off the plane this morning, and I feel like I'm more me now... I feel like I know more about who I am and who I want to be. And I am so, so happy.

Those of you who know me know I'm from New Zealand. Recently, our beautiful South Island was struck by a massive earthquake in Christchurch, which has been badly damaged and caused deaths of a large number of people. (166 and still climbing.)

There is an auction running on livejournal where you can bid for fic. I have put my name down to write a fic for whoever bids for me in the fandoms I write for. Please consider doing this, and all the money donated will go towards helping Christchurch find its feet again. (I support the NZ SPCA.)

If you want to bid, you can find my post here: http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/3490.html?thread=783522#t783522

Thanks for your time :)

I'm alive and good and everything else positive (or trying to be, anyway.) So I want to attempt to write something, anything, and this is the best way I know to try/practice/whateverthehell.

Give me a word/phrase/sentence/lyric and a pairing/character and I will give you at least one line of fic (or more). (Because it's me, it will probably be more.)

You guys know how I roll. Nathan/Haley, Puck/Rachel, Nate/Serena, Tim/Lyla, etc etc etc... go.

Happy new year to everyone who has me listed as an LJ friend/reads my journal.

I swear on everything that is good and holy there is fic on it's way. Soon. Honest! It just kinda turns out that at the moment I'm sort of a crazy workaholic and I need to learn to multi task a little better.

But anyway. I just wanted to wish you all a very happy 2011, and hope it brings all of you 2011 amazing things, and everything you want it to be. I'm excited for this year, I really, really am. I'm excited for new adventures, Puck/Rachel, more Sons of Anarchy, and meeting more amazing people through the various communities I occasionally post in.

:) :)

( Part two behind the cut... )

This is massively long. Written actually for a surprise Christmas present... and I have literally been working on this for possibly over a year. Pretty sure this is the longest thing I've ever written.

And if you requested Christmas cards - I'm posting them tomorrow. If you still want one and haven't sent me your address, do it! I'm happy to post anywhere! :)

Fic behind the cut and in two posts, it's just that long.

( You'll always be my boo... )

This is a prompt fill for the Puck/Rachel drabble meme that is definitely not a drabble. I'm so exhausted though, pretty much falling asleep on my keyboard, so no way am I going to be able to find it over at the meme right now.

The prompt, however, was "I miss you. Not in some cheesy, let's hold hands and be together forever kind of way. I just miss you. Plain and simple. i miss your presence in my life. I miss you being there for me. I just miss my best friend."

And this is my fill. :)

( Read more... )

Ooookay. So... last Wednesday I was meant to have a TV date with jlz1 . Unfortunately, because of a situation that arose, I wasn't able to be home in time to watch it. I had a pretty randomly interesting night, for a Wednesday night, and then I realised the situation I found myself in would make a good situation for a Puck/Rachel fic. I'm obsessed, okay? Don't judge me. I tried to give it a happier ending than the way my night ended, but hmm.

Also, it's kinda long. So that's your warning. And I've been trying, and trying, and trying some more to write something for weeks and this is the first thing that's come out, so how decent it is is a whole other matter.

Final warnings? Santana and Puck swear. Vague references to cheating - but not them cheating on each other. This is a Puck/Rachel fic, kids. :)

Jess, I hope this makes up for missing our date. This Wednesday, however? It's all on with hot biker dudes.

( It's getting harder and harder to breathe... )

1. Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter.
2. List (and upload) 5 songs you love that begin with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.

ninjapillow gave me "H."

1. How To Save A Life - The Fray.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48mGfJUmSBo&ob=av2n

2, How Far We've Come - Matchbox 20 (no surprises, this song is partially where some of my journal title came from.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d7EbtLb8ok&ob=av2n

3. Honey and The Moon - Joseph Arthur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeg9Af7q9Jw

4. Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6P0SitRwy8

5. Heartbreak Warfare - John Mayer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz8-1JS8e18&ob=av2n

I had Hotel California, too, but I couldn't find an unmuted clip of it on youtube actually sung by the Eagles, so...

Can upload any of these songs if anyone wants them.

I've decided and pretty much have been for a while anyway, that all non-fic related entries will now be friends only. Soo... before you decide whether or not you want to friend me to read all the stuff I post about that isn't actual fic, I figured I'd make a post that is probably long overdue about myself.

( 1. I have to lj-cut a lot, because I'm wordy, yo. )

Any questions, if you make it through the post?! :P