As Always, Dancing In My Chair

Yes, I am still alive

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:52:34 GMT

Hi!

It has been a long time since I even logged in here. It has been a roller coaster ride for Gary and me since last July. We moved to a new state to be closer to our daughter. She is now less than a mile away and I have been happy to be here when she needs help.

Gary overworked himself preparing our old house for sale and ended up in the hospital multiple times over the span of 3 months with 3 surgeries. It took a while but he is getting back to his usual energizer bunny routine and is skiing at a local area.

I overdid myself with the house move and doing everything while Gary was sick. I am paying for it now with the worst chronic fatigue and brain fog flair I have ever had that started just before Thanksgiving. Doing a load of wash can flatten me for a day or more. Ugh.

Basically, anything fandom-related flew out of my head. Tarlan nudged me to reopen a Dreamwidth tab on my browser and I will edge my way back in as my fatigue and fuzzy brain allows.

I do hope everything is going well for everyone. Take care!

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If you want corporations to keep their filthy paws off fandom...

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:58:54 GMT

...then read this very important post: https://ride-4ever.dreamwidth.org/112656.html

then run, don't walk to leave a comment at: https://www.regulations.gov/document/COLC-2021-0009-0001

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Link to Guardian/ESO vid by GuardianEmrys

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 17:15:10 GMT

I have to crow a little about my daughter's latest Guardian creation, posted on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/GuardianEmrys/status/1455082667964313600

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There be idiots on the archive

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:53:02 GMT

I woke up to another AO3 notice (as ssa_archivist) that someone added an unclaimed SSA fic to another collection.

Called Smallville Slash Archive (SSARefugeeProject)

The stories are already in the migrated collection.

Smallville Slash Archive (Smallville_Slash_Archive)

The result if someone searches for the Smallville Slash Archive on AO3? No difference between them.

And grumbling is as much energy I can spare on it.

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Fic: From Nothing

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:25:09 GMT

Title: From Nothing
Author: danceswithgary
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 1042
Warnings: None
Summary: Curious as to the cause of change, the why and how he became such, he reversed an aimless course to return to the last point in space within his linear memory.

On AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28247457

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Fic: Next to Me

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:44:01 GMT

Title: Next to Me
Author: danceswithgary
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 1000
Warnings: None
Summary: Rodney had been there right from the start.

On AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29902488

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Because you can never have too much McShep!

Sat, 05 Sep 2020 22:08:31 GMT

click on the banner for more info

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Art: SGA/Tron

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 13:21:10 GMT

Title: Across the Sea of Simulation
Artist: danceswithgary
Author: Waterfalliam
Summary: Artwork for McShep Big Bang

Link to art master post: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25409005
Link to fic master post: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25553263

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Art: NCIS: Los Angeles (danceswithgary)

Thu, 09 Apr 2020 16:18:11 GMT

Title: March Into Hell
Artist: danceswithgary
Author: admiralandrea
Fandom: NCIS: Los Angeles
Characters/Pairings: G Callen/Sam Hanna
Rating/Category: Mature/slash
Warnings: Facial Injury
Summary: Artwork for Small Fandom Bang

Link to art master post: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23500282
Link to fic master post: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23558329

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Art: Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue (danceswithgary)

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 20:30:58 GMT

Title: Scarlet Bound Titanium: Energy Within
Artist: danceswithgary
Author: Pairatime
Fandom: Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue
Characters/Pairings: Carter/Ryan
Rating/Category: PG-13 Slash
Warnings None
Summary: Artwork for Small Fandom Bang

Link to art master post: http://archiveofourown.org/works/23500474
Link to fic master post: http://archiveofourown.org/works/23503111

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Art: Watch Dogs (Game) (danceswithgary)

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:40:05 GMT

Title: breathless, weightless
Artist: danceswithgary
Author: tentacledicks
Fandom: Watch Dogs (Video Game)
Characters/Pairings: Jordi Chin, Aiden Pearce
Rating/Category: PG-13/Gen
Warnings None
Summary: Artwork for Small Fandom Bang Round 9

Link to art master post: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23500033
Link to fic master post: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23515078

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Signal Boost on Fanfic Pocket Archive and AO3

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 03:08:40 GMT

I'll send you to https://sgamadison.dreamwidth.org/643927.html for the details, but the short version is someone wrote an app and is charging for 'access' to AO3.

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AO3 for story finding

Fri, 14 Feb 2020 14:33:51 GMT

Why?

Why am I finding these in my AO3 feed?

Why are people responding thereby encouraging it?

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My bright spot for the last week or so...

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:11:18 GMT

...has been watching 'The Untamed' on Netflix with Gary. Now I shall have to find another series with gorgeous scenery and costumes and pretty boys in love.

The show also had me exclaiming more than once, "That's just like in Revelation Online!"(https://ro.my.games/)

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Fic: Festive Ecology

Fri, 27 Dec 2019 18:23:16 GMT

Title: Festive Ecology
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Rating: T
Summary: "So I can be exposed to a new allergen and shreds of alien bark for the sake of a pagan ritual?" Rodney leaned back from the advancing threat, raising a hand to ward it off. "Why would I want to kiss your plague-ridden lips, anyway?"

Rodney has a little problem with the holiday.

2019 SGA Secret Santa

On AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/sga_secret_santa_2019/works/21808993

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No more McShep death fics!

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 22:08:45 GMT

Really too many on AO3 the last week or so. My heart hurts.

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Missing or restricted artworks

Tue, 11 Jun 2019 16:07:27 GMT

I have been receiving messages about artwork that can't be seen. Unfortunately, LJ has been a pain about access to Scrapbook, probably because I stopped paying for my defunct journal. I have been very, very slowly moving everything to a paid account on Mediafire, but it takes a lot of effort and energy I can rarely summon.

1. Find the DW entry
2. Find the matching story on AO3
3. Find the artwork on my hard drive because can't upload from Scrapbook
4. Upload to mediafire with significant name so I can find it again
5. Copy mediafire link and replace DW and AO3 links with appropriate sizing
6. Test links

That is for ONE artwork.

If you would like to see a particular piece, please do send me a message. That usually jolts me into uploading that and a few others before I drift off to something else.

I live my life in a perpetual fog, but sometimes it clears and I try to get something done.

Today, this post is my something done.

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Selma Blair sparks disability discussions

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 15:52:26 GMT

The disability communities on Twitter have been active since they were presented with the wonderful Selma Blair images at the Oscars and in Vanity Fair(see below).

My daughter, who has found the communities very supportive as she deals with her sleep and movement disorders, worked up a hashtag #GloriousFeeling and is hoping to engage a number of posts with people responding to the above image with their own version of disabled glam with assistive devices. I was inspired. Gary took the pictures and the dogs behaved beautifully for promised treats.

I had the honor of being the first post.

https://twitter.com/TheLastMerlin/status/1100641480467714048

In other news, PT is progressing well on the shoulder, although a session knocks me back for two days because my body is convinced I was attacked so my CFS and fibro kick into a higher gear. yay

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And Gary strikes again

Tue, 29 Jan 2019 22:36:05 GMT

I have been banned from any kitchen activities that require two hands so Gary has taken over. Even pouring from a heavy container has been forbidden after the almond milk carton slipped and I tried to catch it with the arm that's in a sling.

me: That leftover chicken's getting old. Can you make chicken salad? (knowing how he gets given free rein) Just mayo and canned peas.

him: Relish?

me: OK

...Later...

me, eyes watering: What is in this?

him: What you said plus horse radish and wasabi powder.

Oh yeah. It gets better. The next day...

me: You finished off the chicken, right?

him: No, there was still some left.

me: (Amazed at the rotisserie chicken that would not die) OK, then put that on a pizza tonight with just some extra cheese, nothing else.

him: OK

...Later...

I wandered into the kitchen just as he was unwrapping the frozen pizza.

me: You said we had chicken left.

him: It's right there.

me: YOU CAN'T PUT THAT CHICKEN SALAD ON THE PIZZA!

him: What? That's what you said to do.

I might live thru this...and I might not.

I definitely need to heal faster so that he can go back to skiing and I can have my kitchen back.

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Here yet not

Thu, 03 Jan 2019 15:25:37 GMT

Sorry for the lack of comments lately. I find it very tiring to type one handed. I injured my left shoulder in Sept, had a shot of cortisone and pt which only made it worse. Finally had an mri on Xmas eve and it showed 3 torn and retracted tendons or, as the kid said, I really fucked it up. I go in next week to discuss next steps which will likely be surgery and months of limited use and pt. yay

Gary isn't happy because it could interfere with his skiing, so he's taken two ski trips since the 26th. One 5 days in Michigan and Canada, and now on a 5 day in Vermont. I just do what I can with one hand and leave the rest for him to handle when he's here. He'll squeeze in days at Bristol when he's back. With luck I'll be past the acute period and can manage alone so he doesn't have to cancel his Colorado trip. I have already ruined his retirement because I can't travel with him. Ruining his skiing too...sigh.

And I've reached my limit on typing. Back to being invisible and reading all the things online and watching all the things on hulu, amazon prime, and netflix with pups all around me and an icepack on my aching shoulder.

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Fic: Wisp

Tue, 25 Dec 2018 16:31:38 GMT

It took me entirely too long to finish my sga_santa story. My concentration was nil due to the usual compounded by a rotator cuff tear in my left shoulder. The pain meds helped the shoulder, but not my writing. I'm basically down to using only one hand for most everything as I wait to find out if surgery will be happening.

In the meantime, have a story!

Recipient: Melime
Title: Wisp
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Teen
Pairing: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Summary: Rodney's first thought was, 'Finally, all my fantasies are about to come true.' SGA Santa 2018

Link on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/sga_secret_santa_2018/works/17039315

Link to the wonderful SGA Santa Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/sga_secret_santa_2018

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Happy Holidays!

Tue, 25 Dec 2018 16:24:14 GMT

I would have preferred new art for the season, but my shoulder says no, so here's some from the past!

Happy Holidays on AO3

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Hey, there!

Sat, 08 Dec 2018 19:02:15 GMT

So my flist just got busier. Cool.

I'm pretty quiet here, but I haven't given up on creating fanworks. They just arrive very sporadically. Everything is posted to AO3 under danceswithgary (see link in profile) if you want to catch up.

If anyone needs an invite to AO3, just drop me a DM. I have many to hand out.

And for anyone who needs a pup fix from October this year:

Top to bottom - Serena, Venus, Molly and Tessa

[click for full size]

The two dark are 8-yr-old Yorkshire terrier/poodle sisters I rescued when then were 12 weeks old, my original pair of lifesavers. The two lighter are a bonded pair I rescued a year ago and are approximately 4 years old - possibly a chihuahua mix. They keep me company during the long days and get me off the couch much more often than if I were alone.

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Suggestions, anyone?

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 19:11:36 GMT

My sga santa assignment is very open, only requirement is happy-ever-after McShep (as if I write anything else).

I am brain dead and need some thoughts, suggestions, bunnies, etc.

Help?

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Art: Avalon

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 23:11:00 GMT

Artwork for SGA Reverse Bang

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16540391

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