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Not been feeling too hot. Actually took off from work yesterday - I needed the sleep. It helped, but not with everything. I think I need to start the prilosec again. My stomach and esophogus are not happy.

Here are a few highlights from the rest of my life, recently.

Masterlist

Went to update my Masterlist on LJ and was left with a WTF? I've known that I've been close to the upper limit on post size for a while, but apparently when they put in the new code, they took away the resource that tells you how long your post is and how much needs to be trimmed. Thank you again LJ, you soul-sucking SOB.

Which justifies my next announcement/decision. I am not going to maintain two masterlists - one with links to LJ and one with links to DW. It'a all going to be the posting links on DW from now forward. And I will slowly replace the LJ links with the DW links when I have time.

I am tempted to simply delete the contents in the LJ post and just put a pointer to the DW post. Or maybe simply replace the cut tags in the LJ post with links to the DW post. Does anyone have any suggestions?

The Bracelet

I didn't feel up to writing yesterday, so when I finally got out of bed, I watched a few episodes of Granada Sherlock Holmes on Netflix (The Empty Room, The Dancing Men and The Blue Carbuncle). And I worked on the bracelet.

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I've made significant progress since I took the scan - it's about double the size. I'm now on yellow and soon to start green (the highlight colors in the center of each flower bead).

Fic

I have a bit of a problem, I don't know what I want to write!

There are two WIPs, both are A/Us.

The first one is for my A/U bingo square - Veterinarians. I've got about 10k in on this one - all from before I left for vacation. I love the story, know where it's going, but I can't seem to settle back into writing any of it.

The second is a de-aged Neal fic that is so angsty, even the thought of it makes me depressed. If I were to write it, I'd need to write it with two endings. There's only about 2500 words written, and I wouldn't feel to bad abandoning it. But since I'm committed to writing a de-aged and/or kid fic by the end of March, I'll need a new prompt or two (hint hint).

Long Weekend Ahead

I'm off on Monday, and don't have anything to do this weekend. Do you know how good that feels? No open house - so I can sleep late, get some laundry done and COOK! I may haul back in my crockpot (it's been in storage since the summer) and make some chile or short ribs or something. Or maybe the thing I used to do with chicken, whole grain mustard and 16 other spices served on top of polenta. Hmmm, yummmm.

And then there is THIS: Private Romeo, a retelling of Shakespeare's tragedy set in a military academy. The trailer - OMG - the trailer. DIES FROM THE TRAGEDY - DIES FROM THE HOTNESS.

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I am planning on going into NYC on Monday, so I may just see it, except that it's only playing on 12th Street at really, really awkward hours. GRUMBLE.

Not much else going on...looking forward to next week's White Collar. Enjoying the longer days (it's so damn nice to drive home when there's still a little daylight) and wishing I was feeling a bit more peppy.

Oh, well. Can't have everything.

And just because you're so wonderful to wade through this, a bonus Tatt DeBomer:

( Our boys, having a cup of coffee )

Yeah.  Well, yeah.  At least I didn't pay for the 3D Imax experience (thank you so much, jrosemary ).

Asgard ... very Art Deco, very Emerald City.  And I do hope this isn't going to be a career killer for Kenneth Brannagh.

Am I a bad, bad girl for really wanting Thor/Loki slash? 

Now that long!fic is done, and I can reclaim some of my life, I've got a few random recommendations. 

White Collar Fic:

photoash's Secrets Series:  Neal's First Heist | Music Full of Memories | Remembering Her Touch :  These are exquisitely written stories about Neal's past.  They are lovely and lyrical and make me weep just a little bit every time I read them.

On AO3, there's a terrific gen fic, Precious Few Heroes by OnYourMark.  It is one of the very few fics that have ever surprised me. 

A while back, I was looking for more WC fic (can one ever get enough), and I went out to the Internet and Google, and found Romanology, which is an enormous multi-fandom Master/Slave 'verse based on the premise that the Roman Empire never fell.  There are quite a few different fandoms represented here, and the White Collar story, which mirrors Pilot and Free Fall, is exquisite, particularly for fans of the genre. Maybe if a bunch of LJ fans send the author email, she'll write more WC in this awesome universe.


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