So, remember how I read some really awesome Darcy Lewis fic and then didn't wanna ruin my streak? I read a bunch of mediocre fic near the end of Break (and some good fic, don't get me wrong) and then reflectedeve mentioned
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Sat. Dec. 29, 2012

Hey, Shoshana, it snowed! in December! :)

Also, you were right -- I finished Glory Season this morning. (Having this much free time is weird. I feel like I should have stocked up on library books -- though I do own fiction I haven't read, and I only have a few days of vacation left.)

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"Joy Sadhana is a daily practice in ( Read more... )

Fri. Dec. 28, 2012

In continuing comments on my I will now officially stop wincing at people saying "Merry Christmas" (until Advent 2013). fb postKeith: Happy Lent!
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Keith: Or, perhaps as the Starks would say: "Lent is coming"
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In other news, I am currently in a period of mixed feelings about Christmas (carols ( Read more... )

A couple weeks ago, unfitforsociety recced: "Here, Warm This Up For Me (This Heart of Mine Has Been Too Cold)" by sarcastic_fina
I don't love Johnny Storm or Darcy/Johnny (though the fic does a solid job of selling both), but OMG DARCY!!!

This didn't actually get me into the habit of reading fic, but then today fox1013 posted "Darcy Lewis's Guide to Lists" and it's the ( Read more... )

So, tonight on friendsfriends I read "Election Days" -- a West Wing/Star Trek fusion by Raven [LJ/DW].  Which reminded me of the CJ runs for President fic ("Life Less Ordinary" by bluflamingo).

So, when I first encountered "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like" Old Spice Commercial, I was uncomfortable.  I didn't have a coherent critique, and I wasn't interested in investing a lot of time/energy coming up with one, 'cause hey, advertising, lots of it is problematic.

And then it became a Thing, and yes, I enjoyed, "Study like a scholar, ( Read more... )

Laurel says she likes having people to come home to.  I, in contrast, enjoy not having to deal with anyone.  By mid-afternoon today I was kind of wanting people around, though.  I think in part because I was feeling nostalgic for some bits of this time last year, so being alone wasn't the best thing ever -- though I have sufficient distance or ( Read more... )

Huh.  I got ~8hrs of sleep, woke up a number of times and fell back asleep (left the fan on all night) and ultimately got up on my own before my alarm ( Read more... )

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