You can't erase this

You know what the weirdest offshoot of 9/11 is for me? I couldn't watch Independence Day, (one of my favourite tune-out-and-veg movies) for a very long time. What gets to me are the scenes near the beginning where people are watching what's happening on tv. They're all disbelieving and scared. And I'm right back in the lobby of the CBC watching with a hundred strangers/co-workers and thinking, This can't really be happening.

Stupid? Probably. I was scared. Who wasn't?

It seems a little silly now, but that day? Nobody knew what else might happen. They threw us out of work early in an overabundance of caution because of our proximity to the CN Tower. I was reminded, absurdly, of the Wicked Witch of the West ducking because Glinda said someone might drop a house on her, too.

I should shut up now, because I don't have anything substantive to contribute. But I woke up this morning thinking about this stuff and thinking about how glad I am that K is here with me now and I don't have to think about which number to find her at if something bad happens.

In other words, I actually feel a little safer now than I did then because I'm no longer 500 miles away from my K-shaped security blanket. And that thought led me to thinking about this song:

Tuesday Morning
Melissa Etheridge
www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=960B7F612B8CD26E (mp3, 1972k)

M.

Weekend-a-thon

A very productive --or at least busy-- weekend it was and so I must spam:

• Finished our ncis_ficathon story and sent it off for beta. Possibly not a great accomplishment, seeing as how we got the assignment in June. But if we'd started writing it that long ago, it would have been folded, spindled, mutilated, thrown out, re-discovered, and generally gnawed-upon by now. Instead, we took a couple of weeks for serious thinking/sketching, then put it all together on Saturday. This is about as far from the last minute as I ever get.
  
  
• Watched the first 3 episodes of SGA, season 3. Soon to be caught up so I can start reading the fanfic again.
  
  
• Made really good fajitas.
  
  
• Got some potentially very good news which I will share next week.
  
  
• Signed up for the next session of aquafit.
  
  
• Showed K her very first episode of The Hilarious House of Frightenstein. (Billy Van! Billy Van! Billy Van! etc...)
  
  
• Managed to get through a family thing when I really wanted to stay home.
  
  
• Read the latest story in audrarose's Venom series (Supernatural - Sam/Dean, NC-17). Did not yet leave feedback because I'm still processing. It rocks, though.
  
  
• Got my Mike Kellerman Sim to work his way up to Surgeon. Most of my other Sims are on the police/military track, so I thought I'd try something different for Mikey. Same reason I made Larry Fleinhardt an actor, put Megan Reeves Fleinhardt on the business track, and launched Ari Haswari on a Life of Crime. Yes. I have an Ari Haswari Sim. Don't worry, I keep him away from Kate. I just found this Sim head that looked like him and it seemed like a fun idea. Oh and, about Kellerman? He's a bit of a homewrecker. He keeps trying to dance and flirt with DiNozzo. Tsk, tsk. Shocking. Especially now with Gibbs trying to get into his new military career after taking time off to raise Sam and Angelina. He's had to sacrifice some of his time with Tony in order to interact with the kids and maintain other friendships. So far, Tony is resisting Mike's siren call. Stopping now.
  
  
• Began mulling over ncis_tinsel. There are a lot of holiday fic exchanges out there. Does NCIS really need its own? I shall do a poll.

M.