I'm back!

Mum and Mark have just headed back to Canberra (they were here for three days, it rained for two. Ah, Melbourne weather... *g*). I had a great weekend, but the house feels strangely quiet/empty with them gone, so I thought that this would be a good time to get online and enjoy the smutty W100's.

They went to Mum's graduation ceremony on Friday (I went to work, since I'd already had 5 days off during the last three weeks...) and Friday night we met up for dinner at Yoyogi's, which is a wonderful Japanese place on Swanston Street (reasonably priced and the only thing I've ordered there that I didn't like was sake!). Then we went out and saw Shanghai Knights.

I really enjoyed the music in the background of that film, but found it amusing that both films featured scenes with the boys naked together. *g* But I still can't slash Jackie Chan, although I found both of the English guys fairly slashable, and Owen Wilson's just adorably slashy, regardless of how many chicks he chases.

Saturday, we went shopping. I now have new hair products, and new black boots. (Mum bought much more... *g*) That night we ate lollies/chocolate, drank a good deal (Harvey Wallbangers which my brother and mum can make... shockingly strong *g*) and watched SV. We spent most of today packing the car with stuff for mum's new place. It's kinda frightening just how much we can fit into a car!

There we go, complete update.

Highly amused at my own stupidity.

After having LJ for months, I only just realised from dammitcarl's post that GIP stands for Gratuitous Image Posting. I always thought it stood for Graphic In Progress (similar to WIP's being Writing In Progress).

*sniggers*

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Hmmm... Not bad, I guess. Considering I can count the number of poeple I've kissed/slept with on one hand. *g*

I scored 78% on the classic 400 Point Purity Test!

Take the test here!

Heat recs...

Since I've just seen Heat, I'm reading through Heat-related fics, and thought I'd mention the ones that I really enjoyed.

Flowers and Fortunes by Mara Celes is a very atmospheric Lex POV on Heat. The ending is wonderfully melancholy.

The Sky Is Empty. I've heard people describe Pablo's fics as very much like walking into a dream, everything a little too clear and vivid to be real. This is another of her lovely fics that make me think of poetry.

Another dream-like fic is And He Forgot by Lucia. It has a bittersweet, surreal feel to it that's very pleasing, and doesn't tell you quite enough. It's subtle, and understated, and I had to reread it but I'm still not sure of the ending. Very interesting.

And, not technically a Heat related fic, Psyche's Candle by Basingstroke is actually straight after Vortex, but still very, very good. Poor woobie!Lex.

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Everyone has secret weaknesses in fic. Something that just makes you squee in delight.

Me? In SV? It's dodgy Sci-Fi plots, particularly body-switching and time-travel. Yeah, I know, they're about the cheesiest and overused plot devices in mainstream books, let alone fics, but I really like them mixed in with my Clex.

The best body-switching Clex ever is easily... Argh! I used to have it in my favourites list, but now it's gone, and I have no idea of the title or author. Bugger.

Anyway, to get back to my point, and yes I did have one, I'm currently reading a time-travel fic But For Love and eating a good deal of chocolate. Go me.

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Heh. I don't know if I liked crazy!Lex, bastard-boyfriend!Lex or woobie-mourning!Lex more. That was so much fun. *g*

Oh, and there's one more to add to my dodgy SciFi plots list - AU's. They're also lots of fun and make me squeal. Especially when AU's cross-over, and people can see just who they would have been if not for blah blah blah...

And for a very silly body-switching fic, check out Bizarre Love Triangle, which made me snigger more than I should have. Sometimes, I'm just in the mood for silly fic.

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Okay, favourite Heat fic so far is undoubtably Jenn's Intent. Guh.

And on that note, I'm going to bed.

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No really, I am going to bed...