Squid/SS poem

Character: SS/Squid.
Rating: R
Warning: Bit o' violent imagery. Just a bit.
Het, Slash, or Gen: Er...Het, though it is between a squid and a man. Nothing sexual, just yearning.
Description: The squid has always wondered about Severus, has watched and waited. It's a rewrite of an Anne Sexton poem.

( Squid/SS poem )

Characterkus

Character: Various.
Rating: PG
Warning:
Het, Slash, or Gen:
Description: Characterkus are haikus told from a single character's vantage point. A Ginnyku is told from Ginny's POV, for example.

( A few characterkus... )

Arizona entry

It was a work trip, honestly, so I don't have a lot to say. We drove there, as always, and it took three days, as always. This is my ninth year of working in Arizona, which is why I'm so low-key about it.

( Anyway, some of the interesting things I saw, thought or heard: )

Home now until Friday, when I run out to do another show, and then I'll be back for most of March. Next entry will be pics from the trip.

Arizona pics

( Here are the pics from the trip...there are eight. )

Whew!

quirkyhpshorts is now a comm. It's open now. I'm not going to announce it on daily_snitch or any of the other journals yet because I sometimes think that new communities need to have at least a handful of members or people won't join, so I want to wait and work on it a little and then announce it in March.

If anyone can think of anywhere else I can announce its creation---mailing lists that welcome such a thing, LJ communities---I'd be glad to hear the suggestions.

I am tremendously geeked. Finally, a place where squid poetry can flourish.

Yay!

I added a few "characterkus" (haikus told from a specific character's point of view) to quirkyhpshorts and the squid poem I had originally put on privatemaladict's journal. Two people have joined! I'm excited about the community.

I am just now finished catching up on the flist. I read everyone's LJ one at a time, and it was really interesting to read several entries like that in a row from the same person. You get a much better feel for their overall tone. It was unusual to see everyone's layouts, as well, because normally I read the flist entries through my friends page. Anyway, I'm done with the people, now it's time to start in on the communities.

I am considering a de-friending. I've never done one before, but this mass reading experience has shown me that there are a few people on the list with whom I have little or nothing in common, and there are people who have never commented on my journal and I've never commented on theirs. I'm going to take a long look at the list. I'll be gone a lot this year, and I can't always spend thirteen hours catching up on the flist. :(

I should be working on the new chapter but all I want to do is write more squid poems.