All the RomCom of Qi Xi

My life is a soap opera. On December 5th, I had a minor accident, making my record 10 car accidents not my fault. Basically, some dude attempted a left turn from the straight ahead lane right in front of me. Only, instead of continuing his turn, he stopped dead. On a green light. Fucker. So I dented my hood. Got a call today from the shop that it's been at since that the adjuster FINALLY came out and wants to total my car. I cannot afford to do that. UGH.

But it gets better. I was in a rental since 12/5. However, on Monday night, I had ANOTHER car accident. This one totaled my rental car. I was heading west in the straight-ahead lane when a fucker made a left turn in front of me. I had the rightaway but he decided to tag along on a dude that was cutting it really close. I was going about 45 mph and ended up with a broken right ankle, a broken middle toe on my left foot, major chest pains, bone bruises on all my ribs and my sternum, a torqued right hip, a torqued right knee, a torqued right wrist. My hips are also shredded from the seatbelt.

I need surgery on my ankle, which I find out tomorrow how bad my surgery will be. I will either need a pin, a plate, or a plate AND a pin. I basically broke my tibia where the little stickyout bit on your inner ankle is. I spent 7 hours in the ER on Monday and liveblogged it for the poor people that follow me on Twitter. They now allow smartphones in the ER. Guess I don't need to pretend to be the nanny anymore? :P

I'm on percoset which keeps making me dizzy but isn't doing much for my ankle. The break wasn't too awful comparatively until I got home from hospital on Monday when I wacked it against concrete. That was followed up by my dad tripping over my foot the next day.

I'm somehow supposed to be using crutches except for the fact that I have a broken toe on my "good foot" and no chest muscles. I can't even wash my own hair. It's the little things you miss, you know? So humbling not to be able to shower without assistance. My mum had to wash my hair. My sister has to lift me in and out of bed. I can barely hobble into the loo.

All this aside, I'm better off than I could've been. There was a dude that OD'd next to me in hospital. Then there was a dude that was airlifted into hospital that was bleeding out across the hall from me. So, in the scheme of things, I'm better than I could've been. Honestly, the worst part (besides the throbbing ankle) is that I was stuck in a neck brace for over 5 hours and I wasn't allowed to pee for 6 hours. I was pretty shocky that first night so the pain didn't really register.

The lolarious part is that they actually had to pry my phone out of my hand to treat me. I freaked when they put it out of reach. Poor nurses having to deal with freaking out wook :( I feel awful for them. My mum stayed with me and did a great job holding it together. She only cried once. I guess I looked pretty bad at first.

The best part is that I've been inundated with lots of love, some from very unexpected sources. Coworkers at both jobs have sent flowers and stuff. If only they would send frozen Snickers bars :P

Anyway, I could use some good thoughts out into the universe because, srsly, I am having the worst karma ever right now.

My fucking puss-sack little nephews got me sick. I can't even swallow, my throat is too sore. I'm completely congested, coughing, sneezing and have watery eyes. *shakes impotent fist of rage*

At work, we've started to receive resumes for the open position in my office. One resume, so far, takes the cake. It states: when you hire me, I expect higher pay because I have to work with you dog killers. I'm sorry but wtf? Multiple problems with this. 1.) WHEN?! Way to assume, buddy. 2.) Salary demands already? and 25 bucks an hour? For a part time entry level position? 3.) Dog Killers? Way to insult the reviewing/hiring people.

The sad bit, this looks to be a real resume and a real application. I called their previous employer (been unemployed since 2007, gee, I wonder why) and they said this guy is for real, he's this psycho (not in those words but as close as they could be without risking a lawsuit).

*puts on trash pile*

The first day the resumes were being accepted was yesterday. We received 40 resumes. For a part time position that pays 10/hour. 40. Now I know the economy is in the crapper as the previous two times we opened this job up (at least once a year for the past 5 years), we've gotten maybe 5 resumes each time. And that's when the position was full-time with benefits.

Final rec post from hp_yule_balls from me. I couldn't rec these before the reveals as I knew who the authors were and, in one case, I beta'd the story. I always feel a bit squirmy rec'ing a fic I beta'd. IDK why but I do.

Where the Dandelion Meets the Dirt. I helped beta this fic and, let me tell you, it got me from the beginning. The structure is unique and the story is interesting and grippy. You'll be at the end before you know it and you'll wonder where the time went. chaeldub does a wonderful job with Dean/Seamus and it's worth a look. There's a touch of het. Please leave some love for him if you enjoyed the story. :D.

The Fall (Teddy/James II) I'm not a big fan of Next Gen. Most of the time, they read like OCs (or mini H/D and why would I settle for mini H/D when I can have the adult version?) and not in a good way. This fic contains quite a few squicks of mine, as well. I'm really NOT into teacher/student. I really hate the teacher dom'ing the student. I'm not a fan of PWP and I'm obviously not a fan of next gen. But - this fic hits all the right buttons for me or was just what I wanted to read when I read it. There is a smidge of a plot that ties the PWP together in just the right fashion. The sex furthers the story instead of the story being there to tie the sex together. That's erotica done right and I found myself ignoring the teacher/student vibes and concentrating on the fact that they're friends outside of Hogwarts and from before they were teacher/student. Please leave some love for gryffindor_j.

In other news - anathema91 will be here soon omg. a;lsdfkjadsf;ljk I'm srsly all aflail over this development. I cannot wait until she gets here. PLUS - because my dad changed his departure date, she has to sleep with me for a couple of nights. *leers and plots on how to take advantage*

In other other news - I've been messaging back and forth with someone on okcupid. best_of_five made me sign up for it months ago. Since then, I've been messaged by an older couple looking for a threesome baby!machine, pervy old guys from India and Pakistan, people looking for a mama for their children and a wide variety of other ickysquicky people. However, this guy isn't all that unattractive (he's sort of cute in his photos. IDK, we'll see if I ever volunteer to meet him in person), thinks AZ Prop 102 was ridiculous and has an eduction that might just lead him somewhere. So, we'll see. However, he did admit to spitting in someone's drink when he was waiting tables and, um, ew.

In other x3 news, I've had rampant nosebleeds since last Tuesday. However, I bought a humidifier as the air has been so dry and now I'm congested (again) instead of bleeding. IDK which one is worse :/.

In fandom news - Sign-ups are still going on at hd_worldcup and we could use more artists and Epilogue lovers. Sign up Here! There are still plenty of spots available!

ETA: Um, I'm Sort of up for Story of the Year at The Quidditch Pitch for Memories as a Teacup. Huh. That's cool :D

Dear Anonymous,

ILU.

Love,
me

See my underwear dancing guy? He's BACK!!!!!!!! You can thank anonymous for that lovely dancing guy. *LOVES MORE* I totally didn't post about the missing the icons thing because I was hitting someone up for paid time or anything but I'm not letting you take it back *gimme hands towards icons again*

Anyone heard of Ellora's Cave? Thoughts, feelings?

I neglected to pimp my gift at hpvalensmut which I totally thought I had. I blame exhaustion.I also hope that the artist forgives me. Making up by Anonymous FOR NOW and it's Dean/Seamus. It's a funny cute sketchy sort of artwork that has voyeur!owls, a nod to Dean/Luna, fighting, make-up kissing and sex and loads and loads of possessive MINES and KISSES. Did I mention there was kissing? Cause there is. I'm in love with this as it's a really fun piece. Go heap love on the artist, plz?

Valentine's Day was a day filled with good news all around. I don't give a piss about Valentine's Day as I feel it's a made up holiday marketed merely to make people spend money to prove something that they should show on a daily basis or make single people feel awful because they're single. I'm blissfully single, especially after the last dating debacle. Instead, I had a brilliant lunch, fantastically productive meetings with my coworkers (unlike Wednesday's meetings), and an awesome Philly cheesesteak where the owner gave me strawberries because I'm cute *BEAMS*.

rs_games is looking to be fun. hd_worldcup is going along swimmingly. Am awaiting the flood of entries for slashfest because omg, so many outstanding stories.

I'm rather inspired by this remus/sirius artwork as it's so lovely. Someone convince me to write what's due instead? Plz?

Had a vet visit for Cisco and Nala today. Cisco has a growth in his inner thigh that the vet suspects is cancerous (she gave me 50/50 odds). ( cut to spare the uninterested )

I know this is going to sound harsh but - I also do NOT want to hear "my dog had cancer and this is what happened" scenarios. I've seen animals with cancer. I've had animals with cancer. I know what it can mean. Seriously, just keep him in your thoughts and that's enough.

Ugh, tired and cranky and sick. Why did I have to be born female and with ill-working girl bits?

Anyway - went out with a friend last night. You might remember Cobra girl. We finally reconciled and hit a few bars on 4th Avenue. It was alright, she didn't bite anyone so that's an improvement, right?

Watched most of the Live Earth concert that was broadcast and I have to say that the dude that got to hold Lenny Kravitz's ass in Rio was one lucky motherfucker. I want that, dammit!

Am going to go see OotP with shygryf on Wednesday. Made the decision that as her car isn't running and I have to work on Wednesday, that it'd just be better to go after work. After watching a few videos that kaalee linked, I have no faith that Seamus will be in it all that much nor will he have an opportunity to join the DA simply due to Devon's interview where he says Seamus disappears at the end. Alfie, however, did say that he was going to check out fictionalley so, um, good luck, Alfie. Hope you don't mind seeing Dean and Seamus hooking up. I know I don't.

rpg_prophet is coming back with a new look. We'd taken an unplanned hiatus and, thus, have reorganized. If you watch rpgs and/or rp, you can help! Add a suggestion for discussion topics or suggest a game to have an in-depth feature. If you rp - write a letter to Luna asking for advice. She's just like Hints from Heloise, Dear Abby or Ann Landers.

( more on live earth, recycling and associated topics )

( on a more personal note )

I have a post about spoilers written but it's at work so expect some psuedo-meta on that possibly tomorrow.

How are all of you?

I'm just going to be overly emotional here so, err, I flocked this but...

omg. Seriously. I love you guys so very very much there is just no way I can express it sufficiently.

You know how they say that when you're life sucks the most there is always a bright light somewhere? I didn't really believe it, I have to admit. However, I totally have gotten that today from you all.

( my day and why... )

So you all, thank you so much for brightening a craptacular month for me. I'm sorry that I've been cranky and ranty and complaining and whinging. I've been a horrible friend and I haven't been commenting like I wanted and I've been avoiding everyone on the messengers and everything.