Lemon Bar

Hello?

2008-01-23T03:39:02Z

Greetings any and all who are still keeping track of this long-abandoned page.

I am here to say that I am still alive and the muses of QAF have been showing signs of life for me. I have a quick question I wanted to pose to any and all who would be willing to take a moment. Think back (wa~ay back) to that fic <i>The House of Good Intention</i>, there was, in addition to the chapters, a large list of music that I listened to while I wrote/write it, and an option to download songs as you pleased. The links to this music has long-since died and I have since modified the music. Would people be interested in a sort of soundtrack (rather than a daunting list of over 72 tracks?) It would probably be assembled in the same was as before if only because I do not know how to assemble the music into a soundtrack-form. Anyway, let me know, I would appreciate it. Also, yes, I am still writing and alive but things are also extremely busy so I cannot approximate an update at this moment. I am hoping soon, though!

View Poll: Good Intentions Soundtrack

New Alert

2007-04-17T03:54:43Z

Just a heads-up to let people know what's going on. Exams are finally done, all my papers are handed in and tomorrow in the morning I'm packin-up and car-trippin' on home. The good news is that my summer schedule will allow for much much more writing, so woot! The bad news, my mum mistook a random box sitting in a corner all on its lonesome for a useless box doing nothing and ripped it (and the wires attached to it) out of the wall -- this box was our phone line. As a result, I have no idea when I'll be able to post, but keep a look-out! I'll post a message here to let you all know what's going on once I know!

Luv and a shrubbery!

New Chapter

2007-03-29T03:39:45Z

Okay, so I've been angsting about this fic, and the entire verse, and that has made me avoid it like the plague. I originally intended to go back and start re-working 'Slowly', but then 'Beautiful Things' kept irking me, so I'm starting at the beginning and working my way back, no way around it. Do you guys want me to post a comment if/when one of the chapters gets edited?

Anyway, in other news, I'm nearly done another chapter in 'Slowly' -- it was a bit like pulling teeth, but it's almost done and I'm posting it because, well, it's been forever since I posted. That should be up by the end of the week.

Reviews keep my muses fat and happy!

lemon_bar @ 2007-02-27T17:51:00

2007-02-27T21:53:55Z

Hey, this is just a quick heads-up to anyone who has been enjoying the playlist for 'Good Intentions', four new songs have been added, to download them check out the list. For convenience they are 'How Soon is Now' by the Smiths; 'Apologize' One Republic; 'Out of My Hands', Dave Matthews; and 'Nobody Knows' Dido. The list is alphabetical by artist. I'm pretty sure that's it for the list!

Hope you're enjoying the music!

lemon_bar @ 2007-02-26T12:50:00

2007-02-26T16:52:58Z

With the second chapter of 'Good Intentions' complete my muses are playing tug-o-war and so far no one is really winning. Translation: I'm writing a bit of everything and so have no clue what I'll finish first. The good news is I had a really rejuvenating Reading Week so I'm feeling perky!

Go read Good Intentions chapter 2 and review, please!

lemon_bar @ 2007-02-14T22:57:00

2007-02-15T02:59:40Z

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!! (*mutters* possibly the most irritating time of the year...*) *bright and chipper* HOPE EVERYONE HAD/IS HAVING/INTENDS TO HAVE A SUPER-SPECIAL DAY!!!

HEARTS TO ALL!!
(And hopefully a new chappy of Good Intentions! The hour might be late, but I'm determined! Let's see how I do!)

Having Issues

2007-02-11T17:41:10Z

I know I made reference to an update for Good Intention last week, or technically, as it's still Sunday, this week. It was going amazingly well, but Brian is set the enter the scene at the end of this chapter, and the circumstances are causing me grief as I firmly believe that Brian sought-out his father in the bar in S1 as a result of his conversation with Justin (not that they didn't meet before, I did pick-up on the money exchanging hands and that it appeared to be a regular occurrence) but in the context of this fic, I'm just wrestling with his entrance and what I want Justin to be doing. So, that's why the delay. Well, that and the paper on Kant, but that hardly seems as significant, LOL.

lemon_bar @ 2007-02-05T15:04:00

2007-02-05T19:06:16Z

I don't want to jinx it, but I'm hoping to have chapter two of 'The House of Good Intentions' up early this week, tonight or tomorrow preferably. But like I say, I don't want to jinx it so we'll have to see ^_-

Keep a lookout.

lemon_bar @ 2007-02-03T13:58:00

2007-02-03T17:58:40Z

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lemon_bar @ 2007-02-03T13:21:00

2007-02-03T17:34:11Z

Hello!

I received a semi-frantic email from someone who was concerned that 'The House of Good Intentions' might be a deathfic of some form. I responded to it, but thought I'd soothe anyone else's fears in a post, so if you don't want to know, don't read the part of this post marked 'SEMI-SPOILER'. Otherwise, I'm just popping in to say RL has been kicking my ass. I've been through a crazy sickness, and LOTS of melodrama, but things are getting back on track, and I'm working on chapter 2 for 'House'.

For anyone who was getting excited about my YouTube movies (I know I totally was) that's been put-off due to my inability to collect clips. Uni had disabled Bittorrent and for some reason I can't properly download files that I've been directed to. So, I've decided to seek-out some kind of Mac program that lets me take clips off a DVD directly, and that's going to take time to find (and afford, quite frankly). I'm quite peeved, I was really looking forward to it. Anyway, that's what's happening there.

'The House of Good Intentions' was a challenge from babylonbabe who wanted a fic loosely inspired by 'Meet Joe Black' and 'City of Angels'. Now, I loathe 'City of Angels' with the core of my being for the trauma it inflicted upon me as a youth, but I could see where the challenge was going and very much liked the idea so I accepted it. ... if that hasn't been enough of a clue, I'll be blunt.

The clues in chapter one should be pretty clear, not many humans glow. Still, I want to make it very clear that if I ever decide to kill either Brian or Justin, or cause extreme angst of whatever fashion, then I will make that clear to my readers. There is MINOR character death (of a character who you've all probably guessed, and, I mean, it's canon) but there is also a happy ending for our boys, I solemnly swear, on all five seasons of QAF. But you have to read to the last chapter to get it, and you have to deal with a few kisses of angst (because I'm not an angel).

Okay, I've done the best I could to give you clues and make it clear. If you have any more fears, please let me know and I will attempt to appease them, lol. Hope you enjoy the fic.

Busy Busy

2007-01-24T05:53:39Z

Hello!

I just wanted to post a little something to explain what's going on, because I'm sure by now people are wondering what has happened to 'Slowly'. Well, there is another chapter well underway, but my muses, in their guiding glory, drew me back to chapter one and basically ... well, there's work to be done. So, I'm not certain what will be getting more attention, the new chapter or the old ones. I think it might be equal attention, at this point. I'll still post a comment whenever an old chapter has been edited, and also when the new one can be expected. This isn't going to put a halt to updates or anything, but just so you know that my muses for 'Slowly' are as concerned with what went prior as what is coming.

Luv you all!!

Playlist: The House of Good Intentions

2007-01-23T02:16:40Z

This is the playlist I created for 'The House of Good Intentions' of all the songs I listen to when I'm writing it, or when coaxing my muses for this fic back to me. For convenience, I've arranged it alphabetically according to artist, and it includes a link to where you can upload the song if you wish.

1. Momentum, Aimee Mann
2. Wise Up, Aimee Mann
3. Uninvited, Alanis Morisette
4. It Doesn't Matter, Alison Krauss & Union Station
5. Silver Lining, Amanda Ghost
6. The Shining, Badly Drawn Boy
7. Keep Myself Awake, Black Lab
8. Pacing the Cage, Bruce Cockburn
9. Dance With Life, Bryan Ferry
10. Because You Loved Me, Celine Dion
11. Fly, Celine Dion
12. Falling, Chris Coco
13. Requiem for a Dream (theme), Clint Mansell
14. No Need to Argue, The Cranberries
15. Out of My Hands, Dave Matthews
16. Gravedigger, Dave Matthews
17. January Rain, David Gray
18. Sweet Lullaby, Deep Forest
19. Blind For You, Di-rect
20. Nobody Knows, Dido
21. A Love That Will Never Grow Old, Emmylou Harris
22. A Day Without Rain, Enya
23. Only Time, Enya
24. If We Kissed, Fiona Apple
25. All We Are Fischerspooner
26. How to Save a Life, The Fray
27. Fall Away, The Fray
28. The Unfeeling Kiss, Gabriel Yared
29. Iris, Goo Goo Dolls
30. Brokeback Mountain Theme, Gustavo Santaolalla
31. Paper Cup, Heather Nova
32. Io (This Time Around), Helen Stellar
33. Have a Little Faith in Me, Jewel
34. Absence of Fear, Jewel
35. I Know, Jude
36. Somewhere Only We Know, Keane
37. Walnut Tree, Keane
38. Silent Sea, KT Tunstall
39. Rapture, Laura Veirs
40. Sorry Lene Marlin
41. A Place Nearby Lene Marlin
42. 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong, Mogwai
43. River Road, Nancy Wilson
44. Carnival, Natalie Merchant
45. Come Away With Me, Norah Jones
46. Don't Know Why, Norah Jones
47. Angels Norah Jones
48. Apologize, One Republic
49. I Grieve, Peter Gabriel
50. Protege-Moi Placebo
51. Send Angels, Plumb
52. Go, Plumb
53. Without You, Rosario Dawson Adam Pascal (Rent)
54. Answer, Sarah McLachlan
55. Angel, Sarah McLachlan
56. Do What You Have to Do, Sarah McLachlan
57. Witness, Sarah McLachlan
58. Full of Grace, Sarah McLachlan
59. Kind of Blue, Sarah Slean
60. Kiss From a Rose, Seal
61. Staralfur, Sigur Ros
62. The Waiting Room, Sixpence None the Richer
63. No More Good Guys, Skindive
64. Thirty-Three, Smashing Pumpkins
65. In The Arms of Sleep, Smashing Pumpkins
66. How Soon Is Now, The Smiths
67. Somewhere a Clock is Ticking, Snow Patrol
68. Run, Snow Patrol
69. Little Star, Nina Nordenstam
70. Golden Brown, Stranglers
71. 30 Minutes (Russian Version), Tatu
72. ...Passing By, Ulrich Schnauss
73. What Are They Doing In Heaven Today, Washington Phillips
74. Angels, Within Temptation

lemon_bar @ 2007-01-22T00:01:00

2007-01-22T04:02:44Z

Music is an inspiration for me when I'm writing. More often than not, if I'm writing, there's music playing. Sometimes a fic will have picky muses that require a distinct playlist created specifically with a fic in mind and won't tolerate my usual playlists designed for my particular headspace or for when I write. My question is, if such a playlist gets created, is anyone interested in a list of the music I was listening to? None of my fics (thus far) have been song-fics in the sense that the music is greatly influential, but sometimes readers enjoy that sort of thing, so I wasn't sure. What are your thoughts?

View Poll: Music List Poll

Thank-you!

lemon_bar @ 2007-01-11T21:27:00

2007-01-12T01:28:00Z

In the year 2007 I resolve to:
Become one with my inner sociopath.

Get your resolution here.

HELP!

2007-01-10T23:37:06Z

Does anyone have the link to the fic on B/J Fic.net where Justin is psychic and it opens with him in a mental institution with Debbie taking care of him, and he tells her something to pass-on to Brian who's some kind of secret agent and ends-up solving the case about these missing kids. And then of course, Brian finds Justin and uses his ability to try to solve some other case... my memory deteriorates from there ... if you know this fic, please let me know! I thought I'd flagged it but I didn't, and now it's irritating me because I want to read it again but can't find it.

Mew. Help.

Fic update

2007-01-10T13:51:25Z

I'm back at uni (and I call it home, lol) and though things are very busy I, of course, had a lot of writing pent-up, so I'm happy to say that the next chapter of 'The Subtle Difference Between Doors and Windows' should be up sometime this week!

Further bulletins as events warrant! lol

RL -- too real, lately

2007-01-01T21:04:02Z

Hey everyone! HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Welcome to 2007, here's hoping it's better than 2006.

I just wanted to pop-in quickly to let you know why those two interludes I have promised had yet to appear. My holiday was interrupted on Christmas Eve by RL. The theme for 2006 for me (and all my friends as well, actually) have been horrible illnesses both either for that person specifically or close family, and in some cases both, and since it was getting near to the New Year, I guess '06 wanted to make sure it's lovely theme was clear, so I couldn't really focus on my writing. I leave tomorrow and thus will be reunited with my lovely writings, but I still plan to deliver the interludes, one because I promised, and two, because I already started one and have plans for the other. So, if you still want to vote, go ahead, lol, otherwise you're getting to 'Slowly' themed interludes. I hope to have some new chapters for my fics coming along soon as well.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

lemon_bar @ 2006-12-20T22:40:00

2006-12-21T03:44:09Z

View Poll: New Year's Poll: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

PS. I thought I should just explain that because both the New Year's and the Christmas chappies would be (essentially) interludes within the fic (since I never anticipated this happening!) they can take place at any time. Thus it's possible that the interlude chappy (as I can foresee happening with 'Good Intentions') for a chapter to have flashbacks, but also just as possible for the chapter to happen later on in the scheme of things (as in, further on in the fic, I can see this happening with Subtle Difference, perhaps). Just in case that affects your judging, my muses basically rule me, and they might decide they want the New Year's celebration (for example) placed further along in the timeline.

PPS. Please vote... pretty pretty please!

CHRISTMAS POLL

2006-12-21T03:34:59Z

View Poll: Christmas Poll: Merry Christmas!!

I NEED YOUR HELP!!

2006-12-21T03:34:43Z

Hello! I have finally recovered from three-straight days of sleep, four days of manic house-cleaning/decorating (honestly! As if I am the only one who lives here!) and an untold number of hours lost to the madness of Christmas-shopping (am I a bad person because I think the best part of Christmas is finding/wrapping/giving gifts? Including enduring the madness of shopping? Maybe just weird...) and also, recovered from the evil Yahoo! email who ate and refuses to regurgitate ALL the chapters I was prepared to work-on over the break. I have no access to the nearly done updates! NONE!!

*Deep breaths*

Okay, so here is the plan. There is no way I can endure three-weeks without writing anything, and I don't want to begin another Wip (even though there is still another challenge that I haven't started yet) because I just started one and I think people are getting worried I won't pick-up my other fics again (I will, btw). There is a possibility I can write-up the next chapter for 'The House of Good Intentions', but I was really wanting to update my other fics that haven't had a lot of movement of late, and not being able to do that (each have already been started and, as I have said, Yahoo! won't let me read those files!) I am offering you the chance to have Christmas AND New Years with the boys in any of my little universes currently being worked on. Thus, I have created TWO polls, one a Christmas poll, the other a New Years poll. I NEED YOUR HELP. Please be so kind as to participate in the poll and vote for whichever fic you would like to see a Christmas and New Year's related chapter for. It won't exactly fit into the timeline (ie. if you vote for All the Rage...) but it won't be coming out of nowhere either. So, cast your vote and I'll deliver a brand-spankin' new chappy holiday-related, and you'll save me from total insanity. (If you want more a Christmas and/or New Years post for two separate fics, participate in the poll, and also, leave a comment to that affect, and if there's enough interest, I might pick two universes to spread peace-on-earth to...

So PLEASE visit my two polls and participate!!

Merry Christmas!
Happy Holidays!
(Stay away from the malls!!)

GAY RIGHTS!!

2006-12-07T04:22:25Z

"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines

We would like to know who really believes in gay rights on livejournal. There is no bribe of a miracle or anything like that. If you truly believe in gay rights, then repost this and title the post as "Gay Rights". If you don't believe in gay rights, then just ignore this. Thanks.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

Fun and Games

2006-12-06T19:49:20Z

Shayna: It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye...
Me: THEN IT'S A SCAVENGER HUNT!

Is it wrong that I read this story and was horribly amused and maybe a little happy?
Christmas Story Well, I'm not a kid person (I'm a bit like Justin. I'm not antisocial, I just don't like people ... and that really applies to kids. Except on an individual basis. Like I love my almost 3 year old niece...) And kids these days more often than not are real beasts. I really feel sorry for (sane) kids who have these demon-spawn to interact with. It's horrible what parents are allowing kids to get away with ... so this is kind of ridiculous ... but it made me smile.

Anyway, it occurred to me that I've been talking about the vids the tribe and I made and yet haven't offered a link, so here are the links to each. There are outtakes on the way. lol. And, for the purposes of this creation, I have been dubbed HakuLive69. That is all.

Part One; Part Two; Part Three

lemon_bar @ 2006-12-03T16:13:00

2006-12-03T20:13:58Z

Hello!

Exams this week and papers due. I had hoped to complete more than I have, fic-wise. Alas, I spent my Saturday making YouTube movies with my friends as we played with action figures ... we're very mature.

Anyway, 'The House of Good Intentions' has a lovely banner and icon, and it almost has a first chapter, I'm going through and cleaning it up a bit. Expect it up later tonight or possibly tomorrow! I hope you enjoy it! The first chapters is inspired by the song 'Momentum' by Aimmee Mann for which it was named.

"House of Good Intentions"

2006-11-28T03:21:41Z

Hello!

I'm just posting quickly to say that I am going to post the teaser/prologue for 'The House of Good Intentions' on Wednesday. This was a challenge that got issued to me, and gets its inspiration from a bizarre mish-mash of 'City of Angels' and 'Meet Joe Black' and something completely other, and features the Kinney family, but most particularly Jack Kinney, as well as Brian and Justin (because it wouldn't be a B/J slash without the B/J luvin'). It takes a semi-AU look at Jack Kinney and the events that involved him in S1. As it is only a short-prologue-ish portion, it's going up without all the glorious trappings that accompany true-ficdom at Britin-Manor (ie. the smashing banner and icon that is the real reason my fics attract attention), but it's there should you like to take a peak at what's going on. The first chapter will go-up sometime over the weekend, but you'll hear more about that later in the week when things are clearer.

I'm hoping to put-up a new chapter for 'Slowly' as well.

Further bulletins as events warrant.

HUZZAH!

2006-11-27T01:44:38Z

Yay! I have completed 'And No More Shall We Hurt', and it is posted! *does happy dance* I'm now working both on the new fic, and also on the new chapter to 'Slowly', so keep an eye-out!