pimping!

1. Voting for challenge two is going on over at sga_lims! Yes, I was crazy enough to take part this round. Go forth and vote!
   
   
2. Love meme! I could definitely use some cheeriness. Like woah.
   
   
3. I was originally rooting exclusively for the away team over at mcshep_match, but it's really hard to hold onto that kind of bias when there are great stories coming from all sides. I'm still poking through them, so this isn't a complete list of awesome, but here are a few links to the ones I've really enjoyed so far:
   
   Infiltration
   Summary: "I’m hopelessly in love with you," Rodney said, and rolled his eyes.
   Hee, hee, heeeeee, so classically adorable and - boys!
   
   With Bones Like That
   Summary: “I’m Dr Rodney McKay,” she said slowly. “We were at Berkeley together. You majored in mechanical engineering because you’re an idiot who wanted to go to war rather than use your brain for something worthwhile. I’m Rodney McKay with breasts, okay? It’s not that hard to grasp."
   Fja;goiawg YAY temporary genderswap! \o/
   
   Blink
   Summary: I am going to tell you a story. About Dr. McKay and how he bought an eye from me, and how that one small act led to the strangest night in my entire life.
   'Imaginative' doesn't even do this story justice.
   
   Good Neighbor Policy
   Summary: His whole life, home had been something that happened to other people.
   Incredibly sweet and perfect; definitely leaves you with the warmest, happiest glow in your belly.
   
   Never Going Home
   Summary: John believes in miracles, in last minute saves, in the impossible. He's lived all of them. He also believes in small, random things that kill people; in the end you don't see coming, in the impossible-in-a-bad-way.
   Even though it's written beautifully, major owie warning. I used up half a box of tissues.
   
   Near Things
   Summary: "I am not risking the possibility of showing up at my own wedding with a hangover!"
   Despite the summary, it's boys being boys all the way. So absolutely darling, god.

hews in the house

credit to chickyoops; reposted with permission
I know, I know, I just posted, BUT YOU GUYS. How are they so absolutely fabulous? I don't know how we're going to survive Shore Leave - especially if Kate wears another dress like that, homg. chickyoops has up 90+ photos of the Hewletts being magnificent over here, including a few of David that actually made me swoon. The stubble! The eyes! The jaw line! The crotch! Ahem. In the immortal words of darsynia:

darsy: OH GOD BASHFUL DAVID
darsy: fdksfjdslfdjsfldsjdslakdsmal
darsy: HE IS SCRATCHING HIS EAR
So, you know, be prepared for flail. Make sure you clear the area around you of all large pieces of furniture and non-fangirl entities.

And speaking of Shore Leave, which is in eleven days oh my fudge, does anyone have a...schedule or something? I haven't found anything on the website, but that might just be because I am mightily bad at focusing on one thing for more than three minutes at a time right now. I tried to shower earlier and wound up wandering around my room half-naked, having forgotten what I was doing. The excitement, it overwhelms!

ETA: wow, am I the only one who's gotten IMs from a spam sn on AIM slandering legomymalfoy?