Gallimaufry (and Gallifrey)

So much I need to say and all of it for different demographics of the f-list, so cut tags Are Our Friends.

( Mickey, Martha, and the Message That Doesn't Belong on Who )

x-posted to lifeonmartha

calapine has a post that makes me feel better but not enough to overlook the racism.

Fic Rec: Face to Face by laligin. Nice Jack story with spoilers for Last of the Time Lords

( Adventures in Bento Building )

( Apple Moyle Recipe )

Outside the cut: First Aid PSA
Learn from my mistakes - when stirring up the roasting asparagus, I managed to touch the back of my hand straight to the heating element on top of the oven. The 400-degree heating element. I now have a two-inch second-degree burn/brand across the back of my right hand.

I'm telling you this not just to imply "be smarter than me, pull roasting racks out of the oven to stir up the contents" but to say the thing about running lots and lots of cold water on burns? So very true! I was in the middle of cooking everything up, so I just shoved my hand under the faucet for the next 15 minutes straight. (Fortunately, I could do this and still stir things on the oven - and without sticking my face in the steam from the steamer. Important, that.) For the next few of hours, every time it hurt, back into cool-getting-colder water it went until it went numb again.

By nighttime, it didn't hurt at all. This morning, there's no inflammation in the skin around the burn and the only pain - and it was low-level and over in about 10 minutes - was when I directly touched it while dabbing aloe sap on it. (Last night, right before I went to bed, I pinched the aloe and let the sap drip; less pressure to the damaged skin.)

I'm pretty sure that if I hadn't run the cold water on it for so long, I'd be in a lot worse shape.

( Sunday Seven and housecleaning in general )

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Fess up, y'all - how many of you are listening to "I Can't Decide" as often as you listened to "Voodoo Child?"

Being productively pissed off.

I appear to be working out my angst by working out the Martha fanmix playlist. Time for Me to Fly is going to be the final song for now. And since I can't resist taking a swipe at the Doctor, I'm using the "I'm the last of the Time Lords" and "You are Not Alone" sound bites to bracket "I'm All Alone" from Spamalot. ("I'm all alone..." "He's got me." "I'm on my own" "Standing right behind you.")

Others to be worked out later, but this is seeming to fit. I'm amused that I can pretty much recreate Sound of Drums because the BBC has provided the soundbite "Here come the drums!" to usher in "Voodoo Child."

Songs for Human Nature/Family of Blood, I'm not so sure about.

Resolutions

Oh, golly, I've been so wrapped up in Whofandom that I utterly forgot today was the first of the month. Last post before I head to bed:

STUFF I DID
RtE Book Reviews published:
- On the Wrong Track
- Forests of the Night
Current Handiwork Project: washcloth
Learned:
- Bento philosopies and use
- that pouring cold water on a burn for many minutes really is a good thing
Homekeeping:
- Filled hole in basement wall (with a great deal of help from M)
- Continued the Sunday 7
- Started purging the basement
Other:
- Reorganized and expanded personal cookbook
- Miniaturized favorite recipes down to single or 2-person servings
- Cleared last of brush from back yard (one off the Gotta list!)
- Started, vaguely, an exercise program


( Stuff I Gotta Do )

( Stuff I Wanna Do )

( Stuff I'm Thinking About Doing )