because we live in a house of mirrors
Mar. 11th, 2014 02:09 pm![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
musesfoolToday it was over 40°F when I left the house! I didn't have to wear boots! Hallelujah! I mean, it's supposed to get really cold again tomorrow night, but today I didn't have to wear a hoodie under my coat and I left the extra scarf at home! Maybe spring will finally arrive at some point, after all.
I don't mind daylight savings time in that I like the extra early light, but the time change itself always does my head in for about a week. Bleh.
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Last night, I caught up on Teen Wolf. I wish the episodes were a little heavier on moving the plot forward and a little lighter on atmosphere, but I think this might be the most exciting the show has been. (I think moving the plot faster would reduce the feeling that a lot of things don't really make sense, or are left out of the episodes in favor of atmospherics; the reason I don't mind Sleepy Hollow playing fast and loose with history or its own plot is that it moves so fast I don't have time to get all, "but wait...that doesn't make sense!" until afterwards, when I'm satisfied well enough emotionally that I don't really care.)
Anyway. ( spoilers )
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I would like a nap now. Why does stupid work have to interfere with prime napping time? Sigh.
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I don't mind daylight savings time in that I like the extra early light, but the time change itself always does my head in for about a week. Bleh.
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Last night, I caught up on Teen Wolf. I wish the episodes were a little heavier on moving the plot forward and a little lighter on atmosphere, but I think this might be the most exciting the show has been. (I think moving the plot faster would reduce the feeling that a lot of things don't really make sense, or are left out of the episodes in favor of atmospherics; the reason I don't mind Sleepy Hollow playing fast and loose with history or its own plot is that it moves so fast I don't have time to get all, "but wait...that doesn't make sense!" until afterwards, when I'm satisfied well enough emotionally that I don't really care.)
Anyway. ( spoilers )
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I would like a nap now. Why does stupid work have to interfere with prime napping time? Sigh.
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Fifty Shades Darker--Chapter Twenty-One (Part II) [SPORKERS: GEHAYI and KET MAKURA]
Mar. 11th, 2014 12:46 amgehayiFifty Shades Darker--Chapter Twenty-One (Part II)
In which Ana makes fun of one of her closest friends; Grey fishes for compliments; Grey's bodyguard Taylor is wildly OOC; Grey is too insecure to cope with other men seeing Ana in short dresses; Ray is not thrilled by his daughter rushing into marriage with a guy she started seeing/fucking less than a month ago; Ana starts eyeing the penthouse balcony when it's clear that Ray doesn't approve; Grey thinks that preemptive blackmail of his partners is A-OK; and David Tennant appears with a much-needed Emergency Kitten.
In which Ana makes fun of one of her closest friends; Grey fishes for compliments; Grey's bodyguard Taylor is wildly OOC; Grey is too insecure to cope with other men seeing Ana in short dresses; Ray is not thrilled by his daughter rushing into marriage with a guy she started seeing/fucking less than a month ago; Ana starts eyeing the penthouse balcony when it's clear that Ray doesn't approve; Grey thinks that preemptive blackmail of his partners is A-OK; and David Tennant appears with a much-needed Emergency Kitten.
another day older and deeper in debt
Mar. 10th, 2014 12:29 pmmusesfoolOy, Monday. How about some bullet points since my brain is basically mush?
+ They did some sort of email server switch over the weekend here at NNP and now email and calendars and contacts are all wonky for everybody. Technology giveth, and technology taketh away.
+ Yesterday, for this week's lunch, I made baked wonton ravioli (pics). Super easy, and super tasty. I made the whole package of wonton wrappers (~50) since I had enough cheese filling to fill them all - what I didn't pack up for lunch we ate as snacks and with dinner.
+ I am two episodes behind on Teen Wolf and Community (victims of my Life rewatch), and now I'm one episode behind on The Good Wife, because I can't watch it at my dad's. Sigh. Hopefully it started on time and the DVR caught it.
+ Go vote/comment in the remix qualifying fandoms poll. (As an aside, I am so glad I am no longer running remix. So glad.)
+ FOUR DAYS UNTIL THE VERONICA MARS MOVIE. I AM EXCITE.
+ TWENTY-FOUR DAYS UNTIL CAPTAIN AMERICA/WINTER SOLDIER. EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
+ In honor of that, I had a brilliant idea this morning: once the movie is out, someone should vid the Winter Soldier to "Sixteen Tons" (the Tennessee Ernie Ford version, for preference). "IF YOU SEE ME COMING, BETTER STEP ASIDE. / A LOT OF MEN DIDN'T, / A LOT OF MEN DIED. / ONE FIST OF IRON, THE OTHER OF STEEL. / IF THE RIGHT ONE DON'T GET YOU / THEN THE LEFT ONE WILL." I AM JUST SAYING. And obv. the company store is variously the US Govt when he's Bucky during WWII, then whoever is running him as the Winter Soldier, and then at the very end, if/when he gets his memories back, I would make it Steve/SHIELD.
+ I also posted a story yesterday:
jump in the saddle, hold onto the bridle (@ AO3)
Avengers; Steve/Bucky/Natasha; adult; 1,350 words
Steve could do this all day.
Nothing but OT3 porn. I would say I'm sorry for the earworm, but I'm really not. I've been singing it for days.
And though this is not that story, at some point I will write the "Bucky and Natasha test out Steve's enhanced endurance with sex" story. Because of course they do. ♥OT3♥ I just have to work up to writing that much porn all at once.
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+ They did some sort of email server switch over the weekend here at NNP and now email and calendars and contacts are all wonky for everybody. Technology giveth, and technology taketh away.
+ Yesterday, for this week's lunch, I made baked wonton ravioli (pics). Super easy, and super tasty. I made the whole package of wonton wrappers (~50) since I had enough cheese filling to fill them all - what I didn't pack up for lunch we ate as snacks and with dinner.
+ I am two episodes behind on Teen Wolf and Community (victims of my Life rewatch), and now I'm one episode behind on The Good Wife, because I can't watch it at my dad's. Sigh. Hopefully it started on time and the DVR caught it.
+ Go vote/comment in the remix qualifying fandoms poll. (As an aside, I am so glad I am no longer running remix. So glad.)
+ FOUR DAYS UNTIL THE VERONICA MARS MOVIE. I AM EXCITE.
+ TWENTY-FOUR DAYS UNTIL CAPTAIN AMERICA/WINTER SOLDIER. EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
+ In honor of that, I had a brilliant idea this morning: once the movie is out, someone should vid the Winter Soldier to "Sixteen Tons" (the Tennessee Ernie Ford version, for preference). "IF YOU SEE ME COMING, BETTER STEP ASIDE. / A LOT OF MEN DIDN'T, / A LOT OF MEN DIED. / ONE FIST OF IRON, THE OTHER OF STEEL. / IF THE RIGHT ONE DON'T GET YOU / THEN THE LEFT ONE WILL." I AM JUST SAYING. And obv. the company store is variously the US Govt when he's Bucky during WWII, then whoever is running him as the Winter Soldier, and then at the very end, if/when he gets his memories back, I would make it Steve/SHIELD.
+ I also posted a story yesterday:
jump in the saddle, hold onto the bridle (@ AO3)
Avengers; Steve/Bucky/Natasha; adult; 1,350 words
Steve could do this all day.
Nothing but OT3 porn. I would say I'm sorry for the earworm, but I'm really not. I've been singing it for days.
And though this is not that story, at some point I will write the "Bucky and Natasha test out Steve's enhanced endurance with sex" story. Because of course they do. ♥OT3♥ I just have to work up to writing that much porn all at once.
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fic: jump in the saddle, hold onto the bridle (Avengers; Steve/Bucky/Natasha; adult)
Mar. 9th, 2014 09:00 ammusesfoolSorry about the time change. Have some porn.
jump in the saddle, hold onto the bridle
Avengers; Steve/Bucky/Natasha; adult; 1,350 words
Steve could do this all day.
Nothing but OT3 porn here.
( jump in the line, rock your body in time )
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Feedback is adored.
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jump in the saddle, hold onto the bridle
Avengers; Steve/Bucky/Natasha; adult; 1,350 words
Steve could do this all day.
Nothing but OT3 porn here.
( jump in the line, rock your body in time )
~*~
Feedback is adored.
~*~
i'll cross the world for green and gold
Mar. 7th, 2014 01:48 pmmusesfoolI have no real thoughts on last night's Elementary. I was very sleepy. I do know that there was ( spoiler )
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Questions for the flist:
1. A couple of you have mentioned the India Black books. In what order should they be read? I have a gift certificate and I'll be back to reading fiction eventually.
2. Am I missing something or are there no tags or indexing available to find all of Ta-Nehisi Coates's columns about WWII? (I'm pleased to see I made some of the same choices in reading material, and have added a couple things to my already stupidly long to-read list as well, just from the couple of columns I managed to find.) His commentariat tends to be very knowledgeable about stuff but having to use a list of google search results to read from is tiresome. *is fundamentally lazy*
3. WHY DOES THIS WEEK FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN EIGHT WEEKS LONG? I said something to my boss today about something I'd done earlier this week, except I was like, "yeah, I did that a couple weeks ago" and he looked at me funny, since it was something I not only didn't do, but COULDN'T HAVE DONE, prior to Tuesday of this week. UGH TIME. WHY SO INEFFABLE?
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Questions for the flist:
1. A couple of you have mentioned the India Black books. In what order should they be read? I have a gift certificate and I'll be back to reading fiction eventually.
2. Am I missing something or are there no tags or indexing available to find all of Ta-Nehisi Coates's columns about WWII? (I'm pleased to see I made some of the same choices in reading material, and have added a couple things to my already stupidly long to-read list as well, just from the couple of columns I managed to find.) His commentariat tends to be very knowledgeable about stuff but having to use a list of google search results to read from is tiresome. *is fundamentally lazy*
3. WHY DOES THIS WEEK FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN EIGHT WEEKS LONG? I said something to my boss today about something I'd done earlier this week, except I was like, "yeah, I did that a couple weeks ago" and he looked at me funny, since it was something I not only didn't do, but COULDN'T HAVE DONE, prior to Tuesday of this week. UGH TIME. WHY SO INEFFABLE?
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remember who you are
Mar. 6th, 2014 03:48 pmmusesfoolTICKETS TO CAPTAIN AMERICA 3D MARATHON* ON APRIL THIRD HAVE BEEN PURCHASED.
I AM EXCITE.
I AM GOING TO NEED SO MANY TISSUES FOR THIS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THESE STEVE/BUCKY FEELS.
*FLINGS SELF INTO THE SUN*
It wasn't up on fandango, and I was getting anxious - the 8 pm show at Kips Bay was already sold out! - but then I checked movietickets.com and there it was. *relieved sigh*
* Captain America: the First Avenger and Captain America: the Winter Soldier only
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I AM EXCITE.
I AM GOING TO NEED SO MANY TISSUES FOR THIS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THESE STEVE/BUCKY FEELS.
*FLINGS SELF INTO THE SUN*
It wasn't up on fandango, and I was getting anxious - the 8 pm show at Kips Bay was already sold out! - but then I checked movietickets.com and there it was. *relieved sigh*
* Captain America: the First Avenger and Captain America: the Winter Soldier only
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Tragedy stunk today.
Mar. 6th, 2014 02:22 pmmoetushieMy brand new rollerball perfume fell on the tile floor.
My boots now smell like Balenciaga. :(
My boots now smell like Balenciaga. :(
i'll end up alone like i began
Mar. 6th, 2014 12:22 pmmusesfoolArrow: The Promise (now I am earwormed, but in a good way; I haven't heard that song in ages.)
( spoilers, not particularly squeeful )
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Also, here's a thing I noticed on my Life rewatch that I don't think I picked up on the first couple times: ( I guess it's a spoiler? ) While I have to say that aside from the gross and ill-advised Reese/Tidwell relationship, I don't mind Tidwell that much (though he is way too present; I liked Lt. Davis better), but I still need ALL the post-series fic where Reese moves on from him to Crews, because PARTNERS.
I also don't think I realized till this time around that the finale answers the very first question Crews asks Reese. ( spoiler ) But I am not up to the finale yet. I will probably have more to say when I get there.
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( spoilers, not particularly squeeful )
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Also, here's a thing I noticed on my Life rewatch that I don't think I picked up on the first couple times: ( I guess it's a spoiler? ) While I have to say that aside from the gross and ill-advised Reese/Tidwell relationship, I don't mind Tidwell that much (though he is way too present; I liked Lt. Davis better), but I still need ALL the post-series fic where Reese moves on from him to Crews, because PARTNERS.
I also don't think I realized till this time around that the finale answers the very first question Crews asks Reese. ( spoiler ) But I am not up to the finale yet. I will probably have more to say when I get there.
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What I'm reading Wednesday Thursday
Mar. 6th, 2014 10:59 ammoetushieWhat I've just finished
I'm mentally writing in The Last of the Wine as a part of my Yuletide requests, 2014. Mostly, my thoughts are about the women who are at the edges of the story -- Alexias' mother, Charis and Thalia. Or possibly something with Phaedo.
What I'm reading now
I have a lot plates in the air, you guys. But I'll start with the ones that have been floating for the longest time now.
Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield is agonizingly slow, which is probably why I'm constantly setting it down and taking up something else. The writing reminds me of Neil Gaiman -- which is not actually a good thing in my book. I always feel detached from Gaiman's protagonists, and it's hard to care about them.
Anyway, this novel -- I'm on the verge of giving it up.
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner, which my brain annoying autocorrects to The Queen of Anatolia. Stop that, brain. I am kind of stuck in the beginning here. Which is sad because The Thief grabbed me right away.
Kindred by Octavia Butler. I've never read Octavia Butler before. But right away she's confirmed something I've always suspected -- that time-travel is terrifying and traumatic.
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. I'm enjoying this a lot, even though all Latin is Greek to me. So, metaphysical monkish murder mysteries, huh? Marvelous!
I'm mentally writing in The Last of the Wine as a part of my Yuletide requests, 2014. Mostly, my thoughts are about the women who are at the edges of the story -- Alexias' mother, Charis and Thalia. Or possibly something with Phaedo.
What I'm reading now
I have a lot plates in the air, you guys. But I'll start with the ones that have been floating for the longest time now.
Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield is agonizingly slow, which is probably why I'm constantly setting it down and taking up something else. The writing reminds me of Neil Gaiman -- which is not actually a good thing in my book. I always feel detached from Gaiman's protagonists, and it's hard to care about them.
Anyway, this novel -- I'm on the verge of giving it up.
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner, which my brain annoying autocorrects to The Queen of Anatolia. Stop that, brain. I am kind of stuck in the beginning here. Which is sad because The Thief grabbed me right away.
Kindred by Octavia Butler. I've never read Octavia Butler before. But right away she's confirmed something I've always suspected -- that time-travel is terrifying and traumatic.
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. I'm enjoying this a lot, even though all Latin is Greek to me. So, metaphysical monkish murder mysteries, huh? Marvelous!