Goooooaaaaaaallllllllll!!!!

[minxy]

Just emailed the last data chapter to my negligent advisor, and am fairly confident that as they stand, those papers are good enough for the dissertation. If he thinks of something that will improve them, well and good, but if he doesn't, they are as brilliant as I can make them. Who needs advisors, anyway?

Which leaves only the intro (drafted), methods (incompletely drafted) and conclusions to do in two and a half weeks, all of which will be read by the committee and no one else. Who needs committees, anyway? Unless it's a friend that I ask to read over those for me for spelling or whatever.

That feels like quite the major milestone in the drive to the finishline, so I'm happy. Also? I'm more or less on schedule, which rocks.

So... fandom? Fic? Yay?

ducks_in_a_row posted a J/D fic, which if not of a riotous pace, is still logical (close enough for science fiction), thoughtful, creepy and tender. I like that these two came together because they were just too tired not too, but that there was still a lot of concern about the other person no matter what. Gods and Monsters. NC-17.

princessofg continues in her marvelously conflicted Something Guys Do 'verse with Something Else Guys Do, in which Daniel continues learning the rules of the game, and breaking them. Go Daniel. NC-17. Stands alone.

Proving that I will read absolutely anything Sal writes: Wiseguy fic entitled Adrenaline, troyswann, NC-17. I read it like original fic and thought it pretty darn marvelous (especially considering that Sal fears writing explicit stuffs), but for the fandom, apparently you have an undercover guy working into the mob/underground/organized crime and having to deal with the charisma of the man he's secretly trying to bring down. But you don't really need to know any of that as it's hypnotic, this fic; how the people work together is hypnotic.

I can't find if I recc'd this when I first read it, but it's an interesting John/Rodney with Teyla facillitating. Could have fallen into yenta-land, but I think she keeps a hold on Teyla's character enough to avoid it. Parsus. NC-17, het and slash, by lenore (=scribblinlenore).

Also, stellahobbit has created science_beta, for all your scientific plot assistance needs. I totally joined and have contributed to discussions of 'maybe it could be an unstable orbit! nature, and it has been much fun.

yin_again and ladycat777 wrote a really interesting moment out of time for John and Rodney, and the comfort of it all made me want to read slowly and savor the idea that wasting time is allowed. Gracious. Liberty, John/Rodney, NC-17.

kellifer_fic is writing lots of great stuffs. Here is da Slot A Into Slot B, which is Sam and Rodney, G rated. Other wonderful things to be found on her LJ.

synecdochic is referring to wonderful long Jack/Daniel fics (who, unfortunately, aren't behaving) and tiding us all over with Old Grumpy Married Love, but not that kind. Heterolifemates, ahoy: Not With A Bang is sweet and marvelous. G rated.

Crap, is that a sore throat I feel? Right underneath the headache? *tries to peer down own throat with the aid of a penlight* Time to start making up for lost sleep, methinks. Good thing I got that panicking thing under control for the moment.

Also, and this is just a public service announcement: I was spoiled on my flist earlier today by someone being somewhat witty about an upcoming episode. Yes, it was under a cut; no, it wasn't labeled with a spoiler warning. Even if it's next week, lovely flist, it's still a spoiler. Please. I know casting spoilers are tempting, but please.

Also, it's blog against racism week... but more on that later.

Comments

[sg1debrief.livejournal.com]

I've been meaning to ask, but do you have an email I can reach you at about helping out with the newsletter?

[splash-the-cat.livejournal.com]

That was me. :)

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

Boo to advisors.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

Hee! Only took me a second to figure it out. the @livejournal.com should work, otherwise nightlight43@yahoo.com.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

*thumbs nose at them*

*does own thing to brilliant effect*

*wins Nobel Prize*

Um. Scratch that last one.

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

OMG! Your icon is freaky. Is this what I have to look forward to when i go back for my PhD?

*is now ascared*

[eve11]

Which leaves only the intro (drafted), methods (incompletely drafted) and conclusions to do in two and a half weeks, all of which will be read by the committee and no one else. Who needs committees, anyway?

That makes me feel better about mine, too! I'm pretty much in the same boat. Well, four weeks, and a bit more of the data analysis part to finish up. *sighs*

[or-mabinogi.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you are on the ball! You got it goin on girl. ;-)

[taselby.livejournal.com]

Woo-Hoo!!!

*waves pom-poms*
*buys beer*
*doesn't share beer with stoopid advisor*

I'm so happy for you I can hardly stand it. {{{squishes}}}

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

I love that icon, have I mentioned that lately?

Two weeks, dood, feels so very doable at this time. I can last two weeks. And if the intro or methods isn't all that? They can go ahead and list the stuff that's still lacking, and I'll do it, but they won't fail me. The hard stuff, the data chapters, that part is solid.

So, so close. Turning in that crazy diss in two and a half weeks will feel so good.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

AAaiii! Icon! RW just sent me links to that promo shot as a writing break! They are so cuuuuuute.

I'm about ready to stop being a student, I don't mind telling you.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

*squishes back*

I tried beer for the sore throat. Surprisingly uneffective. Am going to try sleep next.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

In seven years, only the last 6 months was truly evil.

Your experience may vary, but I've had a lot of sympathy, that's all I'm saying.

Also? My committee kinda looks REALLY LIKE THAT.

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

Minxy, darling, does this mean you haven't read part 2 of paian's Jack masterpiece just posted today? Or are you waiting until it's done? *still floored by it*

*running to read new Eos*

[troyswann.livejournal.com]

You tell 'em sistah. That committee! They call themselves advisors? Maybe it's a toughlove thing where you do everything all alone and find them tough to love. You don' need no stinkin' advisors! You rock their world. The best revenge on your committee is getting a degree, a position, and then onto an editorial board where you can neglect their paper submissions for a really long time and then reject them with terse letters signed in jam.

And also thanks for the rec, ma'am! (Atlantic City, not Chicago, btw. No biggie and actually irrelevant to the story) *goes to paste fig leaves over the parts* (omg parts *hides*)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!! Because it's a WIP and I have views on such things and I'm resisting, sorta.

No, I am, I am resisting. She'll post the end soon, and that will be like crack it will be so good.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

Did I actually write Chicago? Am a bad person, posting about cities I have not confirmed show placement in. I shall fix, regardless of relevance. (also? YAY PARTS! *throws fig leaves to the wind*)

I am so signing those letters in jam. JAM. Evil committee. No help are they. [/yoda speak]

I'm glad you got Sig back safe and sound. Nice that things seem to be going well for my flist, even if it is really way hot outside for many folk.

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

congratulations on getting closer to the sucessful end of the dissertation. and i hope you're not actually getting a cold. *hugs*

[rydra_wong]

Yay for you! Yay, I say!

*recommends vit C and echinacea for the sore throat*

[paian]

Boo to spoilage and it-better-not-be-a-cold. Hooray for milestone and being on schedule!

[stellahobbit.livejournal.com]

You've been a busy bee!

Your input on science_beta has been, like, totally awesome, and the questions we're being asked are getting even more awesomer as we go along ;-)

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

Aw, pumpkin! So far you don't have to wait. Because you know from the header it's a J/D futurefic, it's obviously a WIP. But if the header had said "snapshots of Jack's life before SGC" you'd be perfectly content at the end of either or both parts. They're not cliffhanger-y. Honest. Plus you know she's working away on them!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

'Tis a cold. Spiked a fever last night. Meh.

Where are those decongestants?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

Yyyyyyaaaaaaayyyyy. I'll turn down no advice. *chugs orange juice* *crawls back into bed*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

Meh. I hate being sick. I have no time to be sick. However, the speed with which this thing hit me suggests my bod was just waiting for a free moment to crash, so it's possible I'm under a little too much stress.

Nice of it to wait for the paper to be turned in, though. Still, I hate missing my workouts. How'm I supposed to manage stress if I'm laid up in bed? I ask you.

*grabs laptop and works from bed*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

That comm is turning out to be all I'd hoped when I first heard about it. Go you! It's so awesome.

Hee! Saw the icons yesterday, but haven't any spare room in my account! Woe!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

I am sick, you know. Maybe I'll read it later when I can't work any more. *is cheered by the thought*

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

Aw. *pets* Rx: fic and sleep. :-)

[amnellwyvern.livejournal.com]

Yay for you!! You're getting so close to being done!! Yay!! *huggles*

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

living well is the best revenge: sneeze on that absent advisor. ;)

seriously, feel better soon. *hugs*

[splash-the-cat.livejournal.com]

Cool. You'll hear from me soon.