So I took that job, and I'm terribly pleased about it.

[minxy]

Jack and Daniel in a gorgeous AU of Season 1. Heady nostalgia in a series of vignettes that break your heart in the way the team comes together as much as they can and fall so far short of what we saw them become. Road to Nowhere is a dark_gate fic that almost killed its author, but it's a wonderful breaky ride as a reader. from princessofg, NC-17, Jack/Daniel and Sam.

I love ana_grrl's Mal/Simon fics, but I didn't know that nestra had ever written any! This is lovely angsty tired Simon and funny captainy confused angsty Mal and a caper gone slightly astray, and it's lovely. Dangerous Cargo, by nestra, NC-17, Firefly.

In a Atlantis offering, Niannah (at niannahfic) wrote a lovely AMTDI with John (leader) and Ronon (cause he's tall.) Ronon is marvelously matter of fact and Rodney is hilariously bad at the best friend 'you're being a twat' talk. Propitiation, NC-17, John/Ronon. I don't know why I don't read Ronon more often. I love it when he's written well.

If you miss John/Rodney like a visceral thing, though, try a little Aliens Made Them Cuddly fic from runpunkrun-- this is unabashadly adorable, people, so it would work well as a dark fic balm. I'm just saying. The Slave Trade, PG, John/Rodney. Warning: cuddling.

Also, in one of the more difficult to categorize fics I've ever recc'd: paian took a step left and wrote a scene of dialog between two unnamed SG-1 characters in some kind of love triangle and channeled Becket while doing it. I'd say it creeps me out, but my brain went to a wondertwins place with it almost immediately and that almost always has a calming effect. waiting for g/o/d/o/t, Sam/Daniel(/Jack) or Jack/Vala(/Daniel) or possibly others that would make my brain hurt to think about too much.

Folk seem to be hitting some interesting writing blocks lately, which is funny to me because I seem to have become unnaturally prolific lately. I have the long thing I am apparently already writing, plus the Jack/Daniel piece that I've been scheming to write for ever back with beta comments, and an Unending Teal'c fic that I seem to be polishing up. I mean. Three fics? Going at one time? This is me we're talking about here, and it's freaking me out, dude.

Also, I'm watching too much Supernatural. I'd blame Kres, but I'm hoping she'll let me cook for her this week, so I'll try not to incur too much bad karma just in case.

Also, that name meme? There's no point in tagging me, right? Because my handle is defined every time you see a userpic, right? Minx means a pert, saucy, impudent girl. I aspire, oh yes, I do.

Also, I am pleased to say that I am pleased to be employed. I apparently took enough time off. Yes.

Comments

[feather-autant.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the job! I don't know about taking enough time off, though. Is any such thing as enough? Look at all the fun you had! Still, I guess it's time to pay off those bills. *g* ::hugs you::

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

I wasn't sure there would ever be enough time off, not even when my soon-to-be-new-boss called and asked whether I could decide by the end of the month. But then I thought about it, milled around a bit more and realized... I was getting bored. Not in a day or two kind of way, but in a bone-deep way. That was a sign that my energy stores were filled up, thanks, and it was time for a challenge.

I've loved everything I've done with my time, even the sleeping in late and lazing about the house all day parts, but apparently seven months is enough, yes.

And a girl does need to pay her bills. And no matter how wonderful the parents, at some point you get antsy living with them (even if they are fantastic for letting you live there rent free in exchange for manual labor.) I want my owwwwnnnnn kitcheeeeennnnnnnn.... I want to put up my fabulous Art from Around the World! I want!

[feather-autant.livejournal.com]

Also, is there any such thing as too much Supernatural? I'm completely smitten!

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

I stayed up Far Too Late last night. Bad sign of impending fannishness, I suspect. Which... is kinda crazy, because I am 80% monofannish. I only barely dabble in other fandoms, and that's only really because I run out of things to read in SG-1.

I'm up to Crossroad Blues, 2x08. Probably shouldn't start watching tonight, though.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

Ooooh... thanks for reminding me that I need to update the dark_gate master list... *hands*

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

I loved that ficathon. I know it ate people's brains and stuff, but I *loved* the stuff that came out of that.

[lyr]

Thanks for the recs, and also, congratulations on the new job!

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

Thankewe! *is terribly pleased with self*

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

i'm so glad you had that time off and all those adventures. they'll be with you forever. *hugs* and continued congratulations on the job.

and yay indeed for your user name. :)

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

*bounces*

*is bouncy*

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

bounce is good. :)

[wraith816.livejournal.com]

Also, I'm watching too much Supernatural.

\o/

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

It's frelling with my sleep schedule.

I *like* sleep, dammit!

[wraith816.livejournal.com]

SPN > sleep > everything else in the history of ever!

[becky-monster.livejournal.com]

Two things:

Thing the first:
Yay for employment! Money is always useful and if the wanderlust bug bites again, surely you can look into working overseas? I never travelled between university and work. Mainly because I wanted to enjoy the fruits of my labours (i.e. cold, hard cash!)
Now? I want to, but I feel that a job swap is more my thing. See the world, work in another library, have money to do things... What's not to like?!

Thing the second:
Perhaps it's because I'm not in that fandom but... one has to warn for cuddling?
Just strikes me as odd. Even so, I will heed this as the story I'm currently writing has a threeway cuddle. Hmmmm.

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

I suspect the warning for cuddling is a direct result of reading immediately after a dark fic, when the contrast was almost alarming. It was certainly therapeutic, for all I felt a little sheepish at how much I wanted to be cuddling drugged!snuggly!Shep. I think I may have burst an ovary reading that.

YAY JOB SWAP! Wouldn't that just be awesome? *dreams*

Fortunately, traveling is an intricate part of my job. I needed the time for energy reserves to be replenished, and now I can actually enjoy how very awesome my job is on a daily basis. I really wasn't at that place after I got my degree. Major burnout.

[princessofg.livejournal.com]

thank you so much for the rec. truly. hopefully i can get back to my other stuff now.

and congratulations on being in the middle of three stories! this makes me v. happy. sometimes taking a break from writing is really helpful.

thanks for everything.

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

The darkfic took a lot out of me too, you really go to a messed-up place in your head to write from there, and you *live* it while you're writing, right? Yeah. Plus I was traveling and stuff.

But yes, came back to waiting plot bunnies who *pounced*. Feels pretty good, actually, and there are no worries that I'm over-angsting my lovely team. Much.

You did good with that fic, I think you talked yourself out of a lot of confidence, but I'm happy to do my part helping you build it up again. *g*

[cofax7]

Job! Yay!

(So are you going to stop in SF on your drive down?)

SPN! Yay! Go read vee_fic's thing: it's awesome.

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

That's what I hear from all corners, and I could possibly really get into Supernatural, I think.

BUT, I'm only on Crossroad Blues, something like the eighth episode of this season, and I see no spoiler information except someone said 'for current season' and I don't know what that means. So, I thought I might try to mainline a few more episodes and get up to date before I start reading.

First trip with Car with be with Mom, and she wants to see one of her friends. Next trip may be with Kres, mid to late-April, would you be up for a visit then?

[cofax7]

Sure thing! Just let me know! I'd be happy to put you up, as well.

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

I am wild with organizational craziness, but I will so take you up on that if you don't mind too much. Kres, being all Polish and stuff and new to this part of the world, hasn't ever seen the Golden Gate bridge or San Francisco or anything like that, so it could be really nice to be relaxed about that part of the trip and see whatever she'd like to see.

...Lord, I need to find an apartment. It's *expensive* down in SB. I lived in a one bedroom with hardwood floors backing to a green space with nifty architecture when I was a *student*. This is just wacky that I can't afford it even with a double in pay as a postdoc.

[ana-grrl.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the job! I hope that it kicks awesome job ass.

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

Hee! I'm pretty psyched. They've been amazingly accomodating so far.

[delphia2000.livejournal.com]

Congrats on your employedness. :o) Think about putting Alaska on your list of exotic places to visit too. Yay for novel length fics. I love a good long epic.

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

I fully intend to visit Alaska someday, but the rules for this time off included No Europe, North America or anywhere mostly covered in ice. So it was not the time for Alaska, apparently. Wonder if I can swing a work/kayaking trip up there? *ponders*

Yay for employedness. There comes a time in every girl's life where she thinks to herself "maybe I want to wear my nice clothes instead of sweatpants every day." I am that girl.

[splash-the-cat.livejournal.com]

Yay, job!

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

Wooooooot! I really am a lucky wench, you know, because this job has been on offer since, oh, what, January? And he let me stew and think as long as I needed too, and he let me know that he had other people waiting but the job was mine if I wanted it and he was just a sweetheart about the whole thing.

It's been a god-send, this time off, but I couldn't have asked for better timing or a more flexible situation than this job. Yay!

[paian]

Thanks for rec, and hooray for job! :-)

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

Thanks for writing and thanks for well wishes!

[50mm.livejournal.com]

congrats on the job!

the dark_gate stories have been fantastic, but I have to read them much more slowly than I usually read fic so as not to break my brain. :D

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

dude, word. And you can totally tell when I've been reading dark_gate stories too, because then I go and rec something in the same post that has a warning for cuddling.