vanillafluffy: (Retro rocketship)
 I ended up just ging to Bubonicon on Saturday...there really wasn't anything happening on Friday that I was frothing to attend.  Dragged myself over there in time for an 11 a.m. panel which was less enthralling than I'd hoped. Got to schmooze with a few people I hadn't seen in a while. Met a delightful bookseller in the vendor's room--I need to cobble together a wish list! and got a small print at the art show.

The hospitality suit was disappointing. In previous years, they've had bags of individual-sized snacks, bowls of fun-sized munchies and the like. All that was conspicuously absent. Maybe it was the time of day (mid-afternoon) but it was a very picked-over tray of cut-up melon, veggies and dip and not much else. Since I didn't attend last year, I can't say if this is a recent change--but it's my understanding that somebody new took over last year after the previous long-standing hospitaler 'retired'. Either way, I wasn't impressed.

The highlight of my day was "Snack Sized Fiction" writing exercises. There were three pro writers and a moderator. The mod would read out a prompt and the writers had five minutes to do something with it. Audience participation was encouraged. 

1. The prompt was, Two AIs meeting and talking

"Oh dear. Diane has forgotten me."

"Does that happen often?"

"Yes, I thank that's one of the reasons you're here. Shes always saying 'I have to remember to get cat food or toilet paper' or some other necessity, but then she forgets."

"She's coming back. I can see her approaching the front door now." She must have missed you."

"What you, Alexa."

"Talk to you later, Siri."

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2. The prompt was:  She didn't look like a princess, she looked like an evil queen who had turned.

"A princess? Don't be silly. She's no princess."

"But her father is a king."

"So? That's just a technicality. She has two doctorates and if you try to define her by her title, she'll rip you a new one."

"Doctorates in what, tattoos and motorcycle repair?"

"Mathematics and philosophy. Her philosophy is, 'I don't need my dad to get ahead in the world'."

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3. The surrealist prompt was "My eyes are turning into pigeons."

They're everywhere. It's like a scene out of Hitchcock. The birds are converging onto the plaza around me, dozens. hundreds, maybe thousands or them as far as the eye can see, all clamoring shrilly around my ankles, squabbling among themselves. They're definitely invading my personal space. 

That'll teach me to carelessly spill popcorn on my way home from the movies.

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Not exactly enduring prose, but a fun diversion nonetheless. This morning, I woke up exhausted and in pain--my feet hate me and I still have a lingering headache. I was going to go in for the traditional steampunk tea, but I was just too damn tired to think about showering, washing my hair, getting dressed, getting a ride and battling the crowds at the hotel. It was just not going to happen!

Sometime in the next couple of days, I need to go get my haircut. Liberation!

Have a good week. Love to all.
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vanillafluffy: (Elephant nickel)

Trixie Belden Mysteries/The three Investigators, Trixie Belden/Jupiter Jones + Mart Belden/Skinner Norris, a girl and her horse
Prompt:
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/937620.html?thread=109053332#t109053332
Posted at:  http://archiveofourown.org/works/15869952

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Trixie Belden Mysteries/The three Investigators, Trixie Belden/Original Character,  Wooden Nickels (a love story)


One of these days, I'm going to add up how much Trixie I've written. Probably more than one of the original books, at this point, although more of an anthology than a stand-alone. It's purely vicarious on my part--my life is less than satisfying, but Trixie? She has a fun car, a cool job, an amazing boyfriend and now her own horse--none of which I'm up for, but it's nice to daydream about. (And then, there's Mart and Ben, who are my favorite slash 'ship by far.....)


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Edited to add:

Good golly, Miss Molly! I just wandered over to AO3 and did some math--since the last week of April, when I posted "The Guy in the Baby Blue Hearse", I've written 63K+ words! In just over four months! And that's far from all I've written in that time. I know it isn't any kind of record--look at what people accomplish in NaNoWriMo!--but I'm pretty sure it's a personal best!


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vanillafluffy: (Writing)

 A decent week:


Added to The Belden-Jones Chronicles, Chapter 15

The Thought That Counts:
http://archiveofourown.org/works/15490125/chapters/36623490


Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Trixie Belden + Skinner Norris, the first time they make plans to hang out together without Mart there
ow Playing:
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/937441.html?thread=109039841#t109039841


in progress:  <B>A Girl and Her Horse</B> (working title) for Trixie Belden Mysteries/The three Investigators, Trixie Belden/Jupiter Jones + Mart Belden/Skinner Norris, a girl and her horse,  
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/937620.html?thread=109053332#t109053332


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any, any +/ any, there's a first time for everything

(MCU, Steve Rogers, Maria Hill/Bucky Barnes) 200 words
Never Say Never: 
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/937441.html?thread=109044449#t109044449


Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams, protection detail for a pet that’s worth millions
Yolo, Xolo:
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/937620.html?thread=109052820#t109055124


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vanillafluffy: (Writing)
Added to The Secret of the Weird White Wedding as Chapter 2: Coda
Honey Wheeler is not a mean girl--but she was certainly giving a good impersonation of one the last time Trixie saw her. What was up with that?
Coda: http://archiveofourown.org/works/15607665/chapters/36517041



Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Trixie Belden +/ Jupiter Jones, babysitting
Remember that baby Trixie helped deliver? Here she is again!
Two Trixies: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/936313.html?thread=109001081#t109001081


Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Trixie Belden +/ Jupiter Jones, an unexpected find at the Salvage Yard
Like Trixie, I was a horse-crazy kid. Unlike her, I never got this lucky.
Cecil and the McClellan: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/936752.html?thread=109024560#t109024560

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Any or Any MCU, any+/any,
‘Cause I’m still a lady
No, I’m not some wench
That falls for your lines
I’m not on the fence
Your routine is fading
Boy, I could use a wrench
I know my words won’t fail me
Please excuse my French
(Caro Emerald)
Filled with MCU, Maria Hill, Bucky Barnes, Steve Rogers. Tower 'verse. Bucky pays Maria the ultimate compliment.
That's No Lady: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/936752.html?thread=109024816#t109024816


Marvel Cinematic Universe, Any, Tarzan AU
Let’s say that the Battle of Wakanda happened the day after Steve’s reunion with Bucky. They had an evening to hang out and have this conversation…. Not Tower 'verse
The Jewels of Wakanda: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/936752.html?thread=109025072#t109025072


Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams, feeling blue
The prompt became a tangent--it's really about Grover
The Way to a Killer: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/936543.html?thread=109015135#t109015135


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vanillafluffy: (Leopard print)
My mouth still hurts from last week, but still, I've persisted. Tuesday was the Foot and Ankle Specialist. All good, although according to the wristcuff-type blood pressure monitor, mine was 72/49. (Scary, right? It would explain my constant wooziness!) From there I went for a haircut and had a small catastrophe--the young lady knocked over my cane, which fell to the concrete floor and beheaded my beautiful brass-headed cane. She comped the haircut, which is less than spectacular.

From there, I trudged over to the grocery store (40 yards, maybe?). Already tired and VERY upset about the cane, since the top was not ringed with a ridge of jagged metal, which made using it hazardous. One good thing happened: I know from long experience that they will discount ground beef the day before the Sell By date. I got ahold of a sweetheart in the meat department who marked a $6 tray of hamburger down to $1.99! Score! I'm trying to eat my way through my pantry before September 12, so I browned it and threw in cans of beans, chili, corn and some diced tomatoes. Boiled up half a box of noodles and have been living off that for the last couple nights (tonight, too, and possibly tomorrow!).

Wednesday I was wiped out, and pissed off, because for some reason, I couldn't access LJ. I didn't have trouble with anything else, just that. Finally, after a day of it not loading, I got smart and did the old "turn the modem off and back on" trick, and now it seems to be working!

Thursday: Ophthalmologist. Eyes dilated, thank goodness I have prescription sunglasses! Totally worth it! Mixed news: The retinopathy (irritation) I had a year ago is almost gone, yay. I suspect it may have to do with my reduced A1C; I may be wrong. Anyway, that's the good news. The less than stellar news is, the pressure on my optic nerves is TOO HIGH (should be under 20, but it's 22 in one eye and 24 in the other). So I've got drops, take 'em once a day, he says (I figure same time as insulin--midnight--which I have an alarm set for).

According to him, the drops are basically the same stuff they were touting a few years ago to increase one's eyelashes. He says the stuff was developed to reduce pressure--somebody noticed the side-effect of eyelash growth and started hawking it as a beauty assist. (Doesn't that also have an affect on eye color, I asked him. He was impressed by my memory, but that seemed like such a terrific clue for something! Anyway, stay tuned, we'll see what happens.)

By the time I got home--I had to wait 45 minutes in the sun for the van service--I was dead. Fell into bed and slept until my Colbert alarm went off--five solid hours.

Today GK came by after a sale with some loot for me--a big, amazing leopard-print bag for one thing! A cool 70's swag lamp--amber glass in an egg shape (I'll get pics). A tension rod and some smalls, and some McNuggets. We sat and schmoozed while I chowed down, then we FINALLY got over to MVD, which I just didn't have the energy for while she was gone. Hooray, hooray--I should have my permanent handicapped placard within the next couple of weeks and they gave me temporary proof, yay.

From there, we went to Habitat for Humanity ReStore. I was looking for a decent desk chair, but they were all over-priced. However, GK made the find of the year, some absolutely sensational patterned tiles (4" square). They had a bunch in two different patterns--fortuitously, she liked one pattern while I preferred the other. At a mere 30 cents apiece, I now have enough for a tile back-splash in my bathroom. It's a sweet little yellow+cobalt+white design--now all I have to do is ferret out the right blue for the walls. Sadly, aqua isn't going to play well with it...but that's okay. This will go a long way to offset the plastic shower enclosure (I wanted tile, I really did, it's what I was used to in Florida, so this makes me REALLY HAPPY.) Maybe I can match the cobalt color and freehand something?

NEXT WEDNESDAY: Mr. GK is out of town, she's coming over early (while it's cool) and we're going to get busy with some of the labor-intensive things that need to be done--hang the living room curtains, a wall-mounted shelf and that new swag lamp. GK is talking about putting another light kit on the ceiling fan in the living room, which would be excellent. Possibly a few other small tasks--I need to make a list. I want to get as much done before the surgery as I can, because I want to look around while I'm recuperating and feel serene, not frustrated.

NEXT THURSDAY: Cardiologist. Lovely.

NEXT WEEKEND: Bubonicon. I'm trying to round up some things to put in the auction--it would be nice to make a couple bucks. It isn't like last year, when I was mad to meet CJ Cherryh...there's just a very short list of people I'm impressed by these days, what can I say? I like Connie Willis--she's been in previous years, but not this year. Still, it's an Event.

Typo of the week: Meant to type "Day of the Dead". Typed "Dad of the Dead" instead, so now I'm thinking of a really cheesy zombie movie where the teenage sons end up as walking dead and their divorced father (I'm picturing Steve Carrell or Luke Wilson) is all defensive and protective but at the same time, he's trying to keep his new girlfriend from finding out OR getting infected. Where do I come up with this shit?!


Love to all!

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vanillafluffy: (Writing)
Added to “Step Right Up” (MCU Carnival AU) as Chapter 4: The Shooting Gallery
In which this Bucky Barnes is a bit of a bastard
https://archiveofourown.org/works/14329776/chapters/36261642


Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Trixie Belden +/ Jupiter Jones (also Pete Crenshaw, Honey Wheeler and a cast of thousands...at least that's what it felt like):
The Secret of the Weird White Wedding -- 11,000 words and months in the making!
From the prompt at: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/912879.html?thread=107617775#t107617775
Posted at: http://archiveofourown.org/works/15607665


Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Mart Belden/Ben Norris
In the Imperial Court -- Role-play, kink, smut, NSFW
For the prompt: Any, any m/m, celebrating one of the "small" anniversaries (first kiss, first sexytimes, etc.)
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/932211.html?thread=108821875#t108821875
Posted at: http://archiveofourown.org/works/15621459

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vanillafluffy: (Writing)
Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Skinner Norris, how meeting Mart Belden changed his life for the better
Sailing Off the Edge of the World
Posted at: http://archiveofourown.org/works/15574086
Prompt at: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/933001.html?thread=108869001#t108869001


Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Mart Belden/Skinner Norris, 
Baby I'll wipe away those bitter tears
I'll chase away those restless fears
(Dire Straits)
Tears for Fears (posted parts 2 & 3, concluding the story)
Posted at: http://archiveofourown.org/works/15542508
Prompt at: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/925602.html?thread=108487842#t108487842


Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Trixie Belden +/ Jupiter Jones + Mart Belden/Skinner Norris, celebrating the first success of the farm
Spaghetti and Strategy
Posted at: http://archiveofourown.org/works/15511509
Prompt at: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/932211.html?thread=108821619#t108821619


Oops! Almost forgot the anthology post I put together out of all the bite-sized Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators posts over on LJ....
The Belden-Jones Chronicles
Posted at: http://archiveofourown.org/works/15490125



MCU, gen (or Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Clint Barton/Phil Coulson, Pepper Potts/Natasha Romanov), a Queer Eye-type lifestyle/makeover show AU
Queer Eye for the Straight Spy
Posted at: http://archiveofourown.org/works/15535014
Prompt at: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/932414.html?thread=108838718#t108838718



Not a terrible week, at least not as far as writing goes. As for the rest of it, my head hasn't exploded yet, so I'll live to write another day-week-month-year-decade....

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vanillafluffy: (Default)
Monday: Vampires
Eddie Munster is now all grown up but only looks 20-something. He's still into hot cars and has embraced hot street racer Brian O'Conner (from The Fast and the Furious). He's teaching Brian how to hunt, among other NSFW things....
Prompt here: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/930144.html?thread=108700000#t108700000
Posted to AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/15407598


Tuesday: Shape-shifters
From a graphic novel take on CATWS: Bucky Barnes (+/ Steve Rogers), Hydra's version of the super serum contained werewolf DNA
Prompt here: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/930419.html?thread=108722035#t108722035
Posted to AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/15426615


For the prompt: Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Trixie Belden +/ Jupiter Jones, watching an old werewolf movie together
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/930419.html?thread=108722803#t108722803


Wednesday: Fairies
For the prompt: slip-on fairy wings, filled with Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Trixie Belden +/ Jupiter Jones
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/930657.html?thread=108737377#t108737377


Thursday: Dragons
For the prompt: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes, a dragon falls through a portal and becomes fast friends with Bucky
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/930932.html?thread=108750708#t108750708


For the prompt: Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams + Grace Williams, Grace brings home a mythical mo'o
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/930932.html?thread=108750452#t108750452


Friday: Zombies
For the prompt: Participating in a zombie run for charity, f filled with Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Trixie Belden +/ Jupiter Jones
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/931170.html?thread=108767074#t108767074



As you can see, it was an unusually productive week! What you can't see: I've also been busting my ass on The Secret of the Weird White Wedding--the end is in sight! Finally! It isn't that I begrudge how big it's gotten--currently around 9K words, and that's not including several pages I yanked because they didn't advance the plot. It's finally at the point where most of the clues are in placed and Trixie is almost ready to get to the bottom of things. No, the trouble is, it's kind of a pivotal chunk of headcanon, and lately I've had to censor myself A LOT not to spoil certain plot points while writing other fics.

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vanillafluffy: (Default)
The theme this week was colors.

Trixie Belden +/ Jupiter Jones, lemonade
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/928495.html?thread=108599535#t108599535


Trixie Belden +/ Jupiter Jones, Ruby Woo red lipstick
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/928142.html?thread=108594830#t108594830


Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Hans & Konrad + Jupiter Jones (+/ Trixie Belden), a gargoyle comes into the salvage yard and Hans and Konrad don't like it
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/928830.html?thread=108644926#t108644926


Trixie Belden +/ Jupiter Jones, rainbow sherbet
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/929114.html?thread=108661082#t108661082


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vanillafluffy: (Writing)
Marvel Cinematic Universe: JB Cleans Up Good
Prompt: "You are a fashion nightmare!"
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/924354.html?thread=108385986#t108385986


Marvel Cinematic Universe: Ghosts of Halloweens Past
Prompt: Jane Foster &/or Maria Hill &/or Darcy Lewis &/or Pepper Potts, discussing what they used to wear for Halloween as children.
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/924751.html?thread=108426319#t108426319


Harry Potter: Luna on the Runway
Prompt: Luna Lovegood, she accidentally becomes a sensation at London fashion week.
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/924354.html?thread=108386498#t108386498


Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators: An Affair in Black and White
Prompt: Trixie Belden +/ Jupiter Jones, messing around with some old camera equipment at the salvage yard
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/925418.html?thread=108465386#t108465386
Posted to:http://archiveofourown.org/works/15206399


Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators: Tears for Fears (WARNING: Past sexual abuse/non con)
Prompt: Mart Belden/"Ben" Skinner Norris,
Baby I'll wipe away those bitter tears
I'll chase away those restless fears

(Dire Straits)
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/925602.html?thread=108487842#t108487842

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vanillafluffy: (Writing)
Amelia Peabody Mysteries (Barbara Michaels)/King Solomon’s Mines (H. Rider Haggard), Amelia Peabody + Allan Quatermain, meeting at a pub and compare adventures
Prompt is here: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/922006.html?thread=108240790#t108240790
Posted here: mhttp://archiveofourown.org/works/15091667


Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Trixie Belden +/ Jupiter Jones, a movie revival of the show Jupe was in as a kid where he was known as Baby Fatso
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/923351.html?thread=108331479#t108331479



Political Animals, TJ Hammond,ensemble, Someone a character hasn't seen in a long time unexpectedly appears on their television
Part One is here: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/923530.html?thread=108341898#t108341898
It turned into a triptych of three scenes (1600 words), here: http://archiveofourown.org/works/15092258?view_full_work=true


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vanillafluffy: (Writing)
This week was slightly less prodigious in word count, but still pretty good!

Hawaii 5-O: An addition to the Surfside Tattoo 'verse Hawaii Confidential
Grace Williams + Steve McGarrett, confiding secrets
For the prompt here: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/921696.html?thread=108232544#t108232544
Also posted here: http://archiveofourown.org/works/10072109/chapters/34846085


Trixie Belden Mysteries: See-cruds
Bobby Belden--being the last Belden kid at home with Moms and Dad
For the prompt/posted here:
(http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/921696.html?thread=108231776#t108231776)


Trixie Belden Mysteries: Trixie Belden and the Birthday Surprise
A day in the life
For the prompt here: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/920111.html?thread=108127791#t108127791
Posted here: http://archiveofourown.org/works/15027143


Trixie Belden Mysteries: Dinner ala Trixie
A dinner party Trixie style
The prompt is here: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/920111.html?thread=108127791#t108127791
Posted here: http://archiveofourown.org/works/15031190

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vanillafluffy: (Default)
So it was an inordinately good week for writing. Most of it is short (The prompts were all for drabbles, and a couple actually are, but I got totally carried away with Oh, Baby!.) A couple of the others are long-ish, IE +1000 words, and the last four are surprise, surprise, non-graphic smut, mostly H5O. If you happen to be following my Bucky/Maria shipping, you'll find Feasting and Fireworks another piece of that puzzle.


Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Trixie Belden +/ Jupiter Jones, taking a day trip Trixie Belden, WMD
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/919209.html?thread=107948201#t107948201

Marvel Cinematic Universe, Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes, finding a baby on their doorstep Oh, Baby
From the prompt at: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/919299.html?thread=107997699#t107997699
Filled at AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/14927883

Any, any, Food glorious food (Filled with MCU) Feasting and Fireworks
From the prompt at: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/918913.html?thread=107905409#t107905409
Posted at AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/14928275

MCU, Clint Barton, interviewing for a job as an archery instructor at a posh, private academy Trick Shot
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/919616.html?thread=108044352#t108044352

MCU, Maria Hill, the worst part of working for Stark is… The Trouble With Tony
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/919616.html?thread=108054848#t108054848

Marvel Cinematic Universe, Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes, growing their own vegetables To the Finish
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/918913.html?thread=107904385#t107904385


The ones about sex:

Marvel Cinematic Universe, Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson, Sexual Healing (Marvin Gaye) In Good Working Order
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/919819.html?thread=108099595#t108099595


Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams, accidental declarations mid-coitus A Time Like This
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/919819.html?thread=108068363#t108068363


Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams, (931): I fucked him while wearing his hat. I love the navy. Something About a Man in Uniform
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/919819.html?thread=108076555#t108076555


Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams, one is a journalist undercover on the set of a porno movie and the other is one of the actors Under Covers
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/919616.html?thread=108035648#t108035648


The only problem with this phenomenal productivity is that I haven't done a damn thing with The Secret of the Weird White Wedding, and I just took on a story that's a prequel to it, so I ought to get that out of the way first, right? Except, of course, it's turning into a monster in its own right. Oy.

Anyway, I'll try to get a post up about everything else in the next day or two.

TTFN. Love to all.

vanillafluffy: (Default)
I've had a very weird day. I mean, literally, it started in the early hours, when I was prowling [community profile] comment_fic for new prompts, and Tuesday was already up. Found a good one and proceeded to crank out a quick 1400 words before bed (around 5 a.m., but I didn't go right to sleep, because I was freezing, so I rummaged around for a pair of socks, and that did the trick). And did I mention this week is supposed to be drabbles? Oops!

Was supposed to go to a movie with GK, but I was too short on sleep. Ironically, after I'd canceled, I woke up right around the time she would've picked me up.

Anyway, I had breakfast around noon and came into the office to check emails, etc. Yeah. coughed up another drabble--this one actually was 100 words.

There was another prompt...it was from Monday, but it had possibilities. Yup, sure did. Maybe a third of it was for the topic du jour. The rest is headcanon, for a total of 1100 words. (Not posted yet--I'm still tweaking it.)

Somehow, the day has just...evaporated. I look at the time display, and I've lost forty-five minutes, an hour, thirty minutes...I'm not working on the things I ought to be working on, but I feel pretty damn productive nonetheless.

Now I guess I'll have dinner. If I owe you an email or a reply about something, sorry about that--!

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vanillafluffy: (Writing)
Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Trixie Belden +/ Jupiter Jones, an unknown number keeps popping up on Trixie's cell phone
The Affair of the Anomalous Area Code
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/917411.html?thread=107837859#t107837859


Marvel Cinematic Universe, Bucky Barnes, Bucky's journals
Penmanship
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/917215.html?thread=107830751#t107830751



I thought there was more, but that may have to do with the fact that I started a couple prompts that I didn't follow through with, or the amount of time that The Secret of the Weird White Wedding is taking. Why, oh why do this always end up happening? These simple little ideas that mushroom into massive treatises? Somehow, TSotWWW has developed a galloping case of Supporting Characters, Scenes I Didn't Foresee--I've edged past the 5000 word mark, and I'm barely a third of the way into it--if that!

And since at this point, my plans for the week call for the dentist on Monday, a possible movie with GK on Tuesday and a mammogram on Wednesday, god knows when I'll make any more progress on it. (And that doesn't allow for being bitten my any new prompt bugs.) A writer's lot is not an easy one!


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vanillafluffy: (Writing)
Agatha Christie and the Mystery on the Red Planet
The Martian, author's choice, would any others on the crew have been able to survive on Mars?
http://archiveofourown.org/works/14834927

Fic!

May. 18th, 2018 03:55 pm
vanillafluffy: (Writing)
I'm going to do the weekly fic post a little early, because I doubt I'll be writing anything tomorrow. It's been a fairly productive week!

MCU, Nick Fury/Natasha Romanoff, going by the alias Dawn
Trumpets and Strumpets: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/911439.html?thread=107563087#t107563087


Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Trixie Belden + Mart Belden, twilight talk after a day working the farm
Sunset With Chickens: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/911656.html?thread=107570728#t107570728


And finally, there's the massive (4600 word) Riddle of the Bleached-Blond Boyfriend (it's another Trixie Belden/Three Investigators mashup):
http://archiveofourown.org/works/14683449?show_comments=true&view_full_work=false#comment_164969073


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vanillafluffy: (Writing)
Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Trixie Belden +/ Jupiter Jones, arguing over whether an injury is severe enough to go to the hospital/clinic/urgent care
Drabble -- http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/910133.html?thread=107520309#t107520309


Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Trixie Belden +/ Jupiter Jones, finding something interesting in a stack of old newspapers
Old News is Good News -- http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/910505.html?thread=107529385#t107529385


Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators, Trixie Belden +/ Jupiter Jones + Jim Frayne, a surprise visit from Jim leads to an unexpected reaction from Jupe
The Incident of the Hasty Redhead -- http://archiveofourown.org/works/14617082

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vanillafluffy: (Writing)
The Spy Wore Khaki -- An incident in the Jones Salvage Yard proves Trixie's powers of observation are still up to par
https://archiveofourown.org/works/14494758


The Treasure in the Tortoiseshell Vase -- A man is dead, his son is missing, and all our sleuths have to go on is the equivalent of a message in a bottle.
https://comment-fic.livejournal.com/909228.html?thread=107479980#t107479980


I'm still having fun with my pseudo-retro mysteries....
vanillafluffy: (Default)
Mostly a good week, except for Friday, which was harrowing in the extreme.

To begin with, it was the dreaded psych eval for surgery. First, the damn van service didn't listen when I told them it was Building B--which, as I soon found out, is NOT AT ALL the same as the building I was dropped at. And of course, by the time I was elucidated, the bus had left.

It was a warmish day, and I had to hike a block to the right building. Good thing I'd taken my cane. I arrived panting with exertion, but on time and still ahead of the person I was supposed to see.

She was quite young, but hey, I'm at the age where everyone looks young to me, so I tried to ignore the fact that I'm old enough to be her mum and focused on saying All the Right Things. She was making notes on a laptop as I talked, and THEN she announced that there was a True/False questionnaire on an iPad that I'd also need to do. 350 questions, no hurry.

No hurry, my ass. I had a ticket for Avengers: Infinity War, bought specifically as a reward for getting through the eval--which I honestly didn't expect to be so fucking strenuous. I mean, I already did their damn 12 page fill-in-the-blank incredibly personal-detail-oriented preliminary, I thought I'd go in, review my answers with some nice therapist for an hour or so, and that would be that. Fortunately, I'm a fast reader, I just had to fight my tendency to overthink.

Taking it, I was reminded of the words of Hannibal Lector, who, when confronted with a similar test, chuckled and said, "Do you really think you can dissect me with that blunt little tool?". Because, really, I've been an amateur psychology buff from a very young age. My mother read books on child psychology, I read them, too, after she put them down. My sainted Aunt Mary had stacks of women's magazines, and I read the articles...usually there were case histories, which are stories, after all--and along the way, I've picked up more insights. (Hello, 13 seasons of Criminal Minds!)

That made it fairly easy to tell which questions were there to sniff out depression, paranoia, schizophrenia, and the like. Sometimes, if I could tell that which answer was more desirable, I went with that, regardless of my actual thoughts on the subject. I'm getting cynical in my old age, but I did my best to project Optimism! Happiness! Sunshine! Flying unicorns shooting rainbows out their butts!

It was quite wearing, trying to think my way through all 350 questions and still git 'er done before 3, but I managed. And THEN, when I told the young lady I really need the results urgently, she tells me that oh, the therapist gets her notes and the e-test results and she'll send the results to the bariatric clinic. It'll take a few weeks.

I think my mouth may have fallen open; wait, I just poured out the story of my life to some clerk?! I am none too pleased about that. But hey, it was finally over, I got to the theater early enough to get a desirable seat, still riding the wave of optimism I'd poured into the test.

I'm not going to spoil anything, I'm just going to say that if you're at all invested in the MCU, you may want to take tissues and Xanax. And possibly a chamber-pot, because holy cannoli, it's long.

Afterward, I needed something to jolt me out of my fugue, so I was going to walk across the parking lot to the mall...do a little shopping, maybe grab some food...only to find out that there was construction going on, which meant walking way around the building. After the hike to Building B earlier, I had had it by then, so I found a bench and hailed a Lyft.

Usually, Friday is my big TV night. I'd already missed McGyver, a chunk of Hawaii 5-O, and was blah about Blue Bloods. I did tune in for Colbert, who started with an absolutely hysterical sketch about the size of the Infinity War cast. I needed that!

Friday evening, I was in bed as soon as Colbert was over. Woke around 6, had breakfast...I was wiped out. I ended up laying down for an afternoon nap and sleeping for five hours, and despite my earlier nap, went to bed around 3 this morning--comparatively early for me!--and slept til 10:30.

Today I'm chipper, at least compared to yesterday. My back hates me, but it isn't grumbling nearly as badly as yesterday. I have had a couple dizzy moments, but yesterday it was outright debilitating. And despite being sub par, I've managed to Get Shit Done. I reorganized my hat shelf, which involved a lot of reaching and stretching, shifted some artwork and hung up a couple pieces, more reaching and stretching, and have a load of bedding in the laundry, because my sheets were due and my comforter was overdue. It's been a long winter!

The trees have leafed out--a bit earlier than usual this year--and the temps are playing games--warm, dare I say hot? during the day and into the overnight. Then I wake up (under only a sheet) around 6 a.m. going Fuck it's cold gimme a blanket! (And then I remind myself that Floridians probably already have their A/Cs on, and I don't feel so bad.)

In the spirit of "I needed that" (because I'm sure I'm far from the only one!), I wrote a wee MCU fix-it, total crack: "It's Not the End of the World", which can be found here: http://archiveofourown.org/works/14470800. Expect some discrete spoilers, although you won't recognize them as such if you haven't actually seen A:IW.

Meanwhile, I spent the majority of last week working on a happy little brain-eating fic that I naively went into thinking it might run 2 or 3 pages. It ended up being ten pages. Jeepers, as my heroine might say. It's one of those things that was purely a labor of love, since the audience for a Trixie Belden/Three Invesstigators crossover is pretty freakin' small.

The Guy in the Baby Blue Hearse: http://archiveofourown.org/works/14423703

Anyway, that's what's going on with me. Love to all!


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vanillafluffy: (Writing)
Flying Coach -- Tony Stark (+/ any), experiencing a commercial airline when his private jet, backup private jet and backup-backup-private jet are all out of commission and the suit would not be appropriate.

http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/904302.html?thread=107261806#t107261806


Historical Perspective -- Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers, all the little (and not so little) things that make them feel out of sync with the world as it is today.
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/904886.html?thread=107291574#t107291574


The Road to Relaxation -- Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers, planning a vacation is hard when Bucky has so many negative associations from his time as a Hydra assassin
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/905206.html?thread=107300342#t107300342



A pretty good week! Not only did I fire off these little guys, I posted a chapter to The Man With the Silver Arm (http://archiveofourown.org/works/2559011/chapters/33181176) for the first time in 10 months. Good grief--If I can get over the hump of the next chapter or two, I'll be in the homestretch. I've vowed to have it completed by its 4th anniversary in November.

I remember quite vividly starting it while living in the garage at GK's old house, on that beat-up laptop that was a long-term loan from SBJB. It was a cute idea (Storing the Winter Soldier at the same facility where they were trying to grow Captain America’s clone is probably not the wisest decision Hydra ever made.), and it was supposed to be a one-shot, but goddamn Bucky Barnes (although he's Jim in this incarnation)--I couldn't quit him.

Some things never change.

I'm working on the next chapter while the fire is hot, and doing a little something with my carnival AU. (http://archiveofourown.org/works/14329776) It isn't getting huge love, but I'm enjoying it. I suspect that some of the fandom hush is everyone bracing themselves for Infinity War and the resultant upheavals in canon. I myself am planning to take Xanax and tissues to the theater with me.

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Ficlets

Apr. 11th, 2018 08:00 pm
vanillafluffy: (Writing)
Prompt: Trixie Belden Mysteries, Trixie Belden + Honey Wheeler, childhood dreams change
Here: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/902698.html?thread=107191338#t107191338


Prompt: The Martian, Mark Watney/Chris Beck/Beth Johanssen, their first morning after is less awkward than Mark expected
Here: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/902698.html?thread=107190826#t107190826 NSFW!

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Quickie

Apr. 4th, 2018 01:35 am
vanillafluffy: (Default)
Why is it that when I'm NOT in front of the keyboard, I can think of a plethora of lively bits of chatter, yet once I'm in the chair, it all hides in a cave somewhere?!

Let's see...I spent last weekend doing colonoscopy prep, yay--fun!...not.Nothing solid after Friday night, nothing at all after Sunday night. Appointment was for 8:30 a.m. Monday. Get it out of the way, right? And that early, there shouldn't be any delays, right? Ended up spending OVER TWO HOURS in pre-op, while GK was waiting for me...we'd both thought I'd be home by 11, when actually it was later than that before I got in for the procedure(s).

As I soliloquized, by then I was Hungry, Thirsty, Sleepy, Chilly, Bitchy and Anxious--all I needed was Doc. (Well, it seemed witty at the time!)

But it finally got done. The doc sent a couple bits to the lab, but said he's pretty sure it's nothing evil. So that's one step closer.

GK jets off to California to visit her MIL this morning, returning next week, without taking me shopping at the beginning of the month as she's promised to do. By the time she gets back, I'll be ready to do my food stamp shopping...I swear, if she gets onto me about transportation costs, I'm going to let her have it. Because the disabled transport has a 3-bag limit, and they don't help you get things inside, either. So Lyft it is, at least for the return trip.

Thursday, I have the psych eval, for which I need to fill out the most godawful questionnaire...I'm tying myself in knots over this one, because I'm trying to figure out what's the best answer for the results I want--but holy cannoli, I'm probably overthinking it. Hey, I've been faking sanity for years, this is just doing it on paper, right?

Hell, it's not even going to matter unless I can get my sugar under control, because my dear bariatric counselor neglected to mention that they want me somewhere under an A1C of 8, and I'm currently 9.1. My new primary--I'm not crazy about her, but I'd look too flaky if I changed after just one appointment--she badgered me into starting insulin, which I've been dragging my heels over. I saw her the week before last, and she told me she wants me to check my sugar twice a day. Not looking forward to that, but I'd be willing to do it...IF I had a glucometer and test strips.

Medicare is refusing to pay for a meter, saying I've had one within the last five years. Apparently they're counting the one I got in 2016 from Medicaid. They're not taking into account the fact that I've moved since then and have NO FUCKING CLUE where it went. I had trouble with it from the beginning, but it was the only one Medicaid would pay for. Now, I'm willing to pay out of pocket for a friendlier meter, BUT I need a scrip for the test strips and lancets, and I've called the doc's office repeatedly and gotten no satisfaction. Jesus wept.

On a brighter note, I saw Jesus Christ Superstar on Sunday (in between trips down the hall) and thought it was tremendous. I'd seen it on Broadway back in 1973, but I think I appreciate it more now.

I get "official" sent to GK's PO Box, because she monitors my financials...I got a notice for jury duty which didn't get to me until after I was supposed to check in...I have to call about that tomorrow. I hope I'm not in too much trouble. (Funny--I used to think GK was super organized. No. Not even close. Just more organized than me, most of the time.)

A week ago, she *did* come over and we made progress on my bedroom. We got the boxes out of there--I've got about four of them in my living room awaiting sorting. My problem is, okay, NOW where does X go...? But that corner that was literally four feet high with STUFF was cleared out, and now my scale is in there, which frees up a sizable chunk of bathroom real estate.

The bathroom decor is sort of beachy. I have a painting that Ex-RM#3 dubbed my "Beach Goddess"--a woman in a sundress sipping a cocktail with the ocean in the background. I have a small watercolor-and-ink print of palm trees, and because I'm geeky and attached to them, a row of rubber ducks on my mirror ledge. The towels/rug etc. are aqua-teal and orange, and if/when I ever get the place painted, the walls are going to be swimming pool blue. Not holding my breath, but I *have* got a GC when I finally get over to Home Depot. As usual, the difficulty is not so much the materials as the labor!

Chalk up yet another reason I want to have the surgery--I've had some success with DIY in the past; I could paint the blasted bathroom, hang the closet rod, or the living room drapes, or the pegboard in the kitchen--IF I could just stand on a step-stool without worrying about breaking my neck.

Alrighty...I'm so tired my eyes are practically crossed, this thing is probably riddled with errors...I'll just leave you with last week's fic:


Lunchtime Surprise: Bucky Barnes, finding long-lost family members.
It's here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/14138073
From this prompt: https://comment-fic.livejournal.com/898513.html?thread=107055825#t107055825



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vanillafluffy: (Writing)
After brunch (the usual eggs and toast), I wandered out to the porch and worked out there for a while. The weather is mild enough that it's a pleasant place to sit and read, which I did intermittently in between organizing books. A chapter here, a few pages there, what the devil is this sci-fi doing in with the mysteries, and isn't there a better place to put these Stephen King TPBs than in with the chick-lit?

Honestly, it isn't as if I was perfectly organized back in Florida! That would be a whopper of a lie. I *did* have things more or less categorized by fiction or non-fiction, I had my genre fic mostly in with similar, and if I had more than one by the same author, they were by gosh together. I had one bookcase devoted to mysteries, and another that was sci-fi and the spillover of the rest of the mysteries.

Even now, I can visualize those two bookcases side-by-side in the room that was supposed to be transformed into my library-office, but never was. Of course, that wasn't all! It didn't include the bookcase in the hall, the shelves in my actual office, two more bookcases in there, the flats of books in the closet, and assorted cartons here and there. Oh, and two matching low bookcases in my bedroom, three milk crates of comic books in that closet or the two shelves of cookbooks in the dining room (most of that bookcase was used for display, as is the one in my current kitchen). (And we haven't even gotten to DVDs!)

Before I left Florida, I got rid of a great many books. Quite possibly it would not be an exaggeration to say I parted with a ton of books, literally. It pained me; I suffered during the process of winnowing my library to a more manageable volume--how can I possibly be hemmed in by so many?!

Basically, it's the same sort of claustrophobia I have looking at my closet space. My world has shrunk so! I feel as if I'm going to be surrounded by boxes for the rest of my life! That's one of the reason my shelves are so higgledy-piggledy--I was so frantic to get my books out of the damned boxes and find out what I had left that I literally snatched them out of the cartons and flung them onto the shelves. Add to that the fact that they were sorted and resorted, packed and repacked in Florida as I realized how small that shipping cube was...and books were NOT the only things in the cube, so how the hell have they pulled this hat trick and expanded into the space like a burst roll of store-bought biscuits???

I tell myself that I could probably thin the hell out of non-fiction. There are a bunch of coffee table books, and not only do I not read them, I don't even HAVE a coffee table. There are a cluster of books that I keep as "reference" books for a novel I have in the back of my mind--if I get rid of those, it's like writing off writing that book. A carton of miscellaneous sci-fi is stashed in a copy paper box. There are a stack of Photoplays left from Peter's collection--I don't know how the hell those got here, they were all supposed to be sold. Thanks to GK, I have an arseload of Louis L'Amour, which I need to find suitable shelf-space for. My cookbooks are taking over my bookcase, although in a year or two after surgery, I may be willing to part with some/all of them. And--and--and!

I have ideas. Implementing them single-handedly without money, that is the tricky part. For instance, in keeping with the largely equestrian theme in my office, I've brought in all my horse-related books. A lot of them are juveniles. If I could bring in another bookcase, like the white folding one I have out in the shed, I could bring in the rest of my juvenile fiction, which would free up about half a bookcase on the porch. If I did that, that would help enormously--I could, I think, get the same mystery/sci-fi set up that I'm used to, or at least have all the fiction on that one wall. I might need to install another shelf or two, and the bookcase closest to the door will probably end up as non-fiction and leftover non-series fiction...once I get those cans of paint stored somewhere else, like the credenza under the window. There's also the question of that fucking headboard that GK talked me into getting back when the house was empty and seemed rather more spacious than it is. There's that mirror, that is probably never going to hang in my bedroom, and if I got them both OUT of the porch, I might have room for what I'd really like: a chaise...or at least a banquette. Something comfy and padded that I could lounge on and read. I have a nice little table, just right to set a cup of tea and a snack on. I have plenty of pretty linens for the table. Curtains...I have some, somewhere....

Bless you if you're still with me after all this maundering on! I welcome constructive commentary, happy thoughts and if anyone knows where one can get a bookshelf of holding....



Battle of the Bands: Captain America, Iron Man, and The Asgardians are all bands, competing for a record deal.

It's here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/14080353

From the prompt: Marvel Cinematic Universe, any, Band AU https://comment-fic.livejournal.com/897954.html?thread=107041442#t107041442


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vanillafluffy: (Film festival)
Nah, these days, "spunky heroine" sounds too much like a drugged-out hooker. Alas.

Anyway, went and saw Flash Gordon, which was highly excellent, although I think I may have reached the dreaded stage of "If it's too loud, you're too old", because during the pre-show serenade of Queen's Greatest Hits, I was cringing at the decibel level. Damn, when did that happen?!

I ended up skipping the ASFS auction. It was the same night as Flash, and I'd gotten up ultra-early for an estate sale (egregiously overpriced!), was having some digestive issues, and just didn't have the energy for that, too. GK reported that I probably would've had an aneurysm, because that ONE person who has a high-paying job and hoarding tendencies bought practically everything. Yeah, that's another reason I skipped it, because after the estate sale, GK and I cruised a thrift store that was having a killer St. Patrick's Day sale, a week early.

Their angle was, anything with green on it or in it was half price. That meant everything from a nice green top to a pair of tumblers with green in the pattern to a stack of books with green on their covers to a couple things with green price tags--I spent $30, which is a lot, for me, and I already knew wanted the commemorative poster for Flash...we have a local artist, John Sanchez, who creates posters for the Guild's vintage movies. He posted a picture of this one on the site--it's on a gold metallic background, *very* dramatic, and that was another $20. So, after blowing $50 in one day on non-essentials, I figured getting a few hours sleep before the show would be more constructive than spending more money and/or not spending money because I was being continually thwarted.

Speaking of concerts, Lindsey Sterling is coming to ABQ in August...it may take that long for me to work out the logistics of getting there and back, because the disabled transport buses DO NOT go to the casinos, which is where the venue is. (They also don't run late at night; I think they stop around 10? so no joy there, either.) And it's about ten miles out of town, so forget Lyft--I'd have to sell a kidney. I'm dying to go, though. I think she's amazing. The only thing better than her would be her on a double bill with the 2 Cellos, which would kill me with happiness.

Although that may happen yet--they've announced that Dropkick Murphys are going to be touring this summer with Flogging Molly, and my eyes rolled back in my head and I howled with glee (No word on what the neighbors think!). That right there is just fucking PERFECT.

They haven't released the actual details yet--no idea about dates or locations--but GK has proposed a roadtrip if they're anywhere close, say Denver or Phoenix. Pray for me, guys. I've seen the Murphys in concert and it was off the chain, but not Flogging Molly, and they are one of my ultimate bands.

In other news, after nearly six months of nagging, I finally got to a DMV (or MVD as it's called here) and renewed my ID card. It expired at the end of September, and I'm relieved that that's taken care of.

GK didn't have much time; in-laws in from out of town--have I ever mentioned I loathe her in-laws?!--but we got to Walmart Optical, because I've had my "new" eyeglasses scrip since...last September!...and really need a new pair. Haven't settled on anything yet--we're going around to a couple places tomorrow afternoon for comparison purposes.

After my cataract surgeries, I could see so much better than I've ever been able to in my life. I went from literally being legally blind to not needing glasses most of the time, and that was after wearing glasses since I was 11. Heaven knows, I needed them sooner, but it took me not being able to read the blackboard from the front row for the adults to get with the program. Anyway, I'm about 20/40 without them; I can usually make out subtitles on the TV. I wouldn't want to drive without them, but as it is, I can read most signs and I can see oncoming traffic--before I was officially diagnosed with cataracts, driving was terrifying, because it seemed like cars were coming out of nowhere. *shudder*

Although my finances are such that I no longer have a car, I do in fact have a perfectly valid Florida driver's license, good through 2020. I looked into converting it while I was at the MVD. But I didn't have glasses, so I kinda flunked the eye exam. So, I need glasses. Since my license doesn't expire for a while, I'm thinking I'll wait until after surgery to get it switched; hopefully in a year, I'll have fewer chins.

This week, I have an appointment with my new primary doctor. I'm not thrilled, but I need someone to renew my scrips. My bariatrics counselor, whom I see next week, says that after my surgery, I will be able to stop taking so many pills. From her lips to God's ear--because I'm tired of the tyranny of meds and having to take them with food, even on the days when I don't WANT food. The week after, oh joy, I have a double-feature (well, there IS a camera involved!)--endoscopy/colonoscopy, so let's hope that's one of those weeks when I'm not obsessed with food, because no solids for a few days beforehand. I'm not complaining--the endoscopy is necessary for surgery--that and seeing a pshrink are the last of the mandatory things I have to do. The colonoscopy...nuisance though it is, beats the hell out of dying of colon cancer like my mom did. They're going to have me knocked out for the endoscopy anyway, may as well make it a twofer and make sure nothing evil is dwelling in my nether regions. The pshrink is on the schedule for a few weeks hence. It's happening slowly, but it's happening.

And finally, fic:

Marvel Cinematic Universe, Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes, Small Business Owners in a Tourist Trap AU

Step Right Up
https://comment-fic.livejournal.com/895815.html?thread=106944327#t106944327



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vanillafluffy: (Film festival)
Prompt:Lethal Weapon (TV), Martin Riggs, mentally he always has one foot out the door

Fill: "Ramblin' Man". Actually follows the prompt: Riggs's exit strategy

https://comment-fic.livejournal.com/893976.html?thread=106865432#t106865432


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vanillafluffy: (Writing)
...and I've been writing.


Prompt: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes, Steve helps Bucky relearn life’s little pleasures

Fill: Kinda-sorta-not exactly? Kinda of a then-and-now, but it *is* happy!Bucky

http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/893741.html?thread=106844717#t106844717


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Prompt: Any (please no SPN), any (+/ any), In hospital/sickbay doctor(s) are amazed when someone who should be 9 or 10 acute pain just wants a paracetemol because their pain is maaaaaaybe a 2? (Sorry, complicated prompt is complicated. Basically pain threshold level shenanigans. Bonus points if the person doesn't realise they should be in that much pain.)

Fill: MCU, Clint Barton + OFC Narrator, Dr. Sydney Porter


http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/893741.html?thread=106849581#t106849581

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My sleep schedule is buggered; yesterday I slept from noon to 6:30. I'll probably have breakfast in a while and do similar today. Friday is going to be a challenge--up at OMG for an estate sale, theoretically some working in the house with GK afterward (until 2 pm, then I need to snooze between then and ASFS, around 7). Gotta go to that one, it's the annual auction. (Although there's one broad who buys everything, it seems like, and I'm hoping she isn't her usual pain-in-the-ass self.). And after ASFS is Flash Gordon, booyah! so I won't be getting home til well past midnight. Hopefully, with only that mid-day nap, I'll be able to sleep more normally? No bets....


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vanillafluffy: (Film festival)
It's here: http://archiveofourown.org/works/13784157

From the prompt "Bucky Barnes meeting the adult child he'd fathered on a mission as the Winter Soldier" here: https://comment-fic.livejournal.com/888551.html?thread=106649575#t106649575


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vanillafluffy: (Leopard print)
It's here: http://archiveofourown.org/works/13783932

From this prompt "A child finds the supervillain and acts like they found the hero, asks for help and the villain just can't not help this adorable tiny human": https://comment-fic.livejournal.com/890674.html?thread=106742322#t106742322


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vanillafluffy: (Writing)
Spoilers for Episode 19.13, aired February 7, 2018. AU based on the premise of a different verdict at the end of the trial. Triple drabble.


Jailhouse Lawyer



Thanks to her credentials, they get a private interview room. Olivia can’t help observing Barba as he enters, checking whether he moves like he’s been hurt. There’s no sign of it, she’s relieved to see: He’s walking normally, with no visible scrapes or bruises.

“I’m fine, Olivia,” he says as she takes his seat. “It’s good to see you.”

Of course he didn’t miss her quick scan. Say what you want, Rafael Barba is a smart guy. Even after what he’s confessed to, she still respects him. Damn McCoy and his Chicago hotshot!

“I’ve been concerned,” she says, because she knows how cops behind bars are a target, “given your previous position. You’re okay? Do you need anything?” Although the sentencing judge had been as lenient as the statutes allowed, he’s still looking at a decade behind bars, and she’s worried for him.

“Yes, I put quite a few of my fellow inmates in here,” he allows, “and some of them have been less than cordial--” That’s the Rafe she remembers, that dry wit-- “but you’ve heard the phrase ‘jailhouse lawyer’? Well, a real live jailhouse D.A. is a prize. I can give advice, even make suggestions to their official counsel. No, I don’t like trading on it like that, but…everyone deserves a competant defense.” He relaxes in his chair. “I’ve made peace with it.”

He’s lost the laser-focused intensity that drove him and helped him prosecute so many…there’s a newfound calm. His smile is still the gentle one that she knows so well. “Tell me--how’s Noah? How’s everyone back at the squad? What are you working on these days?”

Rafe looks expectantly at her, and Olivia takes a deep breath. She recognizes his need to hear about familiar things, to feel normal in these contrary surroundings. She shows him her latest pictures of Noah, tells him about the case Fin and Amanda are working on, and says a silent prayer that he’ll get through his sentence in one piece.





From a prompt, here: https://comment-fic.livejournal.com/886789.html?thread=106571013#t106571013

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vanillafluffy: (Writing)
All Write?, MCU/RPF. Howard Stark meets Dorothy Parker.
http://archiveofourown.org/works/13527825

Because it was an absolutely irresistible prompt. I've been a DP fan for eons--including writing a paper on her back in the day, so it's fairly accurate fic--if you don't look too closely at their relative ages, or ask me exactly what year it's set in.

Just a note, this is NOT the fic I mentioned in a recent post as being my first fic of the year. That one has decided it needs MORE. Really, story? You were supposed to be the amusing tale of what happens when TJ Hammond swaps places with Bucky Barnes and woos Steve Rogers...what do I have to do to wrap you up?! *tears hair out*



Prompt is here: https://comment-fic.livejournal.com/884545.html?thread=106468161#t106468161

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vanillafluffy: (Writing)
!. Roadside Assistance http://archiveofourown.org/works/9157756
MCU. Fix-it fic, exonerating Jasper Sitwell (and saving his life). There are two chapters, and would've been more developing his relationship with Johnny, but there was no demand, and other plot bunnies were biting.

2. In From the Cold http://archiveofourown.org/works/9631934
MCU. The introduction of my OTP (Bucky Barnes and Maria Hill forever!), wherein Bucky comes to the Tower looking for Howard Stark and finds Tony instead. Trying 2016 for more in this 'verse.

3. Hashtag: "Like a Boss" http://archiveofourown.org/works/10294274
The Martian. Just because he's back on Earth doesn't mean Mark has morphed into a responsible adult. The boss who has to keep an eye on Watney has his work cut out for him.

4. Princess Zarabet's Plan http://archiveofourown.org/works/10399725
Fairy tale/original. From the prompt "any princess, merchant's daughter, or peasant girl, Her wedding's happening today. Too bad she doesn't want to get married". And who can blame her? The boor she's betrothed to is not worthy.

5. Feathers http://archiveofourown.org/works/10443282
Criminal Minds/Three Investigators. Sometimes Spencer feels inadequate and worries that Jupe isn't fulfilled with him. All it takes to change his mind is a simple cup of tea.

6. Wish Upon a Star http://archiveofourown.org/works/10641774
MCU. When Tony's flight suit crash-lands him on a tropical island, he finds more than he bargained for in an old bottle. Stony, if you're into that kind of thing. Apparently quite a few people do; it's been fairly popular.

7. Restoring the Balance http://archiveofourown.org/works/10715418
MCU. I got a prompt in the category "dystopias" requesting an Equilibrium AU. And because I only have a one-track mind, I threw the MCU in there and scrambled it. I haven't seen "Equilibrium" in about ten years, but as I recall, they fight with guns and swords. I went with unarmed combat, because hey, remember that elevator fight in The Winter Soldier?

8. Account of a Monte Christo http://archiveofourown.org/works/10948308
Hawaii 5-O. A homemade Monte Cristo sandwich is the perfect antidote to a terrible, no-good very bad day, but first Steve has to help Charlie through that day. This seems to be everybody's favorite H5O story.

9. I Got You Under My Skin http://archiveofourown.org/works/10072109
Hawaii 5-O. This started as AU Danny/Steve and has morphed into an anthology of sorts with other characters we know and love both on and off stage. Four chapters, but the show has changed so much this season I don't know if I'm going to add any more.

10. La Vida Loco = http://archiveofourown.org/works/11077362
MCU. Crazy stuff happens in NYC...the usual suspects have their own thoughts on the matter. 297 words.

11. The Red Cloak http://archiveofourown.org/works/11413317
Fairy tale. A dark retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.

12. The Figgy Pudding Plot http://archiveofourown.org/works/11632734
The Mummy (1999). Pre-movie. It's the Christmas after their parents' death, and if that isn't bad enough, Evy and Jonathan are being bullied by their soon-to-be-ex-landlord.

13. The Man in the Boat (or, How Jools Siviter Came to Be Recruited by MI-6) http://archiveofourown.org/works/11681901
Spooks/MI-5. Posted at the Pit ages ago, but with the release of Dunkirk, I thought I'd rerelease it. A story within a story--the Old Boys Network behind the scenes of Jools's career. Shows not just the how of his recruitment to MI-6, but the why....

14. In Lieu of a Blanket Fort http://archiveofourown.org/works/11862030
Criminal Minds/Three Investigators. There's no place like home....

15. Pancakes http://archiveofourown.org/works/11883708
Criminal Minds/Three Investigators. There's nothing like visiting the Reid-Jones residence for the first time to liven up a Saturday morning. JJ and Garcia take the tour.

16. Til Death http://archiveofourown.org/works/12582100
Crimson Peak. The prompt was " Edith Cushing/Thomas Sharpe, death didn't put an end to their relationship". 573 words.

17. November, 1991 http://archiveofourown.org/works/12749784
MCU. One of my own favorites. What if the Super Soldier Serum stolen during Civil War wasn't the whole batch? What if Howard tested a sample before that fateful night in December? Tony Stark learns things about his parents that he didn't expect.

18. Kingdoms http://archiveofourown.org/works/12902355
MCU/Thor.
After Ragnarok, Thor and Loki find new careers, according to their own characters.

19. An Inconvenient Fruit http://archiveofourown.org/works/12953229
Hawaii 5-O. From a prompt, "Danny and Steve both have superpowers, but unfortunately, Danny's are blocked by something in the Hawaiian environment." 246 words.

20. December Birthdays http://archiveofourown.org/works/12953385
MCU. Bucky goes out for coffee and retrieves some old memories.

21. Food American Style http://archiveofourown.org/works/12955281
MCU. The Sniper!Bros get a food truck. This is one of those "Throw canon in a blender and hit 'puree'" AUs.


As you can see, most of it is Marvel Cinematic Universe. I'm still in the throes of my passion for Sebastian Stan! The Criminal Minds/Three Investigators crossovers are a niche market, I admit. There are earlier stories in that 'verse, if you're interested, including how they got together in the first place. The two fairy tale stories are as close to original as I've written in a while. The rest is a mixed bag.
vanillafluffy: (Justified -- Raylan smile)
"Mind telling me about that fella in your bathtub?" Raylan says, quickly closing the door behind him.

Dittany Crowe beams at him. "That's just Albert. Don't worry, Marshal, he's harmless."

"Really? He didn't look too happy to see me."

"Well sure, on account of, that there is his bathroom and he isn't used to strangers just barging in on him."

"Give him my apologies. Tell him I was looking for your cousin, Cletus," Raylan pushes his hat back and gazes at the door. "Have you two been together long?"

"About a year. Last time I was down in Florida visiting my folks, I went out for a walk, and I saw Albert and it was love at first sight."

Raylan nods. The more he sees of the Crowe family, the more inclined he is to believe most anything. It seems like not so long ago that he had Dewey Crowe pegged as the nuttiest pile of squirrel poop he'd ever seen, but Dittany just might take the prize.

"I couldn't help myself," she's saying. "He was just so little and awkward and cute, flopping back and forth. So I brought him home and gave him a good dinner and we've been together ever since."

"Does your landlord know about him?"

Luray waves her hand airily. "Landlord wouldn't care. Albert's a gentleman," she says. "You act like he's gonna poop on the carpet or tear up the vertical blinds. He's perfectly happy just the way he is."

"If you say so. If Cletus drops by, ask him to give me a call. He's not in trouble, I just I need to ask him about his old cellmate, Danny Rugg."

"I'll do that."

"Take care, Dittany," he says as he heads out the door--because a gal keeping a two-foot long alligator in her bathtub needs to be very, very careful indeed.

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vanillafluffy: (Florida oranges)
I've been writing for prompts all day. Filled two, fairly long, considering I'm writing and posting from my phone. The first one is dark AF. It's an AU--basically, Everybody Dies. The second one is dark comedy


#1. any, any, waking up to find everyone he/she loved was dead and with no memory of what happened
The Martian:
http://archiveofourown.org/works/7421275


#2.
Preachauthor's choice, any, beware the persuasive (especially when they are bored)er http://archiveofourown.org/works/7422808

God, I wish I had wifi. This is really cramping my style.

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