stunt_muppet

It's very nice to be interested again. I never knew the intricacies of the thin cellular layers making sure all the various proteins and ions in our blood don't leak into our brain. For instance, did you know that amphetamines can cause leakage in the blood-brain barrier and thus ion imbalance in the brain, but also show potential for use in administering useful drugs to the brain in the case of, say, leukemia or other brain disorders? I did not know that.

I am so much less worried about that presentation now than I was! However, I still have to pack and it is growing rather late; I get picked up for the airport at 3 tomorrow and while, in theory, that gives me plenty of wiggle room (since my flight leaves at 6 p.m.), I don't like to rush packing because when I do I invariably forget something.

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A few more bits and bobs, apropos of nothing in particular:

1. Does anyone else, when they first find a new song they like, feel compelled to listen to it over and over and over again? It's actually becoming something of a problem for me with regards to getting off my room computer and finishing my work, because if said new song I discover is on YouTube and not available for purchase (whether because I have no money for it or it's not on iTunes at all), I won't want to stop listening to it long enough to get up from my computer and go do something else - including, in some cases, print out documents or go get dinner.

Not letting myself even start listening to the songs in question and not going on long YouTube link-chases helps keep me from falling into that trap, but does anyone else do that or am I just loopy?

2. I think I'm honestly OTPing a ship for the first time. No matter how hard I ship most of my favorite pairings I'm not very exclusive about them - I'm perfectly okay with the idea of the various members of my favorite ship ending up with someone else or nobody at all, even if I would prefer that they end up with each other.

But for some reason, with this particular ship...I mean, I don't get angry at people who pair the characters involved with other people or anything, that'd be silly. But the thought of them not ending up together actually makes me sad, rather than just feeling like I'd prefer that they did. I get a little bit upset at the thought of them breaking up. Not upset enough to affect my daily life or anything, but there's still that moment of "But they have to work it out in the end, don't they? :("

It's a very strange sensation, and I'm not sure what brought it on for this particular pairing, but please reassure me that this is not abnormal behavior and I am not becoming creepily overinvested.

(If you must have details, the pairing in question is Sari/Bumblebee. Yes, I know. It's just...there was a fanart of them (well, of Sari and humanized!Bumblebee) having this really tearful breakup, I'm pretty sure it was a scene from a fic, and it was really well-drawn and emotive but my first reaction was "Nooooo they are too sweet together for that they have to get back together and live happily ever after and get married and have freaky cyborg babies. Okay, maybe not those last two. Definitely not those last two. Ew.")

3. I managed to get through an entire April Fool's Day without getting pranked (well, except for the Google name-change thing, which I thought was cute)! I had this whole elaborate prank planned out involving posting a fake chapter of one of my WIPs that started out normal-sounding until ninjas suddenly broke through the wall and engaged Liz and the Brigadier in kung-fu single combat, but that was way too much effort. Hope nobody got linked to anything too scarring today.

4. The warmer weather (82 degrees today!) means that many more people are walking their dogs during my daily walks, which means I spend a much greater percentage of my walk cooing and going "puppy!". I'm such a stereotype but I don't care.

5. Heading home later this afternoon; should probably head to bed now.