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Small amusing things and one hot guy

#1: I have a menthol rub sort of substance I use to help with headaches/muscle aches. Sometimes after I rub it on, Finn forgets he doesn't like the taste, licks my hand and makes this soft, disgusted "Phhfft, phhffft" sound, trying to get the menthol off his tongue.

#2: Whenever I see someone using one of my older icons, I want to say "Oh my God, here, let me take that and make it less horrible. I'll give it back to you when it's decent." I just saw one of my really early cropping attempts and didn't know whether to laugh at myself, wince in horror, or rush off to see if I could remake it.

Also, if you like SGA and you're on my flist and have not seen these at

morebliss's place, I show one to you here because akjdlkf:!JOE! (*looks at

dogeared*)

*whimpers quietly but sincerely*

One more thing I shouldn't find funny because it reinforces a stereotype I rail against and because in its more serious forms it discourages people from pursuing their interests in the name of financial success: the fate of the medieval lit. postdoc.

In other news:

sgabigbang ALMOST DONE!!!! One last chapter to write, a couple more things to fix, and then my novelty is pastede on yay.

In annoyed and pissed off news: STOP WITH THE FIREWORKS IT IS AFTER THE FOURTH OF JULY STUPID PEOPLE *SMITESMITESMITE*

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Re #2: OMG I DO THAT ALL THE TIME! #-o

Re Joe: I just wanna crawl all over that man.

OMG I DO THAT ALL THE TIME!

I figured I wasn't the only one, but it's such an acute "Oh WTF was I THINKING?!" feeling I couldn't help but feel alone in my suckiness and horror for a second *g*

Re Joe: I just wanna crawl all over that man.

Over and under, yesyesyes.

There should be more shiny lights around Joe's face, he should be as a sun god <3

Your dog's disgust sounds cute and yay! for bigbang.

There should be more shiny lights around Joe's face,

There should just be enough of Joe. Enough to go around. :D

Your dog's disgust sounds cute and yay! for bigbang.

Finn does many things in a very cute way (right now he's passed out on the couch), and I am relieved beyond measure that I managed to get this fic finished.

Oh, how is he so pretty and so very Joe? I, of course, already have the super-giant versions saved on my hard drive. :D

OH JOE. *knits him a sweater*

Oh, how is he so pretty and so very Joe?

It was like sensory overload. What to focus on first? Hair? Mouth? Suit jacket? Open collar????

I, of course, already have the super-giant versions saved on my hard drive. :D

XD I figured you did, but better be safe than sorry.

*knits him a sweater*

turtleneck for Rodney to obsess over

asd;fasdlfkasdf;j turtleneck

Iiiii think there needs to be sweater art! She says, brazenly :>

Iiiii think there needs to be sweater art! She says, brazenly :>

I've tried to figure out a way to do that! But I've never really liked the "Photoshopping clothes" onto people thing... It always looks fake. I guess I could find pictures of Joe and David elsewhere and pretend, but... *struggles* I want this to work, dammit! I want John and Rodney in fuzzy sweaters!

No no, you're totally right!! Clearly we're just going to have to hope that John and Rodney get stranded somewhere really cold . . . and with a lot of sheep. ;)

Clearly we're just going to have to hope that John and Rodney get stranded somewhere really cold . . .

Or hope someone who's good with a pencil and drawing paper is reading this... *looks about hopefully*

. . . and with a lot of sheep. ;)

*pokes you*

OMG cute! He's just so fluffy.

Also, I like reading about your dog Finn... He sounds like a such a charming guy. Veerrrry sweet. And I'm (shame, shame) not much of a dog person at all (except for big fluffy black Newfs & huskies... okay, maybe I like dogs).

There's a lot of that sort of rhetoric in CompLit, too, and the fact that it's a miniscule discipline being cut all over the place doesn't help. Sticking around starts to feel like a political choice sometimes. A totally worthwhile political choice.

Hurray about bigbang!! ai iz happy foar u!

OMG cute! He's just so fluffy.

How does his hair do that? I mean, it shouldn't be possible for human hair to achieve that many directions, and I don't care what kind of hair product you're using. Yet, paradoxically, it just makes me want to mess his hair up even more *g*

Finn is such a goof! One of his other odd/goofy/cute things is the exasperated sounds he makes when he wants you to throw his ball and you're not being quick enough about it... Sort of this "Ahhhnngg! Ahhnnngg!" (Throw it! Oh please please come on throw the damn ball!) sound.

There's a lot of that sort of rhetoric in CompLit, too, and the fact that it's a miniscule discipline being cut all over the place doesn't help. Sticking around starts to feel like a political choice sometimes. A totally worthwhile political choice.

Which is sad and frustrating, because doing what you like shouldn't have to be political, or have to be justified to family/friends (or family friends, in my case) who worry you're throwing away years of your life on an advanced degree that doesn't pay for itself in four years.

ai iz happy foar u!

o hai! i has a novel. let me show u it.

Totally agreement on the icon thing (though mostly I just delete them out of sheer embarassment). Also, I love those pictures of Joe, because my first thought with the first one was "coffee? Joe? the blazer look? ALL THINGS I LIKE!"

*falls over*

(though mostly I just delete them out of sheer embarassment)

There are definitely some I delete the second I finish, because it's clear they'll never turn into anything I'd willingly inflict on other people. There are some I wish I could remove from the web using a magic wand or something.

"coffee? Joe? the blazer look? ALL THINGS I LIKE!"

God's a good person :D

oh the icons thing, it scares me too! But then a part of me is glad that they took it, otherwise I never would've wanted to improve as an iconmaker.

Those photos are gorgeous! Where are they from? Is he just going about his day?

But then a part of me is glad that they took it, otherwise I never would've wanted to improve as an iconmaker.

Oh, definitely!

Those photos are gorgeous! Where are they from?

The SGA set, I think. There are rumors of an episode involving this very jacket/shirt combination :)

Did I read that correctly? It's from an episode? Where Ronon looks similarly snazzy?

*explodes and DIES*

He's too hot to exist, that man, I mean it. And you! First there's the slinky, and now Joe in a suit jacket? What are you trying to do, kill me? ;)

Did I read that correctly? It's from an episode? Where Ronon looks similarly snazzy?

Yes, yes you did. I think the world estrogen production will spike sharply the night that episode airs.

He's too hot to exist, that man, I mean it.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: NOT. FAIR.

What are you trying to do, kill me? ;)

*whistles innocently*

Ronon is civvies. Ok, I need to say that again. RONON IN CIVVIES. RONON IN A SUIT. I watched North Shore for nothing else but Jason Momoa, and now they'll put him in a suit? *ded*

IT IS NOT FAIR, GERO ET AL, NOT FAIR AT. ALL.

IT IS NOT FAIR, GERO ET AL, NOT FAIR AT. ALL.

They know their demographic perhaps too well, damn them.

Mmmm... one can only hope that someday they'll do what the SG-1 writers did as a nod to their Jack/Daniel shippers, and have John and Rodney actually mention something about the attraction between them. I would like that. *nods*

I don't know if it would be responsible for them to do that. I mean, we're talking squee with the power to destroy the world, if that ever happened. But I guess that's preferable to destroying the world with nuclear weapons.

And also, my brain cannot handle even the possibility. I'm trying to picture it and my mind just can't encompass it. It's just too big and wonderful and askfljk!

True, true. I wonder if we can ever even hope to hear Rodney call him John? I sort of hope it will be like in BtVS where the first on screen kiss between Tara and Willow was right after Joyce died in The Body.

It could just be simple, Siege type situation, except with added hugging. Like that thing

rasah wrote. Even that would make my brain asplode.

True, true. I wonder if we can ever even hope to hear Rodney call him John?

Again, the squee would be great. If I ever saw that, I would definitely have to be in a place with no other people around, otherwise I would explode with trying to keep in the incoherent shrieking and carrying on.

Though I have to say, Rodney calling him "Sheppard" is cute in its own way. He's progressed quite nicely from John's rank to his last name (S1: Major; S2: Major/Colonel, with some Sheppard thrown in; S3: Sheppard), so maybe this season we'll get John!

I haven't noticed the name thing, actually, just the fact that Rodney never calls him John, but that's pretty interesting. Although, I have to confess, I like the "Colonel". It's a nice word to say. And for me it's about respect -- I've written something similar about an original character who calls his 2IC "Lieutenant" almost as if it were a pet name, at the same time as it distances him from her a little bit.

But we can hope. I would have to make sure to never read or watch anything about it while my parents were at home, because I am quite certain I wouldn't be able to keep it down. Interesting really that the name-thing has become so big in fandom -- I wonder if the writers are aware of the effect it has?

I haven't noticed the name thing, actually, just the fact that Rodney never calls him John, but that's pretty interesting.

And he's the only person Rodney does that to! He calls Elizabeth, Carson, Teyla, Ronon, and Radek by their first names, but not John. I've always kind of wondered why, but if anyone's asked Gero, Hewlett, or anyone else, I haven't heard the answer. (Knowing them it would be something like "Does he do that? We hadn't noticed.")

I would have to make sure to never read or watch anything about it while my parents were at home, because I am quite certain I wouldn't be able to keep it down.

Yeah, I'd have to hole up in my room or else banish my housemate for the night because I honestly don't know if she would understand it if I rushed up to her, throttled her by her shirt, and shouted "OMG OMG HE CALLED HIM JOHN!!! DID YOU HEAR?! JOHN!!!!!"

I wonder if the writers are aware of the effect it has?

They're putting John in a suit jacket and collared shirt (possibly with said collar strategically unbuttoned). I think they're aware *g*

Somebody should tell them. Or maybe not. Knowing them, they'd cackle evilly every time they write the script. "John? Nonono, "Sheppard". Or better yet, "Colonel"." Maybe John's too macho to be called his given name. Like Lorne or Ford. Maybe it's a military thing.

I honestly don't know if she would understand it if I rushed up to her, throttled her by her shirt, and shouted "OMG OMG HE CALLED HIM JOHN!!! DID YOU HEAR?! JOHN!!!!!"

I know my family wouldn't understand. The only way I could get it out of my system would be Livejournal.

As for John's jacket? They're evil. I'm curious of what Rodney and Teyla will be donned in that episode, if John and Ronon get to wear suits. If Rodney also wears something similar, I will expire on the spot, I just know it. Too hotness in the same room.

Maybe John's too macho to be called his given name.

Though Elizabeth, Teyla, and Ronon all call him by his given name :D I think Carson called him by his rank, but I can't remember. Out of everyone who knows him, though, Rodney's the only one who calls John by his last name.

If Rodney also wears something similar, I will expire on the spot, I just know it.

Oh my God, I sprained my ovaries.

That is true. Gah, the labyrinthine trap that man's mind is! Rodney really is a lot more complicated and fascinating than you believe at first glance. Every time you think you've got him figured out, something else pops up and messes with your head -- I imagine that't the reason I love him so much. I wonder if that is John's reason as well.

Oh my God, I sprained my ovaries.

Yes, yes, totally yes! TOO MUCH HOTNESS IN ONE ROOM. Can you imagine Rodney (and John) in a tux? Especially the after-party kind, where the tie is loosened and the first few buttons opened, him looking kind of tired and worn around the eyes, looking somehow softer than what he usually does... oh, wow. I think I just melted my own brain.

Every time you think you've got him figured out, something else pops up and messes with your head -- I imagine that't the reason I love him so much.

He is a very odd person, isn't he? At first I thought maybe calling John by his rank or last name was a sign of respect, but then, 1.) This is Rodney we're talking about, who has the social subtlety of a tornado, and 2.) He also respects Elizabeth, but calls her by her first name. Some people have suggested he calls John by his last name to remind himself of professional distance, but sometimes I think he does it because it's one of the thousand things he does that he can't account for (and would get all flustered about if John ever asked him, or maybe say "At least I know your name, Colonel.") and has no basis in any known human logic. It's all Rodney logic, which is its own brand :D

Can you imagine Rodney (and John) in a tux? Especially the after-party kind, where the tie is loosened and the first few buttons opened, him looking kind of tired and worn around the eyes, looking somehow softer than what he usually does...

I'll be in my bunk. Yes. 'Scuse me. *hustles off*

Very, very odd. Plus the fact that he is a genius -- and isn't a genius somebody who literally knows everything about everything? I can't help thinking that Rodney probably has more talents than even he lets on, like... languages, or music, or... well, you get the drift. I mean, enough IQ points and you can pretty much do anything. And then it's the fact that he's incredibly honest in a way that most people are not. He's a horrible liar, and when people ask things of him, he will give them a straight answer, unless he thinks the question is too stupid to even dignify with one. There's just somethng about McKay, alright. Could be this is why I'm so much more fond of him than I ever was of equally- brilliant-but-more-well-adjusted Sam.

I'll be in my bunk. Yes. 'Scuse me. *hustles off*

Pretty picture, eh? Now, imagine that, and then imagine him bare feet, perhaps without the jacket and the sleeves rolled up. He does have great forearms, you know.

Did you hear that? My ovaries just exploded.

Oooh. Someone did ask Hewlett about it! David was a little 'really, he's never called him John?' And then went on to say something like, 'McKay just thinks of him as Sheppard' or something. Wish I could point you to the post, but I can't remember where I read it!

I'm still incoherant about Joe's hair. I don't think I'll ever get over it.

And then went on to say something like, 'McKay just thinks of him as Sheppard' or something.

But whyyyyy? *puts on whiny EngLit voice* Then again, Rodney probably does just think that way, and if you need an explanation, you probably won't be able to understand it *g*

I don't think I'll ever get over it.

Every time I think I have, I look and go all stupid again. *pathetic*

OMG, THE FIREWORKS. I share your pain, dude. Truly. *smites own neighbors*

Jooooooooeeee OMG. Between the hair and the lips and the coffee, I DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO SHARE/LICK/FLAIL FIRST.

Also, yay for ginormous fic almost being done! :D

Although I find them annoying, the fireworks aren't too bad for me--but they freak out one of the dogs (who is scared of EVERYTHING), and so I spend the rest of the night with a shaking dog in my lap.

Jooooooooeeee OMG.

Hey, that was the exact same sound I made! Sort of this long, drawn-out helpless keen.

Also, yay for ginormous fic almost being done!

I AM NOT HAVING BELIEF OF IT!

My God.

*is incoherent for a few ~~seconds~~ minutes*

*hyperventilates*

*takes asthma medicine*

*can breathe again*

That man is just so--

so--

so--

What is the right word for it?

So--

GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH.

*wipes drool of keyboard*

Thank you for posting that picture. You just made my day.

Also, I have the same feeling about my old icons. When I see them, I just want to reach in and-- I don't know-- fix them to make them look beautiful, instead of just-- you know-- dull.

*hugs*

OH MY GOD YOUR ICON. asfkjlf!!!! You don't happen to have the stock image for that, do you? I'm thinking of doing some of that good old fashioned picspam, and I would love to have something like... like that... to add in. Yeah. Oh, please please say you do!

What is the right word for it?

So--

GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH.

Yes, that would be about it. I wish I could become one with my computer monitor, I mean, just... Yes. Guh.

When I see them, I just want to reach in and-- I don't know-- fix them to make them look beautiful, instead of just-- you know-- dull.

I saw one yesterday and thought for a moment about emailing the person who was using it, asking her to remove it while I worked on a much, much better version, and I'd send the new one to her. It's kind of old, too--maybe even from my pre-

discolore days.

#2: Whenever I see someone using one of my older icons, I want to say "Oh my God, here, let me take that and make it less horrible. I'll give it back to you when it's decent." I just saw one of my really early cropping attempts and didn't know whether to laugh at myself, wince in horror, or rush off to see if I could remake it.

OH MY GOD, I'M NOT ALONE.

& ;-)

OH MY GOD, I'M NOT ALONE.

We're all in this together ;D

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