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03:58 pm: The Adventures of Zach the Valorous
Zach is such a courageous little kitten!

Today, during his ceaseless recognizance of the perimeter, he encountered a Monkey.

Being a sociable fellow, Zach began taking said Monkey on a tour of the back hall carpet, when suddenly his infallible kitty senses signaled to him that the Monkey was a threat to our Homeland Security! Bravely, Zach proceeded to
beat the bejesus out of it!

Hoping the evil primate had learned his lesson, Zach tried again to show it around the house. However, the monkey was unrepentant, and needed to be (if you'll excuse the expression) called on the carpet yet again, and once more
mauled into submission.

And Lucy? Well, confident in the brave kitten's vigilance, she was able to rest easy during the entire episode.

06:32 pm: unoriginal but accurate.

I have n't been here in LJ for quite awhile, but I've got some things to report. First and foremost, it's my new family.

Lucy arrived first. She's three years old, but naturally petite. She's gorgeous -- looks like a cross between a tortie and a Russian Blue. She's a total sweetheart, and doesn't get upset even by the juicemaker (which sounds like a 747 landing on the kitchen counter).

The second member of the family, a little boy, only came home today -- he was having his little balls snipped off. I wavered between several names: Desi, to go with Lucy; Dominic (for obvious reasons), but eventually he got through to me that his name is Zachary. Zach-cat the Small.

Now, Lucy has been totally unflappable so far, but I wasn't sure how she'd respond right at first to a little boy-creature invading her queendom.

She was a little wary, especially just in the beginning, and kept a close eye on this teensey interloper.

Zach endured the scrutiny with impeccable manners, and very soon they were bonding in cautious reconnoitering of their archenemy, the dread vacuum cleaner. Things progressed rapidly from there, and at this very moment the 6-ounce kitten is chasing the full-grown cat down the hall.

I have to start posting garden stuff too. Iolanthe has tapped into my obsessive nature, drat her, and now I'm insane.

10:06 am: Adventures of Michael
I guess they don't have snow in Heaven. What's up with that?

He was fascinated. I had to drag him in before he froze his balls wings off.

Michael discovers snow.

04:10 pm: Those of you who are reading Lady Sunrope's "Angel" series will understand why I looked high and low to find a bronze of the Archangel Michael to give her for Christmas.

And by gum, I found one!

He weighs a ton, though, so she elected not to tuck him in her bag when she went back to England. Instead, she left him in my custody.

I've never been responsible for the care and feeding of an Archangel before. I think he's taking advantage of me. He's having all sort of adventures!

But before I get on to telling you about these adventures, I'll just introduce him.

He's quite the handsome bloke, if a bit ... what was her word? ... formidable. Yep. Formidable.

I knew you'd ask. It was the first place I looked too.

10:12 am: A wreath of lavender
I received a present in the mail on Thursday.
From someone who really knows me well (obviously), and must really like me alot.
The person, btw, is lorie945
((((((((((((((((lorie945)))))))))))))))))

( Here it is )

10:10 am: The Fangirl of the Opera
I had a really brilliant day on Tuesday. My friend Sue is the music librarian at The Chicago Lyric Opera House, and she gave me a tour!

( not dial-up friendly! )

04:10 pm: There's only one way to make sense out of what happened in London today... and here it is: this morning daizalicious and kinkthatwinked telephoned me, just to say they know I have a loved one across the pond, and they hope she's all right, and they're thinking of us.

That's the only thing that has any power against hatred.

Or, maybe if we have a little more war against Iraq, we'll really teach them. You know, like parents who take a belt to a kid to teach him not to hit his baby sister.

It does teach them. Indeed it does.

08:44 am: It's probably old news, but I hadn't known that PJ is suing NewLine.

I have to assume that NewLine is the asshole in the situation. When in doubt, I'm going to trust PJ's integrity.

04:53 pm: germansoulmate tagged me -- I'm supposed to list my ten most desirable celebrities. Oh dear. I don't know celebrities very well. Aside from LotR and related, that is. Here we go:
1. Dominic Monaghan
2. Elijah Wood
3. Viggo Mortensen
4. Halle Berry
5. Josh Holloway
6. Evangeline Lilly
7. David Bowie
8. Will Smith
9. Ellen Degeneres (especially as Dorrie!) (*hearts her*)
10. Lady Sunrope (BNFs count, right??)


I need to tag 5 people too.
1. Lady Sunrope
2. Iolanthe Rosa
3. Foxy KC
4. ismenin
5. doodle

01:39 pm: The incomparable angstslashhope saved me from my inept fumbling self and updated Another Hunger on dombillijah.com.
So it's all there now, in its entirety: Lovely Murderous Blood!Sucking!Boyz

*Hearts Hope so much!!*

09:02 am: As requested, links to previous chapters of Playing with the Peace:

chapter 21

chapter 19

chapters 17 and 18

09:57 am: And while I'm here -- I can't find my recordings of Elijah on SNL *begins to panic* Can anyone point me to where I can download them? I was just talking to a friend who adores QEFTSG but hadn't seen Elijah as Jai....

09:42 am: Just for the record, I notice Dom didn't use his Leno appearance as a vehicle to announce his upcoming nuptials. In fact, it appeared to me he leaned toward the limp-wristed end of the (Kinsey) spectrum. But the glare from my tin hat may have affected my vision.

<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

12:48 pm: Sent to me by LSR, who wants to know this for some reason:

You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational. </td> Cultural Creative 88% Postmodernist 75% Idealist 75% Existentialist 56% Materialist 50% Romanticist 38% Modernist 38% Fundamentalist 25% What is Your World View? (corrected...again) created with QuizFarm.com

My question is -- where the hell did that 25% fundamentalist come from????

04:59 pm:

hooray!
though they got the quotation wrong *rolls eyes*

02:06 pm: questions from noyez_moi
1. a big record company asks you to create a cd simply titled 'ulu', a compilation of 10 songs that you think say the most about you. what songs do you include and why?

Good lord. I don’t do well with music questions but here’s a try:
1. One Dream by October Project
2. In Dreams from FotR
3. Crucify by Tori Amos
4. Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos
5. Disarm by Smashing Pumpkins
6. Trouble by Coldplay
7. Walk On by U2
8. Half Fling by Dom & Elijah
9. Out of the shadows by Sarah McLachlan
10. Sorry that’s as good as I can do! They’re all songs that speak to and of me.

2. what's the most important lesson you've learned in your life so far?
That, no matter what happens, I’ll not only get through it, but grow from it.

3. how old were you when you thought you were in love for the first time? give details!
I was 16 and David was the ‘hippie’ of the school with long hair and stuff… we were together for two years? Three? He and I read LotR together over and over

4. you publish a book. what does the dedication say?
Um…. Depends on the book. The first one I wrote I would be dedicated to iolanthe_rosaand ladysunrope, because they nursed me through every step of the way, and because I couldn’t dedicate it to Dominic and Elijah!

5.how have you changed since you met the delightful ladysunrope?
In every way imaginable. I’m gentler, softer, more trusting… I look to the future with joy rather than blank dismay. Happier? Yeah that’s it, in a word. I’m happy.

04:45 pm: Interview Me!!!?
1. Leave me a comment saying, 'Interview me'.
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. Update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. Include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.


Here’s my answers to LSR’s questions:


1. The most amazing thing thats ever happened to you.

That’s easy. I saw the movie Fellowship of the Ring. That’s not all that happened, of course, but that started it. It awakened a hunger in me, a hunger that I took to the Fan Club… a hunger that I discovered I could feed with writing… a hunger to be with people, to talk with people about this amazing phenomenon… and a hunger I didn’t realize I had – a hunger to commit to a permanent, intimate relationship. Yep. That’s pretty amazing.

2. Have you ever lost something precious. If so what was it?

LSR gave me a necklace with two silver bars on it. One was glittery, the other shiny. It meant so much to me. I miss it. I know it left because it was supposed to, but I miss it.

3. You can have one thing granted to you. What would it be?

(LSR -- Did you write these questions just so all the answers would be YOU??? Hr r mph.) LSR coming here, free and clear without INS hanging over our heads, and going out to movies and down to Boystown and out to dinner together… you know, like normal people do.

4. What or who drives you completely nuts? Why?

Yep, you did. You wrote them so the answers would all be YOU. LadySunrope drives me completely nuts. Why? Because I love her distraction and sometimes she drives me to distraction!!!!!

5. If you were President and had to give our hobbit boys a job what would you give them?

Well it’s tempting to ask W to step down and let Elijah be president, mostly because Dom would be such a LOVELY First Lady – can’t you just see him showing off the furniture ala Jackie Kennedy?

But seriously folks – and remember, I don’t truly wish these jobs on our darling boys, because they’d go nuts, being right-thinking people in an insane administration:

Elijah – director of Immigration and Nationalization Service. He understands about getting Brits into the States!
Dom – Director of Environmental Protection Agency – he could hug trees to his heart’s content
Sean – let’s let him be President. He’d like that. He can’t do worse than the one we’ve got.
Billy – every administration needs a Court Jester!


OK, I did it! Go ahead, flist. Lemme at ya!

02:56 pm: Another Hunger -- the Last chapter
This story has been with me for quite some time… almost two years, I started writing it in late summer 2003. Actually, from the time I read Interview with the Vampire I wanted a vampire story where they weren’t emasculated. Then along came our (definitely not emasculated) lovely boys to give me inspiration… and the rest is history.

So many people helped me with this story, so very very many. I mention iolanthe_rosa first because, though she couldn’t beta this one, her beta work in the past inspired me to keep writing. anatketani gave me invaluable vampire!lore and lascivious discussion. hanarobi and I had endless maundering philosophical discussions about the ethics of killing, and it is my proud achievement to have brought her around from gentle pacifist objection to enthusiastic erotic enjoyment. And ismenin -- she has spread my lovely blood!sucking!boys across Wales, bless her!

None of this would be possible without ladysunrope. She reads every word, corrects my yankisms, tells me when it’s bad, and kisses me when it’s good. None of this… and I mean so much more than this little story… none of this would mean anything without ladysunrope.

Most important of all, thank you so much to all of you readers who have loved these delicious murderous blood!sucking!boys with me.


( Another Hunger Chapter Seventy-Two )

02:22 pm: Lady Sunrope and Uluithiel Unleashed in the UK!!
ladysunrope and I had a wonderful time! We were at Belfast for a conference for me, then we went back to England, visited Cardiff, and drove back to her home through Wales via back roads. Here’s a detailed picspam, proving that I have too much time on my hands, and if you have time to follow all those links, you do too!

I've put it under a cut, as it's VERY dial-up unfriendly:
( LSR and Ulu's trip )

09:48 am: Finally, more boy!sucking
Finally! You’d think I had all eternity myself, the way I’m taking my time with these last chapters. Sorry….

Please note there is an extra warning on this chapter.


( Another Hunger Chapter Seventy-One )