Awesomeness Daily #11

[jadesfire]

Working late is always a mixed blessing. It's quiet so I can get things done, but when it's quiet, I tend to get easily distracted by other things. Y'all are welcome to be that distraction, by the way - I'm here for the next couple of hours if anyone wants to drop in and say hi.

I've been hopeless about replying to comments properly lately, so I'm going to try to catch up with that, as well as doing some posting to comms and emailing that's hanging over me, and trying to get into an SGA frame of mind so I can write my two fics. Anyone got any spare SGA plot bunnies? Or is there something I've mentioned in passing or that you've always wanted to see written but never had the courage to ask? Well, ask away, because I'm all out of ideas here...

This is also today's Awesomeness post. Today I have been awesome because I cycled to work again. It was seriously hard work - much harder than yesterday - but I'm going to cycle home again tonight; otherwise, I'm never going to get fitter and it's always going to be hard work!

I've also been awesome because I've worked hard again and stayed positive about work, even through the boring stuff. My tendency to focus on the interesting means that the dull stuff builds up - this is a habit I'm trying to break myself of, one day at time. Lists using coloured pens definitely help.

Did you realise we hit double figures of awesome yesterday? Lookit! Go us!

Comments

[rachel68620.livejournal.com]

Go Us. Wasn't all that awsome yesterday, too busy to be really. See my LJ for the details. But today I am awsome because I am going above and beyond the call of duty to be sure everything is set for tomorrow. Working 7 days this week.

[2bluaeryn.livejournal.com]

Great to hear about your great day. You are inspiring me.

As for plot bunnies, I may have a few for you. Another person on my Flist ask for ideas of shows that JF would be good in. I think the ideas could also be expanded to SGA with emphasis on JT as my OTP. Anyway my ideas were:

Jason Bourne type intrigue with Teyla as the girl that comes to his rescue.

or

Simon Temple aka the Saint

Both characters have traces of what makes JS what he is in SGA...moral ambiguity, emotional and physical whump & physical action figure.

Did this help?

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

You can have the last three SGA bunnies I was playing around with -- they're here, here, and here. Use some, use all, use fragments of some or all, throw them all in the trash. Hee.

[greyias.livejournal.com]

Woohoo for cycling, although ouch for the saddle burn =/ It is indeedy awesome your continued efforts on adopting a more active lifestyle.

Anyone got any spare SGA plot bunnies?

...I have a hold WIP folder I have officially abandoned full of plot bunnies, complete with wacky Ancient tech and fun character hijinks. They are all free to a good home, because I will never finish them.

Um... I'm awesome today because... I ate breakfast? It's a little early still. I've burned through my projects at work, so I'm sort of in a lull at the moment. (Which leads to MUCH alt+tabbing when the boss comes in.)

[naye]

Cycling is totally awesome! *cycling high-five* As is wearing a helmet. (Oh, how people stare at my helmet here. But I like my head in one piece!)

Mmmmmm. I've been bad about homework today, but I did write a postcard in Japanese, to a Japanese friend, and then I wrote mails in Japanese to a random Japanese guy I just met, and I also went shopping and cooked supper using super-cheap ingredients. It was tasty. :D But now I have a pile of evil dishes lurking in my kitchen/hallway. Tomorrow's awesome: taking on the dishes! *g*

What else? I biked to school despite heavy clouds threatening rain, which saved me money! And I spoke up in class, and caught up with my LJ comments!

Whoo~! I really do feel accomplished, laying it all out like this. Thanks for giving me a venue where I can shamelessly boost my own self-confidence. ♥

[wildcat88.livejournal.com]

Anyone got any spare SGA plot bunnies? Or is there something I've mentioned in passing or that you've always wanted to see written but never had the courage to ask? Well, ask away, because I'm all out of ideas here...

SGA plot bunnies:

1. (vague so as to not spoil anyone) at the end of the series finale - someone comes to visit Ronon. Maybe some background for this.

2. I'd love to read a fic where John has to handle being replaced as military commander.

3. Where are the Athosians? Are they living on their own or did they have to move to a world with several different cultures since they lost so many of their people to Michael? How are they handling the repercussions? How is Teyla affected by them?

4. Where does Ronon get his clothes especially that cool coat in Doppleganger? Does he recharge the energy cell in his blaster or does he have to find new ones?

5. In Outcast, McKay doesn't seem surprised to learn that Sheppard's father had been living during their first few years on Atlantis. How did he know about Sheppard's family?

6. What really happened between John and his father and brother?

Did any of these help?

[rivers-bend.livejournal.com]

There is a lot of awesome going on around here lately! I like it! Go you for getting back on that bike. \o/

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Yeouch. that's a long week - you definitely get awesomeness points for that!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I don't know The Saint, but the Bourne one is intriguing, thanks :) Anything that gets me thinking helps!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've got 2x90 minute car journeys tomorrow that I am not looking forward to. But I'd reached the point where walking to work wasn't a challenge any more, so I needed something. Hopefully I can keep up the good work!

*makes grabby hands* I'm completely stuck for a macguffin at the moment, so will take practically anything! It's just one of those "I don't know where to start!" moments :S

Getting through everything is good! Keep up the alt+tabbing ;D

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*high-fives back* I can't imagine why people cycle without helmets, especially not in Oxford. I feel much safer with mine on!

*g* You're more than welcome! It makes such a difference, doesn't it? You can feel really rotten, but when you stop and work out what you've actually achieved, it's brilliant :D Go you!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*makes notes*

Much appreciated, thanks. I never know what's going to spark me off, and often it's the last thing I'm expecting, so I shall have a mull on these.

Ta muchly!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*giggles at icon* Brilliant.

It's been so good for me, having to list positive things every day. My aim right now is to keep it up for a month at least, along with the cycling :D

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Awesomeness is awesome. My awesome must be slated for the second half of the day today.

*tosses out there* 3D chess game? John has a terrible awful super-secret secret? If there were a law of physics (or life in general) called McKay's law, what would it be?

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah, the timezones are causing problems with these :) I'm sure you can be awesome today if you put your mind to it!

Ooh, those are all great ideas, thanks. I'm still hitting stuff with sticks to see what works - something will respond eventually :)

[crystalshard.livejournal.com]

I am awesome today because I started re-reading a Dorothy L. Sayers novel that I hadn't managed to get into the first time around. I am now completely hooked.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Sure. Never know which prompts will actually prompt.

ETA: Okay, today I am awesome because I submitted something for publication that I should've done last year but couldn't work up the guts for, even though it's tiny.

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

I'm not so awesome for getting this comment wrong three times before now! Sorry.

Second day of biking awesomeness is awesome-er than the first, because it's *harder*. Go you!

I'm trying to choose an icon to represent awesomeness.



Whoops, how did kitty sandwich get in there? Well, she's cute, I'll leave her. :)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Ooh, cool - which one? I love all DLS's stories, and she captures Oxford perfectly.

[crystalshard.livejournal.com]

Gaudy Night. I love seeing Lord Peter Wimsey through her eyes.

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

Cycling to work is indeed awesome - although maybe invest in a comfier seat? *pets you and passes a cushion* And coloured pens make everything better *nods*

Today I am awesome because I put some effort into buying presents for someone who doesn't deserve them, and I didn't moan about having to do it :)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*g* NP. It just means more email!

Those are awesome icons indeed! Including the kitty :)

[greyias.livejournal.com]

I can send you an e-mail if you're not full up on bunnies yet ;)

Yeah, I've got 2x90 minute car journeys tomorrow that I am not looking forward to.

Ick, that stinks. Hopefully it'll go by quickly though!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

I'm finding myself most drawn to fist-baby and girl-with-piglet.

Oh, and I am awesome today because I wrote and published detailed instructions (twice), explained the instructions with examples in class, explained the instructions with examples in class again, and then explained the instructions with examples to at least half of the students individually - without losing my cool. :)

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

good for you with the cycling!

gave today's awesomeness to yesterday's post (well, it's a timey wimey kinda thing)