Eliyes

* I bit my tongue in my sleep and had to get up and put Oragel on it to numb the pain enough to go back to sleep. Swear to God my teeth are more dangerous to me than to anything else.

* So there's this one bus driver I dread getting, but he usually drives the morning buses on a route that goes past one of my work sites, which means sometimes it's unavoidable. I call him "asshole speed demon" in my head. As you might get from that, he drives fast; faster than a bus should maybe be going on cit streets. That's not the worst bit. The worst bit is that he also breaks suddenly and hard. I have learned not to get up before the bus has come to a full and complete stop or I end up bruises for weeks. This strategy failed me this week when I had no choice to get get on his bus or wait 20 minutes in the cold to catch a different one, and it turned out the pull-strings to request a stop weren't working.

* Since beginning to put my fic on AO3, it has hit home that I really cannot predict which of my stories people will like. I especially cannot do so extrapolating from how much feedback I got on them on LJ. The most popular one (most hits and kudos) never even got a comment here. v(._.)v

* Random piece of filk I generated when I got up today:
C'mon, everybody!
But don't be confused!
We're all Cybertronians
But people don't realise
They all seem to ask us,
"Who do you think you are?
Are you from the stars?
Are you from the staaaaaars?"
Well, we're the MiniBots
Oo~ooh
Oh yeah, we're the MiniBots!
Oo~ooh~

*snicker*

Watched RED. Enjoyed it; nice light psychotic paranoid action flick. I was expecting Karl Urban to have a smaller role, so that was a nice surprise.

It did get me thinking about the CIA, fannishly.

NCIS + CIA = not a happy combo for Gibbs' team, I'm guessing. I bet Gibbs and Fornell gang up on 'em, when they can.

SGA + CIA = plotbunnies for Rodney, who, after all, worked for the CIA as a teenager/before the USAF. (I kind of suspect Vegas!Rodney still does?) I have a vague idea kernal for something about Rodney recognising that someone is a CIA agent, either from just how they behave, or from actually having done some analyst work for them when he was in. I doubt the field agents always know who did their background work, after all. And then, of course, there's the idea that Rodney was actually inserted into the SGC hierarchy by the CIA, possibly by Trust agents therein, and has been undercover THIS WHOLE TIME. (I think I may have read that?) This is mostly born of my enjoyment of both his ability to get Elizabeth to lie extravagantly, and the hot way he takes charge sometimes (like in Epiphany -- s'only think I like about that episode, really).

And of course, there are actually CIA characters in SotT. Well, there's one. She's a lovely old harridan, too. Not that SotT bears any resemblance to how the intelligence agencies and underworld communities of the real world actually work. ...Although I'd love to see Team Templar square off with Team Gibbs. In the field, I think they might have the advantage, but in if the NCISers have their HQ back-up i.e. Abby, Ducky, and Palmer, the tables turn. I can see Fornell taking bets on this...

Of course, maybe Ducky knows Ethan. Or maybe Team Gibbs (when Tony was in charge, to make it worse?) had to deal with Team Templar and Simon uttered one of his "poncy English bastard" slams -- which would bother Ducky less, depending, since he's Scottish... but remember, Tony's late mother was English. (How worse? If he was team leader, McGee and Ziva are way more like to get their backs up in his defense.) Hell, maybe Tony ran unto Jeremy at his rich uncle's funeral in England or something. Tall, dark-haired, cocky, ex-football player, kind-of-a-juvenile-asshole federal agent... just his type! XD

I had a crap day; not enough sleep + getting on the wrong bus = teh suck, lads and lasses. Also terrible black crud dripped on my uniform shirt and now I am am following my boss's recommended "augh get the stain out" procedures. (eta: which do not appear to be working, and I got a mouthful of detergent for my troubles. DX)

So I'ma cheer myself up by using my new Riker icon and blabbing about ST:TOS novels. ;P

Re: this post, I did finish Ice Trap, and then I went out and bought meself a copy, since it's such an enjoyable read. Murder! Mayhem! Magnetism! Chekov & Uhura being awesome! McCoy the brave little toaster! Kirk's shirt slashed open in a knife fight! What's not to love?

I bought two more books by the same author, as well, because why not? Death Count and Firestorm. I'll let you know how those go.

I also bought Sarek, which, as you can probably guess by the title, is about Spock's dad. Now, I like Sarek, but strangely that's not why I bought the book. X3 No, I got it because Peter Kirk is in it, and -- wait, you don't know who that is? Jim's only surviving nephew. Adorable little redhaired creature. Anyway, I have been spoiled as to what all happens with him in this book, and am tickled by the idea of James T. having to cope with his nephew eloping with the sister of the Klingon that killed his son. Kirk's son, that is; Dr. David Marcus. No, not the guy JFlan played in Providence. David's in the movies, y'know, that blond mad scientist who attacked Kirk with a knife? Yeah, him.

It just strikes me as ironic.

I also read Memory Prime, which was a pretty good adventure (though not as good as Ice Trap). I liked how the Andorians were portrayed; I think chaletian must be channeling them when she writes her village!verse Chekov. X3 Scotty got some face time with his lady love, which was cool. There was a part where a non-Star Fleet character meets (most of) the Enterprise bridge crew for the first time, and his impressions were interesting. Sulu's blinding smile! Chekov's outrage and willingness to drink vodka with total strangers! The terrifying spectre of what the Federation would be like with Kirk as president! *shudder*

However, my favourite bit of the book has got to be when Kirk needed to get a message to Spock, and make sure Spock knew it was from him and not a trick. HE SENT IT TO AMANDA FROM WINONA. ♥♥♥omg♥!!! asdfghjkl;! It was freaking adorable! Do they use The Secret Mom Code a lot, I wonder? ;D

What else, what else... Oh, yes. I tried to read The Entropy Effect, but it was taking way too long to murder Kirk, and when Sulu had sex with a woman the suspension of my disbelief just came crashing down like a drunk on stilettos. Much prefer the book where he reveals his greatest love was not a woman, but, in fact, chocolate -- and then gets an alien hooked on the stuff. X3

Hmm. I feel better!

Finally, some decent backstory on John!

( the rest is spoilers and much rambling )