Lightning

[louiselux]

Yesterday we were directly under a lighting strike. We'd just got out of St James Park after watching lightning flicker moodily in the brassy clouds over Buckingham Palace, (I hurried M up, getting jumpy being out in the open, he told me not to fret) and had made our way to Victoria for a thrilling trip to the Passport Office. A few minutes later, lightning hit the building right next to us with an enormous crash that seemed to resonate through my entire body. I saw it as an intense ball of light, the fork strangely foreshortened because it was above our heads. Coming from the sides were mauve tendrils. I dived into a doorway, completely instinctively. Of course, we were safe because effectively we were in a canyon made of buildings. But the entire street was clutching its collective chest, open-mouthed in shock.

Then we spent two hours sitting in the passport office, which was a sort of boring antidote to the excitement of being nearly-but-not-quite struck by lightening.

Hey, all those people who’ve been saying that the shoebox_project is really great. You’re exactly right. It is. (Although it could do with some Britpicking.) I had the pleasure of reading all 12 parts in one go over the weekend, rather than having to wait for updates. Of course, now I have to wait.

My remus_remix is remixing, sort of. I’ll have it done by the deadline, at any rate.

I haven’t been reading much fic recently, apart from the shoebox this weekend - can anyone rec me some good stuff? Please? I’m willing to try anything in any fandom - long and plotty if possible.

Comments

[ladyjaida.livejournal.com]

Wah, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry. I will continue to bash my stupid head up against hard things until the hate ends.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Nooo! Please don't! I suppose the thing is that the Britpicky things crop up and then I have to shift my perspective to accomodate them, like a little seismic shift, and that interrupts the flow. I noticed that you'd thanked someone for britpicking and I actually did intend to leave you a comment with a few suggestions for word changes (like the examples I mentioned above - sweets instead of candy and holiday instead of vacation).

I think you and dorkorific have created something really special with the shoebox. I'm sorry if the comments upset you.

[biascut.livejournal.com]

Aargh, I didn't know you were reading this! Eek! I thought you people were too Big and Scary and Impressive to read anything I was likely to write! Sorry!

But dude, that wasn't hate. That was a minor criticism of a series I love, somewhat forcefully expressed. Nowhere near enough to stop me reading!