I swear this won't become a health-complaint-of-the-day blog

[sapote]

But it's the first day I haven't been flattened by work in weeks and I've been flattened by the grippe.

And Dear Roommate is having a large and drunken gathering in our living room in about six hours.

If anyone wants to drop me some fic recs, I will be on the couch all day and barricaded in my room all night. So they would be much appreciated. On the other hand, I hope all USians east of the Mississippi are outside enjoying this weather. It is really pretty out!

At least I'm all the way outside of the spider-bite-side-effect window now. One thing at a time! Thanks, Universe!

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[lavilleperdue.livejournal.com]

Hooray for being past the leg-falling-off stage! I hope you feel better soon.

Here are some random fic recs; I have no idea if you've seen these before.

Theory of Acquired Characters (http://toomuchplor.livejournal.com/47420.html)
BioProf!John AU. Apparently loosely-based on Never Been Kissed, but I've never seen it, so.
Campfire Law (http://www.talkoncorners.net/day25b.htm)
Summer camp AU. Rodney the camp counselor meets John the lifeguard.
A Supermarket in California (http://taffetablue.livejournal.com/10542.html)
John ends up refurbishing a supermarket two blocks from campus, and finds that this might be home.
The Happiest Place on Earth (http://devildoll.livejournal.com/746278.html)
Now a week stretched before them in the hell on Earth that was Cocoa Beach. High school AU.
Weapons of Some Distraction (http://shrift.livejournal.com/144919.html)
Spoilers for "The Return." The phone calls kept coming at weird intervals, almost as if Rodney had written a program to randomize them. The first day it was kind of endearing. The second day John answered only when the number of Rodney's phone calls reached a prime number, and on impulse, he got on FTD and shipped Rodney a cactus for next day delivery with a note saying that plants liked it when you talked to them.

Okay, so clearly, I have an AU kink. These are all Sheppard/McKay, snagged from my "eee, cute" group of bookmarks. I hope at least some of them work for you, and, uh...yeah, SGA is totally my happy-and-escapist fandom. *g*

[sapote3.livejournal.com]

Random AUs! I love random AUs!

I did get some writing done while glued to the couch, but now I'm to the ::headdesk:: stage, so this is a welcome distraction.

[lavilleperdue.livejournal.com]

I recently gave in to the del.icio.us craze, and of course, the majority of what I've bookmarked is either cute or AU. It's a sad, sad addiction.

Hooray for more writing! I hope those will suffice for distraction, then.

[sapote3.livejournal.com]

Two words that should make anyone who wants to read anything by me in the future shudder in fear:

OFC. POV.
OFC POV!

Even my BROTHER knows that that's a bad thing. And yet, my keyboard keeps spitting it out.

del.icio.us! Is. Um. Delicious. I really like cute, AU, and cute AUs. I sometimes play the ridiculous pairing AU game on the bus:

John is a mermaid! Radek is a lonely fisherman!

Or:
Elizabeth Weir is a world-weary obstretician. Can Jeannie McKay, single mother, bring love back into her life?

Or, you know. Ronan/Hermiod. The Other and the Really Other.

I am kind of comforted by my lack of actual plans to write these.

[sapote3.livejournal.com]

Um, if any of that is completely incomprehensible, I apologize. When I've been staring at my word processor for a few hours my communication gets kind of wacky.

[lavilleperdue.livejournal.com]

Well, I am now curious about the OFC POV! I believe that almost any scenario can be written well, so I'm pretty much willing to try anything that has a potential to be good. I'm easy like that.

I love del.icio.us for its tags. It has never been easier to browse through teeth-rottingly sappy cuteness when I'm in the mood for a pick-me-up.

Sad to say, I would probably at least skim all of these ridiculous pairings (unrepentant AU love!), so I suppose it is a good thing that I don't have the talent for working out, you know, actual plotlines and stuff.

[sapote3.livejournal.com]

re: plotlines: I usually feel like I don't either. I'm a third of the way into a minor plotline right now and I keep wanting to wander off and talk about architecture for a while. Totally not making up that example.

Thank you for your confidence. I am trying not to ::headdesk:: too much about it.

[lavilleperdue.livejournal.com]

Sometimes the muse is just silly like that! Too much headdesking isn't necessary, though; I'm sure it'll come eventually. And if you want any more recs for distraction (provided that your tastes actually run in the same vein as mine), I'd be happy to oblige!

[sapote3.livejournal.com]

Thank you again for all the recs, btw. This is awesomeness.

[lavilleperdue.livejournal.com]

Not a problem -- glad I could be of help!