Real Life vs. Fiction

Title: Theories on How Danger Finds Us
Rating: R
Genre(s): Romance, Humor, Drama, Action/Adventure
Spoilers: Books 1-7, except for the epilogue
Warnings: Strong Language, Character Death, Blood, Smut (maybe)
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Blaise Zabini, Pansy Parkinson, Ginny Weasley, Original Character
Summary: Ginny goes off for her first year at college, where she is forced into a rather dangerous situation. D/G

( Theories on How Danger Finds Us - Chapter 2 )

[mood| amused]
[music| "Brooklyn (We Go Hard) - Jay-Z feat. Santogold]

Story time! (And only because it just hit me last night, which brought on so many lolz.)

So a couple of weeks ago, I met one of Nicole's friends from high school, Dominic. He's graduating this year from high school and he was in Tampa for States competition for Thespians (theater kid, like Nicole). Anywho, we meet up with him at a local mall (a really nice local mall) and it's me, Nicole, her boyfriend, Christian, and Dominic. And Dom is an absolute sweetheart/really cool kid and, at one point, I'm walking along with Nicole and Christian behind me, when Dom catches up to me by doing, like, this high double switch kick thing, which makes me laugh. We start talking, when all of a sudden he tells me to start walking, but placing one foot exactly in front of the other, looking as though I was strutting. THEN HE STARTS DOING IT, TOO.

I was thinking about the end of my freshman year randomly last night, when that moment popped into my head and all of a sudden it hit me. You know that whole, life imitating art thing? Yeah, well, I just had a moment that could've been straight out of Theories on How Danger Finds Us. Which is funny because I'm also a redhead, like Ginny, and Dom would TOTALLY be Blaise in that instance.

I had a nice little chuckle to myself after I realized that. XD I'm a dork; I know.

In other news, I LITERALLY JUST GOT MY PROMPT FOR THE D/G FIC EXCHANGE. It was my second choice. :( I usually get my first, but oh well. I have a feeling that this one is going to be a bit harder for me, but I have some interesting ideas. I'm just hoping that I can put a new twist on something that's been done before and by an author I really respect in the fandom. :/

xoxox

[mood| contemplative]
[music| "Tony the Beat" - The Sounds]

I got a Twitter, guys.

http://twitter.com/mialopolis525

The pressure was too strong for my feeble mind to handle.

Feel free to follow me and I'll follow you back. :)

xoxox

[mood| curious]
[music| "Octopus's Garden" - The Beatles]

So I'm curious: does anyone have/or is interested in getting a Dreamwidth account?

I have one because I signed in to the website with OpenID and they sent me an invite code, which is the only way to currently get an account (unless you buy an account). I'm also interested in seeing if the fandoms that claim their going to make a mass exodus to the more "fandom friendly" Dreamwidth are actually going to go through with it.

Thus far, it's not too shabby. They don't have everything up and running yet (like they don't have a logged in home page), but because they apparently used the same code that LiveJournal uses, almost everything looks exactly like LJ.

If you want one, try logging in through OpenID and see if they give you one. If not, I can always request to get invite codes. :)

Here's my Dreamwidth journal: mia_alexandria. It's pretty much the same premise as this one: real life and fandom stuff, but the user name is the ideal name that I would like for this journal.

xoxox

[mood| accomplished]
[music| "Tony the Beat" - The Sounds]

I finished one paper, I have another one to go (that'll be so much easier to write), so I decided to reward myself by reccing some fics that I've been loving lately.

Oh, and, thanks to the efforts of both myself and the lovely Miss Rio, I have all of my prompts created for both the dgficexchange and the ronpansy_fest! :D All I have to say is: I will be greatly miffed if my prompt for the dgficexchange is not executed properly (it's rather specific) and if one prompt, in particular, from the list of three I had to make for the ronpansy_fest is not written in the way that I envisioned. Rio's decided that if either stories turn out not as awesome that I should just write the stories myself. XD

Anyways: ( Fic Recs! )

In my fanfic news, I haven't written anything for any of my fics since it's the end of the year and my last final is tomorrow. I'm going back home for the summer on Friday, so I should be able to write some more then, unless I get really wrapped up in writing for both of the exchanges (which, in all likelihood, will happen).

Enjoy!

Oh! And I got Skype! :D I had an 90 minute long video chat with my friend, Lisa, last night. It was awesome. :D

xoxox

[mood| contemplative]
[music| "D.A.N.C.E.- Justice]

Dear dgficexchange,

You and I have had a pretty good relationship in the two times that I've participated in your wonderful exchange of fic (and occasionally art). The first time was a bit of a rocky start, but hey; most relationships aren't always perfect. The second time around, however, I was confident in both my choice of prompt and the final result. What made it even better was that I was nominated 4 times. Four times! For it being my second time writing for an exchange of any kind, I was both honored and excited. I didn't win, but I was still happy to have produced a fic that people felt it had to be nominated and voted for.

I now approach my third round of your exchange and, up until this round's theme was announced, I was pretty excited. I've always loved the mods for the exchange and the layout they've created for this upcoming round is gorgeous. However, when I read the entry regarding this coming round and the new rules established, I became a bit concerned.

While I understand that people dropping out has always been a previous problem, I don't like the idea of limiting the amount of participants to 50. My policy on something like an exchange is that I don't sign up unless I know for certain that I will be able to participate. So, unless someone has a real life issue happen to them after they've signed up, I think it's silly for anyone to sign up if they know that they won't be able to stick to the time constraints. Not only that, but I feel that limiting the number of participants is a bit of a hindrance to the exchange. I'm the type of person that feels that if you want to participate, then you should be allowed to participate. By allowing past participants to sign up first before newbies is a disadvantage to the newbies, but I also think that just because you're a past participant doesn't mean that you produce fantastic products, or that there's a higher chance of you not dropping out (the latter may, or may not be true). Because, honestly, some of the fics by authors who have participated before aren't always the best ones. Or even ones that I personally enjoy. I feel that the fic produced may not be that author's personal best, but because of their name alone and the importance attached to their name that people adore it more.

I also have a bit of an issue with the theme. The theme itself asks for the author to think of a prompt that allows for an in depth look at the characters' respective psyches. If they can't, then oh well. And while I love the theories and concepts practiced in the field of psychology (hell, I wrote an entire fic about it), a vast majority of the stories I've read that features a character practicing in the field is usually more dramatic than humorous in nature. Of course I've seen fics that have a character acting as a psychologist that have been humorous, but well. I don't know. Rio and I feel that because it is the Spring Exchange that the theme should be a bit more light-hearted since it seems as though many authors might come up with fics in a more dramatic and/or angsty vein. I hope that I'm wrong, but it is a very likely possibility.

Please don't take this the wrong way, dgficexchange. I still plan on signing up and (hopefully) participating, so just take my comments for what they are: comments. I did not write this to bash you or the mods for, like I said previous, I think they are fantastic and I have nothing but respect for them and all that they do. I hope that this round is absolutely amazing. :)

With love,
xalexandriam (Alexandria Malfoy)

[mood| amused]
[music| "Hoppipolla" - Sigur Ros]

Well, it wasn't really the entire day, more like the evening hours (especially a couple of moments in particular) that made me go, "What the ever-loving hell is going on here?"

So what had happened was myself, Rio, Marissa, Zach, and Juan all decided to go to the Meridian for a hookah night. All was fine and dandy as we sat there smoking and chatting about whatever came to mind. We discussed plans for USF HvZ since I'm the creator and Harbinger of Awesome for the game. :) It was a quiet night at the place, so not a lot of people were there. Which translates to, we were the loudest ones in the entire bar. Not that we cared, or anything, but there were just some points where I could've sworn that what little inhabitants there were were shooting ocular fire at us anytime we laughed. Which was a lot.

Anyways, fun was had at the Meridian as we plotted various shenanigans and around 1:30 am, we all decide to leave.

Rio, Marissa, and I all rode together in Marissa's car, but when we get back on campus, we decide to just hang out in Marissa's car for a bit before we went back inside our dorm. We're not really doing much in her car other than listening to the radio, when we notice this guy walking around a tree bordering the parking lot that we're in. We really don't think anything of it, other than, "What the fuck is this guy doing?" When, all of a sudden, this guy just DROPS OUT OF THE FUCKING TREE. What made it funny is that the guy that jumped down is this kid that I find attractive. We know his name, but for laughs we call him, "Blond Boy". It's kind of dark, so we didn't recognize him right away, but he steps forward in the direction of Marissa's car and the light hits him, so we all start laughing and flipping the fuck out. We then start to realize that he's staring at the car and three more guys jump down from the tree after him.

Keep in mind that it's 2 in the morning, so we're wondering, "Why were 4 or 5 guys in a tree at 2 am? Do they have some sort of tree house up there? Some club that they've formed that meets only in trees?" Important questions, I know.

It was one of those moments where I regret not leaping over Rio to get through the front door and running up to them to ask them why they were in a tree of all places at 2 am. I mean, I know it's college and all, so there's bound to be people up at all hours of the night. Hell, Marissa and I stayed up until 5 am that night just talking about random stuff. So I understand that people might want to hang out until whenever, especially because it was the weekend. But a TREE? Really?

I told Lauren about it the next day and she was just as confused as I was when I first saw it. We then decided that they've formed some club and they have drinks and snacks up there and the only time they meet is around 2 am every Sunday. If I see it again, I'm gonna fly by the seat of my pants, say, "To hell with it," and ask them about their tree antics.

xoxox

[mood| busy]
[music| "Zero" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs]

Things to do before the semester ends:

» Write short story for Narration and Description. (Ideas? I'm kind of spent...)
» Study for Stats tests (test 4 and the final).
» Actually read the material for American Government. Specifically chapters 10, 11, and 13.
» Same goes for my Honors class...
» Try to get chapter 9 for Theories on How Danger Finds Us done.
» Email Melanie to let her know how my semester went (MAKE IT LENGTHY).

In other news, school is sucking the life out of me, I spoke at a seminar today on college survival skills and OWNED. I was the only one that was approached by high school kids afterward to answer more questions. :D It made me feel awesome.

And now I'm copying notes for a class, talking to Dan on AIM (I'M BAD. I KNOW), and doing general reading on ontd_twatlight.

I want to go to bed soon, but I don't think that's going to happen. :/

ALSO, new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album is awesome. :D I've been listening to it non-stop.

[mood| excited]
[music| "Yellow Submarine" - The Beatles]


Courtesy of ohnotheydidnt: Half-Blood Prince Release Date Moved!

I don't know who, or what, caused this most benevolent of decisions, but thank god! :D

Also, just finished watching the episode of SNL that Zacqueesha (Zac Efron) hosted. Not bad, honestly. Jason Sudekis opening as Joe Biden always brings the lulz and I liked the skit with Andy, Fred, and Zac -- Fred Armisen dressed as a woman, hitting Zac Efron, shouting, "I AM YOUR MOTHER!" will never get old. Also, fantastic performances by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I do love me some Karen O.

[mood| amused]
[music| "Martha My Dear" - The Beatles]

So I'm talking to my friend, Lisa, on AIM right now and she's talking about how one of her friends from college has a boyfriend who's a total douche that's completely disrespectful of this girl and everyone else around him.

Anyways, at one point in our conversation, she says this: "It makes me so mad because, after taking a relatively fair amount of shit from a pretty nice guy [Lisa's ex-boyfriend], I have a violent allergic reaction to bullshit, in general."

I have a violent allergic reaction to bullshit is now officially my new favorite quote. I told Lisa that I plan on somehow integrating it into fanfic for my own nefarious purposes. I'm thinking for Theories on How Danger Finds Us? Y?/N?

xoxox