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Hogsmeade is over. I'm relatively proud of myself for the work I put in. Of course, H_E voting being what it is, that probably means I won't win anything.

But why, if I finished all the work I was going to be able to do about six hours before the end, and I felt so calm about everything, am I still unable to stop my brain enough to go to sleep?

I've been trying to distract myself by reading over the Cassie Claire wank report over on bad_penny. I joined the fandom late enough to have never really heard much about her or to have read her stories, so while I knew that she'd done something wrong, and I might even have known it was plagiarism, I didn't know how bad it was. Yeesh. Copying that much and integrating it into your own story must take more effort than just writing your own words, was she that insecure about her writing talent that she felt she had to compensate?

And also, apparently she's responsible for introducing or popularizing leatherpants!Draco? If her other crimes weren't bad enough, that alone should have resulted in her being forced to give up her status as a fanfic writer. *shudders*

I'm thinking of dropping hogwarts_harmony. I'm not actually participating in it, aside from occasionally remembering to post some fanfic in the library, and I don't want to be dead weight in the house. I'll see how I feel once I'm recovered from Hogsmeade.

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GIP. Hufflepuffs have all the good crack, I swear. This came out of Hogsmeade.

Actually, this post does have another reason to exist. On Sunday, our priest mentioned that since he was going to be going with several members of the church down to Washington to support our organist as she competes in a national contest, someone else was going to need to lead our discussion group.

At that point, my father half raises his hand and mentions that both he and I will be there on Sunday. I assumed that he was volunteering to lead the group himself, and was just fine with that. But as soon as he said that, every eye at the table turned towards me, and all of the adults decided that I was the perfect leader for next Sunday's discussion. My response was very diplomatic, I think. I did not immediately respond with either, "I hate you all" or "You are all completely evil." See? I was being very good. I think I mumbled something about not knowing what verses we were going to cover, but that excuse didn't hold, as our priest was very happy to tell me that. So I don't forget, it's the gospel of John, chapter 6, verses 52-57.

So yeah, my last Sunday at home will be spent leading a group of people who, at the youngest, are over twice my age, in a bible study. Fun, huh?

Time and Man, part three

A long time ago, in the misty hinterlands of about four weeks ago on my journal, I posted the second chapter of a Doctor Who/Stargate crossover. Well, it's taken me a while, but here's the last chapter, finally. Previous chapters are here: http://mari4212.livejournal.com/96414.html for the first one, and here: http://mari4212.livejournal.com/103509.html for the second.

Title: Time and Man, chapter 2
Fandom: Doctor Who, Stargate Atlantis
Characters: Ninth Doctor, Rose
Timeline: DW: Post The Long Game, pre Father's Day, Atlantis: early season three, no spoilers for the third season.
Author's Notes: Again, I must lavish thanks upon ljmckay, who beta-read this chapter for me. There is significant improvement between the first and final drafts, thanks to her.

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