LotR Fic

*G* Finished it! *squeals happily* *coughs* *rememinds herself not to squeal out loud again*

OK, well, first draft's finished. I'm going to look it over and then have it betaed (hopefully- Hermione mentioned she wouldn't mind, so if that's still a possibility or if there's someone else if she's too tied up with work right now)

But I'm happy. My first Lord of the Rings fic. I'm a little nervous about some wording. I really don't know if I've gotten some of the characters at all right... and my use of elvish is probably so bad any beta will die laughing... but at least the first draft's done *G* It's pretty short- only 13 pages. But that's 3 times the length I had anticipated, so that's not too bad for a first fic. I think my first Harry Potter fic was something like 3 pages, if that.

I'm still deciding on a suitable title. I'm so terrible at titles... its working title is LotRLeg1, so I can't possibly stay with that. Maybe something will hit me as I edit?

Catch up

I'm going to try to play catch up in reading other people's journals tomorrow... sorry- I've skimmed and there are some awesome posts... I'm eager to play the first-last line story game heehee Anyway, I will get to it all... for some reason this LotR story just sucked me in completely and between that and getting sick, I haven't been doing much at all. Sorry!

My morning

Ah, another morning. I've not been sleeping much, it's very weird. I go to bed at 4am or 5am and wake up at 9 (or at 8:30, like I did today) I can't understand it.

At any rate... I feel 90% better today- YAY! Then I get a call to say I have strep throat. Ack. My first time ever. Good thing I got all paranoid and went to the health center yesterday.

SO I got up, killed another 20 ants in my bathroom, and got dressed, wearing the only black shirt I own in protest because my school's Board of Visitors are being complete a$$holes lately. There was a big protest rally that started at 11 this morning- wish I could have gone, but I am wearing black, despite it being a blasted 70 degrees out right now. Bleh! Bring back winter!

I sent my Lord of the Rings fic to Hermione for betaing (YAY!!) then (ack, I just sneezed) went over to campus to pick up meds. Sadly, only sneezing girls there this time in the pharmacy. Darn. Got my meds- big capsules... they scared me. As I'm pulling out of the parking lot- very busy- I see a freakish looking SUV-like vehicle and start happily freaking out. I make 3 left turns on the busiest streets on campus (a student was killed crossing one of these streets last year because they're so horrible) and circle back to see it and YES! It was an Element! That's my car, the one I'm going to buy if and when I finally get a job and money to buy a car. I had never seen one in person before, only drooled over commercials and the website. MAN... cuteness!!! I want it!

So then I headed over to Krogers, where I never shop because they are expensive unless you have one of those cards where they can track you and all the info about what you buy goes into a huge government database where they can stalk you. I bought a large jar of the best applesauce I could find and then two Morning Star Farms Chick'N Pot Pies because Walmart (who I hate for the whole sexist and child labor reasons but at least doesn't stalk me) stopped carrying them. So yay! I've missed them... yummy veggies and fake chicken that tastes a bit like chicken but different enough cuz I don't really like the taste of chicken all that much anyway.

Applesauce... yeah, I can't swallow pills. I mean, I can swallow small pills like claritin and my birth control pills, but sometimes I even have trouble with those. I just get really, really scared and panicy that they're going to make me gag and I'll throw up *cringe* and I don't want that and it scares me and I'll do ANYTHING to avoid it, even eat pills like a 5 year old if it means not getting so completely paniced and crying cuz of my emetophobia. Gods, I'm a freak, LOL. I even chew soup so hiding whole pills in ice cream or applesauce doesn't work.. I just have to open the capsule and mush it all in together- YUCK! But it's better than freaking out when I'm already sick. I'm nearly crying typing this, lol. Tis ok. I've got it under control. No gagging and mmphing for me. So bring on the applesauce!

What a lovely start for a day. LOL Kinda sad, though. I'm not going to be able to see my girls at the elementary school today. :-(

First/Last, Fetish Style

Stolen(gacked, is that the term?) from magictoes11... how do you do that neat thing with the displaying of the LJ person icon and name link here? TG's stupid. At any rate, it looked like fun, so I thought I'd try it on my last 11 fetish stories(really 10 because the first one here is unposted):

Untitled, unbetaed, unposted LotR fic:
first line- “I was under the impression,” Gimli rumbled, raising a bushy eyebrow that couldn’t really be distinguished beneath his dark hair and helmet, “that elves were immune to illness.”
last line- Slinging the quiver over his shoulder, head and arm, and tucking the handkerchief into his front pocket, he took up the rear as they made a path through the snow.

Brands of Healing (SW):
first line- Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn was normally the epitome of calm and collected, even when missions took wrong turns and even when straying from orders.
last line- With a relaxed sigh, he snuggled onto as much of his master’s lap as he could fit upon and fell asleep to Qui-Gon’s heartbeat against his ear.

Lupercalia (HP):
first line- Sitting at the cherry wood table amidst a pile of papers.
last line- “Joyous Lupercalia, my Remus,” I whispered as I saw him off to sleep.

The DeForré Potion (HP):
first line- “Tea leaves again?!”
last line- Harry had punched his arm again.

Untitled chapter (HP):
first line- James reached over to his bedside table and, after nearly knocking over a water glass, located his glasses.
last line- Peter led the way out, and Sirius followed after giving Remus a soft kiss.

Three Sides to Every Lifetime: Recovery (HP):
first line- “Huh-Choo!”
last line- And I was whole again with him to fill me.

Three Sides to Every Lifetime: Romance (HP):
first line- He was always so peaceful when asleep.
last line- With one tight hug, I let myself fall into a light sleep, ready to wake as soon as he stirred and needed me.

Three Sides to Every Lifetime: Mischief (HP):
first line- Two sniffles, two tired, repressed yawns.
last line- It took Sirius slightly longer, but he drifted off quickly, too, his arms both wrapped around Remus’ middle.

Journeying (SW):
first line- Cargo ships could be quite cold, especially those transporting goods to and from a planet as cold as Hoth.
last line- Smiling and remembering what Tala had told him as he stole a glance at the on looking healer, "Of course, Padawan."

Dark Eyes (HP):
first line- There had been an abundance of colds going around the students in late fall, early winter.
last line- Carefully, he slid back under the covers and closed his eyes, falling to sleep once again.

Keeping You Warm (SW):
first line- "Mmm… hrm…" Obi-Wan made a nice array of thoughtful noises as he poked around Anakin.
last line- Anakin closed his eyes with yet another yawn, draped his good arm over Obi-Wan's legs in a sort of lose hug, and quickly fell into a deep, assisted sleep.


Wow.. interesting some of these! I tend to have lots of my characters fall asleep at the end of stories, I'm afraid, so not much variety here. But some interesting first-to-last leaps. Now what would be really fun would be to take these lines and write a completely different story in between them. Anyone up for a challenge? heehee

LotR snag

Growl. OK, so I'm going to take much longer with the story. The language is killing me- it's beautiful, yes, I just suck at them and am having trouble finding nice authentic sources with phrases and vocabulary I need. No worries... it'll just be a while. I was a bit frustrated a while ago, but am much calmer now and am confident that by the tenth or eleventh rewrite this will be a decent story. :-)

TV Tonight

I'll be watching Survivor... I should probably watch ER, but I doubt I will. Being sick and watching a show about sick people dying is not the most uplifting of combinations.

I think I really need some more LotR viewings as I work on this fic... I need to pay attention to the language... I think I've got emotions down, though. I just watched FotR the other day so I'll probably watch TTT tonight to follow that up... I've only got Gimli, Aragorn and Legolas in the story so it makes sense to pay attention to their dynamic as I work on this.