dear universe: i have been good. now give me more ray/bob.

I leave this music because for once, random shuffle's choice is weirdly appropriate for this post: I mean, once I've written, technically, more than a novel's worth of Ray/Bob (like 56000 words although granted 20000 of that hasn't been posted yet), shouldn't my Ray/Bob karma have gone up? And shouldn't the universe repay me with some more Ray/Bob by other people? Seriously, I don't really care what it is. I'm not picky about that right now. I just want more of it. I've read every scrap of badfic. I would be grateful for more badfic. Come ON, universe, okay? And I have to write Frank/Gerard sometimes, too. I can't do both simultaneously, you know? Or else I totally would write some more right away, because I'm totally at the stage of settling for writing it myself.

the land where 'cake' means 'small, dry coffee cake'

So apparently in Finland, flat medium-sized cinnamon rolls are called "Big Texas Rolls". Thank you, Fazer. Glad to know it.

At least they taste good! Mm, cinnamon rolls. Even if they aren't soft and squishy and don't have icing.

Finns don't really have the knack of desserts. Or snack food. Or, like... sugar. Which is why people are so shocked by how good Toll House cookies are: they taste good because they're, like, solid butter and sugar.

arashi rps: just one of the boys

just one of the boys (≈2900 words)
arashi rps
jun & sho friendship; matsumoto jun/aiba masaki implied (and background ohmiya)
sequel to just like all those girls. both of these stories belong to a very big universe and a long story that has lots of pieces missing from it, still.

( just one of the boys )

why must they taunt me with international spam mail?

The online Apple store is having a sale on Nov. 23 that includes free postage inside the US and territories and, possibly, some kind of discounts? But to avoid people who don't want to pay like over 50 bucks in taxes on their mp3 players, you can't pay for things with credit cards issued to international billing addresses either, let alone have them shipped to you (you couldn't order one as a present for someone who lived there either, in that case: which is something my parents have done for me at European shops and I have done for my cousins and godson at North American shops before, so I guess it's just a good thing none of us are rich enough to be buying iPods for other people?).

The problem is that Omena, our beloved shiny green nano, was lost from Wax's bag sometime in the last couple of weeks. RIP, Omena. The shuffle, Samson, is still with us, but Wax is too irritated with herself to take it to work in Omena's place even though I don't actually need it for anything more strenuous than dog-walking in her absence.

The sale doesn't seem to extend to Finland, though, and again, the difference between 79 USD (aka 72€) and 89€ (aka 132 USD) is pretty big. Ugh.