A Safe Space for Moogles

And I even got my parents a card for their anniversary. :D ...of course, I ran into them on the way to the bookstore, so it's not as if I could play it off like I'd had it for weeks. Dammit. ;P Anyway, I wrote in the card that I'd take them out to breakfast one day, so there you have it. Instant present, no guilt. ;)

Also, I may be insane. But it's for a good cause! :D

Now if you'll excuse me, I think I shall go collapse.

In ascending order of "things that actually, y'know, affect other people."

Item 1: My professor pulled me aside today and essentially told me that my projects were crap and I'd have to redo them both. In retrospect, it shouldn't have been as big of a shock as it was. I'm grateful that I even have the chance to redo them, even if it means staying after class. Still, not a happy thing to be told. - She asked me if doing two majors was putting an unfair amount of pressure on me. I told her that it's a lot, that doesn't mean it's unfair. This is what I've decided to do. Even if it kills me.

Item 2: Our new masters, in their infinite wisdom, have decided to do away with the option to create Basic accounts. They call this "streamlining the setup process for new users." LJ users call it bullshit. I call it "really, really glad I followed dragovianknight to IJ, and wanting to tempt all my LJ friends over there with me." IJ does not have near enough Transformers fans, y'all. This needs to be fixed. Also, I should probably look into roleplay communities on IJ. ...Not that I'm giving up on LJ yet. They just own the servers; the real stuff - the content - that's ours.

Item 3: Oklahoma representative Sally Kern goes on an anti-gay tirade of epic proportions. Guys, when you listen to this, keep in mind between projectile-vomiting sessions that this is what they actually believe. And she's not just some crank bitching over the Internet - she's in a leadership position, speaking as a leader.

On the upside, today my new psychiatrist doubled my dosage of happy pills.

Changed both my layouts. LJ folks, that's the wingthing up on the right, the Baltimore skyline behind her, and the lyrics are from "Kite" by U2. IJ folks, the lyrics are from "The Body Electric" by Rush, and if you don't recognize who that character is I'll be very disappointed. ;)

Other than that, not a whole lot to report right now. We're just starting new projects in all my classes, the next big adventure on my agenda is Botcon, and I can't really make any plans for this summer yet. I'm just kind of waiting. It's a relief to have springkink over with, though - I definitely want to focus on my big projects for a while after this.

( Those projects, for my own reference. )

...and the brief period I'll be at home is for Lunch and Packing. Imma goin' out with my friends tonight! Yay! ^_^

Springkink Recs, for the people who eschew LJ. We still have good porn on LJ! We're just, uh, quieter about it. ^_^;;;

Advance and Follow, in which Skywarp and Thundercracker get up to Mischief. Of the sexy kind. ;)
Oh Merciful Descent, entirely-too-cruel Sephiroth/Cloud movie fic.
Untitled, Starscream, Tracks, violence and related themes and also angst. *wibbles and hugs Tracks*
In The Old Country, fluffy gen involving the Protectobots on Cybertron. *hearts*
Training With Kyo, Kyo/Tohru/martial arts/utter cuteness.
Jump The Gun, in which Starscream finally gets the better of Megatron. This one appeals to the gunkink sector of my brain. (Actually, anything involving Megatron appeals to that sector; this fic brought it roses and whispered sweet nothings in its ear.)
this, and only this; it is enough, Sora/Riku, massive amounts of cute that spiral right into "guh" territory.
Comm Signal, Judy Witwicky/Frenzy. YA RLY.
Piecing, Beatrix/Garnet pre-game fluff. There's an unfortunate dearth of good FF9 fic out there, which makes me rather a sad moogle.
Not Quite By the Book, Tseng/Reno: swift, hard and hot, just the way I like my Turks. ^_^

And since no rec post would be complete without pimping myself:
Holy's Touch: the prompt was Aeris with tentacles, and I of course came up with fixit!crack. Which I have been implored to continue. Oh, help.
Lab Assistant, Agatha/Gil from Girl Genius. Verreh short canon scene from Gil's POV.
Marquis de Air Commander, Starscream/everybody. Well, technically six people, but that's more than enough getting laid for one fic. XD
Spark's Oath, in which Magnus runs headlong into Rodimus's issues. Angst, hugs and Metroplex being protective.
Junkyard Wars, Hook, Ratchet, Perceptor and Scavenger in various combinations. In which, as apathocles puts it, Hook and Ratchet battle for Perceptor's love. (Unfortunately they forgot to ask Percy about it first.)