we're too young to reason, and too grown up to dream
I left about 15 minutes early this morning and just took the 6 - the fastest, most direct way to get to work, even if I hate it - because the MTA's vague yet foreboding emails ("Trains may skip stops or they may run as regularly scheduled. We just don't know. Listen for announcements.") made me a little concerned (I was going to skip the crosstown bus anyway, because they're running the 72nd St bus as well as the 79th St bus over the 79th St Transverse through the park, and also Madison Avenue is shut down in the 70s? Or something?). I was here SO EARLY. Even with stopping at an all new, all different, still terribly slow Starbucks on the way. Hopefully getting home will be just as trouble-free.
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The Mets' magic number is THREE. AMAZIN'. (Can I just admit that the apostrophe in AMAZIN'S makes me crazy? I know it's correct(ish) because the nickname is a shortened form of "The Amazin' Mets," aka the 1969 Mets, so it's technically not using the apostrophe to make a plural, but every time I see it in the paper it makes me cringe.)
Plus, the Giants actually held on to win against Washington! I went to bed when they were still leading by two TDs but there was like 3 minutes left, so it could have ended poorly yet again, but luckily it didn't.
Also, the Rangers were playing Boston in a preseason game and Hank looked pretty good from what little I saw.
My theory of sports is that when there is too much going on, I watch the most important/meaningful game if there's a conflict. So if the Rangers are making a Cup run, I don't watch April-May baseball when the games are on at the same time, I watch the Rangers; if the Mets are in a pennant race (or whatever), I'll choose them over the Giants on a September Sunday (or Thursday); and if the Giants are playing a big game in December or January, I'll watch them over the Rangers if they're on at the same time. (I...don't care about basketball? And also the Knicks are terrible. Which makes things a little easier.)
Frequently, having a winning hockey or football team makes up for having a losing baseball team. It's something to look forward to, anyway. (My hockey watching spikes after football is over but before baseball starts.) It's when all your teams are terrible that sports is sad year 'round, and yet I do it to myself anyway.
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In other news, I've never made an eligibility evidence post before, but the yuletide rules about related fandoms are confusing me, and since two of my requests look like they may be too big (Check, Please! and Raven Cycle), I want to have other things to request available!
So should I post about We Are Robin and Gotham Academy? The former doesn't even have a tag on AO3 or a category on FF.net (there are three complete stories tagged "Duke Thomas" on AO3 and none tagged "Riko Sheridan" or "Isabella Ortiz"), and the latter has five complete stories on AO3, only 4 of which are over 1000 words, and no category on FF.net (can you even search by character on FF.net? I don't know).
While there are some crossover cameos from ineligible characters (Alfred Pennyworth, Jim Gordon, Barbara Gordon for We Are Robin (though it looks like Damian may appear in a later issue), and Bruce and Damian Wayne in Gotham Academy), that's exactly what they are - cameos.
Tell me, o wise flist of mine, should I take a chance and nom without making an evidence post, or should I suck it up and do the work, especially since these two comics are clearly eligible despite being related to Batman?
eta: AV Club is on my wavelength today: Grayson, We Are Robin, and the exciting evolution of Batman’s sidekicks.
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The Mets' magic number is THREE. AMAZIN'. (Can I just admit that the apostrophe in AMAZIN'S makes me crazy? I know it's correct(ish) because the nickname is a shortened form of "The Amazin' Mets," aka the 1969 Mets, so it's technically not using the apostrophe to make a plural, but every time I see it in the paper it makes me cringe.)
Plus, the Giants actually held on to win against Washington! I went to bed when they were still leading by two TDs but there was like 3 minutes left, so it could have ended poorly yet again, but luckily it didn't.
Also, the Rangers were playing Boston in a preseason game and Hank looked pretty good from what little I saw.
My theory of sports is that when there is too much going on, I watch the most important/meaningful game if there's a conflict. So if the Rangers are making a Cup run, I don't watch April-May baseball when the games are on at the same time, I watch the Rangers; if the Mets are in a pennant race (or whatever), I'll choose them over the Giants on a September Sunday (or Thursday); and if the Giants are playing a big game in December or January, I'll watch them over the Rangers if they're on at the same time. (I...don't care about basketball? And also the Knicks are terrible. Which makes things a little easier.)
Frequently, having a winning hockey or football team makes up for having a losing baseball team. It's something to look forward to, anyway. (My hockey watching spikes after football is over but before baseball starts.) It's when all your teams are terrible that sports is sad year 'round, and yet I do it to myself anyway.
***
In other news, I've never made an eligibility evidence post before, but the yuletide rules about related fandoms are confusing me, and since two of my requests look like they may be too big (Check, Please! and Raven Cycle), I want to have other things to request available!
So should I post about We Are Robin and Gotham Academy? The former doesn't even have a tag on AO3 or a category on FF.net (there are three complete stories tagged "Duke Thomas" on AO3 and none tagged "Riko Sheridan" or "Isabella Ortiz"), and the latter has five complete stories on AO3, only 4 of which are over 1000 words, and no category on FF.net (can you even search by character on FF.net? I don't know).
While there are some crossover cameos from ineligible characters (Alfred Pennyworth, Jim Gordon, Barbara Gordon for We Are Robin (though it looks like Damian may appear in a later issue), and Bruce and Damian Wayne in Gotham Academy), that's exactly what they are - cameos.
Tell me, o wise flist of mine, should I take a chance and nom without making an evidence post, or should I suck it up and do the work, especially since these two comics are clearly eligible despite being related to Batman?
eta: AV Club is on my wavelength today: Grayson, We Are Robin, and the exciting evolution of Batman’s sidekicks.
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This entry at DW: http://musesfool.dreamwidth.org/781374.html.
people have commented there.