Yuletide!

I received not one, but two stories.

Both Moulin Rouge stories from the same totally awesome author.

Both such things after my own heart as to be ridiculous in their awesomeness. I was perhaps squealing in embarrassment at how well they nailed my desires.

First we have Goat Song in which a dying Satine flees with CHristian to the home of an old patron. This is the author's imagining of the matter of Count von Groovy, who was a character in the early drafts of Moulin Rouge wherein Satine and Christian escape from Zidler and the Duke and take up with bisexual nobility. Seriously, not making up the CvG part. Anyway, I CAN'T BELIEVE SOMEONE WROTE ME THIS THING. It is lovely, and sweet, and I feel near sure I must know you because of course the Count has a photography studio. Oh my god, this was ridiculously pleasing to me. And it makes me feel like I'm going to go to hell, kinda a lot, and like I want even more fic based on it. And and and! Was very surprised for half a second when the count wanted to be under the whip, but then, then, I was like, "No, that's really fucking perfect." Aaaaaaaaaaah!!!

Then, I also got One Parisian Night (in One Thousand) which is the story of Arabia and the stories she tells to ply her trade and the manner in which she has assembled them out of everyone else's bullshit presumptions about her background. It is also made of AWESOME. It addresses the period without being needlessly cruel. And, like the first story, is very smart about the nature of sex-work customers.

Best. Yuletide. Ever.

what is it with me and airtravel?

Am currently FREAKING OUT, because I am supposed to fly to Columbus at 11am tomorrow. Delta has already canceled 500 flights.

American hasn't canceled anything, but told me on the phone they think everything leaving before 10am will get out, WHICH DOESN'T HELP ME. And there is no room available on their 8am. If my flight does get canceled tomorrow they don't think I'll get out until the 28th or the 29th.

Grrrrrrrr.

sundries, Christmas edition

Right now the weather says the severe weather won't start until about 3pm here. If things aren't too backed up in the morning, I have hope I will get out and get to Patty.

Holiday gifts included Final Draft, marzipan, and some cool clothes.

The Tron kinkmeme is hilarious. It's more prompts and people agreeing with prompts than stories right now, but what people want seems to fall into a few categories:

- all non-con all the time (see: Clu/Tron)
- Alan has guilt (about whichever character they have him sleeping with this time)
- Daddy issues (it's not just the incest requests; it's also in a lot of the Alan requests, and in the Quorra/Flynn requests)
- Crack (largely involving the MP3s (played by Daft Punk)).

Weird, weird shit. V. funny, if you're kinda strange like me.

Here is another excellent example of the world I grew up in/around and perhaps I should just point to it forever more when people say "why do you feel inadequate?" People like that were normal. If you weren't them, if was your fault. I'm getting better, but it's still hard work.

Okay, time to sleep. I have to get up early and hope the weather cooperates.