Surfacing, and Guardian anniversary

[marycrawford]

We had a heatwave here, in a country that isn't equipped for it. Last year it lasted half a week of 35+C temps during the day, and I took refuge in a library that had A/C and sweated it out at home for the last day, when even crossing the street felt impossible. This year it lasted a FULL WEEK and I am starting to think that we may need to invest in home A/C; even one week a year of this is devastating and it takes me at least another week to recover.

Last year, during the heatwave, I was watching Guardian for the first time and it was a sheer delight, if you can call a show a delight when it's filled with angst and h/c and self-sacrifice (yes, yes I can, because those are some of my favorite things).

During this year's heatwave I was mostly watching Lost Tomb Reboot Sir: Your Face (I'm at the start of ep 22; Wu Xie just knocked over a huge vase he was forbidden to touch, because he is Like That) as well as rewatching some Guardian eps. I still have two Guardian stories in progress that I want to finish writing, as well as some that are in the planning stage; I have so many stories by others that I want to leave feedback on that it's making me feel overwhelmed; at this point, I haven't written a word of either feedback or fic in weeks, and the rock to push uphill feels bigger than it did before.

But it's a new day, it's actually cool outside, and I could at least open the Scrivener file...?

Comments

[xparrot]

Agggh melting in a heatwave does not help the creativity, no. And having grown up with awful humid heatwaves that meant a couple weeks of summer were always lost to flopping in front of fans and moaning...AC is amazing! It's worth it if you can swing it...

Lost Tomb Reboot Sir: Your Face

This is such an accurate subtitle for this show, it's amazing to stare at him.

And so much sympathy on getting back to rolling the writing boulder...it definitely gets heavier the longer it sits. All the moss growing on it causes more drag...(sometimes for me, writing something short can help get me going again, as it gives the triumphant jolt of finishing something and also being able to post?)

Anyway good luck - may the fall be inspiring! (For me too *fingers crossed*)

[marycrawford]

Flopping in front of fans and moaning, that was me! Uncanny! Yeah, I hope we can swing A/C for next year, maybe combine it with solar panels so we can use all that sun beating down on us.

I really appreciate the writing sympathy, I know what you mean about the moss...

writing something short can help get me going again, as it gives the triumphant jolt of finishing something and also being able to post

Ha, this is true, and I saw that you posted LTR fic, go you! It does help to be able to finish a short thing, you're right. The trouble is keeping it short and not letting it grow a plot...👀