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I am one of the last holdouts, one of the people who has never used Netflix. But right now, there a really a lot of DVDs that I'd love to see that I have no other way of getting ahold of. And I'm really not willing to shell out the money to buy these things, because a) that's way too expensive and b) I'm not even sure I'll like them that much. So I'm thinking about signing up.

I'm a little uncertain about this, so I'm appealing to those of you who are or were members. Did you like it? Would you recommend it? Is a it a good deal, a good service? Let me know.

I just bought myself a laptop. Totally spur-of-the-moment, becuase I found a great deal, and classes start next week, and I've been doing more writing than ever, and dammit, I need it. I am very, very excited.

Also, I had such a blast sending out holiday cards a couple months ago, I think I'd like to send out valentines! Leave your address in the poll below if you'd like to get one from me! Feel free to comment with any extra requests, too. Want it to be from your favorite character? I can do that, too! ♥

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Pray Your Gods by ciceqi. More tentacle fic! Whee!

About a week ago, louiselux asked for fic, and people answered. Lots of excellent stuff in there! Wow!

More Nii/Sanzo from mistressrenet. Nngh.

Excellent manga review from telophase, part one and part two. See if you can guess the Saiyuki characters by thier outlines!

Really gut-punching fic based on the recent virgin!Sanzo discussions by cephy. Yow. Very powerful.

Blood to Blood to Blood, by harukami. Oh, ow. This one will have you gaping at the computer screen. It's so them.

Uncrossed Wires by devikun. Holy crap, this is awesome. Excellent writing, very unique idea, and a very clever method of scene-switching. Fantastic.

The Hogwarts Dance Team. I know this has been linked to hell and back. Hush. It's awesome. Go watch. My life is so much better for having seen it.

karose did fandom playing cards! Squee! And my little portrait is so darn cute I just about died. Thank you so much, karose!

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Now for a Fearsome Beta Request

So, remember that uber-long Hakkai/Gojyo epic I wrote before NaNoWriMo? Well, it's all typed up and in the process of being edited, and I'd like to get it out in the next couple weeks. But because of the sheer length of the darn thing, I'm wary of putting it up without someone doing a beta job. Still, because of the length I'm also afraid to ask anybody to do it! It's around 12,000 words, and it's broken up into about six nice, bite-sized chapters, and if I could bribe/coerce one or more of you into giving it a quick lookover (doesn't have to be anything in-depth, just a quick glance for glaring typos or OOCness or the like) that would be totally awesome. So, um, anyone wanna give me a hand? I'll give you cookies...

As I mentioned in the previous entry, the holiday drabbles have gotten too long to write in the cards as I originally planned. I was puzzled, trying to figure out what to do, until I remembered I have a paid account, and I can make polls and force other people to decide things for me! YAY!

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Also, it is Sanzo's birthday today! Happy Birthday, Sanzo! I may post a bit of fic I recently dug out of my WIP file in honor of this hallowed day!

Okay, Barnes and Noble tells me that the second volume of Saiyuki Reload doesn't come out till mid-December, but when I just checked Amazon it says it came out on September 30. Huh? Did I miss something? I'm inclined to believe B&N, since Amazon is crap at keeping track of which volume of a manga is which, but still. I'd hate to have missed out on the lastest volume for over a month!

Gyar. I suck at keeping track of the fics I read. I just read one with Gojyo/Hakkai no!limiter!sex set sometime in Reloaded, I think. They were at some village that they just saved, and Gojyo was hitting on some chick and her boyfriend, and then they went off into the woods together. And talked about youkai clans and had sex. And that's all I remember about the fic. And now I can't find it, which is frustrating, because that was pretty much what inspired this long-ass 85 fic I'm working on now and I wanted to reference it. Gah. *headdesk* I do this every other week, it seems like. I'm totally incapable of remembering who wrote what fic, or where I found it.

ETA: Yay! Thank you so much, wk_recomend! The fic is Nature Nurture by devikun. I highly recommend it!

I've been fiddling around with my journal layout for awhile now, wanting to make a new one but not really having any ideas of what to do with it. And I realized I still don't know how to do certain things. *facepalms* I've been using LJ for about two years now. You'd think I'd have it down, but no.

How do you put a picture up at the top of you journal? I can't figure out how to do that. I guess you have to use S1, but I don't know the coding.

How do you install a custom mood theme? I cannot figure that out at all.

How do you make a section-within-a-section in memories? Like, if you wanted to have a writing folder and then a folder for Saiyuki, a folder for Weiss Kreuz, etc?

Sometime within the last few weeks I read a fic that someone on my flist read of recced, and now I can't find it. Which makes me sad, because I really liked it. It was a Kenren/Tenpou fic that basically involved the two of them first meeting, and Kenren trying to woo Tenpou by sneding him gifts and things. And then there was sex. And it was good. Does that ring any bells for anybody?

ETA: It's The Courtship of Tenpou Gensui by mistressrenet. Thank you, louiselux!

I am so totally spamming my flist today. *coughs in embarrasssment*

Would anyone be willing to do a quick-and-dirty beta of a Crawford/Schuldig yaoi_challenge fic I'm finishing up? It's already several days late, so you don't need to spend a lot of time on it, just pick out the biggest bugs. It's only about 1,000 words. Any takers?

Also, a random rec. Linked by daegaer, Tomorrow Won't Do. Really nifty original story.

I swear, one of these days I am going to stop posting lame entries begging for help and start posting interesting things. I WILL! REALLY! ANY DAY NOW!!

How does one put a nifty banner-type picture at the top of one's LJ? All the cool people have them and I can't figure out how to do it.

Also, I lost my scanlations of the Saiyuki Burial arc to the swarming mess that is my harddrive. Can anyone send a new copy to me via yousendit? I would love you forever and ever.

Writing is coming along at a snail's pace. My 358 fic is inching along, but it's pretty much the only thing I'm making progress with. I have another fic that's in the editing stages, but I can't quite make it work. I may end up soliciting for a beta in the next couple days. Be warned.

I still have to finish my Greed drabble which was due two weeks ago, and another Easter Egg ficlet which is so overdue it's humiliating. Oh yeah, I'm a winnar. *facepalms*

Also, job-hunting is really hard. *whimpers* Someone hire me already!