She's So Swishy In Her Satin And Tat

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This list will be updated as I write new stories. So here's where you go for all your Argosy fic needs.

Note to linkers/reccers: When possible I prefer links and recs of stories to link back to the versions on my personal journal (in other words, the ones linked in this post) as these are the most current versions.

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So yes, the reveals went up a few days ago--um, five days ago, I guess. The story I wrote is McShep, about 6000 words, called Four Universes Where John and Rodney Meet Before Antarctica, and One Where They Don't.

Does what it say on the tin, but I twisted things around a bit. :) It got a little lost in the back-end of a couple of huge days of posting, which at the time caused me Great Angst, since I was sick as a dog at the time of posting. (I'm still a little sick, what's that about? Grr.) So if you like my writing, and you're still reading SGA, I would appreciate it even more than I usually do (which is a considerable amount already) if you'd read it and let me know what you think!

In yet more holiday goodness, kinseyx has recorded my story Not Without a Plan (aka the one with the maze) as a Podbang gift for her recipient (who is not me) at amplificathon! It's very exciting to get podfic, especially such a long story!

Various podfic formats of the story can be found HERE.

Not Without a Plan was my story from this year's mcshep_match, and someday I will actually archive it somewhere. Normally I would have put it on my journal by now, but it's the longest thing I've ever written and I've been dithering. Should I divide it in two or three pieces on my LJ? Should I post the whole thing to AOOO and link? Advice, please.

In other news, how did my little VLC media player cone-logo-icon thing get a Santa hat?

*sings* It's the most wonderful time of the year.

Hurray, sga_santa has been posting for a week or so. The story I wrote may or may not have been posted, but the story I received has been, and it's wonderful. ♥

Love is Written in poetry, Marriage in Prose is a lovely Keller/McKay story which ends well on its way to Keller/McKay/Sheppard. It has a wonderfully mature Jennifer who understands a lot, but is still learning about her relationship with Rodney, and his relationship with John--and how they can all make it work. I really enjoyed it, so if that sounds like it might be at all your thing I urge you to read it!


The only problem with sga_santa is that it can be overwhelming--and this year seems more overwhelming than usual, to me (I guess I'm just in that kind of state)--with all the many, many stories being posted.

Here's a very short, very incomplete list of stories I've liked so far, if you're having a hard time deciding where to begin (I haven't come close to getting through them all, but it's a start):

The Hunters: (Mostly gen, some Keller/McKay UST) Fantastic adventure through an underground cave/fortress with Teyla kicking butt and Jennifer holding her own.

Beasts of War and Burden: (McKay/Sheppard) In an alternate universe, John, Lorne and Rodney get turned into dragons by an Ancient device. Rodney gets stuck.

Baby Steps: (McKay/Sheppard) Sweet and funny story about what happens when John and Rodney don't have to hide their relationship anymore.

Unexpected Consequences: (McKay/Sheppard) Old-school hooker-fic wallow. Definitely hits the spot.

Forbidden Planet: (McKay/Sheppard, but pretty gen) Neat mission-on-Earth feel.

Someone to Watch Over Me: (McKay/Sheppard) Dark and very cool. Post-enzyme!Ford is the reasonable one.

A Fist Full of Power Bars: (gen) Hysterical alien animal story. Oh, John.

Accidental Vampire (McKay/Sheppard): Completely entertaining and gleeful and hit my kinks hard.

*whew* Go get reading and commenting!

But instead let me share with you this really lovely papercut animated vid of the original Star Wars trilogy. It's gorgeous, and adorable. It's also a few weeks old, so maybe you've all seen it already. if you haven't, you need to check it out.

I hate the new school where I have to work now soooo much.

So a famous publicist got shot five times in Beverly Hills late last night. Which makes the police block off Sunset Blvd into the next morning. Which I don't know until after I leave for work. Which makes me 10 minutes late to work this morning. Would have been 5, but it's hard to park over there. Following me so far?

So the school (my workplace) has this late list you have to sign if you are late and they also put a lovely red mark on your time-sheet. So far in two months I have been late three times. My workday starts at 8:00 A.M. What were my late times that I had to sign the late sheet and get a mark for? 8:01, 8:02, and swear-to-God, 8:00.

Anyway, I know I'm going to be late this morning because of the um, murder, but when I get there the late sheet isn't out yet so I figure I got a little lucky and go on with my day.

When I go to sign out this afternoon, I get this passive-aggressive shit lovely little note from the principal, who apparently has nothing better to do:

Today, you arrived @ 8:10 and signed in for 8:00 am.

1. That is falsification of time.
2. You are to be @ your work location ready to start your day @ 8:00 am.

Please refer to your contract and Board (something I can't read) with questions

Look, lady, I'm sorry someone died and made me 10 minutes late for work. If you ran a school that treated its employees with respect maybe I would have asked the secretary (who is her own kind of nightmare), "Hey someone was murdered this morning on my way to work, how should I sign in for that?" Or maybe you should cut me some fucking slack for ten fucking minutes before you go talking about "falsification" of time.

Bitch.

I immediately tried to go talk to the principal to say the above, except maybe a little nicer (possibly I would have left out the "bitch" part), but I was brushed off since a kid was coming in with an "emergency."

So I'll talk to her tomorrow. I've already previously filled out my transfer request for reasons completely unrelated to today (the school sucks, can you tell?). Now I'm more motivated than ever to turn it in, but I'll wait 'til after Thanksgiving so as not to give her another reason to hate me. Bitch.

/end rant. I guess I feel a little better? Grr.

Comment with a number from 1 to 1104, and I'll upload the corresponding song from my itunes "top-rated" playlist for you!

I have excellent musical taste! Or possibly I don't. Find out!

(And obvs. you should feel free to snag anything you like from the comments!)

I want to get my nephews this t-shirt for their birthdays. (And I kinda wanna get one for me, too.)

The question, o wise and powerful f-list is where can I buy one? Does anyone know where it is sold?



It's Perry the Platypus, just in case you can't see the pic. There's about a zillion of these t-shirts on amazon.com, but none of them qualify for free shipping and I'd just as soon not pay six or seven extra bucks a pop for them. So I'm willing to *gasp* go to a store in RL if I can find one that carries the shirt. (Which is not something I'm normally fond of, btw.)

The shirt's not listed on the Disney Store website, so I doubt they have it at the store. After a lot of digging, I did see a junior girl's version on the Hot Topic website, and an adult version on the JC Penny website. But what I need are shirts for an 8 and an 11-year-old boy. I guess I'll cross my fingers and go check out JC Penny in person.

But has anyone seen this shirt in a store? I'll love you forever (more than I already do) if you can tell me where I can get it.

Are you ever just going about your life, doing whatever, and you suddenly realize you've been singing a song in the back of your head for like the last ten minutes and then you have to stop and listen to your brain so you can figure out what song your subconscious was singing?

Just me?

Anyway, turns out the song in my head was this one. And it's adorable, so we could all use a pick-up, hmm?



I feel you, Candace. I love plenty of things that are for "kids." Obviously.

I may be just a little obsessed with this show.

I keep dreaming of making posts where I actually say stuff, or update about my life or whatevs, but I'm pretty sure that's not going to happen in the near future. But I miss having outside communication (I'm so busy that's not happening in rl either much), so I decided to just start posting in drips and drabs when I can, like shouting out to the LJ/DW wilderness. If anyone wants to shout back at me sometime, that would be appreciated like you don't even know.

1. LA heatwave has been blessedly over for a couple of weeks. Rats made it through fairly unscathed by drinking chilled water and eating popsicles.

2. Saw the closing show of the Eels tour on Tuesday night. Awesome. Any Eels fans out there besides me?

3. I've had to switch workplaces. (I work in Special Ed, for those that don't know. I consider it a day job, while I'm trying to write professionally). New school sucks enough that I'm planning to ask for a transfer. But this has been really depressing me. :(

4. Waaay back in the dark ages, I won such_heights podficcing services in help_pakistan for a story up to 10,000 words. I'm thinking of asking her to record No Place Like Home. What do you guys think? Would you listen? Would you rather hear Rodney's Emo Cat?

Okay, gotta run. Hope to be in communication later. Maybe even about fun and fannish stuff. Argosy out. Peace. (Does anyone over 12 watch Phineas and Ferb besides me?)