There seem to be endless lists circulating; this 99 Experiences of a Life Well Lived seems rather random and tourism-heavy in its choices, but here goes. Lifted from the more-interesting  yas_m5. Bolded the ones I've done.  If you hang around the planet long enough you cover lots of them anyway.

 

( Here be the list... )

Tags: meme
Current Mood: chipper

Julie and Julia is an absolutely delightful movie with a fantastic performance by Meryl Streep. As Julia Child, Meryl Streep once again loses herself in the role she's given and becomes Julia Child - perhaps a more exuberant version of the real Mrs. Child, but showing a love for life - and food - and an unfailingly happy-go-lucky outlook that absolutely conquers all.



( When bliss is based on butter, who can argue with that? )

Tags: julia

Title: Cool Night
Characters: Sawyer/Juliet
Rating: PG
Word Count: 426
Spoilers: Through LaFleur, S5-08
Disclaimer: Lost and its characters are not mine.

 

(  It was an unusually cool night, and she snuggled a little closer to the form already deep in sleep. )

 

Tags: lost fic

Title:  If Only I Could Be There Too

Characters: Sun, Kate

Rating: PG
Word Count: 1564
Spoilers: Through 4x06, “316”.
Summary:  Sun’s missing time before the flight back to the island.
Disclaimer: I don't own Lost or its characters.

Notes:  Sun never got adequate focus on her dilemma of leaving her daughter behind as she returned to the island, or showed any curiosity about Kate without Aaron. This is her point of view as a mother with an unthinkable choice.

 

 

( Sun walked out of the church with her head spinning.  )

 

Tags: lost fic

A family is going home from their beach vacation this week without their 13-year-old son and brother. He was taken by the riptide while playing in the water with friends - poof - they saw his hand go up, and he was gone. Two other luckier kids were pulled out of the water but no sign of the boy - despite searches by jetskis, boats, helicopter, and human chain. Other people have been taken in by the riptide in the past two days; a man drowned after pulling his son out.

We all come to the seaside for fun and relaxation, but we forget how brutal she can be.  Someone can be pulled under by one of these currents in an instant - strong swimmers too. The water has been nearly empty of swimmers since the incident, but it will fill up again soon enough. Just the day before the sea was so calm we complained about the lack of waves to even ride into shore as I bobbed around on the swells.

I can't imagine coming out for a pleasant holiday and then losing your dear child like that. God help that family.

Current Mood: gloomy

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Tags: luau 2009: picspam

For her Queenly request, elise_509 has asked to be reminded what she loved about James Ford so that she might recapture that after Season 5.  Darling, it’s ironic for me that you have fallen out with Sawyer, for you were the person who first made me like him, when my impression of him was so much the leering redneck. Through the way you captured his true voice in your fics, even your AU fics, you saw into his head and shared the vision of his character in a way that canon Sawyer occasionally pushed away.

 

So I’m regifting – giving you back bits of your own work that are among my personal favorites, that might reacquaint you with the heart and soul of the Sawyer that you love!  *big Hurley hug*

(some excerpts are rated R for language)

 

( Sawyer through the lens of elise_509 )

Tags: luau 2009: other

Queen gottalovev   at the lostsquee  Luau has requested Firsts. After narrowly missing each other for two seasons, I am pretty sure the first time Sawyer and Richard actually met was in LaFleur. 
Title: On a Park Bench
Characters: Sawyer, Richard
Rating: PG
Word Count: 580
Spoilers: Through LaFleur, S5-08
Disclaimer: Lost nor its characters are not mine.

 

( The man who never got old posed that question to the man who had re-invented himself just hours earlier. )

Tags: luau 2009: fic
Current Mood: groggy

Tags: luau 2008: fic

In which I reveal how culturally fluent I'm not, or something. Gakked from elise_509

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicise those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them.