A Safe Place to Fall

Stolen from George Takei's FB 

Hope you're all having a great April 1st.

Hi Everybunny! Just wanted to thank everyone for there well-wishes on my day of days, yesterday. I had a very nice day that included a free oil change (thanks to a coupon from my dealership) and a pretty positive visit to my tax guy (love him) resulting in me getting a refund big enough to pay off my debt to one of my sisters (the other one is just stuck with me and my cat) and pay for my COBRA health coverage for two months.

Which will come in handy as they are cutting back hours at my job due to the company not meeting sales goals.

BUT- More good news. My sister has talked to folks where she works part time and they told me to fill out an application (I did) and they called to ask me to come in on Monday for an interview. So, HOPEFULLY, they will hire me and I'll be able to coordinate the schedules between the jobs to get 40 hours. Won't qualify me for either one of their health plans, but at least the pay will help me afford the COBRA payments which I can be on for another several months.

Oh~ And another cool thing I received for my Birthday: my Niece burned me copies of Season 2 of BBC's Sherlock. I finished watching yesterday and...OH! I have so many feelings about it! Such a wonderful series. Those boys are so perfect together.

Also went out with Sister and BIL for Mexican last night. Yummers. Had the leftovers for lunch today at work. Still good.

BTW- has anyone been watching CKR on The Firm? I've been enjoying the opportunity to see him on my screen again each week. On the fence about the show itself, but it seems to be getting good. I do like the relationship between Callum's character and his brother. And he gets to be clever and I like that. And his character's name is Ray. RAY!!! Yes~ And....he has aged so beautifully. God. I love him.

So that's really all I have to say. Just wanted to keep you posted about the Birthday and other happenings. Thanks for listening. I'll reward you with pretty pictures now (shamelessly stolen...er...BORROWED from here and Tumbler & Twitter)...


( Pics this way...if the cut works )

This vidder captures the crazy of Moriarty's obsession with Sherlock and features a great song by a cool artist whom I saw perform, live, this past year: Jonathan Coulton. Shout out to my niece Andrea (who introduced me the the genius that is Coulton)

Lots of spoilers from Season 2 of Sherlock (if you're trying to avoid those)

I admit I teared up. Sue me.

( Pretty )
Trying this using HTML this time. Here goes nothing

I saw this and thought of buggrit... I guess I never knew that Picard enjoyed slash fic. Your results:
You are Jean-Luc Picard

Jean-Luc Picard 75% Will Riker 65% Deanna Troi 60% Uhura 45% Geordi LaForge 45% Data 44% James T. Kirk (Captain) 40% Leonard McCoy (Bones) 40% Worf 40% An Expendable Character (Redshirt) 35% Spock 27% Chekov 25% Beverly Crusher 25% Mr. Scott 20% Mr. Sulu 15%

A lover of Shakespeare and other fine literature. You have a decisive mind and a firm hand in dealing with others.

Click here to take the Star Trek Personality Test

Anybody else having trouble over there. The site started being tetchy (for me) last night. This morning can't seem to connect at all. Guess I've got no excuse to be late for work then...

I promised a couple weeks back that I'd post a fic by request for folks who sponsored me on my upcoming MS Walk.
HBB stepped up, once again this year, and requested something about Heyes' smile. This is what she gets. Well, this and my deep gratitude for her support in my various endeavors.




 

His Smile…

 

 

( Cowboy smiles this way... )

 

Okay. After reading everyone else’s choices the past couple days, I decided I’d try my hand at this. HBB, not surprisingly, came up with the loveliest dilemma for me to ponder.
 
Illya
RayK
Dean
 
Seriously? I mean, wow.
 
I decided to go with my first inclinations on this one. Because once you start thinking and re-thinking you can hurt you wee brain.

 
( More pics and stuff this way... )

Wherein the Winchester boys (and their angels) meet up with some of the portrayers of their fictional childhood heroes. This week, its Joe Penney and Perry King. That's right. Of Riptide fame. This could be read as a follow up to the piece I wrote about the Impala/Torino, but either story could stand on its own.

I should admit, here, that I haven't actually purchased the Riptide DVDs (but plan too, soon), so I don't feel comforatable writing for the fictional characters yet. This fic was largely inspired by this youtube vid of Joe and Perry on Merv Griffin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZSr6gkJL9c

After watching Joe's body language and noting the discomfort in his responses to questions about his supposed 'lady friend' I made up a little scenario of his unrequited love for Perry in my head. I also read some speculation on the internet that his dating of  particular sexpot of the late 80s was just all for his image and she was really just a beard.

I will have to post in 2 parts because LJ hates me (kidding. about the hating part).

So without further ado, I give you...

Changing Tides (because I suck at titles)

 

Changing Tides

 

 

( Part One )