The Yuletide exchange is upon us once again. This is an exchange run over on Archive of Our Own to encourage more fic in rare fandoms. Well, most of the time they're rare - sometimes things slip through the cracks. Like this year? NEWS got nominated. I LOL'ed. And then refused to offer to write it just because the point is rare fic. The person who asked for NEWS needs to be bitchslapped for being a dirty cheater but that's neither here nor there.

Anyhow, I really love participating in this exchange. This will be my fourth year! I've previously written fic for Psych, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and NatsuNiji for this exchange. Hint hint - I am offering to write Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de AND Bartender fic so if you're interested in Butler Sho or Bartender Aiba fic, I suggest you sign up and maybe you'll be matched with me LOL. You need to have an AO3 account to participate, but you can get one pretty easily from the mods if you don't have one. Anyhow, for much more information about the various rare fandoms available and about the exchange go to yuletide_admin.

But anyhow, this post is mostly to say what I've actually asked for. Dear author, I used my signup to really give you all the prompts/details/interests I had, just in case you come looking for any additional insights here in my journal. I don't have too much else to say but my fandoms and copies of my signup are under the cut below...

( Downton Abbey, Luther, NazoDi, Game of Thrones... )

In lieu of an actual April Fools' prank, I'd rather just troll you Arashi fans on the list here. You deserve this the most really :)

Today just so happens to be FRIDAY, FRIDAY...and if that means anything to you, it means you have probably seen Rebecca Black's stupid music video. If you haven't, well, then let me and Arashi give you an education...

The Rebecca Black video and some pictures under the cut. And by some I mean many. And by many I mean an ungodly amount.

( Gotta get down on Friday! )

I went to karaoke for Jose’s birthday. My rendition of My Humps was spectacular because I did the guy parts AND the Fergie parts.

Anyhow, who cares about that when it’s time for...

Madame Jamie’s Johnny’s Predictions for 2011

What do the spirits have in store for the coming year in Johnny & Associates? Maybe you should click on the cut below.

( Dive into the future... )

Dear Yuletide Writer,

Here are some basic likes, dislikes, and my prompts. Hopefully one of them works well for you!

( See below for prompts )

The lovely ohmiya_sg mentioned some fic thing that was going on where people write short fics about fandoms they aren't familiar with, and that made me want to just write a bit in general. Aside from working patiently on my je_hols, I don't have anything to work on until Yuletide gets started so I thought I'd start my own little writing post here since what I struggle with the most is keeping things succinct. You may have noticed my inability to keep stories short (if you have ever read something I've written).

So let me introduce

The Arashi Invades Your Western TV Set Short Fic-a-Thon!!

I really could name things better. But anyhow.

The Arashi Invades Your Western TV Set Short Fic-a-Thon encourages you, the viewers at home to provide me with the following information and I'll try to write something short that puts Arashi in that western TV show setting. And by "western" I mean that I want to write the boys in a scenario of an American or British show. Because I'm from America so deal with it. It'll be especially funny if it's a show I don't really watch or something that makes absolutely no sense for Arashi to take part in.

As the author I have the option of making it a crossover between original cast and Arashi or making Arashi take over the roles of the original characters. I also reserve the option to include other JE boys as fits the scenario.

Por ejemplo:

What show? Merlin
What happens? Prince Jun discovers that Nino is a sorcerer

What show? CSI Miami
What happens? Shit gets real when Aiba meets David Caruso

Please prompt me!

Dear Yuletide Writer,

Apologies for this being so late (hopefully not too late!) but it’s been a crazy month. Here are some basic likes, dislikes, and a little bit more about the various prompts. Hopefully one of them works well for you!

( Fandoms Requested: Persona 4, Majo Saiban, Long Love Letter, FlashForward )

MADAME JAMIE'S JOHNNY'S PREDICTIONS FOR 2010

I don't care if 2010 is still over a month away. Suck my dick. I dug the crystal ball out from my box of X-Files trading cards and fourth grade spelling bee trophies - let's light some incense and commune with the spirits beyond. Madame Jamie's using this post to predict some shit for the guys of Johnny and Associates in the coming calendar year. The spirits don't lie, but they may occasionally get some stuff wrong.

Just you wait. When some of this shit happens, remember that you read it here first in November 2009. Do you think Madame Jamie's predictions are crap? THEN GET OUT YOUR OWN CRYSTAL BALLS AND MAKE YOUR OWN POST (seriously, do this, it's fun).

( Mekaleka hai, meka hidey hidey hooooo... )

I know I already posted about Mei-chan's Butler yesterday, but I don't care. My growing love for Mizushima Hiro cannot be encapsulated in 1-2 random posts. Instead this post will now be home to...

THE FACES OF RIHITO

Witness the incredible range of Mizushima Hiro as he looks constipated (aka concerned), constipated (aka pissed off) and constipated (aka mildly pleased). He plays a serious character, and it took until episode 8 for someone to beat the crap out of him and bring back his ~~passion~~ aka even MORE fun faces. I love this man. I love this show. Japan - you're DOING IT RIGHT. This post is PUBLIC!!! so that YOU can share the FACES OF RIHITO with your friends, co-workers, family, and hobos on the street.

This post also exists so Katy has something to enjoy when she comes back from vacation.

Spoilers for all of Mei-chan, although it's mostly just shots of Hiro's face anyhow. And besides, I know most of you don't watch j-dramas anyhow.

FACES OF RIHITO INITIAL PICTURE COUNT - 8 plus the before the cut and one related to another photo

FACES OF RIHITO FIRST EDIT PICTURE COUNT - 14!!! plus the extras from the original



Rihito and his SRS BSNS DUELING FACE invite you to come on in.

( I seriously need a butler )

Dear Yuletide Santa,

First off, thank you so much in advance! This is my very first time participating in Yuletide, so here’s hoping that your brain has not imploded upon receipt of my requests.

Follow the cut for my likes, dislikes and more info about my requests!

( Click here )

This is for churched and whomever. I'm not making this Friends Only in case you want to share. Image heavy with lots of Doctor Who spoilers :)

( The Master takes it a step too far... )

This is just cruel