.post of random: space/artword, poll, Finn

[aesc]

Yes, post of random!

The next challenge is up at artword, and is ASTRONOMY, inspired by NASA's photos of the day. In the manner of cosmic matter into a black hole, I have been sucked into the archives and have spent a lot of time wishing for a spaceship, and remembering when I wanted to be an astronomer.

Living in central Florida as I did, NASA was a big part of my life--lots of field trips, and shuttles or rockets going up were always news. My first clear memory of joy or tragedy beyond my family was when Challenger exploded in 1986; I can very clearly recall standing in the kitchen, watching the shuttle break apart on our tiny TV, and realizing this was something way past my previous experiences. My dream for the future is to live in a place with no light pollution, and a telescope. (Which explains a bit of why I wrote this for mcsmooch.)

Speaking of writing, as dogeared knows quite well, I'm working on the Epic Gay Seafaring Love of Viking!John and Monk!Rodney. It clocks in at 27,000 words, and with the entire plot roughed out, I'm on pace to finish it in a few weeks/a month. A couple parts are completely finished already. I've never posted something this ginormous before (BigBang doesn't count), so I was wondering how people like really long fic posted. Hence, POLL:

[Poll #1298150]

Also, I just took this and I love my silly black dog:



dogeared points out that Finn is asking "Whut r u doin?"

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[grammarwoman]

Story! New story from aesc! Nothing can be bad about this - unless you parcel it up into itty-bitty chunks and make us wait for more! (I may have strong opinions about being teased like that.)

My dog has a few favorite positions, and one of them is the top of the stairs. I think she needs to get as many lines of sight at once as she can.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Finn usually likes to hang out where he can most effectively spy on the neighborhood and keep an eye on me... Typically, that's his chair across from my desk. Every now and then, though, when he feels I should go to bed so he can curl up with me, he goes upstairs and lies down in the hallway, where it's dark and I can trip over him :D