I've abandoned "The Uneventful Story" for so long!! I can't believe it...I think about this story everyday and yet I can't seem to do anything about it. I am truly ashamed and I'm so grateful to everybody who has stuck by me and encouraged me.

Thank you.

Before I go on, I'd like to do one of those annoying, thanking people individually thingys (sorry folks, I won't do it in the actual fic but since this is my personal journal, I feel like I can get away with it sometimes, right?). Go ahead and skim past this if it doesn't have anything to do with you ^__^:
----------------------------------------------------------------------

* Thank you to corruptinnocent  for your great, inspiring comments! I know I haven't been good at replying (even though you give the best comments ever), but I hope you know, every word you say, I drink in like ambrosia (gross but you know what I mean). I love your constructive criticisms and I hope to fix the things you found confusing to make it even better. *big snuggly hug to you*

* Thank you to celticsass  for you frank and insightful comment. The main reason I'm struggling with the ending is because my romantic heart wants them to be together too, so I have to make it work in a way that's realistic. Thank you so much again!

* Thank you SoftObsidian74! I hope those two can get together too!

* sari_malfoy  I think I read that fic too!! Was it like, Draco was going to do an arranged marriage, but he wanted Hermione, so he raped and tortured her and locked her in the attic (or something)? He eventually got married but still kept Hermione around and for some reason Hermione loved him? OMG, yeah, I read through that whole thing. Some of it was awesome...some of it made me shake my head... Thanks for reassuring me I'm not going down that route =)

* Juno Todd, thanks for your comment! Haha, yeah, I'm trying really hard to make this work but dammit! I think I might have shot myself in the foot with all my darkiness....

* Writer-in-waiting, thanks for that great comment! I love, LOVEee long comments, they make me squee. Thank you so much for liking the story enough to put it in your favorites =) I hope you'll stick with me! PS - I love your icon on the ff.net page.

* fatalxbeautee Thank you to for your wonderful praise, I am not worthy! I'm so glad you like it!

* A BIG THANK YOU TO softobsidian74 for nominating me! I can't believe it...I'm totally speechless, thank you! You're the greatest, seriously ^___^ Thanks to you and everybody who has stuck with me, you've re-motivated into writing. I was really ready to call it quits, and then I saw all of this. You've saved me, so thank you so so so much.

* Finally, another big thank you to di_25 for also wanting to nominate this story! Wow. I'm amazed and humbled. I'm really, really glad you like the story because even though I shouldn't take it to heart, when people have told me they were disappointed in the major change of tone in the story, it really did bum me out. So yeah, I'm always really happy to hear that someone liked what I did. Thank you again!

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sorry, I'm finished. I tend to find individual thank-yous kind of vain, but now that I think of it, not responding to such beautiful words of encouragement is even more vain and rude, right?

So long story short, there were two (okay, three) reasons why I've been such an ass and not updated.

1. I actually finished the entire fic, but something was off and I was hesitant to press the 'enter' button. I stuck with my gut instincts and waited, re-looking at the chapters whenever I could but I just couldn't shake the feeling that it wasn't right. And now, after looking at it a few hours ago, it hit me like a hammer. IT SUCKS. I mean, it sucks so hard. It was everything I didn't want to write and I don't know what came over me when I wrote it. It was fluffy! I mean, I'm all for the fluffy genre, and I DID want a somewhat positive ending, but those chapters I wrote? Ridiculous. Hermione and Draco acted like nothing had happened, tra-la-la and all that nonsense. I even had some bad purple prose and really trite, expositionary (sp?) lines like, "They fit together like a jigsaw puzzle" and "They were each other's missing half." I was showing more than telling; it was like I was writing an essay trying to explain and defend why I wanted them together. So yeah...I need a whole new rewrite. Sorry guys!

2. I think it's my fault for not keeping a constant communication with my wonderful betas, but I've lost every single one of them!  It's like they disappeared off the face of the earth!  I don't think badly of them (I hope nothing bad happened to them and that they're just lazy like me) and I'm cool if they don't want to work with me. But I make a lot of mistakes so self-betaing can only go so far. I've tried to meticulously comb through my previous chapters before I sent them out to Coloured Grey (who screens their fics) and I was told the chapters I submitted were almost rejected, they were that bad!  Argh!  So, because I have a thin skin, I was naturally bummed and started to doubt myself. I cringed every time I opened Word, so I figured I'd take a break.   Know any good betas?

3. My secret reason which shouldn't be that secret at all: I'm super lazy.

So to sum things up, THANK YOU to everyone, you've motivated me to keep trying and hopefully I'll have something out soon. I'll keep you updated. Sorry to keep on saying, "oh yeah, I'll update in like, a week" and then five months go by without a word.

Kisses and hugs to friends,
Impy

Hello all, I'm so glad all of you are so receptive to the new chapters. The reviews I've gotten are very heartening, even though a lot of them DID say they've forgotten everything and had to re-read it. Oops, sorry guys.

Chapter 21 is nearly complete, I'm on the last scene. Chapter 22 is, unfortunately, the epilogue but the ride isn't over yet. I'm super excited about starting up the next two projects. I fear I've been bitten by the overly-dramatic plot bunny with Uneventful, but I think I'm getting that out of my system. One project will be dark, but hopefully not all weepy and purple-prosey. The other project will (hopefully) be funny and just plain old fun.

Onto the notes:

1. I had originally written out a completely different version of chapter 20, but it was sooo mopey and whiny and Hermione was so traumatized and shivering like a rabbit - I was pretty bummed. I was hoping that even though the story turned darker, it would still have a bit of the vim and vigorous pacing of the earlier chapters. Now they seemed to be sagging and just not fun. SO. I decided Hermione was going to suck it up and just be...Hermione. So in this version, she's much stronger, more in control, that sort of thing.

2. ~There is always some madness...~ : Again, a Nietzsche quote. What a great man.

3. I have to admit, I had issues with Draco and all his confessing. I really hope I didn't make him into some sort of sobbing fop.

4. So you see, from chapter 5 already, we see the seeds of darkness getting sowed (ew, that sounds gross). I hope you'll go re-read it and see it with fresh eyes.

5. I'm sorry for the purpley prose, I'll say it right now. The whole "he's a shade of gray" YES, MOAN AND GROAN ALL YOU WANT, I DESERVE IT. But godammit, the plot bunny wouldn't let me delete it. I just HAD to keep it in there. Oh well... it's out of my system now, I Swear!

6. ~When a man loves...~ Need I say who it is?

7. I've dropped a hint at what the cure will be with what Severus said near the end. Try and guess =)

8. Ah, Potter and Malfoy, is there no greater pairing? I'm not going to lie, I wrote much of their exchange based off of the desire to write, "Blow me, Potter."

9. Also, I hope it doesn't look too forced to see that Harry isn't as hard on Malfoy as he would make it seem. I'd like to think people can't truly HATE another person, especially if they were once very close. Or at least, in my little Harry Potter world, in any case. What can I say, I have a rose colored lens on in the fiction world.

----------------------------
That does it for now. Chapter 21 is going to have a bunch of flashbacks I hope you'll enjoy!

-Impy out

I apologize to everybody for not responding!! Things have been crazy - moving, not having internet, job searching, writer’s block - you know how it is. I also read the final book and I was wondering if I should change some things around. I ended up deciding not to do anything because I have never promoted my fic as book compliant anyway.

So do I call this fic an AU? I thought AU only applied if I decided I wanted Harry Potter and co. in outer space or in Medieval times. But since we know what happened at the end of the books, what I’m writing about is way, way, waaaay off. So should I slap a ‘not book compliant’ or should I step it up and say it’s an AU?

I hope you’re not too mad at me, so I just wanted to say, I’ve updated 2 chapters! The next one is already done, just needs to be cleaned up so that should go up soon too. Nyuu I’m sorry!!!!!!

Thoughts on Chapter 19:


1. Men have hitherto… : Yet another Nietzsche quote I though would be appropriate in the way Draco treats Hermione.

2. I really wish I had the time to explore the kind of friendship Harry and Draco could have. I think that even though Ron is Harry’s best friend, I think Draco can connect with Harry on a completely different level. I feel like Ron is the brother, while Draco is the partner. Draco is like the rival you’re always watching and you hate him and envy him but at the same time, you’re so similar and all you want is that acknowledgement. I think Draco can challenge Harry and they would have such a great back and forth relationship. In my opinion, if Harry didn’t care so much about Draco and their newfound friendship, he wouldn’t have been so hurt, thus he wouldn’t have cut his ties so ruthlessly and quickly. Add to that his guilt of not being about to be there for Hermione, you get insta-Mad Harry.

3. I swear this is the last chapter with all this inner musing that I’m sure is really annoying. I keep writing pages of it and I realize, wow, I’ve written so many words and I STILL haven’t said anything! As you can see, there’s more to this story than Draco brainwash Hermione, Hermione weak woman acts like puppet grunt grunt. Harry believes this is what the story is (more on this below) but I’d like to think Hermione has more of a reason to stick with Draco.

Apologies for the long-windedness of this chapter but I hope it gives some insight. I’m trying to tone down the purple-prose =)

4. Love is more afraid…: Nietzsche yet again! That man, so many good things to steal from him.

5. The whole blindfold part, if you can remember, has shown up before in a flashback in Chapter 7. Of course, in the flashback things are little more melodramatic and lyrical, but it was a dream. I also enjoyed writing Draco’s rollercoaster crazy mind. You can see it ascending and descending and I had a lot of fun, so hopefully you liked it too. Again, the phrase, “You’re killing me!” popped up in Chapter 12. It’s like his safety-word (think S&M couples).

6. I love French press coffee. I want to buy one!!

7. So the whole thing with “Thanotic” - haha you get it, my lame grasp at Greek mythology. Thanatos, Greek god of Death, Hypnos is his brother, turn that into Hynotic, combine the two, Thanotic? Get it get it? Oh god, I’m so sad. Don’t…don’t try to encourage me. It’s just not right.

But yes, a bit like cocaine but you’re supposed to ingest it. It really doesn’t have much of an effect (like apsychedelic good time feeling) but it IS highly addictive. They whole idea of drugging her but not having her know what she was addicted to actually came from a really bad joke I had heard a long time ago. It went: How do you get a woman to never leave you? Answer: When she’s sleeping, slap a nicotine patch on her and remove it before she wakes up. Soon she’ll think it’s YOU she’s addicted you. It was told a lot funnier but, oh was it so wrong! But it stuck with me and I’ve always wondered if that would work.

Thus, when Snape found her drinking coffee in chapter 14, he reacted automatically, thinking it was all going to start again. I’m not sure whether or not to have it that Draco DID put something in her drink again this time around, but I’m sure it really doesn’t matter in the long run.

8. My ideal reaction for people to have towards Draco is that they’re creeped out/angered by his super psycho side, but still feel sympathy towards him. He’s not some evil monster. He was victim to a curse and also his own personal demons. I think everybody has their own dark side but we can usually keep it under wraps. But what if something happened where we didn’t have that filter of society anymore and just let that dark side of us run amuck? I’d like to think he’s trying very hard to do the right thing.

9. Poor Harry, he’s such a stubborn little dear (at least, in my mind he is). I think he’s the type of guy who is really set in his ways and if things don’t go his way, he gets very displeased. It was already a big chance to take in allowing Draco into his heart so a betrayal from him would hit Harry really hard. And being so pig-headed, he’ll refuse to see things from Draco’s side. His view of him will be very biased so anything Harry says about Draco should be taken with a grain of salt.

10. I admit my solution to curing Draco is a bit forced and a deux ex machina (however you spell that). When I finally sat down and thought about it, I realized my plotline got carried away from me bit. There were too many things unaccounted for so this is my best attempt to patch up loose ends without actually going back and changing a shitload of stuff. So if anyone has any suggestions as to how Draco could be THIS crazy and yet later on allowed to go about his normal business years later, please come talk to me!

11. In school, whenever we gave presentations, the most grueling part of them were the ‘questions’ portion. NO ONE would ever raise there hand and you just stood there looking like a jackass. That’s why you bribe your friends with promises of candy and have them as obviously plants just to keep things rolling.

“And that concludes my report on the endangered panda bear. Any questions?”

Silence.

“I said, are there any questions?”

*sigh* “Whatever can we, as a society, do to stop such a travesty?”

“Why, I’m so glad you asked, anonymous student I have never met before! Let me tell you…”

12. When I was thinking particular randy things, I was toying with the notion of Harry actually having sex with Hermione to really prove that sex and it’s wonderfulness doesn’t necessarily equal love. I mean, they already have a little vibe going in my opinion. But then I remembered he is happily married to Lav (who’s already a pretty unlikely candidate to be his wife) and I didn’t want him to be the type of guy to sleep with another woman or a discontent man with his wife.

13. The glamour spell was concocted early on without really thinking about how much work it would take to explain it. It explains that although Hermione is not TEH ULTIMATE SEXOR BEAUTY that everybody and their moms want to bone, she IS still quite an attractive girl. I would find it unlikely that NO ONE would keep her a “virgin” all the way to 29 years old. It also explains why Blaise (who has an unexplained past with Hermione and Draco which will be explained much, much later) always had to squint to make sure that yes, she IS as attractive as he remembered her.

Anyone who is a fan of Terry Pratchett should recognize how the glamour works. For those that don’t, the short explanation is that there’s the character DEATH (yes, that Death), who can walk among humans but people can’t see him unless a.) they’re about to die/died; b.) magical like witches or wizards or c.) he WANTS you to see him. And when a normal person sees Death, they can’t SEE him. He becomes this nondescript GUY because the human mind can’t possible believe that a 7 foot tall skeleton in a black robe is in front of them. He’s a wossname…that guy…you know…
-----------------------------------------------

Well, that’s about it for this chapter.

The Chapter 20 is up as well but I'll write up something about it later.

Chapter 21 should be up soon: Hermione will come to a decision. Draco and Hermione will scream it out one last time - will she choose to give him another chance?

Hi all *sheepishly waves.* I've been around, just...not on the internets recently. BUT THAT has changed! sort of. I've recently been inspired by a fic found in the community dramione, by insatiable_jrt. She's participating in the Fanfic 100 (which I just found out you get 100 prompts and you write 100 themed entries based on those prompts). Not only was her entry fantastic and inspired me to get off my lazy ass, but it also made me want to participate in it too!

So expect another update of Uneventful soonish. I'll also be writing little drabbles for FanFic 100 on my own time as well so I might be distracted.

hearts, all!

-Impy

Hello all few of you that still read this!  Real life has been kicking my ASS, so I apologize for not responding and not doing anything of worth for the past few months.

However, thanks to quicksilvereyes I have come across something so HUGE, so heinous, that I had to get off my lurker ass and write something.   I'm sure you all have heard at least a whisper of the controversy over FandomLib, but I figure I'd rather be redundant and maybe inform just one more person rather than keep quiet and hope everybody else is in the know.

I've been a long time fanfic reader and only recently started to really get into writing and discovering whole new communities, not only in LJ, not only in the Harry Potter fandom, but fandom in general.  Thanks to a few posts from people on my tiny f-list, in the past MONTH i've edumacated myself on the likes of MsScribe, Cassie Claire, Fandom_Wank and everything in between.  Needless to say, I was overwhelmed at all the drama that has occurred/is occurring.

Enter this new site, called FanLib.   This site has emerged, claiming to be a safe haven for fanfic writers to post their work.  They offer shiny (ooH!) prizes and even said they have corporate backing, giving fans hope that their stories could catch the eyes of big wig execs perhaps?  There is a catch, though.

Unlike fanfiction.net or adultfanfiction.net and the like, this site IS FOR PROFIT.  As any fanfiction writer should know, we are toeing the line when it comes to fanfic writing.  At best, authors who encourage this kind of writing DON'T WANT TO SEE IT, due to copyright issues and would rather pretend it doesn't exist because IF IT DID, they might be obligated to stop it.  Some authors and creators have gone so far as to denounce fanfic writing, outlawing anything related to their creation.  So we do our best to keep it under wraps, write just for the sake of writing with the understanding that we should never make money off this.  EVER.  Some people are/were loopy enough to try and they have been slapped down most hard.  Thankfully these were isolated cases and the creators/lawyers have steered clear of determining what to do with fandom as a whole.

Cue in this site.  A site blatantly parading around fanfiction and claiming that their site is for profit.  If the lawyers from above catch a wiff of this, the fanfic writers will be hung out to dry and may cast a horrible light on all of fandom as well.  We could be forced to write underground or even worse, not at all.  And what's worse is that the creators of FanLib don't seem to care.  In their Terms Of Service, they say specifically that they take no responsibility if you are sued.  But they will make money off you.  AND on top of that, while they spin the whole, "We are fans too! This site is for you!" they are telling a completely different story to their investors, seeing us as chess pieces that can earn them money while they sit on their asses, most likely laughing at us.

I won't go into details about their very sketchy past, all the theories, the restrictions - that's all over my head.  Thank god for fandom banding together like this.  I've been to a lot of sites that broke it all down for me and really gave me insight.  There is a community dedicated to documenting and explaining this whole FanLib thing: life_wo_fanlib if you feel lost and just don't know where to start.

While it's pretty obvious I'm VERY against Fanlib, I encourage everybody to make their own decisions about this whole debacle and really think about your rights and the consequences before posting on that site.  If I were actively seeking out a new place to post my fic, I may or may not have come across FanLib on my own.  If I had (even though the site is FUGLY), I may have posted my fic there, even if none of our "big name" writers aren't on there.  I wouldn't have really read through any of the TOS/FAQ (too much...legal language!) and would have just willy-nilly posted.  How horrible.  Please join everybody in finding out the facts about FanLib and spread the word.  Not everybody is in touch with their fandom's community and every voice counts at this point.  I'm scared for fandom and I'm angry at outsiders who think we're idiots.

All I know is, despite the fact one of the founders is acting very immaturely and not responding to anyone's (re: women's) answers, I am looking forward to him replying to professor Henry Jenkins.

And now, before I go back to being a lurker and trying to destroy my writer's block, I have a question.  A lot of us aren't touching FandomLib with a 10-foot pole.  This is a fact.  I won't even go there and name-squat for fear of giving them more traffic and usernames.  But what about the writers who HAVE posted there?  I looked the other day and there are at LEAST over 500 fics for Harry Potter alone.  How many of them have really read the TOS and decided, "meh, it's a risk I'm willing to take" and how many of them JUST DON'T KNOW?  Would it be spamming/trolling to contact these authors and ask them if they really know what's going on?  To warn them?  Or is that too invasive/too meddlesome/too tiring to even attempt?

Thank you all for reading, i know this is no where as intelligent or even groundbreaking as everyone else's, but I would just like to spread the word.

- SnowFlakeImp


....now, where are you, my muse?

Sorry, to you few fans who are still clinging to me and believing in me!  You guys are the bestest!  hehehehe

Every time I finish a chapter recently, I'm always really nervous to post.  Before, it was all silly and whatnot, but now that I've drastically changed course, I always feel like I've betrayed my original intentions by turning this story into this huge sob-fest with angsting and whatnot.

But hey, it's how I imagined it so...really...what can i do?  I'm trying hard to interject as much humor as I can, but I know if I do too much it'd be pretty weird.  Despite all that though, you guys have stuck with me with great nudges of encouragement.  Is there nothing better in life??!!

Okay, because I'm long-winded and vain and whatnot, i'm going to talk about the chapter.  Enjoy!
-----------------------------------------------------------

* Er, I've realized I've made Harry seem perhaps a bit gay sounding, but know that he's just a lonely man-boy trying to find friends in this world =P hehehe  I really like the thought of him and Draco being very close, like bickering brothers.

* This chapter had, by far, the fewest lines in my outline.  It had like, 8 lines in word.  No lie.  hahaha how did I pull this all out of my butt?

* I apologize if I glossed over such an important battle, with Draco vs. Daddy, but I'm really no good at descriptions...give me dialogue!

* I have no idea what Latin even is (okay, I kind of do, but you know what I mean) so these made-up spells are probably hideous to you scholarly peeps out there.  The Borgeis spell is a mix of bourgeois and Borg (get it get it get it? star trek, the borg and their adaptive abilities? BWAHAHHA OMG yes i did bring in star trek and YES, i am that big of a geek.  ...shoot me now)

* I'm sure you all got it, but I really wanted to show that this battle was like the last hit to the nail in the coffin for draco.  Once he killed for pleasure and finally released the last thing that was weighing on his mind (his thirst for revenge), it really did warp him.

* I know I've been pretty ambiguous about hermione and her parents (you may or may not have picked up on it in earlier chapters - esp. when ron was riding on her about buying them a new house), but here's a small idea of what had happened to them.  Don't worry, I have more to say about Hermione and her parents.  Basically, think guilt.

* Again, have you noticed a few words/phrases that I've used in the chapter that appeared in past ones? nyahahaha I had to go back myself and make sure they matched up!

* Is this Draco crazy enough for you?  Oh snap, it doesn't  stop here, he gets crazier later!!  I found it to be hard to make him crazy yet not disgusting at the same time.  I hope I did okay.

* I hope readers can begin to see how he's slowly warping Hermione's mind.  Before she was clear headed and in control, but now she's getting confused with real emotions towards him, and mix that in with fear, his sudden change in behavior and sex and we have a volatile mix, I think.  Writing about him beating her and then seducing her is a bit personal to me, so I hope no one thinks I'm belittling or excusing abusive behavior.
I worked in a battered women's shelter for many years, and a lot of the women who were beaten almost to death still, in their minds, loved their abuser.  It's a cycle of violence and apology, guilt and seduction.  The abuser does a lot of things to really make the woman his and it's heart-breaking to see strong women complete slaves when it comes to their abuser.  The abuser would apologize for his actions, claiming it would never happen again, there would be a honeymoon period perhaps, to remind the woman of why she fell in love with him, and then he would start beating her all over again.  He would convince her it was her fault; he would make it seem like she wouldn't be able to survive without him, that no one would love her besides him.  It's really very sad.
So what I'm saying is, at this point, Hermione doesn't know what she feels for Draco anymore. it could be love.  It could be just conditioning.  But for all those who scoff at the idea that no way Hermione would ever take Draco hitting her, I think in specific circumstances, she might.  The brain is very powerful but it also can be manipulated.
*whew*

* I give up on smexy scenes.  I can't do 'em right, i swear!!!!!  I only have like, 2 words to use to describe Draco's john thomas and like, 3 words to describe Hermione's love hole.  I need more adjectives and descriptive verbs!! help!!!

* I don't know if I got it down right on paper, but the thought of Hermione riding draco while he's forcing her to concentrate and write a letter was too erotic for me to pass up.  So, i gave it my best shot!

* Oh, the beginning of Hermione and her ickle journal of thoughts!

* Like i said before, having Hermione have an uneventful end of the war was too cruel so i just HAD to do it.  Originally, I wanted things to be super, ridiculously uneventful and wanted harry and all of the kids OUT of the war.  Because it's really quite silly, in realistic terms, to place your trust on a child for an entire war.  I wanted to have harry and company kinda helping out, but it was the more experienced and powerful adults that just handled everything quietly and they took care of Voldie.  End of story.  But after Dumbledore and Sirius died, I'm like, okay, some of the more powerful players are dead.  Maybe it'd be more interesting to actually have harry take care of things.
--------------------------------------
well i'm tired and I'm rambling and I have no idea what I'm writing, so I'd just like to thank, once again, everyone involved!!  Sometimes I feel like i"m losing steam to this story and wondering if anybody's even liking it anymore, but I read your wonderful comments and I'm revived.

So to make things simple, comment, and my fingers will type faster!!

Hearts and hearts to all!

Long time no smell!  Teehee - work has been a bit hectic, thus the lack of updates/quiet-time needed for my imagination to grow.  People are signing leases for the next school year to live in our apartments and there are A MILLION people going in and out with all these questions!  The ones I hate the most are actually NOT the clueless ones (i mean, look at me, I barely know what shoe size I am), but it's the ones who have lawyer parents or are law students, just waiting for a chance to show off their knowledge.  They'll spit out all these obscure law terms with an arrogance that I could never muster up, and fight to the last nail for stupid things that don't even matter.

Like, in our contract, everybody in the apartment unit is responsible (eg, if it's set on fire, the whole apt is responsible and they can squabble over themselves on their own time who was really responsible), but this girl kept on screaming at us that she was pre-law, her daddy's a lawyer and goddammit, she wanted a clause that said that each person would be individually responsible for just their own shit.

I'm like, is this really what you want to be fighting for?  Is there something about you, or your roommates, that you should be telling us?

It was just her "i'm better than thou" attitude along with her very rude behavior that really makes me hate rich kids.  i mean, I'm not POOR, but I'm definitely not one of these rich kids.  You know, with a yacht and a summer house in malibu and likes to go shopping (real shopping, not touristy window shopping) down Rodeo drive.  I HATE THEM.  DIEDIEDIEDIE.  And will me your monies.

*phew*

BACK to the subject at hand, I've done a part of the next chapter, but for me, Draco isn't sufficiently crazy enough.  But at the same time, we don't want, ew omg he's gross crazy either. We want smexy crazy.

Since returning from Japan (which was NOT a kinky of a place as I thought it would be), my love for anime/manga has been renewed.  I go through waves.  Sometimes I can't get enough and want to saturate myself in the medium, sometimes I like it okay but my focus is on other stuff.  Right now I'm saturating myself and my hard drives with the good stuff.  More on all of this later.

I will continue writing and hopefully before this month is over I can grind another chapter out.  Thanks for all the support!!  Hearts and squeezes!

Hi all, thanks for all your lurvie reviews - i shall respond with MUCH LOVE hopefully tomorrow (I'm at my bf's place for a romantic evening and right now he's in the bathroom so I quickly shanghai-ed his computer).  There has been some confusion that I'd like to address =)

So this is me trying to be sneaky and crafty by withholding information.  ANd this is me not succeeding.

haha so to clear things up: YES, you ARE supposed to be in the dark about what Hermione went through (her mission/raid) that made her so traumatized.  YES, I have put smattering of clues within the fic (but they most likely won't make any sense, even if you find them).  And YES, I will address it and tell you aallll about it, but much, much later.  That is, if you haven't gotten fed up with me and decide to stop reading.

um, what else...Oh!  Yes, I'm well aware of when Draco said, "You love every inch of it!" they ARE in Britain and therefore use the metric system, but I found using 'centimeter' not only somehow made his wang sound SMALLER, but also it just didn't sound as lyrical as 'inch.'  Please overlook it.

- Impy out!

Yay for finishing!  I'm currently in a coffee house (NOT Starbucks) and just finished.  Yay for their delicious caffeine and free wireless.  I'm so paranoid someone will look over my shoulder when I'm writing the smutty bits even though there's a total of 5 people in here.  =P

On to the commenting, as usual:

* Sometimes I agree with Nietzsche's thoughts so much it's scary.  But of course, he did have a generally bad opinion of women, so that kind of angers my femininininist side slightly.  Like I said in the A/N, in no way am I trying to even COMPETE with "The Nietzsche Classes."  It's a very gritty and compelling fic, so if you haven't read it...WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING, UNDER A ROCK??  Go read now!

* I think my English/writing teachers would be super mad at me if they ever read my fic.  So many fragmented sentences!! My autocorrect Word is going crazy with all the green and red underlined sentences!  I'm in an experimenting phase right now, so please let me know if it annoys you.

* I've decided to diverge from the canon way the books portray the characters' trips through the Pensive, where they actually TRAVEL to the past and they walk around and comment on the events and such.  For me, I found it to be too much of an effort to not only build up the world during the war and what everyone was doing and feeling, but ALSO describe how current!Hermione thinks and her reactions as well as Snape and Harry.  TOO many perspectives and thought processes!!  So to save some time it's all just like a big ol' flashback.

* I'm really liking Harry/Draco/Ron's relationship and would like to explore it a lot more.

* Am I making Draco too soft?  Oh well...can't be helped now.

* I ran across the Marquis de Sade's work by accident.  One late night of insomnia, I was just flipping through Wikipedia and looking though this big list of philosophers and just randomly clicked on his name.  OMG I really like (and HATE) him.  He's great.  I will be using some of his quotes as well in the near future.

* I've decided I'm rubbish at smexy scenes.  I'm rereading the scene and I'm like, "WOW, that all finished up really quickly" but honestly, I have no idea how to improve without going down the kind of romance novely road ("The roguish sailor's glorious shaft sailed into her weeping harbor!").  Any kind of suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I can't wait to write the next chapter, where we see the in-between of Draco descent into craziness.  Muahaha I hope I can write him as deliciously insane as he is in my mind.  C'mon writing talents, COME TO ME!

Next chapter:  We see the final drive to the stake that will make him lose all sense of goodness.  Lucius Malfoy makes an appearance!  And don't cringe, but I'm going to attempt at more smut!

Love you all, hope to hear from you, good or bad =)

I'm about 10 pages in on the next chapter, which is going...OKAY.  I'm not really pleased with the way it's going, so I may just delete the whole thing and start over from scratch.  But then again, I AM quite lazy.  I'm pretty much at a writer's block as to writing the smutty-smut.  It's just not very hot and spine tingling to me.  Boo.  I is suck.  I've been writing my fic at work, which is probably why my entire flow seems erratic and inconsistent and BAD.  It's very pretentious too.  I need to clean that shit up hahaha.

In other news, I think I read on someone's LJ post about Daniel Radcliffe's appearance on HBO's "Extras" and I youtubed it - HILARIOUS.  That boy is going places.  I laughed so hard.  Perfect, simply perfect.

Don't have much time to write the rest of this week - chinese club meeting tomorrow (YES, I AM that creepy alumn that still goes to culture club meetings to hit on freshmen).  Then this weekend my friend who is currently teaching English in china is coming to visit me!  We met when we studied abroad in Taiwan and we instantly formed a friendship.  Me to him because he's a funny-ass mofo and is as bitter as I am about many things in life.  Him to me because he's a white guy with yellow-fever. Hahaha but no seriously, he's great.  So snobby though.  He's the son of the director/doctor(?) of a hospital in Orlando, FL and he went to Georgetown.  So yeah...popped up collars anyone?  Sometimes I just want to punch him in the face =P

A big THANK YOU to those who nominated me for the Dangerous Liasions award site!!!  I am still in shock.  I've looked at my competition - oh god, I"m not even like, in the same category as them.  I mean, seriously.  I'm just glad people READ my story and not flame me, for God's sake!!  THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Oh yeah, for some strange reason people have been emailing asking me to post a picture of myself?????  Although I have to admit, I really DO like knowing what people look like (esp. YOU PEOPLE teeheehee let Impy seeeeee yoooouuuu).  I hate being in pictures, to be honest.  I have a pretty low opinion of my looks (partially due to having gorgeous friends, as this IS Los Angeles; partially because most of my friends clown on my looks like, all day - it's how we bond) and i usually can't be serious for a picture.  I cringe at pictures of girls trying SO hard to be sexy and VOGUE, so most pictures of me are silly and/or me with ugly expressions.

Somehow, I'm not sure HOW, my boyfriend convinced me to do a photoshoot with him, with me taking things SERIOUSLY for once.  Unheard of.  I was uncomfortable the WHOLE DAY. hahaha most of the pictures that turned out all right are of me NOT looking directly at the camera.  I seriously, especially without makeup, look like I'm 10 years old.  It's irritating.  I want to look at least you know....HIGH SCHOOL age.

Anyhoo, enjoy and I don't know, gauge out your eyes or something.

ahahahaha kisses to all!




PS - OMFG I'M TRYING SO HARD TO BE COOL - gag.  I'm already regretting putting this up!!!  Don't I look like a little kid??  No wonder no one takes me seriously....

Ah, the joys of internet surveys.  Do you remember the days when you would chain email everybody you knew with long surveys that ranged from how many piercings do you have to if you would ever make-out with someone from the same sex?  Or do kids still do that these days?  I think they just post it in their blogs now, right?

Who knows, ya crazy kids.

I shall join my pals and am participate in one, stolen from spikespetslayer:

Comment, and I will

1) Tell you why I friended you
2) Associate you with a song/movie
3) Tell a random fact about you
4) Tell a first memory about you
5) Associate you with an animal/fruit
6) Ask something I've always wanted to know about you
7) In retort, you MUST spread this disease in your LJ

Of course, I started this LJ pretty recently and I only really use it to post updates so...I may not know a LOT about any of you, but I'll try my darndest!

WHEE!

I'm done done done!!  Call for the choir!

I have to say, I couldn't have done it without you, the readers who have encouraged me every step of the way.  It may be because I'm not used to writing or maybe it's because I'm a jellyfish in general, but I know my whining and my insecurities must have been annoying at some point.  But I shall forge on because you guys are just that awesome.  ^____^

Many many heart filled kisses to my most excellent betas, kat_diva and pinkmartini =)  You girls are great, thank you for making my hobby readable!  I love reading the little notes you leave behind too, kat, it's like, an extended review!  Hehehe I'm learning so much from my awful mistakes, hooray!

Not TOO much to say about these chapters, I think they're pretty straightforward.  I'm looking forward to the next three chapters or so (more on this below).
----------------------------------------------------------------
CHAPTER 15:

* I was/am getting tired of writing seriously, so I figure even though my regular stab at humor would seem out of place, at least I could try to sneak some snark in every opportunity I could find.  I hope his letter was Draco-like.  All I know is, if I could be, at any point, suddenly become English, I swear my first words shall include "piece of wank" or "bag of wank."  I'm sorry, I just have to say it.

* I tried to do a little cinematic effect by retelling a part of chapter 14 through the eyes of Snape and Harry.  It may have failed.  =(

* I don't know what you think would be creepy in a psycho, but for me, it'd be the psycho being able to quickly blow through extreme emotions easily and frequently.  Like laughing one second, crying the next, then screaming bloody murder before going back to laughing.  So CREEPY.

* As you know, I HATE exposition, which is kind of what this chapter and the next are, but what I hate more is exposition through dialogue.  So I tried to have the characters speak as little as possible.  Because of this, you may be confused about the whole Ameila thing.  Allow me to clear that up now.
    Basically, Amelia went on a few dates with Alex on her own, but after awhile decided he wasn't her type.  Then she unexpectedly bumped into Draco who, after finding out her intentions, decided to pay her to keep Alex's focus on her.  I believe that in the end, he kept on seeing Hermione and Alex together and fearing that despite Amelia's best efforts Alex could still fall for Hermione, decided to scare Alex off by over exaggerating Hermione's crush on him.  Phew.

* I'm cringing at Draco's confession of luurve.  I may change it in the future, because I'm not sure it sounds very...real.  It's sounding very cliche, rhomahnce novel dialogue to me.  But that's the best I could do for now.  Apologies.

* I am a crook, I did not come up with Draco's last line about everyone else being ugly.  Stole that off of Kaoru Kozue from Shojou Kakumei Utena, one of the greatest anime of all time (though yes, very crazy and symbolic).  She is an insane girl, but I like her.
--------------------------------------------------------
CHAPTER 16

* Er, tell me, honestly, what you thought of that whole masturbation scene.  At times I think it's SO GREAT and at other times, I'm like, "ew, that is gross."  hahaha  could you believe it came to me in a dream (again)?  I dreamed I saw a dungeon-like setting with Hermione and Draco with their backs to each other in different cells, with Hermione yelling expletives at him while he seemed to relish it.  It was so bizarre but somehow, it worked for me.  Let me know though?

* I know, I know, ooOH curse of the Black Stream, how CONVENIENT.  hahaha SO WHAT.  I'm tired and I want to wrap this up neatly, dammit.  =P

-------------------------------------------------------

But yeah, the next three or so chapters will be flashbacks.  Smutty too.  Oh god, I have a lot of work ahead of me, don't I.  I wish my keyboard wasn't so f-ed up.  I have to press extra hard to get a 0, commas, and k's.  If you see missing commas, I blame this computer.  If you see an excess of commas, uhm......Istillblamethiscomputer *shifty eyes*

Next chapter, see how their convoluted relationship began (er, ish).

Love you all, please leave me some lurve!

Yaay.  Now all I have to do is finish chapter 16 and then I'll upload them both!  Hopefully by the end of the week.

The surprise party was awesome.  Lately my bf was feeling pretty shitty because he was feeling (and I think it was pretty accurate) like people were taking advantage of him.  He would do all this crap for his friends but the second he refused to do something for them, they got annoyed at him, forgot all the NICE things he had done for them, and just treated him like shit.  WTH, right?  So a few REAL friends got together and decided to throw him a surprise party, to show that at least a FEW of us still appreciate him.

His roomies just wanted to throw a standard surprise party, and of course, wicked ol' me, said, "Are you kidding?!"  So we brainstormed and through my nagging, we decided to have the operation where we would make him suffer so that normal life will seem awesome in comparison.  Oh, Imp, you naughty naughty thing.

It was a great.  Everybody pulled together, we made him suffer (even though we were all laughing the whole time) and he felt better. ^___^ mission accomplished.

Okay, back to writing I go.

PS - Alec Baldwin in the TV show, 30 Rock?  Genius.  I love the relationship between Alec's character and Tina Fey's.  They're not QUITE a Dr/Hr, since I think Alec is more smarmy and funny, but nevertheless, I enjoy them.  I want to be like him when I'm older.

Yes.  A man.

Soo....to prove how idiotic I am.......

I had forgotten my livejournal password.  Again.

And I had too much pride to send for it again, so I stubbornly thought about it for about a week until my brain finally uncovered it for me.  YAY me!  There was actually an article by Forbes that talked about a study of the "idle brain," like what does it do when you're daydreaming or not particularly thinking about anything at all.  APPARENTLY, there's a certain pattern or path that it takes!  Like my example - for the life of me I couldn't think of my password, but according to this article, in the background my brain was slowly digging for the information an POOF!  A week or so later, it came to me while I was cooking dinner.  With my oily and dirty hands, I sloppily typed it in and LO, I was connected once more.

Praise.

I know, I know, I SAID i'd be more active but what can I say...... =(  Also, my boyfriend and I had a little bump in the road, so that took a few days to get over.  It's all smoothed over for now, but I have a feeling it's going to come back and bite me (us) in the butt, big time.  Oh well, that's why I have all of you.

With that said, I am 95% done w/ chapter 15, and chapter 16 should be way easier for me to write.  Sucks for the readers who actually like the story because you'll have to wait for both chapters to be completed, yay for my betas who will receive chapter 15 FIRST once I'm done with it.  I'm feeling pretty self-conscious now that I'm writing things all dark and mysterious - it's really not my style.  I usually write funny and inane things (a more grammatically correct blog, if you will) but I LOVE reading angst.  Now the true test will be whether a love of reading will translate into good writing.

I'm having doubts.  I don't know.  When I read some other people's works (not even like, professional authors or anything), I feel like they just.....FLOW.  Great, lyrical, beautiful sentences, even when describing the sidewalk.  I mean, their word usage and vocabulary and imagery are SO painstakingly glorious.  Whereas I feel like I'm just....haphazardly throwing basic, static words onto the page, barely able to convey what my mind is seeing.  You know?  It's like, they describe the utterly gorgeous and epic way that their character turns his head to see the love of his life, whereas I say:

"He turned his head to the right.  There she was, the love of his life.  THE END."

URG.  SO GROSS!  hahahaha

I've also noticed I'm not reading as many fanfics as I used to.  Not so much that it's all CRAP (though it just so happens all of my all-time favorites are OLD ones), but that I'm super scared that it'll "taint" my story.  I'm not very solid on my writing abilities (what little I have) so I'm always afraid once I read a fic I like, suddenly, my fic will turn out just like it.  Scary shit, I know.

So yeah, that's it for now.  I have to go see my boyfriend's parents tonight, we're throwing my bf a surprise party saturday (which I have painstakingly planned - more on this later.  Hint: I call it - Make BoyFriend Suffer So That He May Enjoy Life Again. It involves a Gauntlet of Fear and a Trial of Interrogation.  meeeheehehehe), so hopefully I'll get back to you guys Sunday.

Toodles!

Did I scare you?  Could it be because I seemed to have disappeared completely, most likely hiding in some corner somewhere, molding?  Half true!  I was hiding, but I was definitely NOT molding.

You can blame it on my eye doctor - he recommended a new type of contacts for nerdy ol' me (silicone, SUPPOSEDLY better for eyes because the material lets your eyes breathe better), but after a few days of mild eye irritation, he goes on to inform me, "Oh dear, it looks like you're one of the rare people that are actually allergic to silicone!  YOUR EYES ARE INFECTED."

AWWEREWRKHWLKWJTHLWKTJH952*%&(#$*($%*@^0$96)!!!  (<-- I actually screamed this in the car, pounding my head onto my wheel.  I actually also wanted to rip off my shirt like the Hulk, you know, "HULK SMASH!", but it was too cold).  Looks like I ALSO won't be implanting anything silicone in....well.....my womanly fun zone.  Not that I was even considering it in the first place.  But it's nice to know what my body will reject.

So I had to buy these super expensive eye drops, which BURNED me by the way, and then my vision went to shit for about a week.  I know.  Hooray, let me wave a little flag.  My vision is pretty much all right now, but I've been cursed to wear my huge glasses for next few days to give the blinkers a chance to rest.

In other news, I hate southern california driving.  Like I was complaining to kat_diva, it took me 5 hours to drive down from the bay area, and about 7 or so miles from my apartment, I hit traffic on the 101.  It took me nearly an hour to get home.  SEVEN MILES AWAY FROM THE FREEWAY.  Do you sense something wrong?  I do.  Oh, for the powers of Apparation!

Hooray for constant internet =) I am currently mooching off my neighbors who are too trusting or unaware of protection procedures to secure their wireless.  Muahahaha precious internet.  So delicious when stolen.

I'm glad most people liked my last chapter, although yes I agree, being left in the dark is sucky.  I apologize to the people who are disappointed with the way the story is moving, but alas, that is artistic license I suppose.  I personally LOVE stories that start off simple but then appear these huge webs of politics and drama and BACKGROUND.  I'm not saying mine will be able to pull it off, but I'm trying =)  I mean, initially, I TRIED to make it all very simple with nothing really bubbling underneath the surface, just your typical love story, but I got bored.  Haha I'll share it with you later and you can tell me what you think.

Animes/mangas (yes, laugh all you want) like, let's see, Fruits Basket by Takaya Natsuki is a great example (wikipedia this shit if you don't know what this is!!!).  It starts off as a light hearted, shoujo story with a little mystical twist, but the more you read, the more intricate and moving and utterly BEAUTIFUL the plot becomes.  I love stories with a past =P  Rurouni Kenshin and Trigun are more great sources of inspiration.  The TV show LOST, is great too - but hard to convert that format into written form, so I best leave their way of storytelling alone.  And yes, of course even Harry Potter.  I find great appeal in the Mauraders and how they fit into Harry's life.

More on this geekiness later.

Great news, I have pretty much finished the outline for the rest of the story and it looks like it's going to be around 22 chapters in total.  I know, ridiculous.  Due to my love of formatting, I realized if released my typical one chapter, nothing would really be explained (still!) so the next time I update, it's going to be TWO chapters!  wheeee!

.....it's actually not that amazing, just think of a long chapter split into two.

I will be more internet friendly these next few days, so expect a bombardment of attention!!  Love you guys, you are really great!

-Impy

Yes folks, chapter14 is now officially up on aff.net, so please, go check it out and tell me what you think!  Trust me, your opinions matter.  Sorry for anything weird in this post - SnowFlakeImp is veeerrrrrrry tipshy right now, because she rang in the new year with flair and style and one girly drink.  Yes, you heard it here first, folks.  One girly drink is all it takes to slam me down.

ANYWAY, thanks for all your support and I wish you guys the best 2007 EVAR!!  ONTOOO the comments!

* When I said your opinions matter, I meant it.  Because initally, I had Blaise as the cool, attractive nice guy alternative that Hermione might fall for.  Then I thought that was too stoopid, I lurve fandom Blaise, so I made him a darker, more mysterious.  Then you guys kept on getting all creeped out about him and I thought to myself, "huh....that'd be interesting...if he really WAS creepy"."  And here you are ladies and gentlemen, YOUR creepy Blaise Zabini.  Keekeekee my story actually flows a lot better thanks to you guys.  Give yourselves a pat on the back!

* Did you enjoy my sex scene?  I have no clue what is a "hot" sex scene, so I'm not sure if it came out all right.  Do let me know.  I told you right, I'd sneak a sex scene in this chappie w/ Blaise, but probably not in the way you imagined.  Whhee!  Did you know I actually dreamed this??  Seriously, I was sleeping and suddenly, this visual of blaise getting it on while draco watched came into my head.  I woke up and was like, OMG I HAVE TO HAVE THAT!  Freaky, right?  Also, when I was still at that stage where Blaise was just darker, I had just the sex scene.  Once I decided he was CRAZY, I added the killing part.

* For some reason, I really liked Draco being all impassive during their meagiou  menoiji a toi their freaky threesome.  It's not really like, "ooh I'm so in love with Hermione that nothing else will get me up now! I'm so pure and good!"  it's more like, "I've had so much sex in my life that this thing i'm seeing, I can totally control myself and I'm actually even a little bit grossed out."

* SINCE i added the killing/crazy part last minute, suddenly this whole auror coming to arrest him popped out of nowhere and I was like, that's perfect, ties everything up into a neat little package.  Because I was floundering before on how to move the focus away from Hermione-Blaise/Hermione-Draco/Draco-Blaise into just, Hermione-Draco.  I wasn't fond of just killing off Blaise, so this who auror thingy was perfect.

* Hahaa I'm a huge anime nerd and I just HAD to include something with onmyouji.  Also, I love the name Sayaka.  Wish I had it.

* The whole Hermione/Ron/Harry scene and the minion whacking wasn't part of the original outline I had.  I had written: write a typical, every-day scene with H/R/Harry but have H angst a bit over B/D.  That was it.  HAHAHAHA I was surprised I worked in something humorous.  I'm glad I did though - since they ARE alchemists, I was wondering if they would do the standard alchemy things, like try to turn ordinary metal into gold, or try to find immortality, or create a philosopher's stone.  Ahaha candied nut - that was my favorite line.

* My mother actually hits us like Hermione.  She would interject her tirade with well placed whaps of the feather duster.

* W00t, crazy draco. I can't wait to write more of him completely off his rocker.  It's going to be such fun =)

* after the whole, omg draco is actually crazy scene, I thought I would just quickly wrap it up with one last scene with Hermione and him.  Suddenly, I had like, 3 pages worth of her own personal musings, and then i moved on with it.  STOP FINGERS, STOP TYPING SO MUCH.

* I DON'T UNDERSTAND why aff.net funks up my format!  The large, bold italics aren't on purpose.  I don't know what's going on, man.

That's all I have to say I think hehehe  I really hope you guys are liking it, I'd hate to disappoint.  I'll give you a little reward for reading all the way through my crap:

NEXT CHAPTER:
- Exactly how crazy IS Draco?  Some insights as to HOW and WHY he is the way he is
- Snape and Harry will finally step up and you'll begin to understand exactly HOW large of a part of this story they play (sorry Ron!)
- Hermione begins to remember, FINALLY, and people start TELLING her things.

I love you guys, honestly.  Never have I experienced such talent, such loyalty, such wit, such support!!  You guys are the best.  Honestly.

Love always until all my fingers fall off then I'll only LIKE you guys,
SnowFlakeImp aka Tiff

With a burst of musely goodness, I have begun writing!  I am almost done, with just one "scene" left to do (my god, already 19 pages in one day.....my fingers!!!).  Then I'll do my brief and ineffective beta-check and it should be posted on AFF soon!  I don't know when I'll finish the last scene, but not until at least late tomorrow night (or else sunday, the 31st).  I'm actually going to be spending a day with friends in Milpitas so there goes ONE day.  Haha sorry folks.

I'm super excited about this chapter ^_______^ squeee!!  Yes, things still aren't EXPLAINED, as such, but things are REVEALED and if you're intuitive (or lucky, whatever), you MAY just guess correctly about what the hell is going on!  YAY!

Thank you to PinkMartini and Kat_Diva for so GRACIOUSLY offering to be my betas!! YAAY!  Even though I double/triple check my work, I know there are still some glaring mistakes, but I had no idea they annoyed people that much.  I mean....I don't consider myself a writer, and I'm not selling this as a book but....  *shrug* oh well, that should be fixed soon enough.

SO, you two, what I'm planning on doing is after I post chapter 14, I'll send you guys a bulk email containing ALL 14 chapters for you to revise at your leisure (no rush).  Just send them back whenever =).  I'll basically still self-beta my chapters before posting them immediately onto aff.net (but i'll also send you the chapter at the the same time).  So i'll just collect the chapters you revise as you finish them, that way you're never rushed and think, "oh god, i have to hurry so this can be posted!" sort of thing.  Once I finish the entire story, I'll repost everything using your wonderful corrections.  How's that sound?

Okay, I'm off to bed.  We're going ice skating!!!

Because I am a vain creature that has absolutely no other goal in this world other than to garner as much praise and prestige possible, I have begun to submit my story to other sites.  I know.  I am horrid.  hahaha but hey, it's not being brought down by flames, so at least a FEW people are enjoying it, right?

....right?

Well, whatever.  Hahaha the two sites I'm posting on are fanfiction.net (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2289508/1/) and colouredgrey.contraveritas.com (http://colouredgrey.contraveritas.com/viewstory.php?sid=3112).  I put in an A/N for the ff.net that I'm worried that my story will be taken down sooner or later due to its ah, adult content (if not at this point, then definitely later).

I'm really liking coloured grey, but it's a VERY nice site, so I've actually self-betaed my chapters before sending them in (so far, I've only sent out 2, they've approved one).  I mean, they check your stories themselves and all that!  Makes a girl self-conscious, if you know what I mean.  So actually, if you want to see a NICE version of The Uneventful Story, I suggest you go to the colouredgrey site.  I know I should get it officially beta-ed, it's just that I'm lazy.  There's not a WHOLE lot of revision - i changed a few word choices, added a few italics/bolds, corrected glaringly obvious grammar points, etc - but that's essentially it.

Thanks for the suggestion on that, kat_diva. Hahha yay, we're both living in the socal area!  Isn't traffic the worst?  I wish I had a huge, ugly, bent up car that I could just scratch up every other car on those damn freeways, letting them know NOT to make traffic at 2 PM on a Wednesday.  It's ridiculous.
Too bad you don't want to be my beta! =(  I'd rather my beta be someone that has actually read and LIKED my fic, rather that just find anybody out there to do it for me.  Because I know my writing isn't very, er, technically advanced, let's just say, and I take a lot of liberties with the language.  I make up words, I use commas as a sort of DRAMATIC pause rather than what they're supposed to be used for, and so on - I don't really want the beta to make something technically correct but then it kind of ruins the effect I was going for.  Oh well, I understand though.  If anybody asked me to be a beta for them I'd laugh in their face, then feel really sorry for them.  Hahaha =P  Good luck on that job search!!!

Anybody want to be my beta?  You get first dibs on reading the upcoming chapters!  All you have to be is patient with me, forthcoming with your schedule (like, if you're too busy to even glance at my story, just tell me so and don't leave me hanging! I won't be mad if you have a life!), and have a better grasp of the english language than me.  And that's basically everybody, so that's a given, heee.  Oh, and as a personal favor, if you could fix my chapters with like, a different font color just so when you send it back to me, I can tell exactly what you've done, that'd be awesome.  I'm the type who likes to sweep the entire floor and not collect any of the trash/dirt until the very end, JUST to see EXACTLY how dirty that floor used to be.  It's the obsessive-compulsive in me =)   I'll be asking for a beta in my next A/N in the next chapter, so no rush/pressure!

So, in honor of my editing chapters 1 and 2, I shall quickly go through my director's cut of them!  Hooray! Self-involvement!!

Chapter 1:

* I really, REALLY had no idea where I was going with this story.  That's why it was called the Uneventful Story.  Cuz....i had no clue where to take it.  I just finished reading Temporary Insanity and Politician's Wife and was really, really inspired and this was what came out of that.  I had a vague idea I wanted some sort of darker undercurrent, but I had NO IDEA it was going to turn out the way it is actually going now.  You can kind of tell I wrote this really quickly.  Hahaha it's kind of embarrassing.  I've been debating whether to change the name, now that I know more about the plot, but everything that I've thought of seems too cheesy or pretentious or...DONE.  So we're sticking to this one for now.  THoughts?  Suggestions?

* A sort of nod to Monty Python and the Simpsons.  Arthur is definitely a composite of the Monty Python crew, and the girl researcher, Amanda Clese, get it, Clese = Cleese = John Cleese  => yes, I am that nerdy.

* I enjoy Arthur. He's the kind of bumbling uncle I've always wanted.

* hahaha octoparrot.  When I first saw that Simpsons episode years ago, I couldn't get it out of my MIND.  "AWK!  Polly shouldn't be!"  HAHAHAHA

* With Hermione's #2 on her shit list, I initially intended this to be a super depressing UNEVENTFUL story, where even harry and ron and everybody had abandoned Hermione unknowingly, and it was Draco to the rescue to give her fun times.  But it wasn't very fun without them, and they sort of wrote themselves in at times, so there went that idea.

* Hahaha #7 - I too, have ugly shoes that are more than 7 years old and I won't throw them away because there are no obvious holes and I bought them super cheap on sale.  i hate throwing out 'on-sale' goods.


Chapter 2:

It wasn't until around chapter 5 or so did I finally get a good grasp of what the hell I wanted to do with this story. I was even thinking of abandoning it because I was thinking, "What the hell is the point to all this?!!"  I think you can all tell I was just meandering and wasting time until then.  Hehehee

* I am ashamed to admit you can really hear MY voice in a lot of Hermione's inner thoughts.  I think later on I manage to make her more Hermione-esque and a little more British, but ESPECIALLY this chapter you can see (or at least I can) a lot of SnowFlakeImpiness in it.  Whoops.

* Have you ever had that terrible awkward run-in and you just want to flee and run for the hills but you can't??  Yeah, I HAVE.  Mine was when I ran into someone from high school who had this huge boy-crush on me (yeah i know, why, right?!!) and when I bumped into him a few years back, I was at my physical WORST.  I had my glasses on, had terrible outdated, loose fitting clothes on and no makeup, hair an oily mess - i was just picking up MILK goddammit! - and I could just SEE the cogs in his whirling, thanking his lucky stars he didn't get bagged with THIS.  SO TERRIBLE. Traumatizing, really.

* I CLAIM, through Hermione's voice, that cutesy warpings of names are gross, and to a degree, they are (like, KT for Katie, or something like that) but I am a hypocrite.  My name is Tiffanie - WITH AN IE.  I'M used to it because I had it my whole life, but I bet a lot of people think my name is gross.  Nooo my mom picked it out because she wanted the longest name possible to balance out our short last name ONLY, I swear!

* I wanted Alex to be kinda...not specific because really, he doesn't really matter.  Just think stereotypical brown haired, blue eyed man and you're set.  I know people put a lot of pride in building up their OtherCharacters and even go on to copyrighting them, but for me I don't pay those characters all that much attention when I read those fics, so I don't really focus on them in mine.  Go ahead and steal them if you want, but I wouldn't know WHY you'd want to.

* The ONE idea i had initially for this chapter was the cufflink swishing head scene.  Everything else was build-up.  Hahaha

-------------------------------------------
All right, that's it for now!  Glad you all liked it!  Still kinda recovering from Vegas/GREs/After Christmas sales, but rest assured I will respond to you all soon!  Thanks so much for you patience and support!  I love hearing from you, tell me anything!  I lurve storieeesss...

PS - i just go my ears pierced - now I have 3 on my right and 2 on my left.  It was through my sheer will of not wanting to cry in front of a high schooler who just got her ears pierced and she didn't EVEN FLINCH did I manage to make it out of there with my head held high.  I am a coward when it comes to pain and other sorts of unpleasantness.

Ta ta!

-SnowFlakeImp....OUT!

I think I've been out of school too long.  I'm really not cut out for studying anymore, especially long periods of time.  Actually, I'm amazed I even made it out of school alive.  I am the laziest procrastinator I know.  I can't even write 15 page papers the night BEFORE it's due - I write it the MORNING OF.  I know.  Ridiculous.  So when I say study for long periods of time, I mean...like.....a whole three days.  That's A LOT for me.  But I had to, damn you GRE.  For those of you that don't know what it is, it's a General Test you can take here in the States(? overseas too? dunno) if you want to apply to graduate school.

Yeah, it's pure crap.

I think the whole computer system is LAME.  I hate not being able to go back to problems, and I HATE HATE HATE not being able to skip and choose what I want to do first, especially for math problems.  WTF is a system that "guesses" how smart you are and changes "accordingly"?  Also, I hate the verbal section.  It should die.  I understand the whole concept of using stupidass words no one ever uses anymore except maybe pretentious New Yorker journalists to try to see how well you can GUESS, but those words are ridiculous.  ENGLISH is ridiculous.  You don't know how frustrated I got when I started studying for this stupid test a few days ago.

If you flip through my workbook, you'll first see me highlighting a few words I didn't know, circling answers, maybe placing a question mark or two next to some analogies I didn't get.  Very tidy, very studious.  Then....SnowFlakeImp got angry.  Stupid word associations and using common words but utilizing their very unknown, archaic definitions makes me VERY PISSED OFF.  You start seeing words underlined but with a pressure that left indentations on the cheaply produced paper.  Exclamation marks followed my questions marks.  Then, finally, after coming across a stupid explanation for a problem, a bold, large, many times underlined:



That word showed up a lot in my practice book.  I don't why I did it, not like anybody was going to read it and go, "Oh dear, you're right!  We must fix this right away!  To appease your just anger, here are some sparkly crystals for you to play with."  I was just SO ANGRY!!!!!  Poor book, riddled with so much cursing and anger and abuse.  But praise, it is all over.

Question, what is considered a good score?  Like, on the SATs, you know around 1200 is fair, 1300-1400 pretty good, and anything above is smooth sailing for you.  But I really don't know what a good GRE score is.  I totally bombed the math portion.  Is a 720 in verbal, 670 in math good?  Haha i forgot the GRE isn't like my typical Art history exams, so I can't just cram all my shit together the night before.  Which I tried to do anyway.  Oh well, I can always try to sell nuts and flowers near highway entrances.

Actually, the analytical essay part was awesome for me - if i had a class that had me write a paper on this topic, i would've been so happy.  I couldn't have asked for a better topic.  Basically, the quote said, "The true value of civilizations can only be reflected through their artistic creations rather than their scientific creations."  BAM!  Art History background to the rescue!!  I knew it was good for something.  Take THAT, all ye who gave me that look whenever I told you what I was majoring in. HAH!

Anyhoo, just wanted to get that off my chest.  Now I can concentrate on writing the next chapter of the fic, which is playing though my mind right now and I AM EXCITED.  SUPER EXCITED.  Hehehe but it'll probably have to wait until after Christmas.

BTW Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to all!  Hope you all get the presents you wanted and passed all your tests and managed not to set your hair on fire making those cookies you so desperately deserve.

- Luf,
SnowFlakeImp; tired, and buzzed off Mountain Dew