It Starts Out Like an A-Word (As Anyone Can See) (8092 words) by Amy
Chapters: 8/8
Fandom: The Avengers (2012), Sesame Street (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Elmo (Sesame Street), The Count, Telly Monster, Grover (Sesame Street), Big Bird, Murray Monster, Bert (Sesame Street), Ernie (Sesame Street), Steve Rogers, Clint Barton, Tony Stark, Jarvis (Iron Man movies), Thor (Marvel), Natasha Romanov, Bruce Banner, Nick Fury, Phil Coulson
Summary: This fic is brought to you by the letter Y, the number 12, and the Avengers' decision to help fix what Loki and the Chitauri did to destroy parts of Manhattan. (Mostly that last part.)

Adorable, terrifyingly in character, and, um, it made me cry. SHUT UP. *glares* Set post-Avengers, with movie spoilers.

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Holy crap, you guys, I have been DISGUSTINGLY sick. I went from "enh, a little stuffed up" Wednesday night to "BLINDING SINUS HEADACHE" Thursday to "when did I swallow glass?" Friday and Saturday.

celli: I have had sinus infections before...but this was like the Thor and his hammer of sinus infections.

scrunchy: DAMMIT THOR
scrunchy: and ... the sinushammer of the gods

celli: I love you.

The antibiotics are beginning to work their magic (SCIENCE MAGIC!) and I'm trying to be glad this all happened over a holiday weekend, and not resentful that my awesome weekend of visiting small children I love was completely tanked.

So now I'm curled up in blankets and a scarf for my poor abused throat, watching Mike Holmes be righteously indignant on my TV, and humanity may slowly be creeping back in.

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Podfic:

Podfic: Watch What Happens by inkjunket. So cute!


Art:

Avengers/Doctor Who art of amazingness by slodwick


Challenge:

fkficfest signups are open through Friday. Bring your friends!


Fic:

Emma Ever After (1613 words) by havocthecat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Emma Swan, Henry Mills, Abigail | Kathryn Nolan, Evil Queen | Regina Mills
Summary:
"I'm not made for happy endings," says Emma. She stares down at her dress, swan white - ew - and covered in feathers. She hates it.

EMMAAAAAA. (AU from earlier in the season.)

Domestication (100 words) by Petra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Avengers (2012)
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Bruce Banner, Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, Steve Rogers
Summary: Introducing the Hulk to kinder, gentler sensations has side-effects.

*squeaks with delight*

The Final Frontier by dolimir_k. Calvin & Hobbes, gen. WITH SCIENCE.

Six Meetings Before Lunch (4130 words) by victoria_p
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Avengers (2012)
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Steve Rogers & Thor
Characters: Steve Rogers, Thor (Marvel)
Summary: Six times Steve and Thor hang out.

Buddyfic! And also there's a bouncy castle.



Punditry:

Below the cut, Ezra Klein (guest hosting for Rachel) explains income inequality and "inequality of opportunity" with clips from early U2 videos, among others.

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I actually stopped in the middle of this to email someone "I want to climb him like a tree." Damn, his brain.


Movie:

Shock to the System (Donald Strachey) is available on Hulu for free (although you do have to have an account due to the film's rating).

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I have been on the East Coast the last few days; the good twin's bridal shower was Sunday and I was a co-host. Thankfully, my other cohosts were AWESOME and it went swimmingly. We also did all the shopping and may have a bridesmaid's dress for me...unless we don't. We'll see.

I also discovered: a fabulous new brand of shoes (Grasshoppers); the compassion of the O'Hare TSA agents, who had to pat me down and were very kind through my resulting PTSD freakout; and that I have missed reading! I downloaded the latest Suzanne Brockmann and the new Mary Balogh and gave up precious sleepytime because they were so much fun. <3

Now I'm home and digging through all the fic and recs posted while I was gone. It's all very exciting!

How are you guys? Anything awesome and interesting happening in your lives?

*hugs*

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I've been in virtual training most of the day, and what important lesson have I learned?

That the PCAOB (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board - they regulate the CPAs that audit public companies, post-Enron) is known in some law circles as "peekaboo."

CANNOT. STOP. LAUGHING. HELLLLLLP.

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I am working from home today, because my job is AMAZEBALLS and gives me, you know, flexibility and shit. What is THAT.

I've been taking the opportunity of the quiet and lack of distractions^* to catch up on some of my training, while also doing things like getting my groceries delivered (CAFFEIIINE) and fold laundry and type blog posts. And for lunch, I will either watch Rachel or take a nap. :D:D:D:D

Avengers question: would anyone be interested if I did, I dunno, Corporate Finance for Tony Stark Fans? So you could have an idea of what a board of directors is like, some fun corporate shorthand, etc?

(we all know I'll probably do it anyway. I LIKE WHAT I WANT.)

*happy sigh*

^*Except the cats. Cante can jump from the floor to the back of my desk chair! Has anyone told her she's 14??

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I just found my cat eating my bowl of buttered spaghetti.

...that's weird, right? A cat with a pasta craving? Right?

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The last time I counted my tabs (yesterday afternoon), I had 40 tabs open, and at least 30 were fic, almost entirely Avengers.

*drowns in snarkass superheroes*

Eventually, I'm going to get my shit sorted out, and then my AO3 history and I are going to assemble (heh) the rec post to rule all rec posts. Eventually.

***

Although, a couple of vid recs (spoilery! natch):

In the Bullpen by genusshrike. All the ways in which Natasha is fucking amazing. *clutches heart*

Glad You Came by greensilver and sisabet. TEAAAAAAAAM. *flails*

***

Still loooove my job. Still having the thing with it eating my brain.

This is going to sound ridiculous maybe, but I'm looking for a more efficient way to decompress. I tend to get home and zone out on random feminist blogs (that's this month's obsession, anyway) and then it's bedtime. I've always had this problem, but it's up a notch lately, with all the brainpower required for the SSU. Any suggestions? (I have a meditation thing somewhere, I should try it and see if it helps or just makes me fall asleep on the train.)

***

No, wait, one more rec, and then I'm done:

The Constant (4900 words) by scrunchy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Avengers (2012), Justified
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Clint Barton/Tim Gutterson
Characters: Clint Barton, Tim Gutterson, Raylan Givens, Art Mullen, Rachel Brooks

(spoilers for Avengers, none for Justified)

"So before my tactical squeak - how'd you know someone was in the house?"

"I only get up here four, five times a year, but - it's my house, I know it pretty well, and it doesn't usually smell like cologne."

"So you thought a particularly fragrant meth-head was ransacking the joint?"

Yes, alllll the snarky sharpshooters! *smushes them together* This is the beeeest.

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Who wants to beta a five things Avengers fix-it (spoilery as all hell)? Should be done either tonight or tomorrow, depending on how much I value fic over sleep.

YAY MY FRIENDS ARE THE BEST THANK YOU.

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* webcomic rec: Muppet Thor by caanan. The Muppet van meets you-know-who in the desert. It's the best.

* Have now seen Avengers twice. Will see it many more times. Had exactly the reaction you're expecting. Am writing exactly the fic you're expecting. \o/

* Lamenting The Friend Zone, Or: The "Nice Guy" Approach To Perpetrating Sexist Bullshit - a Goodreads blog post that I loved. Rule 1 on the comments, though. ech.

* Ninja Legos (animation & sound) - words fail me.

* I am volunteering with an organization that teaches financial literacy to kids, and this week I got to teach a bunch of third and fourth graders how to write checks. It was their favorite thing ever, which, by the time they're adults will checks even exist? But I remember how grown up I felt when my uncle let me write a check for him at that age. It does seem like the ultimate in adulthood, I guess.

(And then you bounce one and the shine fades a tad. *hands*)

But I loved it. Kids are awesome. :) I fully intend to do it again!

* Shep Smith reacting to some political doublespeak (video). His FAAAACE. *snorfle*

* Clark Gregg, stop being so awesoooooome. (squee.)

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