I haven't been writing because I tried to spend the shortest amount of time in front of the computer possible. I can't really focus in front of a screen and my tendency to fall asleep early calls for a more comfortable position. So I have spent a lot of time in front of the tv, not that I am that fond of it, but I can fall asleep on the sofa easily ( Read more... )

Morning sickness. So that's what it feels like. Could do without it. And actually, in my case, "morning" just doesn't seem to cover it, I feel queasy all day long, it's really exhausting. I hope it will get better eventually. The body has to do a lot of adjusting, no wonder I am tired all the time. This is definitely the "no fun" part of the ( Read more... )

I am still in the process of adapting to my new situation. I have no problem whatsoever to keep away from smoky places that sell alcohol because that were never places I really felt very comfortable in anyway. But it is a little bit awkward to excuse myself every night after the show and just to return to the guesthouse (which, by the way, is a ( Read more... )

Stratford! A toy box version of the picturebook English town. Yesterday, while making a tour of the town like any obliging tourist, Judith and me went to the allegedly biggest Butterfly Farm in Europe where we saw exquisite specimens, dead and alive, flying and feasting and copulating, as well as birds and iguanas and, in a second room, all kinds ( Read more... )

I can't believe it! I had this hunch, since three days, that I might be, and I wanted to make sure before flying to England tomorrow, so I bought this pregnancy test this morning and did it and -- YES! Two stripes! I was totally stunned. I had absolutely not expected to be pregnant after only one try. Chris visited me on September 8th and I was ( Read more... )

I am so, so relieved! Today, I told my prof that I won't be finishing my doctoral thesis. No PhD for me. He took it in his stride -- and I was totally surprised! Knowing him, I fully expected him to blow a gasket upon the revelation but he was entirely "cool, calm and collected", as he so often prides himself to be, and was the nicest I have ever ( Read more... )

Just found: Merry. Very good stuff, solid writing, full of suspense and humor and almost all fics are "first times" which I definitely prefer.

Francesca's Series and stand-alones are unparalleled.

... What a load of crap! No, really. Read this and judge for yourself:

Bosom Buddies, Redefined

I came across the link in aerye's journal. She wrote a breath-takingly intense flashfic over at stop_drop_porn titled Aftermath.

After my long weeks (months?) of immersing myself in slash fics I have reached a point where I simply have to stop or RL will just collapse around me. I dread meeting my prof and confessing to utter idleness. How that will go down with him, I don't even want to imagine...

However, I am not going to leave the slash fic universe without some ( general reflections on slash, OTPs, fandoms, and slash writers )

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