Friday Morning Rambly Post
Apr. 27th, 2012 08:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elrhiarhodanI was going to whine a bit here, but decided not to. Is there anything less productive than complaining about a situation that's your own damn fault?
So - on to the more determinably positive stuff.
1 - I have found a supplemental fandom. Or more accurately, a complementary fandom. It's Lewis or, in the States, Inspector Lewis. I call this complementary, because after watching most of the available episodes, I've come to realize it's pretty much White Collar - if Neal had become a cop and if (gasp) Peter was a widower.
Now - that's simplifing it a bit, and it's an imperfect analogy - but the interpersonal dynamics are stunningly similar. I don't think I'll be able to put out 400k in two years for Lewis, but I definitely see myself writing quite a bit for it.
Of course, my preference would have been to write in the same shiny new fandoms that so many my friends are in, if just to be able to continue having their love and support (and thank you to my WC peeps who've taken the time to read and feed me back on my Lewis fic). But I've tried, I've tried (cue "Modern Love" here). And I just don't feel it the way I feel WC (and now Lewis).
2 - I finally broke down and bought a new mattress. Yes, this is important news. Because if I didn't, I was going to break down completely from body pain and lack of sleep. My old mattress was about 14 years old and I've been complaining about it for - hmmm - 13 years? It had a pit in the middle and the springs were popped. My thought was, get a new bed when I move - use the old one for the spare bedroom, but I wouldn't let my worst enemy sleep on this bed. I just dreaded the thought of shopping for a new mattress - I think I'd rather shop for new wallpaper or maybe have dental work without anesthesia.
BUT - Sister had bought a new mattress a few months ago, and I had tried it when I last visited. It was WONDERFUL. So, guess what - that's what I got. It arrived on Wednesday - and all I want to do is just stay in bed. Sadly, I have to work. And I've got THINGS TO DO which means I can't just go to bed when I get home.
3 - And speaking of sister, I will be away this weekend. Taking the ferry, because even though I have driven all over the country - even some crazy-making trips through the southwest, up and down the California coastline, and routinely through the Mid-Atlantic states, I loathe/fear driving the length of Connecticut. Don't ask me why, but that 125 miles is more like 1000 miles. Maybe it's because I know there is an alternative. I don't really save time, and the ferry isn't cheap - but it's nice, especially on a spring day. She's going to do a little dental work on me (cleaning and repairing a tooth that lost a filling) and then we'll go see the exhibit of her photography (she's stellar nature photographer as well as a top-notch dentist), have dinner and go to a concert of New England and Scottish folk music. What could be better than that?
I'll be home on Sunday - probably by the early evening.
4 - Have been working on a new project. It's part of my One Thousand Flowers series:
It's taken me a month to get this far - and I think I'll need another week to finish it.
5 - Other news. Nothing I'm willing to talk about just yet. Magical thinking and whatnot.
6 - Recs from the Remix Redux 10 archive. All the White Collar, all are amazing:
Contingencies (The Know Thyself Remix)
Another One In My Bed (The Love's Realignment Remix)
Rewriting Roles (The Director's Cut Remix)
Five Reasons El Wanted Neal to Go Free aka Five Things El Never Told Peter (This is a remix of my fic)
Rule Number One (The Wildcard Remix)
Phantom Limb (The Supernumerary Remix)
Longing to Grow Into One (The Inked Remix)
Loneliness (A Place That I Know Well)
7 - Real life is kicking my ass. I could use a few hugs.
And just for making it all the way through, a bonus Bomer. And a DeKay. And a Fox.
So - on to the more determinably positive stuff.
1 - I have found a supplemental fandom. Or more accurately, a complementary fandom. It's Lewis or, in the States, Inspector Lewis. I call this complementary, because after watching most of the available episodes, I've come to realize it's pretty much White Collar - if Neal had become a cop and if (gasp) Peter was a widower.
Now - that's simplifing it a bit, and it's an imperfect analogy - but the interpersonal dynamics are stunningly similar. I don't think I'll be able to put out 400k in two years for Lewis, but I definitely see myself writing quite a bit for it.
Of course, my preference would have been to write in the same shiny new fandoms that so many my friends are in, if just to be able to continue having their love and support (and thank you to my WC peeps who've taken the time to read and feed me back on my Lewis fic). But I've tried, I've tried (cue "Modern Love" here). And I just don't feel it the way I feel WC (and now Lewis).
2 - I finally broke down and bought a new mattress. Yes, this is important news. Because if I didn't, I was going to break down completely from body pain and lack of sleep. My old mattress was about 14 years old and I've been complaining about it for - hmmm - 13 years? It had a pit in the middle and the springs were popped. My thought was, get a new bed when I move - use the old one for the spare bedroom, but I wouldn't let my worst enemy sleep on this bed. I just dreaded the thought of shopping for a new mattress - I think I'd rather shop for new wallpaper or maybe have dental work without anesthesia.
BUT - Sister had bought a new mattress a few months ago, and I had tried it when I last visited. It was WONDERFUL. So, guess what - that's what I got. It arrived on Wednesday - and all I want to do is just stay in bed. Sadly, I have to work. And I've got THINGS TO DO which means I can't just go to bed when I get home.
3 - And speaking of sister, I will be away this weekend. Taking the ferry, because even though I have driven all over the country - even some crazy-making trips through the southwest, up and down the California coastline, and routinely through the Mid-Atlantic states, I loathe/fear driving the length of Connecticut. Don't ask me why, but that 125 miles is more like 1000 miles. Maybe it's because I know there is an alternative. I don't really save time, and the ferry isn't cheap - but it's nice, especially on a spring day. She's going to do a little dental work on me (cleaning and repairing a tooth that lost a filling) and then we'll go see the exhibit of her photography (she's stellar nature photographer as well as a top-notch dentist), have dinner and go to a concert of New England and Scottish folk music. What could be better than that?
I'll be home on Sunday - probably by the early evening.
4 - Have been working on a new project. It's part of my One Thousand Flowers series:
It's taken me a month to get this far - and I think I'll need another week to finish it.
5 - Other news. Nothing I'm willing to talk about just yet. Magical thinking and whatnot.
6 - Recs from the Remix Redux 10 archive. All the White Collar, all are amazing:
Contingencies (The Know Thyself Remix)
Another One In My Bed (The Love's Realignment Remix)
Rewriting Roles (The Director's Cut Remix)
Five Reasons El Wanted Neal to Go Free aka Five Things El Never Told Peter (This is a remix of my fic)
Rule Number One (The Wildcard Remix)
Phantom Limb (The Supernumerary Remix)
Longing to Grow Into One (The Inked Remix)
Loneliness (A Place That I Know Well)
7 - Real life is kicking my ass. I could use a few hugs.
And just for making it all the way through, a bonus Bomer. And a DeKay. And a Fox.
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Date: 2012-04-27 08:41 pm (UTC)And the beaded necklace is beautiful :-) I love that its called a thousand flowers. :)
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Date: 2012-04-27 09:22 pm (UTC)How was your day away from the horrors of the courtroom (and wouldn't that make a good fic title? Something with Wee!Neal getting lost at the courthouse and running away from the scary bailff?)