This is my life

Oh man, I hope you are talking about Doctor Who. (And can I just say, because of my line of work, I always want to type it Dr. Who? Which is just wrong.)

So, I love Amy Pond a ridiculous amount. And I love Rory nearly as much (because he just loves the shit out of Amy, man, he is just so completely in love with her, it's nuts). And I love their daughter both as the baby and as River, because she's amazing and kickass, and simply perfect for the Doctor. I love their romance across time, it's just so amazing.

I guess I don't have very articulate feels about the Ponds, or even very specific ones, really. Just lots and lots of love and they are some of my favorite characters in all of Doctor Who.

Here is my December meme topics post, if you have something you desperately want to ask me.

Hallo hallo hallo!

Thank you, dear creator, for making something for me! I am SO EXCITED to receive some femslash made just for me. Seriously, this is the best idea EVER.

So, my first, ironclad rule about exchange pieces is that I want to make it as stress-free for my creator as possible. I love all kinds of fic and art, so don't feel like you have to include everything (I don't honestly think that'd be possible) or even anything from the lists and prompts below. Optional details are optional! If none of this works for you, please, throw it out the window and go with something you want to do. I guarantee I'll love it, and I'll enthuse all over you in the comments.

Okay, with that out of the way, then, let's get on with it! I do like to list all kinds of things, throwing it all at the wall to see what sticks. If something sparks you, great! If not, see rule #1 up there.

A few general likes and dislikes, to maybe help you on your way.

Likes (These change all the time, and I like a lot more things than I can ever think of when I'm writing these letters, so if it's not here, don't fret, I probably like it!)

Pretending to be married/arranged marriages
Found family, especially within teams that have to work together
Friends and family outside the main relationship
Cooking and food
Redemption
Competence
Relationships between equals (anti-power imbalance, maybe?)
Water (swimming, showers, bodies of water, anything)
Pets and/or kids
Picnics
Crossovers
Well-drawn AUs
Dub-con when both parties are actually interested and just need a push to be together
Asexual characters
All ratings - porn, while I enjoy it, is not necessary if you'd rather not make it
Porn/kink likes, if you want to write that (for non-antagonistic relationships): bondage, especially hands or holding down, wallsex, begging, strap-ons, shaving, cunnilingus, sweet, positive sex talk, snuggling and cuddling after.
Porn/kink likes for antagonistic couples: I LOVE power imbalance, a toppy-dom taking advantage of their position of power and reveling in making the weaker lady(ies) submit, fighting into fucking, marking, bondage, holding down, begging, strap-ons, dildos or jury-rigged dildo with whatever's on hand.

Dislikes (these are weirdly specific to femslash - there's a whole essay in there about why I don't mind dark, dark, dark dudeslash fics and am not really interested in dark femslash, but unfortunately not in this letter)
Abuse
Non-con
Suicide
Deathfic
Slavery

Generally I'm not a fan of A/B/O, but I might actually be interested in it when it's not all about the dudes. If that's your thing, or you think you might want to do a take on it, have at!

Fannish/pairing notes and prompts

( Supernatural )
( Stargate Atlantis )
( Bend It Like Beckham )
( Arrow )
( Buffy )
( Firefly )

( My sign-up, for posterity. )

Watched the finale of American Dream Builders - pretty cool, the two guys from Chicago were in the finale, and I loved both so much! I didn't really care who won, but I loved both the final houses.

Now I'm watching So You Think You Can Dance from last week, and the first dude made up his own style that was AMAZING - called puppeteering. SO NEAT! I loved it, and I'm glad he made it to Vegas. Don't think he's got a shot in hell at making it, but I'll be glad to see him again in Vegas.

Lots of other dancers I'm interested in, one quirky brunette lady and a little blonde pixie girl, also quirky. I also loved Mary Poppins, though I don't think she's got a chance in hell at getting on the show.

Can't wait until tomorrow1 :D :D :D

Hi dwircle!

Long time no see, I know. Sorry about that – we’ve hit a submission cycle here and I’m ridiculously busy. I have a bunch of hilarious stories that I keep meaning to post about, but my workload is at Hopkins levels, so I’m pretty much reduced to: work, veg in front of the TV, go to sleep, repeat ad nauseum.

I really hate being so completely wasted at the end of the day that I can’t do anything fun or interesting. If it is more complicated than spider solitaire, I’m unable to do it. I’m still writing here and there – finished a piece for McShep Match – but not regularly during the week, I’m too braindead.

But, I’m at work, surrounded by deadline applications (due tomorrow, the three I have left haven’t even uploaded their science yet), and I need to take some time thinking about something else or I will explode. So here, have an update.

( Notes from Vegas )

( Stuff I’ve been watching. )

Holy crap! Just found out that Drum Corps International finals are this weekend! :D :D :D As Indianapolis is now only a 4 hour drive, I am seriously debating going down to see the semis on Friday (with soleta, sounds like!). The finals are on Sunday, and since I fly out at ridiculous o'clock AM, that's just not happening. But I could see the semis on Friday afternoon/evening. THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. Any locals want to go with me?

ETA: Actually, the finals are Saturday night, so we'll probably be going to those, instead, they start at 5:25pm. Who's coming?

(And a seasonal plug, because I am so damn proud of it: my SGA drum corps fic.)

I'm sure there have been a number of these before, but I am making one up on the spot because I need some joy right now.

Give me a fandom and at least one other thing (prompt, kink, pairing, color, whatever) and I will attempt to write you a one sentence fic.

Fandoms on offer: The Losers, SGA, early SPN (as in, S1), Elementary, Arrow, Buffy/Angel, Firefly, Alexander (2004) (or maybe Renault-verse, though it's been a while), Marvel Cinematic Universe (I love the name of this fandom - it sounds so cool! (not that Avengers doesn't)), Priest, Push, Die Hard 4, The Mummy, Master and Commander, The Fast and the Furious, basically almost any semi-popular U.S. movie ever (I'll let you know if it's not something I can do), Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings (RPF there too), Temeraire, the Belgariad and Mallorean.

Also, I'm not current on the following, but I'll give them a try, provided you choose something from at least a year or two ago: Leverage, Criminal Minds, Haven, Revenge, White Collar, Psych... and anything else I've mentioned in passing on this journal.

And then never post.

But here's a few things I thought of at work today (one of those days filled with tedious busywork and nothing interesting... but I can listen to music, which led to some of this stuff).

+++ Watching Firefly right now, and man, every inch of this show is just as good as I remember. Everyone is so damn pretty, and everyone is so complicated, and I really really really want the Kaylee/Inara friendship/teaching porn. With lots of giggling and hairbrushing and smiles. And Jayne/everyone (especially where Jayne is all submissive) and all the Zoe/Wash in the world. And gen fic about Book. And Book-Inara friendship fic. ALSO, THIS JUST IN: Itty bitty Simon was played by Zac Efron. Hee hee hee.

+++ BREAKOUT KINGS. I love this show - I am sincerely hooked. lady_krysis wrote Ray/Charlie fic, No Need for Even Going. True to form, she likes Ray and Charlie (especially Charlie) and I, of course, love Shea, Lloyd, and Erica. Especially Shea. He is ( hot like a hot thing. ). Also I love Lloyd because he's a dorky geek with no social skills but of course ridiculously smart and sure of his smarts.

??? We had our office party today. We do them monthly to just celebrate whatever birthdays/weddings/pregnancies/house buyings/whatever comes up. Normally the big boss dude doesn't come to these parties. I would've said he was avoiding them (which is probably fine, as the entire office is women and he's a dude's dude), but he's showed up for the last couple, and been remarkably friendly. This time, in a lull in the conversation, he says, in a voice loud enough for the whole room to hear, "Who here is watching Game of Thrones?" You could've heard a pin drop in the room. The only other fannish person in the room (that I was sitting next to) muttered "Ronon" in my ear, and I grinned. Everyone else was just sort of stunned into silence. I said something about George R. R. Martin and catching up on episodes and he said that you can find special features on the HBO website. The rest of the women in the office all just sort of looked bemused and then went back to talking about their gardens and diets. SO. WEIRD. (I haven't seen any Game of Thrones yet, btw, or I would've had better things to say. I've only read half of the first book and it was years ago and I was totally flailing.)

+++ The cake for the celebration was the deliciousest thing ever. Moist almondy cake with light lemon frosting in between the layers, covered in buttercream and marzipan. OM NOM NOM.

--- So, someone posted a bunch of music the other day, and was lamenting the fact that they now knew that John Mayer is kind of a dick. I love John Mayer's stuff - I like his lyrics and some of the music parts (not all of either) and I... it's one of those things that makes me sad, when people whose art I like are dicks. I wouldn't spend money on John Mayer anymore, but what about people like Matthew Gray Gubler, who says that Roman Polanski is one of his favorite directors? It makes me sad; at some point the sadness overcomes the enjoyment of the media. Where that point is depends on a lot of things, but... it's... some days it bothers me more than others.

--- Weirdly, a song on my Windows Media Player that has suddenly started to play faster. It's A Place for My Head by Linking Park, off of Hybrid Theory. Now, I wasn't thrilled with the song in the first place, but this new faster tempo makes it doubly annoying. Anybody heard of this sort of thing? Any fixes for it?

--- I've got a whole post about things from my morning commute. Maybe I'll write that up later. <3

• I got a ton of work done today, and I feel somewhat organized again. Whew.
  
  
• these things get louder (or, five times the losers met the a-team) by storm_petrel. I love both of these movies, but I don't think it's necessary to love either; it is a wonderful, wonderful fic. The crossover of my heart. The fic I've been waiting for since I saw the A-Team.
  
  
• ( The jury is still out on Rizzoli and Isles. )
  
  
  
• Going to bed kind of early!

wolfshark, lavvyan, and meansgirl, tomorrow, my lovelies, I promise. darkmoore: there's 1500 or so words of that story - I'll be finishing it, no worries (and your beta too, I promise). The rest of you? I hope you are well and doing things you love with people you love. <3