good news!

I got the job!!!

(Cross-mapping of clinical codes, for the record.)

I probably won't be moving to it for a couple of months -- I'm going to be in the same team, under the same boss, and technically it's a two-months notice on my current job, so it makes sense for her to move me when it's most convenient for her/the team as a whole. Still! Got the job!

On the other hand, a coworker's just gone off ill for the next couple of weeks or so, and things are likely to be hectic. Swings, roundabouts.

Now I'll go kill monsters or something. Wild self-indulgence seems on the cards.

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Good Gnus

(A Vignette in Verse)

When cares attack and life seems black,
How sweet it is to pot a yak,
Or puncture hares and grizzly bears,
And others I could mention;
But in my Animals "Who's Who"
No name stands higher than the Gnu;
And each new gnu that comes in view
Receives my prompt attention.

When Afric's sun is sinking low,
And shadows wander to and fro,
And everywhere there's in the air
A hush that's deep and solemn;
Then is the time good men and true
With View Halloo pursue the gnu;
(The safest spot to put your shot
is through the spinal column).

To take the creature by surprise
We must adopt some rude disguise,
Although deceit is never sweet,
And falsehoods don't attract us;
So, as with gun in hand you wait,
Remember to impersonate
A tuft of grass, a mountain-pass,
A kopje or a cactus.

A brief suspense, and then at last
The waiting's o'er, the vigil past;
A careful aim. A spurt of flame.
It's done. You've pulled the trigger,
And one more gnu, so fair and frail,
Has handed in its dinner-pail;
(The females all are rather small,
The males are somewhat bigger).

-- P. G. Wodehouse

what, never?

This looks amusing.

Name three fics you think I will never, ever, ever write. In return (and if inspired), I will attempt to write a snippet of one of them.

(taken from xsmoonshine)