One Day at a Time...

A Very Happy Birthday to beanbeans!!

The final word is in on Toys's computer - DOA. I have run of the laptop for a few hours because he's in class right now, but otherwise I'll probably be pretty absent here on LJ until we get some kind of solution. It goes without saying that the mood in our household is a bit grim. Toys is practically chewed up with stress. I'm making his favorite dinner tonight, but that's about all I can do.

But my woes are tiny - the world feels a particularly sad and nasty place right now, and I can only hope for the air to change soon. Enough, please, I think we've all had enough. Enough posturing, enough tough-guy bullshit, enough guns going off. Enough of people who think they have to prove something. As if learning to live in harmony with your neighbors wasn't challenge enough.

I've been signing a lot of petitions lately; I urge everyone to do the same. There is no tomorrow until we make it happen.

( A change of pace: things making me smile right now )

My best thoughts go out to you all. I'm going to try to get some writing done today while I can.

Jack the Giant Killer, Part 7 (part 1)

Long rumored! Thought to be a myth! The beginning of the final segment of Jack the Giant Killer. (This is another one of those I've-gotta-stop-tweaking-it-endlessly chapters, so I'm gonna post it in two parts because otherwise, I'll never get it done. I have such a love-hate relationship with endings, I swear!)

A post-"Not Fade Away" story set vaguely in the future of my own universe. Buffy and Spike travel to the far north, meet some giants, and have a talk. Or two. Disclaimer: See Part 1. Rating: PG-13. ( Jack the Giant Killer, Part 7 (part 1) )