Ao3 bookmarks are cool. I know I'm not the only person who knows this, I'm sure everyone does, because my favorite thing to do after checking through the stories of someone who commented on my stuff and/or left a kudo, is to go through their bookmarks and see what they like.

The problem with Ao3 bookmarks? They're underutilized! At least in my opinion!

They give me that little space to write a paragraph about what I love about the story, I am totally gonna do it. I love that I can bookmark a story for later, and then go back and edit the bookmark to include some actual content when I have a minute. I bookmark things as much to get other people to maybe read them as to be able to find them later, plus I had a blast during my brief stint as a movie review writer for a friend's local news blog.

I strive never to be spoilery, either about the story or about canon, but to try and write something magnetic enough to convince someone - maybe even someone outside the fandom - to come in and give it a read.

Dunno, may be the marketing viewpoint that's been practically knocked into my head over the years from my job. Whatever the reason, I frakkin' love it. It's great, low-energy fun for me, especially when I'm frustrated and stuck on a story of my own and need a break.

In less happy news - my new computer is currently in the repair shop, and has been thus since Monday. ARGH. PRAYING I get a phonecall from them soon, or else I'm going to be calling them Monday. I mean, I have a backup, but I have not been able to do much of anything other than work on stories and surf the net because it's just not fast enough. Hence my blog looking funny. I'm working on a kickass Castiel/Jack Harkness header, but unfortunately, Photoshop is on the OTHER computer.

In MORE happy news - we finally know what the Head Crab was! It was an abnormal blood vessel. I had my six-week followup on Tuesday, and today I had one final test done for neurosurgery: a precautionary MRA to map the circulation in my brain and make sure everything is working okay, post-surgery. I'm actually relieved to have that done, even though they had to stick an IV in my arm. Good grief, I am so sick of IVs. But at least they had it out in less than an hour.

Got a followup appointment with the ophthalmology department in December, and then hopefully I'll be able to start driving again. This whole 'no driving because you had a seizure' business is just utter shit, let me tell you. I'm an independent critter, I hate having to ask for help and rely on other people to show up when they say they will to pick me up. On the plus side, as a means to avoid unnecessary calls for rides, I've been walking my happy ass to things a lot more. I'm in a bad location for walking to shopping centers, but I can definitely go post a letter without any help.

Heh, who wants a letter? I'd write you! I've got a blue mailbox to walk to now!

Things are quite a bit more positive than they were a few days ago. They took out my IV, which is a good sign. I'm currently taking an anti-seizure medication and a steroid to minimize the swelling in my brain. I don't know if I mentioned it before but the upshot of the anti-seizure medication is that I can potentially get a variation of anti-seizure meds that will also help control future migraines.

I'm not sure what's coming up next. All of the tests they've done so far have indicated that if there is a mass in my brain (it could be a couple things) it's metastatic, which is good because it means I don't have spreading cancer. This is all a lot to process, and I'm doing my best to be clear and concise, but, kind of... well... the whole thing boils down to the fact that I had a seizure in my car on Friday afternoon and nobody's really sure why, exactly.

I can't drive for six months. We're going to do some looking into that, to see exactly what that entails and if I can potentially at least get a work permit if I'm on the anti-seizure meds, because I'm going to hate being beholden to people for rides to work. We'll also have to see what post-hospital stay procedure is. It's a ways from over, but it's possible that they'll be sending me home today.

I can't tell you how good it feels to write.