Odds and ends

[icepixie]

Look at this gorgeous ten-day forecast. I think I'm going to wear a skirt to work on Wednesday or Thursday. (Okay, that might be pushing it somewhat for outside, but the office is always really warm, so I think it'll work out for me.)

It can be springtimez nao? Maybe? It's already been in the 60s since Friday!

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I read a book the other day I thought I'd recommend: As She Climbed Across the Table, by Jonathan Lethem. If Nick Hornby and Tom Stoppard teamed up to write a novel about quantum physics, love, and American academia, it would look a lot like this. Although this novel was a bit more lightweight than the hypothetical one they would produce would be, I think. Still enjoyable, though.

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wintercreek did this meme, and I couldn't resist: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. I've got non-descriptive and ridiculous in spades. Pick any of them (as many as you want) and I'll either post a snippet or explain what the heck it's about.

due South
Increments
post-COTW
ten-dance [actually, I already posted a snippet here, come to think of it]
undercover
conversation

Babylon 5
Nine Stories
Remarkable Illusions/weddingfic
baseball/hockey
assassins
looney tunes

Corner Gas
fakeout

Northern Exposure
homeless
grosse pointe

Comments

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

Baseball/hockey B5 fic? *ears perk up*

[icepixie]

sometime in 2271 or so...

As they settled in front of the vidscreen, Sofie asked, "Are we watching Daffy?"

"Not this time, kiddo." Michael turned the screen on, and video of Mars's Bradbury Memorial Park, filled with spectators, appeared. Down on the field, Daniel Matthias, the Dodgers's best hitter, swung at the ball. The bat made a satisfying *crack* as it connected, and the crowd cheered as he began to run the bases. Michael held his breath as Matthias circled the plates, and when he slid home, milliseconds before the Proxima Stars's second baseman threw the ball to the catcher, he thrust his fist in the air. "Yes!"

Sofie looked at him with an expression he'd seen often on Susan's face over the years. It was the one that openly questioned his sanity.

He put his arm around her shoulders and smiled. "I think it's high time I taught you the fine art of being a Dodgers fan."

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When Susan walked into the living room, she found them both cheering for an opportune throw to third base that had gotten one of the Stars out and consequently won the game. She sat beside Michael, bemused, while he and Sofie rehashed the highlights of the game.

[Assorted action/dialogue] "So now I'm going to have both of you going nuts when the World Series is on?"

"Hey, there is no way I'm worse than you and Delenn during hockey playoffs."


...Because I have this image in my head of Susan being a fairly rabid hockey fan, and having at some point during the series gotten Delenn into it (Delenn needing some way of vicariously letting out her pent-up aggression). And of course later in this fic, Susan's going to sit Sofie down and be like, "Sweetie, your father is sadly misinformed about the relative merits of various team sports. Now I'm going to teach you all about HOCKEY!"

[mylittleredgirl.livejournal.com]

SUCH AMAZING CRACK, I LOVE IT.

You can love both baseball and hockey! Truefact!

[icepixie]

CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK.

Hehe, I'm thinking Sofie will defy both her parents and start loving/playing some Minbari sport. Or maybe she'll like both hockey and baseball. So many possibilities!

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love this. Sofie looked at him with an expression he'd seen often on Susan's face over the years. It was the one that openly questioned his sanity. Hee!

And yes. Delenn and Susan and hockey. Yes.

[icepixie]

Thank you!

I can just see them sitting in front of the vidscreen in Susan's quarters, cheering and yelling at the screen...