Vacation daaaaaay

[bironic]

Happy almost-Passover! And happy almost-almost-Easter, and happy spring break to those of you on U.S. academic calendars. To the rest I wish a happy Monday, if that is possible.

I am celebrating by writing self-indulgent porn at 10 a.m. There is a chicken for roasting later, matzo balls in a jar ready to be be-souped, gefilte fish longing to be laid out on lettuce, a sweet potato aching for baking. Okay, that rhyme was terrible. I'm sorry, National Poetry Month.

/weird

Okay, no, not /weird. You know what is weird? How a holiday that is in part about how the fleeing slaves had no time for their bread to rise has become an occasion to spend hours and hours preparing food that we can eat so long as it doesn't have yeast or flour in it.

In which we switch topics to fandom

You know what some people would find weird but I thought was pretty great? This SGA kink meme fill of a bestiality prompt, which is about how Sheppard bonds with a sentient creature when they're both captive in a prison cell, and which is less bestiality in the classical sense (copulation with an animal) than it is about connecting with an intelligent beast-looking creature with a different language and behavior. Sort of like Chewbacca? Not to say that it isn't dirty-wrong-hot too, complete with drugs and dubcon and multiple orgasms and non-beast noncon. Looks like the author created an LJ just to post it; I wonder if it's a known author in fandom who was conflicted about being associated with it. But seriously, thumbs up.

In which we pause to consider the juxtaposition of the above segments

...

In which we accept the odd contradictions that comprise my life and continue on as usual

I'd also like to rec an Inception fill that once again features underage!Arthur and 20-something!Eames, but I think I will save it for a short while in the hope that my Kink Bingo card has an ageplay square on it so I can compile these AU recs along with a handful of SGA stories that take the trope to really interesting places.

Movies I have seen lately that are good but may not get the write-ups they deserve so I may as well just list them:

• The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat)
• Hostage of Illusions
• Less Than Zero

Okay, going away now before something even stranger comes out of my keyboard.

Comments

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

This is such an entertainingly written post, especially the pause.

*goes to read John Sheppard/Chewbacca* <-- ETA That was AWESOME. Thank you for reccing it!

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Yay! I almost didn't read it, but I'm really glad I did. You never know based on the prompts which fills are going to be excellent.

[recrudescence.livejournal.com]

Atanarjuat! I remember seeing that in theatres and really liking it (even though my best friend tried to cover my eyes during the sex scenes). I thought it was so cool it was the first major movie to be totally in the Inuit language.

...so, what kind of porn are you writing?

[bironic.livejournal.com]

I wanted to see it when it came out at the indie theater in my hometown, but for whatever reason I missed it. Was great to find it on Netflix, and a good watch on a lazy weekend morning. I very much agree about the coolness of it being Inuit-produced; so many stories involving indigenous cultures are from a Western perspective featuring a Western hero/savior that it was really great to see this completely insular film about Inuit cultural mythology.

And, aww, the sex parts were fun. Hope you didn't completely miss out on them. :)

[takes-a-fairy.livejournal.com]

I've learned to look forward to Mondays because I started seeing them as a fresh start much like the way people see the New Year and make resolutions for it. It's possible to have a happy Monday!
So-Happy Monday to you, too. Lol!

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Ah, I like that! Happy almost-end-of-Monday to you.

[takes-a-fairy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Have a great rest of th week! =•]

[zulu.livejournal.com]

Hee! I'll follow a rec like that any day.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Was it the intelligent beast or the promise of good writing that lured you? :)

[zulu.livejournal.com]

Can't it be both? :D

[l-eremita.livejournal.com]

You are sounding very gleeful! Perhaps it is the imminent feast in both food and fandom. Happy almost Passover!

[bironic.livejournal.com]

It's miraculous what a simple three-day weekend can do when you don't have to be anywhere at any particular time. ♥