I just flipped back through my friends list about six pages. Can't. flip. any. more.
I love you all. I'll just assume you'll update me if I missed something really good.

Has anyone got any really good ficrecs? Surely there was a rush of fic over Christmas. Any stand outs?

Holiday pics are still to come. I'm too lazy. Plus you can listen to my baby cat purr. I taped it on my mp3 player. She was going crazy, purring so loud she was practically drooling. She's been left alone far too long, poor baby. I wish I could bring her up here. She's brilliant company.
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From: [personal profile] lark_ascends


Fics? At christmas?

LJ was very quiet...

However, I have a movie rec. Go and see The Holiday. It is made of awesome.

From: [identity profile] starrylizard.livejournal.com


Okay, although I think all my friends may have seen it already.

Isn't there ususally all the secret santa fic etc at this time of year?? Hmm, guess I was wrong.
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From: [personal profile] lark_ascends


Most of what I saw were in fandoms you don't read. But, LJ did get very quiet.

From: [identity profile] mcalex22.livejournal.com


Hmm, there are plenty of fics at [livejournal.com profile] undermistletoe and [livejournal.com profile] sga_santa. But uh, many of them are mckay-sheppard or smallville ones and not all are the best.

If you don't mind a john-rodney one, I just read oasis by [livejournal.com profile] blueraccoon which I liked because it's not overtly mushy and goes on for a while in a realistic manner (warning - yes there is sex which may be a bit graphic towards the end).

There's also Long Distance Call by [livejournal.com profile] eretria which I thought had great characterisation and no sex but john-rodney (though she's listed it as "ambigous"). I just love stories when they "dont' talk about their feelings" and aren't too mushy - blame it on [livejournal.com profile] derry667 influencing me!

Speaking of [livejournal.com profile] derry667, like you, she's back! She is spending time with family in the arvo tomorrow but is otherwise free in the evening. I've asked her if wanted to hang out and she's fine with it.

From: [identity profile] starrylizard.livejournal.com


Cool! Thanks for the recs. :) (No, I don't mind McShep or a bit of the old NC17 rating...you know that. :P)

Derry's back yay! I talked briefly to Yokiem and we're still planning to meet up to go to the NYE fire works and she said she'd worked that out with you. She's meeting with friends for shopping earlier in the day, so if you want to see a movie or something with little old me, feel free. Otherwise I'll bludge around or join in with the shopping.

Or we could go swimming if the weather is good. *shrugs* I don't know. I'm not into planning atm. :P

See ya tomorrow. :)

From: [identity profile] mcalex22.livejournal.com


Wow, that was close! I was just having dinner and just finished. I'm just about to go make myself a banana split since wee, my mum missed bananas so much and decided to buy some (the price was still a bit high but lower than previously!)

Actually I was going to forgo swimming till Monday - I've been good and doing more than I normally do! I thought I'd popped by Kathmandu tomorrow in Chatswood and do some "winter" shopping for my trip. I wanna get another of those "Mt Everest" type tops. Won't mind having dinner with you and if you'd like we can watch a movie. I'm warm to that Ben Stiller one or I bought "Waking Ned Divine" from JB hifi today and we can watch that if you'd like.


From: [identity profile] starrylizard.livejournal.com


Sounds fun! I'd love to have dinner with you. :)

Yum bananas. Must get me some of those.

What's the Ben Stiller one? I'm told The Holiday is cute if we were to go to the movies. See comments above. :P

A DVD would be fine too though. I'm collecting all these random DVDs lately and I'm yet to watch them and I remember Waking Ned Devine was good. That was the one with the lottery ticket right? Very funny!

From: [identity profile] mcalex22.livejournal.com


The Ben Stiller one is the Musuem one. The Holiday is the one with Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz - sort of girlie love-romance stuff, which uh, I'm actually not the biggest fan of... (this is where I go all anti-mush like [livejournal.com profile] derry667 - apologies but I'm probably one of the few around who never liked Sleepless in Seatle or The Titanic etc).

We saw both the previews when we went to see the Bond stuff. I'm not going to be a spoilsport though - I mean I don't really mind teribbly as I like Jack Black and Jude Law. However depending on time, it might just be dinner. I'll be walking around and shopping in Chatswood I think. How about I give you a call tomorrow? :)

From: [identity profile] arlessiar.livejournal.com


I know what you mean, 'Extreme friendlisting' can be quite exhausting! And I'd still say it was quite quiet on LJ during the holidays, so be glad there weren't even more pages! :D

I just posted a few Christmas Eve pics in my LJ, and a birthday present for Skein regarding DNGG. I'm looking forward to your holiday pics! :)

A few fics have been posted during the holidays, but I didn't get to read them all (I also skipped most of the fluffy Christmas themed fics) and I haven't seen anything that was really outstanding. I quite liked "Oasis" (http://blueraccoon.livejournal.com/558127.html) by [livejournal.com profile] blueraccoon, but she posted that only two days ago, so maybe you saw it already. :)

From: [identity profile] starrylizard.livejournal.com


Cool, I'll wander over and have a look at your pics and kein's present. :)

Thanks, Mcalex22 just recced the same fic above, so it must have something going for it. I'm reading it now. :)

I remember last year there were loads of fics for fic-a-thons around this tme of year, but maybe that was early in the new year rather than Christmas.

I really must upload my pics, but I'm feeling rather lazy atm. I'll get there. :)

Hope you had a good Christmas. Cheers

From: [identity profile] arlessiar.livejournal.com


Thanks, Mcalex22 just recced the same fic above, so it must have something going for it. I'm reading it now. :)

Ooops, didn't see that, sorry for the double-rec. Anyway, yes, it's a good story I think, so have fun reading it. :)

From: [identity profile] starrylizard.livejournal.com


Hee, no need to apologise. I'm sure the author would be very happy. :)

From: [identity profile] boi4eliza.livejournal.com

This has nothing to do with your post but...


I think it's interesting that I knew the guy in your userpic was Peter Outerbridge, considering the only other time I've seen him, he was in drag.

I guess he just has one of those unmistakable faces...?

From: [identity profile] starrylizard.livejournal.com

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Really? In drag? You totally have me curious. When was he in drag?

I'm a big Re Genesis fan and he's the main star of the series. That's where the pic is from. :)

I love this pic, because he's explaining viral replication to a person he rather fed up with at the time. It cracked me up. :P

From: [identity profile] boi4eliza.livejournal.com

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Peter was in a movie called Better Than Chocolate, where he played a transgendered woman named Judy. I recommend watching the movie if you can find it - it's a romantic comedy, and good for a laugh - but you probably won't find it in your average vid store.

I own it on DVD, so if you'd like to see it and can't find it elsewhere, let me know and I'll send you a copy.

Look out for Peter in this (http://www.s-hip.de/eva/images/chocolate2.jpg) get-up singing "I'm Not A Fucking Drag Queen". Hi-larious :-)

From: [identity profile] starrylizard.livejournal.com

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*giggles* Ha, so different from the character I know him as. :P

Thanks, I'll have a look for it. :)

From: [identity profile] raisintorte.livejournal.com


Lets see fic - [livejournal.com profile] yuletide went live on Christmas Day.

I have a few recs here: http://control-freak80.livejournal.com/213104.html and Here: http://control-freak80.livejournal.com/212916.html. All in rare and obscure fandoms. There are 1054 stories in the archive in over 500 fandoms. The community has a ton of recs entries if you're interested. Its rather fun.

[livejournal.com profile] kate98 held a cheerupathon for [livejournal.com profile] deejay435 and there are quite a few good stories here: http://kate98.livejournal.com/258598.html.

There's also the [livejournal.com profile] sg_rarepairings master list here: http://community.livejournal.com/sg_rarepairings/4760.html. There are quite a few good fics, in rare pairings. (I wrote John/Cam)

And the [livejournal.com profile] undermistletoe list here: http://community.livejournal.com/undermistletoe/profile (lots of good SGA stories.) (mostly McKay/Sheppard, some gen)

I know you asked for recs, but I don't really have any for the last three.

Oh yeah! There's also [livejournal.com profile] sga_santa. All of those fics were posted as well, but I haven't read any, so I can't really give you any recs.

From: [identity profile] starrylizard.livejournal.com


Ha! I knew it. There's always fic-a-thons ending this time of year. :)

Thankye kindly. :)

From: [identity profile] balikpulang.livejournal.com


Hey my dear! We just got back in from Thailand, and even with friends filters, I'm pretty sure I missed quite a few LJ updates too. As for fic rec, I'll be piggybacking off your post for ideas ;). Meanwhile, check out these two: [livejournal.com profile] heroes_holidays and [livejournal.com profile] iamrighthere's "The Known World" (an SGA WIP)

Also, if you haven't already, swing on by my 40 Qs meme - since we've been exchanging comments virtually this year, I thought it'd be nice to share a little more about me with the flist. Happy New Year!

From: [identity profile] starrylizard.livejournal.com


Cool! Thanks!
Shall have a look, and happy new year to you too. Just got back from the fireworks and wow!
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