ottersquee!

[aesc]

.quick reminder! Sweet Charity closes tomorrow, so if you would like something fannish or something handmade (or possibly both), head over and bid! I know a bunch of my flist is on there (telesilla, anatsuno, animotus, smilla02, semielliptical, and chandri, just to name few) and you can't go wrong with any of them. You can tell because of how I have been outbid on a few occasions *grumbles* Anyway, go here for graphics and here for fic and track me down under aesc--or track down anyone else--if you are so inclined ♥

Now, the real purpose of this post: OTTERS!



In other news: I got some pretty good and exciting news today about a project I've been working on (it could be a book! There might be something for me to do after my dissertation!), and it was so awesome and exciting I decided to do very little for the rest of the day.

Comments

[dovil.livejournal.com]

I AM DEAD FROM CUTE! I AM ZOMBIE TYPING FROM THE GRAVE!

it could be a book!

Your other news is absolutely fantastic, I think your coma day is deserved.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

OTTERS = NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF THE WALKING DEAD.

[ashkitty.livejournal.com]

Eee, cute otters!

Also now I've gone and made a Sweet Charity bid, hmph. ;)

What is this news, hm?

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Otters! So lithe and yet so fuzzy :D

And the news is, well, it's more conceptually good news :D I just finished working on a project that I thought would be a one-paper deal, but there's actually quite a bit more that needs to be said, and hasn't been said, on the subject, and the advisor suggested it would be a good book project :D

[ashkitty.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that is cool! It is exciting to realise you have something to say, and also that 800 people have not said it already. ;)

[ashkitty.livejournal.com]

Also, that's quite a price you're commanding on Sweet Charity. Wow. ;)

[insight2.livejournal.com]

Baby otters *squishes*.

Also a book?

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Misha with an otter would pretty much make me disintegrate, I think.

And yes, maybe a book! After years and years of work and finishing my dissertation and ten thousand other things :D :D But the thing I thought was going to be a one-off ended up having a lot more that needed to be done with it. It's always nice, making more work for myself :D

[insight2.livejournal.com]

how about misha's two turtles who hate each other? one of whom is named drydraluxalow.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

He had to refer to the text to remember the turtle's name!

Dammit, Misha, stop saying things like this. The next time I have to say refer to the text in a conference or classroom setting, I am going to totally giggle inappropriately and make an ass out of myself.

*hands*

(And TURTLES OH MY GOD.)

[spacemonkymafia.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I may have actually squealed when the picture came up. I love the little guy on the far right. It's like he's glaring at the world and can't figure out why everyone's just looking at him, smiling and making baby noises.

GUYS, SERIOUSLY, I'M FEROCIOUS.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I know! He's all I WILL CUT YOU JUST COME CLOSER. BEND DOWN YEAH THAT'S RIGHT.

Argh. OTTERS! So cute.

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

The otters! OMG I HAF DIED. That wee!otter glaring at the camera, ready to pounce because he is SO FEERCE. FIERCELY FIERCE. *growls*

Congratulations to you about the book! That is very exciting. *Very*

I thought about offering something handmade as well as writing. I only got to the latter, which might be good... I have a stack of baby blankets to knit!

[aesc.livejournal.com]

That is one vicious baby otter right there. He is DARING you to come closer so he can give you a demonstration of his vicious ninja otter skillz.

Congratulations to you about the book! That is very exciting.

Thank you!! Sadly, the congratulations will not be due for a while yet... It still needs to be written :D But the fact that there is a project. I mean, I had an idea! That no one else has thought of! The ideas are the hardest part of research and writing; the next hardest part is realizing that the totally awesome idea you just had has, in fact, been thoroughly studied by someone else. Close behind is the spine-knotting tension of praying that the totally awesome idea you just had hasn't been thoroughly studied by someone else.

(Fortunately, so far, I am in the clear. Now people just need to keep their grubby hands off it for the next several years.)

And ohhhhh baby blankets!!! Are any of them for sale, perchance, or are they all spoken for? A friend of mine is having a baby girl in July and I just realized I should probably find something adorable for her.

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

He is DARING you to come closer so he can give you a demonstration of his vicious ninja otter skillz.

Yez. And if you were to put your pointer finger on his forehead to help keep just out of reach of the ninja skillz... he'd totally bite ya.

I shall keep my fingers crossed for you! You shall have friends circled around you to hold your hand and talk you through, and cheerlead, and I am sure that you will find totally awesome things with your totally awesome idea that have not been thoroughly studied yet. You will!

I have to get two of the blankets done for soon-to-be born babies, but the others I have planned are for already born babes, so if you're interested, a blanket knitting could be arranged. We'll talk :)

[let-fate-decide.livejournal.com]

OMG THEY ARE SO CUTE!

[aesc.livejournal.com]

THEIR TINY EARS. I cannot get over that :D

[let-fate-decide.livejournal.com]

bweeeee. LOOKIT ALL THEIR WITTLE WHISKERS! I just want to pet them over and over and over... etc.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

You'd better watch out for the little one, though... he will totally pwn you :D

[let-fate-decide.livejournal.com]

With his astounding powers of cuteness? Oh god. I'm doomed.

Also, LOL at your icon. om nom nom nom.

[olympia-m.livejournal.com]

great news about the book project! congratulations!!! :)

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Of course, the book has to be written, which is another thing (and another many years of work) altogether ;)

[olympia-m.livejournal.com]

if they give you funding while you do the research, then... believe me, congratulations are due! :):)

[elderwitty]

Congrats on the post dissertation activities!

The otter on the right, let's call him Rodney, would like to remind you that he is related to skunks and if you get too close he can stink on you. What? No, he can't squirt like a skunk....and he doesn't want to, either. Where's the fun in that? He wants to apply it himself by grabbing you with his cute deadly claws and gnawing your knuckles with his sharp actually pretty sharp teeth. So, BEWARE!!! He is cute-ing merely to lull you.

His icon friends? Have spurs.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

That is a very McKay-like expression, you're right :D :D And I'm sure Rodney!otter would do precisely what you say, and enjoy every second of it. And, paradoxically, he would be adorable while maiming his victims.

[elderwitty]

And, paradoxically, he would be adorable while maiming his victims.

Which is why Sheppard!sea leopard pup fell for him in the first place.

Now someone just needs to write that. :)

[aesc.livejournal.com]

dogeared has written sea lion!boys that is incredibly adorable :D

[elderwitty]

EEEEeeeeEEEEeeEEeEeEeEEEEEeee!! :makes thread-appropriate dolphin noises:

I went, I read, I rolled around in her journal for a couple of hours. Time well spent. Thanks!

[azmari.livejournal.com]

OMG! Otters how cute!!!!! SQUEE......

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Few things are cuter than baby otterz :D

[animotus.livejournal.com]

Awww so cute,so so so much!♥
And congrats for your project,you must be very flattered and proud...and excited right?

You're so cute,just like those otters!Thank you for pimping me!
So many generous souls uh?All the artists I wanted to bid on are expensive...VERY expensive!Like 170 Pounds expensive!And you are too!And I hate to be outbidded,it's like a punch in the face you know?*makes sad face*
We'll see,the real battle still has to come!;D
P.s.Thanks for bidding on me!;D

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Yayyy otters!! They are much cuter than my project, but I am pretty excited about it nonetheless :D :D (Alas, it is not a book-length analysis of Dean and Castiel *sigh* :D)

[twincy.livejournal.com]

BABY OTTERS. ♥

And yay gainful future plans!

[aesc.livejournal.com]

SO TINY AND FUZZY!!!!

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

OTTERS!

I just want to ::smoosh:: them - especially that one in the front that's looking a bit grumpy ::grin::

[aesc.livejournal.com]

The grumpy otter is unbelievably cute. Don't be grumpy, little otter! You're adorable!

[less-star.livejournal.com]

Yay, book project!

And awwwwwwww!!! baby otters! Seriously, this made my day. There's nothing like looking at an adorably grumpy little otter when you're miserable at work. I'm now convinced that this is Ronon, John and Rodney after they failed to listen to Teyla and touched something/insulted the otter high priest. John is indulging is physical contact and Rodney is making his displeasure known. Teyla is explaining to Woolsey that it's temporary while trying to look innocent. ...in my defense, I was really miserable at work.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

OTTERS! (Oh man, I've been at my computer so long my fingers have forgotten how to type...)

[lilyfarfalla.livejournal.com]

OMG, baby otters!!!