oh love, oh my love

[harborshore]

*waves sheepishly* I've emerged from my post-paper fog and am attempting this posting-with-actual-content again. If by content you mean babble.

I turned in my paper Friday afternoon, and that's it--no more edits, no more revisions, no takebacks, oh my god, I'm DONE. Then I came home and got really tired, really fast. So the weekend was spent in a daze, reading fic (so many good stories you guys, SO MANY), poking at original poetry and my big bang, having some chat conversations with people in which I could notice myself flitting from topic to topic but was too tired to stop it and figure out how to have a real conversation (sorry, those of you who've been talking to me; I'm not quite myself yet), answered some emails and comments (am still behind--if you're waiting for something, I'm getting to it, promise)...I'm a little more awake now, but not much.

I also spent most of yesterday at the cottage. Mostly I sat inside, watching the rain and reading, but I took a walk and watched the sea, gray with rain and wind. That was--it was a good reminder how tiny I really am. I love the ocean, I've loved it since I first saw it (my mother used to joke that I was a mermaid in a former life), and I just needed to stand on the beach and get soaked by rain and watch the water move for a while.

Lastly--getting an LJ in February was the best idea ever. I couldn't have pulled off this paper thing or this big bang fic thing without you guys. Some people deserve special thanks, and they've gotten them or they're getting them soon, but consider this a general I'm-so-fucking-grateful-you-exist, okay? Yeah, that means you. And you, too. ♥

ETA: I said actual content. Do questions count? You should tell me something good, big or small, that happened to you during the past two weeks or so. Or tell me what needs to exist where you live--independent book stores or oceans or trees or cats.

Comments

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

the relieeeeeeef, it's epic.

[torakowalski.livejournal.com]

Whee, congrats! I'm so proud of you ♥

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

*beams* thank you, dearest. i still can't believe how tired i am, but it's a good kind of tired, you know?

[enhendi.livejournal.com]

DONE! :D Congratulations, bb!

I love the ocean; I can just sit and stare at it for ages if nobody bothers me (same goes for waterfalls, actually). It's not exactly an ocean, but when I moved away from Chicago and there was suddenly no lake I was disoriented for weeks.

♥

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

*twirls, falls over because she still has no coordination*

It's really very important, isn't it? I was so confused in Minnesota until I figured out what was throwing me off so badly--the Mississippi is just not the same.

[enhendi.livejournal.com]

*catches you* NO HEADBONKING ON MY WATCH, YOUNG LADY!

I had a teacher in high school who claimed that after having grown up in NJ he would never be able to tell directions anywhere of the east coast. Then again, he was also a little insane.

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

*staggers to her feet*

Ha, yeah, that's a little crazy. It was more that I was used to always having it there, the water--Stockholm's built on islands, and such.

[modillian.livejournal.com]

Maaaan, I love rainy days, cause then I can have a somewhat legitimate reason for bunking down and just reading all day and then enjoying the rain and thunder outside and then maybe taking a nap. I enjoy the simple things in life.

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

Me too, oh, me too. It was a great weekend, that way. Do you like it if it goes on for more than six days in a row?

[strange-bt-true.livejournal.com]

Yay! You're all done! There is no better feeling.

Um, stuff that is good... I have discovered many many songs that are just perfect for striding down the street with your shoulders thrown back and your head held high. My guilty pleasure is creating playlists with titles like "songs that are awesome for walking!!! :D" so this was a wonderful discovery for me. Also, catching up with old friends after way too long. \o/

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

No, there really isn't. ♥

Oh, awesome! You should make a mix of your favorites and post it *beams encouragingly* I love making playlists, it's so great. And yeah, old friends, man, the good ones are still the same and that's awesome.

[extemporally.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you exist. ♥

What needs to exist where I live? You! But other than that... winter would be nice. And while we're on the plane of improbability, the ability to fly (this is totally what you were talking about, shh).

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

♥ ♥ ♥

*beams* Good things come for those who don't wait too long, huh? And ahaha, winter, you can have some of ours. One of my students once said she wanted the superpower of making the world wait for her, and I love that, I think I want that one. She said it'd just be ten seconds, or maybe five minutes here and there, but those are crucial, right?

[extemporally.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes! Or if someone could invent a device that would allow you to store time when you weren't busy and use it again when you were, that'd be kind of awesome. (This idea isn't mine, it appeared in my third grade Chinese reader. IDEK.)

"I'm bored - let's go ahead to two hours later! Dinner time!"

"I really need two more hours to study! Let me whip out those two hours!"