an open letter to my power providers

Dear electric company;

     I know this may come as a bit of a surprise to you, but the fact is I pay you to give me power. The three - almost four - hours I went without last night? Not fun. And the fact that it happened twice; first for an hour at 10pm and then the rest at just before 2am.
     Admittedly, I don't really need to be up and sitting on the internet anymore at 2am, but I would prefer for that to be my choice not yours. And I sure as hell couldn't fall asleep afterwards until I knew the power was back on, which rather sucked on my part. (Worry fuels my insomnia like no one's business.)
     You had better hope none of the three people I'd been hoping to catch last night had actually shown up or I will be super pissed off. Well, not that I'm not already pissed off, but more so.
     In conclusion, do your goddamned job.

Not amused,
     nutmeg

P.S. Oh yeah, and fuck you, too.

you're my inspiration

And now, a question from anachronisma:

What inspires you most?

Now this is a hard question. Though you may be surprised to know that it's something I talk about all the time. Actually, on seeing this question, I decided to go back and tag such related entries for myself, since they really are worth remembering. (Yes, that's right, I've finally added a fourth whole tag!)

So what inspires me most? That really depends on what type of inspiration we're talking. I could write a novel on the idea. You will have to settle on a very large LiveJournal entry. ;)

( the people and things that inspire me most )

::: Of Gondolin :::

Title: Of Gondolin Part 1/??
Rating: PG-13 so far
Pairing: GlorfindelxLaiqalassë, GlorfindelxEcthelion & a few random hinted ats…
Disclaimer: Although these characters are based on Tolkien’s, they are by no means completely accurate representations of them. And although some of the situations described are based on canon events, these are my interpretations of it. This is fiction for the pure and simple pleasure of it, nothing for profit. I own nothing.
Summary: Life in Gondolin, for the Lord and Captain of the House of the Golden Flower.
Note: This is all amakarie’s fault for encouraging me. I figure I should finally post the bits that are done. They've been looked at by amakarie and shizzical. This part seems kind of short compared to the others, but that's where the split felt right!


( Part 1: Distraction )

::: Of Gondolin :::

Title: Of Gondolin Part 2/??
Rating: PG-13 so far
Pairing: GlorfindelxLaiqalassë, GlorfindelxEcthelion & a few random hinted ats…
Disclaimer: Although these characters are based on Tolkien’s, they are by no means completely accurate representations of them. And although some of the situations described are based on canon events, these are my interpretations of it. This is fiction for the pure and simple pleasure of it, nothing for profit. I own nothing.
Summary: Life in Gondolin, for the Lord and Captain of the House of the Golden Flower.
Note: This is all amakarie’s fault for encouraging me. This part beta'd by amakarie & shizzical but further feedback is welcomed.


( Part 2: Friendship )

::: Horizon :::

Title: Horizon
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Although these characters are based on real people, they are by no means accurate representations of them. Nor are any of the situations described based on actual events. This is fiction for the pure and simple pleasure of it.
Summary: Hyde sings his baby to sleep.
Note: Just an image in my mind I wanted to write out. I think Hyde's son is well past infant now. >.> Kind of nice to listen to Hyde's song "Horizon" while reading it. Rather short.


( but in my heart, a distant hope is mine forever more )

::: Hector's Supper :::

Title: Hector's Supper
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: This is just a bit of stupidity for the sake of annoying a friend.
Summary: Hector the octopus goes for a walk and then makes dinner.
Note: Originally written as comment spam on poor amakarie's LJ. (Thus why it might read a little chopily.) FYI, Hector is her toy octopus.


( the children's book from hell )

strange day

I have written a short story in order to continue make up for my molestation of amakarie's poor brain.

...just ignore the fact that it was originally written as comment spam on her journal.



So, if anyone is interested in the adventures of Hector the octopus, go check out her latest LJ entry (friendslocked) or else read it here. (Will be friendslocked in a day or two.)



I have spent my day fixing up/finishing story bits and posting them. I got most of the way through the third part of "Of Gondolin". And even wrote a cute little prose bit about Turgon. (Be ye warned, I've used the Quenyan forms of the names.) Oh, and I finished up the icons that have been sitting on my desktop for two weeks and uploaded them. This one, obviously, is my favourite of the lot! XD


Note to self: you owe Norikins one (or more) TurgonxFinrod stories. One shots, long, w/e. Must also work on convincing Sar to write some for us. :D



On a more serious note, the road in front of the house next to mine is all torn up. I've spent much of today without power as they seem to be doing something with the lines down there. Kind of annoying. Cause they'd take it out for two hours, than give me an hour, than take it out for three... yeah. I hope it's not a repeat performance tomorrow. (Mind, I need to go out tomorrow anyway, so it wouldn't be a big deal.)