Playing with fire...Nadja Lee's livejournal

3:04pm: I fear I'm falling in love...
So I've met someone and he's very sweet and good to me. But he doesn't want to move things too fast and we're not dating (he made that very clear). Still, we're enjoying our time together.

Now I'm just afraid I'm starting to fall for him. It's not bad pro say but he is clearly not there yet and may never develop any such feelings. Also, I got pretty hurt last time - I am not sure I can go through that again.

Yet.... if this isn't worth taking a chance for what is? I'm so confused right now - somewhere between scared and fearful and really happy.

10:42am: How to survive a one week course - advice from one who has been there
You are stuck in the middle of nowhere for a full week course. The program is from 8.30-19.30. The chairs are torture devices, there is no internet and you're bored out of your mind. What do you do?
1. Always - ALWAYS - bring your laptop to the lectures/presentations!
2. Get internet somehow; checking e-mails and surfing will save you! (be careful of wandering lecturers - those who speak while walking around in the room)
3. Hell with it; choose some strategic times (right before or after lunch are always good) and slip out to go explore the nearby town.
4. Work on that fanfic you always wanted to finish (again; be careful of wandering lecturers and fellow participants - in particular when working on a steamy scene from a slash fic!)
5. Watch some of the song vids you've downloaded to your PC; sure it has to be without sound but hey - it's something moving before your eyes which may prevent you from falling asleep
6. Work on the many work tasks you have; be aware this is normally difficult because the talking around you (remember that lecturer in the room?) are distracting
7. Consider replacing the water bottle with a vodka bottle; it is sure to make things seem more lively!
8. Look around the room, close your eyes and then open them again - see if you can remember all the objects, their placement and form by heart.
9. Sleep with your eyes open. This is in the words of a fellow participant 'an art form'.
10. Rediscover your talent (and passion) for hangman, tic tac toe and other silent games with the people sitting next to you.

Follow these steps and you may survive. If not be sure you have friended some of the participants so they can either save you from 'ritual suicide' or join you (in the words of another fellow participant). Most of all; look forth to the day where you are free to do what you want - which will include torturing others in the same way you've been! Yes! Revenge! ;)

10:01pm: Sentinel slash collection: Collected Sentinel vol. 1
This is a collection of all new short stories set in the Sentinel universe. Lots of angst, mystic, romance and love.

This zine collects some of my Sentinel stories and is titled "Collected Sentinel"; everything herein is by me (Nadja Lee). Digest sized, 256 pages. Cover and interior art by Lady Amarra.

Titles include: Speaking in Unspoken Words, Child of the Sentinel, A Dark Dream, A Call to Arms, Waves Crashing In, Loving Need, Sentinel Instincts, Justified Kill, A Change of Heart, Ghostly Whispers, Captive Hearts, Letters from a Life on the Run, Different Perspectives, Easily Proven, The Power of Suggestion, Echoes of the Past and Finding What Was Missing.

http://requiem.ravenshadow.net/ts01.htm

If you don't want the paper version you can download the novel (costs $8.00) or you can buy it on a CD for $12.00.








( More information; read summeries of the stories here )

I hope many of you will be interested in owning the zine and look forth to hearing from you.

Please forward a link or copy this message to any group, list or fandom interested person you know.


Note: The press, Requiem Publications, is located in the States; zines worldwide normally arrive within a few weeks weeks but can take up to 8 weeks to arrive.

12:48pm: X-men Origins: Wolverine movie
Ok, so I saw it after all.

( Read my thoughts on it here (might have a few spoilers if you know nothing about the movie) )

12:41am: Alexander song vid - I will stand by you
A video showing the love between Alexander and Hephaistion. A companion piece to the video "You Needed Me" showing this love and sacrifice from Hephaistion's point of love (whereas the video "You Needed Me" showed the relationship from Alexander's point of view). Enjoy!

The song is "I'll Stand By You" by the Pretenders.


Alexander/Hephaistion - Ill Stand By You - Nadja Lee

Pure romantic fluff in this one. :)

12:11am: 4th US state to grant equal marriage rights
Great news from the USA: Vermont joins Iowa, Massachusetts, and Connecticut in upholding the freedom to marry.


Now, if only California would get back on track....

Electing Obama certainly seem to have improved things; or else someone finally saw reason! :)

9:59am: Kirk/Spock vid: "Sometimes love just ain't enough"
Another Kirk/Spovk video. This one is set to the song "Sometimes love just ain't enough"


Enjoy:

10:33pm: Equal marriage rights; good news from the USA!
A happy news from the USA; Iowa joins Massachusetts and Connecticut in ending the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage.

However, there is still a long way to go. Vermont is fighting for marriage equality in the courts now. Please join the fight here:
http://www.vtfreetomarry.org/

For more information on how to help go to Freedom To Marry http://www.freedomtomarry.org

12:47pm: Status for same-sex marriage and adoption rights
First some promotion for equality in the States; sign here to remind Obama to keep his promise to grant equal rights to same-sex couples under federal law:
http://www.couragecampaign.org/keepyourpromise

I was just told that yesterday the Kingdom of Denmark granted adoption rights to same-sex couples. About time too! (Denmark was the first country to perform civil unions but has since then moved very slowly towards full equality to same-sex couples.)

Same sex adoption rights granted in:
Guam
Andorra
Belgium
Iceland
the Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
South Africa
Spain
the United Kingdom
Denmark
Germany
some parts of Australia
some parts of Canada
some parts of the United States.

(While many countries rule against adoption (Finland will likely do this in spring 2009) in a recent case of a lesbian couple the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the couple have the right to adopt a child)

Same sex- marriage rights granted in:
Belgium
Canada
Netherlands
Norway
South Africa
Spain

Civil union rights granted in:
Andorra
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greenland
Iceland
Luxembourg
New Zealand
Slovenia
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Uruguay

Please update me if you know of any country which have moved closer towards equality on these issues.

2:08pm: First Kirk/Spock video: I Wonder Why
My first Kirk/Spock video is dedicated with love and admiration to Krss.
The song is 'I Wonder Why' and the video follows Kirk and Spock through the ages of a love which is eternal yet also often painful.

Enjoy: