Something that always makes me smile

I have on my iPod an mp3 recording of a friend singing a filk I wrote of a song by another friend (the first friend is a very good friend of the second friend) at a convention I don't think I got to (though I could be wrong on that--I'm not sure, memory going). And he sings half the first verse, and there's a shriek of laughter from the audience, and he gets to the end of the second verse and there's more laughter and applause, and when he gets to the end of the song it sounds as if the roof of the building is coming off.

And I sit there in the car and I think to myself "I did that."

It's only a partial I-did-that, of course, because it wouldn't have existed without the beautiful original song, and it wouldn't have gone over half as well without the first friend's excellent performance. But still. On days when I am confronted with the pointlessness of my continued existence, when I see the country and the world heading into places where I do not want to go, when the knots of my life seem irresoluble...that always makes me smile. Because I did that.

Thank you.

A passing thought

The Pretender and Dollhouse both envisage roughly the same ability...but in The Pretender, the (male) protagonist possessed the ability naturally*--it was something he did--while in Dollhouse, the (female) protagonist had it done to her, presumably against her will.

*to the despair of the Centre, who kept trying to duplicate it and ending up with broken human beings. Guess technology's moved on since then.

(no subject)

Apparently, I am one of nine hysterical women.

I find that intriguing.

EDIT: but this is wonderful.

Thanks to apocalypsos for the bad and the good.

A plea

To those in the UK who have produced CDs.

We're looking for those nice cardboard boxes they come in, the ones that are about CD x CD x a foot. (The size is important.) We need sixteen at the moment, unflattened if possible. If this fails I shall have to go into Bath and hang around at the back of HMV looking pathetic.

If anyone has any spare, please let us know and we'll talk logistics. Thank you.