Below are the most recent 11 friends' journal entries.

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
cashew	10:44a	Mmmmph Really, really want the new item of the month over at KoL. Waaaaant. Well, it is only ten bucks and KoL could probably use some donations after the hours I've spent there... *twiddles thumbs* Should I...shouldn't I...? *twiddles some more* Current Mood: contemplative (Comment on this)
Monday, November 30th, 2009
pornish_pixies [ snegurochka_lee ]	8:29a	EXTRA LONG: Light as Iron, Singed as Pearl (H/D, NC-17) Title: Light as Iron, Singed as Pearl Author: snegurochka_lee Pairing: Harry/Draco Rating: NC-17 Word Count: ~13,800 Warnings: Dom/sub. Bondage. EWE. Summary: The owner of the elite BDSM club M. had not gained his reputation as the most coveted Dominant on the scene by taking on just any riff-raff submissive who asked. It would take an unexpected letter to convince him to accept a new client, but it might turn out to be the biggest mistake he ever made. Notes: Written for hd_career_fair last month for this prompt. "Thank you" does not begin to cover my gratitude to the divine marguerite_26, whose handholding, beta work and modly prodding went well beyond the call of duty. Light as Iron, Singed as Pearl (Comment on this)
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
cashew	1:47p	Really? A supposed FFVII defense, I quote: The relationships between the characters is complex, for example, like between Cloud and Sephiroth. Sephiroth and Cloud were best friends and trained together in SOLDIER. Sephiroth was pretty much Cloud’s mentor. Okay, even if you haven't played Crisis Core, where are you getting this from in the original FFVII? Because from FFVII, Sephiroth and Cloud's interaction can be summed up quite simply as "Sephiroth was Cloud's childhood hero and then he burned down Cloud's hometown." That's not deep character interaction. And Sephiroth was never Cloud's mentor. Hero, yes. Mentor, no. Why oh why do you people keep forgetting Zack?! Anyway, just...even when I haven't played the game I knew the statement was wrong. What the fuck is up with fanboi/girls these days? And good god, is the entire Sephiroth/Cloud fanbase built on this misconception? As a Zack/Cloud shipper, I feel gipped. Edit: I also wonder if Spoony and The Dude in Suede would appreciate the irony that it is their ranting vitriol and eloquent lambasting of FFVII and Advent Children respectively that got me, she who didn't want to touch FFVII with a ten-foot pole, into the the FFVII yaoi fandom that they so hate in the first place. ><!!! Edit2: I'm complete utter fail at writing this kink fic. About 10k words into it, my inner editor got the best of me and started re-writing half the story. And now I'm sleepy and tired and I haven't gotten anything done, nor have anything to show for my work and god I'm behind on stuff. But mostly, this kink fic is fucking with my brain. Grrr. Current Mood: cynical (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 28th, 2009
cashew	11:41p	Code Geass Fanfic Rec After much too long of waiting for something good to come out, it seems Code Geass may just have exhausted its pool of decent writers. Fic rec: Just Like Magic Author's Summary: A fairy tale gone wrong in which Suzaku finds the wrong castle and Lelouch is a not-princess with some serious family issues. Pairing: Suzaku x Lelouch Reason for recommendation: Humorous, amusing, characters are all in character with interesting cameos and heck, it's a fairytale, albeit not traditional. A dash of drama here and there, but the humor is what makes this piece shine, since we really don't get enough crack fic in the Geass fandom. A high note to end a year's worth of obsession. Current Mood: sleepy (Comment on this)
cashew	10:11p	The logic is not strong with fandom Y'know, I always wondered about this phenomenon that seems to plague every fandom I go through. A story is labeled with a pairing. Then the summary includes some variation of "or will they become something more?" Considering that the story has a pairing, I'm going to give it a wild guess and say, "Yes, yes they will." Seriously, what exactly was the point of putting a rhetorical question into the summary? Wouldn't that space be better saved for summarizing the story? And yes, this is also directed at the idiots who write romance novel summaries. Considering the book is under "Romance", I'm going to say it's a pretty sure thing "they will become something more", so why do publishers even bother with these kinds of summaries in the first place? They don't tell me anything about the story itself nor do they entice me to read it, because all I can think is how dumb and stupid the attempt at being enticing the summary is and how much that reflects on the book's quality. *goes back to her mysteries* P.S. Dear Writers, More story, less meta. If you need to summarize a story before I can figure out what happened, you need to work on slowing down the pace and show a little more. I'm sure your readers would love to discuss the finer meta points regarding your writing technique/style, but that has no place in the story proper, kthnxbai. Current Mood: blah (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, November 27th, 2009
cashew	4:17p	More food pictures Mapo Tofu (aka spicy tofu). ( Pictures under cut - Warning: Large file size ) Still don't know what to do for dinner tho'. Current Mood: lethargic (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
cashew	6:55p	Food picture So, made fish again. This time, thankfully, the fish was pre-scaled, so I didn't have to do battle with it. ( Picture ) The taste is pretty good, but I think I'm actually starting to get a little bored of fish. Not that I've been making a lot of it, but this time I may have gone overboard with the oil, so the fish tasted extra fatty. =.= Oh, and the shiny off-white thingy is napa cabbage, which helps to suck off extra oils and fats. Obviously, I didn't put in enough. Current Mood: sore (Comment on this)
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
cashew	2:33p	Pretty picture Wanna figure out how I can make this into a layout. *ponders* (And I know I've said it before, but Shadowscapes allows free usage of the displayed art for non-profit websites, not something you usually get from artists. So yeah.) Edit: - using edits because I've spammed the f-list enough for the day ( Pairing Meme ) Current Mood: recumbent (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
cashew	5:19p	Cashew's quick and dirty slash fic biology lesson Badly written porn makes Cashew cringe. Somethings to keep in mind: 1. If a dick is "painfully digging into [your] prostate", it's not going to be pleasurable. It also means you should go to the doctors' and get things checked out, because prostate stimulation shouldn't hurt (in general). And if you're trying for sadomasochism, fluffy is not the way to go about this. 2. Saliva is plenty enough lubrication to get one finger into the rimming action without damage to your partner, honest. 3. If your character is in a position where he's facing the bed with his ass up and getting the hell rimmed out of him by his lover, most likely the precome isn't going to be dripping down his cock toward his balls. Just...gravity people. Dribble some lube on your finger and position it around a bit and see where the liquid flows. (Obviously, if you're in zero-gravity, this dribbling issue is less of a dribbling and more of a stochastic flow, but since no one writes zero-gravity sex...) You know, in general, it might be good for smut writers to have some dolls for whatever position they're trying to write, so they can keep the gravitational force clear, instead of this attempt at cut&pasting porn from other people. This is especially helpful for those who seem to have spatial visualization problems. 4. You cannot have "brows of sunshine". Actually, try avoiding metaphors as much as you can in a smut fic; all they do is serve to detract from the hotness. 5. The end of the spine is the tailbone a.k.a. coccyx, which is tucked away happily under enough fat to prevent damage when sitting on it. If your character is biting on it, I don't want to know about it. Also, gory much? (Try sitting back, feel the pressure between the upper end of the buttcheeks? That pressure's being supported by the coccyx, which is inside your body. Your lover should not be biting it during pleasurable sex.) 6. "No offense" in the middle of a smut fic is not right. Even more so when you were just talking about how your character has mastered all types of foreplay. Because seriously, no one's taking offense, the phrase is just...wut? 7. "That part of his body" is not particularly specific or helpful. If you can't even bring yourself to name the body part in question, don't write smut about it. Yeah, I know, not all of these are biological fuck ups, but sometimes the bad porn just needs to go away. Gyah. Current Mood: discontent (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
cashew	8:22p	*giggle* Buzzwords The best part? Carbon and climate totally follow climatic trends. Yes, I'm a nerd. >∇< Current Mood: amused (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
cashew	5:52p	Kinda miss the 90s I totally know this is the nostalgia talking, but man I miss the 90s CPop. They actually had some content, with lyrics that meant something other than random propaganda or things that don't make sense. Hey, there's a reason they're considered classic nowadays. :p And...I should totally be working, right. *slinks away* Current Mood: complacent (Comment on this)