Have not been on because of work, drama, writing, and sickness. And not particularly in that order, as am still dealing with all of the above.
BUT. I did finish a fic, so I thought I'd post the link here.
Title: Sand and Surf
Author: Gypsy Lupin-Black AKA Merrov AKA Padfootthegrim
Pairing: Sheppard/Zelenka
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: If I owned them, Stargate Atlantis probably wouldn’t be suitable for general consumption. I also do not own the song. It's Jump in the Sea by The Young Dubliners.
A/N: This is a graphic SLASH story. If you do not wish to read about Radek and John nomping away happily on a beach, please leave now. Thanks to my betas glory2elves, Ferryman, Fannywankenobi, and TheWelcomeStranger!
Link: http://padfootthegrim.livejournal.com/107856.html#cutid1
So... enjoy. :P
Also got my fic challenge for the Jack/Daniel ficathon, and am participating in this round of Last Fic Writer Standing SGA GEN LiveJournal contest. I'll say more when the ficathon and competition are over about those, and I'll probably post those fics and drabbles here too.
It was sunny and beautiful outside today, and I'm too fracking sick to enjoy it. Have almost no voice at the moment, and my throat is like sandpaper. >.< Am on antibiotics, here's hoping they help.
Cheers all!
Friday, 4 September 2009
Sunday, 9 August 2009
A Change In The Season
Well, it's officially Fair time in Fairbanks... that means that the hot part of summer is over. Inevitably, the first day of the Tannana Valley State Fair is also the day the rain comes back. You could set your seasonal clock by it every year.
The coming of the fair also means that College road is much busier than usual, and it's the one time of year you want to make sure your doors are locked and that you're not out alone at night. Everybody is drunk or on drugs right about now, and the lowlifes migrate from South Cushman and the other seedy parts of town and descend upon the fair.
The clinic is still crazy. We'll be that way until the snow starts to fall. Today's excitement included acute renal failure, antifreeze ingestion, a gastric foreign body surgery, a giant laceration repair, a cute vomiting puppy, a limping dog, a overweight old cat that wasn't feeling well, hysterical owners, know it all owners, patient owners, wonderful owners who will do anything for their pets, and responsible owners. So we've had quite a range today, and the clinic was a mess at the end of my shift. Nothing was particularly quick and easy today, but so far has all been fairly fixable. Just complicated and expensive.
Believe that is it for now. Am off to do some writing and snuggle with my own neglected hounds. Worked a ten hour shift today, so the boys are all super cuddly and playful tonight, having been stuck in their kennels for most of the day.
The coming of the fair also means that College road is much busier than usual, and it's the one time of year you want to make sure your doors are locked and that you're not out alone at night. Everybody is drunk or on drugs right about now, and the lowlifes migrate from South Cushman and the other seedy parts of town and descend upon the fair.
The clinic is still crazy. We'll be that way until the snow starts to fall. Today's excitement included acute renal failure, antifreeze ingestion, a gastric foreign body surgery, a giant laceration repair, a cute vomiting puppy, a limping dog, a overweight old cat that wasn't feeling well, hysterical owners, know it all owners, patient owners, wonderful owners who will do anything for their pets, and responsible owners. So we've had quite a range today, and the clinic was a mess at the end of my shift. Nothing was particularly quick and easy today, but so far has all been fairly fixable. Just complicated and expensive.
Believe that is it for now. Am off to do some writing and snuggle with my own neglected hounds. Worked a ten hour shift today, so the boys are all super cuddly and playful tonight, having been stuck in their kennels for most of the day.
Monday, 3 August 2009
Just a short one
So just a short post today. Still recovering from a dramatic, death filled weekend at work. Have two more shifts before my days off. Hope they're better.
Am officially not smoking anymore. OMG.
Actually am doing fairly well with it, so far...
But that's all for now. Must turn what little creative brain power I have at the moment to finishing the final chapter of Adapting, which I said I would have posted yesterday. Heh.
Cheers all.
Am officially not smoking anymore. OMG.
Actually am doing fairly well with it, so far...
But that's all for now. Must turn what little creative brain power I have at the moment to finishing the final chapter of Adapting, which I said I would have posted yesterday. Heh.
Cheers all.
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
Semi-interesting case...
Saw a dog tonight with a mammary tumor bigger than two fists. But that wasn't the most impressive part. The tumor had burst (always a bad sign) and that's why we got to see the dog tonight. The pic is comparable to what we saw, though it was on a Rott cross, and, obviously, open and bleeding.
Just remember, with the amount of sickness and death those of us in my line of work see on a daily basis, we end up with a rather twisted sense of humor. And 'interesting' takes on a whole new meaning with us!
Other than that, it was an easy and fixable night at the clinic. A much needed reprieve from the crazy weekend! We only saw the tumor dog, a dog with an allergic reaction, and a cat who just needed her stitches rechecked. Lots of phone calls, but no one interested in coming in.
So a short post tonight! And sorry if the picture disturbs anyone, but the top of my blog does say 'Not just stories with ribcages in them!' And I wasnt just talking about Firefly when I put that there! :-P
Sunday, 26 July 2009
Summertime at the Emergency Clinic
Woof! Boy has work kicked my butt this weekend! Feels good to finally be able to sit down after a whole shift of running crazy.
Yesterday was even worse... the 1230-1830 shift (usually the quiet one) was rocking, and we had three overnighters and two outpatients when I got on at 1830... we ended up hospitalizing another one and had walk-ins and phone calls out the ears all night. Nothing got cleaned on my shift, nothing got restocked. Felt bad for the Graveyard shift, because they'd have to patch the clinic back up!
Then got in today for the 1230 shift and discovered they were already rocking again! Today was more outpatient treatments and discharges of the hospitalized patients from yesterday... and more phone calls. Not many walk-ins, which was great. I dont even think we ended up having to euthanize many patients this weekend (YAY).
Managed to get the clinic mostly cleaned and restocked before Z came on at 1830... I'm hoping that everything they get for tonight is all easy and fixable.
That's our motto, by the way. Easy and Fixable. We like those. We'll take porcupine quillings, foxtails, lacerations and abscesses over bloat, parvo, and cancer any day of the week!
Have already dog parked today, so now it's time to continue on with chapter 29 of Adapting. This could be interesting, as I'm used to the drabble format for this particular story's chapters, and 29 and 30 are both going to be probably about 5-8 pages at least. Here goes! **dives in**
Yesterday was even worse... the 1230-1830 shift (usually the quiet one) was rocking, and we had three overnighters and two outpatients when I got on at 1830... we ended up hospitalizing another one and had walk-ins and phone calls out the ears all night. Nothing got cleaned on my shift, nothing got restocked. Felt bad for the Graveyard shift, because they'd have to patch the clinic back up!
Then got in today for the 1230 shift and discovered they were already rocking again! Today was more outpatient treatments and discharges of the hospitalized patients from yesterday... and more phone calls. Not many walk-ins, which was great. I dont even think we ended up having to euthanize many patients this weekend (YAY).
Managed to get the clinic mostly cleaned and restocked before Z came on at 1830... I'm hoping that everything they get for tonight is all easy and fixable.
That's our motto, by the way. Easy and Fixable. We like those. We'll take porcupine quillings, foxtails, lacerations and abscesses over bloat, parvo, and cancer any day of the week!
Have already dog parked today, so now it's time to continue on with chapter 29 of Adapting. This could be interesting, as I'm used to the drabble format for this particular story's chapters, and 29 and 30 are both going to be probably about 5-8 pages at least. Here goes! **dives in**
Saturday, 25 July 2009
Fire Season!
Top one is a 2005 fire along the Sheenjek River near Fort Yukon, Alaska. Second one is a 2007 tundra fire along the Anaktuvuk River.
Well, fire season is upon us Alaskans again... with something like 400+ fires currently burning, I have to say we beat out Cali and other fire states acre for acre every year. Their fires just threaten populated areas more than ours do.
Fairbanks is smoky these days, since the wind changed, blowing the smoke up from fire about 40 miles south of us. Today, the smoke isn't so visible on ground level, though the sun is red from all of it in the atmosphere. The smell is about midrange today, but the true annoyance? Falling ash. This cannot be good for one's health!
To work in a few hours, but before that I'm off to the dog park.
Have two chapters of Adapting left before I'm calling that fic complete! Will probably post chapter 29 on Wednesday.
Think that's it for now!
Sunday, 19 July 2009
Back to work
Started work again today. Kicked it all off with a 12 hour shift! Actually not a bad thing though. Was very happy to be back at work, earning money and all that jazz... It's summer, which means that we see a lot of patients, which is great, both for income and boredom factors! :-P
Anyway, what did we see today? We had one dog in the kennels that was a post-op bladder surgery. He was just in recovery when I came on shift, so pretty easy, really. We saw two dogs that were quilled by porcupines-- one of them was REALLY bad, like he'd gone up and tried to maul it. Quills all over his face, chest, shoulders, feet, inside his mouth.. ouch!
We saw a cat with a urinary tract infection (UTI), a dog with possible seizures, a sick puppy, a lame puppy, an ACD with a swollen eye, a cat who skinned his feet climbing up a tree (he was running from dogs). We even mostly got paid today, YAY.
Anyway, no really *interesting* stories to relate from the animal care trenches today, so I'll cut this short. Must to type up and post chapter 25 of Adapting... then probably off to bed, as it's about 0300 now.
Cheers all!
Anyway, what did we see today? We had one dog in the kennels that was a post-op bladder surgery. He was just in recovery when I came on shift, so pretty easy, really. We saw two dogs that were quilled by porcupines-- one of them was REALLY bad, like he'd gone up and tried to maul it. Quills all over his face, chest, shoulders, feet, inside his mouth.. ouch!
We saw a cat with a urinary tract infection (UTI), a dog with possible seizures, a sick puppy, a lame puppy, an ACD with a swollen eye, a cat who skinned his feet climbing up a tree (he was running from dogs). We even mostly got paid today, YAY.
Anyway, no really *interesting* stories to relate from the animal care trenches today, so I'll cut this short. Must to type up and post chapter 25 of Adapting... then probably off to bed, as it's about 0300 now.
Cheers all!
Thursday, 16 July 2009
Home again, home again, jiggity jig!
Have made it back to Alaska. **is tired**
Travel started on the 15th at 3am with a bus ride to Dublin, then a 7am Aer Lingus flight to Frankfurt. Let me tell ya, for being an economy class flight, that Aer Lingus jet was perfect. I passed out BEFORE takeoff and didn't wake up until AFTER we landed. YAY.
Spent 24 hours in the Frankfurt International Airport. Not my first choice, but better than a shuttle ride to a hotel... and I was not willing to pay over 250 euros for a room at the hotel across the road. Worked out great though. I scoped out where the Condor check-in counters were, found a bench, and passed out for a while. Then listened to music, read and wrote. I had a circle between the bench, the smoking area, and the bathrooms. No one cared that I stayed there all night, and though I have some funny bruises and am a little sore from sleeping on a bench against a pack, I actually had fun with the whole thing.
11am on the 16th saw me boarding a plane for Whitehorse and Fairbanks. And now I've traveled 10 hours back in time and am home again!
A lot has happened since I've been gone. I'm now the only full time tech at work, and I am also suddenly one of the senior staff members! Also, my schedule has shifted from mostly graveyards to mostly evening shifts, which means that I start at 1700 and get off at 0200, instead of coming on just after midnight. YAY.
More later though. Am tired and need to finish typing up the chapters of Adapting that I wrote while in Frankfurt. Cheers!
Travel started on the 15th at 3am with a bus ride to Dublin, then a 7am Aer Lingus flight to Frankfurt. Let me tell ya, for being an economy class flight, that Aer Lingus jet was perfect. I passed out BEFORE takeoff and didn't wake up until AFTER we landed. YAY.
Spent 24 hours in the Frankfurt International Airport. Not my first choice, but better than a shuttle ride to a hotel... and I was not willing to pay over 250 euros for a room at the hotel across the road. Worked out great though. I scoped out where the Condor check-in counters were, found a bench, and passed out for a while. Then listened to music, read and wrote. I had a circle between the bench, the smoking area, and the bathrooms. No one cared that I stayed there all night, and though I have some funny bruises and am a little sore from sleeping on a bench against a pack, I actually had fun with the whole thing.
11am on the 16th saw me boarding a plane for Whitehorse and Fairbanks. And now I've traveled 10 hours back in time and am home again!
A lot has happened since I've been gone. I'm now the only full time tech at work, and I am also suddenly one of the senior staff members! Also, my schedule has shifted from mostly graveyards to mostly evening shifts, which means that I start at 1700 and get off at 0200, instead of coming on just after midnight. YAY.
More later though. Am tired and need to finish typing up the chapters of Adapting that I wrote while in Frankfurt. Cheers!
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Scarva Day Parade, Back to AK!
Very Protestant thing, the parades on the 12th and 13th (13th and 14th this year, as the 12th was a Sunday) in Northern Ireland. But interesting to see, nonetheless.
I'm spending the day packing, repacking, making sure I don't forget anything, writing, socializing with everyone, repacking a third time (just to be sure!), and then at around 0300 Wednesday morning, I board the bus to Dublin, and begin the journey back across the pond. Detouring from Dublin to Frankfurt, where I'll spend 24 hours, I board my Condor flight on Thursday morning and zip! Right over the pole and home! Very excited.
So next post will be once I'm settled back in! Cheers all!
Sunday, 12 July 2009
Preperations
Well, as I have said, I am officially down to my last few days in Northern Ireland. I board a plane in Dublin on the early morning of the 15, spend 24 hours in Frankfurt, and then catch my Condor flight back to Fairbanks! How exciting is that??
Two months may have been a little long, but it really makes one appreciate home. I've seen and learned a lot during this visit, and have many memories and pictures that will always make me smile. But I'll be happy to get home. Back to my life. I'm ready to face the future, to jump in at the deep end, but I cannot do anything until I get back to Fairbanks. Ironic? Maybe a little.
Will be spending the majority of these last few days awake, to make the jet lag easier to overcome. Because of this, I'm sure there will be a lot of writing, both fanfiction and original. As far as preperations to leave go, there isn't much I have to do. Laundry is currently drying, I've checked and double checked my flights, so now I just have to clean the camper trailer I've been living in. Not a huge task.
I hope all my friends at Polaris Con in Toronto are having a blast, and while I'm disappointed I couldn't go, I'm looking forward to Dragon*Con 2010. I have decided that I have to only go to one convention a year, as I would spend way to much money if I did otherwise. I went to Collectormania in Milton Keynes, and while some will argue that it wasn't a convention per se, it was still a blast. And because of this two month trip in the UK, I will not be able to afford next month's Dragon*Con. Espically if I am serious about saving money and moving to Vancouver (which I am). So I have to wait until 2010 for another wonderful con experience.
Anyway, I suppose that's enough for now. Tune in next week when I'm sure to have an exciting edition of Veterinary Technician Theatre!
Two months may have been a little long, but it really makes one appreciate home. I've seen and learned a lot during this visit, and have many memories and pictures that will always make me smile. But I'll be happy to get home. Back to my life. I'm ready to face the future, to jump in at the deep end, but I cannot do anything until I get back to Fairbanks. Ironic? Maybe a little.
Will be spending the majority of these last few days awake, to make the jet lag easier to overcome. Because of this, I'm sure there will be a lot of writing, both fanfiction and original. As far as preperations to leave go, there isn't much I have to do. Laundry is currently drying, I've checked and double checked my flights, so now I just have to clean the camper trailer I've been living in. Not a huge task.
I hope all my friends at Polaris Con in Toronto are having a blast, and while I'm disappointed I couldn't go, I'm looking forward to Dragon*Con 2010. I have decided that I have to only go to one convention a year, as I would spend way to much money if I did otherwise. I went to Collectormania in Milton Keynes, and while some will argue that it wasn't a convention per se, it was still a blast. And because of this two month trip in the UK, I will not be able to afford next month's Dragon*Con. Espically if I am serious about saving money and moving to Vancouver (which I am). So I have to wait until 2010 for another wonderful con experience.
Anyway, I suppose that's enough for now. Tune in next week when I'm sure to have an exciting edition of Veterinary Technician Theatre!
Saturday, 11 July 2009
Bonfire...
Well, I survived the bonfire... it's the weekend of the 12th around here... yup.
Has been windy and rainy all day (really not an actual shock in this bit of the world..) and theyhad a heck of a time getting the bonfire lit. But they finally did, and YAY. Was actually a little nervous about the Irish tricolour they put on the top, but once that was gone, I could just enjoy the fire.. I am a bit of a pyro after all. :-P
Anyway, the rain cleared up for the actual bonfire, though it was still windy.. Sadly, no pic to share, as my camera is out of batteries... at least it waited this long to do so!
Off to write now... have crazy twist planned for Adapting, so hold on, dear readers!
Has been windy and rainy all day (really not an actual shock in this bit of the world..) and theyhad a heck of a time getting the bonfire lit. But they finally did, and YAY. Was actually a little nervous about the Irish tricolour they put on the top, but once that was gone, I could just enjoy the fire.. I am a bit of a pyro after all. :-P
Anyway, the rain cleared up for the actual bonfire, though it was still windy.. Sadly, no pic to share, as my camera is out of batteries... at least it waited this long to do so!
Off to write now... have crazy twist planned for Adapting, so hold on, dear readers!
Last few days of rainy Ireland
I'm back to Alaska on the 17th everyone! Yay!
**crickets sound**
Well, I'm happy for this, anyway. Back to my animals, my flat, my job, my friends.. I'm predicting a giant party with unfortunate hangover properties within the next week or so!
Off to write more of SGA fic Adapting, and then to a bonfire in Poyntzpass.. in the rain. But I will be armed with an umbrella, and by bonfire I mean 40 foot high flames, so should be a fun time all around!
On a more scary note, Fanny-Wan Kenobi just shared this link with me, and I think it should be repeated. The world is spiraling out of control, and I dont think many of us keep that in mind as often as we should (including myself): Scary World Numbers
Welcome Squirrels!
Well, hello and welcome! Not sure what's going to show up here yet, random insomniac ramblings aside.. Probably some fics and whatnot..
But it'll be interesting, maybe... a fun place to see what I've been doing/writing/finding on the interweb.
Anyway. Cheers all!
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