To-Do list as of Aug 23, 2009.

1) Finish hp_mhealthfest fic. (First draft due Oct 18th.)

2) Write hp_canon_fest fic. (Due Dec 1st)

5) Finish first draft of Theodore/Daphne chaptered fic.  In progress

6) Send finished one-shots to beta and post to Checkmated, etc. In progress

7) Finish rarepair drabbles.

Sooo....it's been a while. What has been going on?

1. As you may remember, I moved into an apartment with my friend in October. Well, unfortunetly, said friend dropped out of school because of stress and whatnot the last week of October. Luckily, November was already payed for, so I wasn't quite left in the cold. I managed to find other roommates (friends I met through daydverse , actually), and we're currently in the process of finding an new one.

2. After nearly twenty years of singlehood, I have a boyfriend. He's a wonderful guy and I haven't been this happy in ages. I think mom was a little stunned but happy for me when I told her, and I expect my father will have words for me the next time I call.

3. After many months of searching and being a nanny for a child who drives me nuts, I have a new job at JC Penny's. From what I understand, I'm the clean up crew that comes in after hours. It's a seasonal job, but if I work hard, I'm sure I can make it permanent. Training is tomorrow and I'm looking forward to it. The only drawback with this new job is that I won't visit my parents for Christmas. Alas.

4. School is...school. Not much to say about that.

5. My friend Andy -- aka thanfiction -- is still looking for those who are interested in a poster size of this drawing for only $50. They're supposed to be Michael Corner and Terry Boot, but they can be anyone really. Andy also drew this lovely commission of Ron and Neville for me. No need to ask who my favorite Hogwarts Boys are. ,-)

LolCat of the week: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/icanhaschzbrgr/1217002.html

And running up (because we like HP): http://syndicated.livejournal.com/icanhaschzbrgr/1208009.html

I think that's the important stuff. I'll try to be better and keeping you all updated from now on.

Go to store (Pepsi and quarters)
Laundry
Buy poster board (OfficeMax)
Description Revision Plan for English
Take online History quiz and study for midterm
Read Abigail Adams book
Natural Disasters questions
Dishes
Critical Thinking Project
Update LJ and answer comments
Finish one of my One Shot challenges
Respond to Leah's letter
Call the folks

AND I WILL FINISH ALL OF IT THIS WEEKEND!!!!

Hi there! It's been a while, has it?

I will post about what's been going on the last few weeks, but I have a cold and am too blah to write it all at once, I'm afraid.  I want to put up some news bulletins first, finish some things on my To-Do list below, then will write update this evening.

First off, my good friend Andy--also known asthanfiction and the writer of one of my favorite HP fanfictions, Dumbledore's Army and the Year of Darkness--is currently taking commissions.  He's an awesome artist and does just about anything.  I've already submitted my request and can't wait to show you all.  Details can be found here and his work can be found at his deviantart here. One of his most recent digital artwork is "Homeward Bound", depicting his vision of Terry Boot and Michael Corner, but can really be anyone.  Check it out -- it's gorgeous.

This is also the start of something new I'm going to try to at least get me to post once a week. Every week, I'll recommend an art piece and/or fic and/or a lolcat photo that I've seen.  "Homeward Bound," as well as a fic and Lolcat picture will be posted up tonight.

Also, happy birthday tostmargarets!  She was one who really got me into discovering new characters and rare pairs, as well as began my horrid love affair with Theodore Nott (although I shipped him with the far more colder Daphne Greengrass :-D ).  I hope you have a pleasant birthday!

In other, more selfish news, my fic, "Glinting in the Dark" was recommended onthegoldenseeker the other day.  I know it's not that big a deal, but it was a huge surprise and I'm really excited about it.

Also, my Arthur/Molly fic, "Brewing Amoria" was just published at Checkmated.  I'm extraordinary pleased with the response for over a rarely written pair, and if you haven't checked it out there or atmagikcatfics, I hope you will!



My Current To-Do List

Write English Definition essay
Finish rewriting other English essay
Take online history quiz
Read chapters for history
Post update on LJ
Pray that cold goes away soon.
Take nap.

I'm running on about two-ish hours of sleep and I'm dead tired.  So I'll keep this short and write a decent update in a couple of days.

I'm moving into an apartment this Friday.  My friend moved into a one-bedroom placethat her folks are paying for, and apparently she's lonely.  She asked me to move in with her, and when I told her I couldn't afford to move into an appartment, she said, "Oh, you don't have to pay."  And her parents are alright with it.

Free apartment that's a five minute walk from the school? Hell yeah.  Especially since last week I had to fill up the gas tank to my car 3 times last week (and at an average of $3.13 per gal....).

I'll take pictures and post them on Friday.  Tomorrow I'm nannying late, so I might be out of contact for the next 36 hrs or so.

Oh, before I forget, I wrote a drabble for the hp_canon_festABC Drabble and Drawble Challenge called Light of the Fire...I was a bit depressed when I wrote this, so please excuse the angst.

Inspired by kate_lb.

To-Do List for the Day:

Read "Cod"
Write English Essay
Write bit for English Project
Laundry
Vacuum/Sweep/Mop
Call Folks
Write blog
Do a bit of the AudioBook

I won't be on until probably tonight.

Well, I did it.

After two dozen applications, 4 interviews, and countless miles traveling I finally got a job. Strangely enough, it wasn't at all what I expected.

I'm working as an after school nanny for a 7-year-old girl.

Seems easy enough. I pick her up from school, take her home, and help with homework/play/watch/etc with her for a few hours. Not my ideal job, but I'm getting paid minimum wage and all I really need is gas money for my car. And I do like working with kids. I figure this'll hold me over until I get a better job.

School seems good. I requires a lot of reading in all my classes, but nothing I can't handle (and at least with this job I can get a little bit of homework done as well). I'm not taking newspaper this semester (thank god) so I think I'll have a little more freetime. At the moment my ride to school is...long. I drive to a LightRail station in a suburb outside Sac, take the lightrail 30 minutes, then get off and walk about a mile. The whole trip takes about and hour and a half.  But with this job, the ride will be more straightforward, since I'm using my car to transport the girl under my care. And when I move in Sac, it'll be even shorter.

If you remember, my family had put in an offer for a 5 bedroom house a while ago. It was listed as 170,000, we offered 182,000...the bank counter-offered with 205,000. We up-ed our price to 195,000...and the bank is still sitting on it. Greedy bastards.

I was NOT happy with the bank, so we decided to keep going in the search.  Today we looked at a couple of houses. The one we really liked had just been newly repaired--new windows, new roof, new paint, etc.--and looked really nice. Four bedrooms, two bathrooms, nice big backyard. So the folks gave the go ahead and we're putting in an offer in the morning. And best of all, it's not a shortsale and we're offering almost 10,000 more than the listing price...hopefully this'll be the house for us...cross your fingers!

Thank you to those who have friended my fic journal or have reviewed the stories posted on my fic journal! 

This is a meme from agentdelaware who gave me five words she associated with me. If you'd like some words, comment and I'll be happy to give you some. Then, post in your journal explaining those words.


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All my fics will now be posted at magikcatfics. I wrote all my stories on little bits of paper, and will draw one randomly from a plastic Walmart bag each day and post them at my fic journal. Today is "Snakeskin"--a prompt fic I wrote in March. I hope you'll all join up!  To those who are already familiar with my stories, my apologizes for spamming you for the next two weeks or so.

I debating whether to leave the stories on here or change them so they are a link to the stories at magikcatfics. I don't want to delete them completely, because I rather enjoy the lovely comments on them.

In other news, school started this week. I live an hour from school, but I don't want to pay $190 for parking. So I've come up with the following system.

1) Drive half an hour to a Folsom (a large suburb near Sacramento) light rail station near the highway.
2) Ride for about half an hour to the sation stop a mile from the school.
3) Walk the mile (I could take the bus, but it's not that far, and the excercise is good for me) to my first class, where I have about half an hour to kill before class.

It's a bit trying (I have to be out of the house by 6:35 at the latest to make my 9:00 class on Tues/Thurs), but at least riding the lightrail I don't have to pay for parking, and I can get some reading for school or pleasure this way.

I've been enjoying my teachers, and they're the ones who make or break a class.  The only thing is that I'm going to be up to my ears in essay.  Two classes are doing 5 essays each throughout the semster, another wants two by Novemember and five at the end of the year. Plus I'll be writing articles for a Newspaper Writing class (I'm not in the actual paper this semester).  Oh boy.... Luckily I'm only taking 15 units this semester. 

I got called in for another interview for a position on campus. It wasn't really an formal interview, since the person in charge gave me a call and I happen to have 1 and 3/4ths of an hour until my next class to come in and talk for a bit. They're looking for someone to fill it really soon, so basically if my schedule is suitable, they'll be willing to hire me. Working on campus would be really nice. And I'd be out by 7, and have the weekends off. If Nautica doesn't work out, I could go for this one.

Also, please let me know if you can get to this post  I made last week here. I don't think I've posted it properly and I'm wondering for future reference if I've fixed it.

Well, I had my interview today, it was...different. While the first woman I talked to asked me a lot about my personality, this one asked me a bit about my retail experience, which...is admittedly limited. My retail experience was about 3 months and dealt with military personnel.

So, to be honest, I'm not as confident as I was with the last interview. I'm trying to think happy thoughts, but I kind of got the vibe that I didn't have the experience he was looking for. But, he's got a couple of more interviews and who knows--maybe I'm just paranoid. If I get the job I should get a call next week. Still keep your fingers crossed for me, please! :-)

In other news, you all convinced me to get a fic journal, and I'll be opening that on September 1st.

I got my hp_canon_fest assigment, and I'm very pleased with it.  But school is next week (I can't believe how fast the summer went!), so I'm a little worried about how I'm going to have time for it.  Perhaps an hour or two on my days off when I don't have homework.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Happy Birthday to my new friend and the Lavender of the DAYD audiobook, elen_nare. I hope you have a great birthday!

This is just ramblings, so feel free to ignore if you'd like.

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Title: Collection
A Gift For: queenb23more 
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Theodore knew his magpie tendencies would soon be the ruin of him. For queenb23more 's birthday, who asked for a Theodore/Daphne fic.
Word Length: 1,868
A/N: This queenb23 overly late b-day fic. I'm sorry it took so long, queenie. The job hunt has been keeping me busy, and…well, I admit to sitting on this for a little bit, because I wasn't fully satisfied with it until recently. This stands completely on its own—no other fics are or ever will be related to it.


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The interview went really well! The interviewer was nice, I managed to keep myself realtively calm and relaxed, and took my time answering the questions....then managed to ask a few of my own at the end.

The interviewer said that based on her talk with me, she thinks I'd fit in well at the store! She has a couple of more interviews in the next week, and then she said that unless they find someone else they really like more than me, she wants to give my name to the manager! Then he'll interview me, and he makes the final decision on who's hired.

Thank you thank you thank you for all your advice and luck--I think it really made an difference in how it went. You guys are the best!

*HUGS*

P.S. Before I forget, shiiki just posted the first chapter of a fic that I gave her a prompt for a while back. It's called The Case of the Escaped Death Eater, stars Auror!Ron and Auror!Neville. It's awesome! Check it out here and leave her a review--she deserves it!

Also, way overdue, but my fic for the fest at clever_clawswas posted a while back. It's an Oliver/Penelope story called Incongruous Compatibility, and the author does a great job giving Penelope an interesting background, and the two are written wonderfully! The first part can be found here.

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I HAVE A JOB INTERVIEW TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*Dances like a loon*

I know it's not a job yet, but still, at least it's something.

It's at Nautica--the clothing store. I was turning in my application and my resume, and the manager happened to be there. She took a look at my schedule, and asked if I could she could interview me the next day.

UM......YEAH!

Needless to say, I had to keep myself from jumping up and down I left the store.

*Breaths out and calms herself down.*

Is there any tips I should know before tomorrow?