Consonants and vowels all together, equally

I'm going to start by praising the latest story posted to deamus, Tomorrow Night by anothersuperboy, who was the author of the superlative Oliver/Cedric story rightfully praised in many quarters. NC-17, so be forewarned, and taking place during book 6. Just, excellent.

I just received the last of my "giftmas" presents, an amazing illustration by ali_wildgoose of the folks from Eight Ways From Sunday, which she posted to her Deviant Art space. She gave me the art, framed, last night at dinner and I had to PUT IT AWAY or I would have just stared at it the entire time. I knew that she was doing a piece of the eight main characters in the story but I didn't realize what she was actually going to do with it and I'm beyond pleased. I can't even start to talk about what I love about it or I'll just detail the entire drawing. Just go look at it! (I would have used her art in the icon, but the other thing she's done is the scene when sad!Dean paints sad!Seamus and I'm not sad!)

Meanwhile I have been writing! Look for a certain amount of spam this weekend, including a bunch of things for fanfic100, a little gift for a sick girl, and a moving present for a friend.

Okay, so I didn't mean to go so long without posting, although I will say that I've been here, reading and things, so it's not like it was some big LJ break. However, I was working a lot, and riding a wave of school-based anxiety, and things like that.

Over the last ten days I had dinner with friends like the visiting D, emsariel, ali_wildgoose (though sadly not bhanesidhe), and cassandraclaire; I watched the first episode of Six Feet Under with bowdlerized; I packed ali_wildgoose's kitchen. C came to stay last weekend, during which we ran about and did that thing we do, which included going with D to the reopened MoMA, which is massive, my friends. You used to be able to do it in one day, but oho, no longer. The galleries are amazing, and the permanent collection of MoMA so extensive that it's like being at the Lourve or D'Orsay—"I know that one!" keeps going through your head. I highly recommend.

Also, there were piles and piles and piles of Gil/Nick slash to be read, hence the new icon I made today. Very geek love. Speaking of icons, I also got one o' them there permanent accounts as a back to school present for myself, along with some art I purchased from seviet that arrived the other day.

Oh, and it's fucking hot. I hate summer.