• Packed and cleaned my apartment in Berkeley, packed all my stuff in the back of my SUV, and left grad school for good;
• Driven across the country from California to Connecticut (SO BEAUTIFUL OMG; Utah and Nevada were especially stunning). (This cost upwards of $800 over five and half days, in case you're curious. What's the opposite of FTW? Stupid gas prices. And that's with the really cheap gas out West, too. Thank god I got a tax refund this year.)
• Frantically unpacked the car, organized the stuff I'd left in storage in my dad's garage, moved some of that stuff into the house, moved most of my California stuff down into the garage, and then—once that was done—packed for India;
• Called ALL OF THE BUSINESSES EVER (or, well, my credit card company, bank, and insurance folks, but it felt like a lot more) to tell them I was going to be travelling;
• Received ALL THE FILM EVER in the mail (OMG, thank you to all of you who sent it; I can't TELL you how appreciative I am);
• Wrote one last essay and received word from my advisor that I have officially completed all the requirements to receive my degree;
• Gone to two family parties in one week (we like to party, and I like that).

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1. The Boy Who Only Lived Twice, bylettered lettered ; Harry Potter, Harry/Draco, NC-17, 56,000 words. I really enjoyed this; it's the story of Harry as an Unspeakable (secret spies FTW!) and his handler, who goes by "Rabbit." On one level, this is a little transparent; I mean, once you know the pairing, you kind of get a sense of what's going to happen. And while it wasn't OOC, necessarily, I kind of had the sense that it didn't sound quite like JKR; in her version of the Unspeakables, I imagine there might be a little bit more magic. But that said, I couldn't stop reading this til I was done, and immediately went off to look for more of the author's work, so clearly s/he is doing something right.
2. At The Hour When We are Trembling, by frostfire_17 ; SGA/SG1, John Sheppard/Daniel Jackson, NC-17, 36,000 words. All right, I suppose I may have read some of this author's work years ago, but I don't remember that I have and I have none saved, so: we'll call it new to me. :) This is apocalyptic fic, or close enough—the worst nightmare of anyone in the SG universes. It's John and Daniel, dealing with what happens when the Wraith find Earth. This is all wonderfully detailed: the slow unravelling of the team's sense of hope, the slow progress of trying to rebuild, the slow development of a relationship between John and Daniel. It's bleak, but not desperate, and I really liked it.
3. Even Now We Are, by jenwryn ; Lewis, Lewis/Hathaway, PG, 1600 words. Sweet, lovely, perfectly-in-character futurefic story of Lewis and Hathaway visiting Lyn in Australia. The relationship here is just lovely, and the author gets James' voice perfectly. Beautiful.

Does anyone happen to have any old 35mm film kicking around that they don't use any more? I'm headed off to India in a few weeks, and because my digital camera broke and I can't afford a new one, I'm taking my old film camera. I love the film camera—I used it when I was in Sweden, where I took a whole bunch of photos, and I always liked it better than the digital camera anyway—but it's expensive.

Since I know most people have moved to digital these days, I thought I'd see if anyone had any film they didn't want anymore. In return, I can either pay you for postage or send you a print (professionally printed) of one of the images I take while there.
 

But a woman like her deserves better words than I have at the moment, so: two Adrienne Rich pieces.

"My organizing impulse is the belief that it is not enough for feminist thought that specifically lesbian texts exist. Any theory or cultural/political creation that treats lesbian existence as a marginal or less "natural" phenomenon, as mere "sexual preference," or as the mirror image of either heterosexual or male homosexual relations, is profoundly weakened thereby, whatever its other contributions. Feminist theory can no longer afford merely to voice a toleraion of "lesbianism" as an "alternative life-style," or make token allusion to lesbians."

(Adrienne Rich, Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence, 1980)

1. Ugh, you guys, I haven't written anything in ages. Can we have a fic party, or something? Maybe if I use my "Doc Bryan Looking Hot" icon I can encourage myself to write more in GK. Right? Right. Or. I don't know. Anyone have any interest in seeing a Brad/Nate genderswap sex scene? Maybe if I promise it to someone, the guilt will actually, you know, force me to write it, instead of staring at the open file every time I try to write, which is what I do now.
2. Craaaaamps. We hates them, precious.
3. I'm going to India for six weeks beginning May 1. I feel like there ought to be more to say there, but I can't come up with it, so: India. Me and my sister. Yep.