When you see this, post a little weensy excerpt from as many random works-in-progress as you can find lying around. Who knows? Maybe inspiration will burst forth and do something, um, inspiration-y.

WIP, huh? Yeah, we got lots o'that!

( Witchblade fic I haven't looked at since second season made me WTF? )

( Coming of Shadow, Promise of Light -- Marauders-Era Potter fic, derailed by stupid revelations of character in Book 5 )

( Waking the Circle, DiR fic not so much abandoned as being stonewalled by a stubborn Welsh bard )

( Dark is Rising fic that I had the good sense not to post as a WIP )

( Sirius didn't go after Peter AU, abandoned, though I do like the opening... )

( Night of Sorrow -- original fantasy piece that started - believe it or not - as one of those stupid 'use these vocabulary words in a story' assignments )

( Sailor Moon, scrapped all but the best bits upon realization that it was unconciously duplicating someone else's story. Now trying to retcon a plot. )

There are a couple more I wanted to post, but it seems they only exist on physical paper at the moment. Perhaps later I'll type a bit of them up and post.

Can you read this? Only 55 people on livejournal can. And I am included...

Nicked from carly_sullivan

I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huuamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! If you can raed tihs rpsoet it.

ONLY REPOST IF YOU COULD READ THE ABOVE. Please update the number at the header to include yourself.

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Of course, now I'm thinking here -- if I steal this from carly, and so do four other people, well, that's 59, and if each of them passes it to three people... that's 74, only each of the 15 who took it from us will say 56 instead. Now... how many people are we off by at the moment?

No prizes for guessing who this one is gakked from.


You are...

Majesty!

Take this quiz!

i know how you feel, i just don't care.


Who's Your Happy Bunny?
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Gakked from cluegirl, who has some interesting additions to the list.

( Here are the current top 50 books from www.whatshouldireadnext.com. Bold the books you have read. Italicise the books you might read. Cross out the books you probably won't read. Pass it on: )

Gacked from cormac.
Grab the nearest book. Open the book to page 123. Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
Don't search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Do what's actually next to you.

*looks left to box of books waiting to be shelved* Nope, wouldn't be fair.
*looks right to trail of books looked at in past week* Encyclopedia, Latin Grammar, Irish Tour Guide... Ah, here we go.

"They looked into the darkness and saw, not a silent wonder to explore, but a replacement home, a way to make sure that they would never almost be wiped out again." I'll let you guess, though probably no one will get it. If no one does, I'll give the answer.

Though, I ponder -- pattern-wise, shouldn't it be the fourth sentence? 123...4?

Ok, so that doesn't rhyme...
( Anyway, on with the meme. )

gakked from cormac

English Genius You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 100% Expert!

You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go! Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it! For the complete Answer Key, visit my blog: http://shortredhead78.blogspot.com/.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 72% on Beginner You scored higher than 73% on Intermediate You scored higher than 88% on Advanced You scored higher than 99% on Expert

Link: The Commonly Confused Words Test written by shortredhead78 on OkCupid Online Dating

I really had no idea what result to expect when I took this, and I was a little surprised by what I got, but the more I think about it, the more it grows on me.

You scored as Fox. You are the Fox. You are quite intelligent and use it to your advantage. You are a diplomatic person and use that to help your friends in times of crisis, not choosing sides. You are also very patient, waiting for what you want. </td> Fox 100% Dog 83% Crow 83% Salmon 83% Stag 75% Eagle 75% Horse 75% Ram 67% Bull 67% Dragon 58% Deer 50% Wolf 50% Snake 42% Bear 33% Which animal totem best suits you? created with QuizFarm.com

Ok, personality test. Gakked from cormac. BIG picture, so I'll bump the "trait snapshot" to the top and give commentary, then you can look at the results if you like.

trait snapshot:

messy, tough, disorganized, fearless, not rule conscious...
yep, sometimes, not really, no way, definitely conscious but not always obedient...

likes the unknown, rarely worries, rash, attracted to the counter culture...
sometimes, nope, nope, yep...

rarely irritated, positive, resilient, abstract, not a perfectionist...
nope, yep, yep, yep, big huge NOPE!...

risk taker, strange, weird, self reliant, leisurely, dangerous...
sometimes, definitely, definitely, definitely, yep, I don't think so but I like the idea...

anti-authority, trusting...
aren't those opposites? seriously, yep and yep.

optimistic, positive, thrill seeker, likes bizarre things, sarcastic
yep, yep, sometimes, yep, oh very much so!

This snapshot fails to mention that my "Peter Pan complex" is 90%. *wanders off singing Toys 'R' Us song*
( The whole thing is quite large )

Sometimes I feel compelled to match my flist quiz for quiz... at least, when they're interesting quizzes.

( One, Two, Three, More )
Ok, I have a real entry in the works. I mean it this time. Really.

gakked from gramarye1971
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Let's see... random topic-ness from shipperamy, all style no point from agatha_b, and incomprehensible professor-ness from macaroniprotest. Yup. Sounds about right.

My week to be insulted, apparently. So far this week, I've been called a plagarist, a bad GM, and a piss-poor customer service rep. Now, mind you, none of these came from anyone whose opinion I give half a shit about, but seriously -- did someone stick me with a "Kick Me" sign? *eyeroll*

I need something fun. Someone post some good humorfic. Or p0rnfic. Or I could just post a silly meme...

Hmm, PotC or Monty Python? I think, in honor of macaroniprotest's kick-ass (if belated) xmas pressy, I'll go with PotC:


You are "Welcome to the Caribbean, love."
You're more than a little world-weary, but also
intelligent and you keep your head when things
get dodgy. You're everybody's favorite
drinking buddy, but your stubbornness does get
in the way sometimes.


Which one of Captain Jack Sparrow's bizarre sayings from Pirates of the Caribbean are you?
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