One Leaf at a Time

When negative feelings are suppressed positive feelings become suppressed as well, and love dies.

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:59:45 GMT

It's been weeks since her and Laura had a proper conversation. Ever since their argument over children. Rae's news, though she was completely delighted for her friend, had only made her own feelings worse. It's not been anything more than a polite greeting and meaningless small talk. Katie had always worn her heart on her sleeve, it was her greatest weakness, she could never hide anything she was feeling. And before now, had never wanted to.

In a city like this, with both of them having different jobs to worry about and a different circle of friends it was surprisingly easy to completely avoid someone you were living with. But she's tired of doing that. She'd emailed Laura earlier and asked her to come home for dinner. She'd spent the afternoon cooking and now everything was finally ready. It was time to face up to things.

Dinner

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:56:18 GMT

Katie had already picked out her dinner of vegetable lasagne and looked around the messhall for somewhere to sit. Most of the tables were taken, and she couldn't spot any of her closer friends. Usually she had no problem joining in a group of people, but tonight she felt like something quieter. So she sat down on one of the only empty tables. It took her a moment to realise it was the same one Saera had thrown her down on the other night and she blushed at the memory before starting on her food.

Pillow Talk

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:43:44 GMT

She lay cuddled up naked with Laura, both of them thoroughly satiated. One of her hands rests lightly on Laura's breast, the other is tangled up in her beautiful strawberry blonde hair.

"I always tried to grow my hair long, but it never seems to work." She complains lightly, nuzzling into her lover.

She's silent for a few moments as she thinks of the best way to breach the next topic. "David bought a little girl in to the lab with him today. Major Lorne found her abandonned after a Wraith attack and they're looking after her. She's a cute kid. Lots of enthusiasm and energy."

Stuff about me

Sun, 09 Jul 2006 21:37:55 GMT

It's been a slow day at work today and this is something I came across that lookes like fun.

(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)

✓ I miss somebody right now. (Two somebodies in fact. I wonder what my girls are doing.)	✓ I don't watch much TV these days. (What TV?)	✓ I own lots of books.
× I wear glasses or contact lenses.	× I love to play video games.	✓ I've tried marijuana.
✓ I've watched porn movies. (ahem ahem, sorta messed around with one once too.)	× I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.	✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
✓ I curse sometimes.	✓ I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.	× I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.

* * * * *

× I have broken someone's bones.	× I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal.	× I hate the rain.
× I'm paranoid at times.	× I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.	× I need/want money right now.
× I love sushi.	× I talk really, really fast.	✓ I have fresh breath in the morning.
× I have long hair.	✓ I have lost money in Las Vegas. (Not much)	✓ I have at least one sibling.
× I was born in a country outside of the U.S.	× I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.	× I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.
✓ I like the way that I look.	✓ I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months.	× I am usually pessimistic.
× I have a lot of mood swings.	✓ I think prostitution should be legalized.	✓ I slept with a roommate.
✓ I have a hidden talent. (It's not hidden to anyone who's been in my bed)	✓ I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.	✓ I have a lot of friends.
✓ I have pecked someone of the same sex.	× I enjoy talking on the phone.	× I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
✓ I love to shop and/or window shop.	× I'm obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal.	× I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
× I have a mobile phone.	× I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.	✓ I've rejected someone before.
✓ I currently like/love someone. (yeah...)	× I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.	✓ I want to have children in the future.
× I have changed a diaper before.	× I've called the cops on a friend before.	× I'm not allergic to anything.
✓ I have a lot to learn.	× I am shy around the opposite sex.	× I'm online 24/7, even as an away message.
× I have at least 5 away messages saved.	✓ I have tried alcohol or drugs before.	✓ I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.
× I own the "South Park" movie.	× I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal.	× I enjoy some country music.
✓ I would die for my best friends.	× I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist.	× I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
× I think Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.	✓ I have dated a close friend's ex.	✓ I am happy at this moment.
✓ I'm obsessed with guys. (and girls)	✓ Democrat.	× Republican.
× I don't even know what I am.	× I am punk rockish.	× I go for older guys/girls, not younger.
✓ I study for tests most of the time.	× I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.	× I can work on a car.
✓ I love my job(s).	✓ I am comfortable with who I am right now.	× I have more than just my ears pierced.
✓ I walk barefoot wherever I can.	× I have jumped off a bridge.	× I love sea turtles.
× I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup.	✓ I plan on achieving a major goal/dream.	× I am proficient on a musical instrument.
✓ I hate office jobs.	✓ I went to college out of state.	× I am adopted.
× I am a pyro.	✓ I have thrown up from crying too much.	× I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved.
× I fall for the worst people.	✓ I adore bright colours.	× I usually like covers better than originals.
× I hate chain theme restaurants like Applebees and TGIFridays.	× I can pick up things with my toes.	✓ I can't whistle.
× I have ridden/owned a horse.	✓ I still have every journal I've ever written in.	× I talk in my sleep.
× I've often thought that I was born in the wrong century.	× I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.	× I wear a toe ring.
✓ I have a tattoo.	✓ I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with.	✓ I am a caffeine junkie.
✓ I am completely tree-huggy spiritual, and I'm not ashamed at all. (Not sure about spiritual, but tree huggy, sure.)	× If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one murder.	× I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.
✓ I enjoy a nice glass of wine with dinner.	× I'm an artist.	✓ I am ambidextrous.
✓ I sleep with so many stuffed animals, I can hardly fit on my bed. (Used to anyway, Laura relegated a lot of them.)	✓ If it weren't for having to see other people naked, I'd live in a nudist colony. (I dont mind the seeing other people naked thing.)	× I have terrible teeth.
× I hate my toes.	✓ I did this meme even though I wasn't tagged by the person who took it before me.	× I have more friends on the internet than in real life.
× I have lived in either three different states or countries.	✓ I am extremely flexible. (extremely)	× I love hugs more than kisses.
× I want to own my own business.	× I smoke.	× I spend way too much time on the computer than on anything else.
× Nobody has ever said I'm normal.	✓ Sad movies, games, and the like can cause a trickle of tears every now and then.	✓ I am proficient in the use of many types of firearms and combat weapons. (Thank you sweetie.)
× I like the way women look in stylized men's suits.	× I don't like it when people are unpleased or seem unpleased with me.	✓ I have been described as a dreamer or likely to have my head up in the clouds.
✓ I have played strip poker with someone else before.	× I have had emotional problems for which I have sought professional help.	× I believe in ghosts and the paranormal.
✓ I can't stand being alone.	✓ I have at least one obsession at any given time.	× I weigh myself, pee/poo, and then weigh myself again.
× I consistently spend way too much money on obsessions-of-the-moment.	× I'm a judgmental asshole.	× I'm a HUGE drama-queen.
✓ I have travelled on more than one continent.	× I sometimes wish my father would just disappear.	× I need people to tell me I'm good at something in order to feel that I am.
× I am a Libertarian.	× I can speak more than one language.	× I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as it can be.
✓ I would rather read than watch TV.	× I like reading fact more than fiction.	✓ I have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to do.
× I have no piercings.	✓ I have spent the night in a train station or other public place.	× I have been so upset over my physical gender that I cried.
× I once spent Christmas completely alone because there was a miscommunication on which parent was supposed to have me that night.	× There have been times when I have wondered "Why was I born?" and may/may not have cried over it.	× I like most animals better than most people.
× I own a collection of retro games consoles.	✓ The thought of physical exercise makes me shiver.	× I have hit someone with a dead fish.
× I am compulsively honest.	× I was born with a congenital birth defect that has never been repaired.	✓ I have danced topless in front of dozens of complete strangers.
× I have gone from wishing I was a girl to revelling in being a boy to feeling like a girl again in the span of five minutes, and not cared a whit for my actual sex.	✓ I am unashamedly bisexual, and have different motivations for my desires for different genders.	× I sometimes won't sleep a whole night or eat a whole day because I forget to.
× I find it impossible to get to sleep without some kind of music on.	× I dislike milk.	× I obsessively wash my hands.
× I always carry something significant around with me.	× Sometimes I'd rather wear a wig in day-to-day life than use my own hair.	× I've pushed myself to become more self-aware and thereby more aware of others.
× Even though I live on my own I still cry sometimes because I miss my mother.	× I hand wrote all the HTML tags in this document.	✓ I've liked something which a majority of people claimed was either bad or weird.
× I have been clinically dead for a brief period of time.	× Instead of feeling sympathy/empathy with people and their problems, I simply become annoyed.	× I participate/have participated in auto drag races and won.
× I do not 'get' most comedy acts.	✓ I don't think strippers are money-greedy or slutty for dancing.	× I don't like to chew gum.
× I am obsessed with history/historical things and can't wait for someone to build a time machine so I can be the first to use it.	× I can never remember for the life of me where I parked the car.	× I had the TEEN ANGST thing going for at least 2-3 years.
✓ I wish people would be more empathic and honest with each other.	× I play Dungeons and Dragons weekly.	✓ I love to sing.
× I want to live in my mother's basement when I grow up.	× I have a custom-built computer.	× I want to create a certain someone's babies, even though there's a 0% possiblity of ever achieving it.
✓ I would be in a relationship with one of my pets if they were human.	✓ I've gone skinny-dipping.	✓ I've performed in three plays.
× I enjoy burritos.	× I'm Irish and loving it.	✓ I have a thing for redheads. (and brunettes and blondes and ....)
× I am a twin!	× Most of the times, I'd rather do something intellectual instead of doing something generically 'fun'.	× Once I set out to finish something, I always stay at it until it is completed before I move on to something else.
× I wish there were a way to erase past mistakes.	× I sleep more than 12 hours a day.	× I wish I could be prouder of what I've accomplished, but it's never enough.
× I need more time to myself.	× I wish I was more open-minded.	× I hope that I go really prematurely grey.
× I download songs from the internet.	× I've just reenacted chapter 58 of Death Note with my best friend.	× I say random things to freak people out.
× I'm still a little mad about the ending of Death Note.	✓ I love playing Truth or Dare.	✓ I love listening to slow music, but I hate singing to it.
× Music helps me remember that I am not alone.	× Playing my favorite sport makes me temporarily forget my problems.	× I think this survey is particularly long.
× I prefer my LJ friends to my real-life ones.	× I can only hate someone that I love.	✓ I've ordered an extra two shots of espresso to an Americano at Starbucks.

Birthdays are really only good for one reason...

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:31:40 GMT

~via Email~
To: Dr. David Parrish, Head of Botany
From: Dr. Katie Brown
RE: Happy Birthday.

Hey Davey,

I know you're still off world and as much as I wanted to give you your present in person and see your face, I also wanted you to have them today. At least this way, they'll be here and ready for when you get back.

Also if your boys won't accept these as the Gospel truth, don't worry you're more than welcome to collect from Laura and I. In fact, Laura's kinda hoping they refuse ;)

Anyway Happy Birthday. Hope you're not being attacked by any sort of plant life. And I love you lots.

Katie
xXx

Attachments:

And for a special treat:

Katie sent the email and grabbed the stack of vouchers made for Saera. They were on a similar theme but the pictures were even more explicit and all of her and Laura. They'd had a lot of fun taking them.

She walked over to Saera's quarters. Knowing the chemist would still be in the labs, she let herself in. She put the vouchers on the desk, the first place she always went to when she got home and added a little note on top.

Happy Birthday Sweetie
Come find Laura and I for the rest of your present.
xXx

Who knew meetings could be so much fun...

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 16:33:02 GMT

Katie walked from her lab to the meeting room, for the weekly biology meeting. They were supposed to be a way of keeping in touch with everyone's research and a forum for generating new ideas They were inevitably dull affairs with everyone talking at once, no-one listening and nothing ever being accomplished.

She'd complained about it to Laura a while ago, who'd come up with a rather interesting way to keep her entertained. She smiled as she walked in. There were already a few people milling about so she couldn't check if Laura had managed to make it.

When good plants go bad

Mon, 22 May 2006 19:25:02 GMT

Katie was just standing idly under the shower. It'd been a long day and she was far to tired to actually move. But the spray was turned on full and she let the hot stream work out the aches in the muscles of her shoulders and back, as well as wash away the yellow and red gunge that had splattered all over her.

Stackhouse's team had found a plant which looked like it could belong to the Asclepias rubra genus, which the local folks had used for it's anaesthetic properties. It didn't react well to their tests though and had shot the stuff at her. Some sort of natural defense, which was probably more effective against smaller animals. It had left parts of her skin numb, so apparently it works. She thought bitterly, still hoping the residue would wash out of her hair.

Poker night...again

Fri, 05 May 2006 11:20:39 GMT

It's been a busy couple of weeks and we're all pretty wound up, I think it's time for another Poker Night. Today, 1900, my quarters. Same deal as before - everyone welcome, screw the "girls only" rule. anyone who wants to come is more than welcome. Bring your friends and partners - the more the merrier. And any language is welcome ;) I think most of us can manage. I'll see you all tonight. Or I'll hunt you down and irritate you forever. You have been warned.

Mon, 17 Apr 2006 02:13:41 GMT

David's not been in the lab recently, she knows that he's working on some project with Rae. Several times she's wanted to search him out but was worried she wouldn't know what to say. If it had been Laura...nothing anyone would say would have made a difference. At least he still has Major Lorne. She doesn't want to use up any time they could be spending comforting each other. Still it's been several days and she thinks she should at least check in.

~Via Email~
To: Dr. David Parrish
From: Dr. Katie Brown
Subject: hey honey

Davey,

How are you doing? Actually scrap that, it's a pretty stupid question. I just wanted you to know, if you need anything. Or just someone to talk to, I'm here.

And I really am sorry. I know we haven't always agreed on him but Laura said that he dealt with it much better than he would have expected from a civilian scientist and that he was the reason they got out of there. I guess we all owe him.

Love ya
Katie

Laura TLC

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:49:00 GMT

Katie walked back in the to the infirmary only a couple of hours after Dr. Beckett had chased her away telling her to get sleep and food. But he'd also promised she could take Laura home today. Unable to wait anymore she thought she'd try her luck a little earlier.

Seeing Dr. Peterson alone at a desk writing in some notes, she went up to her, hoping she might be more sympathetic.

"Morning Adrienne, so have you managed to patch Laura up enough for her to leave yet?" She asked with a smile.

This was never supposed to happen

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 10:19:57 GMT

Reluctantly, she walks into the lab, late in the morning. David is still here, or maybe here again. He's looking slightly better than the last time she guiltily glanced at him. Maybe someone finally managed to convince him to eat and sleep. She knew that was supposed to be her job, he was her best friend but she'd been so wrapped up in her own misery, she didn't think her heart could take Davey's pain too.

They'd always dealt with crisis differently. Whereas he would thrown himself into work, she curled up into herself. Completely unusual for her. She'd spent almost all of the last couple of weeks asleep in Laura's bed, making only the briefest of appearances in the lab to keep everyone satisfied. She surrounded herself with Laura's belongings, comforted herself in her scent. She always told herself, her lover would be back the next time she awoke. But it hadn't happened. And poor Davey had lost two people. She couldn't ignore that any longer.

She walked to him and waited several minutes until he looked up. His brilliantly blue eyes reflecting more pain and hurt than she'd ever seen before. Not knowing what to say, she pulled him into a huge bear hug, folding her arms tightly around his slender frame.

Lonely birthday

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 23:41:04 GMT

Katie was puffing and gasping for breath, her cheeks red with exertion as she tried to rearrange the furniture in her quarters. There was no reason except for she was lonely and pissed off and wanting to do something to take her mind off the fact that no-one had remembered her birthday.

The datastream from Earth wasn't due for another few days so maybe someone would send her a message in that. Didn't explain why no-one here had remembered, she fumed. She'd been friends with Davey for years, although he'd been caught up lately, wasn't really his fault.

And she had no right to be mad at Laura. They hadn't been together through any birthdays yet. Still, it wasn't that hard. She knew hers. Had put it in her calender even. Ok so fine it's not actually that important, but it's just nice to have a day where you're appreciated and fussed over. Isn't that what girlfriends were for?

Shaking her head of the depressing thoughts, she went back to attempting to move the bed to the opposite side.

Laura watching

Fri, 03 Mar 2006 18:46:55 GMT

The worst part of science was the mindless tedium of most days. A universal fact, holding through even in the Pegasus galaxy. The difference was here, they'd find something of note far more often than in any research lab back on Earth. That did not make days like this go any faster though.

After hours of categorising, Katie felt more than ready for a break. Checking the time, she knew Laura would be in the gym. In any other relationship, knowing her partner's schedule without a moment's thought would have worried her. Now she barely batted an eyelid and headed to the gym instead. She loved to see Laura hot and sweaty and getting physical with a bunch of guys.

Worrying over Davey

Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:10:06 GMT

Katie's been wanting to get hold of David for days - to see how he's doing. But with all the crazy new regulations and covering for david in the lab whilst he's busy trying to sort out the crap with Lorne and Kavanagh, she hasn't had a chance to grab more than a couple of minutes with him. Deciding to rectify that she sits down at her laptop and opens her email.

~~via Email~~

Davey,

How are things? I had a quick 'word' with Major Lorne the other day. He was sporting a pretty decent looking bruise across his jaw - well done - proud of you babe :) Although it's only fair if you let me do it if needed again.

Anyway feel like having dinner? There's a new recipe Miko showed me that I've been wanting to try. It'd be nice to catch up - just you and me. But if you want, feel free to bring along one or both of your guys, I'll ask Laura. We can have an evening of it ;)

Love
Katie

Poker night...and screw the "girls only" rule

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:53:19 GMT

Today, 1600, Lounge 18F. All those who have been invited are of course welcome, as are any of their friends and significant others who feel like showing up - the more the merrier, and leave any and all issues at the door, please.

An evening with Laura

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:44:35 GMT

Katie wanders around the room, fixing a few little details, making sure she's got everything set up - finger food on the table, dessert by the bed, lights adjusted right.

Laura rings the bell chime, punctual as always, and Katie gets up to open the door, for once not minding that she can't open it from across the room like half the team can - it gives her the perfect excuse to stand framed in the doorway, letting Laura take in the sight of her in a black bra, black lace panties, and thigh-high stockings ending in more black lace.

In the lab...

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 23:21:43 GMT

*Katie wanders into the lab, wanting to get some work done even though she's technically off duty for the next couple days. She promised Laura she wouldn't touch any strange plants. That would have to be enough, 'cause there was no way she was staying away from work.*

*She settled into the abandoned lab, tugging self-consciously at her shirt, wishing it didn't blend in so well with her blue skin.*

Waking up hurts

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 12:53:08 GMT

*Katie opens her eyes, slowly, not entirely realizing she's awake yet. The light is almost painful, so she closes them again quickly. The sounds are familiar, but slightly off - not what she would normally hear waking up in her room or Laura's. It's just a little too busy, too many sounds of people moving around, too much equipment running. There was something she was supposed to remember, something important, and she searches her mind, trying to find it...there was the lab, a sample she'd wanted to take to Beckett, then she'd gone to lunch with Laura, there'd been...salad, there was salad with those not-tomatoes Laura hated...but that wasn't the important bit. What had happened next? Why did purple seem so important?*

"L'ra?"

They're everywhere

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:15:22 GMT

*Katie stabs frantically at the transporter control panel, not having much of an idea of where she's going except away, out of here before they can get her. She's not entirely sure who they are. Aliens, probably. They looked like a med team, but you never know with aliens, could be a disguise, could've taken over the med team, they were - oh God, if they'd taken over the med team she couldn't trust anyone, it could be anyone but her, she had to...had to stop them, had to keep them from taking over, had to fight back...

*She peered cautiously around the door as it opened, not seeing anyone around. It was an abandoned lab, one of the ones they hadn't done much poking around in yet. She activated a computer panel, looking up what this lab had been used for. There had to be something she could work with. Find a solution. Aliens. Aliens everywhere, she had to fix it, had to focus...had to be MacGyver, fix it with what she had in the lab, it was safe here so far, she couldn't leave or they'd get her...*

Poker Night

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:29:36 GMT

A reminder to all those who've complained of sieve-brain syndrome - poker game's tonight, right after dinner, assuming no impending crises. You people had better show up!

Well, I don't think I deserve this...

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:26:52 GMT

Helping in my own way

Sun, 22 Jan 2006 18:37:35 GMT

*Katie wanders into the botany lab and settles restlessly at a desk; her eyes fall on a row of jars carefully labelled "Audrey III - residue." She'd meant to run a few tests on those, figure out why the plant had gotten out of control and if there was any way to identify other plants that were likely to do the same thing before they were brought back to Atlantis.

*Frowning at the jars, she selects one and leaves for the chemistry lab. In all the chaos, she doesn't think anyone's bothered to do a chemical analysis - or any kind of analysis - on the samples yet.*

A meme from engineer_radek...

Sat, 21 Jan 2006 19:47:26 GMT

In the last 24 Hours have you...

1. Had sex: My girlfriend's in the infirmary, what do you think?
2. Bought something: Hmm. Does anyone around here think we're running on a money-based economy? No? I didn't think so. I vote this question invalid.
3. Gotten sick: No
4. Sang: Probably, damned if I know...you'd have to ask my coworkers, they're the ones that might've heard.
5. Been kissed: Damn, this girlfriend-in-the-infirmary thing kinda sucks.
6. Ate something: I do try to eat regularly, yes. Three meals a day does mean I last ate less than twenty-four hours ago.
7. Felt stupid: Well, I had a bit of trouble getting my door open until I realized I had to unlock it first...so, um, yeah.
8. Talked to an ex: I haven't been in Atlantis long enough to have an ex here.
9. Missed someone: Laura...have I mentioned she's still in the infirmary?
__________________________________________________

Last person who....

1. Slept in your bed: Me. Last person who wasn't me who slept in the same bed I was in was Laura, but that was her bed, not mine.
2. Saw you cry: Laura.
3. Made you cry: Laura, by being injured and not being around.
4. Went to the movies with: God, I haven't been to the movies since I was on Earth...um...a few friends that no one here will have heard of?
5. You went to the mall with: Same group of friends. Same day, even, I think.
6. Last person you talked to on the phone? My brother, the day before I left for Atlantis.
_______________________________________

Have You Ever...

1. Said "I Love You" and meant it: Don't think so, no.
2. Got in a fight with your pet: Never had a pet, my brother was allergic and I never really settled in one place long enough once I was on my own.
3. Been to California: Yeah, when I was little.
4. Been to Mexico: No
6. Been to Canada: If Niagara Falls counts, yeah.
7. Been to Europe: Studied in France for a semester of college, yeah.
__________________________________________________ __

Random.....

1. Do you have a crush on someone: Well, I'm seeing someone, does that count?
2. What book are you reading now: A book of Isaac Asimov's short stories.
3. Worst feeling in the world: Not knowing how you feel.
4. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal: Who needs a stuffed animal when you've got a girl like Laura?
5. What's under your bed: ...That's between me and Laura, and none of your business.
6. Favorite sport to watch: Does Ladies' Poker Night count as a sport?
7. Location: Atlantis
8. Piercing/Tattoos: Pierced ears.
10. Where do you want to get married: Married???? Can I at least have a chance to fall in love before I start thinking about marriage?
11. Who do you really hate: Stupid carnivorous plants that try to kill half the base.
12. Do you have a job: I think everyone here has a job.
13. Do you like being around people: Yes.
14. Have you ever liked someone you had no chance with? Far too many times.
15. Have you ever cried? Of course.
16. Are you lonely right now: Yes.
18. Song that's stuck in your head a lot: "Oom Pah Pah", from Oliver!
19. Played strip poker: I believe I mentioned Ladies' Poker Night already?
20. Gotten beaten up: In second grade, for a while, but then my brother got to him - he never dared so much as look at me after.
21. Pulled an all-nighter: Um, I did graduate college. Of course I have.
22. Been on radio/TV: No.
23. Been in a mosh-pit: No.
24. Do you have any gay/lesbian friends: Well, yeah. Even not counting David and Major Lorne, there's Dr. Zelenka, Dr. McKay, Dr. Beckett and Colonel Sheppard...and Laura and me...and a bunch of my friends from college.

over-sharing

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:46:48 GMT

*collapses back against pillows, picks up paper journal and pen and writes*

Well, that was quite the day. I just got back from visiting Laura in the infirmary...she was asleep, and she didn't look a thing like herself, lying there all bandaged up. I still have no idea how I feel about her being injured, or about her in general, apart from that she's damn hot when she's at her best...

Speaking of which, thanks to these damn pain meds, I seem to have dropped far more hints about my sex life than I would have liked to. David did not need to know that the main reason I like Laura is that she's strong enough to pin me to the nearest flat surface and...yeah. Fortunately, I don't think I was speaking too clearly when I said that, so there's a good chance he didn't hear me...

Bored and playing

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:31:54 GMT

Okay, so I've got some time to recover from my injuries with nothing but a laptop for entertainment. I guess that means it's time to figure out what this Livejournal thing is good for...

I was exploring Livejournal earlier, and I found this (not sure where, some random livejournal, might've been a gender-confused college student, I didn't look too closely) - a short meme (and what the hell does meme mean anyway? How do you pronounce it? My high school French is telling me it's mem, but English pronunciation rules tell me it should be meem. I suck at English. That's why I went into science. And from the way I'm rambling, you can tell the pain meds haven't quite worn off yet.):

Ground Rules: The first player of this "game" starts with the topic "5 weird personal habits" and people who get tagged need to write an LJ entry about their 5 quirky habits as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next 5 people to be tagged and list their names.

1. I chew on my pens. Awful, I know, but I started in grade school (as soon as they started letting us use pens, it was my pencils before that) and never got around to breaking the habit.

2. I count stars when I can't sleep. Most people go with sheep. I hate sheep. I try counting sheep, I get nightmares.

3. I sing when I'm working. Sometimes I can hold it back to just humming, but it still drives my coworkers batty - especially since my subconscious has a knack for picking the worst song for the situation. Little Shop of Horrors doesn't go over too well in an alien botany lab.

4. I eat three solid meals a day - lunch, dinner and midnight snack. I tried breakfast a few times. Didn't like eating that early in the morning.

5. I tend to quote Star Trek in everyday conversation. Although...perhaps that's not so odd, around here; I certainly don't get the odd stares for it that I got back in normal Earth society.

Less than five people have friended me so far, so...I guess if you read this, consider yourself tagged?

And that was...singularly pointless. If this is the sum of my experiments with livejournal, the conclusion is that it's a huge waste of time.