How's that working out for you?

[trinityofone]

Just now, in the kitchen:

Aidan: How's your gay thing going? [He likes to refer to the slash paper, which I bravely told him about, as "your gay thing." Boys. *g*]
Me: I finished it and turned it in!
Aidan's tarty, too-much-eyeshadow friend: Oh, you're American. How's that working out for you?
Aidan: *laughs* You mean, as opposed to all the other nationalities she's tried?
My brain: Yes, dump her slutty ass! You and I can get a heterosexual thing going!
Me: Fine.

I'm actually not sure if she's really his girlfriend, but I've decided I don't care. I'm going to keep flirting with him whenever our paths cross, even if some of those times are like last night, when I went to make tea after I got back from Boyne Valley and treated him to the very special experience of wind-swept hair and boots that smelled like sheep poo. (Dude, for all the times I was told that Tara is a Highly Sacred Place, they sure let a lot of livestock crap on it.) He's still talking to me, though, so that's a plus.

Another plus: some wonderful, generous, anonymous soul bought me a year of paid time and extra userpics! Thank you so much, mystery person! (You got me through my undermistletoe panic today. Really.)

Also, slodwick made me another gorgeous cover, this time for We Have Lingered. [Reminder: spoilers for 'Grace Under Pressure.'] Looky!



I still can't look at that without getting chills. Wow.

(She also drew, like, a billion adorable sketches. Including this one, for me.)

Y'know, I was gonna say some other stuff--and it was all really deep, too--but actually, I'm sleeeeeeepy now, so yeah, that'll have to be your full dose of me for today. I'm sure you'll live. ;-)

Comments

[wychwood]

...wow. That cover is amazing.

*runs away to fangirl madly*

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

The cover is better than the story. I'm kinda ashamed.

...Actually, no. Just gleeful. GLEE!

[wychwood]

Pshah, the story was great too, you know this :) But the cover, yeah, that's a gorgeous piece of work. And impresses me more directly, I suppose, because I sometimes try and play with graphics myself, whereas fic is totally beyond me.

not sure if this is a present or a request

[bluebunnyhug.livejournal.com]

first off, I love your writing- it sticks in my brain all day. anyway I've noticed you are usually inspired by song/poetry lyrics and I thought you might find some use with these: (or you can mock them to your little hearts content)

February always finds you folding
local papers open to the faces
passed away to wonder what their holding
in those hands were never shown the places
formal photographs refuse to mention
his tiny feet, that birthmark on her knee
the tyranny of framing our attention
with all the eyes their eyes no longer see

and darkness comes to early
you wont find, the many things you owe these latest dead
that borrowed book, that cheque you didn't sign
the tools to be believed with, be beloved
give what you can to keep to comfort this, plain fear you
can't extinguish or dismiss

John K. Sampson (The Weakerthans)
I just feel like their is a story in this, but not one that I can write

Re: not sure if this is a present or a request

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful; thank you so much for sharing it! I'm not sure what, if anything, will come of it, but it's always good to have interesting things beating around in my brain--as you say, songs and poems are frequently inspiration for me. So I really appreciate your adding to the pot, and saying such kind things about my work. *hugs*

Re: not sure if this is a present or a request

[bluebunnyhug.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it, whether you get a chance to use it or not.
cheers!

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

It's like nature's aphrodisiac, right? Maybe I should go scuff my shoes in a path from his door to mine...

[caseymae.livejournal.com]

I love your brain. And I have to say, the artwork pretty much rocks.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

My brain is so much cooler than the rest of me. Or my id is, anyway. It's plotting to kill my superego as we speak.

slodwick is amazing. I'm still in awe. *happy sigh*

[randomeliza.livejournal.com]

Hee. I think I like Aidan. You totally need to keep flirting with him. Because girls who wear too much eyeshadow deserve to be dumped by their not-boyfriends.

Yay for sheep. They make the countryside marginally more interesting.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Katrina was obsessed with the sheep. She kept taking pictures of them. When she sends me the photos in a few days, I would not be surprised if every picture has some sort of sheep-part in it. Like some sort of bizarre Where's Waldo?

Flirting is good. If I keep this up, the conversations Aidan and I have about his trumpet will hopefully become more and more euphemistic. *eg*

[lordelessar.livejournal.com]

Anna flirts with guy.
Guy flirts with Anna.
Daniel cheers for Anna.

:-D

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Wow, it is almost a haiku of horniness! Hurrah!

[ilgattopardo.livejournal.com]

Aidan's tarty, too-much-eyeshadow friend
Jealous much, hmm? Don't worry, just keep working on getting that hetero thing going. By the way, from your pithy description, Aidan's friend sounds Greek...

You reminded me of the other reason I was so unexcited by Tara (and a lot of other "really really important and sacred places" in Ireland): they're just a bunch of fields full of nothing but cowpats and sheep shit.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Jealous? Moi?

Well, yes.

Why does she sound Greek? Should I ask her how being Greek is working out for her?

they're just a bunch of fields full of nothing but cowpats and sheep shit.

Well, there were also...mounds. And a stone! The Stone of Destiny! I didn't know what it was, and I posed leaning against it and giving the camera the finger. Um, oops?

[ilgattopardo.livejournal.com]

Why does she sound Greek? Should I ask her how being Greek is working out for her?

First question: well, let's see... "tarty, too much eye-shadow", Amerophobic... that covers most of the bases! (Seriously, you just need to see some Greek television to realize what I'm talking about, if you never make it over here in person... If access to satellite telly is a problem, as I'm guessing it might be, then just hold on for the Eurovision Song Contest in May. You MUST watch this event in any case, but the point about this year's contest is that Greece, as reigning champions, will be hosts.)

Second question: Probably not, unless you fancy explaining the connection to her...

The Stone of Destiny! I didn't know what it was

I'll let you into a dirty secret: most archaeologists don't know WTF they're talking about, they just Make Shit Up to tell whatever (nationalist/self-glorifying/self-promotional) story happens to best fit their preconceived ideas. Complete absence of any form of evidence, never mind proof, for their crazy interpretations is no impediment whatsoever. So, although I know very little about Prehistoric Ireland (how do I not know my own Heritage?!? let's see, did I want to study mounds, sheep shit and a Stone... or the Pantheon?), I'm guessing that the Stone of Destiny is no such thing...