i_hope_that
For many of us, the holidays can be kind of rough. If you're searching for a network of understanding friends, this ultra-nurturing community encourages you to express your heartfelt wishes and offer other members encouragement and acceptance. Not for the terminally snarky or emotionally-challenged, this is a good-spirited place to lend comfort and support.

Tags: i_hope_that, support, wishes

diygifts
Feeling crafty? If you've got a few last folks on your holiday gift list, this is a great place to seed your creativity and generosity. You'll also discover wonderful DIY tips to decorate your home and entertain guests. Offering a no-frills-no-skills attitude that welcomes the cash-challenged and arts-phobic, you're sure to get ideas and make friends in the process.

Tags: crafts, diygifts, do it yourself

cooking_club
A fun and friendly community dedicated to those who love to cook, whether you're a meat-and-potatoes type, an aspiring gourmand, and/or a vegan. In search of a brilliant dish to use up those weekly leftovers? Post your ingredients and you'll be whipping up a feast by dinner. You can also share favorite recipes. For Type A chefs, you can spice up your culinary repertoire with exciting cooking challenges.

Tags: cooking_club

stepstomarrow
When granddaughter, Jada, was born with leukemia, a donor-match was located and Jada made a miraculous recovery. In honor of her grandaughter's health, Jeanna has decided to walk across the country (in the dead of winter) to raise awareness and build support for the bone marrow registry (all that's required is a cheek swab). Follow Jeanna's remarkable journey as she travels the United States by foot.

Title: Sinking slowly
Author: alles_luege
Pairing: Bob/Emilie Autumn
Rating: PG -13
Summary: A story about two people slowly falling in love.
“Also, there is of course Suffer,” she says, sipping her tea. She usually drinks tea.
“Suffer?”
“My bear...” Emilie says, she doesn't even blush. God, she is so weird, Bob thinks. A bit like Gerard in the theatrics on stage, but not as hot-blooded.
Warning(s): kissing, hints at traumatic events in the past
Author’s Notes: So, Bob Bryar and Emilie Autumn are my het OTP. *shrugs *
Word Count: 1.082
Beta: figilio_vampiri
Disclaimer: Don’t know, don’t own, not real

Sinking slowly

Current Mood: amused
Current Music: mcr - desolation row

taste_buds
Holidays provide a built-in excuse for indulgent entertaining. This all-purpose foodie community covers everything from homemade hangover cures to dinner party menus. Need quick advice? Get five-minute snack suggestions, low-fat ingredient substitutes, and even measurement conversions. Delicious recipes garnished with humorous advice. Yum.

Tags: taste_buds

naturesbeauty
Always on the lookout for compelling images, we were delighted to discover this flourishing community of artists who share a love of nature. Honoring the subject with photographs, paintings, sketches, prose, poetry, and other creative works, you'll be simultaneously riveted to your monitor and inspired to run helter skelter towards the nearest wooded dale.

Tags: naturesbeauty

Title: Zweiraumwohnung
Author: alles_luege
Pairing: gen
Rating: PG -13
Summary: Ray's girlfriend throws him out and he moves in with Bob. A story about friendship.
“What?” Ray asks, laughing.
“ It's snowing in Chicago. I'll sent a text with a picture to Patrick...he does the same, okay?” Bob mumbles.
Warning(s): none
Author’s Notes: For tygermine , because she is awesome and because she wanted it. 'Zweiraumwohnung' means 'two-room-flat' Part of the Advent-calendar. (Day 13).
Word Count: 1.211
Beta: figilio_vampiri
Disclaimer: Don’t know, don’t own, not real.

Zweiraumwohnung

Current Mood: hungry
Current Music: 3 doors down - let me go