no one gets to tell me if I've lost or if I've won

BRB, GOING TO NYC.

I'm coming back Monday night (so late it's almost Tuesday), and I will probably have internet between now and then, but I have no idea how often, so nobody panic if I'm not around. I promise not to die.

...Ace has realized I'm about to leave and is cuddling me to make me stay. I really wish she wouldn't do that. :(

EDIT @ 8:22 AM: Not dead yet. In Philadelphia waiting for my next plane. I'm slightly shaky and dizzy for no discernible reason, but pretty much okay except for that. (Most of this edit is for ordinarygirl's benefit, because I know she will be worrying. ♥)

I keep meaning to make an actual post, but... keep getting sidetracked.

So this is just a post to say that I have backed up my LJ on Dreamwidth - it's allfireburns, just like here - and will be crossposting from there from now on. You'll still see posts on this journal, and you can comment either here or there, but between LJ's recent genderfail and their frankly idiotic "holiday promotion", I feel safer having a backup and a different home base for my journal.

(Re: LJ's genderfail: Yes, they did roll back those intended changes. However, I do not believe it was a mistake, as LJ would like you to believe, and the fact that their "apology" took the tone of "we're sorry some evil person is misleading you by READING THE CODE WE PUT IN THE CHANGELOG" rather pisses me off.

Re: LJ's "holiday promotion": this and this sum up my feelings on the matter. Anything else I could say would rapidly devolve into something like "FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU ARE YOU STUPID?" in LJ's general direction.)

If anyone would like a Dreamwidth account and doesn't have one, I have 10 invite codes available and can always request more. Just ask. And if anyone has a Dreamwidth account they'd like me to be subscribing to over there (with allfireburns - I've already got a few of you on my writing journal, mortalcity), let me know! (By the way, Dreamwidth has no holiday promotion, but ETA: Dreamwidth does have a holiday promotion, and their paid accounts have 100 icons and are $35 - the same amount as an LJ paid account + extra userpics. And if you really want, there is the option to upgrade to 250 userpics. I love Dreamwidth.)

...I swear I'll be making an actual entry at some point. Man, I suck at this journalling thing lately.

EDIT: Someone on DW pointed out that they do have a holiday promotion (see above). God, if it weren't for most of my friends and all the comms I love being on LJ, I would camp out at DW and never leave.

Bwah. I finally have my tagbrain back, and have been victorious over all the tags in my latest Riftpost. Of course, I'm going to come back and have SO MANY threads to reply to, but never mind that.

Beka and I are going to visit lionessvalenti today! :D We will be without internet tonight, so don't be alarmed if I'm not around and don't make a post to announce that I'm alive. I probably still will be.

And meanwhile, I think Simba's allergic to something either in this state or this city. He's all sneezy and sniffly and watery-eyed and I feel so bad for him. Poor miserable kitty.

Cat broke m keyboard. Can't find some bits. So if I'm not arond, THAT WOULD B WH.

...that's also wh I can't tpe anthing with... the ltters that ar obviousl missing from parts of this post. E ke is also bitch...ee.

Haaaaat. ...that was meant to be another word altogethr. Dammit. Hatrd of the world is less imprssive whn lacking certain lttrs.

I am having alcohol now.

I'm back. From the plane rides. And stuff.

...Yeah, I know, I sound so excited. And I am! But I'm timesick tired and dizzy and achy in various places and my jaw is aching for no apparent reason. Need sleeeeep.

*Collapses somewhere quiet and doesn't move for a week*

I'm alive! Tired, but not sleepy. This is a problem.

That is really the only point to this post.

Instead of doing anything actually, you know, productive on the flights, I wrote Riftfic. At least I restrained myself from writing post-S4 fic. That's something. (Never mind that we just finished S2. I know all! ...You know, except when shit surprises me and I end up screaming at my characters because they did something stupid and crazy like SHOOT SAM! *Cough* Okay. I'm done.)

Today was not my best day ever. I had a minor breakdown, but Evie took me out to dinner after getting home, as she just got paid, so that fixed a great many things. Plus, tomorrow, Chris and Magi and I get to blow up a coffee shop (well, unleash a hellhound and a velociraptor on it, then set it on fire, then blow it up - we are going to Tarantino that shit), and that makes me feel a great deal better too.

I have one scene written of my writerinadrawer fic. I am going to bed now and waking up early to finish it. Fun. In the way of sleep deprivation and deadlines. Yes indeed. Expect a post begging you to vote in this one, because I'll be nervous. (Honest to God, I think the story is going to come off as if I'm one of those people who don't like Gwen. I DO, HONESTLY. This is just the best AU idea that came to me.)

Also, going to California for my sister's graduation Sunday. I'll be back the 18th. I'll be bringing my computer with me, and I will have internet, I just don't know how often - it depends on whether I can leech a wireless connection off someone nearby my dad's home. ^^ My plan is to go there with a mostly-empty backpack and a suitcase containing a few changes of clothes, and then come back with a lot of books and DVDs and MY STUFF that I had to leave at home. As well as packing several boxes also containing my stuff with a request for my father to ship it to me. Yes.

Anyway, just thought I should let you all know that in advance so we don't get to Sunday and suddenly you're all panicking and wondering where I've gone. Yes, I know you'd miss me that much. Don't deny it.

Right. Sleep now. So I can be the appropriate amount of sleep deprived, overcaffeinated and deadline-rushed tomorrow.

(Randomly, before I go? This song BREAKS MY HEART when Dar Williams is singing it. I don't even know why, but it hurts.)

Gonna be at Rent today. Will be bringing the laptop, may or may not be able to get wireless while there.

Also! Rizzy! Chris! We need to do an OT3 thread some time soon. They haven't had one since the doom, and... just... yes. This is wrong. Especially given the abrupt shift their relationship has taken since the last happy thread we had with them. Not that it'll necessarily be happy, but HAPPIER, and... I'll stop now.

EDIT: I do indeed have wireless! Fantastic! Granted, at where we are in line, there's nowhere to plug the laptop IN, so I'll be bouncing on and off to conserve battery power unless I get into a thread with someone in which there are fairly consistent tags, but I am around! Huzzah!