in europe, cat, other stuff

My feet are so sore. So so sore. They feel like I've been on an airplane straight for four days.

Paris is...amazing. I didn't get this feel of it last time - probably because I was always driving about where I was going, rather than having to self-navigate. It makes a difference. There's a definite feel to the city and the weather's been lovely to us so far.

Have not yet murdered parentals; am getting close to it, though. Need more sleepytime, less walkytime. Going to skip out of a museum in which I have no interest tomorrow - but starting off with Sacre Coeur Church, and finishing with a concert at St Chappelle.

Have eaten a lot these last few days. The food is...variable. I think I'm spoiled for food. Tonight, I had the most boring pork belly I've ever eaten. The pork itself was great quality, but the mode of cooking was...well...boring. No spices. No marinades. No secondary flavours. Will prob'ly come back from Europe at least 5kgs heavier, possibly 10.

Cat news is not good. She stopped eating entirely and is back at the vet, staying overnight for a few - getting another ultrasound done today to try to work out what's gone wrong. I'm a bit stressed about her, actually. All I want is to have my kitty here with me, snuggling up in my arms and purring...and I'm half a hemisphere away. And I'm worried that she might think I've abandoned her.

*sigh*

It had to happen while I'm away.

remixes

Bird Watching (The Lofty Pigeon Remix) for gblvr
SGA: Radek, Elizabeth

This was an interesting one to write, since my recipient and I share almost zero pairings or favourite characters. I figured that I could do Radek and Elizabeth, with a hint of Radek/Elizabeth, and pigeons. Very educational in the research factor!

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Cops And Robbers (The All Out Of Vanilla Remix) for windandthestars
Sanctuary: Kate/Will, roleplay

I swore I wasn't going to pinch-hit. And then this came up in the list of pinch-hits and I went "OOOH! MUST REMIX A KATE/WILL FIC!" I liked the idea of roleplaying but wanted to see Kate being domme. Tie in Will's realisation that he likes it when Kate's domme and how he and she react to it, and, yeah, they're all out of vanilla, baby!

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Four Times The Inception Team Were Hired To Extract Information From The Atlantis Team (The Good Son Remix) for bironic
SGA/Inception crossover; Patrick Sheppard, David Sheppard, OMC.

This was a random remix I picked out of the remix lottery, because I liked the original story. At first the remix was just a POV change - from the SGA team's perspective as the Inception team try to extract information from their brains - along with a conclusion as to exactly who was fishing for information about Atlantis. And what they did or didn't get. It felt...inadequate at the end. So I wrote this one instead. And I'm still not convinced it's the story I wanted to write, but it's all I could produce at the time.

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A Beautiful Thing (The Birth, Death, and Rebirth Remix) for wojelah
SGA: Teyla, John, Ronon, Rodney - with a hint of John/Teyla

The idea that we betray who we are in the manner that we smile is one that's intrigued me for a while and I couldn't resist remixing Wojelah's story about Teyla and smiles.