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| Sunday, July 12th, 2009 | |
| 10:03 pm | My San Francisco suggestions for Azkatraz attendees (and anyone else) Since I love my home city so much, though I'm not going to Azkatraz or the meet-ups, I thought I'd take a moment to share a few suggestions with you. I have many, many more favorite spots, but I tried to limit this to things that people could do easily with public transit and that they might otherwise miss. (I mean, you don't need me to tell you that Golden Gate Park is a great place to go for a walk or a picnic or that the SF Museum of Modern Art is outstanding, right?) Mostly these suggestions are about food since, as my friends have told me, I like my tourism to be highly edible. Mission / Castro: One of my favorite ways to do this circuit is to take MUNI (L or M or K-- ask the driver) to the Castro and then work my way down to 16th Street BART in the Mission, which you could then take back to Powell St BART and the hotel. Hop off MUNI at Castro & Market to stroll down Castro Street. If you saw "Milk" it’s especially fun to play compare and contrast with the historical footage. There are lots of fun shops to check out, whether or not you're in the market for anything in particular. --Samovar, at 18th and Sanchez (There’s a downtown location too (maybe closer to the hotel), but I’ve never been there. Heard it wasn’t as great…): If you like tea this is the place for you! Amazing (though pricey) gourmet teas, beautiful atmosphere and excellent tea services from around the world. Have a British, Japanese, Russian, or Moorish tea service and sample delights from around the world. (Beware though, the portions are fairly small so this isn’t the place to eat if you’re starving.) http://samovarlife.com/ --Escape from New York Pizza, on Castro Street (Also other locations, one downtown + delivery): delicious, cheap by the slice pizza. Potato, garlic and pesto is a favorite. (I sometimes get a slice here if I’m still peckish after Samovar…) http://www.escapefromnewyorkpizza.com/ --Dolores Park—has a great view of the City and the bay from the top of the hill. A good place to people and dog watch. --Bi-Rite Creamery, 500 Dolores Across from the Dolores Park Café, amazing ice cream with a variety of unusual flavors. The sundaes are to die for… http://www.biritecreamery.com/ --Tartine, 600 Guerrero Amazing everything, famous French bakery. Beautiful and near(ish) Dolores Park. http://www.tartinebakery.com/ Maxfield’s House of Caffiene Free wi-fi, good drinks, great music and awesome staff. --Basically any Mexican restaurant in the Mission. It’s all good and almost all very, very affordable. --826 Valencia, the Pirate Supply Store Whether it’s pre-written messages in bottles, glass eyes, or pieces of eight, you’ll find all your pirating needs here. An absolute must see—and it’s free! (They do, however, accept donations, as this is a non-profit that funds a tutoring center for at-risk and under-privileged youth. One of their particular missions is to encourage creative writing...) This is probably one of my favorite places to go in SF. Be sure to read all the whimsical signs. --Paxton Gardens Part nature store, gardening store and fun house for taxidermy enthusiasts. If you’ve always wanted a muskrat skeleton dressed as an early 18th century dandy, now’s your chance. --There’s also a fantastic thrift store on Valencia nearby to Good Vibrations, one of the US’s pioneering woman-positive sex shops. Somewhere along Valencia there’s also a small press whose name I’ve forgotten, but makes really interesting books, notebooks and eccentric maps of non-existent (allegorical) transit systems. The shops on 16th street (from about Dolores to Valencia) are also quirky and fun, though indie here often means expensive… Still fun to browse and look at the entreprenurial hipsters. I've labeled these things on the map: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U North Beach : Caffe Puccini In an area famous for its (overpriced, tourist-oriented) Italian food, Puccini is a fav of mine. Only opera on the jukebox, delicious distinctive Bolognese, unpretentious décor, 11-14$ entrees and large portions. Especially famous for their espresso. City Lights Bookstore The haunt of the Beat poets (founded by Ferlinghetti) lives on in North Beach. Fun to browse, excellent selection. Check out Coit Tower and the view of Alcatraz—another favorite spot of mine. Lots of restaurants, bakeries, little shops and curiosities along Columbus street. Enjoy! SOMA: Mr and Madam S Leather For all your kinky needs, one of the world’s finest shops. Located in SOMA. http://www.madame-s.com/ and http://www.mr-s-leather.com/ And here are those on a map: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=100800914384944440402.00046e8f0af2d So, that’s tons more than anybody is likely to have time for, but here it is. If you have any local knowledge questions (though I live in Berkeley), feel free to drop me a line! hugs, KP ps. The Asian Art museum is also amazing-- pps. Public transit trip planner-- always good to have: http://tripplanner.transit.511.org/ |
| Saturday, May 9th, 2009 | |
| 8:42 pm | *jumps up and down* "We wants it now!!!" squeeeee! Whaaaa! Tim Burton is making "Alice in Wonderland"-- with Alan Rickman and Johnny Depp!!! *Jumps up and down!* 2010.... sigh.... |
| Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 | |
| 1:05 am | Soooooo excited! Yay for the bidding at Live Long & Marry! As for me, the jumping she is happening up and down. Hurray! Have received delightful bids on my postcard fic! Am most pleased. And excited to start the writing... and look forward to careful postcard selection. (And I placed a pleasing bid of my own... don't want to say anything here... doubt I'll get it, but happy I bid....) I want to run around bidding on everything! Lots of items I wanted to bid on went straight to buy instantly or out of my price range, but here's hoping... yum. |
| Monday, June 30th, 2008 | |
| 10:47 pm | Live Long & Marry: epistolary, postcard HP fic, by me.... Well, I decided to throw my hat into the ring too and am really excited by the idea I came up with! Behold! ------------------------------- epistolary, postcard Harry Potter fanfiction I am offering to write a work of epistolary fanfiction on a series of beautiful postcards I will collect during my summer travels. (I will be in Boston, Quebec City, London, Geneva, Toulouse, Carcassonne and probably Barcelona and Tours. Yay!) And yes, my handwriting is small and legible. :-) I am most comfortable writing Snarry, though if you’d rather have something else, feel free to get in touch and I’ll see what I think. This format probably lends itself best to mild angst, romance, and/or humor. If it goes above PG-13, I can put the postcard into a privacy-ensuring envelope for you. I promise you between 10-15 postcards and will begin mailing them no later than September 1st. Minimum bid: 15$. -------------------------------- *crosses fingers* I hope I'm not the only one who thinks this sounds fun.... Three cheers for marriage equality! I love living in California! Pride rocked out! Yay! |
| Sunday, May 25th, 2008 | |
| 8:02 pm | Young!Snape I’ve been enjoying so much fic lately (too much—it’s finals season!), and reading some of pj’s reviews helped me realize something: I don’t like time travel fic and I don’t like Snape returned to his youth stories. Although I do think these two genres attract more bad writing than some, I have definitely read some lovely, subtle, well-written stories with these two concepts. So, that’s not the problem. It’s not them, it’s me. It’s just not my thing. Firstly, I like the age gap. I think it’s hot. I also resist the idea that Harry would be more likely to be into Severus if he just looked younger—it may be true, but it makes that Harry seem almost shallow to me. I like that Snape’s ugly. But, most of all, when he’s de-aged without his memories of spying and repentance and trauma, he stops being “my Snape.” And, honestly, it’s Snape the spy that I love, not angsty teenage Snape. I love Canon!Snape and that Young!Snape character just never feels quite right to me. I can enjoy him in flashbacks or small doses, but he doesn’t call out to me like My Snape. I can still get pretty well into the de-aged, memory loss Snape at times, but only if at least half of the story is post-memory regained Snape. Because, for me, those later experiences are what make him the character that interests me and, although the hypotheticals of young pre-DE Snape may interest me some, he’s just not my man, no matter how well written, it seems. |
| Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 | |
| 2:18 pm | Fic I would love to read, but couldn’t possibly write…. Fic I would love to read, but couldn’t possibly write…. (this would, perforce, now be AU—I imagine it cannon up through OttP) I would love to read a three-part fic or trilogy along these lines: Harry falls in love with Severus at Hogwarts, or at least, he thinks he does. He fights long and hard to convince Severus that he’s in love with him and then fights against all the odds to make others accept them as a couple…. And then.... Well, once there’s no more struggle, no more obstacles (maybe a year or two later), Harry falls out of love with Severus, or at least, he thinks he does. And so they break up (perhaps after he cheats…)?. But then.... Within a few years, perhaps, he realizes he made a mistake and he tries to win Severus back. Will he be able to? What will he do? I would award extra bonus points for a strong presence for Ron and Hermione and having one or both of them think he’s making a mistake breaking up with Severus! Any interest? Current Mood: filled with longing... Current Music: chirp- chirping birds outside my window |
| Monday, May 19th, 2008 | |
| 4:26 pm | NY Times article: Supreme Court Upholds Law Aimed at Child Pornography http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/washi |
| Saturday, September 1st, 2007 | |
| 8:03 pm | FIC: crisis in the classroom Title – Crisis in the Classroom Author – the_kinky_pet Rating - NC-17? Spoilers- none for DH Pairing - Severus Snape/Harry Potter Word Count - 1,166 Warnings(highlight to see) – aborted porn, crack, silliness Disclaimer - I do not own Harry Potter or any of the persons, places, objects, beings or things mentioned in the books and movies. All rights belong to JK Rowling, Scholastic, Bloomsbury, Warner Brothers, and their subsidiaries. No copyright infringement intended. I'm just playing with them. Summary - Harry has plans for the old potions classroom. But even the best laid plans can go wrong. Author's Notes - Written for the Bring Back The Porn Challenge Harry was trying to list all the potions ingredients he could think of in alphabetical order—he wasn’t very good at it. He twiddled his thumbs, sitting at his old desk, looking up at the old chalkboard. How many times had he imagined Professor Snape grabbing him in this very room and . . . Oops, back to potions ingredients… Oh, yeah: dirk-bat husks; djinn powder; dustweed . . . If he allowed himself to dwell on his plan, he’d become so aroused he would almost have to wank and that would ruin all the tension. No, no; much better to distract himself. . . Elysian flowers, errumpent horn . . . The door banged open. Harry was so startled he blurted, “Severus,” then cursed himself for ruining everything so quickly. “I mean, Professor Snape!” Severus—no, Professor Snape, stared at Harry with a scowl. “What is the meaning of this?” Snape barked. Harry’s cock sprang to attention. Boy, Severus sure caught on quick. “P-professor,” Harry stammered, “I—I know I shouldn’t be here, but . . .” Harry bit his lip. “Are you my student?” Severus asked suddenly and Harry frowned. “I—I—of course I am,” he said, trying to get back into character, “Professor? Are you okay? Have you been dosed with some sort of experimental potion? Do you feel at all . . .” --Harry glanced at the man’s crotch-- “. . . strange?” “Dosed with a what?” Severus asked. “No.” Harry inhaled deeply and the old smells of the classroom assailed his nostrils, shooting him back in time. “I know I shouldn’t have broken into the classroom,” Harry stammered, shyly averting his face, “but I . . . I couldn’t bear the thought that I would never get to be here again . . . with you.” “Please, sir,” Harry begged. “I . . . I need you to punish me. I want you to punish me.” Severus looked unsure. “I suppose detention would be in order.” “Yes, please, sir, please. Give me detention. I want to be near you.” “I suppose that is acceptable. . . you will begin by scrapping any chewing gum off the bottoms of the desks and chairs.” Well, that was just . . . odd, but Harry supposed he could work with it. “Yes, anything. No matter how degrading or disgusting. I’ll do anything you say, sir. I want. . . “ Severus was trying to say something, but Harry rushed on, caught up in his own fantasy, “I’d lie down naked and lick your boots clean. I’d crawl to you with my ankles shackled and my arms behind my back, struggling forward like a worm under your gaze.” Severus mumbled louder. “You could pull me up by hair and fuck my mouth and I’d moan around your cock while you called me your whore. Tie me to the desk . . . call me a worthless slut . . . flog me, fuck me . . . shove your cock in so hard I’ll feel it in my throat . . .” Harry dropped his trousers and leaned eagerly across his old school desk and lifted his shapely arse into the air. Now Severus shouted, “I demand you answer me! How old are you?” Harry frowned, thrown out of the fantasy. Honestly, everyone in the whole wizarding world knew how old he was and his birthday too! And certainly, after three years together, Severus knew . . . Harry did some quick mental math. This was supposed to be right before his leaving feast, and that had been five years ago, so . . . “Seventeen, sir,” Harry said meekly, his old glasses pressing into his cheek against the desk. He had really hated those stupid glasses. “I knew it!” Severus cried and Harry felt horribly uneasy. “I knew it! You’re under 18.” Severus seemed so serious all of a sudden. And a bit mentally disturbed. “Um, Severus? Are you okay? Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea for us to come back to the dungeons after all this time…” “Dungeons! Depraved! I knew it! And not even 18. Student and teacher. . . “ “What? Severus, are you okay? I mean, we’re being serious now, right?” “Oh, this is serious all right!” “Okay, well, I mean, you know my birthday. Everyone knows my birthday. I’m 22 now, remember? We celebrated with Ron and Hermione and you pretended to eat that ghastly cake Ron made.” “You said you were seventeen!” “Right, but that was just in the fantasy . . . I thought you said you would be open to roll play! I mean, what’s going on? Are you okay? How can you forget I’m 22?” “You don’t LOOK 22!” “Well, I’ve always looked young,” Harry said, his concern mounting. He pulled up his trousers. Whatever was going on here, it sure as hell wasn’t hot sex or fantasy fulfillment. Maybe later-- after he hauled his disturbed lover up to the infirmary—they could have some of both. “Severus? I think you’re having a little trouble here—maybe you should go see Poppy…” “Poppies! Drugs!” Severus looked ready to foam at the mouth and then he looked even worse. Harry watched the man he loved bloat and grow. The body before him twisted, oozed and grew until it towered over Harry. “Great Merlin’s balls!” Harry cried, “You’re a troll! You don’t even belong here! No wonder you didn’t recognize anything! Why were you disguised like that--” “We’ll stop all this filth! Child pornography!” “What are you talking about? I’m over 18! It was my fantasy! Don’t you get it—it’s imaginary?” “YOU SAID YOU WERE 17!” “Yeah, in my fantasy, but if I want to fantasize about doing stuff when I was younger, that’s my business. It’s a fantasy.” “WE’LL STOP YOU!” The giant monster was waving its arms violently. It knocked over a jar of Pixies’ eyes, Nabokov’s “A Guide to Aging Potions” and “The Complete Potions Accident Recovery and Support Manual.” Harry ducked—this could be deadly. “Avada Kedavra!” Harry cried. The lurching troll paused as the green light washed over its body, illuminating from within its T-Shirt : LJ ToS Abuse Support Volunteer. The troll’s body jerked and, as if involuntarily, words fell robotically from its lips: “We’re sorry. We’ve—we’ve, we’ve made a—a – mis—mistake. Journals will be returned—re—returned. We— apologize for the erroneous delet—delet- deletions. We--“ Smoke poured from the troll’s ears. It shook itself like one throwing off the Imperius and suddenly it laughed. “YOU CANNOT STOP US!!!” Harry glared at it, then shrugged. It swung its club-like arms as Harry cried, “Accio portkey!” As Harry portkeyed to safety, he heard a distressed voice shouting, “where did all our users go!?!?” p.s. like Harry, I’ve obviously caught the portkey to insanejournal. :-) |