positive steps

[fahye]

I have not had the best day - I'm tired, apathetic, and I feel frustratingly uninteresting and unproductive. Six straight days at work have really worn me down; this is why we rest on the seventh day, clearly!

Impromptu not-really-meme, as an active attempt at rectification: I'm going to think about things about myself that I like, and ignore the other parts. I like my writing, and the fact that I can enjoy writing so much. I have a small waist. I am very good at making decisions and taking charge. I have fantastic eyes. And I have some amazing friends :)

Your turn! Tell me things you like about you. Or about me. Or about anything! The keyword is positivity, people.

Comments

[stars-like-dust.livejournal.com]

Okay, this is the easiest thing ever. Things I like about you, Miss Fahye, would number in the hundreds, but here are some of them to wake up to tomorrow morning:

As I said earlier, youare such an interesting person. I love the way you view life and the people around you, and the observations you make and pass on. I love how you try so hard to understand the perspectives of people who have a different opinion to you - occasionally when I've had that happen to me, your response has always made me love you more and feel closer to you, instead of further away. You know when to call me on flouncing about, but know when I'm not swishing my skirt for the fun of it and am actually being serious.

You always, always make me laugh, and I love calling you on your lunch breaks (except when you have your phone on silent, you shunning ho) and the insane discussions that follow about pilots, or Katie, or crazy people in fandom while you are eating chicken burgers. Truuucco!

I love your writing so much, and I'm mostly over being jealous... you are in my top three authors across every fandom I've ever read in, and you are both supportive and hysterically blunt in your feedback to me, which is mostly awesome except when my ego is being crushed into the dirt. ;) ("Claira. This is MILLS AND BOON." "Okay, I know, I'm sorry!")

You are so nice that you make me wish I was half as nice as you, half as accomplished as a writer, and half as dedicated to writing as a craft.

Thank you for being my friend, Fahye! I am a better person because of you, I think. *much love*



In conclusion, this icon is Lee looking all beautifully supportive and adorable as Kara walks up with her crutches of death. It is my favourite expression of Lee's of all time. Apart from maybe when pilots are eyefrakking shamelessly on the Pegasus. Yes. FEEL SUPPORTED. I LOVE YOU.

[kcdl.livejournal.com]

I like not knowing what is going to happen next. Right at the moment that is the entire rest of my life.


'tis kinda scary too, but like a rollercoaster.

[liminalliz.livejournal.com]

FAHYE MY LOVE!!! :) I like you LOTS. You are very generous with your time and energy and your SPARK and your wisdom and your ABSOLUTELY AMAZING MIND-SHATTERING WRITING SKILLZ. And I am so blessed to know you!

ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT ME RIGHT NOW: I purchased a great deal of FRUIT yesterday in the hopes that it would cure me of my illness. SO I HAVE A LOT OF FRUIT IN THE HOUSE AND THAT'S AWESOME.

[littledust.livejournal.com]

I like your brain. I find people endlessly fascinating, particularly when they differ from me in certain radically different ways, like we all view the world through varying kinds of stained glass windows--I know the shapes and colors of mine so well that I am always wanting to look through other people's. I like that we are often moved intellectually by the same things but the emotional plane is often another matter entirely. I have joked about collecting interesting people but it is somewhat true. It would only be a collection, except I care so much.

Your writing is lovely. There are connections of dissimilarities that make such sense I am left wondering why I never saw it that way in the first place. Your poetry flows like water. You are one of two of the only poets I know personally in the Poetry category of my LJ memories.

I like that I am drinking a full glass of water right now, like a good girl who believes in healthiness and a state of non-dehydration. Also I like cat macros!

[whatimages.livejournal.com]

Your intelligence leaves me stupefied on most occasions--you talk about things I could never hope to understand. I admire your drive and your focus. You seem to be able to just work through anything.

Your writing renders me almost incapable of coherent thought. Anything I could say is superfluous, because you've already put it so beautifully. One day I might be able to get over my envy :)

[schiarire.livejournal.com]

I don't know how you do it! You are busier than probably anyone I know, but you still always have time to respond to my e-mails, write fic, watch TV, capslock about things, and just generally bring wonder into the Internet and dump it in your LJ (or other people's).

You are impossibly intelligent, but never condescending.

For some impression of your influence in my daily life: of the shows I watch regularly/Firefly, all but one (House) are directly because of you. & I always tell other people that I won't start such-and-such! I tell you that, too, but it never turns out to be true.

I admire your determination. And I want -- perhaps more than I do for anyone else -- for you to be a writer, prolific, eventually, because you have important (and/or funny) things to say. And such a beautiful way of saying them.

[brynnmck.livejournal.com]

Fahye. When it comes to writing, everything you touch turns to gold. You have such a grasp of such a range of emotions, and there's just poetry in the way that you phrase things, the way that you see things. You're one of my two favorite writers on LJ, one of the two people whose skill I would steal if I could. :)

You are also incredibly smart, about such a wide variety of topics. One minute you're geeking out over Shakespeare, and the next you're discussing some complex scientific theory in minute detail. I don't even know how all of those things fit in your brain at the same time. And you have such an analytical side, and such a passionate side--you're a contradiction, and I love you for that. I think you're fascinating. I always look forward to hearing what you're thinking about on any given day.

You're enthusiastic and supportive, funny and thoughtful, caring and immensely talented. I feel lucky to "know" you.

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

I don't know why I like you. I just do.

You have really nice hair though, if you need something tangible.