Something that I think no one has mentioned, but are brilliant anyway: sanitary napkins (yay, pads!). While tampons are great for most women's needs, a couple of pads (1) are lightweight and can lie incredibly flat at the bottom of a bag, thus making them a dandy addition if you so choose, (2) can be used for young misses you may either be related to or come in contact with if it becomes abruptly required, (3) can be used to staunch large wounds without too much worry about sterility (I don't believe they're technically sterile, but on the other hand, you're carrying them around individually wrapped in plastic), and (4) the best use: as any Girl Scout who's spent enough time at summer camp knows, can be wrapped around a stick and set on fire, creating a torch that lasts a remarkably long time while creating a lot of light (though I'm not sure whether an ultrathin pad will provide the same sort of jaunty flare as your standard thick overnight-with-wings variety. Testing time!). Kotex says
"Our maxi pads and pantiliners are made mostly of wood cellulose fibers -- the same raw materials paper is made from. (We "fluff" these fibers to make the material absorbent and soft.) The outer cover and the moisture-proof shields are made with a moisture-proof plastic such as polypropylene or polyethylene, to help minimize leakage."
With that sort of material, it's no surprise they burn easily. I imagine that they also make excellent fire starters for similar reasons.
(By the way, while looking up "pad torch" on flickr, I found a pile of photos of people's go bags. Very fascinating. In further searching, I also found a youtube video of a maxi-pad and Axe deodorant fire combo, which is pretty awesome as well.)
What's really awesome is that while I haven't read that particular Harry/Draco saga, it's been on my list for a while -- and I've read heaps of her other stuff.
Does typing "Love is Blind" and a random fandom still work for a badfic catch-all? Lemme check... First page of Google can still call up a Buffy, Star Trek, and Harry Potter story. Star Wars is a bit iffier, as is X-Files, and Batman looks like a no-go. Based on typing "Love is Blind" anime, though, it looks as if there might be a treasure trove there if I actually knew any Japanese fandoms.
As minor pimping, I wrote my undergraduate thesis on the folk process and whacky modern uses of it. Can't claim it for brilliance, but might be a cozy read.
Sadly, I did not mention any reinterpretations of the icebox poem. Dammit.
For a fairly good picture of the hell that is slush, SFRevu has a series of shots of the Tor offices from 2002 here.
My favorites are the latest in slush furniture and the slush of Isengard.
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