boring work stuff, mostly. Fret over story.

( boring work stuff )

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I had a great freaky dream last night including SWAT teams, b*mb scares at the airport and possible ex-KGB agents who turn out to be aliens.  My part in all the action was rather peripheral, though.  I was mostly concerned with getting the Tip Monk packed back up and on his way back to Florida, as in this dream he wasn't a trainee but on some sort of exchange program.  I'd rather not forget it, but I think I'll put it in a private post because I don't want to bore you.  Also I'm not quite comfortable sharing dreams, though if anyone asks I will.  Also also, I'm not sure I can make it hold together into any coherent narrative.

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Oh.  Crap.  I just realized that I have to post my citynextdoor story today.  *weeps, wails, gnashes teeth*  It sucks!  Pre-performance jitters.  Well, it really does suck, aside from the ideas which were Eor's.  *takes a deep breath and goes to open the file and see if she can make any last-minute changes*  Nothing I can do in the next half hour could make it not suck.

Port Omens, a Good Omens fic for the citynextdoor "Home Sweet Hom

Well, I've posted it up on citynextdoor.  I feel... embarrassed.  Partly because, even though I've lived here 15 years I'm really not a native like lemondropgirl, so I almost feel that I have no right.  But, there you go.  Robert Frost wasn't much like the people he wrote about. ;)

Title: Port Omens
Authors: Derien and Eor
Fandom: Good Omens
Characters: Aziraphale, Crowley
Notes:
1) Many of the best ideas were Eor's, and he did the beta read, so I think he deserves equal billing.  And then I changed a bunch of stuff after he betaed, so don't blame him for the suck. 
2)For the November challenge on CityNextDoor - "Home Sweet Home."  Aziraphale and Crowley as they might be in Portland, Maine.  I'll entertain any suggestions for a better title.  Of course they can't really be natives because they're not really natives anywhere, but they've changed their edges a little.

let me shuffle you off to a city next door to the real Portland

oh. my. god.

They were right.  I thought they were just being typical squeeing fangirls, but it's true.  Stephen Fry's voice on The Jeeves Voco Clock would probably be worth the money even if the first sample message were the only one.  That was certainly worth installing the new Flash for, although I'll probably curse later when my computer screws up and then Eor will curse because he has to fix it. 

On the other hand, maybe I'm just a squeeing fangirl.  Oh yeah.  It's a shame that Eor wouldn't find this clock anywhere near as amusing as I do. :)  Also, in fact, I'm very fond of my little peeper.  It has served me well for many years.  And just think how much space that big old voco clock would take up on my nightstand.  I'd have to dust it. 

I wonder if I could get them to install the voco clock innards in my old horrid ugly mantle clock that used to belong to my grandparents and doesn't work?

ETA: Someone who actually got one said the exterior is actually 'a disappointment' being a shiny black plastic.

ETA2: Through evil hacker tricks I have saved 12 of the wake-up messages. Now I just need to find an inexpensive mp3 player to hide inside my horrid ugly clock. ;)