hey, y'all

1. ( cut for straight-up whining about my health )

2. Shot #2 kicked our asses on Saturday. Twelve hours after the shot my arm hurt so badly that it is the worst physical pain I've had outside childbirth. Which is, ah, saying something. Fortunately, the pain responded to tylenol which kicked it back to a manageable level. Both of us had fevers, body aches, and general tiredness on Sunday; I also had a terrible headache. Today, I'm still tired but pretty much fine. I'm still having the heightened neuropathy in my leg that started after the shot, and my arm still hurts a little (I've got a big, hot rash over the injection site), but I'm mostly fine. Josh is mostly fine now, too, but it took him a little longer to get that way than I did.

3. In other random news, I forgot to post about when I had the MRI. I found it strangely soothing and trancelike. It did not sound at all like the MRIs I remember from 25 years ago. Instead of a hammer beating on a metal drum, it sounded more like music to me; there were definitely tonal shifts and varying rhythms. It was oddly hypnotic. If I hadn't been worried about being completely still, I think I would have fallen asleep.

3. Have some awesome stuff to look at.

Thanks to amejisuto, I now know that Star Trek perfumes exist. I don't even know what to say about these, y'all. I mean Red Shirt? Pon Farr? Somebody did not think through the marketing strategy. *dies laughing*

Cuckoo Clocks by executrix
Blake's 7
Blake/Gan
This is full of all the hallmarks of executrix's writing: humor, spot-on dialogue, dangerous wit; it's extremely funny in places, and then it's very much not. Highly recommended.