Dancing Around the Four Sides

Ye gods, what a profoundly dreary day. Cold and damp and grey, with a fine, thin mist drizzing the air. It's supposed to stay above freezing tonight, so I pulled the towels off the deck plants. Then I came back inside and turned the heat up.

I saw this on sholio's DW the other day and thought it was interesting -- it's a Trope Sorting Meme, and it made me laugh (in recognition) when I saw my results. Obvious attractions are obvious ...

1 Fairy Tale/Mythology AU
1 Daemons
1 Found Families
4 Enemies to Friends to Lovers
4 Hurt/Comfort
4 Friends to Lovers

( The rest are under the cut ...  )

Dreamed last night that I had bought a necklace of some kind from the David Morgan store in Bothell, Washington (while I have been to Washington state, I've never been to Bothell). I was standing in the parking lot, trying to put it on, but I was having trouble fastening the clasp so I asked Mister Nightdog_barks to help me. There were three or four bald eagles nearby (like perching on the roofs of low buildings) watching. A young woman -- a clerk -- came out of the David Morgan store and started talking to me, but I was having trouble understanding her. Eventually I realized she wanted to know if I wanted to purchase an insurance policy for the necklace. I was trying to tell her "no" and still having trouble understanding her when the dream simply trailed off and ended, as dreams do. OK then, brain.

Watched Phantom Thread last night, and omg chiclets, what in the world was that? I liked it -- I liked it a lot -- but. Um. What a weird relationship? It was certainly one of the most beautiful films I've seen. Every shot was just gorgeous and so beautifully framed. The acting was first-rate, especially by Lesley Manville as Daniel Day-Lewis' sister -- she was AMAZING. It is, I guess, at its heart a dysfunctional love story? A story of two dysfunctional people finding their own kind of love? Well, who am I to decide what kind of love is the "right" love? Strong recommendation, two thumbs up to this very different film.

Now reading Kate Atkinson's new novel, Transcription. I am a big Atkinson fan, and so far this is terrific.

And here's something fannish -- an auction of props and set objects from House. Wilson's driver's license! Multiple House canes! Pill bottles! Stethoscopes! I think it will be interesting to see what some of these items end up going for.

I was trying to remember the author and title of an older Housefic last night. I knew it involved zombies (ha!) overrunning the hospital and a key scene with House and Wilson near the end, but for the life of me I couldn't remember anything else. At first I thought it might be triedunture's The Rampant Disease, but nope, that wasn't it. It was Perspi who remembered it was Rush Down Darkness, by starlingthefool (also here on AO3)! YAY! :D

So anyway it was fun looking at old fic. :-)

Also, here is our local 7-day forecast. If we can just hold out until Wednesday! *g*