So I was really depressed and inclined to be negative and see everything as negative, and was considering eating worms. So I thought I'd take a step back, which is almost impossible to do while still maintaining gchat to talk to Nenya. So I did end up interacting with a pile of people.
I was allowed to go back to work a week ago Monday, which has been really nice, and has improved my mood immensely. I also assisted a couple medievacs, and made the news with one (because the Air Force guys like to ensure their funding by filing a press release for every single rescue they ever do, which is something I've never, ever done. Also, they're being dramatic, as they had at least half a mile of vis).
I'm getting back into writing, which is good, currently working on a Highlander fic, but then will turn my attention back to things Steve/Tony.
Random fact about Steve's backstory: Depending on how old you think Steve is, up until his early to mid teens, movies were a lot different than we think of old movies being. There wasn't really an enforced rating system until mid 1934, so all kinds of things were got up to on the silver screen. Check out this post for more details. Next time you're writing about Steve's reaction to modern cinema, read up on Pre-Code Movies first.
I'm reading Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail by Piven and Cloward. It's oldish, from the '70s, and very academic, but very interesting so far. It proposes to cover labour rights movements in the Depression, post-war union movements, the Civil Rights movement, and the welfare reform movement.
Just finished Cold Fire by Kate Elliott, which had fantastic world building but an extremely tiresome will they won't they romance plot that made me want to hit everyone involved with a bored, and the heroine basically did nothing until the last thirty pages. I keep reading this series in the hope that someday Cat will be proactive. So far it's been either reaction or miss-fired action that turned out to be other people manipulating her all the way. Maybe next book. Yes, I will read next book because the world and politics are so fantastically drawn, and the characters have so much potential. If they actually live up to it, book three will be amazing.
Read a bunch of comics, and no particular comment save that the last comic in the Ellis run of Secret Avengers sucked balls, but the penultimate one was amazing, Batwoman and Stormwatch ain't what they used to be but are still well worth reading, and Saucer Country, Astonishing X-Men and Daredevil still rock my socks. Still need to catch up on Demon Knights, Ult Spidey and Green Arrow.
Going to town shortly for doctors' follow ups and to drag Nenya to the Vancouver Island Music Fest
Still watching Continuum, which is still the best show on right now. I'm sad that it's only in Canada though. \o/ Canadian TV! /o\ no one else watches it and it has no fandom!
Oh, and Nenya's doing Babylon 5 recs over at![[livejournal.com profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
crack_van this month, so be sure to check those out.
I was allowed to go back to work a week ago Monday, which has been really nice, and has improved my mood immensely. I also assisted a couple medievacs, and made the news with one (because the Air Force guys like to ensure their funding by filing a press release for every single rescue they ever do, which is something I've never, ever done. Also, they're being dramatic, as they had at least half a mile of vis).
I'm getting back into writing, which is good, currently working on a Highlander fic, but then will turn my attention back to things Steve/Tony.
Random fact about Steve's backstory: Depending on how old you think Steve is, up until his early to mid teens, movies were a lot different than we think of old movies being. There wasn't really an enforced rating system until mid 1934, so all kinds of things were got up to on the silver screen. Check out this post for more details. Next time you're writing about Steve's reaction to modern cinema, read up on Pre-Code Movies first.
I'm reading Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail by Piven and Cloward. It's oldish, from the '70s, and very academic, but very interesting so far. It proposes to cover labour rights movements in the Depression, post-war union movements, the Civil Rights movement, and the welfare reform movement.
Just finished Cold Fire by Kate Elliott, which had fantastic world building but an extremely tiresome will they won't they romance plot that made me want to hit everyone involved with a bored, and the heroine basically did nothing until the last thirty pages. I keep reading this series in the hope that someday Cat will be proactive. So far it's been either reaction or miss-fired action that turned out to be other people manipulating her all the way. Maybe next book. Yes, I will read next book because the world and politics are so fantastically drawn, and the characters have so much potential. If they actually live up to it, book three will be amazing.
Read a bunch of comics, and no particular comment save that the last comic in the Ellis run of Secret Avengers sucked balls, but the penultimate one was amazing, Batwoman and Stormwatch ain't what they used to be but are still well worth reading, and Saucer Country, Astonishing X-Men and Daredevil still rock my socks. Still need to catch up on Demon Knights, Ult Spidey and Green Arrow.
Going to town shortly for doctors' follow ups and to drag Nenya to the Vancouver Island Music Fest
Still watching Continuum, which is still the best show on right now. I'm sad that it's only in Canada though. \o/ Canadian TV! /o\ no one else watches it and it has no fandom!
Oh, and Nenya's doing Babylon 5 recs over at
crack_van this month, so be sure to check those out.