Exciting news this morning! Kevin Loring won the Governor General's Award for Drama for his first play, Where the Blood Mixes! We workshopped and premiered the play two years ago and are putting together a tour next year, so this is a huge boost. And it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. (On a personal note, he included me in his acknowledgements in the published version, so I feel like I have an infinitesimal part of a GG :D).

The play is gorgeous, one of the most moving pieces of theatre I've ever seen; funny and heartbreaking. There's one moment that devastates me even thinking about it. Anybody who lives in Victoria, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Ottawa, or Toronto should definitely see it when it comes through.

Title: Cracked
Author: Mer
Characters: Taub, Wilson
Rating: G
Word Count: 2670
Prompts: For topaz_eyes, who wanted more Taub; 100_situations: #43 - Nut
Summary: Sometime a golf game is just a golf game. And sometimes it isn't.
Disclaimer: The characters of House belong to David Shore, Heel and Toe Films, and Bad Hat Harry Productions, in association with NBC Universal Television Studio.

( Tee off here )

Title: The Cure for Boredom
Characters: House, Wilson
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2777
Summary: "The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." Dorothy Parker; "And there's the foundation of our entire friendship. If you hadn't been bored one weekend, it wouldn't even exist." James Wilson
Notes: Written for deelaundry, who told me to write: "AU where House is a woman (has always been female), and bails Wilson out of jail in New Orleans so they meet for the first time." It's not all that AU, but baby steps! Completed just in time to sneak into karaokegal’s Fourth Annual "Come As You’re Not" fanfic costume party for last call. Drop by and leave something in the goody bags of the authors!
Why it's a costume: First time writing second person POV. And something is not quite canon about House.

( Bourbon blues on the street loose and complete/Under skies all smoky blue-green )

Title: My Funny Valentine
Author: Mer
Characters: Wilson, Amber, House
Rating: G
Word Count: 2275
Prompts: For taiga13, who wanted Wilson/Amber; 100_situations: #26 - Pickpocket
Summary: Amber could afford to be generous.
Disclaimer: The characters of House belong to David Shore, Heel and Toe Films, and Bad Hat Harry Productions, in association with NBC Universal Television Studio.
Author's Notes: Completely seasonally inappropriate, but I’m not arguing with the muse. Beta'd by the ever-amazing elynittria. Any remaining mistakes are because I just can’t leave well enough alone. Apologies and thanks to Lorenz Hart.

( The day wasn’t important, until it was. )

Title: Diving In
Author: Mer
Characters: Wilson, House
Rating: G
Word Count: 1756
Prompts: For hannahrorlove, who suggested House and Wilson friendship with water and/or superpowers. I'm still working on the superpowers part! 100_situations: #60 - Thirst
Summary: Killing time at the beach before the first post.
Disclaimer: The characters of House belong to David Shore, Heel and Toe Films, and Bad Hat Harry Productions, in association with NBC Universal Television Studio.
Author's Notes: Beta'd by the ever-amazing elynittria. Any remaining mistakes are all mine.

( The pier lights our carnival life forever )

First of all, because everybody cool is doing it...

The "You Should Write..." Meme!
my thread here

And just to add a little substance (or not) to the entry, here's a photo I took on the weekend, while I was down at a friend's cabin.

( Does not compute )

Title: A Question of Convenience
Author: Mer
Characters: Wilson, Cuddy, House
Rating: G
Word Count: 1189
Prompts: For bringthehappy - Wilson ; House - because you can never bring too much happiness and 100_situations: #87 - Genius
Summary: Sometimes there's method to House's madness.
Disclaimer: The characters of House belong to David Shore, Heel and Toe Films, and Bad Hat Harry Productions, in association with NBC Universal Television Studio.

( House! )

Title: The Seeds of Betrayal (the Harold Pinter Remix)
Author: mer_duff
Summary: The first/last look before all that was to come.
Rating: R
Fandom: House, MD
Pairings: James Wilson/Julie Wilson, Gregory House/Julie Wilson
Spoilers and/or Warnings: Warnings for sexual situations, strong language, and pseudo-literary pretensions. Spoilers for Seasons 1-4.
Title, Author and URL of original story: Hollow Lies by little_missmimi. Thank you for the inspiration!

The things House does for Wilson

remixredux09 is now live for reading. 235 stories in 65 fandoms - it's a fanfiction feast!

Someone brilliant wrote Nothin’ Else Matters in this Whole Wide World (the Jersey Shore Remix) from my story Down the Shore, which has just thrilled me to no end. I haven't been this excited to read something since my userpic :)

Go read, leave praise, and enjoy the many other stories in the archive.

Edited to add: I'm away from the Internet until Sunday afternoon, so if I'm late on the reveal and thanking my remixer by name, it's only because I have weddings and babies to celebrate.

From elynittria

Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you. (Please note: If you simply wish to comment on something I've said but don't want to participate in the meme, that is fine. I will only give you five words if you specifically comment with 'Words!')

The words Elynittria gave me were as follows: hockey, theatre (note the Canadian spelling), wine, writing, injuries.

( My many more than five words in response )

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

Title: Looking the Other Way
Author: Mer
Characters: Kutner, Wilson, House, Amber
Rating: PG
Word Count: 7329
Prompt/Summary: Written for Kutner Fest at kutner_love -- Five times Kutner and Wilson saw each other outside of work.
Disclaimer: The characters of House belong to David Shore, Heel and Toe Films, and Bad Hat Harry Productions, in association with NBC Universal Television Studio.
Author's Notes: Superhuman beta-ing by elynittria. If there are any remaining errors, it's because there were too many for any one person to catch!

Brief encounters

Title:Winged Foot
Author: Mer
Characters: Wilson, House, Wilson family members
Rating: PG
Word Count: 4160
Prompts: 100_situations: #67 — Confused
Summary: Sometimes circumstances get in the way of traditions.
Disclaimer: The characters of House belong to David Shore, Heel and Toe Films, and Bad Hat Harry Productions, in association with NBC Universal Television Studio.
Author's Notes: Beta'd by the awesome elynittria, who turned this around far more efficiently than I wrote it.
( Happy Father's Day )

A five-month round-up this time, since I think I'm going to sign up for Remix and I need to update my "fic list" tag...

Number of stories=8
Number of words=47,973 words

I'd better pick up the pace if I want to finish the table in 2009 (15 prompts left to go).

( A shortish list )

Title: North-North-West and Southerly
Author: Mer
Characters: Wilson, Cuddy, House, Foreman, Taub
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3630
Prompts: For heledren's 100 Years of Greatness challenge at sick_wilson; 100_situations: #77 — Upset
Summary: "The bow when overstrained will break." — Italian proverb
Disclaimer: The characters of House belong to David Shore, Heel and Toe Films, and Bad Hat Harry Productions, in association with NBC Universal Television Studio.
Author's Notes: Unbeta'd, because it's nearly midnight and this was supposed to be posted in May. All crimes against grammar and storytelling are my own.

( Two kinds of commitment )

Survived - if not entirely enjoyed - another long weekend field hockey tournament. I enjoyed the parts that I was there for, but I had to take off after my games yesterday and today to throw myself into the madness that is the development department right now, and thus missed valuable beer garden time.

( Don't get sucked into the crazy )

I hope my Canadian friends had a good Victoria Day long weekend, and I wish my American friends a fantastic Memorial Day long weekend!

I have two Dreamwidth invite codes if anybody wants one. Eventually I'll sort myself out over there...

Title: House Warming
Author: Mer
Characters: Wilson, House, Kutner, Taub
Rating: G
Word Count: 3400
Prompts: 100_situations: #44 — Stuck
Summary: Wilson tries to make himself at home.
Disclaimer: The characters of House belong to David Shore, Heel and Toe Films, and Bad Hat Harry Productions, in association with NBC Universal Television Studio.
Author's Notes: Thank you to elynittria for watching out for my mistakes. And happy birthday to nightdog_barks, who worries about Wilson's home.

( A little early spring cleaning )

I turned on my iPod for my walk to work and the song that was up was "Preamble to the Constitution" (apparently the last time I was listening to it was during a Trivial Pursuit game). But I started to think about things I first knew because of songs - from Hair alone I learned parts of Hamlet and the Gettysburg Address :)

So for the final day of poetry month, here's a poem I first heard set to music by Christy Moore on his marvellous album "Ride On."

( The Song of Wandering Aengus )

Head on over to kutner_love to claim your prompts for Kutner Fest. The claims post will be open until April 30 and there are 70 lovely prompts to choose from.

Spread the word!

You're invited to attend Kutner Fest, a fandom fest to celebrate the life of our favorite professional defibrillist! Let's give him the screen time he deserves and a lasting memorial of our creativity.

Basic party guidelines and timetable are here. You can submit prompts here until April 23. The more prompts - and participants - the merrier!

Spread the word! We want as many people firing up the creative paddles as possible. Hope to see you there!

Title: Milestones
Author: Mer
Characters: Wilson, House, Wilson parents
Rating: G
Word Count: 2685
Prompts: 100_situations: #63-Whisper; #36-Fly
Summary: "Half the fun is in the journey. And the rest is who you take it with." Two ways Wilson celebrated a major birthday.
Disclaimer: The characters of House belong to David Shore, Heel and Toe Films, and Bad Hat Harry Productions, in association with NBC Universal Television Studio.
Author's Notes: Beta'd by elynittria, who makes it all right.

( It's a surprise )

Manufactured excitement on a Sunday evening! I'm working late with the AMD on a grant and the fire alarm just went off. At first I thought it was a zone alarm - M has a tendency to exit through alarmed areas without checking first - but it turns out he put the kettle on for tea and forgot about it. The water burned out and the plastic lid melted, setting off the smoke alarm in the green room. By the time we got the alarm shut off and called the alarm company to cancel the alarm (a farce in itself - my cell phone was dead, the green room landline wasn't working and another colleague dialed the wrong number twice), the fire department had already been dispatched. I must say, though, that their response time was very good! But the Production Buyer just happened to be driving by and saw the door open and the fire truck out front, so he came sprinting up wondering what was wrong. I think that's a sign that it's time for me to go.

But first, a poem.

( SONG )

I love poetry month - not only do I get to read (or re-read) wonderful poems, but it's a chance to share some of the poems I love with my friends.

( Musing on memory )

Title: World of Weeping
Crossover fandom: Torchwood
Pairing: James Wilson, Gregory House, Captain Jack Harkness, but with allusions to Wilson/Jack, Jack/Ianto

( to the end )

Title: World of Weeping
Crossover fandom: Torchwood
Pairing: James Wilson, Gregory House, Captain Jack Harkness, but with allusions to Wilson/Jack, Jack/Ianto

( here's part three )