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Dear Self,

Eating your breakfast while getting ready for work is, in theory, not a bad idea. In the future, though, please remember to draw the line at showering while eating toast. It doesn't matter how exhausted/hungover/starving/late-for-work you are, it will not save you any time in your morning routine. Trust me on this one.

WTF, why are there breadcrumbs in the shower drain,
Me


So. How was everyone's St. Patty's?

(Mine was totally worth it. :)

I've been totally failing at livejournal lately. I have so many "to read" tabs open in my browser at the moment that I've stopped counting them. *weeps, rends clothing* I'm going to try to be better at commenting, but I have to devote more of my work time (normally my prime livejournaling hours) to you know, work, so we'll see.

As for TV, I've also been failing at watching shows. (So what have I been doing instead? Honestly I have no idea- I went to the Dentist?) In fact, the only TV I've seen lately is Season 2 of Skins. I'm catching up! Overall I think Season 1 was a little tighter, but it was still v. enjoyable and awesome. Also, I can already tell that I'm going to be the only person in the world who freakin' LOVES Pandora. (Anyone? Anyone?)


On the bright side, I have managed to (very belatedly) post some Merlin multishipping recs over at attheroundtable. They're here if you want to check them out.


How's everyone doing? ♥

*In college, I used to be a fairly ridiculous person. I don't mean in the frat-girl, dancing-on-the-table, streaking-the-quad kind of way (OK FINE ONLY SOMETIMES), but more that I used to be way more of a spazz. A procrastinating, all-over-the-place, sometimes-a-flake of a girl. Consequently, I spent most of my time in college when I was not in class fighting the urge to walk to the sunken gardens and do a massive, full body, HOLY SHIT WHY IS MY LIFE SO AWKWARD faceplant into the grass.

I'm not saying this is a great way to live, and I do enjoy being mostly (ha) on top of my shit and on time/early to work every day, etc. Still, there is a part of me that wishes I could go back (metaphorically) to that time in my life where my mom walked into a room with me and my friends and said, I found this vibrator when I was cleaning the basement, where do you want me to put it? (TRUE STORY, KIDS.)

That's weird, right?

Anyway, the point of this story is actually not my post-adolescent angst, it's about vibrators. (Surprise!)

( Cut for vibrators. And my blathering. )


*In fandom news, I’m being feeling a wee bit strange. As in bizarrely wandering back down memory lane and reading stuff like Professionals fic and Ray/Ray Due South stuff and sad McShep stories that remind me why John Sheppard can break my heart into tiny pieces like no one else. I think it has to do with Merlin being on hiatus and SGA being over and maybe I’m a wee bit adrift? I dunno. :(


*In more news, I signed up for the Pay It Forward meme from verav and then, ignoring the whole point, forgot to post it to my lj. So! Here it is! Look out for baked goods, probably vegan ones (even though I’m not vegan anymore). But who knows, I might get inspired to do something else like write all that fic I mention but never finish:

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me. It will be about or tailored to those five lucky "victims."

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
- What I create will be just for you.
- It'll be done this year.
- You have no clue what it's going to be or when it’s going to be. It may be fic. It may be poetry. I may draw or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

If you comment in this post, you have to post this in your journal. Thats the catch. So do it. DO IT.



*So. How you doin'?

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.

After 10 days of travel all over the place and very (VERY) little sleep- between weddings and snoring relatives and one of those fun nights out that ends up with a friend drunk and sobbing into a toilet until 3:30 in the morning- I finally returned to New York late last night to faceplant into my bed. I am really glad to be back home, and work should be mercifully quiet this week.


In fannish stuff, I still have a pretty insane amount of Yuletide to get through though. I think I'm going to hold off on a recs post until I finish- damn me and my completist tendencies!


I did watch the ( Doctor Who Christmas Special )


I also fianlly managed to make myself watch ( SGA 5.20 )


PS. I finally got your card, krazykipper! Thank you! It was lovely! ♥ (And yes you did spell my name right. :)

I'm sure most of my fandom friends are familiar with the crack_van. I stumbled on the crack_van shortly after its inception; it was instrumental in bringing me out of my Harry Potter/FF.net phase (I know!) and into my lj period.

Anyway, I still check up on it occasionally, and it looks like there's a lot of new fandoms making the rounds in December. People are doing Idolslash (which, um, only astolat can make me read), and Chuck and Primeval and whatnot.

I'm the most excited about allyndra (a Chad/Ryan shipper!) reccing High School Musical and goddessdster reccing Hot Fuzz! I've never gotten super fannish about either, but I figure I should start squirreling away my fandom acorns for the post-Merlin 1.13 winter that's coming.

Anyway, it's definitely worth a look if you're bored. :)

Also, meeting linaerys for dinner tonight! We're going to Velselka, which should be fun. Pierogies and Merlin-squee, mmm.

Again super busy this weekend, so I missed most of the Merlin 1.10 massive squee/flail-athon. (I have nothing to add but EEE.)

What was I doing? I saw Twilight on Friday, finally checked out the New Museum, saw some pretty decent one-act plays, and spent almost all day Sunday volunteering to set up/attending the GLAAD OutAuction. Fun times, though I'm pretty exhausted and the only thing that's keeping me going right now is the thought that it's a half week at work thanks to Thanksgiving.

ANYWAY, that said, have some (surprise) Merlin recs for your Monday morning!

Treason to Us by janne_d (Arthur/Merlin, PG-13)

This is THE best take on Arthur finding out about Merlin's magic I've read yet. This story is also like a clean brutal kick to the chest, and I mean that in the best way possible. It's a brilliant Arthur POV, quite deftly restrained and all the more powerful for it. (Also, it's fairly close to how I see this playing out in the show. *wibble*) Highly recommended. If you haven't read this already, GO. NOW.

Then, after that, to make yourself feel better there's ras_elased's Five Secrets Merlin Knows About Arthur (Arthur/Merlin, NC-17). Charming, delightful and very cute.

Both of these are from merlin_flashfic, which clearly I need to start paying more attention to.

Uh Huh Her at the Highline Ballroom tonight with circa_eve and corporatepiracy!! (And maybe linaerys? Not sure.)

Just added some new friends off the McShep Friending Meme, and it inspired me to get off my lurking butt and use this journal for its intended purpose and post stuff. *waves at the new folks*

First, a very brief life update because, well, not much has happened. My job's going all right (I have health insurance now, say what, working for The Man!). It's (almost) nice and springy around here- and oh, how I miss the southern coast of Virginia right now, let me tell you. I've also been pretty busy lately hanging out with folks and watching American Idol in my PJs with my roommates.

Also, lots of people visiting me soon, like duckfish (I think??), corporatepiracy, and sovietkitsch, and my engaged friends from college whose wedding I will be in at the end of this year.



And, in more fannish related things:

1. Meg and I are co-writing something for the reel_sga challenge. (And typing this reminds me that it's only a month away. Fuck.) We're attempting to do a McShep version of Imagine Me & You, a truly delightful movie that is perhaps the only mainstream lesbian romantic comedy ever. (With Lena Headey! And Piper Perabo, of Coyote Ugly, er, fame!)
ETA: IMO, Kissing Jessica Stein doesn't count as a mainstream lesbian rom com. One day, unless laziness prevents me, I will rewatch it, and compare/contrast these two to explain why.

Anyway, if anyone is up for beta-ing this when/if it's done please drop me a comment! We'd love more input, especially from someone who is familiar with SGA (and maybe the movie too).


2. moonilicious recently recommended the movie St. Trinian's, and I'm here to second it. For those who don't know (and I didn't), it's based of a series of drawings (and famous films from the 50s) about a rowdy, lovably chaotic British girls boarding school, run by an equally quirky headmistress, played by Rupert Everett in drag. If that wasn't enough of a carrot for you, Colin Firth is also in it, as the Minister of Education. And if that's still not enough, the two of them stare at each other a lot while violins swell offscreen.

Anyway, great girl characters, lots of hijinks/camp, and just generally fun. Get your hands on it if you can.


3. From scribblinlenore: In response to heat they're getting from the American Family Association, P&G is conducting a phone poll to see if people are for or against the Luke/Noah storyline on As The World Turns. Even if you don't watch the show, please consider taking a quick moment to support boy kissing and thwart homophobic bigotry. The poll is completely automated. You don't have to talk to anyone. And it really does take all of a second to register your opinion.

Just call 1-800-331-3774 and press #1 to continue in English (or #2 for Spanish), then 2 to get to the ATWT poll, then press 1 to continue the storyline.

Please spread the word if you're so inclined. The fight for good has never been so simple! :)

ETA: This might be different for callers outside the U.S., the jury still seems to be out. I just did it, and I had to press 2, then 1 instead of the other way around. Give it a try!