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Random marker post
Celebrity self-branding is the fifth horseman of the apocalypse.
Celebrity self-branding is the fifth horseman of the apocalypse.
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Unbelievable Coincidence
Just got around to reading my notifications and found( this fic ) which is a quite cute Sherlock fic. The title is exactly something that my first husband used to say whenever he used to mock pretentious people in order that he not feel his lack of educational background as a problem.
I never made fun of him for the chip on his shoulder which his mother regularly replenished. Perhaps if I had things might have been different. Pretension is other peoples' interpretation of your own refinement, I think I thought of him only just todaY as I was cutting the hedge that I planted "what do we want a hedge for?" "to stop people wandering into our garden?" Tch, Our garden, listen to you..."
He never really got that I loved him past this, and that the most unlovable thing he did for himself was to give people permission to make himself feel inferior, and that in the end that was the thing that I couldn't bear watching about being with him. I'm not perfect but I will miss him sometimes especially when reading phrases like "Counterpoint the Surrealism of the Underlying Metaphor" come up as someone tries to bullshit their way through.
And now, this..
I never made fun of him for the chip on his shoulder which his mother regularly replenished. Perhaps if I had things might have been different. Pretension is other peoples' interpretation of your own refinement, I think I thought of him only just todaY as I was cutting the hedge that I planted "what do we want a hedge for?" "to stop people wandering into our garden?" Tch, Our garden, listen to you..."
He never really got that I loved him past this, and that the most unlovable thing he did for himself was to give people permission to make himself feel inferior, and that in the end that was the thing that I couldn't bear watching about being with him. I'm not perfect but I will miss him sometimes especially when reading phrases like "Counterpoint the Surrealism of the Underlying Metaphor" come up as someone tries to bullshit their way through.
And now, this..
..Simply because MF is the same height as my ex.
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Internet stops, but my brain goes on.
Having a broken modem box caused a mega melt-down on Mothers' Day. I basically had that as the last straw and phew, the aftermath...
Precipitated by the unexpected and unexplained death of one of my new cats, four months with me and then the little ginger nuisence goes and pegs out permanently. I had the two rescue cats new to the house in November together, and due to their behaviour and physical characteristics they were renamed Oscar Sherlock Moonpotato and Dr John sexy-biscuit Watson. It was Little (hulking large) Ginger Biscuit that extinguished his light, and myself and my ten year old were with him at the time, expecting to watch the Disney channel and then walk to school as usual. On his tombstone, theoretical tombstone at least, will be the Spike Milligan line "I TOLD YOU I WAS ILL", the comedian and personality that he was deserving of such a lineage of one line novels.
Before that just the usual money/car/teenage daughter stuff, all within ordinary range of horridness of life but just so much of it .
And I broke a tooth.
As usual posted to LJ via cut and paste, or shan't bother and just put the funny there instead.
May you read this and think, yikes, life isn't that crap here .
Precipitated by the unexpected and unexplained death of one of my new cats, four months with me and then the little ginger nuisence goes and pegs out permanently. I had the two rescue cats new to the house in November together, and due to their behaviour and physical characteristics they were renamed Oscar Sherlock Moonpotato and Dr John sexy-biscuit Watson. It was Little (hulking large) Ginger Biscuit that extinguished his light, and myself and my ten year old were with him at the time, expecting to watch the Disney channel and then walk to school as usual. On his tombstone, theoretical tombstone at least, will be the Spike Milligan line "I TOLD YOU I WAS ILL", the comedian and personality that he was deserving of such a lineage of one line novels.
Before that just the usual money/car/teenage daughter stuff, all within ordinary range of horridness of life but just so much of it .
And I broke a tooth.
As usual posted to LJ via cut and paste, or shan't bother and just put the funny there instead.
May you read this and think, yikes, life isn't that crap here .
Interesting luvvie fact, two interesting luvvie facts, among the...
Olivier theatre awards just finished on telly just now, and the most awarded theatre production included some bloke called Benedict Cumberbatch in it. Supporting article here www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/interviews/view/item111109/Benedict-Cumberbatch/ with pictures and some serious stuff mixed in the fluff, about why BC likes driving a bike in London central to work. His insurance premiums must be rather over the odds... He realises nicely that he's exploiting his type and background for achieving fame. Or he's just a bit posh and not able to step outside of that due to lack of other experiences.
I sincerely have a theory that an award presentation comes either at the end of a career ( Oh look, he's still alive) or at the lead in to an attempt to raise awareness for nominations next year(Oh him at that thing). It is a toss of the coin as to whether BC will be one of those good actors who's really excellent and gets lifetime achievement awards to give the other actors a bit of a chance in the meantime, or one of those good actors who gets other awards and never turns down any role, like Ewan McGregor and you see him everywhere and nowhere doing quality work like Meryl Streep that everyone hates... 
Sherlock fic rec of superlative awsome humour.sherlock-flashfic.dreamwidth.org/10219.html where JW earns his lost hour back.
I sincerely have a theory that an award presentation comes either at the end of a career ( Oh look, he's still alive) or at the lead in to an attempt to raise awareness for nominations next year(Oh him at that thing). It is a toss of the coin as to whether BC will be one of those good actors who's really excellent and gets lifetime achievement awards to give the other actors a bit of a chance in the meantime, or one of those good actors who gets other awards and never turns down any role, like Ewan McGregor and you see him everywhere and nowhere doing quality work like Meryl Streep that everyone hates...
Hmm, the Sherlock curse.
Sherlock fic rec of superlative awsome humour.sherlock-flashfic.dreamwidth.org/10219.html where JW earns his lost hour back.
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Holy Hellfire Progress at Last!
Helen Mirren doing Prospero as a woman in The Tempest. Proper text, only a bit fudged for clarity...
Damn, I wanna be her when I grow up.
Damn, I wanna be her when I grow up.
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Hot rec Sherlock fic
archiveofourown.org/works/167296
“Over there, you always know something’s coming, something that will test you,” he says, and then jerks his head up to meet Sherlock’s eyes. “Here, there’s no test … there’s just … nothing.”
John’s gaze slides away, returns slowly to Sherlock’s.
“You … you make me feel like something’s coming,” John says hesitantly.
And this bit right there encapsulates everything about the two of them that works as a friendship, partnership, adventure team. And then the author wrote friendship and adventure sex ha! Masterstroke there! A fic especially for those who want to work out how a soldier comes out of a warzone into the mundane world.
... why are you still here reading this.. click now... instant classic!
“Over there, you always know something’s coming, something that will test you,” he says, and then jerks his head up to meet Sherlock’s eyes. “Here, there’s no test … there’s just … nothing.”
John’s gaze slides away, returns slowly to Sherlock’s.
“You … you make me feel like something’s coming,” John says hesitantly.
And this bit right there encapsulates everything about the two of them that works as a friendship, partnership, adventure team. And then the author wrote friendship and adventure sex ha! Masterstroke there! A fic especially for those who want to work out how a soldier comes out of a warzone into the mundane world.
... why are you still here reading this.. click now... instant classic!
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Watson coat
www.riverisland.com/Online/women/coats--jackets/jackets/green-padded-jacket-597576
For all those pplz who want to look like Dr John Sexy Biscuit Watson and are female sizes in the UK. t's a darker green than the pic lets on, but I have tried it on and it's a rubbish wear as far as warmth goes, very visual. Dead right suitable for cosplay then!!
For all those pplz who want to look like Dr John Sexy Biscuit Watson and are female sizes in the UK. t's a darker green than the pic lets on, but I have tried it on and it's a rubbish wear as far as warmth goes, very visual. Dead right suitable for cosplay then!!
Free stuff to read that isn't AO3
There exist quite a few sites. This one is for reading on a PC, but not having investigated it thoroughly there may be d/l somewhere. Give something, post this link and stretch a braincell.
www.freefictionbooks.org/link-to-us
www.freefictionbooks.org/link-to-us
THEY LISTENED, holy hellfire customer service
----- Original Message -----Order no XXX delivered 8 Feb 2011 delivery slot 20.00/22.00 DriverVan XXX
From: MY EMAIL
Date: 08 February 2011
Subject: Delivery of order no XXXX948
Please remind the person who packed the order for me that the selection of "items to be packed in bags" was selected, as always. Less than a quarter of the items delivered were in bags; as I currently have a broken wrist this is a neccessity for me. The omission of the bags caused inconvenience to say the least, and too many trips up and down stairs. The driver explained that the people who usually pick/pack were replaced by a management team. Please don't let them in future.
Please.
So you may trace the order:
Dear Liz,
Firstly, I'd like to thank you for contacting me regarding this matter and please allow me to apologise for the delay in getting back to you. We do endeavour to reply to all enquiries as quickly as possible and I’m very sorry that I’ve let you down in that respect.
I'd like to thank you for placing another order with us and I'm so sorry to hear that we've let you down by not delivering your shopping with carrier bags. I understand how disappointing this must've been for you especially as you have a broken wrist so please accept my sincerest apologies for this.
Secondly, I've spoken to Julia, the Grocery Home Shopping Manager in the XXX Store who informed me that multiskilled Personel Shoppers picked your shopping yesterday. Julia will follow up this issue with them and retrain them where necessary.
Further to this, I've sent you out a £5.00 ecoupon. I realise this doesn't make up for the inconvenience we've caused you but I hope you'll accept it with my best wishes.
Finally, thank you once again for taking the time to email me regarding this matter. I'll hope you'll get better soon.
If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact me at online@tesco.co.uk quoting TES9153828X.
Kind Regards
Zsofia Sopronyi
Customer Service Manager
Tesco Grocery Home Shopping
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tthis.... just this
ficrec, no apologies if repeated. i keep losing this one, so once again radek as sex god. mmmffff
archiveofourown.org/works/54392
archiveofourown.org/works/54392
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kindle loans, what, lend not purchase a kindle item do you mean??
as some smart people have already noted you can allow selected people to borrow an already purchased kindle book at present.
WITH SOME TITLES YOU MAY ENABLE THE LOAN BEFORE PURCHASE.
try this link lifehacker.com/5721490/you-can-now-lend-your-kindle-books-to-a-friend-for-14-days and share the print.
whilst i am all for the purchase sharing and opening up of the printed word which enables the humble author to gain something back from their hard work, i strongly urge anything to get this somewhat money-seeking right-wing leaning company to do something other than dip into your pockt. in the uk the verb 'to dip into' a pocket also means 'steal'. dickensian slang for a street thief was a dip,and that has hammered the point home.
b t w many classic books are available in free d/l format from kindl, but guess what may not be listed obviously.
be well, friends.xx
WITH SOME TITLES YOU MAY ENABLE THE LOAN BEFORE PURCHASE.
try this link lifehacker.com/5721490/you-can-now-lend-your-kindle-books-to-a-friend-for-14-days and share the print.
whilst i am all for the purchase sharing and opening up of the printed word which enables the humble author to gain something back from their hard work, i strongly urge anything to get this somewhat money-seeking right-wing leaning company to do something other than dip into your pockt. in the uk the verb 'to dip into' a pocket also means 'steal'. dickensian slang for a street thief was a dip,and that has hammered the point home.
b t w many classic books are available in free d/l format from kindl, but guess what may not be listed obviously.
be well, friends.xx
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ssorry about the lack of puntuation and shift key, i had my btroken wrist operated on a week ago and am up to squeezing my ipod with my injured hand and rotating the wheely bit.
1/ science fooling about
2/ go find a sga story in memory of that expensive and well meaning idea that was sgu, and hope you don't get either sacked or dumped by text in the coming year.
for the radek lovers this...pierson.livejournal.com/137717.html . i go now to a previous sandwich made by my ex's new partner. jeez i am calling in favours left right centre and up down and charmed....
1/ science fooling about
2/ go find a sga story in memory of that expensive and well meaning idea that was sgu, and hope you don't get either sacked or dumped by text in the coming year.
for the radek lovers this...pierson.livejournal.com/137717.html . i go now to a previous sandwich made by my ex's new partner. jeez i am calling in favours left right centre and up down and charmed....
i am borg, save me radek!!
hey there, catching up in one go. left hand only still.
my appt with the fracture clinic ppl was tough yesterday. specialist said i have a wandering bone, and it must be wired down . yep, like a hurricane in there, needing body tent pegs or crap. so in 12 hrs time i am in for moderate surgery, like minor but not as big as major...
surgery with the TRAUMA TEAM, baby! wtf, there is something about me and clinics... my first bebe was, we'll start you off asap, do i have time for lunch, er--no.... the wrist surgery thing was we'd like to fix your wrist with mumbled-word type surgery, er ok but that'll be after christmas right, no i want it done today but we'll let you go home and pack up your children. yeesh, i'll call a taxi then...
sick joke #437, watching a woman stuff a dressing gown into a disney princess wheelie suitcase wiyh one hand ha ha. i am scared by the way.
wrong dirty thoughts when in pain. thankyou radek.
my wrist cast is pink. PINK NEOPREME-TYPE SYNTHETIC LIGHTWEGHT bamf SOLID ULTRALIGHT barby wants this PIIIIIIINK.
the surgeon setting my wrist in a and e was so kind because it was soooo obvious my wrist was the wrong shape urrgh xray and 2 broken bones visible like fukkk. he was a typical nhs specialist, not originally english, so well mannered and attentive,,,
when the time comes to pull and push the bones to match up the pain was #insert descriptor# big, the two doctors pulling and holding and grinding the bones together to vahguely fit, i t was only a tiny step to chaange the voice into radeks, and displacing my pain by imagining i was a console on atlantis thst radek was engineering to fit back together...the left push, keep pressure on, more, words were a focus and a distraction and i imagined the lovely david nykl pic i have just there as my icon as my surgeon....,
shame ful really to imagine hands doing something brutally painful like that, but it was my pain management technique and i shall stay with it. but nudge you and just you to know who i got to help me and yep it's freudian of course. i've gone off h/c as a fun hobby. too close to home but just might put shorter men back on the dating list mrrrrrr.
the surgeon setting my wrist in a and e was so kind because it was soooo obvious my wrist was the wrong shape urrgh xray and 2 broken bones visible like fukkk. he was a typical nhs specialist, not originally english, so well mannered and attentive,,,
when the time comes to pull and push the bones to match up the pain was #insert descriptor# big, the two doctors pulling and holding and grinding the bones together to vahguely fit, i t was only a tiny step to chaange the voice into radeks, and displacing my pain by imagining i was a console on atlantis thst radek was engineering to fit back together...the left push, keep pressure on, more, words were a focus and a distraction and i imagined the lovely david nykl pic i have just there as my icon as my surgeon....,
shame ful really to imagine hands doing something brutally painful like that, but it was my pain management technique and i shall stay with it. but nudge you and just you to know who i got to help me and yep it's freudian of course. i've gone off h/c as a fun hobby. too close to home but just might put shorter men back on the dating list mrrrrrr.
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lack of punctuation alert
i broke my r wrist yesterday. i will post boringly about it without a shift key. meanwhile go read this sherlock fic...
archiveofourown.org/works/138434
archiveofourown.org/works/138434
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Just me, really only me then...
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
toft person, you are just so *non-participatory* in a group which you are so clearly striving to be a member of, that I think you cannot easily reclaim the goodwill which up till now you've taken for granted.Oh, and by the way, I already said this to
toft in pixel so I'm not being shifty, or any of the other things she has been called out on.Just me having the one account name by which I'm known then, and non of this multi named deceptive stuff? Yep, looks like it.
Most people want to be Rodney, not Kavenaugh. With any luck we achieve Radek.
Just between you and me....
... You know when someone makes a great effort to do (write) something and they really try hard (write 50 thou words or so) and their effort can be really great ... for them... but sort of ( like a teen novel translated from another language into English with repeditive and unimaginative pacing and a kind of motherly descriptive Bowdlerised air to it and you don't know whether to bother to finish or persist in the hope that you will find their beta-editor has interfered strongly and creatively) not great, and then you stop yourself and chide the writing critic you that has only blogged a bit recently not achieved 50 thou words or so and could be interpreted as being a sour silly about it....
Well, fuck that; SGABB has an item that has made me behave like Ned Flanders' younger sister at church just now and I don't know whether to treat it as an outline or dump it as a bad job or applaud it's irony or just laugh my ass off at it....
It's a bit like Dickens or Hardy as a style. Throw the egg at the town centre statue or saw it's head off, it's still more work than I myself have ever done SO FAR.
Right.
A Hewligan BB entry it is then, I just challenged myself.
Well, fuck that; SGABB has an item that has made me behave like Ned Flanders' younger sister at church just now and I don't know whether to treat it as an outline or dump it as a bad job or applaud it's irony or just laugh my ass off at it....
It's a bit like Dickens or Hardy as a style. Throw the egg at the town centre statue or saw it's head off, it's still more work than I myself have ever done SO FAR.
Right.
A Hewligan BB entry it is then, I just challenged myself.
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Heterosexual Privilege List.
Look, LJ or DW, it is Google chrome that is not helping today. I have fallen off the face of the internet into my iPod and will live there quite cheerfully but i have to say relying on DW to repost to LJ is tiring.
Whilst you think about that (!) here are serious and worthwhile items.
Found this on tumblr - here.
Thanks to apihile who is beyond... well, most people on and off line actually.
Whilst you think about that (!) here are serious and worthwhile items.
The Heterosexual Privilege List
- I can be pretty sure that my roomate, hallmates and classmates will be comfortable with my sexual orientation.
- If I pick up a magazine, watch TV, or play music, I can be certain my sexual orientation will be represented.
- When I talk about my heterosexuality (such as in a joke or talking about my relationships), I will not be accused of pushing my sexual orientation onto others.
- I do not have to fear that if my family or friends find out about my sexual orientation there will be economic, emotional, physical or psychological consequences.
- I did not grow up with games that attack my sexual orientation.
- I am not accused of being abused, warped or psychologically confused because of my sexual orientation.
- I can go home from most meetings, classes, and conversations without feeling excluded, fearful, attacked, isolated, outnumbered, unheard, held at a distance, stereotyped or feared because of my sexual orientation.
- I am never asked to speak for everyone who is heterosexual.
- I can be sure that my classes will require curricular materials that testify to the existence of people with my sexual orientation.
- People don’t ask why I made my choice of sexual orientation.
- People don’t ask why I made my choice to be public about my sexual orientation.
- I do not have to fear revealing my sexual orientation to friends or family. It’s assumed.
- My sexual orientation was never associated with a closet.
- People of my gender do not try to convince me to change my sexual orientation.
- I don’t have to defend my heterosexuality.
- I can easily find a religious community that will not exclude me for being heterosexual.
- I can count on finding a therapist or doctor willing and able to talk about my sexuality.
- I am guaranteed to find sex education literature for couples with my sexual orientation.
- Because of my sexual orientation, I do not need to worry that people will harass me.
- I have no need to qualify my straight identity.
- My masculinity/femininity is not challenged because of my sexual orientation.
- I am not identified by my sexual orientation.
- I can be sure that if I need legal or medical help my sexual orientation will not work against me.
- If my day, week, or year is going badly, I need not ask of each negative episode or situation whether it has sexual orientation overtones.
- When visiting the theatre or renting a film, I can be sure I will not have trouble finding my sexual orientation represented.
- I am guaranteed to find people of my sexual orientation represented in the curriculum, faculty, and administration.
- I can walk in public with my significant other and not have people double-take or stare.
- I can choose to not think politically about my sexual orientation.
- I do not have to worry about telling my roommate about my sexuality. It is assumed I am a heterosexual.
- I can remain oblivious of the language and culture of LGBTQ folk without feeling in my culture any penalty for such oblivion.
- I can go for months without being called straight.
- I’m not grouped because of my sexual orientation.
- My individual behavior does not reflect on people who identity as heterosexual.
- In everyday conversation, the language my friends and I use generally assumes my sexual orientation. For example, sex inappropriately referring to only heterosexual sex or family meaning heterosexual relationships with kids.
- People do not assume I am experienced in sex (or that I even have it!) merely because of my sexual orientation.
- I can kiss a person of the opposite gender without being watched and stared at.
- Nobody calls me straight with maliciousness.
- People can use terms that describe my sexual orientation and mean positive things, not using terms to describe my sexual orientation in a negative sense.
- I am not asked to think about why I am straight.
- I can be open about my sexual orientation without worrying about my job.
Thanks to apihile who is beyond... well, most people on and off line actually.
What I will be doing about TW4
Yes I know it.s not even been filmed yet, and the plotlines are hardly dry out of the printer. i have definite and quite firm intentions towards the fourth series of Torchwood, or the first series of new Torchwood the X Files copy.
I doubt if I will watch each ep as it is broadcast, unless my e-mates in the US are the remotest bit curious in which case I may watch as long as there is Andy in it.
I f there is no Andy in the ep, I will not watch the repeats. *frowns darkly* I remember well what happened to Agent Pendrell and The Lone Gunmen. and also in particular how crappy writer producers may ruin a good or even a great thing for the sake of deconstruction that week.
Plotlines that are designed to collect the interest of the general public will be by self-definition of uninterest to the fans, Smoking Man excepted, and the locations and token Americans will spoil Cardiff... Hang on, is that the XFiles I'm still talking about here or is it a mishmash of all the other disappointments in fandom I've had colouring my POV (Micheal Grade cancelling Doctor Who)
Busting a formula is only a little bit amusing, second Darren in Bewitched, and therre is little I have seen before that I will hope to see from the mature stylings of the producer Who Shall Not Be Named. I will unwatch many comms as a precaution because I am still itrritated about the mess at the Not Tourist Office door in Cardiff being spoilt by people. Even GDL has asked for people to stop it, come on get grown up please!
To summarise:- Captain Andy OR BUST. I'll have to get him to blog about it.
I doubt if I will watch each ep as it is broadcast, unless my e-mates in the US are the remotest bit curious in which case I may watch as long as there is Andy in it.
I f there is no Andy in the ep, I will not watch the repeats. *frowns darkly* I remember well what happened to Agent Pendrell and The Lone Gunmen. and also in particular how crappy writer producers may ruin a good or even a great thing for the sake of deconstruction that week.
Plotlines that are designed to collect the interest of the general public will be by self-definition of uninterest to the fans, Smoking Man excepted, and the locations and token Americans will spoil Cardiff... Hang on, is that the XFiles I'm still talking about here or is it a mishmash of all the other disappointments in fandom I've had colouring my POV (Micheal Grade cancelling Doctor Who)
Busting a formula is only a little bit amusing, second Darren in Bewitched, and therre is little I have seen before that I will hope to see from the mature stylings of the producer Who Shall Not Be Named. I will unwatch many comms as a precaution because I am still itrritated about the mess at the Not Tourist Office door in Cardiff being spoilt by people. Even GDL has asked for people to stop it, come on get grown up please!
To summarise:- Captain Andy OR BUST. I'll have to get him to blog about it.
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Home from the hols by the Torchwood tower.
I delight in telling you that Caerdydd CARDIFF IN WALES is as beautiful, clean and good touristy fun as ever. I got my iPod to work and also the re were so many extra calories that it got to be stupid by the third day, rolling into the hotel bed and failing to even have energy to set the alarm...
Today's Rodney rec ficwise is sparked off by this UST .
John blew out a breath, leaving as much space between them as humanly possible. There was only so much a man could handle in the space of twenty-four hours, and considering everything, John felt it best to consider himself some nineteenth-century prude, ready to explode at the merest hint of Rodney's ankle.
Ohsheafrotherdon , why are you so fantastic all of the time? Without effort and with so much irony and hotness?
( link to LJ posting of this excellence )
Today's Rodney rec ficwise is sparked off by this UST .
John blew out a breath, leaving as much space between them as humanly possible. There was only so much a man could handle in the space of twenty-four hours, and considering everything, John felt it best to consider himself some nineteenth-century prude, ready to explode at the merest hint of Rodney's ankle.
Oh
sheafrotherdon , why are you so fantastic all of the time? Without effort and with so much irony and hotness?( link to LJ posting of this excellence )