Dancing Around the Four Sides

Was channel-surfing the other night and ran across something I didn't even know we got -- the El Rey Network. They were running a Stargate: Atlantis marathon, so I stopped and watched a few episodes (one of them was "Grace Under Pressure," episode 2.14, where Rodney is trapped in the sunken puddlejumper). I hadn't watched any SG:A in YEARS, and it was just so ... nice, to see these guys again. So that sent me to my Memories on LJ to look at some McShep fic that I hadn't read in forever, and Logopetria by lavvyan is still as good as it was ... ten years ago. :D

So anyway. It is too warm for this time of year, ugh. Currently reading Robert Jackson Bennett's City of Blades.

1) Layla discovered a tiny baby bunny in the backyard. First and most importantly, IT'S OKAY. I called her away and she (reluctantly) left it alone. Our yard guys had come and mowed -- they hadn't been here in a few weeks so the grass was pretty high, and even though Layla is out and about every day, it must've been well-hidden. SO. The tiny bunny covered itself up again with fluff (I thought at first it was a downy baby bird), and we moved a plastic deck chair over the burrow (a shallow burrow) and surrounded it with some tomato fencing (which looks like this -- folds and unfolds, easy to pass through for small animals). Layla was still interested, after all this, but I told her "NO" very sternly and she is good about leaving things alone if I do that. :-)

2) Meanwhile, all our tomato plants are blooming and the dill is growing very well. We need to do something with the basil; it's ALREADY starting to flower. I foresee pasta in our future.

3) I've been copy/pasting my LJ Memories links over to Dreamwidth, since they don't transfer in imports. Here are a few of the Housefics I stopped and re-read last night:

Accidental, by menolly_au
Ningyo, by yarroway
Made Visible, by rubyjuly
Bang, Bang ... (that awful sound), by jezziejay
Usually, You Cut Them Out, by sassyjumper

Please READ THE WARNINGS -- some of these are not what you would call happy fics. But they're all great reads. :D

Three things = post.

The writer Joe Hill tweeted about this small piece of fiction, and wow is it worth reading. Reminds me just a little bit of Hilary Mantel's Beyond Black, but this is very much its own tale -- a ghost story with a superbly original twist.

Animal Magnetism, by Shannon Peavey

Fic Recs: jezziejay has written a wonderful new fic, Hey, Hey, I Saved the World Today .... House and Wilson, in Florida, post-series, and ... well, that's about it. Seriously, that's the story. But ... it's them, both of them yearning towards something neither one can quite define, both of them waiting. Gritty and real and not fluffy at all, this is an absolutely terrific fic.

Also, sassyjumper has written a second story in her Tiny Home series, in which Wilson decides he needs to simplify his life and House (reluctantly) comes along for the ride. The new fic (Dig in the Dirt) finds them moving into their new tiny home, meeting the neighbors, and generally trying to fit in. Yeah, good luck with that. This is a delightful series that I sincerely hope runs to a full catalog of stories!

And the fic search ... I saw this posted on hw_reqs, here, and it's been tickling away at the back of my brain ever since. See, I think I remember this story. House thinks Wilson is dead, his burned body found in a torched car. I specifically remember a scene where House is sitting by himself, thinking about Wilson, and then believes he's hallucinating when Wilson shows up. He can smell the scorch, the remnants of smoke, and then Wilson speaks and he's not dead, he's alive. It wasn't his body in the car.

Does anyone else remember this? I was sure it was by genagirl, but I looked at her stories on Squidge and couldn't find it. Then I thought it might be by mer_duff, and I stayed up too late last night browsing through her fics, but I couldn't find it there. I know you guys have been ACES at finding lost stories, so I thought I'd appeal here. Anyone recognize the scene? Was it Gena? Was it Mer? Was it someone I'm BLANKING OUT ON ENTIRELY AND WILL BE EMBARRASSED ONCE IT'S FOUND? Well, probably. :D

ETA: Lost fic FOUND in record time. The one I was remembering is Another Chance, by Rennie51. Found in two minutes flat (I am not making that up) by yarroway. See? I KNEW YOU GUYS COULD DO IT. I would hug all of you if I could. ♥ ♥ ♥

Ridiculously warm here -- 84 degrees still (28.9 degrees Celsius) after a warm, sunny day.

1) Watched Elementary last night and noticed it was written by Liz Friedman, another former House writer (Peter Blake is there too). Last night's House-isms: one of the main suspects was a former doctor now working as a janitor (ha), and Holmes was allowed to rifle through a hospital's patient and personnel records in almost exactly the same way Detective Tritter did during the Tritter Arc. :D

Was also highly amused at Finch's de-squeaking of Bear's squeaky toy in Person of Interest. That is such an awesome dog.

2) Speaking of House, two post-show on-the-road fic series I've enjoyed/am enjoying are namasteyoga's One Noble Function (link takes you to Savannah, the latest chapter with links to previous chapters), and sassyjumper's Virginia Is For Lovers (link takes you to the tagged stories).

3) Here is a Very Cool Story about a mysterious carrier pigeon from WWII and the Secret Message it carried.

Three things make a post.

Started seeds for fall tomatoes -- Belgian Giant and Arkansas Traveler. We'll see what happens; I was only going to plant a few, but Mr. Nightdog said no, err on the side of caution. So if we end up with ten plants I'm blaming him.

Also, making a peach pie because we can.

Also also, go read alternatealto's new story, Scenic View. House, Wilson, after the series finale. Fun, sweet, tender, and all-around lovely.

AlsoX3, have a video. :D



I was listening to this last night. It makes me happy.

Warm and steamy. Swept and cleaned the kitchen floor; Chango helped extensively by not moving from her spot by the back door. Heh. Still working on the Riververse story -- have not done a wordcount, but I can tell you it is Long.

Fic rec is for deelaundry's Summer Time. Why am I reccing this story? Because it flat-out made me happy. The story has a couple of kids in it, but they're well-drawn, real kids, and they and Wilson go to one of those fancy resort water-parks in Florida, and hijinks ensue, and we learn something about House (and Wilson), and Cameron's there at the beginning and she's funny and sweet and smart, and it just all fits together beautifully. So. Like I said. It made me happy, and I wanted it to go on for another 3,295 words.

Question: I'm thinking about pulling my fic recs and some of the stories in my Memories into a half-assed proper rec page. Do people as ... people who look at rec pages have a preference for how they're arranged? Like -- alphabetical by story title? Alphabetical by author name? Chronologically? I don't know if I'd have specific categories like "H/W" and "H/Cuddy" and "Wilson/Cameron," although I'd specify the pairing (if any) and rating (if any) in the rec. Anyone have any thoughts? :-)

Sunny and warm, chickadees and the kite singing to themselves outside. Ran errands yesterday; got my car inspected and picked up a few things at the store, including fresh blueberries, some of which I had with shredded wheat this morning.

So. There are actually two fic recs -- one is a prequel to the other, but they don't need to be read together if for some reason you don't want to read one or the other.

( Spoilers for episode 8.20, 'Post Mortem' ...  )

Also, I was thinking ficly thoughts, and I realized the last three stories I've written (Bodhisattva, Bonfire, and Word for World Is Mountain) have all been (relatively) hopeful tales, one might almost say happy. Obviously this is not like me at all. So for anyone who'd like to read something a bit more down, here's an excerpt from a WIP I work at fitfully. It doesn't have a name yet -- I just call it The Icelandair Saga. There's nothing graphic or gory in the excerpt, but if you don't want to read about a major character death, don't click the cut.

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Doc Martin tonight, Sherlock tomorrow, House on Monday. :-D

Sunny and warm. Found a tiny caterpillar chowing down on the basil last night; chucked him out of the yard and moved the plant. Hoping this solves the disappearing-herb problem. *g*

mer_duff is doing an awesome Writer Q&A at sick_wilson. Go! Read! Ask questions! :-D

Also in the fandom realm, menolly_au has written a couple of post-ep ficlets for "Gut Check" that I really liked -- Duncan and Turnabout. They are well worth a read. :)

Sunny and hot, ran a few errands -- 105 degrees, yee haw. It was good to get out, though.

What else? Chango is in the process of blowing her coat, which means she pants happily as you brush out giant clumps of underfur that, unless you grab them quickly, float away in the air and end up god knows where.

l_eremita, I got your card! ♥ ♥ ♥

Also, mer_duff has a new story up -- A Warm Body -- and, as usual, it's full of Mer-awesomeness. :-)