unamaga | i first came to chicago on the trail of my father's killers

I went to a concert last night! My voice is all but gone! I have no idea how this happened, but I suspect the "Back in the USSR" cover had something to do with it. Oh, and pentapus being far too awesome for my health. (summertea was also, as usual, absolutely darling, and took being bopped on the head by balloons throughout the show with grace and aplomb. ♥) My only beef with the place besides the fact that my ears still ache a little? FOUR DOLLARS for a bottle of water. What. What.
What've you all been up to the past few days? I've been a horrible friend and haven't checked my flist much since Friday. I blame Constable Benton Fraser and his attractive cohort! I watched seasons three and four in something like thirty six hours and oh god, you guys. villainny and chopchica warned me, but I had no idea what I was getting into.

I cannot even deal with how dorky and adorable and achy and in LOVE they are. And then, fjagoiajgm, ficccc. I've torn through everything by lamardeuse, resonant, cesperanza, china_shop, isiscolo, and shrift, and more names that I know just keep popping up! *flaps delightedly* Any of you who've seen this show and read fic in its fandom, do you have a favorite story you'd recommend? I have a three hour trip with no internet both ways and the fics I'm writing are almost done. Halp!
Last one, I promise: Shore Leave in, like, A DAY. Some of you will have no choice about meeting me and letting me hug you. Everyone else, I think I'll post my cell phone number tomorrow morning before I leave under flock and filter (tell me if you want in) in case anyone wants to get in touch with me. If you'd rather just surprise glomp me, there are a few events on the schedule I'm pretty sure I'm going to attend - nothing's really set in stone yet except for the Hewlett Panels and autograph sessions (well, and the fact that I'll be hanging off kashmir1's arm for most of the duration), but you should be able to find me easily enough; I think my name tag says Mel on it. If all else fails, look for the girl with the ridiculous donkey laugh who can't keep her hands to herself.
- Supernatural: Gone to Hell in a Handbasket (7-8 Salon B, FRI)
- A Dog's Breakfast (10-12 Valley, FRI)
- Season Premiere (12-on Valley, FRI)
- Atlantis: Rodney Gets No Respect (12-1 Salon F, SAT)
- David & Kate Hewlett (2-3 Hunt Valley, SAT)
- Jewel Staite (3-4 Hunt Valley, SAT)
- Firefly/Browncoats (5-6 Salon B, SAT)?
- Dr. Who, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures (10-11 Salon F, SUN)?
- Jewel Staite (2-3 Hunt Valley, SUN)
- David & Kate Hewlett (3-4 Hunt Valley, SUN)

SO happy to hear lots of new excitement for Due South! I am currently in Vegas and short on time, but I'd be happy to make recs at some point. If you want, you can check out my recs page at http://justbreathe.mediawood.net and then Recs - all Due South recs and mostly NOT the authors you've already dug into (I love them all, but tried to rec some less known stuff as much as I could).

Enjoy! While I'm slowly falling out of DS, I love to hear about those of you who are just discovering it. *g*

Your fic and the fic you recced totally kept me occupied the entire journey, even though there was a curious monkey-child hanging off my shoulder all the way to Philadelphia. Thank you SO much. I loved it ALL. <333

Yay! I'm so happy to hear that. I haven't written DS in a while, but I'm proud of a lot of that fic, so I'm glad it worked for you, and hopefully you discovered some hidden gems in the recs page. I LOVE that so many new people are discovering the fandom, it's great.

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