The Scriptorium

I vowed to myself that I wouldn't bitch on LJ about my PMS, but that was before I became the victim of identity theft. ( Oh, yes, ladies, there's a reason why it's called 'the curse'! )

Title: Dreaming With Open Eyes
Author: Rusty Armour
Pairing: Sheppard/Lorne
Summary: Often what is buried in the unconscious doesn’t stay that way.
Word Count: 4,798
Rating: NC-17
Spoilers: Before I Sleep, Sunday, Doppelganger, Season Five in general
Disclaimer: Thou Shalt Not Steal. Even in the interest of fic. Most of these characters aren't mine. I, uh, borrowed them. Yeah.

( Dreaming With Open Eyes - Part Two )

Title: Dreaming With Open Eyes
Author: Rusty Armour
Pairing: Sheppard/Lorne
Summary: Often what is buried in the unconscious doesn’t stay that way.
Word Count: 5,280
Rating: NC-17
Spoilers: Before I Sleep, Sunday, Doppelganger, Season Five in general
Disclaimer: Thou Shalt Not Steal. Even in the interest of fic. Most of these characters aren't mine. I, uh, borrowed them. Yeah.

( Dreaming With Open Eyes - Part One )

By some minor miracle, I finally finished the rough draft for my David Hewlett MSF/DWB Charity Auction fic! I had promised a minimum of 2500-3000 words, so, naturally, I wrote just over 10,000. ( Can we say 'masochist'? )

( Or the day I finally tracked down a Master action figure! )

I borrowed this meme from lazigyrl

1. Anyone who looks at this entry please post this meme and your current wallpaper at your journal.
2. Explain in five sentences why you're using that wallpaper.
3. Don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see what you had on.


Wallpaper by slashybits and posted at primeval_denial.



I'm using this lovely Lester wallpaper because I'm currently suffering from a Primeval obsession, or, more accurately, a James Lester/Ben Miller obsession. I've come to think of it as "Lester Love". To be absolutely honest, I chose this design because it's the only Lester wallpaper I've come across so far -- not that I'm complaining because it's a very nice design with that cool handwriting and the black & white and shades of purple tinting combo. And Ben Miller is striking up a typical Lester pose, so bonus points for that.

I had the strangest experience this morning. I was half-asleep and stumbling towards the bathroom for my shower when I heard a cat meowing outside my apartment door. ( No, I wasn't sleepwalking and it wasn't an auditory hallucination. )

I was given the letter "O" by lazigyrl for the following meme:

1. Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter.
2. List 5 songs (with links to them, if you can find them) that start with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.


1. O...Saya by A.R. Rahman
2. One Less Bell to Answer by Burt Bacharach
3. One Vision by Queen
4. Orinoco Flow by Enya
5. Oró by Máire Brennan

Happy Victoria Day!

I was tagged by avictoriangirl for the following meme:

1. Look up your name on http://www.kabalarians.com (N.B. you are supposed to use your nickname if it is your primary name).
2. Copy and paste the description. Bold items that are very true, and strike through items that are not true of you.
3. Tag five people.


Your first name of Claire has given you a responsible, expressive, inspirational, and friendly personality.

Expression comes naturally to you and you are rarely at a loss for words; in fact, you have to put forth effort at times to curb an over-active tongue.

Self-confidence has made it easy for you to meet people and you are well-liked for your spontaneous, happy ways.

You sincerely like people and do not often experience loneliness; your work and home-life are likely filled with association.

Although the name Claire creates the urge to be reliable and responsible, we emphasize that it frustrates you through a scattered and emotional nature.

This name, when combined with the last name, can frustrate happiness, contentment, and success, as well as cause health weaknesses in the liver, bloodstream, and through worry and mental tension.


I choose to pick on tag dubghall, lazigyrl, njc2007, radiogaga80, and tazzles.

I ran into a guy I went to high school with in my Markham bus shelter of all places! I think he must have recognized me as soon as I stepped inside because he stared at me for a few uncomfortable seconds. Feeling awkward, I didn't make eye contact, but just stared out of the bus shelter. However, the strange thing is that I wondered for a second if it could be D (the guy I went to high school with). Even though I had barely caught a glance of his face, he looked like D and it would make sense for him to do a doubletake if he had recognized me. But I dismissed the idea when the guy turned away from me without saying anything. Then, when the bus was almost at the shelter, the guy looked at me again and said, "C?" ( Which is when I pretended not to speak English...Nah. Just kidding. )

( And the insanity continues... )

( Happy Birthday, Pyrate Anny! This fic is for you! )

Talk about strange. I almost fainted while waiting for the subway at Sheppard Station. I wish I could blame it on low blood sugar, but, for the first time I can remember, I almost swooned over something I read in a book - Gyles Brandreth's Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder, to be precise. ( Yes, apparently I am that pathetic. )

Woo hoo! pyrateanny was finally able to create her Master/Doctor vid and it's AWESOME!

As we didn't kill each other last year, my sibs and I decided to go bowling again this year to celebrate my sister's birthday. ( This post may contain images that glow in the dark. Viewer discretion is advised. )

( Approach with caution... )

Well, I don't know the final results as far as money raised by the auction goes, as payments are still coming in, but the current tally is £897.46! Of that total, I contributed £8.25 by gaining the winning bids on items MSF17 (a set of five Egyptian mock papyrus bookmarks), MSF34 (a small David Hewlett 'Kisses' photomagnet), and MSF38 (an SGA McShep fic written by lilyleia78 (minimum 1000 words, any rating)). However, most exciting of all (for me, anyway) is that MSF37 (an SGA story by Rusty Armour (minimum 2500-3000 words, any character(s), gen or slash)) earned a winning bid of £14.75! :-D So thanks to everyone who bid on my story, especially impamoudara for having the winning bid and being generous enough to bid that kind of money (not to mention rounding up the bid to £20.00) on a rusty_armour fic! I'll do my best not to disappoint you when it comes time to write your story!

( Looks like the apple didn't fall far from the tree! )

Okay, I'll admit that "bidding frenzy" is a bit of an exaggeration, but there has been 16 bids for my story at the MSF/DWB David Hewlett Charity Auction, which comes as a very pleasant, if unexpected, surprise! In fact, I thought I'd be really lucky if the story managed to earn £4, so I'm thrilled that the highest bid is now at £5.50!

Thank you very much to everyone who has bid on the story so far! Although this is all for charity, it's a nice little boost to the ego as well! :D

After some unfortunate technical difficulties, the MSF/DWB David Hewlett Charity Auction is up and running again:

http://www.the-4ts.net/newauction/index.php

I've already bid on a couple of items to make up for the money my fic won't be bringing in...Yeah, okay. It's actually for slightly more selfish reasons than that. *g*