*insert blog post here*

[jadesfire]

I was going to tell you all about my exciting weekend (shops! escalators! cauliflower"), but I've been hit by the lurgy, so am trying to get all my work done before I go home to curl up with my duvet and the biggest cuddly toy I can find. Let's just say it was good in all kinds of ways and consider this a placeholder for a full post at a later date.

What I will say is that I have the awesomest flist in the history of awesome. I love getting post more than I care to admit, so imagine my excitement to get home on Sunday to find:
- A pretty, pretty postcard from naye. I definitely get why you like it there! Thank you :D
- A cute, pretty postcard from rustydog complete with original artwork! I'm saving it so I have an original when she's rich and famous ;) I've stuck it up at work so it makes me smile all day - thanks, hon!
- Cryptonomicon via Amazon from nnwest. I've wanted to read this for *years* but never got around to it - am going to take it to Morocco with me so that I can really sink into it properly. Thank you!
- A care package from miss_zedem with many shiny, pretty things. I think it's possible that I'm the most spoiled LJer in history but since I have teeny tiny highlighters which are the cutest thing ever, I'm finding it hard to care... *smishes you*



As usual, in lieu of actual content, have some links:

- Go watch this awesome Jack/Doctor* vid by hllangel to "I Know Him So Well" sung by John Barrowman and Daniel Boys. It's just...it's like the song was made for this vid. Go watch and squee!
- Go read the LFWS entries now that all has been revealed. My entry was Panacea, and I came a highly respectable 5th considering how quickly I wrote the story and that I didn't have it beta'd.
- What Not To Buy received a very lovely rec over at torchwood_house. If you haven't explored that comm yet, and if it isn't too weird to rec a rec comm, then let me urge you to do so. I took the newsletters off my watch-list, so I only read from my flist, calufrax and TWHouse nowadays. This is not a decision I regret.

*Properly Jack/Doctor, covering Nine as well as Ten and working so very, very well

Also, would anyone be able to give a quick turnaround (ie 24 hour) beta on an SGA crack fic, image- and silliness-heavy? greyias and I are very, very nearly done (assuming we didn't wear out her graphic tablet and/or our brains at the weekend) but we definitely need someone to make sure we're only making fools of ourselves with content, not spelling and grammar as well ;) Can anyone help? *flutters eyelashes becomingly*

How was everyone else's weekend? Do anything exciting? Tell me everything - I'm ill and have nothing else to do.

ETA: LJ appears to have turned my comment notifications off, at least for my own journal. Nice.

Comments

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

yes, that proves it, the germs are spreading through the internet and f-list. Scaary. And torchwood_house seems awesome *goes and friends*

[thornsilver]

I like the word "lurgy". I think I might need an icon with it.

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

cauliflowe?

If you can bear me after last time I can certainly run a speedy eye over it, this evening/tonight.

Lurgies are bad *sends male of your choice with meds*

[hllangel]

Glad your weekend was good!

And thanks for the rec! Nothing Jack/Doctor is complete without both Nine and Ten, because Jack has the same feelings (if not the exact same relationship) for both.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

if you are still in need of a beta, you can send it my way.

I've become pretty bad at reading TW and DW fic. I have the newsletters friended and that's it, but I rarely click on anything that's not a rec or if I recognize the author's name. Otherwise, it's what my flist writes (or friends of friends list, since I sometimes look there too)

[wildcat88.livejournal.com]

If you're still looking for a beta, send it over. I'll take a look. WARNING - I'm a spelling and punctuation nazi.

rufflesfrisco@yahoo.com

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Yuck, sorry you're sick. ::blankets and herbal tea for later::

I had an Extremely Busy Weekend of entertaining my brother and sister-in-law while trying to get research papers done. Still working on that. Would *so* much rather be reading your crack fic, which I'm excited about.

BTW, congratulations on LFWS! I did guess your fic correctly - even have in my notes "[I think this is Jades]" :) In general I enjoyed this round more than the others for some reason.

While you're catching up, you can fill out a poll and tell me what kind of card you want! :)

(The postcard arrived quickly! Yay!)

[nnwest.livejournal.com]

Hee! You're welcome, dear. I love that book. My mom is currently reading it and finding it hard to keep track of who is who and what's going on. I really hope you like it, but YMMV.

Thanks for the vid rec! Very nice.

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

Teeny tiny highlighters make everything better *smishes back*

Can beta if you like - will be online for at least an hour or so, depending on whether I attempt my dsss fic or not...

Also, hope you feel better soon! *pours you hot toddy*

shameful pimp of my own fic...

[fish-echo.livejournal.com]

Tell me everything - I'm ill and have nothing else to do.

So hopefully you are feeling all better now... but just in case you're not... I wrote (most of) an amusing little crack ficlet and posted it despite it being a bit rough to cheer up various peoples. And hey! You're a peoples! And my home remedy for colds is lots of lying in bed with comfy blankets and silly stories. ... And since I can't provide tea or blankets, I'll just have to give you fic: http://fish-echo.livejournal.com/8190.html?format=light

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

yes, that proves it, the germs are spreading through the internet and f-list. Scaary. And torchwood_house seems awesome *goes and friends*

[thornsilver]

I like the word "lurgy". I think I might need an icon with it.

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

cauliflowe?

If you can bear me after last time I can certainly run a speedy eye over it, this evening/tonight.

Lurgies are bad *sends male of your choice with meds*

[hllangel]

Glad your weekend was good!

And thanks for the rec! Nothing Jack/Doctor is complete without both Nine and Ten, because Jack has the same feelings (if not the exact same relationship) for both.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

if you are still in need of a beta, you can send it my way.

I've become pretty bad at reading TW and DW fic. I have the newsletters friended and that's it, but I rarely click on anything that's not a rec or if I recognize the author's name. Otherwise, it's what my flist writes (or friends of friends list, since I sometimes look there too)

[wildcat88.livejournal.com]

If you're still looking for a beta, send it over. I'll take a look. WARNING - I'm a spelling and punctuation nazi.

rufflesfrisco@yahoo.com

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Yuck, sorry you're sick. ::blankets and herbal tea for later::

I had an Extremely Busy Weekend of entertaining my brother and sister-in-law while trying to get research papers done. Still working on that. Would *so* much rather be reading your crack fic, which I'm excited about.

BTW, congratulations on LFWS! I did guess your fic correctly - even have in my notes "[I think this is Jades]" :) In general I enjoyed this round more than the others for some reason.

While you're catching up, you can fill out a poll and tell me what kind of card you want! :)

(The postcard arrived quickly! Yay!)

[nnwest.livejournal.com]

Hee! You're welcome, dear. I love that book. My mom is currently reading it and finding it hard to keep track of who is who and what's going on. I really hope you like it, but YMMV.

Thanks for the vid rec! Very nice.

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

Teeny tiny highlighters make everything better *smishes back*

Can beta if you like - will be online for at least an hour or so, depending on whether I attempt my dsss fic or not...

Also, hope you feel better soon! *pours you hot toddy*

shameful pimp of my own fic...

[fish-echo.livejournal.com]

Tell me everything - I'm ill and have nothing else to do.

So hopefully you are feeling all better now... but just in case you're not... I wrote (most of) an amusing little crack ficlet and posted it despite it being a bit rough to cheer up various peoples. And hey! You're a peoples! And my home remedy for colds is lots of lying in bed with comfy blankets and silly stories. ... And since I can't provide tea or blankets, I'll just have to give you fic: http://fish-echo.livejournal.com/8190.html?format=light