Unconsidered Trifles

Wow, I've been quiet lately. Well, quite for me, anyway. This is partly because of brain stuff, and partly because apparently I acquired a life when I wasn't looking. It sure gets in the way of posting...

The brain stuff is complicated and messy, and is ironically because I'm actually doing much better right now than I have been. That means I start to prod at the stuff that sends me downhill in the first place, which makes me moody and over-sensitive, which in turn is not a good state of mind to bring to the internet at large. I'm sure the rest of you find that too, and that's why I intend to post nothing but trivialities for the next few weeks. But then if you're here, you're probably already used to that already ;)

~ Despite what I said a few weeks ago, I now have to use a spreadsheet to keep track of all the fannish and crochet things I'm committed/committing to over the coming months. But it has pretty colours on, and who keeps their new year resolutions anyway? *looks shifty*

~ We're starting to house hunt again, this time for real. This is bringing home the reality of trying to buy in one of the most expensive cities in the UK that's not London. This could take a while...

~ I went juggling at lunchtime! Er. That's not a metaphor. We really honestly had a juggling lesson with these guys as part of the library service's Well Being Week. It was lots of fun, but I'm knackered!

~ It's my mum's 60th birthday today *throws streamers* She's having a big posh lunch on Saturday that should be all kinds of fun.

~ If I bribe you with a mini-linkspam, will some of you guys do me a favour? There's a Google Form at the link below - please could you click the link and take the survey? I'm just trying to see how it works at the moment, rather than gather meaningful information.

Bribery in the form of mini-linkspam (and tiny rant):
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If there's anyone still there, please could you nip over and fill out my pointless form HERE? There's only a few silly questions on it - I'm trying out the different options!

Thanks, folks :) How is everybody? Keeping heads above water?

See, you should always worry when I'm quiet. I make up for it later

You guys are a)brilliant and b)nuts. You did know I'd be reading what you wrote, right? ;D Despite your best efforts, none of you managed to actually break the form (no, not even with your essay, Fish ;)) and the results are showing up beautifully. I'm having geekgasms over how easy Google have made it to create these things and get the answers out. Googledocs->Create New->Form. That's it. I'd totally recommend it for ficathons and similar - it'll save hours of typing! \o/

I've been prodding at words and ideas for a few days, but nothing's really sticking, so I think I need some help. Reading my old stuff both helped and hindered. Helped because hey, I used to be able to turn out a not-too-shabby story or two. Hindered because hey, am I ever going to be able to do that again? It's feeling less and less likely as time goes on. I have some prompts owed from a meme a while back, but nothing's working right now on those. So, as ever, I'm turning to the trusty Timestamp meme:

Give me one of my own stories, and a timestamp sometime in the future after the end of the story, or sometime in the past before the story started, and I'll write you at least a hundred words of what happened then, whether it's five minutes before the story started or ten years in the future.

Yes, I did used to write fic, remember? It feels like a long time ago now. Most of it is here or on my fic tag. If you *really* want to help, I could use Torchwood, Doctor Who, Criminal Minds or Jack (including Sic Transit Tempus) requests, but I'm open to all suggestions!

I'll take the first ten and see what I can do with them. Thanks, guys!

1. miss_zedem. 15 years after Waiting for Tomorrow (because I like a challenge *rubs hands together*)
2. rustydog. Two weeks before Emily entered the Hub, here. (From the 'Five things...' meme)