Spinning on that dizzy edge

Technically, the PA said "Let's treat this like bronchitis." So I'm on a five-day antibiotics regimen, with a tussin/codeine syrup for bedtime. I only woke up coughing twice last night, instead of 4+. :|

I am worn out. Work has been nice and quiet; my most difficult task has been staying awake. At least coughing is good for that!

Sorry for complaining so much. Have some cheerful links! (Thanks to umadoshi and misbegotten for posting them.)

33 signs from the Women's March [Buzzfeed]. My favorites include "So bad, even introverts are here.", "If I wanted politics in my vagina, I'd fuck a Senator.", and "Super Callous Fragile Racist Sexist Nazi POTUS".

A brief snippet of a gym workout that I could watch on repeat for a while. Mmmmmm...

Ursula Vernon on How Gardeners Save a Small Piece of the World. Paging heresluck...

Another take on the Myers-Briggs test. I really like their writeup for INFP. It me. :)

Today is going so slow, and honestly, I am fine with that. I am catching up on my email and infinity tabs (when so many links are open they spill off the top of the browser).

So have some interesting flotsam!

JK Rowlings is writing Quidditch World Cup updates on Pottermore? Man, I am out of the loop.

Colorado, hotbed of healthy economic and civic progress, all thanks to pot. Can we pleeeease legalize weed already? This is getting embarrassing.

The A.V. Club is doing a Farscape watch. They're up to halfway through season 3. Me, I can never get enough of people gushing on how amazing My Show is.

See Every Major Marvel Character’s Hometown In One Map. Marvel + maps? YES PLEASE.

There are several aspects of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" that I actually enjoy, like the thumping base line and the funky beat. His performance and lyrics, though, leave me wanting to bathe in hand sanitizer. Thanks to a link by cereta, I now have not one but two delightful options done by women! BRB, watching those again.

What are you all up to today?

Humble Bundle is offering a huge deal on electronic copies of Doctor Who comics. You get a bunch of collected works and an Android game.

There are 11 more days in the sale, so you've got plenty of time to take a look.

With as slow as my work has been, I fear that I'm losing the ability to focus on a project. My current assignment is someone else's personal grudge framed as a request, as a particular department has developed a bad habit of wanting frequent little changes at the last minute, with no repercussions for their delays even as they put pressure on us. It's an interesting challenge for me, but there's not really a sense of urgency about it, so my brain refuses to commit to concentrating on it. *sigh*

In other news, I think I may be developing a small Kickstarter habit. First there was the Veronica Mars movie, then the "Fight Like a Girl" anthology. I recently backed Jill Thompson's project to fund the production of a Scary Godmother doll, because she's an amazing artist I've loved for years (Delirium has always been one of my favorite comic book characters) and her Scary Godmother specials are a treat at Halloween.

Kudoscon, a convention devoted to fanworks looks terrifically interesting, too, but alas, I don't think they're going to make their goal, as it only has a couple of hours left. I don't know why they fell short; maybe the location in Minnesota dissuaded people? Or too many new cons have failed or fallen apart? It's sad, and I hope they try again.

Another distraction has been the offerings at eleventyfest. Who could work with those open in a tab? :)

Hm. Maybe I need to pomodoro this assignment to get myself going. Once more into the breach!

I am such a dumbass. The amazingly talented ivorygates sent me a vgift for New Year's, and it took me until now to notice. Thank you! I have no idea what I did to merit this, but I love it all the same.

Scottish Wikipedia. With dialect and everything. I can't begin to say how much this delights me.

Last night, after his bed time, the Emperor called me upstairs just to say that he loved me. Well, and to ask to go to sleep in my bed, but anyway... I'm still a puddle of mush every time he says it unprompted.

Dunno if this will work or not.



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ETA: OK, this could be cool.

So my good friend herbivorous posted this delicious picture of Nathan Fillion in a kilt. *phew* So I had to go googling to see if there were more yummy poses. Not only did I come across this entertaining quote (from here):

"The good folks at Universal invited me to the premiere of In Good Company after I’d finished working on Serenity and I wore a kilt on a dare because a friend said I’d never wear a kilt [to a premiere] so I said "to Hell with you!" and I wore it. It was very nice too. A very snappy, dressy kilt."

I also came across this site, which, yeah, Alan Rickman, David Tennant, and Vin Diesel (among others). In Kilts.

If, you know, you're into that sort of thing. *whistling*

ETA: D'oh! I'm a dumbass -- I didn't notice that herbivorous's link was flocked. Here's the picture under review (scroll down to the second post).

I've been gobbling up the back entries of this delightful LJer sheafrotherdon to catch all of her stories about the McKay/Sheppard characters from "Stargate: Atlantis" (but set in an AU), and I came across this post about Women in Academia, which made me think of my favorite academic.

(To everyone else who likes fanfic? Go give her Farm in Iowa series a try, even if you're not familiar with SG:A. So beautiful.)

and others, of course.

http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ps238/comics/index.php

PS238, the adventures of a grade school for young metahumans. Go back in the archives to the beginning.

Some of the exploits are eerily familiar. *grin*