this might be the place

I have the what is probably hugest spider bite I have ever encountered right below the join of my thumb and hand and it is driving me insane. My entire arm itches. My legs are all twitchy and restless. Every single move I make seems to somehow aggravate the strange bruise-like mass it has become and I suspect that soon I will attempt to chop my entire hand off no matter how good it's been to me in the past ajfaigghgjawgk.

But, whatever! Not thinking about it!

My post-con sickness is slowly abating, to the point where I now have a voice again and can go whole hours without sneezing. Amazing! And last night my sister lured me out of my bed with the promise of a CVS run for more sudafed so she could use my student discount at the apple store for her new computer, and I now have an iPod Touch - for free! I'm not sure how this happened, except that it was fully rebated and very, very shiny.

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To wrap this post up a bit, a slightly face-centric icon blurb. Twenty four in full: eight due South, eleven Callum Keith Rennie, three SGA, two Joe Flanigan.


( You know, Ray, my father once told me that the sky isn't just above you, that if you look at the horizon you'll see that it actually touches the ground. So if you think about it, wherever you go, you are actually walking in the sky. )

I'm pretty useless on keeping up with fandom things that don't happen directly on my flist, so I'm not sure what's going on over at the squirrel forums about Shore Leave and what have you. Is there any talk of an LJ meet up? I keep seeing random people on my flist that I hadn't known were going at all talk about the con, and I'm kind of wondering how many fabulous people I'm going to miss out on purely because I never asked if they were coming.

Not entirely sure where we're going to be all weekend yet, but I think convincing DHew to come see the new Batman movie figured into it somehow? And, of course, some sort of watching party for the premiere(!!). Also not sure if we'll all descend upon a hotel room, or maybe take over some other place with a TV in the hotel..? I've never been to a con, okay, this is confusing.

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*I am not actually stinky.

Haha, I've been brain stewing over sgabigbang for about an hour or so, and, seriously, how do people do this? I never write outlines, it's so confusing. Mostly so far I've got a bunch of questions with no answers and a huge :O next to, "IS THIS EVEN PLAUSIBLE???" Also I may have possibly drawn a tiny Rodney!cat macro in the margins: I r srs Rodney. This r srs bigboom.

I am so bad at this, guys.

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Some Buffy stuff still left! Get it while it's...not gone.

Now. I want to talk about McShep for a few minutes here. Please feel free to go about your business if this isn't your bag, baby. ( OTP babble! )

My thread at the stalker meme. Go stalk me! I am really oblivious to my surroundings! I will never see you coming if you wear a bush!

In other news, I somehow managed to miss one of my midterms. No idea HOW, but, yeah, really not good. Hopefully the professor will give me a chance to retake it, otherwise I am totally and completely fucked up the ass. God, I hate school. I just want to skip to graduation and then spend my life working at a library or my own bookstore, going to protest rallies, and writing erotic short stories. I'm not asking for much, world.

Oh, speaking of erotic short stories. A while back, immoralilly and I were talking about putting together a book of original one-shots by fandom writers. The published erotica market, on the whole, is truly and appallingly bad, you know? Fan authors could do so much better. And, okay, probably not that much of an original idea, but leave me my illusions.

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I think most stories would have to be between 1,500 and 5,000 words, and, while they wouldn't have to be incredibly graphic, there should definitely be actual description of the sex and not just a tasteful fade to black. What would be the point, right? If there's enough of a response, I'll recruit a few of you to help get a more concrete idea of how this thing'll work, and then make another post with a more solid idea of what's going to happen.

This post is just really to gage interest, but I would love it if you could all pimp it out! ♥

So far I have only convinced one person that this is a good idea, BUT I HAVE FAITH, YOU GUYS.

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Have just finished watching McKay and Mrs. Miller, ( and am grinning so hard my face actually hurts. ) Gleee! This is why I'm not allowed to watch nice things before I'm supposed to go to sleep; I'm going to be up for another four hours because of this stupid, lovely, horribly addictive show, I just know it.

Songs which fit my mood right now - aka my 'music that makes you bounce around and giggle a lot' playlist:

The Hush Sound - We Intertwined
Mika - Lollipop
Strong Bad - Everybody to the Limit (Live)
The Hush Sound - Crawling Towards the Sun
The Libertines - I Get Along
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
Dumbledore - Drop the Needle, It's Christmas
Starlight Mints - The Twilight Showdown
The Hush Sound - A Dark Congregation
The Shins - Australia
Dirty Pretty Things - If You Love a Woman
The Wonders - That Thing You Do
Cream - White Room
The Waitresses - Johnny, Are You Queer
Talking Heads - (Nothing But) Flowers
The Fratellis - Baby Fratelli
The Libertines - Don't Be Shy

Woops, mighta gotten a little carried away there. Um. Anywho! Musically related, and because my sister made faces at me today for dancing around with my new (NEW!) headphones in, here is a poll. I know, right! It's been ages!

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ETA: It hurts that polls don't let you fix mistakes. Ahhgg, my kidney. CLEARLY that actually says 'awake' and you are hallucinating the typo. THESE ARE NOT THE POLL ANSWERS YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.

It's May 10th. Do you know what that means? That means that there are TWO - not one, but TWO - super awesome people having a birthday today. And they both have D's in their names. How fab is that? SO.

Debbie o' my heart, your birthday present will be presented to you when we see each other during the summer. It will probably involve ducks and sparkly things. Hopefully I will not break it like I did your Christmas present. And if I can get a little sappy on you here: you're one of the best things to ever happen to me. I wouldn't be the person I am today without you, and even though URI didn't work out, I'm so glad I went. You're beautiful, inside and out; never change, my Minnie, I love you. Happy twentieth!

Ditte! I think our time zones are conspiring against us, but many Happy Birthdays to you, you mad DANCING MACHINE you. I would bake you a cake, darling, but I have no strangely opalescent icing to write your name with. Instead? I give you this, which is definitely not safe for work or other places where you might have someone peeking over your shoulder.

Yeah, okay, I'm snickering like a twelve year old. Shhh. ANYWAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! ♥

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In other news, vacuuming is so hazardous to your health. I conked myself on the head five times in fifteen minutes with that fucking thing, and I think I might have a bump forming. A bump on my head. From vacuuming. What the hell. Also now I cannot find the plug. Is it possible to vacuum the vacuum's plug?

This is why I never clean my bedroom. Feel the love, Robin.

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It's a beautiful day, I just got sunburned from lying out in the yard for fifteen minutes - WHATEVER, LIFE IS GOOD. So tell me, darlings, what's your favorite thing to do on a gorgeous spring day? Do you pull out the pink lemonade and beach gear? Do you do as I do and immediately reach for the picnic blanket?

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ETA: Awww, Skip it!