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Me! I'm Farah!! I'm glad it made it safe and sound! ♥ xD

AHA! I have added your full tag to the post! :D 

junker5 replied to your post “levynite: Now that I think about it, I did in fact glance over an...”

Poor Sci. I know she's totally upset about this..but I keep shaking my head thinking...this doesn't happen to just anybody. Changed by fire, indeed!

Yeah, it is very sad, some of the stuff was from artist alley vendors and you know it’s hard to re-find a vendor sometimes. That being said, at least it isn’t just lost, like, if it had to not reach me, at least it was DRAMATIC about it. :D 

yaaurens replied to your photo “It’s Post Office Bounty – now in THREE DIMENSIONS The pop-up owl at...”

Yay! Glad bike and owl made it. I saw your and Sci's post about the on-fire mail truck first and frantically went to check the tracking info to see if it had made it to you. Huzzah!

Yeah, I had like two coworkers who were concerned too, because they’re both missing packages...

justgot1 replied to your post “One Night In Bucky”

What, after all this you don't post the actual numbers? Inquiring minds want to know, how much did a sex worker cost in ancient Greece?

ROFL! Well, it was many years ago and I don’t know how accurate it was, but it seemed like the cost of a night with a sex worker in the ancient mediterranean was roughly $50. 

Ooooo what are you listening to?

*deep breath* OKAY, SO! This isn’t even going to get into the serial fiction ones, because I haven’t actually started in on those. But highlights thus far have been:

The Economist: no, seriously, it’s been really interesting and talks about little bits and bobs of science and politics. Most of these podcasts run toward 1+ hour each, but Economist tends to be 30 minutes or less, so I’ve been using it as a little palate cleanser between longer things.

StarTalk: I doubt I need to sell anyone on the virtues of Neil deGrasse Tyson. Massively charming. I have, actualfacts, started jotting down interesting lines that I swear are going to inspire fiction.

Clarkesworld Magazine: audio versions of featured fiction.The Bridgegroom (7/17 broadcast) blew me away. And I would like to listen to Kate Baker read anything for the next thousand years. Her voice--I’ve had one of those “life goals or wife goals” moments. *cough* I mean, what?

Switched On Pop: analysis of pop songs in terms of the techniques used and how shit like chord progressions support the emotional content of the lyrics. A little technical, and slightly over my head, but fascinating and accessible enough to be worth it.

Is there a painting or a statue in your attic just continually weeping? I think I read something like that once

PART TWO of the Post Office Bounty!

Starting at the top with the big gold bird on the red background from an anonymous sender -- my favorite part is actually the sticker just above the bird, which reads STARK IMPROVED. I like to think Tony had a shitload of these made and every time he tweaks a competitor’s project or beats down a villain, he puts a sticker on his work. 

The brown bear (which in brickspace is GLITTERY LIKE WHOA, I love it) is from @bookfanatic. It’s been TEN YEARS we’ve known each other, that’s crazy! 

The lovely gold and blue snowflake card is from @traykor; I’m so glad I can bring joy with my fanfics! 

@onemuseleft sent me the Season’s Greetings card and some awesome stickers. Pretending to be an adult IS exhausting! (That one’s going on my tablet case, I think.) 

The Great Barrier Island postcard and the lovely gold-edged envelope it came in are from @Farahandthemachine. And let me tell you, HEARTS ARE ALWAYS APPROPRIATE. :D 

@froofie sent me the Sloths In Hats, which I adore.

“Stay Comfy & Cozy” is from @kimmiesue13 -- thanks for the crossed fingers! 

The adorable fox and the penguin stickers above it are from @cinereoargenteus, and I’m so glad that you enjoy the stories! I think I’m gonna put the stickers on the Christmas Tray. 

But have you had breakfast yet?

Oh yeah, I popped a day-old bagel in the toaster while I was mixing up the meatballs. :D 

windcalling replied to your post “In your headspace writing of him in the FoodieVerse, do you think Tony...”

I was so excited when I saw Steve do the licking thing! I'm not actually a very picky eater but it's something I pretty much always do trying new food, even new food I'm pretty sure I'll like.

I would LOVE to know what the fic was, if it wasn't too personal to share

farahandthemachine

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“Oh man you guys. So back when I was in bandom there was this one fic...”

Kl you can't just gush about a fic and not link it *flutters eyelashes*

Sure, you guys! The fic is called Buy Handmade by JJTaylor and it’s up on AO3. Frank/Gerard, M, Frank is a bored office worker who starts apprenticing at a bakery in the mornings and Gerard is the artist with an Etsy store that Frank really super likes. 

I noticed when I went to look for it again that it was originally posted in February of 2008 and yep, that would make it over 8 years old at this point. I haven’t re-read it in a long time, but I started reading bits of it on the train home and man, the memories of the feelings I was having when I first read this are worse than the feelings I get from just reading it. But that might be because I’m in a very different place in my life right now and I don’t feel nearly as helpless and useless as I used to. 

I imagine that’s a big bi/pan mood for a lot of people for a lot of reasons and not just for those of us who grew up in abusive or socially strict households. Usually, when I’m writing Adam, especially if I’m addressing his sexuality or trauma specifically, I’m writing things I wish I’d known at his age or things I wish people had said to me. 

Mainly that it was going to be okay. I was going to be okay and there would be people who loved me and who I would love of all genders and that was also going to be okay. Amazing even. And that I didn’t have to give my parents any part of me I didn’t want them to have. I am a grown ass adult and I still don’t have to do that, because it doesn’t matter what they want from me. They don’t get to claim me just because they raised me. That’s not how personhood works.