I have not looked at my inbox in...awhile. I am ridiculously behind on everything and I feel guilty in that way that only compounds itself when I continue to avoid hacking away at the backlog of work. That's how this works for everyone, right? In your mind it becomes so much work you feel like you will never be able to catch up and so you avoid it which only leads to more work! There's no escape. I accidentally turned on Priority Inbox in gmail, and now I am plagued with even more reminders. WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME, GOOGLE.

I do appreciate all the good and happy and supportive thoughts I received. I will reply, but seriously, I am fucking terrified of my inbox right now, it may eat me.

True to form, trauma comes calling and I go hide in fantasyland for a week! This means I did the following things:

1. I watched Inception again. All the same flaws, too many white guys, blah blah, but I loved it even more the second time catching all the hints and knowing what was going on. Of course I am a big hypocrite because I have fallen into the Arthur/Eames blackhole (predictably), because there is not a Dom/Saito blackhole (yet, my brain says hopefully). This was probably meant to happen, considering I was onboard during the first viewing when Eames appeared on the screen and opened his mouth at Arthur. I may or may not have voted for anything Inception related for these awards which I will never watch because I don't have cable and also I hate Spike TV and shouldn't be enabling gendered awards and/or TV channels, but! But. Joseph Gordon Levitt! Tom Hardy! ELLEN PAGE. The amount of ladies on that list is depressing, though. Also, some of the categories, what.

2. I've read about 100,000 words of fanfiction in the last two weeks. I have not touched an actual book in...well, I don't want to talk about it. My delicious account is very misleading right now, because lots of stuff (read: porn) is saved privately because I was reading like someone drowning for words, for distraction, and am very particular about how a bookmark has to look in my account before it can be public. I'm weird, what else is new.

3. Hid from all reading and subscriptions lists. I have basically decided there's no way for me to go back and catch up and still sleep, so I wouldn't mind pointers if you've posted something interesting!

4. Successfully dodged all Mockingjay spoilers. This was fucking hard, all right, and I am very proud of myself.

Back in reality, I have been mainlining Spanish grammar and getting a crush on my Shakespeare professor, who spilled a cup of water in class and then said, "And that was such good vodka."

So, basically my fake Friday Five will always be posted on Saturday at least until seasonal retail time is over (seriously, I walked into work at 2:15 and walked out at 12:17. I wish I was kidding.)

1. YA for Obama! I think this is self-explanatory and awesome.

2. My earlier problems with having too many library books out has only grown worse. I have to face the facts that a lot of these books are going back on my next day off, although I will miss them! I made a list of them so I can read them some other time and will get back into my five book limit habit. I am also playing around with volunteering at the Friends of the Library bookshop next year after the seasonal rush is over and my hours get hacked down to nothing—I had weeks with three and four days off. Sure, it's nice to sit around the apartment, but I could be volunteering at the library and making connections! I am determined to convince my YA librarian that yes, a way to let patrons know about new books other than the system "stumble across them on the shelf" is a good thing.

3. I have finally put my hands on The Mighty Ducks trilogy. It hits every embarrassment squick I have, but I still love it. I watched the first movie and was just blown away at how well-done it was for what it was, and the more I think about Emilio Estevez is this role, the more I realize that he could have done a shitty job and still gotten paid and walked away—but he didn't. He really just hit a home run with his acting. He and Josuha Jackson made me love these films (and later, Jackson would be the only reason I would watch Dawson's Creek, where his acting was just not up to my Mighty Duck standards).

I can't wait to get to D3, where Adam and Charlie are so dense and in love. Hearts!

4. There was some flailing over a book on a feed I read recently and on my friends list, too. The book is titled Havemercy and it is full of gay boys and metal dragons and magic. I've read one line and the prose reminds me so much of Final Fantasy XII I can't resist pointing FFXII fans toward it. Gay boys! Metal dragons! Language (I am well aware that language kinks exist now, guys—no hiding it anymore!)! This isn't a recommendation; I have to read it still, but it seems promising.

I have my copy here to read whenever I finish The Chocolate War, which, speaking of slashy stories....

5. I don't actually have a #5. Um, 100 Awesome Blogs for History Junkies?