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HI YOU GUYS!! I DIDN'T GET ABDUCTED BY ALIENS, OR DISAPPEARED BY THE GOVERNMENT! (I may have been brainwashed, but we all know that the way my brain works it'd be difficult to tell!) (Also, I may be a little manic!) ALSO ALSO! I DIDN'T GET WASHED AWAY BY THE RIDICULOUS FLOOD WATERS WE'VE HAD HERE TODAY!

WIN! \O/

The flooding was pretty outrageous. School was delayed this morning because the roads to two of the Salem elementary schools had become rivers. Actually, one of the roads was still completely flooded this afternoon, so the kids at that school (like my cousin's little girl Chloe) had to go the back way to school. There was some worry about the structural integrity of a couple of the dams on the New River, but from what I understand the stress on those structures has lessened and we don't have to worry about it. There are some amazing pictures from today - not amazing in a good way, but in a "woah, Mother Nature is pretty and also pretty terrifying" way. And, of course, people are fucking idiots and I've heard of at least SIX people today that had to be rescued from their vehicles because they tried to drive through standing water. (TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN, MOTHERFUCKERS!) My friends on the rescue crews, and my friends that work as linemen for the electric company, were all super busy today.

The student parking lots at Radford were totally flooded. I would be so pissed, in general, if my car was there. But as I read all these comments about the kids not being warned in time to move their cars, I can't help but think there was no way they didn't know flooding was a serious possibility last night. Yes, the dam overflow didn't happen until after midnight, and the waters didn't crest until about 4 or 5 this morning. But there were emergency broadcast alerts on the television and radio, special alerts sent out to all cell phones in the area, and they were supposedly notified by the school officials more than once. Idk, either way, I'd be super upset if my car was now a boat b/c I had it in student parking.

I have been playing Farmville, catching up on TV, and working on the care packages that bff!Amy and I are sending out this weekend. Ohh, guess what?! Cliff's leave got approved, so he'll be here on Monday, and gets to stay in town for two weeks. He leaves the day before Amy's bday, which totally sucks, but at least he'll be here for a bit. I keep telling Amy this means they can have a Halloween baby; she doesn't think it's very funny.

Valentines Day Treats to Melt Your Heart

Fancy Gifts for Book Nerds

Life Lessons We Can Learn From Turtles and Tortoises

Gorgeous Photos of a Dog Sled Race

I think I wanna try this recipe: White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Cookies (someone posted this link over on wendy's LJ)

FIC: Watch and Learn by TamrynEradani -- Avengers -- Clint/Coulson (also Bruce/Natasha Steve/Tony Jane/Thor) -- When Clint is a boy he learns to keep out of sight, how to read situations, and how to put others before himself. When Clint is a young man, he gets shot by Agent Phil Coulson, and he learns to put those skills to use. Clint's formative years, his work with Trickshot, and his long history with SHIELD. The Avengers will be a thing, but their coming together diverges from the movie canon.

FIC: Employee of the Month by HectorRashbaum -- Kevin Jonas/Mike Carden -- When Carden shoplifts from the Jonas Family corner store, he has to work it off as punishment. With bonus charming-slash-harrassing Beckett. (whatever, you guys, this is like one of the most ridiculous pairings ever and I still love it and it delights me that people are still writing it. did I rec the one about Kevin thinking Mike is a gingerbread cookie come to life?)

FIC: Written All Over My Face by rsadelle -- Hockey RPF -- He and Jonny hook up sometimes, sober on the road, drunk at home, but Pat isn't thinking about that, not when he takes Jonny's jersey and not later, when he's getting ready for bed in a room that's too empty with just him in it and he opens his bag to the bright red of a jersey. He just takes the jersey out of his bag and pulls it on over his t-shirt. (idek, you guys, but I kinda have a thing about wearing each other's clothes? also, junebug_waltz has been corrupting helping me by sending me pics and info and links and fic recs and whatnot so I have an idea of who these guys are.)

The Fandom Saved My Life Project

And I'm craving some EPIC and AWESOME Harry Potter fic. Something long and well written. Any recs?

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