So, thank you again to everyone who helped me out with my profile code last night! Check it out, it's purdy. I'll wait.

Back? Great (I know some of you didn't look... I'll forgive you 'cause I know you'll look after, right? Right? >.>)! So, after unamaga lit on the code that the profile doesn't spit back out and make faces at (and, it might have been on the webpage links I got from a couple of you, if so, thanks to you too!), I went off to implement it.

Then I looked down at the section of ORANGE LINK CODE and realized, hey, the code I'm putting in looks exactly like...

OH RIGHT, THEY'RE ORANGE. JUST WOW, DARSY. YOU WIN THE SMRT PRIZE.

So, yeah. Moral of the story is, go to bed on time, and don't feed the plaid aardvark. Though really, the last bit is just common sense.

I have a lovely new profile graphic/layout/thingie, but unfortunately the link colors and the underlines for links are causing the pretty to be less... pretty.

I have spent about an hour and a half looking for the way to change link color in a table (since there's no body tag for layout html) but I've come up empty and frustrated and tired.

This is how I'd like it to look, with the links that color and no underlines for the orange or blue links:

( Cut for size )

fandomsecrets has THREE SGA secrets today!

Thank you to the anonymouse who posted telling me they hoped this made me smile:


It's nice-looking, too! All symmetrical and appropriate and rounded and OMG.

Thank you! :D

EDIT WHOOPS: Just wanted to thank the folks who posted letting me know it was up! I was out for 10 hours doing Mother's Day stuff with the family and totally had no idea. :D

This poll was posted on cupidsbow's journal and I've seen it on lavvyan's journal as well, and I think it's a really neat idea, and something I'd really like to know. The concept is that of seeing LJ usernames as a 'brand,' of sorts. Basically, we tended to expect certain types of stories from certain authors, and that expectation became part of the portmanteau of icon/name/fandom we associate with them.

So that made me curious--does darsynia have a brand? If so, what is it? I've added a twist to this to entice new f-listers to participate as well: for the genre and theme questions, I've added a 'what would you *like* to see' question. Please feel free to fill this out even if you've only read a few stories--I'm ravenously curious! Anonymous posting is on, screening is off.

( When I think of Darsynia, I think of... )

Just a quick pimp for lantis_lims! It's been forever since I've made icons, and I have to figure out how to move all of my stuff from PS7 to CS3, but hey, why not!

lantis_lims -- You Know You Want To

So, continuing with the theme of awesome ice cubes, equusentric has upped the ante.

I give you... The Well-Endowed Ice Cube, not to be confused with the Well-Tempered Clavier. Bach would be rolling in his grave right about now.

What are you still doing here? This post has the most capslock amusery that I've read since I joined this fandom! SCOOT.

I can't believe I... Well. See for yourself:

Title: Stuck On You
Summary: "Isn't that just typical," Chipped muttered to himself. Then, a little louder, he said, "You don't have much room to talk--at least I don't have a *mutant edge*. I thought there were regulations against that sort of thing."
Rating: G
Warnings: AU. OH, SO AU.
Author's Notes: THEY'RE ICE CUBES. *headdesk*
More Coherent Author's Notes: This was my husband's suggestion. I kid you not. Tonight at dinner he said, and I quote: You should write a crack!fic where John and Rodney are ice cubes. There'll be drama, because they are going to eventually melt, and they can have sex, because ice cubes can get all stuck together, etc., etc. This actually turned out FAR more fluffy than one would have expected. Special thanks to clear_as_blood for the encouragement.
More Notes!: Now with cover art by clear_as_blood! Thanks sweets!

( Stuck On You )


ETA: There is now (brain-meltingly cute) ART by falling_colors ILU.

ETA2: Tune in some day in the far future, when ice!Rodney worries that he'll be placed in a glass of ice water with *gasp* LEMON in it, and John-cube distracts him by engineering a daring (and nearly suicidal) rescue mission.

ETA3: There are now (omg so so adorable) ICONS by altyronsmaker!

Stolen from the awesome that is wieimmer:




A meme called me fat :(

Hubby today at Max & Erma's celebratory NO MORE FINALS supper:

You should write a crack!fic where John and Rodney are ice cubes. There'll be drama, because they are going to eventually melt, and they can have sex, because ice cubes can get all stuck together, etc., etc.

*nudges with elbow* right? right? OMG.

ETA: Dear GOD, 834 words already. WHAT HAVE I DONE?

ETA2: (what, you thought I'd have a funny tagline?) Stuck On You. 1360 words of ICE CUBE CRACKFIC.

ETA3, Second Cousin Twice Removed of ETA's half-sister that was adopted: Hubby on AIM:
'Pour warm water on them = crack fic'

*sigh*

This post has nothing to do with the fact that there's a magazine called Jessica's Biscuit
Well, I DO. Costco ftw. Though, this post is about my MONUMENTAL FAIL today.

I rickrolled myself. Hubby and I discussing the event:

I wish I had a Lorne icon. Woot! I have one now. Thanks for the rec, unamaga

fandomsecrets:



I repeat. WHAT.

Discuss.

ETA: This comment makes me sad for that person. I fully expect to get flamed for my response, though, because I like McShep and therefore must be part of the raving hordes. Or something.

ETA2, Clever Relative to ETA (I'm lazy tonight): ILU, Leah! (Honorable mention to vida_boheme and falling_colors)

lidi is made of awesome. I recognized a bunch of my f-listers on her 3d post, which was awesome--but the most awesome is my icon, which omg. It's so girly and pretty and wow. *pets it*

The SGA Rec Festival!, hosted by sheafrotherdon.

BEST IDEA EVER. Go. Rec. Read. Enjoy.

Three weeks. THREE WEEKS I couldn't write more than detailed outline notes for my sgabigbang story, and tonight I write 3,000 words. This wouldn't be a problem except I have a math final tomorrow that I HAVE to get at least an 88% on or I don't get a B in the class. Given that I'm a little (read: OMG a lot) obsessive about good grades, I'm not quite sure from whence this psychotic idea of mine has come from, but I'm very close to not pleased.

Setting aside my worries for the moment, oh WOW do I love what I just wrote. /vain

Oh! in her Meta about Jennifer Keller, horridporrid pretty much sums up exactly why I like the character. Definitely worth the read, I'd say even if you don't like Keller but might be willing to see why others do. horridporrid's SGA episode reviews are also very worth reading, though I've been lax in telling her so. Oops.

Speaking of SGA (and when am I not?), watched Sateda again today. GOD that episode could not be made of more win. Kiwi boxers? The Matrix, SGA style! Carson & Ronon hugs!

Re: Harry Potter lately, just... oh man. I have come to the realization that they're phoning in the movies (I hear the HBP movie will be mostly about romance? With very important character moments removed, including a funeral and pretty much any reference to a Remus/Tonks buildup. The second I can understand, we'll have to sacrifice a lot I hear, but the first? WTF? I also hear that they're severely cutting back on the Tom Riddle backstory... so, what is the film going to be? Multiple scenes of Hermione pouting as Ron and Lav-Lav make out? DO NOT WANT.) and it'll take a lot of doing to make me want to do anything other than illegally download HBP once it's available to watch it, in protest.

Lastly, David Nykl updated his blog, with a very frustrating comment about SGA season 5:

"I've just read the mid-season two parter, and let me tell you you won't believe what happens to - -- -- mmmmphphp mpp pphpp. *muzzled from offstage*"

Wish me luck, boys and girls. 10:30 Poli Sci, 3:30 Math. I should NOT be online between the two as I need to be refreshing my memory on all the things I've forgotten. Though god help me if I decide I need to write more...

GO LOOK AT THIS, OMG.

For fans of House and SGA, it's just sheer awesome. SGA cast done in the style of the House opening credits.

Go! *shooing motion*

ETA: The download is down but I think the vidder plans to fix that soon. Fixed!

ETA2, Second Cousin Twice Removed of ETA: The Download Page. There are some great other vids by the same person that are worth checking out--Mad World is pretty good.

Apparently this is my week of Stuff to Complain About, so far be it from me to let that slip:

>> Ok, raise your hand if you think woodpeckers are cool. Higher, so I can aim my rotten fruit. I kid, I kid. However, the one (possibly more?) that lives near my house gets up at 6:30 every day. He's also LOUD. Grr.

>> They're working on our street this week, repaving it. Which means I had to skip school ('had' to, hah) yesterday because I couldn't leave the house due to the asphalt-ripping-gigantic-scary machine sitting in front of my driveway. This complaint has many facets, because a) I don't think I can afford to miss class today, b) they as well start their work at 6:30, and c) they might be really annoying and start working on both sides of the street at once, trapping me again. Add to this the fact that they'll for SURE have the road blocked off when I come home, which means I have to park ASS far away and walk to the house. My house just happens to be smack in the middle of the road, equidistant from both ends.

>> I have a sore throat. Finals week is next week. Doh.

>> I think someone stole my Political Science book, and I can't find my notebook with all the notes in it that I need to study for the finals.

>> I need more fiber in my diet. Ahem.

But hey, it's FRIDAY, right? That's gotta count for something! Plus the high today is 77 which means it won't be cold when I have to walk a half mile to the house, and there are thunderstorms on the forecast for the next two days! This is also the last meaningful day of class (Monday we've got class too, but all three of them are review days and I believe we're allowed to skip them), I've got all the hormones out of my system from last week (which means no more pregnancy symptoms without a cause), Jewel Staite is going to be at Shore Leave, and there's going to be a McKay/Weir event similar to Big Bang.

So, there, I think that balances out a little?
~Darsy

ETA: HICCUPS?!

Damnit. Damnit.

This isn't the other shoe dropping, but I can't sleep and all I keep thinking about are disjointed images from the last three weeks. Like telling G that he'd given me the best Christmas present ever (due date would have been @ or around the 20th of December). Or how stupid I feel now, pressing the ultrasound tech about whether I really was pregnant, since everyone was so willing to just take me at my word rather than doing a test to confirm (which struck me as really odd. Aren't there some women who would lie just to get attention?).

The worst part is, I keep getting mad at myself for getting the pillow wet.

*sigh*

~Darsy

PS. I'm so completely and utterly not going for sympathy here, and by the time I wake up I'll be okay, so please don't anyone feel obligated to say anything! I have the post from last week to scroll through if I need that <3

PS2, son of PS. which is totally not a game console in this scenario: I actually feel guilty over the Christmas present comment. Like I put G in a position to have to apologize now, or something. Ahh, good ol' inappropriate guilt...

I feel compelled to complain that I don't seem to know how to write anything truly angsty. Grr. My life is angsty, why can't I gravitate toward angsty?

This message brought to you by the fact that I just wrote 2,000+ words of porn and it ends so sweetly that I think I have a toothache. *sigh*

~Darsy,
who, OMG needs to go to bed two hours ago.

Ps. Ding, dong the Moth is dead.

Edit: My sense of logic has compelled me to point out that my life is in no way hardly at all angsty.

Edit 2: Apparently I've been told that my life is, in fact, quite angsty, and my outlook on it is just overly optimistic! Who knew! *wink*