"Locked In"

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Yes, this is a strange category, but regular rec lists abound. I thought it would be fun to shine a little light on the dark subject. In honor of Halloween 2011, here are several of my all-time favorites that continue to haunt me. :-)



( In Sympathy )

Damn, Trump. He does have a knack for things going his way. Only last week, he said "Some people have to flush 10 to 15 times." I snickered at that.

But wait. Did one of the White House demons hear me and conjure up a curse?

Today my toilet had a slow down. It was performing, but draining at a trickle. Any flush now it was going to overflow. My last resolution for 2019: Stop eating. 

As in holidays or weekends past, when my furnace gave out, my garage door refused to close, or my car's transmission died. I knew I was f**ked. Experience had taught me that the only thing working at a twenty-four hour repair service is the answering machine. 

There I was. Patiently standing at the foot of my toilet, flushing one, two, three, four, five, six, seven times, thinking of my water bill and envisioning the blockage miraculously breaking loose. During my meditation, part of Trump's prophetic words played in my head, mocking me. Yeah, you bastard. One. No one ever flushes that many times. Two. Not even me. Three... 
 
As the sun set on 2019, One. Two. Three. Four. Five. It came to me. 1) Plungers are made to unclog pipes. 2) I own a plunger. 3) YouTube has the power to trump Trump.

Skipped over the piddling two minute videos and chose a deluxe four+ how-to that was ten years old. Figured if it was still around it must be good. Picked up a couple of tips I would never have thought of, like filling the plunger with water to create a seal. The Plumber-God also demonstrated a viewer suggestion: Squirt dish soap into the bowl. Follow with lots of warm water.
 
I plunged. Nada. I squirted. Zip. I plunged again. Normal flush! 
 
Just about my happiest New Year ever!
 
HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!

First read about this today. I. Am. Flabbergasted. It's straight out of science fiction or a Trump fantasy without gorgeous, foreign women.

Warning: Very long article but never dull.

Latest movie list. Since signing up for MP in September and Sinemia in January (to satisfy my childish passion for 3D), I've seen 60 films.

Completing December 2017 (Previous list here).
The Disaster Artist
The Shape of Water

January 2018
Downsizing
Greatest Showman
The Post
The Commuter (Flawed but surprisingly entertaining)
I, Tonya
Paddington 2
Proud Mary (Taraji, you can do better, girl)
Phantom Thread*
Jumanji
Pitch Perfect 3
Padmavat (in 3D, the first film watched with my Sinemia card)

( More films under the cut... )
Any movie recs you'd like to add?
Are you a MoviePass or Sinemia card holder? Love to hear your opinion of the services.

Hello from Dreamwidth,

Still lots of housekeeping to do, like updating the story index, but here I am. Going forward my posts should originate from Dreamwidth.

More importantly...
Co-mod Soophelia and I imported the three house_wilson communities. Look for them under the following names and please feel free to join and use them:

house_wilson = Grabbing His Cane
hw_reqs = House_Wilson: Grabbing His Cane Reqs
hw_ot = House_Wilson Grabbing His Cane: Off-Topic

We haven't decided how to handle the LJ comms. Probably leave them as is and make an announcement about the sister comms. Not sure if we will run periodic imports.

Title: The Snitch
Author: srsly_yes
Rating: PG13 - soft R
Warnings: AU, hybridized steampunk, minor character death, pinches of slash, different world = different RL rules. Courts and laws diverge from ours. Story does not follow canon timeline.
Disclaimer: [H]ouse isn’t mine, never will be.
A/N: Written with yarroway & blackmare's Positively House/Wilson Slash Challenge in mind.
Beta: *roses* for the awesomely talented and patient yarroway. All remaining errors are my own.
Summary: Suppose House and Wilson lived in a steampunk world, and House was the owner of a mysterious black box. Would life be different?

( “Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one.” ―Jules Verne )

Title: The Snitch
Author: srsly_yes
Rating: PG13 - soft R
Warnings: AU, hybridized steampunk, minor character death, pinches of slash, different world = different RL rules. Courts and laws diverge from ours. Story does not follow canon timeline.
Disclaimer: [H]ouse isn’t mine, never will be.
A/N: Written with yarroway & blackmare's Positively House/Wilson Slash Challenge in mind.
Beta: *roses* for the awesomely talented and patient yarroway. All remaining errors are my own.
Summary: Suppose House and Wilson lived in a steampunk world, and House was the owner of a mysterious black box. Would life be different?

( “Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.” ―Jules Verne )

Title: The Snitch
Author: srsly_yes
Rating: PG13 - soft R
Warnings: AU, hybridized steampunk, minor character death, pinches of slash, different world = different RL rules. Courts and laws diverge from ours. Story does not follow canon timeline.
Disclaimer: [H]ouse isn’t mine, never will be.
A/N: Written with yarroway & blackmare's Positively House/Wilson Slash Challenge in mind.
Beta: *roses* for the awesomely talented and patient yarroway. All remaining errors are my own.
Summary: Suppose House and Wilson lived in a steampunk world, and House was the owner of a mysterious black box. Would life be different?

( “Put two Yankees in a room together, and in an hour they will each have gained ten dollars from the other.” —Jules Verne )