snapelike!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Hope you'll be spoiled rotten!

*Raises glass and hugs her*

You won, annephoenix. It was indeed a paperweight. Pick your pairing, rating and category for a drabble! (And if it is very inspiring, I might forget the word count.)

Then guess what I took a pic of. Guess it right and you give me the pairing, rating and category. To help you along, it is a macro shot. Any idea?

Allow me to give you two links of beauty. Occasionally an artist appears who manages to move me to the point of crying. These two managed exactly that. Every little detail fits and it screams originality.
I never forgot them and it took quite some time to find these clips. Hard to do when you don't remember the names at first. *g*
Hope you will enjoy them as much as I did!

Mikhail Matorin with his aerial act. The cube. He was the very first. Many followed but never managed his standard, imho. It's acrobatics and poetry combined. He received the Silver Clown for this act.
This clip is from his time with Cirque du Soleil. Unfortunately it's not the best quality.
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=NwXRcqZDRYQ&feature=related

This clip features Anatoly Zalievsky. Talk about poetry in motion! God! He received a well deserved Golden Clown.
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=-0L9kR63ZIo

Drabble for foudebassan

Here's your drabble, my dear. You asked for something 'sweet'. Hopefully this meets that request somewhat? I have been out of practice for quite some time, you see. *g*
Thanks for deciding on the drabble because I really did enjoy it again.


Bliss never lasts

Severus watched his own fingers caress the beautiful skin beneath them.
He loved these cheekbones and perfectly shaped lips. Not to mention that delicious neck.
He placed a soft kiss on the warm lips before his hand moved up and started stroking the silvery hair.

Lucius hummed, his eyes closed.

“Your hair feels incredibly soft. I could caress it forever.”

Another satisfied hum.
A murmured incantation; the lights dimmed.

Severus stretched out, burying his nose in his lover’s hair.
Merlin, how he loved Lucius’ scent.

“Oops. Sorry about that.”

Wha - oh, fuck… Lucius!’

No more beans for dinner then.

The three rounds of 'Wanna play?' have ended. And the winner is... *drum rolls*... foudebassan! Congrats, my dear!

Why, you ask? Her sense of humour is a good start. As well as her writing and fantasy. A sentence like "To sleep, to die," she thought, the melancholy of instant overwhelming her, "'tis a consummation devoutly to be wished..." is simply too wonderful to resist!

So, what is your choice? A HP drabble or a small box with typical Dutch treats?
Please mail me at ejab@home.nl to give me your answer and your address if you decide on the treats. All right?

Something else. Does anybody know the title of a French (I think) play in which words are used to kill somebody? TX!

Last round!

Care to tell me what happened or where this is going to lead to? Oneliners, a couple of sentences - you decide. Will you go for a humorous approach or intrigue me? Scare me?
I'm thinking of perhaps making this a series of three or four and the person who has won the most will get a saying in the reward - either a drabble (HP) of your choice or a small box with typical Dutch eatable goodies.

Lunar eclipse and a clear sky! Perfect view from my balcony; got my chair and camera and took pics. Sounded so easy... I still have no confidence with the manual dept. and didn't want to take a risk so decided to go for the automatic dept. After a lot of bad or fuzzy pics I learned that the special 'Night' option takes rotten pics at night while the plain automatic option was much, much better. And after ignoring the camera's constant "Need flash. Add flash." message the pics got even better!
So basically I'll just have to ignore anything the camera tells me and do the exact opposite. *Snorts*
This was my best pic. Ah well.
Anyone else enjoyed the eclipse?

Just read zagara's story "The cold of the in-between" on Moonshadow. There are not many Remus/Severus stories that manage to touch me but this one certainly did. Both strong in character, raw and honest. Not only that, the ending contributes to its strength as well. Check it out for yourself!

http://www.ssf-moonshadow.com/archive/archive/7/thecold.html

Or better: the-beginning-of-menopause-and-its-symptoms-talk.
Care to share?
Youngsters - read and weep! It'll come...

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The title of this photo is 'Prologue' and my best friend was abused for it. :D I know what the inspiration behind this pic is, you don't. So, wanna play? Care to tell me what happened or where this is going to lead to? One liners, a couple of sentences - you decide. Will you go for a humorous approach or intrigue me? Scare me?
I'm thinking of perhaps making this a series of three or four and the person who has won the most will get a saying in the reward - either a drabble (HP) of your choice or a small box with typical Dutch eatable goodies.

My dear f-list, thank you for all your suggestions! In the end, I decided to go for the sirens. Main reason was that they were supposed to be half 'bird-women' and lured men in. The bird thingy came in quite handy as I had manipulated this photo (taken earlier) with peacock feathers.

Posted the end result (although I might change the eyes a tiny bit more to give them a stronger evil glare) behind a cut because it's quite large... Curious? Check it out!

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Does any of you know of a classical female figure (Greek mythology or... ?) who was famous/notorious/feared because she was breathtakingly beautiful, yet deadly? And no, Medusa turned people into stone.
I mean the shrewd and evil kind.

Have done some research but... sigh... let's face it; it's not exactly my forte. Need it as a title for a pic I've taken, you see.

Any help is appreciated!

Remember me?

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Friends of mine want to go to the UK or Ireland for their vacation, starting August 18th. Is there an area where the weather is usually rather nice (read 'sunny') during that time of year?

Just introducing my new icon, namely... me! *Cough*

Ever heard of the law 'Codex Alimentarius'?

In the mood for some nice feelings of outrage? Go and read behind the cut.

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Agoraphobia.
Where every step outside is a torment and may take you straight to hell.
The hell of fear.

Another one. Sorry for the huge sizes of the photos lately. Been copying them from Photobucket and have no clue on how to resize them for posting.

A little playing with the light, stirred with a curious Finnegan and this is the result. Am pleased.
Sorry for the giant size of the pic.