darsynia

Very quick post to say ZOMG TIME FLIES WTF.

What we've been doing since I've been away:

We bought our dream house.
Carolyn pulls herself to a stand and can crawl on her hands and knees.
I turned 31, hubby turned 32, C is almost 10 months.
Life is good!

I got the blanket, argosy, and it's delightful! Thank you so much! I'm sorry it took me so long to say anything; I actually packed the package as an incentive to unpack (curiosity is a great motivator), and I made myself unpack some of the other stuff I got first. When she's just a little bit older, I think it'll be the first blanket C has in her crib!

I am reallllyyyy behind on LJ and will try to catch up, but if there's something important I don't get to in the next few days, I won't be offended if you poke me about it if you won't be offended that I dropped off the map for too long! I really appreciate those of you who sent me vgifts or poked me in various ways. I'm really sorry I haven't been more vocally thankful, it really made me feel fabulous to be missed and loved, but gosh, selling a house is hard work and I didn't even do most of that hard work. Thanks so much treellamas, I love you so much. <3<3

...that I can't remember if the infirmary rooms have earth doors or not. Like, in my mind, they sectioned off rooms in the infirmary that have actual honest-to-goodness doors in them, not activated by the hand thingies (because if you're sick or injured and can't somehow get to those, having a door that's already wide open is a boon... plus putting myself in the shoes of a medical professional, the last thing I want to do is make it possible for doors to malfunction and someone die on the other side when I could have just turned a knob and gotten inside, you know?). But we've seen a lot of the infirmary, beds and the like, and while a lot of the heavy-duty stuff was done in 'labs' (like the exploding tumor surgery, Michael's transformations, Ronon's detox, etc.), there are scenes (such as in Echoes) where we see hospital beds and people are clearly in rooms. Can I make up an area of the infirmary where people who need to be there for longer than a few days are in rooms with real earth doors, or do I have to edit what I've already written to take out the 'door is half open,' 'he kicks the door shut' kinds of references?

Help me, Obi Wan Friends List, you're my only hope!

Day 1 .:|:. Day 2 .:|:. Day 3

~1~ It was yesterday, but--I had my BABY SHOWER! It was amazing, seriously--the friend who threw it needs to go into business for herself, it was... *still speechless* I hope she knows how much I appreciated her hard work! I told her a bunch of times but I still need to about eighty gagillion. And the fellowship of getting to see people was wonderful--and the gifts were lovely! Nothing I wouldn't use, everything valuable and special and precious. *delighted*

~2~ It gets its own entry, because it's just... wow. My mother gave me an outfit--a delicate little blue dress with tiny multicolored pastel edging and a pink bonnet--that I wore to my very own first birthday. It's probably a six month outfit for my own baby (unless she comes very early), but the amazing part is mom has two pictures of me in it, and one of them is my all-time favorite family picture! The outfit is seriously pristine, and when I get the chance, I'm going to have mom scan the picture so I can show it to you guys. It's one where people who saw it usually asked me why I never told them I had a baby sister--my mom looks JUST like me in it! ♥ I cried.

~3~ I GOT A PACKAGE TODAY!! It was from vida_boheme (and I wish the camera batteries were charged, because the package had the most adorable array of stickers!), and inside was the most darling delicate pink dress EVAR and a teddy holding a blanket that's so soft I don't want to stop petting it. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! It was seriously fabulous to get a (mostly unexpected!) package from so far away with stuff that makes me feel like you're right next door. ♥♥♥♥

~4~ In light of the recent SGA kerfuffle (link to fandom_wank), I have been leaving comments here and there (including a pregnant hormone-induced mini-rant on F_W...), but something happened just an hour ago that has left me just simply so grateful that feedback even exists, you know? I have a very long story for Harry Potter that I LOVE to bits, it's my baby, really (tsik_inscribed), but it's currently unfinished for various reasons (not the least of which is I love the discipline of writing the whole thing and THEN sending it out there... so after learning that, I'm struggling with how to finish this story the way it was going, chapter by chapter). I just got an e-mail from a reader who basically just said, 'Hi, I'm a very very big fan of your story, Then Shall I Know, and I was just wondering when or if you were planning on writing any more of it. Thanks!'

Guys, that's so very precious and rare. I've had a few e-mails like this (it's been nearly two years since I updated)--eek, I still need to respond to a wonderfully lovely PM sent to me a month ago from another reader!--and the extra time it takes to find contact info and ask is just... really sweet. I responded with what's been going on and thanked her profusely for taking the time to ask, but I just wanted to mention it here, because... that's what a lot of it's all about, to me. Not the number of reviews the story's gotten, not how many people bother to ask if it'll be finished, but the fact that people even care in the first place. Gosh, there aren't enough 'thank yous' in the world to express how that feels.

~5~ Last but not least, I realized today that I have 47 days until I hit my due date, and the baby will be considered 'full term' in 26 days.
My reactions: ! ♥ O_O and \o/ (okay, I also wibbled a little)

ETA: Wow, page four of the f_w post got really NASTY. It wasn't like that when I was reading earlier (funny how the comments I read/responses to my comment there were all by registered users, and now a bunch of anons have come out to malign various people...), and I don't want this post to imply that I think this extremist wankery that has devolved on that page is good reading.

I still have my update posts to make but I've been feeling a dearth of what I like to call 'quick creativity' and thought maybe you guys could help me! I'm looking to write some shorter pieces to remind myself what it's like to work on a shorter story--please leave me fandom + characters or pairing(s) + a phrase, picture, word, youtube, art, anything! I can't guarantee I will get to do everyone's (or that I'll do them in order), but I would like to try.

Fandoms I'd like to focus on: Stargate: Atlantis and Dr. Who & Torchwood, but I can see if I can whip up some Harry Potter or SG-1, too :) ETA: I'm LOVING these crossover ideas, zomg! I just wanted to add, do carry on with the crossover ideas, but if any of you don't know one of the fandoms up there, you can still leave a prompt for a single fandom!

I'd also like to give a huge warm welcome for some new friends I've made via the Whoionverse friending meme! *waves to queenfathie, deeptown_girl, jo_potter, shannon730, and azelma*!!

A = all four of my midterm grades
2 = the number of months pregnant I am today
Apathy = me, lately.

So, it turns out that eating saltines in bed before waking getting up, while kind of disgusting at 6:10 AM, actually does help with morning sickness. So, that's a win! Given that I've had morning sickness non-stop for the past two weeks (oh, how I wish I were exaggerating), I'm a little bit ecstatic right now. Don't worry, that'll soon pass, as I have two tests today, one of which I haven't studied for because I'm convinced I don't need to, and the other I haven't studied for as much as I should have because I have, quite literally, been neglecting everything important lately. I *think* I'm afraid that once I start acting responsibly that'll be it, I'll be an official adult, and I'll never be fun again. Or something.

ANYWAY, I thought that, hey, part of why I haven't been posting lately is because I haven't really had much to talk about but baby stuff, but I didn't want to subject my flist to that when I know there are some folks that aren't at all interested! Then I realized, hey, there's nifty things called 'filters.' So, without further ado:

[Poll #1284409]

Fun fact: I've changed the word 'were' to 'was' and back again from that last answer about five times, now! So, I've missed birthdays of wonderful people, I've not been online (and I've sorely missed those of you I usually talk to! OMG), and I can't say when I'll be able to rectify this, but hopefully soon. Love and hugs!
~Darsy

Ps. To the folks who messaged me after my last post, ♥! I really appreciated the support, even if I didn't get back to everyone (sensing a theme, *facepalm* sorries)!

ETA: lol, I know it's probably not related, but the first e-mail alert I got was someone removing me from their flist. *shakes head* YES = Paranoid much, Darsy? FALSE ALARM!

I saw this on sonadorita's LJ, and was charmed by it like woah. I will endeavor to ignore the voice in my head that wants to apologize profusely for being unproductive and only posting memes (I know some stuff is due, working on it, I swears by the precious).

Ten Things I Wish I Could Say to Ten Different People Right Now:
1) If I could pick someone to be my sister, it would be you. I just want to protect you from everything and everyone mean, but I would never want to look like I don't think you can take care of yourself, because you really can.
2) I'd love to actually believe that you don't have ulterior motives for everything you do. I'd love to believe that you're not out to hurt me any and every chance you get.
3) I am SO excited for you. With all the awesome that's going on in my life right now, I still kind of wish I were that age again, so I could figure out who I am without outside help, too.
4) Please, please stick around this time. Please.
5) You would not believe how sorry I still am for misreading that.
6) I don't know which is worse: worrying that you'll leave me--or worrying that you'll never leave me, even if it would be the best possible thing for you to do, for yourself.
7) I feel like a yes-man around you, and I can't seem to stop it. It isn't that I don't have any opinions of my own, it's that yours are so much more interesting...
8) Way to stomp all over my heart and then pretend you're doing it out of some sort of holy duty. I can't believe I still love you.
9) I wish there was a way of saying 'it's not you, it's me' without sounding like a complete asshole. I really do like you a lot, and I miss talking to you. I wish our timing didn't suck so bad--I feel like I've hurt you really deeply.
10) I wish we lived closer. You are someone I'd/I'll be honored to know for the rest of my life.

( Nine Things About Myself, Eight Ways to Win My Heart, Seven Things That Cross My Mind a Lot, Six Things I Do Before I Fall Asleep, Five People Who Mean a Lot, Four Things I'm Wearing Right Now, Three Songs I Listen to a Lot, Two Things I Want to Do Before I Die, and One Confession. )

Thanks to the chainsaws (lots of trees came down from Ike), recording fic isn't really an option. I'm undecided about what to work on today, and while I make myself tastylunch, I figured I'd take a page from wolfshark and ask my wise flist! I um. Kind of limited the pairing, but most of you will be fine with that! Heh. I made it radio buttons instead of checkboxes because I suspect that most would just check them all! I know I would...

Also, bonus points to whomever guesses why I chose that subject line...

[Poll #1266784]

ETA: LOL@Myself. I wanted a fourth choice... HENCE THE POLL, DARSY. You can't make up your own mind! DUH.

I hadn't linked this before because I expected that most folks would see it on their own, but the lack of comments makes me think maybe the length of the review intimidated some folks?

If you're wondering WTF I'm talking about, go read velocitygrass's reaction/analysis of The Shrine (notes on 504 and 505 in the beginning of the post). I wouldn't hesitate to call this the McShep Shipper Manifesto of Why We Should Still Have Hope, and why the infamous 'last 30 seconds' aren't necessarily something to dread, for those that OTP. It's long, but trust me guys, I won't steer you wrong in this.

Go read, it's fabulous.

ETA: In an ETA, she pointed out something I think is the crux of the matter, here (quoting from post):

But even forgetting everything that might have happened before, they simply couldn't have done this episode if John were a woman. Rodney shouting for her in the beginning? Rodney running to her room, her getting out of bed and the two of them grabbing each other like that in her quarters at night? And then of course Rodney fighting to say his goodbye's to her. There's no way in the world that they could have done that without every single viewer getting at the very least a "Wait a minute..." moment.

I just wanted to thank everyone for their insightful comments in my previous lengthy post! I haven't had a chance to respond to all of them, mostly because I feel I want to do the discourse justice and am kind of mentally limp this weekend. I also wanted to clarify--I hope it didn't appear like I was saying that 'I have a personality disorder, this is what it is.' I just meant that I know for me, that's one of the ways my PD is magnified in public, and in conjunction with other things, combines to make a larger problem. It's certainly more than possible to have those traits and simply like to tell the truth, dislike their own name, or anything else I mentioned without having a serious mental issue related to those things!

*hugs* Thanks again for your support, my flist of major amazing love. You complete me! *not wholly being sarcastic, damnit!*

~Darsy

I KNOW, I need to stop posting. BUT, I wanted to say that I've been dropping love in the love meme at medie's journal, and wanted anyone who might not know about it to... know about it. Yeah. Also, I'm here. But mostly, anyone who needs love, go post! Let me know you've posted, if you like!

Should I do a love meme roundup like last time? *ponders*