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There is nothing in the world better than trolling the internet for post about ships. Oh, it's been years since I've had this much funny laughing at batshit crazy people discussing how their non-cannon ship is totally going to happen. I didn't know how much fun the Oncer fandom would be in that regard. The Swan Queen shippers are kind of hilarious (and mean). Honestly, Regina is terrible and deserves every bit of her unhappiness. Also, the Captain Swan (Emma/Hook) shippers aren't as entertainingly crazy but equally delusional. Hook is a TERRIBLE person. Emma deserves better. Actually that is my biggest problem with Hook and Regina. They are not only terrible people, they have no clue that they are horrible. That's why I find Rumple so much more tolerable (though still not the sort I actually like) he is, at least somewhat, self aware. Regina wouldn't know self-awareness if it came up and smacked her on the head.

So, I have been reading the Dresden Files for about eleven years and of the entire series, I've re-read every book except for White Knight and Cold Days. I haven't read Cold Days again because I haven't had the time. I haven't read White Knight (fully) again because of trauma. There are things that I simply don't want to have to imagine again.

This week people will remember rising waters and despair. How a storm struck and left death and tragedy in its wake. A part of me remembers this, too. But mostly I remember waking up and finding that my mother had died during the night.

Her name was Tesla LeVergne Williams White and she was funny though not always in the way she meant to be. She had low, husky voice (likely from the cigarettes that killed her). She could be wrong about the silliest things (she insisted that she was named for a German actress, my grandmother says that eternally memed scientist). She liked Avatar: The Last Airbender (she received her cancer diagnosis around the same time the show premiered) and loved Harry Potter (not many can say this but my greatest regret in life is that I didn’t let her read the Half-Blood Prince first and by the time I was done, she was too far gone to do it for herself).

She liked a good argument as long as there was no heat. She a bit flaky and bad with money. She wasn’t at all careful about her affairs. She was fairly liberal and fairly religious.

She loved me and knew me. She’s the only one in my family who’s ever questioned my sexuality (she quite bluntly asked me if I was a lesbian when I was 17—I deflected by saying no, instead of saying that I was bisexual). She told me that she expected more from me than her other children, that she loved me but didn’t always like me.

The things she did that I remember most are the things that I never gave a second thought to at the time. When I was a little girl, she asked me why the princess in my story was blond and white instead of someone who looked like me. The answer was because I had never considered that princess could be anything else.

My icon is a picture of her that I rather liked, she looked much like that until just before she died. The biggest sign of aging was they grey of her hair.

With each year, it’s a little harder to remember exactly what she sounds like and the knowledge that it’s fading hurts so much. Not a day goes by that I don’t say “I miss my momma.” and I can’t imagine that will change anytime soon.

And I really want to get it. The hourly rate is much better than the job I have now but the hours are fewer but it ends up being about what I make now which is something I can live with since the job is at a library and it brings together two things I love; books and organizing. So if you are a person of faith send a few prayers my way and if you aren't just spare a few good thoughts for me. I'm not hurting for cash (though I will say I keep having to spend more than I want) but I know that I will be happier in this job (especially since I kind of hate the one I have).

Seeing an episode of Haven always makes me happy. SyFy shows are sort of a 50/50 chance with me but after a little time, I got hooked (though I didn't watch it when it first premiered last year). I'm so glad that I started watching this show. It was base on a rand comment my sister made and there's something about the series that really charms me. I really enjoy the characters and I'm pleased to see the levels of care that go into this show. The creators say that they know the backstory and the "last scene" of the show. Watching the connections that formed during the first year make me believe that they are actually telling the truth

Okay, I've discovered Elizabeth Peters. I've really enjoyed the two books that I've read and they have more or less the tone I'm looking for in my mysteries.

I watched Sherlock a few days ago and I found that I rather liked it. I like the length of the episodes and I think that it works better as three "movies" rather than chopped into hour long blocks. I'm glad that I watched them though I think the second was the weakest of the bunch. A side effect of watching "A Study in Pink" is that along with the Neil Gaiman short story "A Study in Emerald" it made me want to read "A Study in Scarlet". I don't think I've ever had any real interest in Holmes but it does intrigue me that two things I enjoyed very much have their roots in that story.

Another thing on the reading front, I'm going to try reading the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters. I've heard good things about it.

I enjoy a good mystery, especially one that's set in a quaint town with even quainter characters, what you would call "cozy" mysteries. Unfortunately often time you find mysteries that a little too graphic or hard hitting and that's really not my cup of tea. I've recently discovered the Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley and I rather enjoy the books.

The series is set in 1950s England which isn't at all unusual. It has an interesting twist in that the main character is an eleven year old girl with a preoccupation with chemistry and poisons in particular. She is overly clever but not in a bad way. It's interesting in that she does come across as a being very much a child despite being very smart, which of course means that she's kind of stupid, petty and mean at times. She has two older sister, a book worm and a beauty, and the three girls are suitably evil towards each other.

I love, love love a good cozy mystery. There is something really satisfying about having these ordinary people solve a crime (okay, usually a murder). I don't find near enough of these books to satisfy me.