Poked through the Yuletide 2012 archives and explored the small percentage of fandoms I'm familiar with and interested in reading fic for. My favorite by far is Springtime Will Kill You, a brilliant noir retelling of Orpheus' journey to find Persephone in the underworld. Riffs on Greek and Roman mythology, and on Hades/Persephone in particular, are ( Read more... )

Which meant that yesterday I got to sit less than twenty feet away from him. Times like these, it's nice to have a ritzy mall within easy driving distance so Tim Gunn can come to co-host runway events during Fashion Week. Happiness.

Having RSVP'd meant that we (deelaundry came along to see what the fuss is about) got seats, while others gathered behind the ( Read more... )

Thanks a lot, every insurance company I can find in this county, for refusing me two months of health coverage to fill a gap between school and work in case I get hit by a car or stricken with swine flu, all because I had a kidney stone and a scan for what turned out to be a benign growth two and a half years ago ( Read more... )

It is December now, right? Yesterday when I went out to lunch I didn't even need a jacket.

My holiday included: turkey, a ton of food, a nap, a blanket, pajamas, pie, a trip down memory lane with DS9, a NOVA about porpoise rehabilitation featuring floppy seals, half a dozen episodes of the delightful Ace of Cakes (they made a Millennium Falcon ( Read more... )

For various reasons, I am not suffering from the post-vacation blues. Yet I feel the need to compile this list.

Things I am looking forward to in the near future:

• Meeting a new LJ person tomorrow! (I would be more specific about who, only I don't know if it is a public-knowledge sort of thing.) Er, that is assuming my phone does not freak out ( Read more... )

Tim Gunn / SGA OTP.

http://sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com/246702.html

So. Damn. Funny. It's about to hit 50 comments over there, but expand the threads if you head over-it's worth it.

. . .

Life, it grows interesting. Watch this space.

After much happy anticipation, Tim Gunn's Guide To Style (Bravo, Thurs. 10 p.m. EST) premiered last night. A fashion makeover TV show, it stars my future gay celebrity husband, Tim Gunn, former Chair of Fashion Design at Parsons/The New School in NYC and mentor of the designers of Project Runway. It was great! I knew I'd love it for the sheer ( Read more... )