One day, things will get less random

[jadesfire]

It's been an odd couple of weeks. I didn't go to work much of last week, thanks to an understanding manager and a vicious little cold, and I have this week as holiday. I have so far spent it dossing around the house, drinking the wrong tea, typing while surrounded by upside-down sofas, listening to men in a pub plan a hit job and having a nose-bleed. Oh, and writing. Lots of writing. And talking to wailing at miss_zedem on Yahoo messenger. Honestly, that woman's talked me down off the ledge with stories enough times to earn some kind of special negotiator's medal. My sga_genficathon story is in the final beta stages, and I know where my tardis_bigbang story is going now. Of course, I'm moderately terrified by how much people have written on their sgabigbang stories already, but I'm not going to let it bother me. Much. *bites fingernails*


I skipped back to =100 on my flist and read what I could, but my brain is like a hyperactive butterfly at the moment, so I should go back and comment at some point. I know things are bad in my head right now, because when we were driving to the in-laws' on Tuesday, I heard a song and thought 'that would make a good Martha vid - I wonder how I would do that?' Leaving aside the eyebrow raising idea that I could actually grasp the software well enough to do it, I have never had the urge to make a vid before in my life. It could just be that I've been watching, thinking and reading about them more lately, but I think it's also distraction activity - I tend to start new projects when I feel like this, only to abandon them two days later. Still, I'll keep it on the back-burner, because you never know...

I owe 3 people stories, which I will get to today, I promise, and I'm going to book a ticket for Godspell (hoorah!). There is ironing to be done, I need to re-watch some Torchwood, check up on some Big Bang modding stuff and I might do some more baking. I made cinnamon and raisin cookies (yes, cookies - an adapted version of a Star Wars Cook Book recipe, that I chose solely because they're called 'Wookie Cookies'. What?) on Monday, and they turned out beautifully. So much so that my mother-in-law, who doesn't like cinammon and had a stomach upset - ate a tiny little bit, said 'hmmm' and then ate the rest *beams*

My current good (if scatty) mood is definitely thanks to a lovely day yesterday with miss_zedem. The rain held off, which is a miracle in Cardiff, so we wandered round and she pointed out all the filming locations to me, in Cardiff and Penarth, helped me with some Welsh for a fic I might record and deconstructed the English language with me while we drank, ate and giggled our way round the city. Although we did reach the serious and fandom-changing conclusion that all new fanfic writers should be issued with a dictionary, a grammar/punctuation guide and an anatomy textbook. Honestly, it was a good job we were sitting at the back of the bar...

So, list for the day, while my brain is working:
- Beta edits to sga_genficathon
- Stories I owe people (2 done, 1 to go)
- Check Tardis Big Bang account.
- Start Artist promos again. - put off til Monday
- Prod at SGA Big Bang ideas to see where they want to go/recheck prompt list
- Start top sekkrit project at last (yes, Chrys, I have your notes ;))
- Ironing
- Article proposal (finally!)
- Tidy flat
- Check all fic deadlines (meep) Meep Meep
- Check if we can buy a new hoover* Yup, we're getting a Henry. Yay!
- Rec list for all the cool stuff I've read/seen lately
- Baking. (ETA: Do not burn raisins, do not burn raisins...) Banana cake is in the oven.
- Record a fic while it's quiet here (ETA: ie not when the washing machine is going *facepalm*) Not going to happen until my voice starts working again...
- Buy milk With clothes. Go me!
- Make bread
- Take painkillers before cramps get too bad Ow. OW OW OW OW
- Get dressed.

*Ours finally died on Monday after a long illness, during which I would have been better off sucking up the dust with a straw. It turned into a rather odd conversation:
Me: The hoover just broke!
Other half: Woo hoo!
Me: I know! Yay!
OH: Now we can buy one that actually works!

...we don't get out much...

Huh. Maybe I should do that last one first. I should certainly do it before I go to buy milk, I think.

I have deliberately been resisting memes lately, to try and wean myself off, even though there have been some cool ones doing the rounds. I like the 'played by' one particularly - it's fascinating to see what people think everyone looks like :) But I'm going to carry on resisting...I'm going to try to carry on resisting...probably...

Have I missed anything exciting since I took the comms off my watch-list? And how are you all, anyway? Hope the sun is shining on you as brightly as it is on me :)