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1. I have had an awful migraine this week; the temperatures were in the 80s last week and now they're in the 20s. Weather changes are one of my migraine triggers. Also, I don't think Ubrelvy is as effective as Nurtec, but my insurance won't cover Nurtec anymore. I mostly feel okay today, though, so hopefully the migraine won't flair back up again and is actually gone.

2. an eye for an by pukner
Stranger Things
Steve/Eddie
This is a deliciously dark and fucked up story. No HEA here.

3. I'm a little more than 100 pages into Stranger Things fic sorted by kudos. Some more trivia:

There's been a teensy, tiny bit of Nancy/Steve sprinkled throughout, but the majority of the het is background Lucas/Max and or Mike/El with a major slash pairing, Chrissy/Eddie, and Steve/Nancy/Jonathan.

Once I hit about page 70, I started seeing a lot of alpha/beta/omega fic; they were very few and far between before that.

4. Somebody needs to make a Stranger Things vid to The Barenaked Ladies song "Grade 9."

1. The move began today. Our friend Peter, a former colleague, has a trailer and is helping Josh move Tom. They just arrived at the TN apartment an hour ago. It doesn't feel real yet, but it will.

2. I think I mentioned that I had my antibodies checked and that I had gotten those lab results in; they are normal, so I'm not being accidentally glutened, yay! I also had a bone density scan, and today I found out I've got normal bone density, so no osteopenia/porosis.

3. Steddie rec:

Good Ol' Fashioned Sexuality Crisis during the Apocalypse by words_reign_here
Stranger Things
Steve/Eddie + canon pairings
OMG so wonderful. Stories like this are my catnip.

4. Your latest trivia re: Strangers Things fanfic:

I'm at page 68 of fanfic sorted by kudos, and I've only encountered three reader fics (which completely surprises me; I thought they'd be more prevalent).

Almost every fic on these 68 pages is Steve/Eddie. There's some Steve/Billy, some Mike/Will, some Nancy/Robin, and a fair amount of gen, but it's 85% Steve/Eddie, which really truly surprises me. Not complaining; just surprised.

Lots of Eddie is a vampire fic.

5. Plot Bunny:

There's a fair amount of Eddie is a ghost fic, but I would love to see a story modeled on that old YA book, The Ghosts of Departure Point, where both Eddie and Steve are ghosts. I keep being tempted to write it, but I'm not going to. I'd have to watch the series again because at this point I have no idea what's ubiquitous fanon and what actually happened in the show. LOL

1. I got a postcard from sweettartheart and a wonderful Galentine's Day mug from amejistuo! It's so pretty, Ame. I love it.

That's kind of it. Love y'all.

1. I am still reading an ungodly amount of Stranger Things fic, and y'all it's so funny reading through the fandom sorted by kudos. I'm on page 23 now, and it's killing me how many of the writers for this fandom are clearly British. It's all boot and mum and maths. Like an overwhelming preponderance that is frankly bizarre by numbers. Also, the punctuation of dialogue is a crime against humanity. So much

"I am very metal." Said Eddie. "Why yes you are metal, my doe-eyed sweetheart." Replied Steve.

And this atrocious punctuation occurs in otherwise excellent stories--good, plotty, angsty, wonderful stories. I have learned to just let my eyes slide right over it and quell the urge to grab a red pen.

Everyone has doe eyes. So many pet names. LOL

2. Josh's dad has found an apartment. He's moving in on February 15. It doesn't feel real. There's still a lot to do to get him there.

3.
Chronically Magickal: Navigating Chronic Illness with Witchcraft by Danielle Dionne

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This contains a lot of practical, hands-on information about what witchcraft actually looks like. Reading books that are more about the history or the cultural context didn't give me a good idea of what practicing witchcraft on a daily basis would actually look like, but this book is very helpful for envisioning that.



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4. ETA: I talked to my parents earlier this week for the first time since Christmas; I called because it was my mom's birthday. It was awkward and stilted. I keep mourning that relationship, which makes me feel stupid, because I KNEW they were like this and thought those things, but hearing it said blatantly out loud made it different for some reason. Dylan called them for the first time this week as well and said they were very careful when talking with them like they realized they had to be.

Please rec me your fave Steve/Eddie Stranger Things fics. I want any and all of them, but I am especially interested in pining and misunderstandings (no matter how convoluted or unbelievable--yes, I know, I am the plague upon fandom) and angst and sadness before eventual happy endings. Also humor because I contain multitudes. <3

1. I got cards from misbegotten and independence1776. Thank you both!!

2. For Yuletide this year, I wrote

To Sail Beyond the Botnet: The Voyage Home
Bot 9 Series
Gen
“The humans have completed their mission. They have returned to where they belong. They are not forgotten by EarthHome. What about Ship? Does EarthHome remember Ship? Will Ship be scrapped again? Will we? I find those outcomes unacceptable.”

I am deeply amused that the person who wrote for me also wrote a story about the bots gaining more agency. We were definitely on the same wavelength this Yuletide.

1. Oh, it's like a million pounds off my chest. So earlier this semester, shortly after my Aunt Gail died of ovarian cancer, Dylan started experiencing abdominal pain and some other symptoms. They went to the urgent care, and y'all, I know our health care is totally fucked, but sometimes there are good people operating within it. The doctor did an ultrasound FOR FUCKING FREE! and saw that they had an ovarian cyst. The doc said they were pretty positive it was a cyst but that Dylan needed to follow up with their OBGYN to be sure. We did that today. We have to wait for the confirmation from whoever's going to read the ultrasound, but the tech said the cyst is gone. Hurray!

2. I got packages of wonderful gifts from executrix and sheafrotherdon. Thank you so much!!

3. I introduced Dylan to the first Die Hard movie and they didn't hate it. We're going to watch the fourth one at some point before they go back to school.

4.

The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Unlike McTeague, I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. It follows a nouveau riche family as they navigate the upper-crust of Boston society.

This is a Norton critical edition, so it includes ancillary material at the back--contemporaneous reviews, letters to and from Howells, literary criticism. What amuses me about the contemporaneous reviews is the broad range of responses to the novel, especially the pearl clutching that runs the gamut from dismissing Howells as a Jane Austenesque writer of comedies of manners to the most odious picture of human nature with no redeeming qualities (these cannot be simultaneously true). A few of these reviews compare realism to photography, suggesting that it can't be art because it hasn't been molded into something edifying.

All the ancillary material is written by men except one contemporaneous review. Boo!



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I find the 19th century discussion of photography and whether it's actually art to be fascinating. Ouida was of the firm opinion that it is not art, and she was highly critical of photography, seeing it as a kind of lie. She also was very upset with the way that photography changed expectations for privacy and ownership of a person's image. She wrote an entire short story centered around the misuse of a photograph.

So, I went yesterday to have the initial consult for my first colonoscopy, and lo and behold, it's happening tomorrow. I mean, medical stuff never goes that fast. LOL So, I'm spending today in the misery of liquids only + prep. Not looking forward to being NPO until the afternoon tomorrow either. But I'm glad to be getting it over with.

Also, the gastro was appalled that I've had no management of my celiac since diagnosis so I'm getting a bone density scan in January, and he tested my antibody levels. If those are elevated, it means I'm getting glutened even if I don't feel bad. Of course, if they do come back elevated, I suspect a certain new housemate is responsible for that.

But the house sale is completely over and the money is in the bank! OMG! So now the relocation may begin.

Link to Volume 3

Chapters 50-end pgs 315-end

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Link to Volume 3 and Reading Schedule

Chapters 37-41 pgs 115-225

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