I be bored at work again. This state of affairs cannot be allowed to continue indefinitely.

Therefore: poll!

If these following sci-fi guys were to get into a kicking-screaming-biting-is-allowed-fist fight, who would win?

Poll #1382642 Sci-fi guys
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

Whoverse: Nine vs. Ten

Mal Reynolds vs. John Crichton

Crossovers galore! Nine vs Ten vs Mal vs Crichton:

I wrote this a while ago, but I decided to finally post it at least today. :P

So happy birthday, litele_one! =) Hope this doesn't suck. *wibbles*



Title: Legend
Ship: Sesshomaru/Rin
Rating: G
Word Count: 1,035

A/N: For litele_one, who gave me the prompt ‘fire’.

( Legend. )

Happy birthday, litele_one! *HUGS*

Hope you have the very best of days, with everything you could possibly wish for! And cake. Lots and lots of cake. And presents, of course. =)

Happy birthday, goldy_dollar and kortirion! ♥

Hope you both have a great day, with everything you could ever wish for. And lots and lots of cake, and presents. =) *hugs*

So one my friends from college got married the other week, and I went down to Ahmedabad for the wedding.

( More here )

I was in Ahmedabad for three days, so we went sightseeing with a few members of the wedding party one morning. There are some famous temples in Ahmedabad, and so we visited two of them.

One of them is a replica of the Vaishno devi shrine, which is located in and on a mountain in Jammu and Kashmir. Devotees believe that they are cleansed of their sins if they take the path up the mountain on foot - the harder the path, the greater is the cleansing.

There's this one bit in particular where the path goes through the actual mountain itself, and people have to squeeze through this really narrow crack in sheer rock. My uncle (who's been there) tells me that it's supposed to represent us moving down the birth canal - in that in going on this pilgrimage, we are reborn in the same pure and innocent state as when we are babies.

Which is all well and good, but this replica had the same thing - on a smaller scale, of course, and you have to pass through it to get to the main temple, where the godess idol is. My friends went through it, blithely expecting me to follow.

Now, this was difficult, because I have slight claustrophobia.

Not the kind that makes it difficult to get into elevators, but bad enough that I had sweaty palms and a pounding heart at the thought of getting down on my hands and knees and crawling through a tunnel of rock even only a few feet long.

I suspect this phobia of mine stems from an incident back when I was about three years old, when my older brother drew the covers - a very thick quilt - over me when I was getting ready for bed...and then proceeded to SIT ON ME. Cutting off my air supply. And leaving me flailing in the dark. :/

It was equally bad when I went to Giza in Egypt a few years ago. Now, I have a bit of a thing for history and culture, so I begged my dad to let me go down into one of the pyramids that was open to the public. He agreed to come with me (my mother and brother didn't want to) and off we went.

It was an experience not to be forgotten, mostly because the passageway actually got so narrow at one point that I had to creep along sideways with the wall before me being three inches away from my nose. My dad had to practically pry my fingers off his hand when we got back topside, heh.

It wasn't so bad at this Vaishno replica, but I did have the same irrational panic and the fear - but I got through it somehow, and my friends - who didn't know about my mild phobia - were suitably apologetic for leaving me behind once they found out. So all was well, in the end.

Anyhow. All this makes me curious. Do any of you have any phobias, no matter how mild? Share with me, flist!

Title: Allegiance
Characters/Pairing: Haji/Saya
Word Count: 1,340
Rating: PG
Warning: Spoilers for most of the series.
Timeline: Post episode 43

Disclaimer: I own nothing and am making no money off this, please don’t sue me, thank you kindly.

A/N: All characterisations based on the anime.

-Written for the Valentine's challenge on hagisaya, prompts being 'Missing scene from the anime' and 'feeding.'

( Allegiance )

Title: Flash Point
Characters/Pairing: Haji/Saya
Word Count: 3,056
Rating: R! Beware.
Warning: Vague spoilers for most of the series.
Timeline: Post episode 50

Disclaimer: I own nothing and am making no money off this, please don’t sue me, thank you kindly.

A/N: A sequel to Steady Flame. All characterisations based on the anime.

-For the Valentine's day contest on the hagisaya comm, themes used being 'Missing scenario' (from the anime) and 'feeding'. =)

( So when the feeling comes over him, when there is a pull in his very blood and he knows that Saya is calling to him somewhere, he only grits his teeth and ignores it. )

I hath been tagged by litele_one. =)

A) People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blog and replace any question that they dislike with a new, original question.

B) Tag eight people. Don't refuse to do that. Don't tag who tagged you.

( Under the cut )

Now, your turn! I tag agent_rouka, daystarsmom2, gilliebeans, neocloud9, teef_chan, renjiluvah, leviathan0999 and redpillpedlar in case he ever decides to post on his LJ. :P

Dooo it! =) *bounces compellingly*

Wherein I give you 5 subjects I associate with you, and then you elaborate on them in another post. :D

If you'd like to play along, comment and I'll leave you five associations that you can then write about in your own LJ!

So these are the things the lovely browncoat_2x2 associates with me:

( Behind the cut )

And now it's your turn! Comment and plaaay with me, too! =)

Thought I'd get on the meme bandwagon, too. =)

It seems Aunty Beeb reckons that most people will only have read six of the hundred books in this list. Bold those books you've read in their entirety, italicize the ones you started, but didn't finish.

( List )

I once read a fanfic based almost entirely on 'The Time Traveller's Wife' without knowing it, so I wonder if I can say I've...half read the book? *ponders*


Also, speaking of books: what was the scariest one you've ever read? I was watching a horror movie just yesterday, which explains the segue, at least in my head. :P

For me it was 'Kiss the Girls'. I was only thirteen when I read it, and the book opens with this bit where the psycho killer hides in his (high school classmate) victim's A/C vents, then creeps out at night and rapes and kills her. And her mother. And her little sister.

And then of course there was his friend/partner in crime, who liked to keep body parts of the women he raped and killed.

*shudders*

That book put me off slasher movies for life, I tell you. And made me compulsively check my room (all the little hiding spots and crannies) for nearly six months after I'd read it. :P

So. Now it's your turn! Share with me! I'm bored at work and I demand it! *stares compellingly*

Late for the kkm_challenge last round.

Author: Isha
Title: The Student and the Teacher
Characters: Wolfram and Greta
Word Count: 240
Rating: PG
Any Warnings: None
Prompt being used: Provided title
Timeline: Unspecified point in the series.
Summary: She was young, she could yet learn.

Disclaimer: I own none of these very entertaining characters, please don’t sue me. Thank you.

( The Student and the Teacher )

Mostly gushing about the new anime series I've started watching, so feel free to skip.

( Under the cut because not all of you are into anime )

There, now that I've gotten all that rambling off my chest, I feel much better. :P

*facepalm*

Can't believe I forgot to thank the anonymous sweetie who sent me a daisy v-gift. *HUGS* Thank you so much, whoever you are! You certainly brightened my day - and my profile. ;)

Ow.

Remember when I said I had minor dental surgery to see if my wisdom teeth would take a hint and not bother me any more?

It didn't work.

I had to have both of my wisdom teeth out this Sunday (upper and lower) so for the past few days I've been subsisting on mostly a liquid diet. Which would not bother me so much except for the fact that I can get my stitches out (INSIDE my mouth OMG D:) only next Monday. There should be a word for the itchy-burning-pain I now feel in my gums. WHY SO INADEQUATE, ENGLISH LANGUAGE?

But really, the thing that bothers me the most is no hot liquids = no coffee. Or tea. And my head feels unpleasantly fuzzy due to all the weakness from three days of solid foods deprivation and I need something to jump start my brain, especially now that I'm back at work. D: *woes*

Argh.

Heh. Looking back, it really does seem like all I'm doing this month is whine and bitch at you all, doesn't it? :P

Also: I need an angry/annoyed icon.

I've had the Gaston song from Beauty and the Beast stuck in my head for a while now—you know the one—'Noooo oooone fights like Gaston, takes cheap shots like Gaston, in a wrestling match nobody bites like Gaston!' 'I'm especially good at expecto-rating!' 'My what a guy, Gaastooooon!'

I really liked it as a kid (particularly the fact that it used the word 'expectorating' XD) and it's one of those songs that has stood the test of time—in that I don't shudder and cringe at my younger self's taste, because I still like it.

Which I think qualifies it as my favourite Disney song.

So, now it's your turn: what was/is your fave Disney song? Tell me! *bounces compellingly*

I remember back when I had just finished with Season 2 of Who and was all shocked that they had all forgotten about Jack Harkness, thought dead of TARDISRose!Radiation at the end of S1, and goldy_dollar said: 'Trust in the RTD, for he is good.'

And having just watched the S3 finale, I agree.

( Cut for 'Who' squee )

So I had a holiday from work yesterday. And you know how I spent it? Curled up in bed in a heap of blankets and tissues, coughing and sniffling with a killer cold and throat infection.

This just flies in the face of everything that is good and right in this world.

Thus I demand your sympathy.

*sniffles pathetically*

Toward The Terra, please stop killing me with suspense, thanks.

( Spoilers ahoy! )

Title: Steady Flame
Characters/Pairing: Haji/Saya
Word Count: 960
Rating: G
Warning: Um, vague spoilers for most of the series.
Timeline: Post episode 50

Disclaimer: I own nothing and am making no money off this, please don’t sue me, thank you kindly.

A/N: A sequel to Slow Burn. All characterisations based on the anime.

( It has been two weeks, and she has begun to lose hope. )

I hope you had/have a great day, with cake and friends and presents and in general, things that make you go squee. =) *hugs*