the refuge from nowhere

08:58 am - FIC: Home, Once Over (PG, aGoS spoilers)

Title: Home, Once Over
Author: ingridmatthews
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Genre: Angst, Missing Scene
Summary: In the boxcar with a wounded Holmes, Watson yearns to go home.
Note: An auction-fic for the generous and gracious esteefee.

( the fic is beneath here )

Current Mood: anxious

10:28 am - Our latest charmer ...

I've been having some health problems as of late, and as is my wont, have been curling up in a cave of my own making, but this caught my eye and I wanted it out there for my own sanity:

via impertinence

This stuff is all over my flist, so in case you're curious: Fassbender, the guy who plays young Magneto in the new X-Men, allegedly beat up his girlfriend a few years ago so badly he broke her nose, made her blow out her kneecap, and burst an ovarian cyst. here are links:

http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/45223583.html

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2010/03/23/michael_fassbenders_ex_requests_restra

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni1855413

As someone who spent many years as an advocate for battered women, the thought of seeing this batterer's face all over fandom for how ever many months it takes before its onto the next big thing skeeves me big time, so it's just as well that I'm caved up for a while.

Current Mood: depressed

07:01 pm - Your Ass Is Up NOW ...

I'm busy with various things (writing, spring cleaning, etc.) but this commercial cracks me up because....

OMG, THAT'S MY FATHER, RIGHT THERE. HAHAHHAHAHAHA. Wonderful.

Current Mood: amused

08:44 pm - Happy Easter!

"Christ's victory upon the Cross was not merely over death. It was over the owner of death, who was Satan.

The Devil was reduced to powerlessness, because of Christ's reclaimation of Death and His singular transformation of it, of endless darkness turned into Eternal Life.

And so the Son of God destroyed the one great work of the Devil, the inevitable promise of nothing turned into Heaven itself, an opening of Salvation for all."

Current Mood: chipper

03:05 pm - AO3 Profile Page

Very good advice to fill our your profile page on Archive of Our Own with various permission to allow podficcers/artists/other writers access to your work without having to go through the email-go-'round with you.

As always, my work is up for grabs for anything; podfics, remixes, sequels, I don't care. Just link me back to it so I can enjoy it. :D

Current Mood: chipper

11:38 am - Writin'

Got my working draft of my final help_japan fic in the gears. Want this to be a good one, if at all possible, this bidder is pretty much a hero with all they bought, with company matching gifts to boot.

Did a super-quickie iCarly fic for iOMG during a breather from the various charity fics because WELL, OMG.

Second Chances, Sam/Freddie (one-sided), pre-iOMG. Short introspective piece starring poor Sam, my favorite, who is so delightfully complicated.

If Dan sweeps this under the rug later, he's going to PAY.

Back to the gristmill.

Current Mood: chipper

08:32 pm - No Real Spoilers But ...

I think most of you know I'm an iCarly fan.

( iOMG )

A perfect end to a perfect day. Yes.

Current Mood: flirty

01:57 pm - *thwaps hand*

Dear Fandom Newbies,

Fannish memory is very, very, very long and detailed.

So next time you try to present this witty list as your own creation six years after the fact, let me once again remind you that there are people here who can quote entire passages in the very first Kirk/Spock 'zine from memory.

Forty year old memories.

So stop it. We're the last people that it's wise to plagiarize from.

07:04 pm - Rock On, LJ

Wow, I have to turn off the pingbacks on this post. I have gotten it least 40 of them in the past few hours regarding those spreading the word/signal boosting the true status and reasons for LiveJournal's downtime.

Altho', I am glad to see the word is spreading.

This outage is no fault of LJs but yet another ruse by those in power who would silence their opposition. I personally don't want to have a hand in a silencing of that type at all, no matter how small or helpless or pointless I'll be led to feel about it by those with their own petty agendas.

In other news ... this post is being written on my new voice recognition software. I'm now testing to see how it works after a few glasses of wine. (*hic* NO, NOT NICK, *HIC*!)

This might end up extremely interesting. Even more interesting will be the fic that might arise from this experiment. Once I get over the embarrassment of talking to myself. Talking porn to myself ...

Current Mood: curious

05:40 pm - The LJ Downtime Issue

Just in case anyone thinks LJ's downtime is just TPTB being incompetant, read this:

LiveJournal, Russia's blogging platform of choice, is sustaining biggest cyberattack attack in its history. Bloggers say the Kremlin wants to crack down on political discussion.

"LiveJournal, Russia’s most popular blogging platform, has been under a massive DDoS attack for the past few days. The attack has effectively wiped out Russia’s main refuge for unbridled political discussion, a hugely lively and extensive domain frequented by politicians, opposition activists and social commentators alike...

“The reason for attack is more than clear in this case — someone wants LiveJournal to disappear as a platform,” Ilya Dronov, development director at SUP, wrote in a post on his LiveJournal blog earlier this week. He said the hackers were hoping to push bloggers from LJ to social networks where “it's easier to fight individual users.”"

http://globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/bric-yard/russian-blog-site-under-attack

Wow. Just ... no. Fuck you, censorship douches in the Kremlin.

I'm sticking by the Russian political bloggers until the end, on Livejournal. And go LJ management for not giving in. As a nonnie said:

http://putinwatcher.blogspot.com/2011/04/cyber-war-on-russian-activist-bloggers.html

I can live with quite a bit of downtime when this is the context.

Current Mood: aggravated

10:50 am - A Kudo For U!

Very interesting post on Archive of Our Own regarding Comments and Kudos:

http://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/129

I for one love getting kudos, they are like little candy hearts in my mailbox in the morning, small and sweet. Of course, I also love getting comments, which I've noticed are getting a little more common on AO3 as time goes on and more people start getting comfortable with the archive.

Also, subscriptions! I'm at ingridmatthews on the AO3. Subscribe to me - fandoms in the immediate queue include Sherlock Holmes, BTR, King's Speech, etc.

I think you can also subscribe to tags? Fandoms? No? Anyway, poke around the archive and I think I might have a code or two somewhere around, if I can find them.

Current Mood: bouncy

10:04 am - A Fan In Need - Auction for Enkudits

Yet another auction post ...

This one is for a fandom friend enkudits who lost her job and might now be in danger of losing her house due to property taxes that have been suddenly increased beyond her unemployment checks to pay (at least with eating included.) She also has some income tax issues, but the property tax business is dire.

Her friends have made a community to assist her, accepting offers and bids on all sorts of stuff -- basically anything.

It is Help From Friends and can be found here: http://community.livejournal.com/hlpfrmfrnds. The FAQ is here.

I've known enkiduts for a while and she definitely deserves a break if we can gain her one. Please consider offering or bidding. I'm currently offering 3 fics of 500+ words each, bids starting at $5. (Note: I've already finished and delivered 3 out of my 4 Help Japan bid-fics, but these fics will have to come after I've completed my fourth, which should be by the time this auction ends.)

My fic thread is here. Offers for H/W, BSG, Nick shows and Twin Peaks

Any help, however small, that can be given will be gratefully appreciated. Thanks!

Current Mood: awake

06:36 pm - Help Japan Auction Post - MY ENTRY (Final Notice)

Final notice for my Help Japan entry located here: H/W, Gaeta/Dee, King's Speech, Nick shows and Twin Peaks offered.

New offers are closed, bids are open for a few more days.

I also have one more mini-fic slot open at Watson's Woes for Japan aid here. I finished Dante's, am working on Jenlee's today so another won't be far behind.

Although stopping Twittering for a minute or two would probably help. (PS: My Twitter is here! http://twitter.com/IngridMatthews, please let me know where you are. :D

Current Mood: cheerful

03:54 pm - FIC: One to Live With (Holmes/Watson, PG)

Title: One to Live With
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Bookverse)
Rating: PG
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Summary: Holmes pulls yet another faux death ala The Dying Detective. Watson decides to show him how it feels with a ruse of his own.

( one more time, with feeling )

Comments are very welcome and appreciated. Thank you for reading.

Current Mood: anxious

03:43 pm - recs for fandom challenge

Three icon set recs:

Icons by cae_near King's Speech, Cate Blanchett, House MD (animated)

Icons by dandicons Wonder Woman! Fabulous.

Icons by firsttimeladyHolmes '09 icons

~*~

Three fanworks more than six months old:

Arc One - BSG, Gatea/Dee by Poisontaster

Paper Saints by Jill Selby, X-Files, Mulder/Scully

Exit Music for a Witch Merlin, Morgana, my eternal vid rec

~*~

Okay, now to keep on track with the challenge! YIKES.

Current Mood: cold

10:40 am - Fandom Appreciation Challenge!

What is it?
The Fandom Appreciation Challenge is about giving feedback, reccing and interacting with other fen. It's also about harnessing the power of the ticky-box for good.

The Fandom Appreciation Challenge runs for a week, and consists of seven individual daily challenges AKA Day Challenges. Each Day Challenge runs for 24 hours. Do not check the ticky-box until you've completed the Day Challenge. You don't have to complete every Day Challenge to play.

Anyone can play, any fandom. All aboard! \o/

Go check it out! It's easy to participate and good for all of fandom. I did my feedback today! :D :D :D

ETA: This is the tag link to follow the challenge daily.

Current Mood: amused

05:20 pm - OMG, WONDER WOMAN, I LOVE YOU.

THE NEW WONDER WOMAN IS HERE FOR TV!

( NEW WW PIC, I LOVE IT )

Who is going to watch the shit out of this show? THIS GIRL IS. AND SHE WILL BE SO HAPPY PROBABLY, NO MATTER WHAT.

10:03 am - *dies* and again ...

My tweet this morning:

Ingrid Matthews
No, AC Moore, I won't celebrate spring with a craft called "Duct Tape Daisies".
about 1 hour ago from Chromed Bird

I just received this response:

A.C. Moore
@IngridMatthews We're sorry you didn't like that craft. What kind of crafts would you like to see?
about 1 hour ago in reply to IngridMatthews from TweetDeck

I FEEL SO BAD, LOL!

*dying*

Current Mood: chipper

10:38 am - Watson's Woes Help Japan Thread

And yet another offer for fics for Japan.

This one is good as the fics are 'bought' outright by purchasing a "Help Japan" V-gift from the LJ gifting page for $2.99 each.

I'm offering three H/W ficlets (Victorian only) in this thread here.

Send a Help Japan v-gift to my profile and the fic is yours, sans any bidding.

Current Mood: chipper

10:03 am - My Childhood! And Help Japan

I'm now following George Michael and Boy George on Twitter. This makes me ridiculously happy. (ETA: My Twitter is http://twitter.com/IngridMatthews, so please join me there, I want to chat with more fandom friends!)

Gah, busy day today. Not much time to write, but ... I'm going to try later.

Speaking of writing, I'm offering up a fic for Help Japan on LJ. (And from the news they really need every cent.)

My offer thread is here. H/W, Gaeta/Dee, King's Speech, Nick shows and Twin Peaks.

Be sure to troll the rest of the post for other writers -- there are tons of good ones that still aren't claimed.

Current Mood: cheerful