The Veterinarian's Log

Hi yuletide writer!

First off, thank you in advance. I know how these things always seem to eat up more time than they should, and time gets precious this time of year - I definitely appreciate the effort!

For general likes/dislikes - I'm a pretty easy keeper. In general, I love slice-of-life / behind the scenes / scene expansion, and of course adventures in the style of canon are always awesome. :D Shipping is fine, as long as it doesn't alter what's already canon or force characters to be out of character. H/C can be awesome when well written (and clearly I have no problem with it in general, since it's in the requests...). TBH I tend to skip over smut unless it's either integral to the plot or very well written, so.

I don't like noncon/dubcon, mpreg, omegaverse.

And then, reposting the requests for ease of not having a million tabs open:

Ashes to Ashes:
Shaz is one of my favorite characters in this series, with her double challenge of being a good cop and being a woman in what's still decidedly a man's world. I'd love some Shaz-centric work, whether it's what she got up to when Alex was back in the real world / in a coma, or the rise and fall of her relationship with Chris, or what happened from her POV when she was stabbed by Hollis... basically, the world needs more Shaz.

Cadfael Chronicles - Ellis Peters:
So, Hugh is an awesome guy - confident, skilled, intelligent, moral... and he's _forever_ throwing himself at trouble and only very rarely getting himself hurt. While this is probably better for him considering his timespan's lack of antibiotics or understanding how disease spreads, this doesn't seem realistic to me. So I'd love a little H/C with Hugh with Cadfael getting to lecture his favorite arrogant sheriff to his heart's delight. Alternately, I know they're on opposite sides of the war, but surely there's a situation where Hugh and Olivier can work together and not have to constantly be dancing around each other (other than as one part of one book c'mon I need moooooore).

RED (movies):
I'm fascinated by Victoria, and I want more about her - her time in MI6, her illicit love affair, why she felt the need to pretend to be a Martha Stewart twin in her civilian life, how she got into spy work (or how she got into wet work particularly), daring escapades, the jobs she's been taking on the side, difficulties in dealing with the non-spy world... anything. Go nuts. :D

Star Wars Legends: X-wing Series - Aaron Allston & Michael Stackpole:
So, this is hands-down my favorite series in the Star Wars book-verse (how much have I been hoping that the new movie will have some flyboys in it? SO MUCH.) There's so many ways I'd love this to go - Adventures with the main four pilots, Wedge/Iella romance (zomg those dorks), Tycho trying to maintain some sort of Alderaanian dignity in the face of the combined might of Wes and Hobbie, Wedge unloading an old-fashioned smackdown on some poor hapless idiot newbie, Operations does not take orders from Intelligence (and vice versa)...

Achievements unlocked in the last 24 hours:

* Winter driving: Made the usually 3-hour trek south to Roseburg in six hours. ... Took nine hours to get back.

* Chains are for wusses: The ride down was done sans-chains, as it didn't seem like anyone needed them?

* Revenge of the chains: Chain requirements were enforced (and needed) on the way back north, and... I'm sorry. Spider chains are a pain in the ass to put on. There was cursing, and blood loss involved. (Just an abraded knuckle, but it hurts, dangit.)

* Smarter than you: Watched someone ahead of me in line at one of the (many) freeway blockages decide to turn around and get off at the previous exit. ... At least, that was his plan. He got ten feet, and then got stuck in the unplowed median.

*Did you pack a sleeping bag: Spent two hours being slowly convinced that the accident up ahead wasn't going to be cleared any time soon enough to prevent having to sleep in my car.

So that was... exciting.

*sheepish* Heya dreamwidth, long time, no see.

Starting year two in Portland (which is awesome, BTW) - the goal this year is to see more, hike more, and for the love of goodness, GET A HOUSE. Because this apartment complex (while possessing a lovely view, I'm going to miss this view) is driving me batty.

So on Saturday I'm going to a quilt festival! :D

I'm also restarting the Eowyn challenge - walking from Hobbiton to Mordor (figuratively), using this, and the miles count from my Fitbit. Based on the miles logged since I got it on December 25th, I have now left Tom Bombadil's house, and am now heading out into the Barrowdowns. ... Bad move on my part, but needs must.

*taps mic* Okay, for reals, promise to actually update this thing more than once a quarter. >.>

Anyway, I'm back! As an update, I'm now living in Lake Oswego, OR - managed to get all of my professional licenses switched over, and I'm now lead doctor in a new stand-alone Banfield hospital in Portland (it's so pretty guys, so very very pretty, and my new staff is made of amazing). I now get to be on four-day weeks, so I'll get more time to explore my new home, which is all kinds of awesome.

I'm thinking of getting a dog, now that I'm in an apartment that will allow them, and I'll have more time off work to properly train said dog. Maybe a poodleface? Or a Sheltie? There's more work to be done, clearly.

Also:
Meme last seen on vivien's journal: The premise is "what were you like at a specific age?" and the number she gave me was 15. My answer is supposed to address relationship, where I was living, what I was doing for work and school, what I feared, and my best memory.

It may be unpatriotic of me, but I really enjoy watching dark horses win at the Olympic events. Like the Lithuanian who just won the second gold medal by a woman for her country. Go you, Meilutyte. That's freaking amazing.

So, I finally saw Avengers...

( And since I'm sure I'm not the last one to see it, here's some cuts for spoilers )

In short - really liked the movie, thought it had some holes but less than some other superhero movies I've seen (*cough*X-3*cough*).

I am now 32.9 miles on the way to Rivendell, and that means I've just run into my first Black Rider - only several million more scary things to go!

Also, off to my first Chief of Staff training meeting, yay! Am very excited about this. Not so excited about driving back home from Dublin.

Comment to this post, and I will list seven things I want you to talk about. They might make sense or they might be totally random.
Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.

The first round is from ceitfianna!
( It'd be great if I had more single, simple answers, I think )

Happy Galentine's Day
my thread

And, stolen from ceitfianna
Give me a pairing and I will write you at least a hundred words of them being together. Feel free to give me a lyric, an image, anything and a sense of would you like fluffy or sexy.

Even though I'm still working on prompts from the last one. The last ones are challenging!

Um?

This.

Forever, actually.

Also, I need to learn to curse in German. *adds this to the list*