fic, writing, food

hi, hi, hello, I'm still alive, though, woof, I could give up the waking-up-at-4-a.m. thing my brain seems to be all about lately. I took yesterday off in an effort to chill and managed to vote w/o any issues and then D & I drove up into the mountains to catch at least a little of the autumn color. Chill was achieved, but I was still awake at 4 this morning, so, sigh.

A couple of links (my brain is not forming free thought very well atm, so list-ho):

I started writing a Joe/Nicky (The Immortals) PWP, and, uh, here's the 25 page backstory my brain insisted on before it got to the sex: kick at the darkness til it bleeds daylight. I swear the pr0n is coming.

I'm not doing NaNo this year (it is too much time dedicated to a stressful thing at the exact wrong time of the year), but I am, once again, signing up for mini_wrimo. Tell me if you're signing up, too, and I'll try to cheer for you in the daily posts.

For those of you who have a nostalgic craving for Hamburger Helper, but can't make yourself buy the boxed stuff these days, I present 20-min, mostly from scratch dupes for Cheesy Italian Shells, Cheeseburger Macaroni, Beef Stroganoff, and (actually super-excellent and more like 45 min) Skillet Lasagna.

(It's been a really long month and we still have to get through the US elections so I'm not arguing with whatever my brain is deeming to be comfort strategies, but I can't feed D the processed stuff so I went down several internet rabbit holes & came up with some acceptable substitutes. Please, god, if you don't know what I mean by Hamburger Helper, do not take these links (except for the last one) as indicators of my cooking abilities.)

Also, did you know Dan Stevens narrates several Agatha Christie novels, complete with excellent voices and accents all around? His Poirot is sublime.

ciao, bellezze