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Just posted this on my blog Loves Fanfiction! Needless to say, it was stunning.

Tied for Last by Speechwriter took up all my week. I read for several hours, each day, and loved every second. I’ve read a lot of stories, but I’ve been hitting the jackpot with Tomione fics. The quality is ridiculous. The stories are ridiculous.

For years, Lucius Malfoy has been my all time favorite character. But just this month I’ve read such amazing fics about such a complex character, that Tom Riddle Jr. is everything to me right now.

Now, I finished this story today. This morning, actually, and it was fantastic. I was on the edge of my… pillow? The entire time. I could hardly breathe, I was crying, I was all over the place. It’s been this way for 33 long chapters. There’ve been times during it that I couldn’t believe what I was reading.

If you love Hermione, she is in CHARGE. She’s powerful, invincible, and fearless. And Tom Riddle is… Just so much of everything. When he’s cold, he’s ice, but when he’s hot, when his emotions come through, he’s on fire. Speechwriter deserves a standing ovation for what she’s done with this pair, and with Harry Potter.

Hermione/Tom Riddle Jr. (M, 254K+) – Summary: Hermione is killed by Voldemort, and is now dead. Well, sort of. Turns out that death is a little more complex than she knew…

1. 50 Shades is 89% of Master of the Universe (all that's changed are the names). Because of this, it's pretty much published fanfiction.
2. Stephanie Meyer should be pulling her hair out--Snowqueens is making all this money on her series!
3. Plagiarism: 50 Shades is plagiarized off MOTU. (?)
4. Snowqueens leveraged her MOTU fans into her original work success
5. Some other crap that I don't remember.

Does anyone think that AU-AH fanfiction is really fanfiction? If the names can easily be changed, is the work not "original"? Who owns the name "Harry" or "Bella"? 

I reverted my Loves Dramione blog back to the old template... Yep, the hot pink and black "Love is" from 4 years ago! It took some tweaking but... I think I love it!

I'll update this tomorrow with links, but right now, my power is going out! ~13

This one took a while as I finally got some input from Seth on things HE wants to see! But, taking his ideas into account (and managing my own pickiness about photos), I have the next thing I want to see.

4. Cape Kiwanda, Oregon Coast, Pacific Ocean.


Also, lady_of_clunn and willowfaerie ! I've responded even more on my last post!

When we arrive in Oregon with our cars full of clothes and books and nothing else, we'll find ourselves in our new house without furniture. Sooo...

Things I can't wait to see when we move:

3. IKEA, Portland, Oregon.


Isn't it beautiful? 

Hey y'all! I was backtracking yesterday, and read EVERY blog post I've made since 2009 in hopes of finding a specific post about Snowqueens Icedragon in which someone (bunney? Soft (aka ratherbsailing)? Who?!) linked to someone else's LJ who hated her. Or something. I can't find it anywhere! Also, does anyone know what happened to Soft? Err, ratherbsailing? Did she change her name again or just call it quits?

Anyways, Seth and I are moving in just a few weeks. I'm not even lying, we'll be in Oregon by June 1st (and hopefully my mess of a house will be packed up too!) We're filling up our cars and leaving the rest, and just... driving. Starting anew. Starting fresh. Seeing the country and doing what everyone seems to think is impossible, stupid, and unnecessary (why, the UP is just perfect! Why would anyone ever want to leave?)

I've begun listing things that I'm excited to see, and I thought I'd share what I'm finding here. I have so many things that I could post about that have gone NOWHERE cause I forgot how much I've used this blog over the years. I documented the most ridiculous and painful times of my life on here, so it's time to get on with the happy! Tell me of some blogs I should follow, and I'm on it!

1. A Potlatch tree farm of poplars, along the I-84 roadside in Umatila, Oregon.


2. Japanese Garden, Portland, Oregon.

This meme is from bunney!

1. Who was your FIRST prom date?

My best friend Milkshake! At the time, I called myself Chocolate Chunk, her sister Mint Chip, and our joint good friend Cookie Dough. Before he was my boyfriend, then husband, he was called White Chocolate. I'm NOT lying!

2. Do you still talk to your FIRST love?

Yep, every day! - It's my husband, ya know... 

3. What was your FIRST alcoholic drink?

If you don't count communion wine, I'll say, never. Straightedge!

4. What was your FIRST job?

The first job that I had where I made actual MONEY was when I was 7 or 8. I filled out tax forms for an accountant in my mom's building. Got paid $20 a day, in the 90s!

5. What was your FIRST car?

A white, 1998 Oldsmobile Cutlass.

6. Who was the FIRST person to text you today?

My husband, asking for a ride from school!

8. Who was your FIRST grade teacher, tell us about them?

Sra. Rosario. She was Puerto Rican, barely spoke English, and smelled lovely. She was pretty evil though, slammed rulers and pointing sticks down regularly, and punished us by making us stand with our arms out for HOURS.

9. Where did you go on your FIRST air plane ride?

My first ever airplane ride was to Italy, from Detroit. I think it was from Detroit to Amsterdam first, then the flight to Rome, THEN to Naples. It was the greatest flight ever! US Airways, some nice class with personal TVs and like 4 meals. 

10. Who was your FIRST best friend & do you still talk?

I don't remember having a best friend before Milkshake and Cookie Dough. I still talk to them!

11. Where was your FIRST sleep over?

I think at my cousin Yvonnia's house, or her cousin's house... Her Auntie Barbara's house. I got peed on by a kid literally named Pooh, because we were all piled in a twin matters. Like 5 of us.

12. Who was your FIRST kiss?

His name was Billy. He was a really sick, terrible boy who lived in the flat below mine. I was 5 or 6. 

13. Whose wedding were you in the FIRST time?

I've never been in a wedding besides my own!

14. What was the FIRST thing you did this morning? 

Continued reading the fanfic from last night! 

15. What was the FIRST concert you ever went to?

I won't count going to the Grand Ole Opry, and seeing a young Toby Keith in the hallway singing. My first real concert was at the Joe Louis Arena, Travis Tritt. He came in on a motorcycle, and I had binoculars from a McDonald's happy meal to use!

16. FIRST tattoo? 

None, never ever!

17. FIRST piercing?

Ears when I was 4. Mama didn't want me to have them because she thought I'd keloid, but one weekend with my Auntie Charlene and a trip to the West Side mall and I was screaming bloody murder. It was terrible, I didn't want them, and Mama tore her a new one!

18. FIRST foreign country you went to?

Canada. I lived in Detroit! Windsor was like the Promised Land. Green grass, fresh air, nature and bike paths. And happy, nice people. You could see Detroit from the Canada side, and it was like a grey, dead, old city. From the D side, Canada was bright, green, and fresh.

19. FIRST movie you remember seeing?

Snow White...

20. When was your FIRST detention?

MIddle school, 6th grade? I was talking during class with everyone else, during PE. Apparently the teacher was out to get me (I had perfect scores, attendance, and had never had a detention) and I had to clean scuff marks off the walls. It never happened again!

22. Who was your FIRST roommate?

Kelly... Something. That was in college, first year. She was very special... From Kansas or North Dakota, had three computers, everything was HERS, played video games nonstop, Final Fantasy all night, came in from classes, ripped her shirt off, and would start Dance Dance Revolution'ing on double mats til 1am. She also had a rope harness, that she would hang herself from while playing video games. Again, I'm not even lying.

23. If you had one wish, what would it be?

For my husband and I to be FILTHY RICH. Money buys all the happiness you can dream of, if you have enough.

24. What is something you would learn if you had the chance?

How to draw a dress form. I suck at it!

25. Did you marry the FIRST person to ask for your hand in marriage?

Yep! Oh wait, no. The first man that asked me was someone, while I was visiting Mama for Christmas (worst ever, I might add), from Malta, Italy. I was 14, he said it was old enough! 

26. What was the first sport that you were involved in?

Dodgeball? I could dodge well. 

27. What were the first lessons you ever took?

Ballet as soon as I could walk.

28. What is the first thing you do when you get home?

Put my PJs back on.

Hey everyone! I haven't fallen off the planet, honestly. I've just... Been so busy working and running after others. It's not making me very happy. I've been reading a lot, though :). 

Seth and I have also made the decision to move! Our goal is the Pacific Northwest, and we've been dreaming about it ever since I came up with the idea. We knew we had to move for Seth to get a job in construction post-grad, but hadn't yet made any plans on how to go about it... All we're doing now is waiting a bit for some sort of response from some of our friends out there with companies, or contacts in the industry... The goal is by May/June to be out of the state! 

Just a few days ago, I started a small little organization called The Wild Plum Daisy. With it, I hope to donate flowers to locals in need of encouragement and post pics about my experiences... I'm still working out the kinks of it, but I hope I can get started soon!

If I disappear again, here's where you can find me, pretty much all the time/everyday:

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Blogger: apostgradstory wildplumdaisy 
Twitter: @brendaharjala @theigots