SGA Meta-rec with a side of RL whining.

[merelyn]

I was in SGA fandom longer than any fandom I've ever been in before or since. It was a great ride and it's basically over and I've been struggling for a while to sort it all out.

Now thankfully I don't have to because spike21 has done it for me, and just in time for the finale tonight:

Her thoughts on SGA 5x20 and SGA in general are here- SPOILERS OBVIOUSLY.



Also, after at least a week or so of low-grade fatigue and nausea, I'm prepared to admit that there's a slight possibility that I'm pregnant. And by that I mean getting sick. (AHAHA got you! I hope someone was drinking tea near their computer.) I can feel a cough coming on and I just hope this isn't another bout of Welcome to Your First Winter in New York City Have Some Bronchitis That Lasts For Two Months like last year.

As anyone who knows me will guess, I'm not really good at being sick. I manage to walk that oh so irritating line of wanting everyone to do stuff for me while simultaneously insisting that I don't need any help and what's more I'm not sick anyway. Thankfully for me and all of my friends/family/coworkers/roommates, it doesn't happen often.

I'm going out tonight and meeting someone around lunch tomorrow but after that I think I'll spend the rest of the weekend curled up with my PJs, Brideshead Revisited (1981) Disc 2, a large thing of OJ and a stubborn insistence on mind over matter.

Comments

[jainanicole.livejournal.com]

DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE THAT.
I FREAKED OUT.
And then got confused.

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Hee! Sorry! If it's any consolation, you can totally raise my kid if I ever get accidentally knocked up. Unlike you, ME + BABIES = FAILFAILFAIL

[jainanicole.livejournal.com]

Babies! *squee*!!

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

:) Now all we have to do is sit back and wait for a lesbian immaculate conception. Shortly followed by the popular children's book Jesus Has Two Mommies.

[jainanicole.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha. ...fail. Just, fail.

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

:D

[miripanda.livejournal.com]

Take medicine!!!!!! Seriously. Mucinex, Tylenol Cold PM, vicks vaporub, and if you want you can use my humidifier. That was the only way I got to sleep when I was sick recently (and the last time).

I'll even pretend I want you to ignore my advice and pay no attention to me so you can feel rebellious and self-sufficient.

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

I might take you up on the humidifier, but I still kind of hate OTC medicine. I'm pretty sure it just masks symptoms while fucking up your body's natural processes.

And right now it's mostly lurking on the horizon. It's not that bad...yet. We'll see.

[miripanda.livejournal.com]

Well, for my money the natural route should still include frequent shower steamings, vaporub so you can at least breathe, sleep and vitamin C...which at least you're already willing to do!

When I didn't take anything at the beginning of whatever that infection was, every day saw me get more and more rundown until I was practically a walking corpse. Taking Mucinex kept the sinus swelling down and my lungs clear so I can breathe...which I think is a natural function I don't mind preserving artificially.

Also, I think it's silly to hate OTC drugs but refuse to see a doctor to get a prescription :P

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Also, I think it's silly to hate OTC drugs but refuse to see a doctor to get a prescription :P

It's true that I hate doctors, but for the record, I totally saw the doctor-in-my-building twice during last years' bout of WTYFWINYCHSBTLFTM, and both times it was all "Oh, it's most likely viral blah blah blah."

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Blah blah blah bad coding, whoops!

[j_apollo]

I'm sending get well soon thoughts your way. And staying in bed is definitely the way to go.

I'm pretty bad at being sick too as evidenced by me complaining that the first chest cold that I've ever had was lingering. (It lasted exactly 5 days which is way longer than I'm normally sick).

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm going to try to take it a little easy (not really so hard when it's so cold and I have a natural inclination to hibernate anyway :).

And 5 days totally counts as lingering!

[j_apollo]

It is freezing here and there was even snow in London on Monday. I am currently under the covers with a very dorky hat on (my only defense is that it is the warmest hat I've ever had :). I would advise you to do something similar

Not according to my co-workers it doesn't. But I got my revenge when I infected my lab partner, one of my bosses and the guy who sits opposite me. I'm the not very nice person who prefers to spread the suffering around :D.

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

He, I totally will. Though sadly I don't think my hat is dorky enough to ward off illness.

Yeah, if I do get full on sick, all I have to do is cough once in a crowded subway car and I'll be that girl as well. :)

[sovietkitsch.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha I had to check your username like 3 times. I was like...am I confusing my friends here??!

Anyways, feel better! I've been dealing with sickness crap a lot too, maybe I've got the Welcome to Your First Winter in Paris version. :/

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Nothing like a fake pregnancy scare to brighten your day. :)

Thanks! Last year's illness definitely had something to do with moving to New York I think, what with it being dirtier, more crowded and colder than I'm used to.

[nicolasechs.livejournal.com]

there's a slight possibility that I'm pregnant.

HA! astolat's story knocked you up, I see. :)

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

OMG IT DID. AND THEN IT RAN OFF AND NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE THE HALF-HUMAN HALF-FIC BABY ALL BY MYSELF. D:

[nicolasechs.livejournal.com]

FANDOM WILL SET UP A FUND FOR YOUR MUTANT LIT BABY. STAY STRONG.

[neptuneskisses.livejournal.com]

Oooh, sending you positive healing vibes!!!!

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Thanks! ♥

[krazykipper.livejournal.com]

*raises hand* Ok, you entirely had me there. *fails*

MIND OF MATTER. It always works. Honestly.

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Hee, sorry! It probably comes from my roommates and our collectively slightly warped sense of humor; they fake pregnancy scares on each other all the time.

YES. IT HAD BETTER WORK. *tries really hard*

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that link.

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Welcome! Also, that reminds me! I totally meant to leave you a comment about this- I made my way through a bunch of your recent Pros recs this weekend and thoroughly enjoyed them. <3

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

Good to know! I was wondering if everyone was just scratching their head at my recent Pros obsession. *bg*

See, I decided I wanted to re-watch the series b/c I found my season 1 discs when I was unboxing media recently, but I also wanted to get into the slasher headspace so the show would be more interesting, so I decided to read a bit. Then it got out of control, like it does...

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

No, you aren't just reccing into the void! :)

I...might have downloaded Series 1 and watched most of them. And then trolled through the crack_van for more stuff.

It's always an interesting experience to see the source material after reading a bunch of fic (something I haven't done since due South). The show's not bad! Though it has its dated moments (see Doyle, Bodie, and Cowley spying on a woman undressing with the rifle sighting and then ahaha having a good chuckle fade to black!).