Passing For Normal

Well, I continue to fail at posting very much this year because, in a number of ways and for a number of reasons, this has not been a good year. There's health crap (including lots of pain crap and depression crap) and associated fear of where this may be leading crap, not to mention significant financial crap. And when all of it comes in an unceasing cascade... well, it's depressing to think of posting nothing but depressing crap, so I just didn't post.

But. BUT. A couple of things have turned corners recently, and I'm going to ride the upswell of that positive energy for all it's worth, because jeezus becky, it's about damn time.

So my aim is to post at least one Good and/or Happy Thing more or less every day, give or take. We'll see how long I can make the run last.

Thing 1: due South Seekrit Santa sign-ups are open! \o/

I will be offering podfic again, and I don't see why I can't recycle my offer text and tags from last year. My requests are going to be much more difficult to figure out, though, because last year I received a glorious epic story that included pretty much everything I'd asked for, and much more besides. That fic still makes me giddy with love and joy. If you haven't read it yet, I can't recommend it highly enough.

the genteel season of marriage (29198 words) by Heather
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: due South
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Stella Kowalski/Ray Vecchio, Ray Kowalski/Stella Kowalski, Angie Vecchio/Ray Vecchio
Characters: Stella Kowalski, Ray Vecchio, Angie Vecchio, Ray Kowalski, Barbara Kowalski, Ma Vecchio, Laurie Zaylor, Francesca Vecchio, Louise St. Laurent, Jack Huey, Thomas Dewey, Harding Welsh, Benton Fraser
Additional Tags: Flashbacks, Wedding Planning, Weddings, Underage Drug Use, Cake, Cold Feet, Stag Nights & Bachelor Parties, Angst and Humor, Fluff and Angst, Gift Fic, Family Drama
Summary:

A countdown of memories and obstacles on the way to Stella and Ray Vecchio's wedding, with guest appearances by their families and exes.

Thing 2: Over my crappy summer, I found undemanding comfort and distraction in a handful of light-hearted non-dramatic shows on TV, one of which was the ridiculous Sing Your Face Off, in which each week a handful of celebrities got done up as some singer or other (complete with prosthetics and costumes) and then sang and danced as that singer. (I knew Jon Lovitz was brilliant at comedy, but I had no idea he had such impressive pipes. Zowie.)

Anyway, the best part of the whole six-hour run was this very brief clip in which host John Barrowman (the reason I started watching in the first place) did a diva strut-off with RuPaul. So here. Have a few grins on me. (The others are Sebastian Bach, who apparently does not know that he has hips, and NBA player Landry Fields of the Toronto Raptors who is adorable and fearless and very funny.)