Sleepless in Scotland

... I really need to work on this habit I have of getting completely obsessed with a hideously obscure pairing/fandm, and then getting so desperate that I'll go to the Pit o' Voles to read slash for it. Gah.

*jedi hand-wave* You all need to go and read this , which is a Harry Potter politics AU (... ish) which is geeky and funny and brilliant and also stars my favouritest UK politician ever as Draco's uncle and love!

Hey Edinburgh people, who of you all is going to Pride this Saturday, and do any of you want to meet up pre-Pride and hang out at the march? Anyone? Bueller?

Went for coffee with yonmei yesterday, after which I followed her home to get fed and alkso shed on by her (adorable!) cats. For the record, cat hair and black velvet trousers don't mix. We also plotted out the Pirates of the Carribean/Dr Who crossover thing, which um. Works frighteningly well. Must download all Captain Jack eps and watch them. For, um. Research, of course. Right.

I also got talked into attempting to cut yonmei's hair with clippers on Friday. She even promised not to kill me if I mess up and she ends up with hair the same length as mine, heh.

I had a poll to put here but I forgot what I was going to ask. Bugger. It'll come to me.

After doing a bunch of cleaning and reorganising of my LJ this weekend, I feel the need for a new layout. But that means I need to redo my website, and that's going to take a bit more work, and also for me to finish rewriting the Hooker AU. (... Finally.) Still, at least that'll give me enough time to think about a possible layout theme.

I need fresh air, and to stop spamming your friendspages.

Just a heads-up: I'm likely to be offline most of this weekend, for a number of reasons, but mostly because a) I have a bunch of offline stuff I need to get done, and b) I need to give my wrists a rest, because my RSI has been flaring up thanks to the stupid desk at work. (I finally managed to find a way to sit ar this desk without straining my wrists, but if I don't let them rest now, they won't heal, so.) Not that anyone would miss me, and depending on the state of my wrists, I might get on for a while anyway, but you know.

So I've been keeping myself entertained at work this week by reading the stupidpetowners archives, and I feel the need to share this gem. I don't think you have to even vaguely know how to take care of pets in order to enjoy that one, because ... really, now.

Also amusing, for the Dr Who fans on my friendslist:

I totally forgot to mention that I saw The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy with elance last week, and loved it. As I said to E afterwards, if this movie doesn't spawn a whole lot of slash, I'll be sorely disappointed in fandom. So, um. Anyone have any recs for m? Ford/Arthur preferred, but any will do, because woa. They couldn't have made that movie more subtexty if they tried!

Also, I caught the tail end of an item on this on the morning news, and um. The hell? They'll take my chef's knife from me when they pry it from my cold, dead hands, dammit! I use that thing, and I use it a hell of a lot more than I do my bread knife or any the smaller, "potato peeler" knives.

My horoscope for today: It will be all too easy for you to fall headfirst into work and forget about anything that even remotely resembles fun, recreation or leisure, but don't. It's true what they say about all work and no play, and besides, you have your reputation to think of. You're supposed to be the most fun-loving, lighthearted amd downright chipper sign in the zodiac. Give yourself at least a couple of hours off to keep your sense of humour and joie de vivre intact.

... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Heeeee. Heeheehee. *wipes tears from eyes* Eheheh ...

Also, feedback I received from ff.net this weekend:

this may be a bit late, but i vote for more!

The story in question? Chris. Which was written in 1999, as noted in the header, published on ff.net in November 00and last updated in January 2000. A bit late? Riiiiight. o_O

*bats off X2 bunnies with lead pipe* BACK YOU DEVILS!

... Don't mind me. Carry on.

Happy birthday to carelessmemory and j_crew_guy!

Also, someone needs to stop me from writing Cable/Deadpool slash. Please?

*goes back to working on beta*

Somebody needs to get online and IM me and poke me until I finish this fucking story already PRETTY PLEASE?

Firstly, if anyone could link me to any or all of the following:

• Good Bittorrent sites for comics, especially X-Men and related ilk;
• Cable/Deadpool slash (... shut up);
• Good Jean-Paul (Northstar) slash, preferably with Bobby, but I'll read anything decent;
• Anything else you think would interest me, actually;

I would be very grateful.

Secondly, I feel a ramble brewing about slash and gender and sexuality and ... stuff. Not now, cause I'm way not coherent enough for it at this time of morning, but once I've napped, possibly. I also kinda want to make it a discussion at Escapade, but I don't really even wanna put it on the alternate programming track. I just wanna grab everyone I know at the con and get them in a room, possibly with alcohol, and ramble at each other a lot. Anyone up for that? Heh.

Thirdly, ... I had a thirdly, but it ran away and is probably lying in the sun on Hawaii and leering at the waitresses right now. I'll get back to you on that.