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Friday, December 18th, 2009
musesfool
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11:44p
and if you believe that what's done is done
I made this chocolate mousse tonight. It's good, though I think I made the same mistake the poster made, because mine is also riddled with small bits of unmelted chocolate (or perhaps the meringue was too cool? It is fairly cool in my apartment so I don't think "room temperature" means what they intended it to mean). And also, there are way too many fucking bowls involved. Okay, it's only two, but you have to wash one of them in the middle of the process and I do not have enough room to be pouring things from bowl to bowl and washing up in the middle. I have a cutting board laid over my sink and a strip of counter space about 12" long by 4" wide, and the top of my stove. That is it. My life, so hard. wah wah wah.
I think I'm pretty much decided on what I'm making for gifts, but tomorrow I will be trying out some kind of cinnamon chocolate cake. I will report back how it turns out. If it is really awesome, maybe I will drop out the nutella cake and substitute it. Decisions, decisions.
I think baking is a good way to spend the coming snowpolcaypse, don't you?
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current music: that history repeats from father to son
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9:24p
STRESS
I officially reached stress overload this afternoon, after I achieved ALMOST everything I need to do. I think I'll skip judging the high school speech meet tomorrow and have already informed them of such.
I had a four hour panic attack, with trouble breathing and nervous colitis and the works. While this would be horrible and awful if it was my first one, I've been having them all my life. My brothers generally get the just the colitis. I see them coming and convince myself to power through and then don't. I really should learn.
I ate nothing but soda crackers this afternoon and am about to go to bed early. Next week should be less stressful at work but the Christmas prep is looming.
I need Valium.
Or a snuggly cat. Running to the bathroom every few minutes puts off snuggly cats.
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musesfool
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1:51p
glimpse your many futures
Bring me the finest bagels and muffins in the land! My yuletide story has been sent off to beta!
It turned out all right in the end, I think. It needs a good polishing, but it isn't the horror I was afraid it was going to be when I was struggling over each and every word.
Now onto Broken Toys!
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I stayed up late last night and now I am very tired. It was hard to get out of bed this morning. It is very cold outside, and it's supposed to snow. My parents said not to come, because of the weather. So I have an unexpected weekend at home. Surely there will be baking. And writing. And sleeping. Dear god, so much sleeping.
Have a poem, since I am clearly incapable of writing an entry:
The God Who Loves You
It must be troubling for the god who loves you
To ponder how much happier you'd be today
Had you been able to glimpse your many futures.
It must be painful for him to watch you on Friday evenings
Driving home from the office, content with your week—
Three fine houses sold to deserving families—
Knowing as he does exactly what would have happened
Had you gone to your second choice for college,
Knowing the roommate you'd have been allotted
Whose ardent opinions on painting and music
Would have kindled in you a lifelong passion.
A life thirty points above the life you're living
On any scale of satisfaction. And every point
A thorn in the side of the god who loves you.
You don't want that, a large-souled man like you
Who tries to withhold from your wife the day's disappointments
So she can save her empathy for the children.
And would you want this god to compare your wife
With the woman you were destined to meet on the other campus?
It hurts you to think of him ranking the conversation
You'd have enjoyed over there higher in insight
Than the conversation you're used to.
And think how this loving god would feel
Knowing that the man next in line for your wife
Would have pleased her more than you ever will
Even on your best days, when you really try.
Can you sleep at night believing a god like that
Is pacing his cloudy bedroom, harassed by alternatives
You're spared by ignorance? The difference between what is
And what could have been will remain alive for him
Even after you cease existing, after you catch a chill
Running out in the snow for the morning paper,
Losing eleven years that the god who loves you
Will feel compelled to imagine scene by scene
Unless you come to the rescue by imagining him
No wiser than you are, no god at all, only a friend
No closer than the actual friend you made at college,
The one you haven't written in months. Sit down tonight
And write him about the life you can talk about
With a claim to authority, the life you've witnessed,
Which for all you know is the life you've chosen.
~Carl Dennis
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7:53a
SNOW in Virginia! *gasp*
As a result of the Nor'easter that is forecast for tomorrow, there actually is a pretty good chance of SE Virginia getting snow tomorrow night. (Much better than I thought last night, ![[livejournal.com profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif) goldy_dollar.) Cue Virginians freaking out variously: "YAY SNOW! Let's get out the sleds!" or "ACK, SNOW! Stock up on supplies!"
*facepalm* Oh, Virginians. Y'all are so cute.
ETA: Note that, even if it does snow here tomorrow night? It will almost certainly melt by midday on Sunday. If we even get so much as to actually cause problems driving (although that's not really that much for folks around here).
current mood:  amused
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(comment on this) Thursday, December 17th, 2009
morgandawn
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10:12p
Hey look! It's a squirrel!
I feel like I am cautiously able to poke my head up and look around again.
1. We're waiting for the dishwasher parts at which point we will try to repair the dishwasher once again. After that it is curtains for the machine.
2. I am eating a bit more but only with the help of medication. I plan to go back to the MD after the holiday and ask for the ovarian cancer screening. It is most likely the EDS (connective tissue disorder) that is causing the problems but the symptoms are lasting longer than ever and even the medications are not restoring me like they used to. Once the BigC is ruled out I feel I'll have the luxury to fiddle with the other more likely-but-not-likely-to-kill-you tests/possibilities. The tests are fairly cheap and non-invasive a(at least until they find something odd) and together can catch up to 80% of the cancer. Earlier detection vastly increases your odds. So if you find yourself :
- Abdominal pressure, fullness, swelling or bloating (me)
- Urinary urgency
- Pelvic discomfort or pain
- Persistent indigestion, gas or nausea (me)
- Unexplained changes in bowel habits, such as constipation (me)
that is persistent (more than 3 weeks) and not going away. Get tested.
3. Had a lovely chat with a friend that cheered me up.
4. Was deeply amused by this fanzine listing: Flying Nun fanzines. oh my!
5. I too have Livejournal membership discount coupons to give away - if anyone is planning on becoming a paid member, the coupon will give you $10/off a yearly subscription. Just drop a comment below. I think you need to be on my reading list.
6. xlorp begins his 2 week (unpaid) time off next week. I'd rather have more time with him than the money so it is all good.
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(comment on this) Friday, December 18th, 2009
musesfool
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1:16a
i got a little story you should know
\o/
1240 words!
I'm not done, but the end is in sight!
Woo!
And now I must go to bed, because I am up way too late.
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current music: one for my baby - frank sinatra
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(comment on this) Thursday, December 17th, 2009
stele3
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8:54p
Things wot I learned today, in various fandoms.
#1: There is only one fandom, and Adam's organizing the orgy. Chris Colfer, if you did not at least attempt to hit that shit, I'm going to be very disappointed in you, young man. (OMFG, TINY BABY GAY + THE DARK UNICORN PRINCE = CAN YOU IMAGINE.) Jenna! Get pictures! *g*
#2: Southland will be airing on TNT starting Jan 12! They're starting out with old episodes, but apparently have some new footage that was edited out of the original NBC broadcasts. I caught a promo yesterday and give TNT an A+ for the use of Cash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down."
#2a: Countdown to Lambert invading Southland in some capacity starts......now. (OH GOD, COOPER + GLAMBERT = ??? Sekrit message to dsudis: WRITE IT.)
#3: I am one Kevin-Bacon step removed from Victoria Bitter. I'm afraid. (Technically I learned this yesterday, but I'm still afraid.)
#4: The online comic DAR is ending! Alas! :( It sounds like the creator Erika Moen is moving on to new things, though, so that's good.
Do we have a drop date for the new MCR album yet?
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10:22p
i had sex with your wife
Friday Night Lights
( spoilers )
I love this show so so much. I can't believe that it consistently gets shut out of awards, because it is pretty consistently (early season 2 aside) head and shoulders above most other shows on television. Sigh.
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I came home from work tonight and took a nap. I haven't done that in ages (I mean, okay, a few nights ago I fell asleep on the couch, but that wasn't planned - this was planned). I also ordered in, something I don't do very often anymore either. I got my period this morning and it's freaking freezing out. I felt I deserved both.
Also, my new comforter arrived. I haven't had a new one in ages. I still love my old (fifteen-years-old) black comforter with the lilies on it, but I needed something new and this one is pretty. Hopefully it's warm, too. I'm not going to put it on the bed till my period's over, though, just to be safe.
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current music: Absolute Beginners - The Jam
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7:38p
OMGBEARS...
Have gone over the minimum for Yuletide. Still not finished. Still don't have a satisfying conclusion or gripping conflict.
OMG!BEARS for JBBS. Still outlined, with little prose. Will buy myself pizza tomorrow night and plow through... or something. Too many Bats in this story, wtf? It is not supposed to *be* a Bat story.
current mood: stressed
current music: Pryda/Green Day/Oasis/Aerosmit - Boulevard of Broken Songs (Dan
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10:28a
it's like trying to fight gravity
various. and also sundry:
= 850 words on my yuletide. I am getting there, I think. I hope. *meep*
= I have Google wave invites (I never log in, because it seems pointless and counterintuitive to me, but whatever), DW invites, and those LJ holiday coupons if anyone wants them.
= I posted two ficlets in the past two days:
Sometime Around Midnight
Dark Angel; Max/Alec; pg; 310 words
Since he can't get drunk, there's only one way to forget.
I look at the world and I notice it's turning
Harry Potter; Remus/Sirius; pg; 650 words
"I needed to hear this song." (sequel to The Love There That's Sleeping)
They were the only complete results from my foray into the ten songs/ten ficlets thing this time around, though I started a couple others that might get written once yuletide is done.
= Is it me or is delicious really flaky lately? Half the time I click on something and I get the "experiencing technical difficulties" message.
= I am attempting to put together some top 10 lists for the decade and while I think I can sort of do favorite characters (way more than ten *snerk*), favorite episodes is frustrating me, partly because my memory is pretty crappy, and partly because I can only think of WW and BSG episodes, and also because I waffle about whether to include "The Body" or OMWF. Though I have to say, I think best episode title of the decade has to go to "Dim Sum, Lose Some," but only because I am ridiculously fond of bad puns.
It is a puzzlement.
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9:40a
Fests and Whatnot
What season is it? It's fic/art exchange season!
Okay, not that I've really had a chance to read much of anything yet since I'm hip deep in final exam grading (and finishing my yuletide fic, a process which is swiftly approaching the OMG BEARS! phase *g*), but I did want to draw your attention to the two other fests I'm currently participating in:
1. ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) snapelyholidays. I haven't received my story yet, but for those of you who, like me, love Snape in all pairings, this year's assortment will make you think it's your birthday! Along with the always welcome Snape/Harry and Snape/Lupin and Snape/Hermione, we've already had Snape paired with Lily and McGonagall and Regulus and Sirius and Dumbledore and Lucius and Neville and Filch and Moody and Slughorn and Shacklebolt. Wheee!
2. And then there's Good Omens. The go_exchange is one of my "must-do" fests each year, even though I'm only on the periphery of that fandom, and one of the reasons is because of stories like the one I received this year: a long, wonderfully written, future history that's only dystopian to the extent that a canonical Apocalypse is dystopian, which...oh. Hmm. No, okay, go back to where I said "wonderfully written" and then add original and clever. "World Without End"...go read!
Oh, and just as an addendum: I will be running hp_beholder (the fic/art exchange designed to get some loving for the most unloved of HP characters) for the third time. Sign-ups will commence at the end of January/start of February (to give everybody a chance to recover from the holiday fic blitz). And just so you know, I'm giving each new participant this year a car! (*is a lying liar who lies*)
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(comment on this) Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
musesfool
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10:33p
together we rise
So it's quote Leo McGarry day:
"If we're going to walk into walls I want us running into them full speed. We're going to lose some of these battles, and we might even lose the White House, but we're not going to be threatened by issues. We're going to bring 'em front and center. We're going to raise the level of public debate in this country, and let that be our legacy."
*sniffle*
Oh, Leo...
(You might also enjoy watching this vid, and by "enjoy" I mean "get chills and bawl like a baby" [the way the show used to make me], which is impressive for something that's not even a full 2 minutes long. At first I was like, "this is an odd song choice" and then some of the lyrics make it more understandable, and THEN the chorus kicks in and that is where the chills and the crying come from.)
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Thank you to all the people who had such kind things to say on the love meme. I truly appreciate it. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Thank you also to celtprincess13 for the lovely card, and to angelgazing for the delicious cookies and the amazing gift. ♥♥♥♥♥
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I made the buttermilk cake again today, but I switched out orange zest for the lemon zest and added two tsp of orange juice. And left out the raspberries. It's good, but it's lacking something. Possibly I will add dried cranberries on top next time. Hmm...
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Criminal Minds
( spoilers want to be a BAMF like Emily Prentiss when they grow up )
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Thanks to fleurdeleo, angelgazing and luzdeestrellas, I think I have figured out how to fix my yuletide story. I hope. I just have to figure out how to actually write it. I mean, I have 600 words so I'm on the way, but you know, there have been plot developments and you know how that hurts my wee brain. But I have a plan now, I think. I hope.
Wish me luck!
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4:38p
Sweet Charity Vidders - 2008 & 2009
If I've done this correctly, links to all the participating Sweet Charity vidders on the final compilation should be here. Clickable & lickable - go forth and watch and leave feedback.
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11:21a
random rat post
Why is it that rats themselves can smell so awesome, when their pee smells just like smelly pee? Seriously, rats themselves smell very nice: If you bury your nose in their fur it is a pleasant smell, much better than most other animals I've smelled up close (admittedly mostly cats and dogs so the comparison sample is small). And yet -- they pee in their sleeping spaces where they then lie down, and they pee on each other anyway, but while I smell like gross rat pee when they inevitably mark me or my clothes, they come out smelling like roses. Well not roses, but a nice non-pee smell. I just don't get it.
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