Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Happy March! It's beautiful weather here in the Midwest right now and it's going to be closing in on 75 tomorrow- makes me wonder how many a/c calls I'll get at work. All that is good because I went out of the building to enjoy the sunshine and fresh air today at lunchtime and when I got back my passenger side window would not roll up. Yikes. I had a similar problem when I first got the car so hopefully it's a fairly easy (and inexpensive) fix.

Still the sun is shining and nothing too allergy-producing is flying around yet, so that's good.

I did my weigh-in today and the last couple of weeks may have done me in because I'm up a pound. I'm only doing it once a month because I'm not a fan of the up and down (I will do it this month on the 13th and 15th just for fun.)

Prodigal Son fans- did you know there's a virtual season on Ao3? Scripts for each episode are being added every Monday. There are three episodes so far, so if you're a fan of the show, check it out.

Is anyone watching "Resident Alien"? It's the only show I'm really dedicated to right now. So good.

I'm a bit bummed that the baseball season won't start on time, but it's something that I could see coming when the owners were so inflexible about things last year. Oh well, at least the hockey season is still rolling.

That's it for me. Hope you all are well.

Now that the reveals are out, I wanted to rec some of my favorite fics from this year's OZ Magi.

Simple Pleasures by colleendetroit - This OZ fic about Rebadow and Busmalis breaking out of Oz is bound to put a smile on your face. Full disclosure, this was written for me and it's just perfect. Colleen's Rebadow and Busmalis voices are so spot on, I thought she was channeling Tom Fontana. There is plenty of humor throughout from the antics of the two on the lam to the frustration of the warden and the staff in dealing with the situation. If you haven't looked at it already, be sure to check it out.

An Oz Christmas Carol by vanillalime - There are so many of my favorite things in this fic that I didn't venture to comment on it until after the reveal, but it's basically what the title implies - an Oz version of the Dickens' story "A Christmas Carol". Tim McManus is Scrooge, Leo Glynn, Cyril O'Reily, Chris Keller, and a mute Omar White are the ghosts. It's a long read, but well worth the time.

Untitled Response to Wish 11 by apple_pie_champ - A series of vignettes that show moments that were turning points in the lives of inmates and, in some cases, set them on the path to Oz. What I really love about it is that all of the inmates showcased were in the pilot episode so it basically takes us to the moment where we were set on the path to Oz.

And I'll wrap it up with my own contribution - The Waiting Game - Written in second person, it shines new light on the Schillinger/Robson relationship. Without giving too much away, it does involve a touch of BDSM.

There's much more to enjoy in addition to the fics I've mentioned here, so check out the master list over at oz_magi. And a huge thank you to trillingstar for making this all happen once again.

Someone has written an incredibly wonderful Murphy-POV fic for me over at oz_magi. It's called "Reasons for Leaving" and it catches what's going through Murphy's head as he sits in the hospital after McManus was shanked by Omar.

You can check it out here.

(And if whoever wrote it reads this, thanks again!)

Yes, I'm still on my Hockey RPF kick, but this one was specifically written for my prompt.

[well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool by making the world a little colder] by cccccontroversy - It's for the pairing Dave Bolland (Blackhawks)/Daniel Sedin (Canucks) from the prompt "As Dave's lining up for the faceoff against Henrik, it slips out, "How come your brother got all the looks in the family?"

The fic spirals out from there with all the humor, embarrassment, and well-intentioned brotherly matchmaking you'd expect from this pairing. It's both funny & hot and the writer really did an incredible job with the prompt.


If you want to look at what I wrote for the offseasonmatch exchange, it's Taylor Hall/Adam Henrique (set around games 3 & 4 of the 2012 Finals) - Connecting in the Land of Disconnect

A wonderful writer has gifted me with an incredible Ryan O'Reily story for oz_magi. It's a series of scenes going from childhood to just past Cyril's accident with many entertaining detours in between.

Check it out - In the Before

Fellow Ozzites-

Check out to the victor goes the spoils by angeldylan628. It's a lovely Ryan/Miguel story told from Ryan's POV which shows their developing relationship throughout the seasons and after the finale.

It's definitely worth reading.

Fellow Ozzites -

Run, don't walk to take a peek at bitter_crimson's Death Montage.

Every OZ death set to the music of the can-can.

Protector by ellu_ellu - Jericho fic

and this twisted little branch on the Oz drabble tree by nindevotee which you'll just have to read for yourselves -

You Think Those Rumors About Her Having A Puppet Fetish Are True?

So, I've been busy writing drabbles for the halfamoon community. Here's what I've done so far:

Three Drabbles Featuring Ladies in Law Enforcement - Justified (Rachel Brooks), Life (Dani Reese), and Life (Jane Seever)

Three Drabbles Featuring Ladies Outside the Law - OZ (Shirley Bellinger), Leverage (Parker), and Thelma & Louise (Louise Sawyer)

Three Drabbles Featuring Daughters - Now Voyager (Charlotte Vale), The Sopranos (Meadow Soprano), and Mad Men (Sally Draper)

I think the drabble I wrote for Meadow has been my favorite one so far. And surprisingly, the first thing I wrote for Justified wasn't the Art/Raylan fic of my dreams, but a little piece about Rachel who is my favorite woman on the show (but it does manage to mention both Art and Raylan *g*).

I also want to rec fics from the latest round at femslash_minis. It's a remix round and the masterlist is here. There's a lot of really good writing for the Buffy/Angel/Firefly fandoms, so check it out if you're interested.