Just a reminder that the Support Stacie I'll Be Homemade for Christmas Auction starts at 12:00 noon CST this Saturday. Bid participants are reminded that an extra $5 should be added to the lots for shipping.

The new auction board is full of totally awesome lots. Check out my previous post on this auction to see what I'm offering.

If I could be guaranteed a child like this, I'd happily have a million of them. A MILLION, I SAY.

Original Arkansas Times article

Huffington Post article update with CNN video

Queerty article

Daily Show Video -- Gaywatch

Colbert Report -- Tip of the Hat/Wag of the Finger

So.

Support Stacie.

You know where this is going, right?


( I'll be Homemade for Christmas -- NOW WITH SUPER-COOL PICTURES )


I know I've been slacking on the fic posting (and I have a couple of SSA fics to finish up and throw up here), and I'm sorry. After this month things should get a LOT easier for me in RL, which means more fic on my LJ!

Happy Veteran's Day, everybody, and a big thanks to all veterans, current servicemen and women, and their families, friends, and loved ones.

Title: Charmed
Date Written: 11/4/09
Rating: PG/K+
Word Count: 481
Fandom: Saiyuki/nod to the Chronicles of Chrestomanci series
Disclaimer: Not mine, property of their respective owners
Characters/Pairings: Hakkai/Gojyo
Spoilers: None really.
Warnings: Yaoi.
Author's Notes: For amai_kaminari, who wrote this outline; I just filled in the blanks! Massively unbetaed, but hey, it's NaNo. Quote is the first line of Diana Wynne Jones' Charmed Life. Great book. Great series, actually.


( Charmed )

Since I have been slacking on the comments/fic lately.

Probably NSFW video.

Read this. And share it with everyone you know.

Title: Keep It Secret
Date Written: 10/16/09
Rating: PG-13/T
Word Count: 1,317
Fandom: Merlin
Disclaimer: Property of their respective owners
Characters/Pairings: Arthur, Merlin (slash if you're wearing your slash glasses)
Spoilers: Season One, specifically The Poisoned Chalice and Le Morte d'Arthur
Warnings: None
Author's Notes: As always, thanks to my wonderful betas katestamps and totally4ryo, and special thanks to teachwriteslash for Welsh and beta help! I have been just awful when it comes to posting fics lately, so I hope to get them cleared out by the weekend. snitchdreamer won the runner up spot in my Merlin lot at the Support Stacie Auction.


( Keep It Secret )

The LJ blog everyone's linking to.

Because I saw this on annemjw's Twitter, but she retweeted from copperbadge. Copypasta from sirriamnis, who copypastaed from the original article.

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=325508

"From the Daily Herald:

Telling her mother that she wanted to come to the aid of a library under attack, 11-year-old Sydney Sabbagha stood at the podium before the Oak Brook village board. "I used to go to the library knowing there were people there to help me find a book. Now there is no one to help me," Sydney said solemnly. "It will never be the same without the people you fired." Sydney nestled back into her seat, but that didn't stop 69-year-old criminal attorney Constantine "Connie" Xinos from boldly putting her in her place.

"Those who come up here with tears in their eyes talking about the library, put your money where your mouth is," Xinos shot back. He told Sydney and others who spoke against the layoffs of the three full-time staffers (including the head librarian and children's librarian) and two part-timers to stop "whining" and raise the money themselves.

"I don't care that you guys miss the librarian, and she was nice, and she helped you find books," Xinos told them.

"Don't cry crocodile tears about people who are making $100,000 a year wiping tables and putting the books back on the shelves," Xinos smirked, apparently referencing the fired head librarian, who has advanced degrees and made $98,676 a year. He said Oak Brook had to "stop indulging people in their hobbies" and "their little, personal, private wants."

Sydney was upset and "her little friend was in tears" after Xinos spoke at the meeting last week, says mom Hope Sabbagha.

"I wanted that kid to lose sleep that night," a grinning Xinos says Wednesday, as he invites me for a nearly two-hour interview in his Mercedes-Benz in the gated Oak Brook community where he lives. "This is the real world and the lesson, you folks who brought your kids here, is if you want something, pay for it."

If you read the entire article, you get to see what a class act Xinos is.

Let's show him how classy we are.

Oak Brook homepage
Library donation page. If you can afford this, do it. Kids need books. Fact. And without people to help them find those books (even these highly educated, qualified 'people with hobbies').

Don't have the money but got an envelope and a stamp? Do something even better:

File a request for investigation with the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission. (everyone thank peaceheather for this!)

more copypasta:
How Do I Request an Investigation of an Attorney?

By mailing to our office, either in Chicago or Springfield, a request that you want an attorney to be investigated by our office. Your request should be in writing. No special form is necessary. For your convenience, you may download a Request for Investigation form. Please return the Request by postal mail or hand-delivery. The ARDC does not accept an e-mail transmission of a Request for Investigation.

What Kinds of Information Should I Put in My Request for an Investigation?

A request should include all important information that relates to your request. If possible, it should be typewritten or printed to be sure that it is legible. The request should include:

Your name, address and telephone number, and the name, address and telephone number of the attorney whom you want us to investigate (include the lawyer's full name, as well as the law firm name);

Any court case names and numbers;

A description of what the lawyer did or did not do that may have been improper; and

Any supporting documents that you have, such as letters, agreements, or other documents involved.

Title: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Date Written: 9/29/09
Rating: PG-13/T
Word Count: 200
Fandom: Doctor Who/Torchwood
Disclaimer: Property of their respective owners
Characters/Pairings: Ten, Jack
Spoilers: POST CoE FIC
Warnings: Rated for language.
Author's Notes: As always, thanks to my wonderful betas katestamps and totally4ryo! Incentive drabble for wendymr on behalf of the Shadow Proclamation with the prompt "Jack and Ten, nudity" ($35 bid, Doctor Who lot). I took a different route on 'nudity', however.


( Two Sides of the Same Coin )

Title: Cleaning Duty
Date Written: 9/29/09
Rating: PG-13/T
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Doctor Who
Disclaimer: Property of their respective owners
Characters/Pairings: Nine, Jack, Rose, slash accordingly.
Spoilers: None
Warnings: Jack being a flirt. No wait, that's expected
Author's Notes: As always, thanks to my wonderful betas katestamps and totally4ryo! Incentive drabble for yamx with the prompt "Jack annoys Nine and has to face the consequences" ($30 bid, Doctor Who lot)


( Cleaning Duty )

Title: Mix-Up
Date Written: 9/29/09
Rating: G/K to PG/K+
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Doctor Who with a nod to Star Wars
Disclaimer: Property of their respective owners
Characters/Pairings: Tenth Doctor, Donna Noble, Martha Jones (mentioned)
Spoilers: For DW 03 and 04
Warnings: None
Author's Notes: As always, thanks to my wonderful betas katestamps and totally4ryo! Incentive drabble for wiggiemomsi with the prompt "Ice" ($20 bid, Doctor Who lot)


( Mix-Up )

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I have been so so awfully horribly bad about posting and comments lately. I'm so sorry! *begs for forgiveness* Real life just ambushed me and now my email inbox looks a wreck.

But anyway, I have the fantastic, amazing results for the Support Stacie Auction!

Merlin 2,500 word min fic lot
Winner -- teachwriteslash with $26
Runner Up -- snitchdreamer with $25

Doctor Who 2,500 min word fic lot
Winner -- wiggiemomsi with $50

Torchwood 2,500 min word fic lot
Winner -- snitchdreamer with $40
Runner Up -- yamx with $30

Which means, all told, I drew in $171 dollars. Which is so much more than I ever thought I'd draw in! I also have a slew of incentive drabbles to finish. However, since I've got life and I'm sure you all want to read the fics now, I'm going to post them individually, including the drabbles.

Thanks to everyone who bid, checked out the lots and cheered from the sidelines.

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That's right, TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT!

Now, I've talked about it before, but here's a quick recap:

The auction is to raise money for Stacie Holeman, to help her cover medical bills from battling both breast and ovarian cancer because she's uninsured. You can learn more about the Support Stacie campaign here at the main web site, on Myspace, here on LJ (supportstacie), and if you're Twitter inclined you can follow @SupportStacie.

The auction is currently mulitfandom -- you can find the list of authors and fandoms here, or feel free to check out the offers avaliable.

The auction starts TONIGHT AT 11:59 CDT. Because of Daylight Savings Time, that is UTC/GMT -5.

There are some really great authors signed up for this (myself excluded, of course), so seriously, go take a look.


Helpful Links To The Auction
The Main Auction Hub. Click around and explore!
FAQ and Auction Rules
Step-by-Step Bidding Tutorial
What to Expect Around the Auction
Chat-A-Thon Fandoms and Times. I may or may not be in the chats because I have plans on Saturday and probably will be working Sunday and have class on Monday night.


I have three lots up for auction:
One Merlin 2,500 word minimum fic.
One Doctor Who 2,500 word minimum fic.
One Torchwood 2,500 word minimum fic.

And as an added incentive, I'm offering one 100 word drabble for all bids of $10 or more. In any fandom I'm into.

I will also be writing a 1,000 word minimum ficlet for the second-place bidders if they donate their final bid offer to the auction.

Auctions open tonight, 11:59 PM CDT. The Whoniverse bidding closes at 8 PM CDT, while the Merlin lot closes at 10 PM CDT.

Mageverse Interlude: Four Times Donna Predictably Fell In Love (And The One Time It Snuck Up On Her)
Date Written: 9/1/09
Rating: PG/K+
Word Count: 1,721
Fandom: Torchwood/Doctor Who
Characters/Pairings: Doctor, Donna/Lee (DW), Donna/Martha, Ella, Josh (DW)
Spoilers: Doctor Who up through Season 04, Torchwood up through 02, Different Sort of Science, To Days To Come, and Different Kind of Magic.
Warnings: AU like whoa, het and femslash.
Author's Notes: Thanks so much to my gorgeous betas totally4ryo and katestamps, who are my sounding boards, my muses, and all-around fantastic girls.

I'm doing another one of those things I swore I'd never, ever do when it comes to this universe! Do you see the trend, my friends? Anyway, this is specifically for gingerlr, who was in sore need of something sweet and fluffy, so I thought I'd give her -- and you -- a treat. Don't get used to these little side stories, Donna was in the mood to tell a story.





( Four Times Donna Predictably Fell In Love (And The One Time It Snuck Up On Her) )

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( Support Stacie Author Auction )

I have three lots up for auction:
One Merlin 2,500 word minimum fic.
One Doctor Who 2,500 word minimum fic.
One Torchwood 2,500 word minimum fic.

And as an added incentive, I'm offering one 100 word drabble for all bids of $10 or more. In any fandom I'm into.

I will also be writing a 1,000 word minimum ficlet for the second-place bidders if they donate their final bid offer to the auction.

Auctions open September 11 and take place through September 14th.

Title: Different Kind of Magic
Chapter Seventeen: Colonel Mustard In The Library With A Candlestick
Date Written: 8/17/09
Rating: PG-13/T
Word Count: 1,856
Fandom: Torchwood/Doctor Who
Characters/Pairings: Ianto/Jack, Doctor/Rose, Donna, Martha, Lucy (DW)
Spoilers: Doctor Who up through Season 04, Torchwood up through 02, Different Sort of Science and To Days To Come.
Warnings: AU like whoa
Author's Notes: Thanks so much to my gorgeous betas totally4ryo and katestamps, who are my sounding boards, my muses, and all-around fantastic girls. Why yes, I did reference Clue. Second half of the big Mageverse birthday blowout! *grins*


Previous chapters found here.



Book cover by et_muse


"What do you want?"
"I want you to know that I love you."
"Funny way of showing it."
"No, seriously. You have to understand. I really do love you. 'Cause this is gonna get nasty."
-- Captain Jack Harkness and Captain John Hart, Exit Wounds


( Colonel Mustard In The Library With A Candlestick )

Title: Different Kind of Magic
Chapter Sixteen: For Queen and Country
Date Written: 8/17/09
Rating: PG-13/T
Word Count: 3,362
Fandom: Torchwood/Doctor Who
Characters/Pairings: Ianto/Jack, Rose/Doctor, Donna, Martha, Lucy (DW), Tosh, Idris (DW/TW), Lumic (DW)
Spoilers: Doctor Who up through Season 04 and current specials, Torchwood up through 02, Different Sort of Science and To Days To Come
Warnings: AU like whoa, character death (sort of)
Author's Notes: Thanks so much to my gorgeous betas totally4ryo and katestamps, who are my sounding boards, my muses, and all-around fantastic girls. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAGEVERSE! For those of you that missed it, there are birthday pictures on my LJ, and you'll all be getting another chapter later tonight!


Previous chapters found here.



Book cover by cjharknessgirl


"No second chances. I'm that sort of man."
-- The Doctor, Christmas Invasion


( For Queen and Country )

You all have blossomlegs to thank for this. See, they left a comment in Different Sort of Science, mentioning that they were just a year behind in reading the Mageverse.

Which made me realize that OH MY GOD MAGEVERSE IS A YEAR OLD.

That's one helluva ride for a fic I initially intended to run about eight to ten chapters. The first stretch ended up being a whopping 30 chapters long, complete with accompanying podfic, a one-chapter bridge and a sequel that looks like it'll wrap up in at least 30 chapters as well.

Damn muses!

So, in honor of THE MAGEVERSE BIRTHDAY (I am such a proud Mommy!) I thought I should give you, the readers, a present. I mean, it's all because of you that this thing's so popular!

I was thinking that you'd all like a double chapter tomorrow. I mean, we all love getting more in one day, right?

But yeah... that's not quite enough, I don't think. It's a special thing. I mean, the one year birthday is a Big Deal. Ask any parent.

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And there it is! I hope you like them -- I sure do. *grins*

Look for fic tomorrow! Once in the afternoon my time, and once in the evening.

Every time I post something that is not fic or otherwise fandom related, I always feel like saying, "I never do this!"

But I do more often than I admit.

So here it goes.

Also (and I always say this too) but if you don't have a hint as to how I feel about equal rights issues, you're reading the wrong journal.

I saw this on ashgrove's Twitter last night, and thought it was important to share -- and then I realized that my LJ friends should share the love. It's an old video, so I'm sure quite a few of you have seen this before. It's George Takei on Jimmy Kimmel in 2007.



Now. Did Hardaway have the right to say what he did? Damn straight he did. No matter how much it pisses me off, he didn't say they should all go die. He didn't say people should take up arms against teh eval gays. He just said he hated them, which is sad but it's also life.

But I have the right to say, Tim, baby, methinks you're protesting too much, if you get what I mean, nudge nudge wink wink. And I have the right to say that I'm disappointed that a man who's a role model and hero to many people can't bother to at least, you know, even pretend to be tolerant.

Of course, the appropriate reaction to the video is "OMG ILU GEORGE." The man pulls it off just absolutely perfectly with that sort of "I know this will really piss you off!" careless attitude, and kudos to the writer/writers who came up with it. Honestly, that's the only way to really get those types of people truly upset; make light of what they have to say, (or even better, just ignore it) and be completely, utterly... happy.

That's the best revenge of all.