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[topaz119]

I was a Grown-Up this past week: I dealt with the homeowners insurance, deposited checks, filed homeschool forms, rescheduled dentist appointments, found my conference credentials for office-related calls, collected kids from camps and doctors, watched a series of aspiring actors (stage) beat each other up in the coldest experimental theater known to humankind, and dragged all of the clothes hanging in the laundry room to the appropriate closets. Unfortunately, I still can't find either of my blue linen blouses nor my black tank dress. They're not at the dry cleaners, either. They have to be Somewhere, but damned if I can think where. sigh.

For fun, I got to hunt down cosplay accoutrements: I have been tapped to be The Administrator to 2 of the boys' young Redmond & Blutarch from Team Fortress 2 (again, I cite my mantra that if my teenage boychildren are willing to be seen in public with their mother, I am willing to do/see things I would not ordinarily even consider, even if that involves a purple suit and pumps and spray-on hair color.) Plus, I decided to try to do Otto and Victoria from Walking Your Octopus for the Mechanical Masquerade and Oldest is doing the male half of Fraction/Aja's Hawkeye and Hawkeye, so there was some scrambling about for large octopi and purple Converse sneakers. And green lipstick. Good times, good times but I am not going to have *any* money left by the time we're through. 24 days and counting....

My marvel_bang is creeeeeping along. 7000+ words but so not even close to being done. Or, I don't know, halfway. Is there anyone who might be up for audiencing it as I write? Sometimes, it's better if I know someone is waiting to read everyday. At this point, a beta would be far too much analysis, I mostly just need somebody to be expecting word count. Clint/Natasha, set immediately post-movie? Anyone?