User:	beren_writes
	Date:	2010-01-06 11:28
	Subject:	Fic: Hugs, Tokio Hotel, none, G
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I think my flist could do with this.

Title: Hugs
Author: Beren
Fandom: Tokio Hotel
Pairing: none
Rating: G
Disclaimer: not mine :)
Word count: 100
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Tom looked up as Bill walked into the room and then watched as his twin went from person to person, hugging each of them and smiling at everyone. He saw each face brighten and by the time Bill was finished the rather tired, depressed air that had been in the room was gone. Task complete, Bill bounced over and sat down beside him so that they were all but joined along one side.

Bill was bony, but the closeness still felt good, knee and elbow and all.

"Why?" Tom asked, with a small smile.

	User:	beren_writes
	Date:	2010-01-06 10:00
	Subject:	Birthdays
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Happy Birthday to:
beldarancara and mentarossa for the 4th,
allotheralt and dark_squall for yesterday,
skyeisfalling, zeenell, ladyclio16 and zeenell for today,
ridicu_liz and the lovely sarahsan for tomorrow,
darcellie for the 8th,
youko_silvara, liathcosan and rae_1985 for the 9th and
shinko for the 10th

Many Happy Returns to you all *hugs*

	User:	gerardkeating
	Date:	2010-01-06 08:18
	Subject:	Day two in the exciting life of Pedro Eoghan Castillo-Keating
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	Mood:	ecstatic

	User:	beren_writes
	Date:	2010-01-04 15:03
	Subject:	Movie Meme
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Nicked from haylzee

1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times.

Just one? Return of the Jedi - watched it four times the first day we had it on video.

2. Name a movie that you’ve seen multiple times in the theater.

Sixth Sense - Rob and I saw it and then we dragged along Soph

3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie.

Honestly don't go to see movies in the cinema based off actors, but I do like Ewan McGregor a lot.

4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie.

Tom Cruise (I'm with Haylzee on this!)

5. Name a movie that you can and do quote from.

The Lost Boys

6. Name a movie musical that you know all of the lyrics to all of the songs.

The Sound of Music or Les Mis

7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with.

Rent

8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see.

Immortal - it's a very odd movie, but I thought it was really good. Availble on DVD.

9. Name a movie that you own.

LOL - just one? Vamp

10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops.

Jon Bon Jovi - he was fabulous in Vampires Los Muertos

11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in? If so, what?

I don't think we have them ;)

12. Ever made out in a movie?

Nope, I usually go to the movies to see the movie ;P

13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven’t yet gotten around to it.

Half Blood Prince

14. Ever walked out of a movie?

Nope

15. Name a movie that made you cry in the theater.

E.T and I cry every time I see it on DVD

16. What’s the last movie you saw in the theater?

Sherlock Holmes

17. What’s your favorite/preferred genre of movie?

Horror, especially vampires

18. What’s the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?

Pinnochio

19. What movie do you wish you had never seen?

Paranormal Activity - it sucks and is disturbing at the same time, especially if you habitually wake up at about 3am and need to pee!

20. What is the weirdest movie you enjoyed?

Immortal

21. What is the scariest movie you’ve seen?

The Grudge - shit scary

22. What is the funniest movie you’ve seen?

Undercover Blues (Denis Quaid and Kathleen Turner - I die laughing everytime I see it)

	User:	beren_writes
	Date:	2010-01-03 14:19
	Subject:	Fic: Meddling Reptiles, Tokio Hotel, Bill/Tom, AU, R
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Title: Meddling Reptiles
Author: Beren
Recipient: kishmet
Fandom: Tokio Hotel RPS
Pairing: Bill/Tom, side of Bill/Georg
Rating: R
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction, the real people in it are used without their permission and I definitely don't own them or have any copyright to any part of any of them. I do not believe any of this happened, is likely to happen or should happen it is simply a story created around known facts about those involved.
Warnings: twincest
Summary: AU – In a world where dragons make music with humans to protect both species and maintain peace, Bill and Tom have been called to take their place as dragon companions. The New Year feast brings changes as Bill pines for more from his twin than Tom seems to realise he wants and Bill has to fight for what he needs.
Author's Notes: Thanks to my beta for sorting out the horror of my grammar. To kishmet, I hope this is the kind of thing you were looking for. I tried to include as many of your requests as possible. Written for the th_fanfic Secret Santa 2009.
Word count: 7,751
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( Meddling Reptiles )

	User:	shannachie
	Date:	2010-01-02 00:10
	Subject:	New Year's Resolutions
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I have none. That worked very well last year and the years before.

But of course you could suggest something useful:

Things Shannachie ought to do in 2010.
Things Shannachie ought to refrain from doing in 2010.

Any ideas?

	User:	shannachie
	Date:	2010-01-01 12:29
	Subject:	My discovery for the New Year: LaBrassBanda
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I never have a favourite band or favourite song for long because my taste is rather subject to my mood swings. But I have discovered something I like: LaBrassBanda
Take courage, open your minds and ears and listen in to something rather different.
Some of their pieces:
Sample 1

Sample 3
Sample 4
Sample 2

	User:	sibylle
	Date:	2009-12-31 23:46
	Subject:	2009, 2010
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	Mood:	introspective
	Music:	fireworks outside (patience, people, patience)

I don't really make New Years Resolutions as such, but man, 2010, you're going to be The Year When The PhD Is Finally Finished, I tell ya. Other things will undoubtedly also happen, but that's got to be the thing to focus on! *knocks on wood*

Also, not that it feels particularly momentous to be waiting for some fireworks to go off, but nevertheless, Dear Last Decade:

You were fantastic to me and good to me and bad to me and worse to a lot of people who aren't me and I lost people I loved in you, both to death and to foolishness, and I was foolish in you and made mistakes in you and started writing poetry in you and mostly stopped writing poetry in you (the same with fiction, though the music is still going, phew) and did things I took forever to get to grips with in you (well, we were both young and foolish then) and failed at being a good friend in you and hopefully sometimes succeeded at being a good friend in you and broke less bones in you than in the decade before and I now have a lot more degrees and licenses and stuff than I did before you, more regrets, too, I speak more languages, have been to a lot more countries, lived in more places, and generally acquired quite a lot more physical/mental/emotional scars, with (hopefully) the growth that comes along with them. But haven't we all? I also think I am sillier now and more at ease in my skin now and hopefully a better and wiser person now than I was in 1999, so, you know, you were fun (except when you weren't) and here's to a couple more of you for us all!

Happy 2010 and happy 10s, everyone!!!

	User:	beren_writes
	Date:	2009-12-31 18:25
	Subject:	Happy New Year
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Well going offline now, so it's time to wish you all

	User:	shannachie
	Date:	2009-12-31 17:22
	Subject:	Arrrghh!
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I want to see this NOW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jU3AimFaz0

	User:	beren_writes
	Date:	2009-12-31 13:28
	Subject:	Did I mention ...
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... I have a Slanket? My dearly beloved bought one for me and one for Soph for our Birthday. Wonderful invention, all the snuggly warmth of a blanket with arms to make doing things easy. Shame I can't take it to work ;)

	User:	beren_writes
	Date:	2009-12-31 11:16
	Subject:	Fanfic of 2009 Meme :)
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So this meme has been doing the rounds, so I decided to have a go :)

Fandom	No Fics	Word Count
Cinema Bizarre	7	28,696
Crossover	8	58,549
Harry Potter	3	12,900
Highlander	2	6,637
Jrock	1	2,843
Killerpilze	1	2,395
Merlin	7	58,349
Merlin RPS	2	2,767
Panik	9	54,118
Primeval	5	21,918
Tokio Hotel	16	46796
Trek	2	2,527
Misc	5	48,636
Total	347,131

	User:	shannachie
	Date:	2009-12-30 07:42
	Subject:
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Today will be the last day at my current job. As of Monday I shall be doing something quite different. I have already vented about this. It still does not feel any better. The most positive thing I can say about it is that I am resigned to it. What else is there to do?

On this note: have a good New Year.

	User:	beren_writes
	Date:	2009-12-28 10:46
	Subject:	Thank you!
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Thank you to everyone who posted recs to my previous post ... I haven't had a chance to go through them yet, but I am sure they are going to be wonderful. Just wanted to pop in and say thanks, since I have to run shortly because there is yet another family dinner today :).

*hugs*

	User:	beren_writes
	Date:	2009-12-27 18:20
	Subject:	So I would like your input flist :), pretty please.
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My darling husband bought me a BeBook for Christmas (for those who don't know it's an ebook reader :)).
Now I mostly read fanfic and I would like to upload some to it to carry around with me and read from time to time.

I have a set of macros in Word to format documents and print them to PDF for it, so I have that bit sussed, I am just wondering what to put on it. I have already downloaded the Big Bang fics to put on it, but I want more. I have a 4gb SD card desperate for content ;).

So, would you all mind doing me a favour and recc'ing me some fics? I am so behind on most of the fandom archives and comms.

My favouritest of all types of fic is creature fic and bonding fic (bet you never knew that :P), so some of them would be wonderful, but anything will do.

Any rating, any fandom, any genre. All I ask is that they are readable with decent grammar (doesn't have to be perfect, just not gouge my eyes out terrible :)), have a happy ending and contain no character death.

If you want to wax lyrical about a fandom I'm not in and think I will like, please do too :D. It's coming up to the New Year, so new ideas are good as well ;).

Thank you in advance for any help you can give me. *hugs*

	User:	beren_writes
	Date:	2009-12-27 18:11
	Subject:	Birthdays
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Many apoligies for missing last week ... it's been a bit mad :)
Happy Birthday to:
pitchblackrose and lunamazes for the 21st,
laurac0re and fledge for the 22nd,
tartsweetheart and edahs_lanrete for the 24th,
lupin_spirit, corvidae9 and paraboobizarre for yesterday,
lady_addiction, malpomme and eponin10 for today,
sgcp90 for the 29th,
belelfmir and peki for the 30th,
scribbulus_ink, atiejen and thewantonvixen for the 31st,
legomymalfoy, missakins, midnightangel70, saigestar and angelofmercy for the 1st,
feygan and shellydkitty for the 2nd and
cocohufflepuffs, skytheuplight, colored_image and crestoinnocence for the 3rd

Many happy returns to you all.

	User:	shannachie
	Date:	2009-12-25 13:38
	Subject:
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Merry Christmas to all of you.
The message of course is peace on Earth.
And I wish we had it.


If you would like to know what Santa does after a stressful night in the parcel delivering service industry I recommend the second picture in blaufeuer's blog. It's a revelation.

	User:	beren_writes
	Date:	2009-12-24 18:26
	Subject:	Happy Christmas to One and All
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So I've peeled, chopped and trimmed my way through potatoes, sprouts, parsnips and carrots, I've wrapped fourteen sausages in bacon, wrapped many parcels in paper and I've made 200 peanut butter cups. That means I think it may be time to do this: