Just before the darkness
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azuritezOMG. Crazy-ass idea.
Sailormoon: Pharaoh 90
Yu-Gi-Oh: Pharaoh Atemu.
Come on.
It's just asking to be fic'd. Somebody. Something. I need to make this idea more coherent. But damn. Why didn't I see it before?
Oh, and in case you missed my whole dramatic situation, here's the skinny: When I went to go visit Scott in San Diego over New Year's, he had a bit of a flu. No, not a bit of a flu, he had a really bad flu that weakened him a lot, had him sleeping a great deal, and then when it was actually time to sleep (at night), he was a total insomniac.
We went to the grocery store to get some sort of remedy, but the pharmacy was closed. I called Grandpa; I asked if Theraflu was okay, and he said yes. He also said if we could get a prescription somehow, we could get a proper flu medicine of sorts. Well, so we went to Kaiser, but we didn't want to go to Emergency since it wasn't really an emergency... we went to Adult Medicine, but they were technically closed. I talked to someone at reception and lied about Scott being my common-law husband (since that's what he did for me when I cut my hand), but without paperwork or proof of shared medical insurance, no one would see him.
Fred (my uncle, who employs Scott part-time and pays him MUCH less than he should -_-!) doesn't have medical insurance, and since Scott turned 26 and is out of school, he isn't covered by his parents. So we went to this supposedly-cheaper hospital called "Alvarado" or something, waited at least 3 or 4 hours, got seen for all of 15 minutes, and got prescribed a medicine. We drove around to check various Walgreens, Rite Aids, and the like, but everything was closed. Scott didn't even seem to think he'd need the medicine in the first place.
He took some Theraflu that night and was feeling better... and as he continued to take it the next day, better. He never did get the prescribed medicine.
But yesterday he got a bill for $500 for that quickie service, and he was planning on going to Belize during mid-April with his brother and his roommates. They need some guy bonding time, and I was happy that they had finally agreed on something and were making plans to go somewhere. But with this bill, he can't possibly afford airfare and wherever they might stay, so he called and told me... and I didn't know what to do.
Grandpa suggested that Scott call up the hospital and explain his situation (uninsured, student, working only part-time) to get the bill lowered, or at least pay in payments; I figured that way he could at least try and go to Belize and pay the bill off slowly. But Scott hasn't called me back today, so I don't know if he even called the hospital and TRIED this method. Grandpa's a pharmacist and on Medicare with Baba (they're covered by Grandpa's pharmacy, Baba's retired teacher union, and probably other places), and he showed me a bill today with over $1200 shaved off a $1400 monthly bill. Even if Scott doesn't have insurance, I hope he at least TRIES, because $500 is too much money for any kind of a hospital visit, let alone a stupid one for a flu. Service was so terrible that night, I wouldn't have Scott pay that even if he was really ill.
But my dilemma is that if Scott is stuck here in mid-April, I won't be alone on my birthday. It's Spring Break, and with the money I hope to have, I can go anywhere and do almost anything. Hell, I'm going to be 21, I want to be doing SOMETHING SOMEWHERE with SOMEBODY! But it feels selfish of me to want Scott to stay and pay that outrageous bill, just so he'll be here with me and I won't be alone.
I told him I would help out, since it was partly my fault (if you look at it from a really skewed angle; I feel that I could have talked Scott out of going to the hospital, and I didn't, because I felt guilty that HE had taken me to the hospital and stayed with me when I needed it, even though he was hungry and probably had better things to do... then again, Scott wasn't in shock and bleeding like crazy from his hand). Scott told me to save my money, but if I could help him out, I would, really-- even if it means sending him to Belize.
So, I don't know what to do. Help? Advice, please.
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dmhgficexchange, and is titled "Secret of the Shrieking Shack." If the community name wasn't a dead-giveaway, it's a Draco/Hermione fic, but there's very little actual romance between them; more like snark and action. :) Go read it and tell me what you think of my first foray into HP-ficdom. I should probably post it at FictionAlley, dramione, and MMorg while I'm at it. o_o
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mmagnet_ff, "cinemanga" sounds like cinnamon-flavored manga. o_o
HEY! So who wants to help beta WDKY23? I might as well just ask for chapter-by-chapter commitment, instead of general WDKY editors. I'm especially open to people who want to exchange one thing for another; that is, I'll beta for you if you beta for me. If you're stuck with an idea, want a grammar Nazi to clean up your narrative, or just want someone to bounce ideas off of, I'm your girl! I'm open to the usual fandoms, but my squick is slash-- I don't do it. So feel free to let me know. :)
I've worked a bit more on myiconfiend100 claim for Seto x Anzu, and so far, I have 14/100 done. It's a pathetic amount, considering how long I've had the claim, but I went for a very long while with NO iconspiration. Lately, it's been fic, fic, all the time, and even now, that's hard, because I don't want to disappoint with Ch. 24. I might be a bit overeager to get to 25+ (for reasons that must remain confidential), but I still want to make WDKY as a whole the best fic it can be.
Back to the icons... I'll work on some more as I get inspired and find source art (be it anime, manga, or fanart). I've got 49 ACs left, and the following themes: forgiveness (I wanted to find an image of Seto from the Battle City/Noa's World arc, when he's on his knees in front of Anzu. Anyone have said image?), soft (Romeo & Juliet, much?), loneliness, working, abandoned, hug, smile (Myco's song?), tears, sunshine (Mamono, how'd you do that effect on my WDKY icon, anyway?), innocence, so far away, stars (DMG!Anzu? But how would Seto work into that?), in the moonlight, tickle, sweet dreams, blue, honorable, walls, happiness, food, over the rainbow (the song, duh), sugar + spice, holiday, beginner's luck, forgotten, misery loves company (that Kysra art of drill sergeant!Seto making Téa do pushups...?), candy, present, starving, joy, heaven, 31 flavors, silk, keeping a secret, open doors, lace, forever and a day. Any input is appreciated!
Sailormoon: Pharaoh 90
Yu-Gi-Oh: Pharaoh Atemu.
Come on.
It's just asking to be fic'd. Somebody. Something. I need to make this idea more coherent. But damn. Why didn't I see it before?
Oh, and in case you missed my whole dramatic situation, here's the skinny: When I went to go visit Scott in San Diego over New Year's, he had a bit of a flu. No, not a bit of a flu, he had a really bad flu that weakened him a lot, had him sleeping a great deal, and then when it was actually time to sleep (at night), he was a total insomniac.
We went to the grocery store to get some sort of remedy, but the pharmacy was closed. I called Grandpa; I asked if Theraflu was okay, and he said yes. He also said if we could get a prescription somehow, we could get a proper flu medicine of sorts. Well, so we went to Kaiser, but we didn't want to go to Emergency since it wasn't really an emergency... we went to Adult Medicine, but they were technically closed. I talked to someone at reception and lied about Scott being my common-law husband (since that's what he did for me when I cut my hand), but without paperwork or proof of shared medical insurance, no one would see him.
Fred (my uncle, who employs Scott part-time and pays him MUCH less than he should -_-!) doesn't have medical insurance, and since Scott turned 26 and is out of school, he isn't covered by his parents. So we went to this supposedly-cheaper hospital called "Alvarado" or something, waited at least 3 or 4 hours, got seen for all of 15 minutes, and got prescribed a medicine. We drove around to check various Walgreens, Rite Aids, and the like, but everything was closed. Scott didn't even seem to think he'd need the medicine in the first place.
He took some Theraflu that night and was feeling better... and as he continued to take it the next day, better. He never did get the prescribed medicine.
But yesterday he got a bill for $500 for that quickie service, and he was planning on going to Belize during mid-April with his brother and his roommates. They need some guy bonding time, and I was happy that they had finally agreed on something and were making plans to go somewhere. But with this bill, he can't possibly afford airfare and wherever they might stay, so he called and told me... and I didn't know what to do.
Grandpa suggested that Scott call up the hospital and explain his situation (uninsured, student, working only part-time) to get the bill lowered, or at least pay in payments; I figured that way he could at least try and go to Belize and pay the bill off slowly. But Scott hasn't called me back today, so I don't know if he even called the hospital and TRIED this method. Grandpa's a pharmacist and on Medicare with Baba (they're covered by Grandpa's pharmacy, Baba's retired teacher union, and probably other places), and he showed me a bill today with over $1200 shaved off a $1400 monthly bill. Even if Scott doesn't have insurance, I hope he at least TRIES, because $500 is too much money for any kind of a hospital visit, let alone a stupid one for a flu. Service was so terrible that night, I wouldn't have Scott pay that even if he was really ill.
But my dilemma is that if Scott is stuck here in mid-April, I won't be alone on my birthday. It's Spring Break, and with the money I hope to have, I can go anywhere and do almost anything. Hell, I'm going to be 21, I want to be doing SOMETHING SOMEWHERE with SOMEBODY! But it feels selfish of me to want Scott to stay and pay that outrageous bill, just so he'll be here with me and I won't be alone.
I told him I would help out, since it was partly my fault (if you look at it from a really skewed angle; I feel that I could have talked Scott out of going to the hospital, and I didn't, because I felt guilty that HE had taken me to the hospital and stayed with me when I needed it, even though he was hungry and probably had better things to do... then again, Scott wasn't in shock and bleeding like crazy from his hand). Scott told me to save my money, but if I could help him out, I would, really-- even if it means sending him to Belize.
So, I don't know what to do. Help? Advice, please.
Anybody subscribed to my FFnet alerts will now know that I have written my first-ever Harry Potter fic; it was for the
dmhgficexchange, and is titled "Secret of the Shrieking Shack." If the community name wasn't a dead-giveaway, it's a Draco/Hermione fic, but there's very little actual romance between them; more like snark and action. :) Go read it and tell me what you think of my first foray into HP-ficdom. I should probably post it at FictionAlley, dramione, and MMorg while I'm at it. o_oHeh,
mmagnet_ff, "cinemanga" sounds like cinnamon-flavored manga. o_oHEY! So who wants to help beta WDKY23? I might as well just ask for chapter-by-chapter commitment, instead of general WDKY editors. I'm especially open to people who want to exchange one thing for another; that is, I'll beta for you if you beta for me. If you're stuck with an idea, want a grammar Nazi to clean up your narrative, or just want someone to bounce ideas off of, I'm your girl! I'm open to the usual fandoms, but my squick is slash-- I don't do it. So feel free to let me know. :)
I've worked a bit more on my
iconfiend100 claim for Seto x Anzu, and so far, I have 14/100 done. It's a pathetic amount, considering how long I've had the claim, but I went for a very long while with NO iconspiration. Lately, it's been fic, fic, all the time, and even now, that's hard, because I don't want to disappoint with Ch. 24. I might be a bit overeager to get to 25+ (for reasons that must remain confidential), but I still want to make WDKY as a whole the best fic it can be.Back to the icons... I'll work on some more as I get inspired and find source art (be it anime, manga, or fanart). I've got 49 ACs left, and the following themes: forgiveness (I wanted to find an image of Seto from the Battle City/Noa's World arc, when he's on his knees in front of Anzu. Anyone have said image?), soft (Romeo & Juliet, much?), loneliness, working, abandoned, hug, smile (Myco's song?), tears, sunshine (Mamono, how'd you do that effect on my WDKY icon, anyway?), innocence, so far away, stars (DMG!Anzu? But how would Seto work into that?), in the moonlight, tickle, sweet dreams, blue, honorable, walls, happiness, food, over the rainbow (the song, duh), sugar + spice, holiday, beginner's luck, forgotten, misery loves company (that Kysra art of drill sergeant!Seto making Téa do pushups...?), candy, present, starving, joy, heaven, 31 flavors, silk, keeping a secret, open doors, lace, forever and a day. Any input is appreciated!
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Date: 2006-01-19 10:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-20 01:21 am (UTC)It might not be much help but...
Date: 2006-01-19 11:42 pm (UTC)Hey, your birthday is the week before mine. So maybe that weekend if you have no one to spend it with, I could drive up and we could go clubbing or something. I'll be out of town the weekend of my own birthday so we'll see how things go.
Re: It might not be much help but...
Date: 2006-01-20 01:25 am (UTC)Did you mean the weekend of the 15th? My school starts again on the 17th, so if I was going somewhere, I would probably be back by then... I still haven't decided what I want to do, though. Still, if I don't come up with some sort of fantabulous idea, that weekend will be reserved (after all, this assumes Scott is still going to Belize... -_-;) for you. I haven't been clubbing in a LOOOOONG time, so hopefully you know some good places that'll still be open then. ^_~