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I wrote her out a letter which I had, for want of better
Knowledge, sent off to Alaska Where I thought it ought to go
She'd grown crafty since I knew her, fond of yarn, so it went to her
Just for fun, addressed as follows, "Spacey of the Overflow"

My answer came directed, as I confess I expected
Though the picture somewhat shocked me - piles of yarn stacked up the wall!
I knew that she must be there, but I found it hard to see there
No matter where I looked, the yarn pile hid her all...

--only_the_trying, based on Clancy of the Overflow :)

Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/45927.html

In 2023,

simonejester resolves to...

Take

awakenyourfaith reading.
Learn to play the fanfiction.
Get back in contact with some old sherlock holmes.
Volunteer to spend time with dragons.
Connect with my inner supernatural.
Start a dreamwidth fund.

===

On the twelfth day of Christmas,

simonejester sent to me...

Twelve dystopias drumming

Eleven dragons piping

Ten journals a-leaping

Nine ncis dancing

Eight fedoras a-milking

Seven sparklehearts a-reading

Six politics a-fangirling

Five shi-i-i-iny things

Four civil rights

Three human rights

Two steve rogers

...and a debate in a polyamory.

Current Mood: nostalgic
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Puzzle in a Thunderstorm: God Awful Movies

I'm posting it in multiple places because my laptop that I got in 2013 is starting to slow don, I'm on my second unreliable external hard drive, and while I have hard copies of this stuff, I like having neat versions that I can post to various places if there's a need or want to.

I've got most of the 2021 stuff already done but I'll wait until January to do that.

Unrelated, but this has been a shitty excuse for a winter, at last in Florida. Would a solid week of temperatures under 60 (or even 70!) be too much to ask? (Apparently. Fucking global warming.)

Current Mood: annoyed
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Vox: Today, Explained

Podcasts

· January

o NPR: Up First

o The Daily Show: Ears Edition

o NPR: Short Wave

o Crooked: Lovett or Leave It

o Your Thoughs (unsubscribed)

o Planetary Radio

o Lawfare/Goat Rodeo: The Report

o NPR Politics

o Crooked: Pod Save America

o Vox: Reset

o MSNBC: All In with Chris Hayes

o MSNBC: The Rachel Maddow Show

o MSNBC: The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

o Election Ride Home

o Worst year Ever

o Vox: Today, Explained

o Crooked: What a Day

o Crooked: Pod Save the World

o Inner Monkey

o Polyamory Weekly

o This Time Tomorrow

( Read more... )

Current Mood: awake
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Vox: Today, Explained

Media 2020

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Movies

· January

· February

· March

· April

· May

· June

o [X] John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City (Netflix)

· July

o [X] Happy Birthday, Marsha! (Amazon Prime)

o [X] Star Wars Episode V: The Emprie Striesk Back (Disney+)

o Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Disney+)

o [/] Star Wars Episode I: The Phanton Menace (Disney+)

· August

( Read more... )

Current Mood: indusrious
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Crooked Media: Pod Save America

The books listed for each month are ones that were finished in that month. Some were started earlier.

January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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So, only 43, but still pretty good. I got to do just data entry for all of December so I caught up on my regular podcasts and devoured old episodes of my favorites. No regrets, especially since I'm back to half my regularly scheduled days in call center hell (since early January 2022, it's 2/25/22 as I update this).

Current Mood: okay
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Hulu >> Motherland: Fort Salem

Will update December's list in January with the final titles of stuff finished by the end of the year.

Books finished in January
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Books finished in February
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Books finished in March
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Books finished in April
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Books finished May
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Books finished in June
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Books finished in July
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Books finished in August
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Books finished in September
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Books finished in November
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Books finished in December
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Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Vox: Today, Explained

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Saving for future reference.

Current Mood: cranky
Current Location: Florida

With thanks to startrekreadingorder.com, Memory Alpha, and Memory Beta.

ETA: ~~strikethrough~~ means I finished reading it this go-round, italics means currently reading.

TOS: Enterprise Logs (short story collection)

ENT: By the Book

All: The Brave and the Bold, Book I (short story collection)

All: The Brave and the Bold, Book II

ENT: What Price Honor?

ENT: Surak's Soul

All: Tales from the Captain's Table (short story collection)

ENT: Daedalus

ENT: Daedalus's Children

ENT: Last Full Measure

ENT: Rosetta

ENT: The Good That Men Do

ENT: Kobayashi Maru

ENT: The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor's Wing

ENT: The Romulan War: To Brave the Storm

All: Starfleet: Year One

ENT: Rise of the Federation: A Choice of Futures

ENT: Rise of the Federation: Tower of Babel

ENT: Rise of the Federation: Uncertain Logic

ENT: Rise of the Federation: Live by the Code

ENT: Rise of the Federation: Patterns of Interference

DSC: Drastic Measures *Audible*

TOS: Starfleet Academy: Crisis on Vulcan

TOS: Starfleet Academy: Collision Course (Shatner)

TOS: Starfleet Academy: Aftershock

TOS: Starfleet Academy: Cadet Kirk

DSC: Fear Itself *Audible*

TOS: Vulcan's Glory

TOS: The Children of Kings

All: The Captain's Table #6 of 6: Where Sea Meets Sky (TOS)

DSC: Desperate Hours *Audible*

TOS: Child of Two Worlds

DSC: The Way to the Stars *Audible*

DSC: The Enterprise War *Audible*

DSC: Die Standing *Audible*

DSC: Dead Endless *Audible*

~~TOS: Inception~~

TOS: The Captain's Oath *Audible*

TOS: Enterprise: The First Adventure

TOS: Vanguard #6 of 9: Declassified (short story collection)

SCE: #64 Distant Early Warning (Omnibus 13: What's Past)

TOS: Mere Anarchy #1 of 6: Things Fall Apart

TOS: My Brother's Keeper #1 of 3: Republic

TOS: My Brother's Keeper #2 of 3: Constitution

TOS: Vanguard #1 of 9: Harbinger

TOS: My Brother's Keeper #3 of 3: Enterprise

TOS: Vanguard #2 of 9: Summon the Thunder

TOS: Vanguard #3 of 9: Reap the Whirlwind

TOS: Vanguard #6 of 9: Hard News (short story collection)

All: Constellations: The Landing Party (short story collection)

TOS: The Janus Gate #1 of 3: Present Tense

TOS: The Janus Gate #2 of 3: Future Imperfect

TOS: The Janus Gate #3 of 3: Past Prologue

TOS: The New Voyages 2 (short story collection)

TOS: Shadow Lord

TOS: Errand of Vengeance #1 of 3: The Edge of the Sword

TOS: Errand of Vengeance #2 of 3: Killing Blow

TOS: Errand of Vengeance #3 of 3: River of Blood

All: Constellations: Official Record (short story collection)

TOS: Heart of the Sun

TOS: Web of the Romulans *Audible*

( snip! )

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Podcast: Science Rules! with Bill Nye
Crossposts: https://simonejester.livejournal.com/261507.html

I looked and looked and looked, mostly at AO3 because of it's awesome tagging system, and the only actions-have-consequences fic I found that has Tony facing consequences was one that took place after IM2 and involved a woman's death during the Tony-Rhodey armored fight at Tony's party.

So this was my post to (LJ)avengers-search, and I hope it's taken well and not seen as shit-stirring: (and for the record, it was written in good faith; I really do want to find fic like this)

Themes I'm looking for but haven't found because the fandom saw Iron Man 4/CACW and started hating on Team Cap:

Where both sides were a little right and a little wrong.

Where Tony isn't a precious innocent who did nothing wrong. (Neither are any of the other Avengers, but the amount of woobiefication of Tony post-IM4 got to be too much.)

Where someone calls Tony out for recruiting a child soldier (Peter), misleading him, lying to his legal guardian, taking him out of the country and putting him in danger. Ideally Aunt May, but I'll take what I can get.

Where someone points out that Vision's energy weapon is what injured Rhodey, and that all Sam did was dodge it, and that Sam was fucking para-rescue and could have done some critical first aid (though maybe he did in IM4 after the fade-out).

Where it's acknowledged that Crossbones brought the bomb and set it off, and Wanda tried to mititgate the damages.

Where someone points out that Thaddeus Ross is a villain. (I'm convinced that IM4 takes place in 2017, because he'd totally be a Trump hire, not an Obama one.)

Where at some point, the Avengers remember that they are adults and they discuss disagreements and compromises and--gasp!--go to the UN conference as a united front to discuss them, since they are the ones who'd be the most affected by them.

Okay, so that was a little bitter and ranty, but I really am looking for fics like this. The only fic I write is self-insert fluff or I'd take a crack at it myself. I know Team Cap did stuff wrong, and I don't expect them to be held blameless, but the only evils in the movie are Strucker, Hurt!Ross, and Martin!Ross (he totally counts after the whole "laughing at the idea of due process" thing).

They don't all have to be in the same fic, of course. Those were just examples.

Gen or any pairing or more-ing that doesn't include Darcy or Loki is welcome.

Or something that's just the team hashing out the scene after Ross leaves where they have an adult discussion and discuss compromises.

Tony was right that oversight was important (especially internationally, how would Americans feel if Captain Canada barged in and started defeating the bad guys while doing lots of property damage?), but Steve was right that they need the freedom to refuse missions they object to (though going someplace where the local government doesn't want them wouldn't be okay because sovereignty).

And not to beat a temporarily-dead underage superhero, but the way Peter Parker was introduced was just Not On. I mean, really? They couldn't have had him be an 18 year old college freshman? Or even a high school senior? The whole subplot with Peter is sketchy as fuck because of the manipulation and endangerment of a minor.

I'm posting it here with these additions because I can add the additions here, at my personal journal, and because maybe someone who sees this but who isn't subscribed to (LJ)avengers-search might have some suggestions. But mostly because I wanted to rant about the lopsidedness of the fan response to IM4/CACW.

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Location: Earth
Current Music: Netflix - The Flash
Crossposts: https://simonejester.livejournal.com/223340.html

I'm still around. I've been busy at work--yay, overtime! And arts and crafts, and moving back in November, and doing my slacking off either elsewhere on the internet, or doing arts and crafts in front of the TV instead of in front of the computer. I want to start getting back to DW/LJ-type stuff, because I miss online journaling and nested comment threads.

That, and I've been thinking about doing a big, image-heavyy post about my adventures in bullet journaling (I started in September, and several different types of notebooks/binders/etc., later, I still haven't found the perfect setup), and this is the best place to do that.

Current Mood: okay
Current Location: Florida
Crossposts: https://simonejester.livejournal.com/223015.html

Dad: Don't worry too much until he gets himself a uniform.
Me: Holy crap, can you imagine the bling on his Qadaffi costume?
Dad: And they're all from the Ivanka Collection!

Current Mood: amused
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: MSNBC - The Rachel Maddow Show
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/221770.html

So...yeah, I'm still around. Online, I'm mostly at Archive of Our Own (orbitaldiamonds), Twitter (simonejester), and Tumblr (krepta-starchild and others).

I got the data entry job in Olrando, so now I'm Walgreens corporate instead of Walgreens retail. I lived with family in T-ville until I could afford my own place and since the end of November I've had a little apartment in Orlando. It's 45 minutes from work, but it was the best I could afford at the time. When all the colleges let out I'll check out apartment prices again and look for better neighborhoods that are closer to work.

I keep meaning to get back into LJ and DW, but if I do manage it, it won't be until sometime in March at the earliest. It's been overtime season at work (which I love! After having my hours cut drastically at the store, I consider the opportunity for overtime--which is strictly voluntary--a privilege!) and I've been working 60 hour weeks since December. I really should be doing housework on my one off-day (to be fair, I did do dishes and clean out my refigerator), but most of it's stuff that can wait until overtime season is over and the stuff that isn't (cleaning the bathroom, grocery shopping) can be done later. Besides, I have a fair amount of stuff to sort out online. I'm going through my email and deleting a lot of crap that should have been deleting years ago, and I'm considering creating a new email account and just using the old one (well, ones) for junk mail and archiving chats with Fizzy and others.

Hope y'all are well, if there's anyone still following this DW and the LJ it crossposts to. I'd say Happy New Year, but it's freaking February and it's too late for that. :P

P.S. I've been following the political news all along like the glutton for punishment I am. Semi-seriously considering learning Swedish and emigrating.

Current Location: Orlando, Florida, USA
Current Music: msnbc.com
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/221598.html

Like a Cruel Mistress Woos
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1801759/chapters/9394362 (57/65)

This is My Last Breath
http://archiveofourown.org/works/2741975/chapters/8263354 (23/?)

The Stranger
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1426027/chapters/7930662 (145/?)

Power and Paradox
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1063802/chapters/9117469 (42/?)

Sins of the Father (sequel to More Man Than You)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/781471/chapters/2592991 (15/?)

A Face Built for Gettin' Punched (sequel to The Night Has Seen Your Mind, Choice Is Not A Word A Bullet Knows 'verse)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/2152248/chapters/8078631 (16/?)

Perseverance (Perspective Series - Steve/Bruce/Tony featuring de-serum'd Steve) (6/?)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/948203/chapters/2765206

Current Mood: blah
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Chris's YouTube surfing
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/220163.html

By "technically" I mean that I'm legally married, but I left Chris in August and have considered myself single since then.

It's still weird, though.

I should go to the nearest military installation (Patrick AFB near Tampa) and see if, since Chris is National Guard, I can get a divorce through JAG. I'm sick of being still technically married and I really want to go back to my maiden name.

Also I'm going to the St. Pete Pride Parade on the 27th so if anyone who knows me here is gonna be there, let me know. It'd be awesome to meet an online friend in person.

Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Avengers Podfic
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/220040.html

Note: it's been a decade, give or take, since I last read these and I haven't read them this time around. I'm just posting them here so I can send the link to someone else, though I hope you, dear reader, enjoy them too. (I'll reread them myself one of these days.)

( stargate atlantis skippy list )

( superhero skippy list )

( pulpit skippy list )

Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Avengers Podfic
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/219826.html

( mad science lab skippy list )

( santa skippy list )

( federal workplace skippy list )

Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Avengers Podfic
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/219458.html

Things I Am No Longer
Allowed to Do at Hogwarts

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Stolen blatantly from this
person's LiveJournal, picked out my favorites, and edited for spelling,
grammar, and in a few cases, content.

Entries in green are ones I thought
up while compiling this list.

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No matter how good a fake
Australian accent I can do, I will not imitate Steve Irwin during Care of
Magical Creatures class.

---

Growing marijuana or hallucinogenic
mushrooms is not "an extra credit project for Herbology."

---

"I've heard every possible joke about
Oliver Wood's name" is not a challenge.

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The Giant Squid is not an appropriate
date to the Yule Ball.

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I will not use Umbridge's quill to
write "I told you I was hardcore."

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Polishing my wand in the common room
is acceptable. "Polishing my wand" in the common room is not.

---

If a classmate falls asleep, I will
not take advantage of that fact and draw a Dark Mark on their arm.

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Starting a betting pool on the fate
of this year's Defense Against Dark Arts teacher is tasteless and tacky, not a
clever money-making concept.

---

( snip! )

Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Avengers Podfic

(WNTV = Welcome To Night Vale. It's a free podcast. I highly recommend it.)

Now I want to cross-stitch the best ones and make an awesome quilt (that would take a year or so to make). Everyone would want it but after taking that long to make it I don't think I'd be able to sell it.

Also my brother and sister-in-law's baby was born on the 22nd and her name is Isabella. The other day my brother sent this text:

Laying here with my daughter on my chest sleeping and thinking how beautiful she is and how blessed and happy I am.... then she let's[sic] out a huge fart..... definitely my daughter

Yep, definitely my little brother's kid. :P

Current Mood: drunk...ish. definitely tipsy
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Chris's video game
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/218786.html

I'm going to be an aunt! (I mean I technically already am, but you know what I mean.)

I am so excited for my brother and his wife. While I don't much get along with either of them, I love them like family and I hope I can meet baby Isabella (no, they're not Twihards) soon.

Current Location: Florida
Current Music: msnbc.com - All In With Chris Hayes
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/218570.html

(in rich text because I'm feeling lazy)

( lots of rich text )

Current Mood: okay
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: songs from The Hobbit
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/218309.html

When an author uses "Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings," and then lists one or more archive warnings.

Seriously! If your story has non-con, or a character death, or graphic depictions of violence, don't fucking use the "Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings" tag!

Current Mood: annoyed
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: msnbc.com videos
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/218022.html

So, JL--the roommate/Chris's girlfriend--her mom is visiting today. I got to meet her. She's very nice. Then Chris came home from work and JL introduced them and Chris gave a brief rundown of his life without mentioning me at all (which is honestly understandable because I don't think JL's mom knows that Chris was/still is married to me), and they just left to go out to dinner. I didn't tell her either. Because I am such a good person. :P

Current Location: Florida
Current Music: msnbc.com - All In With Chris Hayes
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/217167.html

Current Mood: blah
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Supernatural
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/216762.html

(He and his wife were hosting a friend from Aruba who wanted to see an American Thanksgiving, but since one of the cousins was worried about going into labor before the scheduled date, this year's Thanksgiving was family-only, which also meant no Chris. My dad said that part explicitly.)

Thanksgiving was Thursday the 27th and my birthday was Tuesday the 25th, and Travis not being at Thanksgiving dinner just made the whole event peaceful and fun and entirely apolitical. I'd thank him for the wonderful birthday present but (a)he didn't not show up for my benefit and (b)he'd probably be offended as all get-out, and contrary to the opinions of some, I'm not a deliberate shit-stirrer.

But since he doesn't read my blog (I doubt he even knows my screen name) I'll say it here: Thanks, Travis, for being elsewhere when I was at the paternal Thanksgiving dinner. I hope you're at the paternal Christmas while I'm with my mom and stepdad on the other side of the state.

Current Mood: blah
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: MSNBC.com - Melissa Harris-Perry
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/216570.html

Thirty-one today and I didn't get carded when I ordered wine at my birthday dinner.

I mean, I haven't gotten carded regularly since I was twenty-four but still... *grumps*

Current Mood: full
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: my family watching The Big Bang Theory in the living room
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/216294.html

People are starting to recognize me. I mean, I expected that to happen in the photo lab because it's a place where you have extended periods of time helping customers, but it's happening at Publix too. "Don't you work at Publix?" Or, "do you have a twin who works at Walgreens?" No, it's just me.

And it's SO STRANGE that so many people recognize me, and many of them remember my name.

I'd gotten used to being invisible the last few decades. This is weird.

But not a bad weird.

Just a little mind-blown.

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: MSNBC.com - Melissa Harris-Perry
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/216038.html

Note: The vast majority of these were made up by others. I think I posted this back at orbitaldiamonds and asterisked the ones that I did make up myself. I found various lists on LJ back when I lived in Alaska (so between 2007 and 2010) and I have no idea who came up with the idea of making a Hogwarts Skippy List or any of the people who made these suggestions. Anyhow, enjoy!

Things I Am No Longer Allowed to Do at Hogwarts

---
Stolen blatantly from this person's LiveJournal, picked out my favorites, and edited for spelling, grammar, and in a few cases, content.
Entries in green are ones I thought up while compiling this list.
---
No matter how good a fake Australian accent I can do, I will not imitate Steve Irwin during Care of Magical Creatures class.
---
Growing marijuana or hallucinogenic mushrooms is not "an extra credit project for Herbology."
---
"I've heard every possible joke about Oliver Wood's name" is not a challenge.
---
The Giant Squid is not an appropriate date to the Yule Ball.
---
I will not use Umbridge's quill to write "I told you I was hardcore."
---
Polishing my wand in the common room is acceptable. "Polishing my wand" in the common room is not.
---
If a classmate falls asleep, I will not take advantage of that fact and draw a Dark Mark on their arm.
---
Starting a betting pool on the fate of this year's Defense Against Dark Arts teacher is tasteless and tacky, not a clever money-making concept.
---
Seamus Finnegan is not "after me Lucky Charms."
---
I will not refer to the Weasley twins as "bookends."
---
I will not refer to the Patil twins as "bookends."
---
I will not provide Luna Lovegood with Coast-to-Coast AM transcripts.
---
I will not bring a Magic Eight Ball to Divination class.
---
I will not place anything by Silver Ravenwolf on the library shelves.
---
I am not a sloth Animagus.
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I am not a tribble Animagus.
---
I am allowed to have a toad, rat, cat, or owl. I am not allowed to have a reticulated python, snow leopard, Tasmanian devil, or piranha.
---
I do not weigh the same as a duck.
---
I will stop asking the Arithmancy teacher what the square root of -1 is.
---
Any resemblance between Dementors and Nazgul is coincidental.
---
I will not change the password to the prefects' bath to "Makes getting clean almost as much fun as getting dirty."
---
There is no such thing as an Invisibility Thong.
---
Asking "How do you keep a Gryffindor in suspense?" and walking away is only funny the first time.
---
I will not offer to pose nude for Colin Creevey.
---
I will not offer to pose nude for Dean Thomas.
---
It is a bad idea to tell Professor Snape he takes himself too seriously.
---
It is a bad idea to tell Professor McGonagall she takes herself too seriously.
---
I am not to owl copies of the Evil Overlord List to suspected Death Eaters.
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I will not teach the first-years to sing "A Wizard's Staff Has A Knob On The End."
---
( much more )

Current Mood: amused
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: msnbc.com - Andrea Mitchell Reports
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/215273.html

This time, it's this old New Year's meme from 2008. I put in my name and this is what I got for this year:

In 2014,

simonejester resolves to...

Keep my fanfiction clean.
Be nicer to

aliccolo.
Backup my slash regularly.
Start a mystrade fund.
Take

roboplege reading.
Overcome my secret fear of google bombs.

...I really should save more slash to my external hard drive in case of internet stoppage...

ETA 9/21/2014: The Twelve Days linked from the above meme:

On the twelfth day of Christmas,

simonejester sent to me...

Twelve computers drumming

Eleven politics piping

Ten quotes a-leaping

Nine books dancing

Eight dystopias a-writing

Seven ncis a-fangirling

Six lolcats a-reading

Five hu-u-u-uman rights

Four google bombs

Three thrift stores

Two jensen ackles

...and a lestrade in a bisexuality.

Current Mood: amused
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: msnbc.com - Andrea Mitchell Reports
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/214840.html

Useful!

Subject: Fabric Softner

.....Who would have thought?
The US Postal service sent out a message to all letter carriers to put a sheet of Bounce in their uniform pockets to keep yellow jackets away. The yellow jackets just veer around you. And all this time you've just been putting Bounce in the dryer!

It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them.

It also repels mice. Spread them around foundation areas, or in trailers, cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.

It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don't get opened too often.

Repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.

Eliminates static electricity from your television (or computer) screen. Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling.

Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.

Freshen the air in your home. Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet.

Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner.

Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through sheet of Bounce before beginning to sew.

Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.

Freshen the air in your car. Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.

Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The antistatic agent apparently weakens the bond between the food.

Eliminate odors in wastebaskets.. Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket.

Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract a ll the loose hairs.

Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.

Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering. A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.

Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.

Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight. Golfers put a Bounce sheet in their back pocket to keep the bees away.

Put a Bounce sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them. Keeps them smelling fresh.

And now that you know, print and keep on file or bounce (pass) it around

Current Mood: blah
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: MSNBC - The Rachel Maddow Show
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/214621.html

You know what? I don't care about the circumstances in which he was captured. I don't care if he was just plain kidnapped or went AWOL and then got kidnapped. I. Don't. Fucking. Care. Dude was 23 when he was captured! Who doesn't do stupid shit when they're that young?

Also I agree with the pundits that have said that even if he did desert, surely he's been punished enough already. Hopefully he gets all the time he needs to rest and recover from an ordeal most of us can't even really imagine.

Current Mood: annoyed
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: MSNBC - All In with Chris Hayes
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/213971.html

Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Jessy Greene - Train Bridge
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/213714.html

Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Jessy Greene - Blue Sky
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/213257.html

ETA: Many of these fics have some heavy trigger warnings. Please check those out first before diving into a fic!

The Soul Piece
http://archiveofourown.org/works/272302
waiting for chapter 38

A Monster by Any Other Name: Part Two
http://archiveofourown.org/works/205344/chapters/1015314
waiting for chapter 22

Star Catcher
http://murkyfragments.livejournal.com/16434.html
waiting for chapter 8 9 10 11 of 16 (This verse just gets adorabler and adorabler!)

World's Forgotten Boys
http://sonofabiscuit77.livejournal.com/31658.html
waiting for chapter 27

The Innocent
http://www.audiofic.jinjurly.com/the-innocent-work-in-progress
Waiting for chapter 16

We Found Love (In A Hopeless Place)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/415182/chapters/902584
Waiting for chapter 10 of 14 of part 1

Faithless You, Selfish Me
http://archiveofourown.org/works/224119/chapters/338994
Waiting for chapter 9

Don't Think We're In Kansas
http://archiveofourown.org/works/517368/chapters/954986
Waiting for chapter 12

Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Jessy Greene - Laughing
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/213006.html

Supernatural

LiveJournal | Dreamwidth

Sherlock

LiveJournal | Dreamwidth

The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings

LiveJournal | Dreamwidth

Current Mood: busy
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Jessy Greene - Watalatabe
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/212949.html

( Hydrogen Peroxide )

DIY bath bomb favors: http://somethingturquoise.com/2013/07/12/diy-bath-bomb-favors/

DIY picture monogram: http://itsagingersnap.com/2011/12/diy-picture-monogram/

Mason jar gift ideas: http://www.classyclutter.net/2014/02/20-mason-jar-gift-ideas.html

photo pendant tutorial: http://sarahsaving.blogspot.com/2014/01/diy-photo-pendant-for-under-250.html

homemade body butter: http://shewearsmanyhats.com/2013/04/homemade-body-butter/

homemade coffee bean soap: http://www.livingwellspendingless.com/2014/01/27/diy-coffee-bean-soap/

Mason jar candles: http://www.everydayfamily.com/blog/diy-mason-jar-candle/

homemade cleaning slime: http://www.simplylivingsmart.com/2013/12/homemade-slimefor-cleaning-time.html

Current Location: Florida
Current Music: MSNBC - The Rachel Maddow Show
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/212009.html

(Also, hi! Still not dead, just really busy. Things are going okay and while they could be better, they also could be worse.)

Homemade toothpaste: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/homemade-toothpaste.html

Honey Cornmeal hand softener: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/honey-cornmeal-hand-softener.html

For lustrous hair with more shine, keep brushes and combs clean. Remove natural oil build-up and hair product residue by soaking combs and brushes in a solution of 1 teaspoon of baking soda in a small basin of warm water. Rinse and allow to dry.

"No Poo" hair cleaning with baking soda (bicarbonate of soda) and vinegar: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/no-poo-get-beautiful-hair-with-just-baking-soda-vinegar.html?page=2

10 kinds of healing baths: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/healing-pleasures-of-the-bath.html?page=2

(BTW, most of this stuff is from care2.com/greenliving, though [eventually, I suppose] not all of it.)

( lots more under the cut, and I'll be adding to it periodically... )

( 5-27-14 )

Current Mood: blah
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Chris playing video games
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/211519.html

Data and Geordi from Star Trek Next Gen playing Sherlock Holmes and John Watson--as in Beeblock. Someone played by Brent Spiner playing someone played by Benedict Cumberbatch, and someone played by LeVar Burton playing someone played by Martin Freeman. 'Twould be awesome. Bonus points for Troi as Irene Adler and Barclay sneaking a peek. :P

ETA: It's not fic but it's AWESOME:

Elementary Dear Data by brody-bot on deviantART

Current Mood: bored
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Jessy Greene - Watalatabe
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/211443.html

I got a Fitbit Flex less than a week ago (mine's blue though) and today's my second day getting all my 10,000 steps in a day. Go me! Though this time I didn't get to 10,000 at work (lots of walking at Dillard's). I was at about 9,200. So once I synched my phone with my computer (my phone's OS doesn't have the update that will let the Flex update it directly) I saw I only had 800 steps to go so I decided to go for a walk. I asked Chris if he wanted to go and he didn't. JL told him to go and he did. We had a pretty good walk.

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: MSNBC - All In with Chris Hayes
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/211166.html

You know who I really feel sorry for in that mess? Back in September? The poor shmucks who were operating the one toll lane that was open. Imagining all the angry drivers verbally shooting the messenger in that situation!

(These are the kinds of things you consider when you have a service sector job [or jobs].)

Current Mood: amused
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: MSNBC - The Rachel Maddow Show
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/210909.html

When someone makes fun of your religion, or religion in general, are you personally offended?

Why or why not?

How much of a difference does it make if the snarker is a close friend or relative?

Why or why not?

(This wasn't brought about by an argument. I've just been realizing how much atheist snark I've been posting on Facebook and realizing that most of my friends there are believers.)

Current Mood: contemplative
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: MSNBC - The Rachel Maddow Show
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/209951.html

We left on Tuesday the 8th and got Chris's parents' house on Thursday the 10th. We spent the night with them and spent two days with my mom and stepdad, and then Sunday the 13th we went on to Sarasota, and we're still here. We've been filling out job applications and looking at apartments, and so far no luck with either one. All three interviews I had lined up before we left New York, were commission-only sales and fuck that. And one wanted me to go door to door! Myself! Um, just no. Fuck that. I'd rather do cold calling. The worst a person can do over the phone is yell at you and hang up. I just want something worthy of my skills and experience that pays a living wage and has me in the same building all day! Is that really too much to ask?

Current Mood: cranky
Current Location: Florida
Current Music: Local News
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/209479.html

And the parking lot was a bitch to get out of. I didn't learn until I was already shopping that the PX and Commissary are closed as of tomorrow due to the government shutdown. I just went to the Commissary for a few thing because Chris and I are heading back to Florida a week from today, and the line was all the way around the store! By the time someone told me that the express line was much shorter (it was), it had looped back around to where the front end registers were.

Now I'm worried about what else is going to be shut down. I just had a small snack (I was feeling a bit anemic) and now I'm off to Housing to make sure the movers will still be packing up our stuff on Thursday and Friday. And then Chris and I are both off to Clark Hall to make sure he'll be able to clear. We will be so, so, so SOL if some key person to his clearing has been furloughed.

And Chris's bonus, and VA benefits, and *headdesk*

Friends, please cross your fingers and hope we're not too screwed.

Update: Just got back from Clark Hall. Business as usual there, no worries about not being able to clear. Small blessings are still blessings.

Current Mood: pissed off
Current Location: New York
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/209393.html

These are all Supernatural (ETA: and Sherlock) fics, most slash and some with some pretty dire trigger warnings. I'm posting them here so it'll be easy to check up on them. Hmm, I should probably make a list like this for webcomics.

ETA: Many of these fics have some heavy trigger warnings. Please check those out first before diving into a fic!

Supernatural

The Soul Piece
http://archiveofourown.org/works/272302
waiting for chapter 38

A Monster by Any Other Name: Part Two
http://archiveofourown.org/works/205344/chapters/1015314
waiting for chapter 22

Star Catcher
http://murkyfragments.livejournal.com/16434.html
waiting for chapter 8 9 10 11 of 16 (This verse just gets adorabler and adorabler!)

World's Forgotten Boys
http://sonofabiscuit77.livejournal.com/31658.html
waiting for chapter 27

The Innocent
http://www.audiofic.jinjurly.com/the-innocent-work-in-progress
Waiting for chapter 16

We Found Love (In A Hopeless Place)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/415182/chapters/902584
Waiting for chapter 10 of 14 of part 1

Faithless You, Selfish Me
http://archiveofourown.org/works/224119/chapters/338994
Waiting for chapter 9

Don't Think We're In Kansas
http://archiveofourown.org/works/517368/chapters/954986
Waiting for chapter 12

===

Sherlock

Torquay Arms
http://archiveofourown.org/works/386323/chapters/1859176
Waiting for Chapter 24

Fire and Ice series
http://archiveofourown.org/works/759863
Waiting for Part 8

Mystrade: A Study in Tea
http://archiveofourown.org/works/465086/chapters/1075128
Waiting for chapter 19 of 20

because I love you)last night
http://archiveofourown.org/works/430652/chapters/932399
Waiting for chapter 15

The Last Place You'd Look
http://archiveofourown.org/works/533840/chapters/1229233 (or http://sherlockbbc-fic.livejournal.com/8300.html?thread=105426028#t105426028)
Waiting for chapter 25 (or 33)

Give Me A Label (I'll Make Confetti)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/487063/chapters/1576502
Waiting for Chapter 81

This Time (You'll Stay Right Beside Me
http://archiveofourown.org/works/668602
Waiting for chapter 3

Needed
http://m.fanfiction.net/s/7649861/23/
Waiting for chapter 24

Moving in a Still Frame
http://archiveofourown.org/works/655063/chapters/1205535
Waiting for chapter 8

Misdiagnosis
http://archiveofourown.org/works/648434/chapters/1307490
Waiting for chapter 7

Lone Wolf Series
http://archiveofourown.org/series/32712
Waiting for part 2

Be Prepared
http://archiveofourown.org/works/612711/chapters/11043
Waiting for chapter 3

Newlywed Blues
http://archiveofourown.org/works/357766/chapters/1404274
Waiting for chapter 20

All the Best and Brightest Creatures
http://archiveofourown.org/works/582059/chapters/1294710
Waiting for chapter 9

Another Life to Live
http://archiveofourown.org/works/205994/chapters/989603
Waiting for chapter 34

A Finger Slip
http://archiveofourown.org/works/601000/chapters/1405315
Waiting for chapter 20

The Lives of the Profoundly Weird
http://archiveofourown.org/works/380716/chapters/622069
Waiting for chapter 7 (unlikely to be updated)

The School Boy
http://archiveofourown.org/works/877123/chapters/1708148
Waiting for chapter 3

Something Unusual, Something Strange
http://archiveofourown.org/works/417080
Waiting for chapter 6

Mystrade Forever
http://archiveofourown.org/series/17416
Waiting for part 6

Into Darkness
http://archiveofourown.org/works/838876/chapters/1681361
Waiting on chapter 31

I Am Not an Addict
http://archiveofourown.org/works/691232
Waiting for chapter 44 of 45

The Bare Edge
http://archiveofourown.org/works/831576
Waiting for chapter 13

Robbery vs. Burglary
http://archiveofourown.org/works/869280
Waiting on chapter 9

Danger Nights
http://archiveofourown.org/works/483415
Waiting for chapter 13

Starry Night
http://archiveofourown.org/works/800614/chapters/1551412
Waiting for chapter 4

Filthy/Gorgeous
http://archiveofourown.org/works/415868/chapters/1359150
Waiting for chapter 10

Finding a Way Forward
http://archiveofourown.org/works/722765/chapters/1487805
Waiting for chapter 3

===

Webcomics

Scandinavia and the World
http://satwcomic.com/too-little-butter

A Softer World
http://www.asofterworld.com/

Wondermark
http://wondermark.com/archive/

xkcd
http://xkcd.com/1/

Toothpaste For Dinner
http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/index.php?date=061513

That Deaf Guy
http://www.thatdeafguy.com/?p=527

Diesel Sweeties
http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive/1

Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/165504.html

We're staying an extra month at Fort Drum and leaving on Oct. 8th so that we don't have to pay the huge fine Housing wanted us to pay for not giving them 30 days notice because Uncle Sam didn't give Chris the information and paperwork he needed to do so.

I called to reschedule an interview I had for the 15th of this month (and haven't heard back, not good!), but I have another two or three where I just have to call once I get to Florida and those are promising. I am SO looking forward to being gainfully employed again!

I'm also looking forward to organizing a new place. And I really want to organize it this time. I had plans for this place, but they involved having a basement and the garage couldn't substitute because when it snowed we had to put the car in there and it's not a big garage as it is. I'm not sure what I'll be able to do in an apartment and later in a house (we'll be getting all our household goods at once, and Chris'll be doing his kid on Christmas morning act, opening a box, taking stuff out, leaving it around, doing the same thing with the next box when I'd prefer to keep stuff in boxes until needed and then a year or so later sell/toss/give away what's still in the boxes after that time) but I'm once again browsing the DIY sites for storage and organization ideas. I *WILL* have neatness and organization!

Also, Chris and I are going out to dinner tonight. He actually asked if I wanted to go to Olive Garden, just the two of us.

I think this is our first "traditional date."

We've been married for six years. :P

Current Mood: okay
Current Location: New York
Current Music: Numb3rs
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/208817.html

I didn't realize this sort of thing was even a problem until I saw posts attacking the idea of the "fake geek girl" on Tumblr. I've been a nerd/geek/dork/dweeb/take your pick/all of the above ever since I can remember. I've been a reader since before I can remember, a Trekkie since Kindergarten and a hard-core Trekkie since sixth grade. But no one ever called me out as not being a real geek. Whether that's because I was reading whenever the teacher wasn't speaking and everyone could see that (one time in middle school I almost walked into a stop sign because I was reading on the way to school), or maybe I didn't register as "girl" to most of them because I was a short, fat, dumpy, big-boobs-were-the-only-thing-that-made-me-not-androgynous ugly geek first, or maybe because all that happened when I was in grade school--1989 to 2002--and being a geek wasn't the "cool" thing that it apparently is now.

That said, the myth of the "fake geek girl" is still out there, and it's still bullshit. And like these awesome folks, I've got nothing to prove.

"" (Watch on YouTube)

After all, if I were into science fiction just to please my husband, I'd be a Star Wars fan. :P

Current Location: New York
Current Music: Geek Girls & The Doubleclicks - Nothing to Prove
Crossposts: http://simonejester.livejournal.com/207725.html

Individual Fics
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Electric Pink Hand Grenade. http://archiveofourown.org/works/442317?view_adult=true&view_full_work=true John/Sherlock. "If Sherlock's brain is a hard drive, then these attacks are an electro-magnetic pulse." Sherlock Holmes does not do anything by half, not even a migraine. It falls to John to witness one of the greatest minds he has ever known tear itself apart, and he must do his best to help Sherlock pick up the pieces.

Holmes-Breaking. http://archiveofourown.org/works/139320 Johnlock. John has finally had enough, and decides to find out if you can teach a theoretically-post-adolescent feline new tricks.

Wild Nights, Wild Nights. http://archiveofourown.org/works/764345/chapters/1431491 Johnlock. If Sherlock had never met John, would he still be on the side of the angels? On his return from Afghanistan, John takes a job working the night shift at a high secure psychiatric hospital, but when the infamous criminal mastermind Sherlock Holmes is admitted as a patient, John begins to suspect that all is not as it seems.

On Any Rainy Day. http://archiveofourown.org/works/779309 Cafe AU. Gen.

the argument from roses. http://archiveofourown.org/works/783635 Universal pleasures do not exist: some people don't like the smell of roses, some people don't like sex. Ace!Sherlock/John.

In Spite of All The Danger. http://archiveofourown.org/series/11841 Ace!Sherlock/John. 49k.

Working it Out. http://archiveofourown.org/works/242048 John/Sherlock. John discovers it's Sherlock's birthday whilst Sherlock makes a series of disturbing discoveries of his own, leading them to embark upon a relationship that was never going to be easy. 112k.

26 Pieces. http://archiveofourown.org/works/244826 John/Sherlock. Mycroft gives Sherlock the apparently simple task of solving a puzzle box containing a stolen microchip. It isn't simple. 28k.

Filthy/Gorgeous. http://archiveofourown.org/works/415868 John/Sherlock. Even if this was legal, even if there was nothing technically wrong with what he was doing he knew that if he were caught, or if he were seen by someone he knew, or if he were found out in any way the shame would never, ever die. What would his regiment say? What would his family say? What would anyone say if they discovered that John was currently in a cab on the way to pick up a male prostitute for the evening? 55k, WIP.

Beware the Jabberwock. http://archiveofourown.org/works/511541 John/Sherlock. When you chase criminals over rooftops, death is always a possibility. We woke up in 1889 instead. Which is not a place two men in a relationship want to be. 27k.

As We Are, As We Were. http://archiveofourown.org/works/743811 Mycroft and Sherlock gen. Post-Reichenbach. "We are not only our brother's keeper; in countless large and small ways, we are our brother's maker." - Bonaro Overstreet. A look at Sherlock and Mycroft's relationship through the years, what brought them to where they are, and how they will move forward.

Wanna U. M. Q. R. A.? http://archiveofourown.org/works/785005 John/Sherlock established relationship, last night at Baskerville.

A Bell Rings. http://archiveofourown.org/works/552971 John is Sherlock's guardian angel. Johnlock. 14k.

The Lonely Genius. http://archiveofourown.org/works/877087 Sherlock-centric gen. 5k.

Brother Mine. http://archiveofourown.org/works/846053 The aftermath of a brutal case causes both Sherlock and John to examine themselves. Until tragedy throws everything into a tailspin. John and Sherlock gen.

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Re-reading Stranger in a Strange Land twelve years or so after the first time I read it also made me realize how much I've learned since then. I certainly notice the sexism a lot more now than I did then (though I did see it then, I was born in the age of power suits after all). And the heterosexism that I didn't notice last time either. (And a bit of victim-blaming. Possibly trigger warning worthy, but I don't have any trauma triggers so I couldn't say for sure. Also an instance of the n-word.) The first time around I had only vague notions of queerness and was only starting to get used to the idea that I myself am queer. It was certainly a ground-breaking work in the sixties (and it's a big deal even now--there's a reason Billy Joel put it in "We Didn't Start The Fire," it really is thought-provoking), but boy oh boy can you tell that the author was a straight white cis-man born in 1907.

Good thing I've also learned how to be a fan of problematic things since the first read too. Especially since I still enjoy the book overall and have already bought the sequels (most of which I also have either not read yet or haven't read in over a decade). It'll be interesting to read them now, and then to re-read them a decade from now, and/or two or more. I read in Reader's Digest Quotable Quotes back in middle school a quote about going back to a place that remains unchanged to see how you yourself have altered, but the places I go back to always change between visits. I think that quote would do better with favorite books from childhood and/or adolescence. An unabridged copy will remain unchanged. And each time you read them you'll notice something you'd not noticed before, and you'll go into the book with more knowledge and experience than you did the last time.

(O hai, I'm pushing thirty and waxing ~~philosophical~~ verbose.)

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I'm getting so much more out of Stranger in a Strange Land at 29 than I did at 17. (I just wish this version was the uncut version published after the author's death, but this version, the one published in the sixties, is still damned awesome and thought-provoking.)

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I was mopey and not feeling like posting for the first half of last month, and from the 16th to the 30th I was back home in Florida for my brother's wedding (I wish I'd mustered the give-a-damn to write daily posts then, but that mopey not-giving-a-shit feeling hasn't gone away), and I've been back for a few days catching up on things like dishes and laundry and really getting into getting shit organized and throwing away stuff I don't want the movers to pack and hoping against hope that we won't be totally SOL when we get back to Florida once Chris ETSes because we didn't do enough ahead of time. So much that needs to be done and so much that can't be done from fucking New York.

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And counting!

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Little enby. Big mouth.

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