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Title: Part of the Whole
Author: shutterbug_12
Characters: Josh & Donna
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Only borrowing. Make love, not lawsuits.
Summary: Josh is forced to explain the value of Donna's Christmas gift.
Author's Note: Post-Abu el Banat (5.09). Many thanks to my beta-reader, amy_119. Thank you to inocciduous and pocky_slash, the moderators of tenyearsoftww, the fest for which this story was written. 1371 words.

( 'I'm normally not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, Josh, but is this your way of saying that you're going to take me to Aruba, or is this it?' )

I finished my new animated mood theme! A West Wing Josh/Donna animated mood theme. I love it, and I'm more than a little proud of it.

Thanks to ticcyyy, whose very good tutorial helped me fill the gaps of my animation knowledge. Thanks also to amy_119, who helped me brainstorm for scenes.

( Samples and Download )

I know that most people won't touch this story because of the pairings, which I think is a cryin' shame. Really. The writing is excellent. Some lovely language. Gorgeous, extended metaphors and imagery. And fantastic characterization on top of it all.

So, I rec: Fireworks by queenzulu. It's a dual pairing of House/Stacy, House/Foreman. (I just woke up so forgive me for not finding the technical terms in my brain, but...) It's structured in a somewhat fragmented, back-and-forth kind of style, so the two pairings work together in way that highlights the other's uniqueness with contrasts. It's not long, but, like most of queenzulu's work, portrays quite a lot with such a modest word count.

I think I'm late on this one, but Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends, anyway. =) *hugs to you guys*

Study break. A little discouraging so far today, but I'm trying to remind myself that, although I am smart, I am not superhuman. I don't find myself confused by these concepts, and, whenever I make a mistake on a question, I can see and understand where I went wrong. I'm sometimes slow to complete questions, but I'll get better. I'll get faster. It'll be fine. More work. More studying. More practice. It'll be fine. I can do this. I can do well.

Anyway. Now that I've done my pep-talk to myself...

I've been meaning to do some House fandom, erm, housecleaning. Some of you may be interested in this. It's probably no secret to many of you that I'm no longer participating in the House fandom. I doubt I'll write for it again. Over the course of last season, I lost interest in and, actually, came to dislike the show. I've parted ways with it and have moved on from it.

I have an RP journal that is in need of a new and caring owner:

• james_wilson_md This journal is on Dreamwidth. First person to comment gets the journal. I'll send you the generic password, so you can change it.

As for the rest of the communities I was involved in, I've given up my moderator/administrator status for:

• house_md (Dreamwidth). Current mod: zulu


• house_stacy (Dreamwidth). Current mod: amy_119

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Oh, my God, you guys! Happened to come across this: A West Wing Tenth Anniversary Ficathon! I'm all excited! Now the only problem I'm having is trying to decide which prompt to take. (Prompts are all episode titles. The submitted story can be a missing scene, post-ep., an idea or concept based on the title that has nothing to do with the actual episode; it's very free in terms of guidelines.)

I'm torn between fic ideas for Noel, Evidence of Things Not Seen, Disaster Relief, In the Shadow of Two Gunmen, The Midterms (all the plot bunnies for these--except Disaster Relief--deal with Josh and the shooting), Memorial Day (Josh/Donna bunnies), Jefferson Lives, Constituency of One (Josh/Amy bunnies), and 20 Hours in L.A (Josh/Joey bunnies). I WONDER IF THERE'S A PATTERN. HMMMM. NAH, NOTHING TOO OBVIOUS. *ahem*

Part of the problem is that I have--oh, I don't know--a hundred or so plot bunnies that I can pick from (many more, obviously, than I pointed to above), and I just don't know what to pick. I have lots of Josh/Donna plot bunnies that are more late/post-series, but I figured I'd stick within the series itself for this ficathon, since it's more of a celebration of the canon that was released.

But, gah, I can't decide! Votes, anyone? I'm looking at you, amy_119, crashandburn (even though I think you said you rarely read fic), and joe_pike_junior. And anyone else who'd like to chime in.

Okay, back to studying. *tries like hell to focus*

( Some spoiler-y flail for HIMYM 5.01 )

I made an awesome little icon, too! Hee! *is amused*

Title: So Hard to Ask Nicely
Author: shutterbug_12
Characters: Josh & Donna
Rating: PG
Summary: Josh needs a favor. He has to ask nicely.
Disclaimer: Make love, not lawsuits.
Author's Note: Approximate timeline: 1.15 (Celestial Navigation) - 1.21 (Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics). Many thanks to my beta and first-readers, queenzulu and joe_pike_junior. Dedicated to amy_119, who opened the door to The West Wing for me some months ago. 1170 words. Feedback and concrit is love.

( What do I look like? Your personal chauffeur? I do a lot of things for you, Josh, but one thing I am not is your personal chauffeur. )