It's okay, I've done it before.

Yup, I'm still here, super-busy, but I'm here. I'm more usually found on Twitter, or via email (nursedarry@gmail etc).

Welcome to everyone, and yay for Dreamwidth for being here!

Also, that trailer... whoah.

Yes, I've been away forever - first marooned on another planet, and now back in Stucky hell for the foreseeable - but you guys still remembered here and on Twitter, and WhatsApp, and yes, I'm THAT age this year, and no, I don't feel all that different, but I suspect my parents probably do :)))

I'm not doing anything too special now, but in August I'm off to celebrate another 50th - Star Trek's big birthday, so if you're in Vegas for the convention, please come shout at me. (Also, if anyone here is going to WizardCon in Philli next weekend, please kidnap a present for me. Ta:)

Woohoo! Finally getting a chance to upload pics from the Sherlocked con. The ticket I had allowed me to meet and get autographs and photos from everyone, and I also spent time catching up with new and old friends, which was actually more amazing than anything else. In addition, I drank endless cups of tea and talked lots and lots of naughtiness with vix_spes, cleo_jay, and meredyth_13, whom I love and adore.

I won't bombard you with loads of photos of me and all the notables - you already know what they look like, and I'm that chick in the pictures with them. However, I have chosen a few that hold special meaning and make me smile each time I see them. If you want to see the others, just shout and I'll post them.

On the whole, the staff and the stars were lovely and all were having a good time. A couple of them were also very patient with me who, despite the theme, insisted on talking Trek and True Blood ...

(Also, I may have flirted with Lars. A lot.)

( Summit of my modeling career below )

Right guys, stop whatever you're doing and go read my beautifully crafted Remix giftfic, The Hardest Word [G], by kjp_013. THANK YOU SO MUCH, M'DEAR!

It's a lovely heart-wrenching, sweetheart of a companion to my little ficlet, No Easy Thing, and pretty much says everything I would have wanted in a re-imaging.

I cannot squee enough over it, and I hope you will too!

Had a lovely (but long) day in London yesterday, but totally worth the hours. Penguins of Madagascar is hysterical and definitely will entertain all ages. Personally, I think John Malkovitch deserves a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in it. The kids had a smashing time, they got goodie bags for having brought their penguin toys with them, and although I think my friend Naomi and I may have laughed louder than anyone my children, they loved the film and the attention.

The Barbican is currently running children's animation workshops/drop-in sessions, and my two got to make their own animated animals and learn about the filming process. I'm told their "feature" may be available on-line at some point, so will link to it if it is. (And when I say feature, I'm talking minutes, here:)

The divine cleo_jay joined us at the pub, where the kids were equal parts squicked and fascinated by the game hanging up in the place. The food was good and the prosecco inexpensive, so it was win-win for everyone!

Aaaaaaand, because we were right next to the Museum of London, we stopped in to say hello to this handsome fellow.



We then met the multi-talented joan_waterhouse, who'd been at RADA showing them her stuff, and we all caught up with the latest fandom gossip, exchanged early Christmas presents, and talked a load of shit for the next few hours, before the kids and I had to hop on a NW-bound train.

Can't wait to meet up with all the loonies again and do this some more over the next few months.

Xx

Tagged by my friend and beta, delphipsmith. <3

I tend not to tag people these days as many of my LJ friends aren't on here anymore (hell, I'm barely here), and the ones that are have done this already :)

1. Dune (Herbert)
2. The Hot Zone (Preston)
3. Moby Dick (Melville)
4. How to Travel With A Salmon (Eco)
5. Cosmos (Sagan)
6. The Star Trek Reader (Vols 1-4)(Blish)
7. The Door Into Fire (Duane)
8. Southern Discomfort (Brown)
9. Harry Potter (all of 'em)(Rowling)
10.The Jewish Book of Why (Vols 1-2)(Kolatch)

In case anyone's interested, I finally, finally (only a year late) posted the fill to a wonderfully cracky strek_id_kink prompt that I liked the look of.

It's here, if you've got 15 minutes with nothing better to do: Too Late to Go Back to Sleep, ~3K.

It's...

...wait for it...

Gen!

But you know me: there's booze, shit explodes, and although no one gets a piano dropped on his head, it's a close thing.

Hello flist! Yes, it's meeeee! I know I kinda disappeared in a puff of Real Life, and am about to do so again, but I need to resurface to say a few things.

Firstly, profound thanks needs to be given to mayfly_78 for the gorgeous animated In the Garden of Eden, which was gifted to me as a remix of my In the Beginning. It's simply stunning. If you've not seen it, I urge you to go have a look. Also, huge thanks to the hd_remix mods for running such a brilliant fest! Xx. I wrote a little something for megyal, called Anywhere is Here. It's a continuation of her very fun RPS If You Could Be Anywhere. I like to think that all actually happened, Y/y?

And if you're in desperate need of more fluffy smut, this time of a Trek slant, I updated my Perfectly Reckless (Khirk) series today with Hotel Medbay. It's not a long update, but an important one. There will be more. Promise. *wink* (LOL, sorry.)

In RL news, things continue to go well: still have a job I love, a big old Georgian house that's slowly getting a face lift, kids who mostly behave (they'll be 10 this year - WTF?), Mr Nursedarry continues to build wind turbines and still enjoys it, and our connoisseur cat, who's keen to supplement our diets with numerous birds and rodents, is enjoying the changing season immensely.

This weekend sees me down in London again, schmoozing with my gorgeous fangirl friends, and rubbing shoulders with T.Hiddy and the beautiful people on the red carpet at the Oliviers.

I'll leave you with a bit of randomness - borne of strange dreams and a couple vodka tonics. The other night, for absolutely no good reason, and with an enormous repertoire of fantasy men and women to choose from, my subconscious pulled out the Gilligan's Island episode where Mary Ann falls and bangs her head and thinks she's Ginger. I even woke up with the strains of I Wanna Be Loved By You tinkling through my head. Anyone remember that? It's not even my favourite episode! So, tell me, what was yours? I loved that show and would like to hear your fond memories (or hated ones).

I'm ready to sit right back and hear your tale...Oh yes...Professor...mmmmm....boopboopedoo.