If I came with a warning label, what would it say?
Just out of morbid curiosity.
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So, the Adam Lambert segment on Barbara Walters special about the 10 Most Fascinating People of the Year. Short? Disappointing? What the hell was that?
I did get one good laugh out of it when Babs talked about when Adam "came out" in Rolling Stone, "shocking absolutely no one." Preach it, Babs. The dude wasn't hiding a damn thing.
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Ugh, ugh, *scours the 'net for the latest episode of Glee* C'mon, bitches, I need my Kurt fix!
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| 2009-12-09 17:21 |
| Drumming diary: Mr. Brightside II |
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I'm gonna be giving myself another week on this one - it's a complex song, and I've just realized that I've got change up the sticking in order to play the sixteenth notes fast enough.
At 140 bpm, there's no way I'll be able to play sixteenth notes while single-sticking it, so I'm going to double-stick and roll all of those notes. 'Double-sticking' is when you loosen your hold on the sticks and allow them to bounce on the drum head (or in this case, the hit-hat). The secondary hit, obviously, is not as powerful, but there's just no way I can move my limbs fast enough to single-stick those sections.
That will make it tricky to hit the snare just once on 2 and 4, but I'll have to train my hand to switch back and forth. It also means I've got to retrain my limbs to play the verses, then match the rest of the song to that faster tempo. Once I get the verses (and the breaks, the breaks are kind of tricky) down, the rest of the song should be easy. *knock on wood*
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| stele3 |
| 2009-12-09 10:57 |
| *raises eyebrow at Huffington Post* |
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Huh. I posted my open letter to Jennifer Vanasco in the comments of her blog article over 24 hours ago.
The Huffington Post staff have yet to allow them to be posted. (Comments are moderated.)
Huh.
*sips tea* Pardon me while I'm deeply unimpressed by a supposedly left-wing newspaper, and the free press in general.
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| stele3 |
| 2009-12-09 00:47 |
| This is what I get for fooling around on the Internet |
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Did anyone else notice Tom Conrad's picture of William Beckett's spread legs on the "Sex Is Not The Enemy" blog?
Right here. (Note: that picture is SFW. Most of the others linked below are not.)
I'm presuming that someone in the fandom sent it in...I've seen this blog making the rounds on my flist. If not, and Tomrad reads SINTE, then......yeah, I can't think of a proper response.
If you're not reading this feed, you should be. There's all kinds of beautiful, sexy, strange, and just plain amazing stuff to see and read there. Like:
+ A naked woman in horns.
+ Genderfuckery galore. Half the time I have to examine the pictures before I can even take a guess as to who is what gender. When viewing an older picture I literally murmured aloud, "Okay, who does the penis belong to......?"
+ Gorgeous erotica. (Personally, I love the kind that doesn't necessarily show a lot, you know? You can do so much with so little. I mean, look at that picture. I am. :))
+ A daily dose of awwwww. They look so sweet!
+ Body positivity.
+ Funny cartoons.
+ Whatever the hell is going on here.
+ I almost feel bad looking at this one. It seems so private.
+ This dude (SFW) has to be one of the most conventionally masculine-looking FTM transmen that I have ever seen in my life. DAMN. I'd expect to see that guy sauntering out of an Abercrombie and Fitch ad, or maybe moving through the pot haze of a frat party with a red plastic cup of beer in hand.
ALSO, HOLY SHIT. HOLY SHIT. I don't know whether to be terrified or turned on.
Anyway, yeah. Go check it out.
ETA: Ahahahahahaaaaa, I just ran across pictures that my college friend Kristen drew of her wife Kim. Hi, explicit Kim! I see you haven't changed! Hee.
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Original poster: chibidraco
Title : Harry's Dirty Little Secrets
Author: chibidraco
Summary: Harry's a successful Quidditch player that enjoys a very casual love life.When sudden paternity suits arise and accusations are flying,an old fashioned Ministry decides to auction him off in Marriage to the highest bidder. HarryDraco slash AU no Voldie
Rating: R - NC-17
Length: 2,729
Pairings: Harry/Draco
Themes: Angst/Comedy
Warnings/Switching?: Nope
If you need to catch up start here, follow links at the bottom of the pages or the tag
Read / Review
Chapter 18
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Original poster: thewickednix
Title: Behind the Green Door
Author: thewickednix
Pairing: Harry Potter/ Draco Malfoy
Rating: NC-17
Categories: Slash
Warnings: Dark, Coarse Language, Sexual Situations, Violence
Summary: In the midst of the Second Wizardning War, Draco Malfoy witnesses his father's capture of Harry Potter. Draco is given a mission: to watch the Boy Who Lived. But in the dungeons of Malfoy Manor, something besides hate and enmity is born between two desperate souls.
DISCLAIMER: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
Part VII
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| stele3 |
| 2009-12-07 13:31 |
| An open letter to Jennifer Vanasco, editor-in-chief of 365gay.com |
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Dear Jennifer,
I read your recent Huffington Post article ("How Adam Lambert Is Hurting Gay Marriage") with varying degrees of frustration and horror.
First of all, I find it very telling that your title focuses so exclusively on gay marriage. I guess it shouldn't be surprising: when I recently came out to a coworker she rushed to assure me that she supported gay marriage. To which I wanted to respond, "....so?" I have no desire to ever get married; yet my identity has become synonymous with that struggle...in fact, gay marriage has come to dominate any discussion of gay rights.
I use "gay" here in its proper definition -- i.e. "same-sex, esp. men" - because that is exactly what gay rights has become: upper-class, white gay men and lesbians determined to make their lives exactly like those of heterosexual people. We have seen the Holy Grail, and it's a white picket fence with a house, two parents, and 2.5 children. The perfect nuclear family, modified only slightly, just a little bit, pretty please. Who could ask for anything more? No one, according to you.
And here I thought we were supposed to be fighting repression, not perpetuating the practice.
Which is not to say that I am against same-sex marriage -- just against the idea that it's the only dream worth aspiring to, and that a pseudo-heterosexual lifestyle should somehow be my ideal, too. Two friends of mine, lesbians, got married during that brief, precious window of opportunity in California. They had a full ceremony, one of them changed her last name, the whole works. Oh, how lovely, you'd probably croon, and put them up on a kid-friendly slideshow to show mainstream America how nice and friendly the Gays really are, how we really want to be just like them.
Except, my friends were and continue to be in an open relationship, and are into the kind of scene that revels in leashes and crawling around onstage. That is the kind of marriage that makes them happy. It works for them.
It's very clear which part of their marriage is palatable to mainstream America, and to you.
You remind me of Frank Kameny, the gay rights activist who organized marches in the 60's. He's inarguably a pioneer; he also forced women to wear skirts, men to wear suits and ties during the marches and wouldn't allow same-sex handholding. When two women attempted to do so, he immediately broke them up saying, "None of that!" You and Kameny are both so focused on achieving the same rights as the heterosexual majority that you have adopted their tactics, too -- censorship and moral panic. Oh my god, Adam Lambert is destroying the moral fabric of America the gay community.
It was the drag queens and hustlers at Stonewall, Jennifer. And it was the drag queens and hustlers who were very quickly edged out of the mainstream gay rights movement by people like Kameny because they were too gauche, too gaudy, too sexual. Sound familiar? Yes, Adam Lambert got up in front of millions of Americans and dared to openly express his sexuality; it's a sexuality that includes BDSM tones, as anyone who's seen him perform or read his interviews will know. You rushed to side with the FCC and wag your finger at him, because that's what you really want: to be part of that big happy majority and never mind what parts of your identity or community you have to repress or screen in order to make all gays seem non-threatening (acceptable, apologetic).
Newsflash: if we all behaved in a way that wouldn't shock or upset mainstream American culture, none of us would be queer. And I use "queer" in its adopted definition, meaning "all of us." The married lesbians who enjoy flogging. The transman wrestling with the start of his transition and being told by his LGBT college class that chromosomes are the sole determinant of gender. The asexual currently glaring at her computer screen as she types furiously away. The glam rocker who put on a performance no more salacious than those of his straight peers. We are a far more varied community than just "gay," and no, not all of us want that white picket fence. Jumping on a high horse to condemn how anyone in our community expresses their sexuality (within the legal and moral confines of consent) is the kind of thing best left to Jerry Falwell, whose foundation Liberty Counsel has rushed to condemn Adam Lambert as well. You're on the same side as Jerry Falwell right now, Jennifer. Well done.
Adam Lambert might indeed be hurting the picture of The Harmless Gays Who Just Want To Live Like Regular Folks that you're so desperately propping up, but you are hurting the queer community.
But you don't care. You want to live in your pretty glass house with all the trappings of a heterosexual life, but with a chewy gay center that is properly tucked away so as not to shock the neighbors. So you go on Huffington Post and you decry a man for openly expressing his sexuality, calling it thoughtless, degrading, and dishonorable.
I know a word just as dirty as "dishonor," Jennifer, and twice as damning: sellout.
Regards,
A Queer Woman
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Oops, I have been forgetting to post here, so I'm going to do a catch up post of my recent H/D fics. ;)
The following are all stories produced for ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) dracoharry100 and slythindor100's seasonal holiday prompts.
Title: Promises Kept
Author: alisanne
Rating: PG
Pairing: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Summary: Draco makes and keeps a promise.
Word Count: 200
Genre: Romance
Warnings: None that I am aware of.
A/N: Written for dracoharry100's Christmas prompt: Cider, and for slythindor100's Advent prompt #1: Snowy trees.
Title: Someplace Warm
Author: alisanne
Rating: PG
Pairing: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Summary: While others shovel, Harry and Draco find someplace warm.
Word Count: 262
Genre: Humor
Warnings: Silliness
A/N: Written for dracoharry100's Christmas prompt: Snow/Snowman and for slythindor100's Advent prompt #2: shovelling snow
Title: Just Wrong
Author: alisanne
Rating: PG
Pairing: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Summary: Draco has his own way of being helpful.
Word Count: 245
Genre: Humor
Warnings: None that I am aware of.
A/N: Written for dracoharry100's Christmas prompt: Mulled Wine and for slythindor100's Advent prompt #3: Skating Rink
Title: Wrapping Up Lunch
Author: alisanne
Rating: R
Pairing: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Summary: The boys take a long lunch.
Word Count: 275
Genre: Humor, romance, erotica.
Warnings: Silliness
A/N: Written for dracoharry100's Christmas prompt: Wrapping and for slythindor100's Advent prompt: picture of two men in bed.
Title: Promises Made
Author: alisanne
Rating: PG
Pairing: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Summary: Harry makes a promise that he fully intends to keep.
Word Count: 300
Genre: Pre-slash
Warnings: Pre-slash. ;)
A/N: Written for dracoharry100's Christmas prompt: Deck the Halls, and for slythindor100's Advent prompt: Christmas candy kisses.
Title: Promises Delayed
Author: alisanne
Rating: PG
Pairing: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, Teddy Lupin
Summary: Sometimes plans have to be postponed.
Word Count: 836
Genre: Romance
Warnings: Fluff!
A/N: Written for dracoharry100's Christmas Prompt: Silent Night, and for slythindor100's Advent prompt: Child with large snowball. This is a sequel to yesterday's entry, Promises Made and will make more sense if read after that story.
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Original poster: ebethfic
Title: Ghosts (6/ a lot)
Author: fallingfor (DW) / ebethfic (LJ)
Rating: PG for now, R later
Prompt Set: 100quills table 100.4 (Harry/Draco)
Prompt: 086 - Insubstantial
Word Count: 1880 words
Summary: Returning to Hogwarts for his missed seventh year, Harry hopes to have a normal time at school for once. Unfortunately, the students are adoring, Hermione is righteous, and Draco Malfoy is suspiciously friendly. At least Voldemort is gone...
Notes/Disclaimer: I'm playing in JKR's sandbox for fun, not profit. Post-DH, so H&D are 18.
Index on LJ | Index on DW
Part 6 on LJ | Part 6 on DW
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Original poster: whoaluke
Story: Losing Harry
Chapter: Fourteen
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: mild language; eventual mild violence, scenes of a sexual nature
Pairings/Characters: Harry/Draco;; Harry, Ginny, Hermione, Ron, Draco, Albus, Scorpius, Lorcan, Lysander, James, Lily, etc.
Genre: Mystery, Drama, Romance
Summary Harry's up to something again. His best friends never could sit by and watch, and his children are eager for adventures of their own. Meanwhile, old habits die hard. And history has a funny way of repeating itself. HPDH+Epilogue compliant.
Notes: It’s a future fic. Beta-ed by cymonie.
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoat Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Previous Chapters: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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Christmas came before Albus was ready, effectively distracting him from his many goals. Read more...
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Original poster: dannyfranx
Title: Chapter 12 – Seeing Reason
Author: dannyfranx
Pairing: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Rating: M
Warnings: swearing, angst
Word count: 7,435
Summary: All Harry ever wanted was a normal life but as he struggles with the fall out from the war, losing old friends and gaining new ones, he realises that normality is a myth.
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Original poster: thewickednix
Title: Behind the Green Door
Author: thewickednix
Pairing: Harry Potter/ Draco Malfoy
Rating: NC-17
Categories: Slash
Warnings: Dark, Coarse Language, Sexual Situations, Violence
Summary: In the midst of the Second Wizardning War, Draco Malfoy witnesses his father's capture of Harry Potter. Draco is given a mission: to watch the Boy Who Lived. But in the dungeons of Malfoy Manor, something besides hate and enmity is born between two desperate souls.
DISCLAIMER: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
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Original poster: huntingsnarks
Author: huntingsnarks
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Genre: One-shot
Summary: Back at Hogwarts for a belated seventh year, Draco Malfoy discovers a mirror that sees too much. Ironically, Harry Potter then discovers Draco, and also sees too much. Stupid stalking git.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 5400
Notes: My very first HD story - appropriately inspired by Oscar Wilde, magic mirrors, and sadistic karma fairies. Cheers!
“What do you see in the mirror?” Potter pressed, sounding honestly curious. Draco hated, hated, hated bloody inquisitive Gryffindors.
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To our members celebrating a birthday this month:
glitter-graphics.com
Your mods,
Ali & Che
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Challenge #12
Hello! It's the 1st of the month and time for a new challenge. Anyone can enter and just about anything goes: a written story of any length, artwork, comic, photo(s), collage, video, etc. Get creative. Don't be shy. If you ever thought about giving your latent artistic talents a go now's your chance. Please use the standard format, or close facsimile of, for submissions:
Title:
Author:
Rating:
Challenge: harrylovesdraco Challenge #12
Warnings: (as needed)
Word Count:
Disclaimer:
Beta: (if used)
Author's Notes (A/N): as needed
Please tag your entries with ‘challenges, challenges09’.
This month's challenge is Author's Choice. Any & all fics labelled & tagged for this challenge are eligible. Deadline is December 21, 2009. Have fun!
Merry Christmas,
- Ali & Che
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| stele3 |
| 2009-11-30 14:33 |
| The bunnies have mutated, but their size remains. |
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If I knew more about the personalities of Adam Lambert's band members (just enough to figure out their voices) I would write a Stonewall Riots AU.
Adam would be the drag queen performer in the night club. He's an old hand at these raids, knows just how much to give up to stay out of jail, but not an inch more. Lisa's a fellow patron, a bull dyke who's involved in the local feminist chapter; she and Adam are best buddies and always dance close together so that when a raid starts they can quickly switch partners. Tommy's a hustler, a runaway living in the park nearby who isn't so much a fag as he is starving and living hand-to-mouth (or dick-to-mouth). Monte's a bartender in the Inn, a morally-compromised confidence man for the Mob owners. Longineu's a local civil rights activist who doesn't so much care about the fags until the riots start and he sees the police violence, and draws commonality to his own struggles.
Or maybe I could start a community and other people could join in? This would be an epic project -- would anyone else be interested in participating?
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