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[hathycol]

Well, I've done my nominations (barely on time, mind) for the Mauve And Dangerous Awards. I've not looked at what anyone else nominated and I even ignored the e-mail so I would be completely unbiased. Those who claim I'm nominating my friends need a smack over the head - it's simply because they're the best in a particular category. There were oodles of fics I could have picked, and a lot I felt sad at leaving out, but it's all done now. In the end, I can only go with what I felt most comfortable nominating, so don't all hate me and cry "WANK!" and if some of these end up on the shortlist, don't you dare claim favouritism. I'll say it again - we're running these awards using the power of democracy.

Besides, a few of these I thought of nominating pretty much as I was making up the categories.



Best Overall
Ivory And Horn by Tara

Best Het
Distant Heat by Mexx

Best Slash
Lost by Ruthybee

Best Gen
Lovers, Tis Almost Fairy-Time by Raven

Best Romance
Ivory And Horn by Tara

Best Humour
One Horrid Thing That Never Happened To The Doctor by nostalgia_lj

Best Action
The War To End All Wars by snowballjane

Best Angst
So Are You by sarah531

Best OT3
A Phantom Of Clouds by Doyle

Best Uncommon Pairing
Evergreen by calapine

Best Crossover
An Infinite Number Of Roads To Dallas by Queen Nell

Best Use Of Old School Canon
Children Of The Revolution by Raven

The Russell T Davies Award For Post Modernism
Power Cut by bad_sheep

Best Metaphorical Use Of The Sonic Screwdriver
Slightly Psychic Confessions by casirafics

The 'Nice Bottom!' Award
The Candle That Burns The Brightest by icebluenothing

The 'Lots Of Planets Have A Scotland!' Award
Taste by uktechgirl

Best Use Of British Food
How You Look At It by margaritar

Best Author
(I'd like to point out this one nearly KILLD ME DED. In the end, I went with the author that nearly got nominated/nominated the most often.)
Casira

Best Website
Doctor Who 2005

Best Fan Vid
Oh My God by niav

Best Essay
Gallifrey Go Boom by Tara

Best Fanart
Do You Wanna Come With Me? by jacks_sparrow

Christ, it's taken me hours to carefully go through my lists of favourites that I've bookmarked for the occasion as well as look through the archives and the memories of most communities and OH NOES MY EYES ARE BLEEDING.

(Thought: are ironic capslocks no longer funny or trendy? Shame, I rather like them.)

This post is going to be all over the place, I can tell. Been a strange two days. I keep on meaning to write and I keep on forgetting, or I keep on meaning to clean and just not. My room is of shame, and it will need to be done tomorrow after work argle. The only cleaning I am doing is in work, and evem that is not a lot, because carers are bored when the residents go to the day centre and as such, try and do my job. This was initially a good thing, but they don't appreciate how bored I am come 12.30 when I've done everything and everyone else did the little jobs I had vaguely planned. They probably don't appreciate this as I tend to lurk in the laundry and pretend I'm vitally busy folding a sheet or something. Still, I'm getting on with the job and still rather enjoying it and liking the people, so I will feel guilty come September. There we are.

Speaking of people, I went out yesterday with Clare to see Madagascar and laughed muchly, because it's wonderfully silly and daft. I also drove on the motorway with my Dad and have learnt that the M6 when one is a New Driver and in the rain is a bad and scary and downright evil thing. However, I need to navigate it to see grandparents/Sarah in August so I will Perservere.

Today, continuing in the vein of interacting with people who don't want me to clean the fridge out, I sae Beckah coming out of the chippie as I was going in. So I bought chips and we went back to mine to chat for hours. She was ever so pleased with my house as it is a house of smokers and she could have a fag in the dining room rather than being sent outside like in most other places. I also sorted out a Girly Day with Jess for Thursday. There will be chinese, wine, later vodka and girly chats. It's all good fun.

Speaking of being girly, I have photographic proof that I can cook and be domesticated. And for a limitied time only, evidence of my families dodgy interior design. (Thank'ee purplerainbow)




Me brandishing a salad, in the kitchen.


The table.


LOOKITWHATIMADE!

Anyway, I am sleepy and I need to go and phone Jess to find out her address. Oh, the stress of CRB checks.

~Hathy_Col~

Comments

[not-vacillating.livejournal.com]

I've not looked at what anyone else nominated

Which is exactly why I've decided not to nominate-- I've been reading the noms forms as they came in, which makes tomorrow's task look smaller, but means I'd be totally bias about some fics.

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

I wanted to look at them so much to try and make up my mind, but then I worked out that I should give noms on my own thoughts. Have we had a lot of nominations? I Know Not.

Tomorrow's task will suck, and you have my pity. I will be Reading Bitch if you like, though.

[not-vacillating.livejournal.com]

You were Valid Nomination Number 18. Quite a few, but not hundreds.

Thanks-- have just replied to that e-mail. Lists daunt me not, but the reading looks scary.

[elyim.livejournal.com]

What very sophisticated table mats you have there, Cooking!Colleen.

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

Leave my Mum's 'Dippy Sheeo' table mats alone. They make her happy, bless her little heart.

[elentari-valie.livejournal.com]

Spiffy. Will you share the recipe if i ask pretty please?

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

Sure! Vegetarian Pasta Bake, taken from 'The Essential Student Cookbook' by Cas Clarke. Serves anytihng between 4 and 6.

4 tablespoons oil
1 onion, chopped
3 peppers of mixed colours, deseeded and cubed
2 courgettes, halved and sliced
250g mushrooms, sliced
400g can of chopped tomatoes
1 tablespoons tomato puree
2 sun-dried tomatoes, sliced
1 teaspoons dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
salt and papper
300g penne pasta
350ml cheese sauce
50g chedder cheese

Preheat the oven to about 190C. Heat the oil and fry the onions until they start to brown. Add the peppers, courgettes and mushrooms and fry for another 10 minutes. Ad the tomatoes, tomato puree, sun-dried tomatoes and oregano. Season and simmer for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, cook the pasta in boiling water according to the packet instructions, then drain. Put the sauced vegetables in a large ovenproof dish. Mix the pasta with the cheese sauce and spoon over the vegetables. Sprinkle with cheese and bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes until golden brown on top.


Hope that helps! It's absolutely lovely, and great served with lovely crusty bread and a salad.

[living-yen.livejournal.com]

mmmm, jaffa cakes yum! (in the cupboard behind you) I noticed them a bit too quickly, but never mind, jaffa cake spotting is an underappreciated sport.
the food looks yummy :) was it? I injured myself making sweet and sour pork from scratch the other day (not completely from scratch, the pig was already dead etc, but i made batter and fried it and made sauce and such.)it was very yummy and the oil burns on my arms faded quickly . . .you probably didn't even want to know that, but it tasted good and I made it (that was the link)
hope work's not being too yucky, and yay! at driving even if it is scary, it's freedom!

[michaelwelch.livejournal.com]

DRIVE TO SEE THE SARAH YAY :) Nice pics, yo.

[sevenhelz.livejournal.com]

so what's madagascar about?
xx