I thought it'd be fun what I currently listening to - artist-wise - and give you guys my favourite tracks by these artists (naturally, I haven't heard everything these people have made, but out of what I've heard).


Natalie Merchant: Motherland, Which Side Are You On?, This House Is On Fire, Golden Boy, Tell Yourself, Just Can't Last (OK, all of the Motherland album because honestly, it's amazing.)


John Lennon: Working Class Hero, Imagine, Love, Give Peace A Chance, Stand By Me, Gimme Some Truth


Joshua Radin: Brand New Day, I'd Rather Be With You, Friend Like You, No Envy No Fear


Josh Groban: Mai, Un Dia Llegara, Un Giorno Per Noi, Oceano, Alla Luce Del Sol, You Raise Me Up (OK, I'm learning to accept it because I honestly love the background music. I ignore that it's internationally played on radios all over and is completely overused in general and can become quite tiresome, which is why I rarely listen to it), You Are Loved (Don't Give Up) (this and Mai are my first Josh Groban songs that I loved so they have a special place in my heart)

So what are you listening to?

(also, by looking at this list, I realize I need to listen to more women. I could add Taylor Swift to that list but it's a phase that kind of already has passed for me)

Title: Enduring Tragedy
Author: klutzy_girl 
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 7,307
Characters/Pairings: Ted, Marshall, Lily, Barney, Robin, Ted's Wife, James, Tom, Barney/Robin, Marshall/Lily, Ted/Wife
Disclaimer: I don't own How I Met Your Mother and never will. No copyright infringement intended.
Author's Note: I first started writing this nearly a year ago, but experienced writer's block. I found this fic again tonight, and just started writing. Hope you enjoy.
Summary: AU future fic. When Barney and Robin's daughter is stillborn, it sends their relationship into a tailspin from which they may not recover.

Title: The Libertine
Author: sweet_heloise 
Pairings: Chuck/Blair
Rating: R
Setting: Victorian Era, England
Summary: She was Lady Blair Waldorf (pristine, regal, perfect). Meanwhile, Chuck had become something of a...libertine.

Previous Chapters
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5

Chapter Six
(And if he let his mind drift...)

Recently went on a wallpaper fest... enjoy!

1 Season One Cast
5 Tim/Lyla
1 Matt/Julie





( Read more... )

READ FIRST. Watch in HQ and comment if you like!

Ok, first of all I wanted to tell that this is NOT a couple I've created my self! There is an amazing series you should totally look at (if you didn't already lol):
http://www.youtube.com/user/TaliProdu...
http://yfm-series.livejournal.com/

Video dedicated to Tali:
You know how much I love you and your beautiful series. It is becoming my favorite so far!! lol
Blair and Silver are the best couple EVER and I'm even more obsessed about them than I was before making this video. So...thanks again for creating this cuople and thanks for being such a great person! Anyway...I'm waiting for the next episode of the series, so don't make me wait any longer LOL
Love you =)

Song: Heaven - Theory of a dead man

So, just to be clear, these are stuff I discovered this year, not stuff that came out this year. WOAH; THIS YEAR IS ALMOST OVER, WHAT? WHAT? Weird.



( year 2009, in pictures )

So. Yeah. 2009. I think it was a good year, actually. More happened to me, personally, in 2008, and the main thing I'll remember from this year is probably Adam and Kris, but, you know. It was nice. I liked this year.

all your lives
inglourious basterds | shosanna dreyfus, others
2143 words | pg
for i_am_girlfriday. Christina, I was writing something else for you, but it stalled some so have some Shosanna centric fic in the meantime? LU, BB. ♥


( ... )

which are your best icons of 2009 ~meme || ~ My thread ~

Just finished watching season 1 of Sons of Anarchy, I was going to download season 2 over night but I'm really rethinking it now, want more episodes now!. Such a fantastic show. I love Jax, he's sweet, despite being in the biker gang and beating people up. I also have soft spots "Half Sack" aka "Prospect" and "Juice". Though I've had a soft spot for the actor playing Juice since Veronica Mars and Jericho.

I'm bored so Charlie Hunnam mini picspam!!



( Eye Candy )

New hi-res HBP studio promos of Ginny, Tom Riddle, Draco and Narcissa Malfoy have been released via BWO and Oclumencia, which can be seen below.

( Ginny, Riddle, Draco & Narcissa hi-res promos )

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http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv279/parfumeries/-contest/bbt/sheldon-yishui1.png

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I watched a few episodes of the Big Bang Theory today and I fell into a complete Sheldon/Penny mood again. Then my sister asked for a plot idea, and though mine didn't fit her, I gave birth to a monster. I just have this storyline stuck in my head that I think would be an excellent fic.

Because I'm a feedback whore and I really want to share it - here's my plot outline:

( cut for length, though it's totally worth it - Big Bang Plot Outline )

What do you think? Ignore grammar and stuff, this was just brainstorming. Wouldn't it just make the most epic fic/episode? I don't know how common these fics are, since I don't read Sheldon/Penny fics (feel free to rec though!), but yeah... Penny/Sheldon ♥

Title: Mortgaged Hearts
Author: inkstainedskin
Artist: dysenchnated2
Disclaimer: I do not own Gossip Girl. Or its characters. Unfortunately.
Type: (het or slash) Het, Gen
Characters/Pairings: Blair/Chuck (Serena, Eric, Nate, Lily, Jack, the Mean Girls)
Warnings: Reference to Jack attempting to force himself on Blair.
Summary: “I’m not your girlfriend and I’m most definitely not your wife, and I’m sorry for trying to pretend otherwise. I can assure you that it won’t be happening again.” Blair and Chuck attempting to find their way back to each other
Author's Note: This fic has been in progress way before the start of xoxobigbang but I doubt it ever would have been completed without it. It took a lot of effort, but its finally done. And I’m finally happy with it. Thanks for everyone’s encouraging words and a special thanks to my beta Sam (yankeesam32935) who took on a 15,000+ word fic in record time, and to Alice (dysenchanted3) who is doing my artwork, which I can guarantee will be gorgeous, because everything she makes is.


1.
2.
3.

Title: Mortgaged Hearts 3/3
Author: inkstainedskin
Disclaimer: I do not own Gossip Girl. Or its characters. Unfortunately.
Type: (het or slash) Het, Gen
Characters/Pairings: Blair/Chuck (Serena, Eric, Nate, Lily, Jack, the Mean Girls)
Warnings: Reference to Jack attempting to force himself on Blair.
Summary: “I’m not your girlfriend and I’m most definitely not your wife, and I’m sorry for trying to pretend otherwise. I can assure you that it won’t be happening again.” Blair and Chuck attempting to find their way back to each other
Author's Note: This fic has been in progress way before the start of xoxobigbang but I doubt it ever would have been completed without it. It took a lot of effort, but its finally done. And I’m finally happy with it. Thanks for everyone’s encouraging words and a special thanks to my beta Sam (yankeesam32935) who took on a 15,000+ word fic in record time, and to Alice (dysenchanted3) who is doing my artwork, which I can guarantee will be gorgeous, because everything she makes is.

( Blair wakes up rested, but doesn’t open her eyes; she shuts them tightly, and buries her head deeper. )

1.2.

Title: Mortgaged Hearts 2/3
Author: inkstainedskin
Disclaimer: I do not own Gossip Girl. Or its characters. Unfortunately.
Type: (het or slash) Het, Gen
Characters/Pairings: Blair/Chuck (Serena, Eric, Nate, Lily, Jack, the Mean Girls)
Warnings: Reference to Jack attempting to force himself on Blair.
Summary: “I’m not your girlfriend and I’m most definitely not your wife, and I’m sorry for trying to pretend otherwise. I can assure you that it won’t be happening again.” Blair and Chuck attempting to find their way back to each other
Author's Note: This fic has been in progress way before the start of xoxobigbang but I doubt it ever would have been completed without it. It took a lot of effort, but its finally done. And I’m finally happy with it. Thanks for everyone’s encouraging words and a special thanks to my beta Sam (yankeesam32935) who took on a 15,000+ word fic in record time, and to Alice (dysenchanted3) who is doing my artwork, which I can guarantee will be gorgeous, because everything she makes is.

( “Ladies and gentlemen, the new and…just as fabulous, Blair Cornelia Waldorf... )

Title: Mortgaged Hearts 1/3
Author: inkstainedskin
Disclaimer: I do not own Gossip Girl. Or its characters. Unfortunately.
Type: (het or slash) Het, Gen
Characters/Pairings: Blair/Chuck (Serena, Eric, Nate, Lily, Jack, the Mean Girls)
Warnings: Reference to Jack attempting to force himself on Blair.
Summary: “I’m not your girlfriend and I’m most definitely not your wife, and I’m sorry for trying to pretend otherwise. I can assure you that it won’t be happening again.” Blair and Chuck attempting to find their way back to each other
Author's Note: This fic has been in progress way before the start of xoxobigbang but I doubt it ever would have been completed without it. It took a lot of effort, but its finally done. And I’m finally happy with it. Thanks for everyone’s encouraging words and a special thanks to my beta Sam (yankeesam32935) who took on a 15,000+ word fic in record time, and to Alice (dysenchanted3) who is doing my artwork, which I can guarantee will be gorgeous, because everything she makes is.

( Blair pulls her snow white pea coat tighter... )


2. 3.

Title: we were both sixteen and it felt so right
Fandom: Gossip Girls
Characters: Serena, Nate, mentions of Chuck, Blair
Prompt: 002. Middles
Word Count: 191
Rating: PG
Summary: It wasn’t until after the Gossip Girl blast that they even thought of playing house

( The summer after her first break up with Dan wasn't that bad )

Title: let’s backtrack and back it up
Fandom: Gossip Girls
Characters: Blair, Serena, Chuck, Nate, Dan, Vanessa
Prompt: 016. Purple
Word Count: 172
Rating: PG
Summary: The purple bruise he’s sporting is more than worth it.

( Nate ditched Vanessa two days into the trip to help Chuck and Blair bail Serena out of a jam involving Keith Van der Woodsen, Carter Baizen, and the international consultan... )

Title: i keep my jealousy close, cause it’s all mine
Fandom: Gossip Girls
Characters: Serena, Chuck, Blair, Nate
Prompt: 024. Green
Word Count: 231
Rating: PG
Summary: And then Bart proposed to Lily.

( it’s a little bit ironic. )

Title: if you lie you don’t deserve to have friends
Fandom: Gossip Girls
Characters: Blair, Serena, Chuck, Nate, Dan, Vanessa
Prompt: 030. Death.
Word Count: 216
Rating: PG
Summary: He couldn’t even say his mother’s name, how was he supposed to explain her death

( Chuck's mom dies in a plane crash. )

Title: you fasten my seatbelt because it’s the law
Fandom: Gossip Girls
Characters: Blair, Serena, Chuck, Nate
Prompt: 035. Sixth Sense.
Word Count: 286
Rating: PG
Summary: They knew each other, but more importantly, they knew when they needed each other.

( “Whenever )

Title: we would walk on the beach in our bare feet
Fandom: Gossip Girls
Characters: Blair, Serena, Chuck, Nate
Prompt: 036.
Word Count:216
Rating: PG
Summary: The tradition stops the summer after sophomore year.

( They have a tradition. )

Title: all I needed was a call that never came
Fandom: Gossip Girls
Characters: Blair,Mentions of Chuck, Nate, Serena
Prompt: 042. Triangle
Word Count: 270
Rating: PG
Summary: They don’t work as a group of three: unbalanced and uneven with one of them always left alone.

( Serena leaves and it’s just the three of them. )

Title: under the city lights, im sinking
Fandom: Gossip Girls
Characters: Blair, Serena, Chuck, Nate
Prompt: 046. Star
Word Count: 136
Rating: PG
Summary: Ew! You two! Get a room. We’re like, in the middle of a field!

( Is that the Big Dipper? )

Title: you can make all the moves, you can aim all the spotlights
Fandom: Gossip Girls
Characters: Blair, Serena, Chuck, Nate
Prompt: 048. Diamond.
Word Count: 176
Rating: PG
Summary: It was going to be perfect.

( He as going to propose to her on a helipad. )

Title: i don’t know how it gets better than this
Fandom: Gossip Girls
Characters: Blair, Serena, Chuck, Nate
Prompt: 056. Breakfast.
Word Count: 236
Rating: PG
Summary: We’re having breakfast at Tiffany’s!

( Pass me a croissant )

Title: let’s get drunk and ride around
Fandom: Gossip Girls
Characters: Blair, Chuck, Nate Serena
Prompt: 060. Drink.
Word Count: 211
Rating: PG-13
Summary: They wake up the next morning on the floor of a hotel room, they don’t remember entering

( Stupid fights and petty arguments and bad breakups are irrelevant )

Title: you got me through these years
Fandom: Gossip Girls
Characters: Serena, Nate, mentions of Chuck, Blair
Prompt: 065. Passing.
Word Count: 217
Rating: PG
Summary: Assembled in front of her at eight in the morning on a Saturday, the only thing the three look ready to do is kill her

( Freshman year of finals week... )

Title: when its snows, ain’t it thrillin
Fandom: Gossip Girls
Characters: Blair, Serena, Chuck, Nate
Prompt: 067. Snow
Word Count: 219
Rating: PG
Summary: It’s the first snow of the year.

( They are five classes and four inches of snow into the day. )

Title: i need you for more than just tonight
Fandom: Gossip Girls
Characters: Blair, Serena, mentions of Chuck and Nate
Prompt: 077. Storm.
Word Count: 131
Rating: PG
Summary: A flash of lightening illuminates the dimly lit room, and Serena lets out a squeal.

( The thunder crackles... )

Title: russian roulette isn’t as fun without the gun
Fandom: Gossip Girls
Characters: Serena, Chuck, mentions of Blair, Nate
Prompt: 080. Why?
Word Count:
Rating: PG-13
Summary: She left him behind too, you know.

( Chuck will never admit it. )

Title: no fact or fiction or storyline
Fandom: Gossip Girls
Characters: Blair, Serena, Chuck, Nate
Prompt: 088. School
Word Count: 219
Rating: PG
Summary: A united front made the entire thing effortless.

( They don’t mean for it to happen. )

Title: too far ahead
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Gossip Girl
Characters: Blair Waldorf, Dan Humphrey
Wordcount: 301
Prompt: upper east side, angst, you say go slow…I fall behind, provided by mrsjamiewitter
Summary: She pushes against his grasp and hisses “I’m going to have you arrested for assault!"

( Will you wait a minute! )

Title: make you free
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Gossip Girl
Characters: Blair Waldorf, Dan Humphrey
Wordcount: 175
Prompt: brooklyn cafe, hold, puzzle pieces, if you be my boat, I’ll be your sea
Summary: When the last customer leaves he pours himself a black coffee and sits opposite her.

( About an hour after the Gossip Girl blast goes out she walks into his father’s café. )

Title: maybe I think you're cute and funny
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Gossip Girl
Characters: Blair/Dan
Wordcount: 212
Prompt: Blair/Dan. Shopping.
provided by uptheapples
Summary: At least you’re smart enough to know when you’re clueless.

( Blair/Dan. Shopping. )

Title: it must have been the mistletoe
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Gossip Girl
Characters: Blair Waldorf/Dan Humphrey
Word count: 374
Prompt: mistletoe
Summary:“Its tradition Humphrey.” She inspects her perfectly manicured nail, uninterested. “You can’t mess with tradition.”

( Dan shifts awkwardly under the brunette’s gaze. )

Title: A Christmas Compromise
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Gossip Girl
Characters:Blair Waldorf/Dan Humphrey
Wordcount: 731
Prompt: tacky tinsel on the tree
Summary: No more pipe cleaners. Got it.

( What the hell do you think you’re doing Humphrey? )

Title: Begin Again
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice
Characters: Derek Shepherd/Addison Forbes Montgomery
Wordcount: 185
Prompt: Derek/Addison. Vacation. Provided by belle_1220
Summary: It feels like before.
A/N: I’ve never written much Grey’s fic before, so I hope this is okay!

( He shows up at her office one Monday. )

Title: tied my tongue in pretty bows with yours
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls
Characters: Rory/Jess
Wordcount: 189
Prompt: Rory/Jess, commercials
provided by uptheapples
Summary: Why do we need a DVR anyway?

( Commercials. )

Title: i’m not a princess
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Veronica Mars
Characters: Veronica Mars, Logan Echolls
Wordcount: 185
Prompt: pre-series, its too late for you and your white horse to come around
Summary: Something must finally click with him because he places his lunch tray down next to hers a week later without making a snide remark.

( She’s huddled in the janitor’s closet, tears streaming down her face, when she decides she’s done caring. )

Title: you are not mine to ask things of
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Veronica Mars
Characters: Logan/Veronica
Wordcount: 259
Prompt: Logan/Veronica, Season 4 FBI
provided by lion
Summary: This is who I am.

( Logan/Veronica. FBI. )

Title: this ain’t a fairy tale
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Gossip Girl, The OC
Characters: Serena Van der Woodsen, Seth Cohen
Wordcount: 489
Prompt: free for all
Summary: The bright gold lettering of Princess S stands out against the pinks, tans, and yellows used to craft his latest pseudo super hero.
A/N: Don’t ask me about the timelines because I have no clue.

( I don’t understand why you’re so upset. )

Title: New York, New York
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls, Gossip Girls
Characters: Jess Mariano, Serena VanderWoodsen
Wordcount: 298
Prompt: cold
Summary: He cocks an eyebrow. Rich girl’s playing dress up for the day.

( She's sifting through some torn paperbacks... )

Title: California Dreams
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Gossip Girl, Veronica Mars
Characters: Nate Archibald/Cindy “Mac” McKenzie
Wordcount: 279
Prompt: free for all
Summary: The tone of his voice did not bode well, but Nate called anyway.

( Nate Archibald was never particularly tech savvy. )

Title: Reasons Why
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls, Gossip Girl
Characters: Rory Gilmore/Dan Humphrey
Wordcount: 284
Prompt: free for all
Summary: She’s running out of reasons why this can’t work.

( He’s just not her type. )

Title: Dinner Date
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Gossip Girl, Gilmore Girls
Characters: Blair Waldorf/Tristan DuGrey
Wordcount: 300
Prompt: free for all
Summary: She insults his endowment before appetizes.

( Eleanor sets her up on a blind date and she knows she’s reached a new low. )

Title: Bookends
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Gossip Girl, Gilmore Girls
Characters: Jenny Humphrey/Jess Mariano
Wordcount: 441
Prompt: merge
Summary: Jenny walks towards him, waving the paperback in front of his face. “Um, excuse me…isn’t it like your job to sell this to me?”

( She doesn’t normally hang out on the lower west side. )

Title: i’m not the desperate type
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Everwood/Veronica Mars
Characters: Bright Abbot/Gia Goodman
Wordcount: 281
Prompt: bright abbot/gia goodman
provided by hide_r
Summary: There’s a crash and a shriek and he turns around to find a pile of books and a distraught brunette at his feet.

( Bright nods to the blonde, walking backwards out of his Women’s Studies Class )

Title: there’s nothing to say that hasn’t been heard.
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Gossip Girl, Gilmore Girls
Characters: Serena/Logan
Wordcount: 242
Prompt: Serena van der Woodsen/Logna Huntzberger. things that feel less familiar than they should.”>
Summary: She knows exactly how this will go.

( Serena van der Woodsen/Logna Huntzberger. things that feel less familiar than they should. )

Title: Meet the Parents
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Gossip Girl, Veronica Mars
Characters: Nate/Mate
Wordcount: 354
Summary: I can't believe you didn't tell me your parents were coming!

( What are you doing? )

Title: Splish, Splash
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Gilmore Girls, One Tree Hill
Characters: Brooke/Logan
Wordcount: 299
Summary: Finally, your parents did something right!

( What are you doing? )Title:</b> Clear Blue Skies
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandoms: Gossip Girl, Veronica Mars
Characters: Nate Archibald/Cindy “Mac” Mackenzie
Wordcount: 228
Prompt: Nate/Mace, first date by hide_r
Summary: He’s taking her sailing.
A/N: I had way too much fun writing this. I think I might just be becoming a full on Nate/Mac shipper.

( She tells herself not to be intimidated. )

Title: Bring on the Thunder
Fandom: Gossip Girl, Veronica Mars
Characters: Dan/Veronica
Prompt: written for the choco_cherries 2008 summer fic exchange
Word Count: 1340
Rating: PG
Summary: Veronica Mars makes Serena Van der Woodsen look like an open book.

( Dan and Serena 2.0 crashes and burns. )

Title: Love is Nothing (Like They Say)
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandom: Gilmore Girls
Characters: Rory Gilmore, Rory/Tristan, Rory/Dean, Rory/Logan, Rory/Jess
Wordcount: 1267
Spoilers: Through Bon Voyage
Summary: Three times Rory Gilmore lets the guy go and one time she doesn’t.
A/N: Okay so I’m having a little trouble letting go of the unsatifisying series finale that gave Rory Gilmore no closure whatsoever, and the moments before that went so carelessly unexplored. Title is stolen from a Liz Phair song. I don’t own Gilmore Girls. Don’t sue.
Also, I haven’t forgotten about Human Behavior. I swear.

( Let’s be honest here. )

Title: Endings
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandom: Gilmore Girls
Characters: Rory Gilmore, Rory/Jess, Rory/Logan, Rory/Tristan
Wordcount: 942
Spoilers: Through Bon Voyage
Summary: Three ways Rory Gilmore could have gotten her happily ever after.
A/N: Because Rory and her romantic relationships deserved better.

( Three ways Rory Gilmore could have gotten her happily ever after. )

Title: Prove Me Wrong
Author: inkstainedskin
Fandom: Gossip Girl
Characters: Chuck/Blair
Wordcount: 1,185
Spoilers: Post Season One. Wishful thinking for Season Two.
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine. Don’t sue.

( I think you're impossible. I hope you prove me wrong. )

Title : The In Between
Author : inkstainedskin
Pairing : Blair/Chuck
Warning : mild language
Summary :You hate him. Passionately. There’s a fine line between love and hate, a voice whispers, but you promptly tell the voice to shove it.

( The In Between )

Boxing Day sales at Chadstone were crazy this year (Guess was the worse, people hoarding 5-6 bags, could hardly move, not surprising with 50% off everything) . We (brother and I, parents had a party at a friend's in the afternoon) left at 7AM, and there was a long line of cars at the exit for Chadstone on the freeway. We got a spot pretty easy, but we parked pretty far away as they were the only spots left, because it was about 7:30AM, and it opened at 7AM, no one was ready to leave yet. We were there a lot longer than expected, we left around 12:30-1PM.

In the end I got the True Blood calendar from Borders ($12.50, was $24.99), Ksubi jeans from David Jones ($153.96, was $219.95), a shirt from Country Road ($44.95, was $99), and a jacket from SuperDry ($169.95, wasn't on special). I also brought a Gucci bag (on Thursday, $1950 *cringes*), and ordered a pair of Orginal Ray Ban Wayfarers (from a friend at a duty free place, she's going to order them Tuesdays so I don't know how much till then or when they'll come in, though I got about $300 off on my last pair of sunglasses from there).


My haul, and a close up of the buttons on the jacket.

I also have about 30GB peak, and 40GB off peak of bandwidth left to use till the 1st. What do people suggest I use it on? i.e some shows, movies, music, etc. Right now I'm downloading Sons of Anarchy (it might be because I think Charlie Hunnam is easy on the eyes). ETA: WUT?! Charlie Hunnam is British?! Whoa! I've seen this photo of him somewhere before. Maybe people's Twilight casting?