Last update: 3/29/09

Whew, it's been awhile!! I have become slowly addicted to FictionPress, mostly because of the amazing Wanda Walker and her great stories (everyone check out Four Kingdoms!). I think I've only been back to check on HP stories I'm still reading (Truth of the Heart, You Give Me Heart Palpatations...) and a lot has changed in my writing since then. I have not gotten any new fanfiction ideas, but I'm toying with the idea of a Snape vignette, because I just love the guy.

My non-fanfic stuff

STORIES: Blood Pledge, The Fast Lane

POEMS: Streetside

DRABBLES: Higher, The Lonely Room

When I actually ever get the chance to write (or when I don't squander that free time watching my favorite tv shows--hurrah Burn Notice and West Wing!!) it's usually my first book, a work of fantasy fiction. If any of yous are interested, mosey on over to FictionPress and check it out. Don't forget to review; it keeps me going!

SUMMARY: Innocence embodies the lives of the simple folk of Ilikarr. The royal family has never had to settle so much as a land dispute for centuries, the rolling, lush lands finally forsaken by the human-lusting faeries, a race gone bad. The only magic left is wielded by the Healers, treating the wounded and sick, and the elves, their power limited over the years to mere beautification and the manufacture of lovely cloth, a power unable to match the war brewing beneath the kingdom's surface. A dying king; an impossible choice; and a girl who becomes a woman, a girl that just may have the key and the inhumanity to save them all..

Blood Pledge by Jubileyn

My Art

I take requests on DeviantArt if people want fanart and such. Just let me know.

Name: Christen

Occupation: Super-Daaawlish Agent, baby.

Current Location: Spinner's End ;D

Personal Quotes: "Why I seek to live with men and not kill them, is surely the reason you are alive."

"Don't get your knickers in a twist. It doesn't solve anything; it just makes you walk funny."

"Life's not fair. If it was, there'd be no grace."

"This guy's walkin' down a street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can't get out. A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up, "Hey you! Can you help me out?" The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole, and moves on. Then a priest comes along and the guy shouts up, "Father, I'm down in this hole; can you help me out?" The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a friend walks by. "Hey, Joe, it's me. Can ya help me out?" And the friend jumps in the hole. Our guy says, "Are ya stupid? Now we're both down here." The friend says, "Yeah, but I've been down here before and I know the way out."

Leo McGarry to Josh

The West Wing, S. 2, Noel

"Arguing with stupid people is like reading Twilight: you will never get those hours back!!"

--Me, to my friend Tyree

"Candy is dandy, but incest is best!"

--my Humanities professor, Mike

"Donations for the poor beggar girl!"

--Shigure, Fruits Basket

"Oh, if only this rain would stop!"

"If only you would stop."

--Charlotte Palmer and Mr. Palmer (as played by Hugh Laurie), Sense and Sensibility

"She says, 'Is beauty all that matters?' and you say, 'What else is there?' You ought to write a book: How To Offend Women In Five Syllables or Less."

--Roger, The Swan Princess

An insult should be written in sand, a compliment should be carved in stone.

--Arab Proverb

Man without God can do only evil.

--Katherine Rundall

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them as much.

--Oscar Wilde

If you want to get rid of fear... you have to love.

--lurmer-chan

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

--Albert Einstein

"Good literature's kinda scarce around here."

--Sawyer, Lost

"...It is certain I am loved of all ladies, only you excepted, and I would I could find in my heart that I had not a hard heart; for, truly, I love none."

"A dear happiness to women: they would else have been troubled with a pernicious suitor. I thank God and my cold blood, I am of your humour for that. I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me."

--Beatrice and Benedick, Much Ado About Nothing

Women fancy admiration means more than it does and men take care that they should.

--Pride & Prejudice

“You could just beguile her with your talents. You know how good you are at flirtation—and you’re not half bad to look at either, if you squint your eyes hard enough.”

--Penna to Gavin, Blood Pledge

"Oh, right. Where you come from, toast is the result of reflection and study."

--Kate, Kate and Leopold

"God said, 'Vengeance is mine'."

"I don't believe in God."

"That doesn't matter. He believes in you."

--The Count of Monte Cristo

Death is nothing at all,

I have only slipped away into the next room.

I am I, and you are you;

Whatever we were to each other, that,

We still are.

Call me by my old familiar name,

Speak to me in the easy wasy

which you always used.

Put no difference in your tone,

Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed at the

little jokes we shared together.

Let my name ever be the

household word that it always was.

Let it be spoken without effect,

Without the trace of a shadow on it.

Life means all that it ever meant.

It is the same as it ever was.

There is unbroken continuity.

Why should I be out of mind

because I am out of sight?

I am waiting for you,

For an interval,

Somewhere very near,

Just around the corner.

All is well.

Death Is Nothing At All by Henry Scott Holland

DEATHLY HALLOWS SPOILER

Note : I definitely do NOT believe my stories are in any way canon or IC (or at all plausible--the curse of keeping a lazy imagination with abhorrent plot skills).

The only thing canon about them is the ships they sail on.

DEATHLY HALLOWS SPOILERS

(Seriously, peoples: read it already!)

So I joined in on the "hugs" idea, I honestly couldn't resist:

1. Hugs to Dobby, for giving your life so freely, for setting an example one could only hope to follow, and for dying "a free elf."

2. Hugs to Narcissa Malfoy, for proving me wrong, for loving your son, and for making me shriek, "Cissy, you devil!"

3. Hugs to Molly Weasley, for standing fast for your family, for taking on Bellatrix, and for totally pwning her face off.

4. Hugs to Remus Lupin, for being unbearable at times, but also for reminding why I fell in love with your character in the first place.

5. Hugs to Tonks, for giving birth to the only turquoise-haired baby for miles around, for being unchangingly fearless, and for being a HUFFLEPUFF!

6. Hugs to Harry Potter for being a man and not a n00b, for choosing normalcy and a sandwich, and for making me love you at last.

7. Hugs to Ron Weasley, for growing up in the hardest way possible, for facing your fears, and for changing in spite of them.

8. Hugs to Hermione Granger, for putting up with two knuckleheads, for falling in love with one of them, and for beating the Cruciatus Curse like a pro.

9. Hugs to Ginny Weasley, for loving Harry no matter what, for your eagerness to fight, and telling Cho the Ho to BACK OFF.

10. Hugs to Percy Weasley, for giving me a good cry, for seeing your wrongs, and for living to fix them.

11. Hugs to Fred Weasley, for fighting evil unquestionably and for not really being dead, just in another room.

12. Hugs to George Weasley, for losing your ear and your best friend... and fighting anyway.

13. Hugs to Severus Snape, for proving me right, for being more amazing than I could have imagined, for helping Harry understand himself, and for sacrificing your life in order to do so, though you knew it was coming.

14. Hugs to Draco Malfoy, for getting punched by Ron, for managing to retain your family, and for being the Master of the Elder Wand. (Hecksz yes!)

15. Hugs to Neville Longbottom, for fighting injustice at any cost, for backtalking like there was no tomorrow, and for destroying one hell of a Horcrux.

16. Hugs to Grindewald, for making mistakes and regretting them.

17. Hugs to McGonagall, for being crazy awesome, for keeping your cool collectiveness, and for being ruthlessly brave.

18. Hugs to Kreacher, for your devotion, for your wit, and for your love of Regulus.

19. Hugs to Regulus Black, for being the first to turn on Voldemort even though you knew what that meant.

20. Hugs to Lucius Malfoy, for having peacocks on your lawn (WTF, awesome!)

21. Hugs to Albus Dumbledore, for making me doubt you, for making me trust you, and for explaining everything like I knew you would.

22. Hugs to Colin Creevey, for sneaking into the fight, for fighting your hardest, and for not being afraid of the thought of death.

23. Hugs to Andromeda Tonks, for losing everything you started with and not letting go for a moment.

24. Hugs to Voldemort, for having no idea what Harry was talking about, which while funny, was really, just very sad.

25. Hugs to Mr. and Mrs. Cattermole, because I'm sure you're both very confused and of course a hug from a stranger would help.

26. Hugs to Dudley, for finally growing up, for letting go of prejudice, and for being the coolest Muggle ever.

27. Hugs to Luna Lovegood, for weathering what would kill most and for fighting just as hard.

28. Hugs to Fleur Weasley, for standing by your man, for growing out of your original snootiness, and for not forgetting.

29. Hugs to Ernie MacMillan, for putting your pompous attitude to good use!

30. And lastly, hugs to J.K. Rowling, for teaching me lessons in life and love, for making me laugh, for making me cry, and for giving me one of the best presents of all time, a gift that keeps on giving.