I haven't been on here in ages but if anyone's still around (and cares) -- I have almost finished posting the long-fought-with Katrina fic (Knowledge 'verse) on AO3 here. (It is a huge relief to be nearly done with this -- and only ten years later than anticipated. *Facepalms*)

That new-flush-of-love period when every song you hear reminds you of your recently-discovered OTP. Yeah.

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I posted a new update to both CA and GF 'verses yesterday. I'm not sure how to feel about the recent rash of productivity ( Read more... )

( tl;dr: who knew werewolf!fic would help depression; they should make a note of that for the DSM. )

I went to see Annihilation yesterday and am still thinking about. There's a lot to unpack, I think -- and I was struck walking out by the comparisons the back of my mind was making to Melancholia (female leads with a certain sense of interiority; an "invasion" from outside; wombs and fire; the strictures of formalised relationships; mirrors). ( Read more... )

If the lost word is lost, if the spent word is spent ( Read more... )

I am currently reading The Seventh Function of Language and, man, to a person who has extensively studied French literary theory, reading a murder mystery about Roland Barthes where the character list is populated by every-fucking-other French theorist from that time period is pretty fucking incredible. It doesn't hurt that this book is hysterical ( Read more... )

I read a great article this morning that spoke to my ongoing love affair with New Orleans and focused on one of its most important facets: food. I highly recommend it, not only for the restaurant recommendations and reviews, but also the writing.

The scent of Popeyes fried chicken in a car is all my brother needs to be transported back to Day 1 ( Read more... )

I have a hard time letting go of certain universes: ( so I cannot be blamed for this )

A few items from the list of things that I have, at over point or another, been told I am not allowed to have ( Read more... )

Hello, 2018. And anyone who hasn't given up on me in the last year! I am going to try and do better about being around now that I've mostly got my head screwed on straight. Last year was -- kind of tough, in a lot of different ways, but the space has been good and I have good therapists who have been quietly urging me to stop hiding as much, so ( Read more... )