today is my Monday

[kassidy62]

I had a family tragedy last week. This will be the first day back to work in ten days. I have spent much of my time doing very little. I read some fan fic and became totally immersed and distracted, which can be very good. We humans make our own refuges. I was reading OUTCOME by lamardeuse (Starsky and Hutch, WIP) and SEVEN DAYS IN PARADISE by Karen (Alias Smith & Jones, WIP) and they're both wonderful. I basically stayed up until 3 am on one and then spent the following morning on the other. Instead of doing important things like washing clothes and putting my plants in the garden. Whatever. I'm hoping 7 Days gets finished - it's been awhile, but I sent the author some feedback and got some others in on it as well. She'll probably want to kill me, because I'm a little over-enthused, sometimes. Or who the hell knows, she may appreciate it.

Gotta get back to reading zine stories for submissions. Gotta finish my own (it's finished, in a way, but it needs a go-over and some things added). I wanted to do another one for the zine as well, an AU patterned around the Fix. It might be gen or it might not be, but I want it kind of dark. Zines are really hard work to put together - I don't know how Flamingo has done this for so long. Well, of course I do, she has to love it, right?

I've got a story coming out in some magazine. God the enthusiasm. My story is a reprint, and it's out sometime this year.

Time to go to the salt mines. See if I can get my ass in gear again, back in some routine.

Comments

[pheral.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to see you back online :) I hope you're coping okay, still thinking about you here. I saw your post yesterday but ended up not responding to anyone at all, due to a weekend spent slaving over a website and therefore developing compete computer-overload. Tonight i gotta catchup on everything i missed yesterday.
It's lunch now, and i spent 15 minutes sitting in the suntrap outside work staring at the sun, so i think i've burnt my face. I love that singed feeling of a lunchtime... :P

[kassidy62.livejournal.com]

Thanks, pheral. You're such a good 'un. How is the website, is it beautiful now? I'm coping, don't worry. There's nothing else to do, really. I have kids who depend on me. Maybe I'll send you a couple of pics of my kids sometime, they're adorable. I know you'll love them.

Fernando Llamas, huh? I used to watch a show of his. Flamingo Road. Loved it.

Did you find any ASJ bittorents or whatever they're called? I'll send you some eppies if you want.

[kassidy62.livejournal.com]

I think I spelled Fernando as if he is a real llama. Tee hee.

[pheral.livejournal.com]

Llamas! lol. But it's not Fernando anyway, its his son - Lorenzo. Longer hair. Yummmmm...

You sent moe a pic of one of your kids a while back, a really pretty girl. i guess... i hope you've had time to be upset and not always be strong? i hope someone's given you that chance, and if not maybe you need to take it. wish i could come babysit for a bit for you :)

I would find Torrents but... well, check out my latest post if you have time, that'll explain. I'd love to have episodes! Only if you've got time (and you know i only really want whumpers til i find out whether i love the show or not, right? :P). I wonder what i can send you in return... you can have your pick of:

the sentinel
stargate: atlantis
stargate
battlestar galactica (orginal)
magnum pi
starsky & hutch (duh)
knight rider (select few episodes)
firefly
the professionals

and tons more eighties thingies. name your show. :) it's like swapshop! ::dances a jig::

[kassidy62.livejournal.com]

Aw, I see. That sucks. Actually I HAD read that in your journal, but I am sort of forgetting a lot of things lately, I think because of what happened.

And you know what, I meant to say Lorenzo, because he was the guy on "Flamingo Road". You should get hold of that show sometime if you can, I loved it.

I have had some time to myself, but it will be awhile before I get over the shock of what has happened - I think that is why my memory has gotten very very bad since it happened. But I'm getting through it, and I think it is so wonderful of you to wish to babysit for me. You'd be good at it, I bet.

Okay, remember what I said about Alias Smith & Jones - it is a sort of comedic take, with some drama. I love it, but it's an old 70s show and there ain't tons of whumping. There are some charming moments between the boys, absolutely - the chemistry is undeniable. Write me at my email addy with your address, sweets, so I can send you a few dvds, or you could even get on KaZaA with me at a pre-arranged time and download a few. Let me know, okay?

[pheral.livejournal.com]

Tell you what, things are real busy round here (hence horribly late comment replies, lol) so lets leave organising sending dvds and things for a while. I'd love to see some, but there are fandoms flying at me left right and centre, and i want to do them all justice, so maybe some other time.

Its understandable things are slipping your mind right now, its one of those things i think you can't quite believe you're still grieving, you know? It's like you don't understand how it can go on so long... With physical injuries there's something to see and understand, but with emotional hurt it's so hard to grasp whats actually going on. Wierd.

I love babysitting, but the house is always in ten times more of a mess once i've been round than it was before. :P