Who needs sleep?

[starlady]

I'm reading for my qualifying exam (April 16 at 9am Pacific time) and I seem to have gotten into a spell in which I only need about six hours of sleep a night. It's lasted for about the past week or so, and yes I still need a lot of coffee, but that's pretty much constant now. The last time this happened was the summer of 2011, when I lived in Japan and went for about three weeks being awake for more than 18 hours a day. I thought then that it was because there was so much ambient light in my apartment, but I also think, now, that going running a lot has something to do with it too. I have been going running a lot, and evidently there's some kind of equilibrium between running and sleep.

That said, it would be better, probably, if I weren't spending at least three of those extra hours reading due South fanfic, but on the other hand, the fact that I am spending so much time reading due South fanfic probably has a lot to do with the fact that I'm still keeping my head above the water. For certain values of that last, of course; I really don't know what day of the week it is most of the time, and my normally excellent organizational and logistical skills are definitely taking a hit. I'll be very glad when this is all over. Also non-coincidentally I have gotten into hockey, because there is a lot of good hockey going on at the Olympics right now and because the fic I read that got me into all of this was Dira's Hawks and Hands.

So, yeah. I'm still alive, and I miss all of you (though I am faithfully reading my DW circle, I assure you). And if you have recs for due South fic, send them my way! (Disclaimer: I am probably not going to read it if it isn't F/K.) I'm already aware of Dira's fic and speranza's and Aria's, but I'm sure there's much more excellent stuff out there.

Comments

[octette]

I wrote some excellent (IMO) F/K once upon a time :D?

https://archiveofourown.org/users/lalejandra/works?fandom_id=337

[boxofdelights]

Yeah! Ch-ch-ch-changes is excellent.

Can I podfic it?

[octette]

Yes, of course! I am totally pro transformative works of all kinds :D and thank you!! :D

[boxofdelights]

I think The State of Being Away, written by Deputychairman just this past Christmas, demonstrates that the great post-COTW F/K fic is not dead. It is not even tired.

The two stories I podficced for that fest are also brilliant: Sweeter for the Wait, by Spuffyduds, which is a bit kinky, and Detente, by Sena.

[starlady]

Awesome, thank you!

[lian]

Resonant wrote F/K, too: authro profile.

due South is perfect comfort fic, isn't it? But I haven't even finished watching the series because I strongly felt that it had jumped the shark with the introduction of RayK. /guilty
(not because of RayK at all, I just didn't like the style, pacing and athmsphere changes much.)

[lnhammer]

がんばってよ！

We're rooting for ya, and will be there on the other side.

---L.

[laurashapiro]

Oh, DS fic. Those were the days. (:

I wrote some, but most of it was F/V. I did do a collab with Pares called "The Whole Enchilada". It's on AO3. I definitely rec ALL of her stuff.

Re not sleeping: that sounds like hell to me, but you seem to be okay with it? I hope?

[starlady]

Yeah, I'm pretty okay I guess! Not ill so far, not noticeably less energy. Today I went to bed early, at 2am, and got a whole 7 hours of sleep. IDK. Like I said, this lasted for nearly a month in Japan the last time, so I figure that I will be concerned by it only after that length of time.

I will check out Pares' stuff! Thank you!

[laurashapiro]

Glad you're feeling okay! May the sleep be ever in your favor, and meanwhile, there's DS fic.

Pares might go by "kormantic" in the AO3; not sure.