MASTER FIC LIST
1 Jan 2019 07:08 pm( listed by fandom )
I was meant to go to welcome-new-JMOs drinks tonight, but on top of physical fatigue I am having severe introvert whiplash after discovering how intensely interpersonal my job is. (I am going to be the only intern who enjoys writing discharge summaries, because they mean it's just me and the computer and a folder full of notes.)
This weekend I am going to sleep and sit around rewatching Farscape and write Sherlock fic. And that's it.
And tonight I'm going to read Virginia Woolf's A Writer's Diary, which is bringing me great amounts of joy.
This weekend I am going to sleep and sit around rewatching Farscape and write Sherlock fic. And that's it.
And tonight I'm going to read Virginia Woolf's A Writer's Diary, which is bringing me great amounts of joy.
personal strengths
17 Jan 2012 05:55 pmI've had four days of orientation now; for the last three days we get to shadow the intern currently doing the job we're about to step into, which is great. Mine is going to hate me by the end, I plan to ask seven billion questions.
Coming to the hospital as an out-of-state grad, I was a bit worried about the fact that maybe 80% of the interns are from the one graduating class at ANU med school, but it's been pretty good -- I recognised a couple of people from my undergrad bio courses, and they introduced me to other people, and I've been barging around introducing myself willy-nilly to anyone who will stand still and look friendly for long enough. I didn't think much about it until today one of the guys I've been sitting with a lot said, "I've noticed you're really confident."
Me: Thank you, I suppose? In what way do you mean?
Him: Oh, on the first day when there was a whole bunch of us guys standing around the coffee machine, you just walked up and started talking, it was cool. I think it's pretty unusual.
I'm not so disingenuous (and I know far too much about social anxiety) to wonder at the unusualness of something that I don't think about much, so I'll just say: I'm grateful. I'm grateful that my automatic cognitions run along the lines of 'most people are fairly decent and welcoming', and so the prospect of not knowing anyone in a large group is only mildly daunting. I'm grateful that so far everyone HAS been both decent and welcoming, and I've made a pack of friends already. But nobody's ever singled me out and commented on it, so it gave me a strange moment or so of self-reflection.
Also today: I won a $200 Sunglass Hut voucher in a lucky draw! I was very excited.
Me: $200, wow, that's so much!
Me, after viewing the Sunglass Hut website: Oh. I see. That will buy me HALF a pair of sunglasses.
Seriously, since when is $450 a normal amount of money for sunnies, and WHY ARE THE BURBERRY ONES SO PRETTY.
Coming to the hospital as an out-of-state grad, I was a bit worried about the fact that maybe 80% of the interns are from the one graduating class at ANU med school, but it's been pretty good -- I recognised a couple of people from my undergrad bio courses, and they introduced me to other people, and I've been barging around introducing myself willy-nilly to anyone who will stand still and look friendly for long enough. I didn't think much about it until today one of the guys I've been sitting with a lot said, "I've noticed you're really confident."
Me: Thank you, I suppose? In what way do you mean?
Him: Oh, on the first day when there was a whole bunch of us guys standing around the coffee machine, you just walked up and started talking, it was cool. I think it's pretty unusual.
I'm not so disingenuous (and I know far too much about social anxiety) to wonder at the unusualness of something that I don't think about much, so I'll just say: I'm grateful. I'm grateful that my automatic cognitions run along the lines of 'most people are fairly decent and welcoming', and so the prospect of not knowing anyone in a large group is only mildly daunting. I'm grateful that so far everyone HAS been both decent and welcoming, and I've made a pack of friends already. But nobody's ever singled me out and commented on it, so it gave me a strange moment or so of self-reflection.
Also today: I won a $200 Sunglass Hut voucher in a lucky draw! I was very excited.
Me: $200, wow, that's so much!
Me, after viewing the Sunglass Hut website: Oh. I see. That will buy me HALF a pair of sunglasses.
Seriously, since when is $450 a normal amount of money for sunnies, and WHY ARE THE BURBERRY ONES SO PRETTY.
(no subject)
16 Jan 2012 08:35 pm( Sherlock 2x03 )
I haven't written anything for this fandom yet, despite the fact that its aesthetic slots into the way I write quite nicely. I've been waiting for ideas that I truly want to handle, that I don't just want to read, but want to spin words around.
And now of course I have not one but TWO such ideas.
Heeeeere we go.
I haven't written anything for this fandom yet, despite the fact that its aesthetic slots into the way I write quite nicely. I've been waiting for ideas that I truly want to handle, that I don't just want to read, but want to spin words around.
And now of course I have not one but TWO such ideas.
Heeeeere we go.
The first day of orientation was today: less scary than imagined, as they seem to be putting a lot of emphasis on telling us that we're not expected to know everything, and it's all right to call for help early. You pay heaps of money and stress your brains out for four years of medical school, and you still come out the other end painfully aware of just how little practical medicine you actually know. What you have is, hopefully, enough knowledge of how humans work to be able to think your way through problems and...ask for help.
Apparently we're being paid for the week of orientation, though. My first ever paycheque and the pair of irresponsible shoes it represents are a mere fortnight away!
It takes me 20 minutes to walk to work (downhill) and another 25 back (upbloodyhill) -- I am not going to need to join any gyms at this rate.
Anyway, there was a nice sunset from our balcony tonight :) ( The largish orange building & surrounding structures dominating the valley comprise my new workplace, which gives you some idea of the 'up' and 'down' aspects of my commute. )
Apparently we're being paid for the week of orientation, though. My first ever paycheque and the pair of irresponsible shoes it represents are a mere fortnight away!
It takes me 20 minutes to walk to work (downhill) and another 25 back (upbloodyhill) -- I am not going to need to join any gyms at this rate.
Anyway, there was a nice sunset from our balcony tonight :) ( The largish orange building & surrounding structures dominating the valley comprise my new workplace, which gives you some idea of the 'up' and 'down' aspects of my commute. )
recipes please!
10 Jan 2012 03:48 pmRight, I need some input here. I'm about to start the early-rising-for-work thing and I am having breakfast issues, namely:
- I don't like most cereals
- I am bored of toast
- eggs are time-consuming
- I should probably stop just eating yoghurt, and add some carbs to my first meal of the day
I like the idea of making a batch of breakfast muffins and then sticking them in the freezer, and defrosting one to eat every morning. The internet of course has recipes aplenty, but I thought I'd canvas personal opinion. So. Does anyone have any favourite recipes for muffins or other breakfast options that are fairly healthy, and filling, and would freeze well? Sweet or savoury, don't mind.
- I don't like most cereals
- I am bored of toast
- eggs are time-consuming
- I should probably stop just eating yoghurt, and add some carbs to my first meal of the day
I like the idea of making a batch of breakfast muffins and then sticking them in the freezer, and defrosting one to eat every morning. The internet of course has recipes aplenty, but I thought I'd canvas personal opinion. So. Does anyone have any favourite recipes for muffins or other breakfast options that are fairly healthy, and filling, and would freeze well? Sweet or savoury, don't mind.
Orientation starts in TWO DAYS. Naturally I am running around like a chook with its head cut off trying to take full advantage of my last two days of freedom. First on the agenda is knocking over the hundreds of pages of prereading, which I am alternating with episodes of Band of Brothers and Generation Kill. And many pots of tea.
I love the shininess of Tumblr but I was right in thinking that it is a TERRIBLE IDEA, especially because the majority of posts happen while I'm asleep -- thank you timezones -- so if I want to see everything I have to spend half an hour in the morning clicking back through pages and pages of my dash. Which I soon won't have time to do. Oh well. It was worth a try!
And now...26 pages on chest pain and 20 pages on hypoglycaemia. Just when you think the studying is over for a couple of years, you get landed with more.
I love the shininess of Tumblr but I was right in thinking that it is a TERRIBLE IDEA, especially because the majority of posts happen while I'm asleep -- thank you timezones -- so if I want to see everything I have to spend half an hour in the morning clicking back through pages and pages of my dash. Which I soon won't have time to do. Oh well. It was worth a try!
And now...26 pages on chest pain and 20 pages on hypoglycaemia. Just when you think the studying is over for a couple of years, you get landed with more.
organised like a boss
6 Jan 2012 06:06 pmI spent a good few hours last night
1) rereading what exists of the Merlin heist AU
2) staring at my complex plot spreadsheet with rows like 'alibis', 'microchip swap', 'security footage'
3) thinking BOOYAH I HAVE PLANNED AN ENTIRE HEIST
4) bullying my whole-outline document into good shape
Tonight: to get cracking with the actual writing!
The posted sections come to 18,000 words; if that average word count continues, it will end up over 50K, which will be a definite first for me. Although it will probably read as laughably old-school considering that I haven't seen the show past S1 and have only the very vaguest idea of what kinds of plotlines/new characters it now involves.
1) rereading what exists of the Merlin heist AU
2) staring at my complex plot spreadsheet with rows like 'alibis', 'microchip swap', 'security footage'
3) thinking BOOYAH I HAVE PLANNED AN ENTIRE HEIST
4) bullying my whole-outline document into good shape
Tonight: to get cracking with the actual writing!
The posted sections come to 18,000 words; if that average word count continues, it will end up over 50K, which will be a definite first for me. Although it will probably read as laughably old-school considering that I haven't seen the show past S1 and have only the very vaguest idea of what kinds of plotlines/new characters it now involves.
it is clearly 'give in to the inevitable online decentralisation' time around here
4 Jan 2012 03:25 pmI now have a tumblr, complete with title from that Auden poem I use for everything.
Feel free to follow me if you like, I have no idea yet if I'll be using it for anything more than following all you lovely people and other amazing things like Wear Sherlock. No doubt I will get sucked in eventually and the drunken rants will begin.
ETA: If you DO follow me and your tumblr name is unconnected to your LJ/DW one, then perhaps give me a hint as to who you are in the little message box/ask function (is that how one communicates? HELP). Thank you!
Feel free to follow me if you like, I have no idea yet if I'll be using it for anything more than following all you lovely people and other amazing things like Wear Sherlock. No doubt I will get sucked in eventually and the drunken rants will begin.
ETA: If you DO follow me and your tumblr name is unconnected to your LJ/DW one, then perhaps give me a hint as to who you are in the little message box/ask function (is that how one communicates? HELP). Thank you!
bushfire paranoia is go
3 Jan 2012 10:22 amSummer has kicked off its sandals and settled in! It's been around 35 (= 95F) here most days, with thunderstorms in the evenings, and it's been even hotter in Victoria and South Australia. 'Tis the season of total fire bans and most of the population rushing to the edge of the continent and splashing around in the sea.
We make iced tea every day and Tasha the cat can be found sprawled directly underneath an air conditioning vent at all times. It's so hot that the unpleasant idea of turning on the oven has finally outweighed my desire to bake things -- all to the good, Mum's pleaded with me to STOP BAKING for the sake of everyone's waistlines. I don't think she realises how much pent-up baking urge I have after three years in a res college (no oven) and one year in Orange (oven was terrible; burnt the base of everything). The cookies will continue. When it's cooled down a bit.
*
I can't believe I've never read Northanger Abbey before now. Mum & I watched the most recent BBC version (with Felicity Jones, who was Miranda in the Helen-Mirren-as-Prospera Tempest film; she has the most perfect, birdlike ingénue face) and I immediately pounced on the book afterwards. It's HYSTERICAL. Jane Austen goes off on rants mid-page about how undervalued the novel is! Fun is poked at every Gothic romance trope imaginable! Austen, Austen, why did I ever doubt you.
I'm also reading it with, at the back of my mind, all the posts that![[livejournal.com profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sarahtales has been making about the Gothic genre. This post on the Gothic Heroine/Mysterious House pairing is SO TRUE.
Catherine, you fickle vixen, you.
*
There's an exhibition on at the National Library of Australia at the moment which features handwritten manuscripts from a very impressive German collection. I have now seen letters/diary entries/more letters written by Newton! And Kepler! And Einstein! And Darwin! And Goethe and Dickens and Hegel and Kant and Marx and Nietzche and Voltaire and Watt and the dude with the twitching frogs' legs. Galvani. Plus musical scores written by Handel and Bach and Mozart and Schubert --
Actually, there was a book of Goethe's poems set to music by Schubert; the blurb on the exhibit said that apparently Schubert sent it off to Goethe with a polite note asking if he could dedicate it to the poet. Goethe returned it without comment. BURN.
*
I start work in two weeks. I expect I have already forgotten half of my medical degree.
We make iced tea every day and Tasha the cat can be found sprawled directly underneath an air conditioning vent at all times. It's so hot that the unpleasant idea of turning on the oven has finally outweighed my desire to bake things -- all to the good, Mum's pleaded with me to STOP BAKING for the sake of everyone's waistlines. I don't think she realises how much pent-up baking urge I have after three years in a res college (no oven) and one year in Orange (oven was terrible; burnt the base of everything). The cookies will continue. When it's cooled down a bit.
*
I can't believe I've never read Northanger Abbey before now. Mum & I watched the most recent BBC version (with Felicity Jones, who was Miranda in the Helen-Mirren-as-Prospera Tempest film; she has the most perfect, birdlike ingénue face) and I immediately pounced on the book afterwards. It's HYSTERICAL. Jane Austen goes off on rants mid-page about how undervalued the novel is! Fun is poked at every Gothic romance trope imaginable! Austen, Austen, why did I ever doubt you.
I'm also reading it with, at the back of my mind, all the posts that
sarahtales has been making about the Gothic genre. This post on the Gothic Heroine/Mysterious House pairing is SO TRUE.Her passion for ancient edifices was next in degree to her passion for Henry Tilney - and castles and abbies made usually the charm of those reveries which his image did not fill.
Catherine, you fickle vixen, you.
*
There's an exhibition on at the National Library of Australia at the moment which features handwritten manuscripts from a very impressive German collection. I have now seen letters/diary entries/more letters written by Newton! And Kepler! And Einstein! And Darwin! And Goethe and Dickens and Hegel and Kant and Marx and Nietzche and Voltaire and Watt and the dude with the twitching frogs' legs. Galvani. Plus musical scores written by Handel and Bach and Mozart and Schubert --
Actually, there was a book of Goethe's poems set to music by Schubert; the blurb on the exhibit said that apparently Schubert sent it off to Goethe with a polite note asking if he could dedicate it to the poet. Goethe returned it without comment. BURN.
*
I start work in two weeks. I expect I have already forgotten half of my medical degree.
crossposting & Glee fic
2 Jan 2012 12:42 pm(Yes, my journal has been imported, a DW account bought, and crossposting is GO.)
A while ago,![[personal profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
littledust and I were discussing her kink_bingo square, and the idea of Glee fic with secret obedience pacts came up. And I decided that even though I stopped watching Glee somewhere in S2, and have never written it or had much interest in writing it before, what the world really needed was for me to write Brittany/Santana fic with obedience kink.
So yes. This happened.
For you, Kelsey my dear!
(I don't know yet what I'm going to do about posting fic, but this one can live here because it's short & a gift.)
( The thing to do is act like it's no big deal. )
A while ago,
littledust and I were discussing her kink_bingo square, and the idea of Glee fic with secret obedience pacts came up. And I decided that even though I stopped watching Glee somewhere in S2, and have never written it or had much interest in writing it before, what the world really needed was for me to write Brittany/Santana fic with obedience kink.So yes. This happened.
For you, Kelsey my dear!
(I don't know yet what I'm going to do about posting fic, but this one can live here because it's short & a gift.)
( The thing to do is act like it's no big deal. )
Yuletide reveals
2 Jan 2012 11:03 amI had heaps of fun with my stories! Two full gifts and two treats, and I don't think anyone guessed that they were by me (muahahahaha?)
Phantomwise (11556 words)
Fandom: Alice (2009)
Summary: Hatter’s tried to explain the problem that Wonderland folk have with standing between two mirrors, but none of it makes a lot of sense. It’s something that you don’t do, something to do with memories, and Alice can’t quite tell if it’s anything more than superstition.
I watched Alice almost the day before signups, and I'm so glad I offered it! Writing this allowed me to stretch my weak plot-muscles, and include a huge amount of random stuff from the books, and generally kick around in an absurdist sandbox for a while.
seven wonders of the scientific world (2376 words)
Fandom: Luther (TV)
Summary: Alice has long known that she only has respect for things she can't manipulate; very few people fall into this category, which is mostly populated by constellations and the elusive wavelengths of invisible light.
I nabbed this as a pinch-hit; I'd really hoped to write something about Alice Morgan, and this came out just as I wanted.
eff-em-ell, and other quotes for the official biography (2334 words)
Fandom: Shakespeare Retold
Summary: Tim flat-out refuses to use either 'ma'am' or the proper styling of The Right Honourable with someone who's been comparing him to various parts of a donkey's anatomy for as many years as Katherine has, so Prime Minister it is.
Last minute treat! SO MUCH FUN. I love the Retold version of Taming of the Shrew.
A Daughter of the American (Psycho) Revolution, via the Lineage of Marion Crane (645 words)
Fandom: World's Wife - Carol Ann Duffy
Summary: Bad things happen to girls who want too much.
Woo, poetry! Poetry about girls who die in horror movies!
Phantomwise (11556 words)
Fandom: Alice (2009)
Summary: Hatter’s tried to explain the problem that Wonderland folk have with standing between two mirrors, but none of it makes a lot of sense. It’s something that you don’t do, something to do with memories, and Alice can’t quite tell if it’s anything more than superstition.
I watched Alice almost the day before signups, and I'm so glad I offered it! Writing this allowed me to stretch my weak plot-muscles, and include a huge amount of random stuff from the books, and generally kick around in an absurdist sandbox for a while.
seven wonders of the scientific world (2376 words)
Fandom: Luther (TV)
Summary: Alice has long known that she only has respect for things she can't manipulate; very few people fall into this category, which is mostly populated by constellations and the elusive wavelengths of invisible light.
I nabbed this as a pinch-hit; I'd really hoped to write something about Alice Morgan, and this came out just as I wanted.
eff-em-ell, and other quotes for the official biography (2334 words)
Fandom: Shakespeare Retold
Summary: Tim flat-out refuses to use either 'ma'am' or the proper styling of The Right Honourable with someone who's been comparing him to various parts of a donkey's anatomy for as many years as Katherine has, so Prime Minister it is.
Last minute treat! SO MUCH FUN. I love the Retold version of Taming of the Shrew.
A Daughter of the American (Psycho) Revolution, via the Lineage of Marion Crane (645 words)
Fandom: World's Wife - Carol Ann Duffy
Summary: Bad things happen to girls who want too much.
Woo, poetry! Poetry about girls who die in horror movies!
lists! I love lists
1 Jan 2012 12:02 pmThis morning I made one which should be titled 'things I have to write before I am allowed to start writing a novel'. Topping it currently is the X-Men thing that littledust and I are cowriting (I am the WORST co-author), and also my Merlin heist AU that I keep opening and being like, yeah! this is going somewhere! yeah! and then totally failing to add any words to. But I am going to finish it because the alternative is being annoyed at myself forever.
Also on the list: another X-Men fic, that Good Omens prequel, two separate unfinished gift fics forschiarire (I am apparently also the worst BFF), five whole eyai stories of which at least two will be epically long, and four half-finished original short stories.
Everything on the list has a checkbox next to it. Never underestimate the power of checkboxes!
I know I said I don't do New Year's resolutions, but this probably counts.
littledust and I are cowriting (I am the WORST co-author), and also my Merlin heist AU that I keep opening and being like, yeah! this is going somewhere! yeah! and then totally failing to add any words to. But I am going to finish it because the alternative is being annoyed at myself forever.Also on the list: another X-Men fic, that Good Omens prequel, two separate unfinished gift fics for
schiarire (I am apparently also the worst BFF), five whole eyai stories of which at least two will be epically long, and four half-finished original short stories.Everything on the list has a checkbox next to it. Never underestimate the power of checkboxes!
I know I said I don't do New Year's resolutions, but this probably counts.
books read 2011
31 Dec 2011 02:16 pmDue to the study required for my final year of med school, I didn't read as many books as I did last year, and I did a lot more rereads of old favourites. A lot of the book choices were informed by my Booker Prize project (and my vague intention to move on to the Pulitzers next) and my desire to get some more seminal scifi under my belt. I also rectified last year's lack of Shakespeare, and plan to continue with that next year :)
As usual, I did lists: seven I was most impressed with, seven I most enjoyed reading, and a handful of disappointments.
( 118 in all )
As usual, I did lists: seven I was most impressed with, seven I most enjoyed reading, and a handful of disappointments.
( 118 in all )
and the reading begins
26 Dec 2011 10:50 amSettling in for a day in the Yuletide archive clicking on anything that looks interesting and drinking masses of tea. It's going to be great.
*comments, comments, comments*
I have three full-length fics in the collection at the moment, and one short one to be revealed when Madness goes live. As usual I am convinced that all of them are SO OBVIOUSLY BY ME.
My own gift made me bounce on my chair when I saw the summary, and sigh happily at the end:
*comments, comments, comments*
I have three full-length fics in the collection at the moment, and one short one to be revealed when Madness goes live. As usual I am convinced that all of them are SO OBVIOUSLY BY ME.
My own gift made me bounce on my chair when I saw the summary, and sigh happily at the end:
On Leave (1202 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Regeneration - Pat Barker
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Wilfred Owen/Robbie Ross
Summary: Sassoon gave Owen three things upon his departure from Craiglockhart: a ten shilling note, Robbie Ross's address, and a message that read, "Why shouldn't you enjoy your leave?"
still the best yuletide icon ever
25 Dec 2011 07:59 pmHappy Christmas to those who celebrate! It's been a lovely lazy day down here (although the weather around the rest of my country has gone FUCKING NUTS: cyclones, gales and wild seas, hailstones the size of tennis balls and also bushfires), warm and sunny and with a nice traditional Christmas thunderstorm in the evening.
I received books! The Sea, The Sea (Mum & Dad), some Ray Bradbury short stories (Lauren) and...a promise that Neal Stephenson's latest book is in the mail (Rob). WOO. I have no idea what families who don't do Books as the be-all and end-all of presents give each other for Christmas.
So yeah, I stuffed and trussed a turkey and roasted some vegies, and I ate a lot of chocolate, andlittledust and I spent ages cheerleading each other through some intensive treat-writing, and now my family is watching Stardust.
Sadly, I plan to be asleep when the Yuletide archive opens at...2am on Boxing Day. But what that means right now is: MORE TIME FOR WRITING TREATS. I have moved on to teensy tiny fandoms. And white wine. Yeeeeeeeeeah.
I received books! The Sea, The Sea (Mum & Dad), some Ray Bradbury short stories (Lauren) and...a promise that Neal Stephenson's latest book is in the mail (Rob). WOO. I have no idea what families who don't do Books as the be-all and end-all of presents give each other for Christmas.
So yeah, I stuffed and trussed a turkey and roasted some vegies, and I ate a lot of chocolate, and
littledust and I spent ages cheerleading each other through some intensive treat-writing, and now my family is watching Stardust.Sadly, I plan to be asleep when the Yuletide archive opens at...2am on Boxing Day. But what that means right now is: MORE TIME FOR WRITING TREATS. I have moved on to teensy tiny fandoms. And white wine. Yeeeeeeeeeah.
Much as I hate the decentralisation of internet presence (HATE, seriously, I would get rid of my Facebook if I though it wouldn't sabotage my RL social life dramatically), I am gearing up for a Dreamwidth importing-and-crossposting session that will probably take place after Christmas. This is less because of the changes -- I have no major problems with the new comment system, though I totally understand that people for whom they present accessibility issues and people who use subject headings frequently are PISSED -- and more because everyone else is doing it (sigh) and because now that I am about to have an actual income I feel happy about giving money for services to the organisation whose philosophies I support.
I'm running around adding everyone I can find to my Circle; if I haven't found you, the name is still 'fahye'.
I'm running around adding everyone I can find to my Circle; if I haven't found you, the name is still 'fahye'.
