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I wrote, posted and then privatized a long, rambly entry about my life -- it was more stuff I was working out in my own head than stuff I wanted the whole Internet to know, I decided. Short version, though, is that I might be going back to school this fall to finish my degree, over a decade after I dropped out. *flails*

Random fic rec: Notes on the Fridge (Being Human; slight George/Mitchell or could just be seen as the boys being silly and flirty). I love picture-fic/letter-fic/document fic (whatever you want to call it) and this is adorable -- Mitchell and George communicating via notes stuck on the refrigerator.

zvi_likes_tv has an excellent post on how to get a Dreamwidth account and what your options are: How do *you* get a Dreamwidth? Edit: And there's also a dw-codesharing community for getting an invite code (and hence a free account) if you don't know someone who has a DW journal. I should note in passing that accounts still aren't open yet, except to a small pool of beta testers, not until April 30.

At Metafandom, I ran across a good post on keeping your fannish identity anonymous. (People have probably noticed that I don't struggle particularly hard to keep my identities separate, though I'm starting to think I might oughta be a little more careful. I don't mind fandom people knowing my RL identity; it's the other way around that I'd really rather not.)

Last month, I rec'd John/Rodney friendship at

stargateficrec; this month I've signed up for the Hurt/Comfort category (and possibly the Rodney category as well, but I'm not sure if I got my pick in time.) The category was in danger of being eliminated because it hadn't been rec'd in awhile, and we can't have that, can we? The only problem I think I'm going to have is narrowing it down! Do any of you have suggestions for your very most favorite SGA h/c fics? I'm just looking at my saved SGA fics (... almost a thousand of them in the folder) and realizing that over half of them would qualify for this category! So point me to a few of your faves; I'm mostly just looking for a good starting point, and to see if there's anything out there that I don't know about! Any characters/pairings can be involved, in any combination.

Edit: Oh, right, and it's April 1! It's always fun to see what people are doing around the internets. Check out Think Geek's homepage (squeeze bacon! USB pet rocks!). Over at

little_details, a community where people post research questions for their stories, everyone is posting their questions today in the form of LOLcat macros, which is totally cracking me up. Edit2: Bwahaha, and Google has supposedly turned their operations over to an AI (run amok). It's obsessed with pandas; check out the image search page. The Gmail Autopilot page is my favorite part so far, though...

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re. fave h/c: Salt of the Earth (http://www.area52hkh.net/asd/dasha/saltof01.php) by Dasha: Rodney gets stabbed in the gut and has to go through a slow recovery. Comes with convincing character development, great backstory, and much detail. Very long. (I recced it in more detail in my main recs post here (http://astridv.livejournal.com/95756.html)). I could think of dozens more, but this is a story that comes to mind right away when I think SGA h/c. (Well, and some of yours but those aren't an option in this case. ;)

I'll probably sign up for h/c next... I'm reccing Keller this month. I had this one in mind but feel free to snag it for your set, I have plenty more.

Oooh, I'd not read that one. Cheers!

(Cheers? Been watching too much BBC. I'm from Georgia!)

Hee. I do that too. I have my satellite dish pointed at the British Sky satellite.

I second Salt of the Earth - I love that story to pieces.

Oh, that's an immensely useful set of recs! :D I'm sure I've seen 'em before, but thank you for pointing me back to them anyway. :) (And thanks for reccing me all over the place too!)

(And thanks for reccing me all over the place too!)

My pleasure, truly.

Hey, I had no idea you were an art major though I could have guessed from your work.

VERY proud of you about the school thingy. VERY VERY. I'm currently teaching myself to play the piano and wishing like hell I'd stuck with it when I was a wee thing. I have all these songs in my head and no way to figure out how to write them down.

Coping Mechanisms by Amireal is always one of my faves.

OOOH, and I loved the Tauntaun sleeping bag. Bwah!

Ohh, yes, seconding Coping Mechanisms.

Thank you very much. :D Ooh, and yeah, Coping Mechanisms is awesome!

Congrats on the decision to go back to school! I missed the post but I know what a big step it was for me when I headed back. I seriously do not regret it.

And thanks for the links!

Thank you. :) I'm really very excited about it; I still haven't turned in notice at work -- the idea of not having that safety net is very scary, and I didn't want to quit until I was absolutely, 100% sure this was what I wanted to do, but I do think that it is. :D

Big congrats about going back to school. There's something very self satisfying about completing such a huge goal. I wish I could go back to school and just audit classes because I love learning!

One day I'll get my Master's I hope.

But yay for you! You're an art major, right? How long will you need to go for? Think of all the real-world experiences you'll be able to offer to your classes!

Yep, I'm an art major, and I've actually finished most of the labor-intensive art classes; most of what I have left is sundry art history courses and upper-division humanities electives, which sounds like fun. I'm thinking about taking some creative writing classes and seeing how that goes.

Having once come across something related to your early-college performance when I was googling you (don't remember why? Trying to find your husband's email address?) - I've always wondered why you became disillusioned.

I'm pretty darned disillusioned myself, but from the other side of graduation. I guess my advice is, do it if you find it fascinating.

(And I love Salt of the Earth, mentioned above!)

It was mostly burnout. I put myself through school, and I was working 20-30 hour weeks, taking 18 credits and getting A's. Something had to give. What gave was my sanity. *g* I had a nervous breakdown (literally) and fled for the surprisingly less stressful 9-to-5 world. I haven't regretted it and I don't feel that it's held me back, but I'm starting to feel that I'm ridiculously close to my degree to just give up on it.

Yay for you going back to school! That's awesome. Education is never wasted.

As for great h/c fics, I have a long list, many of which can be found over at

sheppard_hc. I'll start with "Exhuming McCarthy" by

kristen999 and

everybetty. http://everybetty.livejournal.com/12509.html

I also read a really great one called Patchwork. Sorry that I can't remember who wrote it or where it was posted. I saw it recc'd somewhere after Remnants because Rodney is injured (loses his hand, eye, etc) in it, and the people on the planet use John for parts. It's really creepy but it speaks to their friendship. The scene where Rodney is injured is breathtaking.

Ooh, Patchwork! It was

auburnnothenna that wrote that one. Thanks for reminding me! :)

Congrats on the school thing! *hugs*

Thank you! :)

Good luck with whatever you decide to do. Thanks for the recs

Thanks, and you're welcome!

Thank you for reccing my fic (Notes on the Fridge)!!
It's so nice to know I get reccomended to people ♥!

Hey, anytime! It was a really fun and awesome story. :D

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