Dept. of Saturday

[kaffy_r]

This Cold Sucks, Like a Great Sucking Thing ... Oh, And Other Stuff

Here I am, trying to get back on the posting bike again.

I was supposed to go to a Chicago Humanities Festival panel, "Chicks Dig Time Lords," today. It's being hosted by the editors, including

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[clocketpatch]

Yick. I don't know what it is with colds but they've got a way of stalking up and then exploding just exactly when you've got plans, don't they? I hope your head is feeling significantly less stuffed soon.

Fannish jargon is somewhat opaque to the uninitiated, isn't it? Thanks for the review you left for me while going through the archives. You always leave such lovely reviews.

Yay? I think on the newspaper stuff. It sounds rushes, complex, and stressful (and the generic forms letters sound annoying, as generic form letters always are), but if it gives you a bit of breathing room that's good to hear.

Hope you enjoy the Who!

[kaffy_r]

The evil of colds is multiplex. They are responsible for a great deal of social screw-ups. Mine is now moving down into the chest, but it still won't leave my head alone, dammit!

I truly couldn't imagine why I hadn't reviewed that story. I mean, it's a story that has stayed with me since I first read it. And I only tell the truth when it comes to my reviews. Heh.

As for the Who, I think I enjoyed it. I wasn't knocked out by it, and I'm getting a little tired of having to pick through the piles to find the good stuff. Still, there were good thing, good pieces of acting, good pieces of concept in there.

[a_phoenixdragon]

Aww, bb. I'm sorry you couldn't go!! Gahhh, that SUCKS!!! I hope you feel better soon.

But an opportunity to go through the favs at Teaspoon is always awesome. *Smiles*

I'm also looking forward to Hearts and Moons - think we all have WIP O'Doom, so tis all good, lovie. Patience has its own rewards.

Keeping my fingers crossed during this transition, sweetie...

*HUGS*

[kaffy_r]

But an opportunity to go through the favs at Teaspoon is always awesome. *Smiles*

Still haven't delved deep enough, but I'll get there tomorrow, I hope.

Sometimes I think it would be worth it for all of us with works in progress o'doom to swap ours out with someone else's, and see if we couldn't do something with the story we get. At the very least, perhaps we'd go "Oh, no, NO, you can't DO that to my characters!" when we see what someone else has done, and it would get us off our writer's block. Heh.

[a_phoenixdragon]

LOL!! Though I'd probably be pleased and would want them to finish my fic FOR me.

*Grins*

[gerisullivan]

Woah. Interesting labor times ahead.

Did I miss a post with the Most Excellent News (aka the Halloween treat) that your Best Beloved received yesterday? (At least I think he received the news then; I called while sitting on the Cliff Walk in front of The Breakers (the Vanderbilt Mansion) in Newport & he mentioned having just heard.)

[kaffy_r]

Indeed, I'm foreseeing (not looking forward to, you'll note) interesting times, probably beginning Monday.

Did I miss a post with the Most Excellent News

You've not missed anything at all, largely because I hadn't posted about it. The news is good, but I was just telling Bob that I'm still not relaxed. I - we - still want to know what the hell is going on with him, and it's 11 days until we see the doctor to discuss what the results, or lack of results, actually mean. I know it seems unfeeling of me not to be jumping around in joy, and if you push me, I am glad that it's not cancer. To be otherwise would be ridiculous. But he's still sick, and we still want to know why./end worried rant.

[tardis_stowaway]

Colds are always terrible, and it especially sucks when they destroy your happy plans in addition to the physical misery. I hope you feel better soon!

I hope there aren't too many headaches at work as a result of the change in ownership.

[kaffy_r]

Thanks, for the caring thoughts. I know that I'll eventually feel better, but so far, I'm still pretty snorky and coughy, (which aren't even words, I know, but it's how I feel.)

Re: Doctor

[harvey_rrit]

Had it been David Tennant who heard the news he would have immediately stuck out his tongue and begun wiping it frantically.

Re: Doctor

[kaffy_r]

he would have immediately stuck out his tongue and begun wiping it frantically.

Re: the spoilerific reveal and just with who he'd inadvertently tangled tonsils? Only for ethical reasons, not any others. Heh. I mean, think of The Corsair. "Oh, she was a bad girl!"

Re: Doctor

[harvey_rrit]

I'm not sure "ethical" is the word I'd use. I'd liken it to Christa McAuliffe's shade discovering that the spirit she's been dancing with in the Afterlife Ballroom was William Proxmire. Who killed her.

Re: Doctor

[kaffy_r]

A very interesting picture, (really; I was struck by the imagery) but given that I think there was, once upon a time, some genuine affection and respect between the two folks involved in the plot, Proxmire and McAuliffe's shades might be the wrong ones to invoke.

Not that I have any idea of what shades might be better. Possibly One of the royal Henry or Edwards and the shades of those they loved and destroyed.