Hey Artemis! I had been wondering about you! Last I knew you were unhappy in Australia. Hope that trip worked out. Injured right hand? Oh noes! I'm glad you are feeling better.

I don't know. People keep asking how to catch up but I don't know much what's going on. Seems slow. There is a Porn Battle finishing as we speak. You might want to wait for the Master List or some recs I'll make since there are over 1700 comments at the moment. I had fun and wrote some snippets for that. And there is also a Kara/Lee-focused BSG rewatch going on on 4th here.

As for me, I've actually been reading a lot and will be more in the future.

What's up with you?

Yeah, I know! I haven't read actual novels when not on a plane in a while too! Now, I'm rereading WH and also reading a book for an LJ bookgroup. And one nice side effect of reading is I think reading good prose is helping me improve as a writer! Yay!

What else? I did a West Wing rewatch through season 5. Not BSG but a good show in its own right. I posted out some K/L WIPs that aren't going to get done but hey, pilots! There's also a bsg_remix comm coming out with fic every day the next few days. I'm not writing for it, but I'm certainly curious. :-) Curiously enough, I've been writing a bit of slash here and there. I have a post on that coming up on how I got interested in slash. Hee! I should do an update on my journal, I suppose. Been too busy writing!

Aug. - Black & Blue is about a woman fleeing domestic violence and trying to establish a new identity for herself and her son. Quindlen is an excellent writer.

Sept. - Clan of the Cave Bear is about prehistoric peoples. It's a novel of a CroMagnon girl adopted by Neanderthals. I think you said you'd read it. It's the best of the series, I believe. Don't worry about the other books.

Oct. - The Red Tent is a retelling of the Bible story of Jacob and Esau from the women's POV. Really about Rachel and Leah and their handmaids told from the POV of Dinah the only girl in the family. I think you'd like this one.

Nov. - Haven't decided which Stephen King novel yet. Wizard and Glass is a book in the King series The Dark Tower. Really fantasy and post-apocalyptic with a love story thrown in there too. Eyes of the Dragon is a non-horror story but kind of fantasy adventure too.

Excerpt from The Red Tent:

" . . . My name means nothing to you. My memory is dust. This is not your fault or mine. The chain connecting mother to daughter was broken and the word passed to the keeping of men, who had no way of knowing. That is why I became a footnote, my story a brief detour between the well-known history of my father, Jacob, and the celebrated chronicle of Joseph, my brother. On those rare occasion when I was remembered, it was as a victim. Near the beginning of your holy book, there is a passage that seems to say I was raped and continues with the bloody tlae of how my honor was avenged. It's a wonder that any mother ever called a daughter Dinah again."

Another excerpt:

"Of course, this is more complicated for me because I had four mothers, each of them scolding, teaching, and cherishing something different about me, giving me differnt gifts, cursing me with different fears. Leah gave me birth and her splendid arrogance. Rachel showed me where to place the midwife's bricks and how to fix my hair. Zilpah made me think. Bilhah listened. No two of my mothers seasoned her stew in the same way. No two of them spoke to my father in the same tone of voice--nor he to them."

If that intrigues you, go read the book!

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Had a feeling you'd like it! I hope you do read it. I'd be SO curious as to what you'd think. I have missed your thinky thoughts!

Hey! *waves* I have been wondering where you were and if you were ever coming back to LJ land. I'm glad you did!

Life is life around here I suppose. Nothing exciting to report - still working on my massive wip, still watching the kids grow and being busy with them, still despising the MIL ... same old, same old. I'm kind of out of the BSG stuff now - couldn't really care less about any of it anymore. Long story, best not told here.

I'm sorry about your hand! That's really too bad. I can't imagine having one be so out of commission that you can't do a lot of things. Mind you, being a piano player it would be sort of like a death sentence to me! I'm glad you're able to continue on, even if in a limited fashion.

Take care! Hope to see you around more. ♥

Yes the massive wip is BSF. I can't believe it's not done yet. I was so hoping it would be done by summer holidays. Alas, my writing time has gotten less and less as the months have passed so I'm down to 1-2 chapters a month instead of 4. I'm still hopeful I can wrap it up by chapter 65 though.

MIL changed her ways? I think not! If you haven't read my latest personal entries on the MIL situation you should. That'll tell you what's going on. I hate passive-aggressive people who do things to piss people off and then say afterwards, "you just took what I said the wrong way" as an excuse for their actions.

I'm not really into any fandoms to the point of BSG. I don't know if I will be any time soon. I did watch the entire Legend of the Seeker season recently and quite enjoyed it but right now I'm more of a personal person on LJ rather than a fandom person. It's kind of nice actually, as I find people in fandom (no matter what it is, seemingly) can be awfully horrific. Their views are the only views and if you disagree then shit all over you. I made a comment (at my personal journal no less - locked so only my friends could see it) that the people doing the bsg rewatch are a little beyond insane in my opinion (and it was just that, my opinion) and someone blabbed and then all of a sudden people are writing nasty posts about how awful I am and how I've been trying to undermine the BSG fandom and bully people into thinking my way. How exactly is that when I never posted MY OWN PRIVATE THOUGHTS in a public form? I'm really quite turned off fandom in general at the moment and happy to stay away altogether.

Besides, real life is far better than fiction. As it should be.

I do understand about the not being able to use fingers. I had surgery on my thumb a number of years ago and it was incredible how many things I couldn't do! I sympathize with you greatly. *hugs* I hope it continues to get better!

C'est la vie ... there are a few out there (and they're the most popular in the fandom at the moment because they're bullies themselves) who pretty much TELL everyone what they should believe and talk down to everyone else but somehow people love them so when they said I was a horrible, evil, hypocritical wanker who was cruel to my friends, even people I don't know believed them. I'm a bit of a pariah in BSG circles now so I've removed myself from all of the comms and my journal is friends only now. I don't trust that they won't come and do something unkind.

I can't figure for the life of me why they're so bent out of shape by MY opinion since they apparently despise me anyway. Why get all up in a tizzy about it? Why not just let it pass instead of defending themselves? I figure I must have hit too close to the truth a few times and they're just defensive. Generally juvenile people tend to be that way and though a lot of them are in their 30's, they still act like schoolyard teenagers. Their problem, not mine. But really, BSG is over now and there's nothing more to anticipate so I'm done with it. Ready to move on. I'll watch the series again someday, maybe after Christmas when enough time has passed that I can really enjoy it.

(thankyouNPDperson) makes it easier for me to ignore stuff like that.

Who is NPDperson? Did I miss something?

It must be difficult that your hand seems normal while not being so. I can see where people would get frustrated with you because it isn't obviously unusable. It's so much easier if you're in a wheelchair or wearing a cast. What did the doctors tell you it was? And how will it get fixed? soon I hope!

Hey, good to hear from you. I dithered around with the Edge posts I had you beta, and finally posted the end of chapter three. Let me know if you're still up for beta'ing because I'm doing some rewrites of chapter four and can send it in a few days if you want.