french, bad puns, sickness and death.

[behindthec]

the french translation is on my twitter, for those who were wondering. i hope i didn't spoil it for those who wanted to wait; people just kept asking, and i feel like you might miss some of the chapter's significance if you don't know it.

also, lolz, i feel like i've failed. are there really only like 4 of us who got brendon's "nah, i was already up" pun? fuuuuck, maybe i am too into 12-year-old humor. XD sigh; that was my favourite line! let's hope ryan was clueless, too.

i'm not sure if anyone's heard that natasha richardson died. it was very weird and depressing for me; i've never been around to see one of my favourite actors die. i feel awful for liam neeson and their kids. i love them both so much as actors. it was just so random, those freak-accidents that you never really think will happen. makes me appreciate every day. keri, the smartest med student who never went to med school, says, "my guess is that the autopsy will discover a pre-existing condition like a blood clot that broke free, or an anuerysm that ruptured from the impact of falling. She started feeling sick an hour after it happened, so that sounds about right." <3 my bb is smart.

speaking of keri, she has developed really bad carpal tunnel in her arms/wrists, and her job is largely computer-based, so she is going through a really tough time right now (one i can directly relate to!). they've got her on physical therapy and she's able to do half-days twice a week on full salary (she is so, so fortunate), but it seems to be getting worse and we're not really sure what's going to happen. if she wasn't able to work, i'd probably have to look for a second job. so, if you could keep her in your thoughts/prayers/meditations/whatever, we'd really appreciate it. if anyone feels compelled to send her a get-well note/e-card/whatever, just email it to me and i'll print it for her. she's not supposed to be on the computer.

<3 thanks for all the comments on 5. it makes me so happy you guys are enjoying it. i love y'all.

Comments

[bunniesontoast.livejournal.com]

dude, i probably would have got that, except I haven't had a chance to read it yet b/c you keep posting it in the middle of the night for me, and i'm actually trying to sleep now. xD

i didn't know she'd died, i just knew that she was in hospital. oh dear. I feel so sorry for her family.

oh, and that sucks about Keri. i sent you an e-card but idk if it sent or anything. tell me if it didn't.

[lolab.livejournal.com]

bahaha, it's okay bb.

yeah. it's really sad. :(

thank you so much, you are precious!!!!!!!

[justranda.livejournal.com]

i to enjoy teenage and pre-pubescent boy toilet humor. *high fives*

nastasha's death got me really thinking yesterday about how fragile life is. i don't really care so much about myself and my reckless ways prove it. but that doesn't mean i wouldn't be devastated when someone else goes. it makes me want to cling to my family and put them in a bubble, however unrealistic that is.

i'm really sorry to hear about keri. tell her that i'm thinking about her and you and she will have some awesome mail headed your way shortly. *hugs*

[lolab.livejournal.com]

:D YES.

me too. it's just devastating. it makes me appreciate the now.

<3 thank you, bb. you are so sweet.

[faerie-lullaby.livejournal.com]

Oh! That was the line I'd been looking for! It was one of my favorites, too, and I went back to read the entire story in the middle of posting my comment, and for some reason, I forgot to post that little bit. So yes, I liked it, and I totally got it. I think I laughed for like, five minutes on that.

<3 Keri. Hopefully it doesn't get worse.

[lolab.livejournal.com]

haha, that's okay, thanks!

<3 thank you; me too.

[sateenmusta.livejournal.com]

the french translation is on my twitter, for those who were wondering
--not to be mean to anyone or anything, but well. There's this thing called Google... I don't know any French and yet I managed to (*gasp*) translate it all on my own :D

Oh and I really enjoyed chapter 5. It made my day so much better, what with being sick and all D:

[lolab.livejournal.com]

lol yeah, i figured people were lazy. :P

oh, i'm glad! feel better! <3

[irisgirl12000.livejournal.com]

*peeks in*

I haven't commented on your PCCF yet b/c I haven't read it. If I know a fic has a set number of chapters, I wait until they're all posted and read all the way through at once. I am very intrigued by the teasers and the other comments you've shared, though. :)

[lolab.livejournal.com]

hai!

oh, that's okay; i never read chaptered fics either. i'm surprised anyone puts up with me like this, haha. i hope you'll enjoy it once it's done! :)

[mudd248.livejournal.com]

I was really sad when I heard about Natasha Richardson. She was definitely one of my favorite actresses, and it's scary that her death was such a freak thing. I read this article about "Talk and Die"...happenings, which is basically how she felt OK for a little while after she fell, and then all of sudden she had a headache and was brain dead 24 hours later. So scary.

I hope Keri feels better too.

[lolab.livejournal.com]

yeah; it's creepy how random it was.

thanks. <3

[miarae.livejournal.com]

also, lolz, i feel like i've failed. are there really only like 4 of us who got brendon's "nah, i was already up" pun? fuuuuck, maybe i am too into 12-year-old humor. XD sigh; that was my favourite line! let's hope ryan was clueless, too.

I totally got that line. It made me giggle so much, I just forgot to comment on it xD.

And I hope Keri will feel better soon. Tell her to take it easy, though we both know I'm a hypocrite who still spends time at the computer anyway xD Anyway, I'm hoping it'll all get better! ♥

[lolab.livejournal.com]

haha, oh, yay!

<3 thank you! i know; it's hard staying off the comp.

[the-randomist.livejournal.com]

lmao, I did miss the "i was already up" pun at first, but tbh I miss a lot of little subtleties on the first readthrough since i'm usually on my phone xD That's why I always go back and reread before I comment, lol.

D: I hadn't heard about natasha! dshfjasdfj yikes. :/

but lolz smart!keri! heee. does she watch alot of crime/medical shows? I learn lots of nifty medical stuff from ducky on ncis xD

and DDD: I hope her armses get better, omg. D:

<3

[bunniesontoast.livejournal.com]

bb, i'll be totally honest, but the way you speak reminds me of Smeagol sometimes.
it's totally cyoot though. <3

Are you experiencing nick/ty withdrawals? b/c i am. i need my pretty boys. lol.

[selectivelyurie.livejournal.com]

trust me, i picked up on brendon's witty line but i simply forgot to mention it in my comment because um. I WAS STILL RECOVERING FROM RYAN IN THE SHOWER AKLSDJFQ8;FADFSKL!!!!!

wow, i wasn't aware she died. that's horrible :( it's always weird when someone in the spotlight dies. like when heath ledger passed away, i wasn't sure if i was allowed to be sad. i know i didn't know him personally, but he'd been one of my favorite actors and it was just shocking. idk, i feel for her family :\

awh, keri! :( again, i know i don't know her, but you talk about her a lot and she seems really important to you, so i will keep you both in my thoughts. send her my best wishes, yes? :)

<3333

[lolab.livejournal.com]

RYAN IN THE SHOWER KIND OF KILLED ME TOO. I REALLY REALLY WANTED HIM TO CATCH BRENDON AND INVITE HIM IN TBH. ;ALSEKJOFIA34

i know. it really was weird. it's the first time it's happened to someone i've really liked. :/

<3 thank you. she is my bb. i will tell her.

<333!

[alphabetatoast.livejournal.com]

I'll pray for Keri if you'd like?

Just left you an epic comment of doom on chapter 5 m'love. And I'm off to write cello!fic sequel. :)

[lolab.livejournal.com]

you're so sweet, bb, thank you. <3

YAY CELLO!FIC SEQUEL. SWEAR TO GOD, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE MY DAY WHEN YOU POST.

<333

i've never mentioned it, but i lovelovelove your icon. he just looks so precious.

[callie-the-bear.livejournal.com]

I admit freely, I missed that line. But oh I can appreciate its marvellosity much more now when it is not half past twelve at night.

[lolab.livejournal.com]

haha yay!

[noahatthedisco.livejournal.com]

dude, i totally missed that! *is shocked*
i fail at life. I think i was to busy being excited that it was posted... that's weird, i usually get that kind of stuff...

I'll keep Keri in my thoughts bb, i hope things get better for her!!!

(btw... i started writing a kink fic today. but it's kind of hardcore kink, nothing i'd ever written. i'd like an opinion on it... do you think you'd have time to read what I've got and let me know if it's worth finishing? I don't want to be a bother)

[lolab.livejournal.com]

haha, that's okay!

thanks. <3

hmm... what kink is it? there's some stuff i just can't read. lol

[chicken-cookie.livejournal.com]

I don't feel like I'm allowed to comment on a post like this, because I've never actually talked to you on, like, IM or anything, but I'm going to comment anyway. I actually have something to say. :)

1) Not gonna lie, when I read Ryan's French, I was so, so tempted to just go on Google translator or something, but I stopped myself, thinking, "oh, he won't do that to us. Surely, Brendon will somehow figure out what Ryan said and I won't feel like a bad person who ruins plotlines. Surely the wonderful lolab won't do that to us." I was wrong. You totally did do that to us, so I did look it up on Google. I felt really bad too, dammit! So, basically, what I was trying to achieve in that long-winded paragraph was a thank you. You posting it on your twitter makes me feel much better about cheating and Googling the translation.

2) Also, since I'm going to yoga tonight again (I swear, I must be some kind of sadist. I actually like this shit), I will send my... err... good thoughts to you and poor Keri. I'm not sure if this is the norm, but my instructor/teacher woman always starts out the class with a "good intention", where you direct your thoughts at someone or something that is having a hard time. Anyway, it seems like maybe you guys need a "good intention" or whatever. :)

And I cannot believe that I missed that line! Your twelve-year-old humor usually doesn't get past me!

... And now I think I should probably go leave a comment on your chapter 5, a post that I actually feel like I have the right to be commenting on. :D

[lolab.livejournal.com]

lol, it's public and comments aren't disabled; anyone's allowed to comment. :)

hahaha. i figured everyone would look it up. it wasn't meant to be secret to anyone but brendon. it's kind of important to know what it means to appreciate the chapter.

HOORAY! lol yoga's not about sadism; it's wonderful for you body and mind! just don't push yourself; there's no level you're supposed to "be" at; it's just about being where you, are, challenging yourself lightly.

and thank you; that's really sweet. <3

[ohnoscarlett.livejournal.com]

No, I got it. There was much giggling and snorting to be had.

[lolab.livejournal.com]

heee, yay!

[pluie-confettis.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I took five and a half years of French, and I understood like 80% of what Ryan said and had to go look up "sentir" because I couldn't remember what that meant for the life of me. lol.

PFT I SO GOT THE PUN, COME ON DUDEZZZZZ

Omg I'm so sad about Natasha, too. :( She was younger than my mom :( :( :(

Aw poor Keri. Does she have to wear those fancy wrist things? To keep her hands/arms arched -just so-? I tried that once because my doctor told me I was getting some carpal tunnel ... I looked like C-3PO cuz I couldn't move them. I walked around waving my immobile wrists going "Master Luke! R-2! R-2!"

If she has to wear them, make her do impressions until she hits you with them :)

[lolab.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAH. HAHA. AHAHAHA YOUR ICONNNNNNNNNNNN.

i feel so bad for him that that story got around so much and ridiculed. i mean, jesus. he's just a poor teenage boy. he must've been so embarrassed. and hey, he can come jizz on my coffee table ANY TIME HE WANTS. :)

yeah, it was sad. i feel bad for her family.

she has braces, yeah. and she's on pain pills too. and in therapy. so we'll see. thanks. <3

[monamour-x.livejournal.com]

dude, that is fucking creepy. i had basically the exact same conversation with briana this morning about natasha. i was like you...all sad and worked up about her life ending so suddenly (and nostalgic over the fact that Parent Trap was, like, one of my favorite movies when i was little; i watched it so much that the VCR tape we had of it broke lol).

and briana [who i am constantly ordering to go into med school, because she's like keri and knows stuff like that for some reason idk; i hate doctors, but i trust briana so i keep telling her that if she becomes a doctor, i'll actually go to her lol; she says it's too much schooling, though D:] said the same thing keri did. she got all doctor-ly technical about it and i was just like, "waaaah??" sometimes i have to get her to explain House to me, because we watch it together lol.

so, now, i have decided that keri needs to become a doctor. *nods* i'd go see her, too, since you trust her and i trust your judgement. :)

seriously, people, i'm offering to go to DOCTORS, here. this is big, lol :P

but, aww, bb. i know i texted you already, but. omg i really hope everything gets better for her, soon. i'd switch arms with her, if it were possible. i feel so bad. i'm totally writing her an email tomorrow when i'm less chaotic and crazy. :) meh, poor bb. *hugs her*

kay. time for sleep.

ily <3

[lolab.livejournal.com]

ah; weird. parent trap still is one of my favourites. she was such a MILF in that movie. and oh, lindsay lohan before she got crackwhorey! ♥

keri knows she would get burned out at med school, i think. that would be too much stress on her. and i'd never see her if she were a doctor. i just don't think it's meant to be. :/

you are so fucking sweet, gah. i love you. thank you, so much. <33333333

[kayxluvsxcoffee.livejournal.com]

It's always scary and when someone dies out of the blue like that, when people who had so much more to get out life are just suddenly gone. And it's just as scary (if not more) how fast people forget about it. Like they never existed. It makes me very afraid, and sad at the same time, because the world moves on from things like that so fast.

:( Tell Keri my thoughts are with her and I hope she feels better. Carpal tunnel blows, I know a couple people who have it already as teenagers (all of whom have been drumming since god knows when) and they have to be careful how much practice they put in before competition so their wrists aren't too strained. Luckily they don't have it too bad, but it's still scary. I mean, these kids are what, 17? 18? and they have it already.

[kayxluvsxcoffee.livejournal.com]

-removes random "and" from first sentence-

[j-plash.livejournal.com]

Only just saw this. Hugs and wishes for Keri. That sucks. In my thoughts (((hugs)))

[lolab.livejournal.com]

<3 thank you bb.

[prosaicpuppetry.livejournal.com]

carpal tunnel sucks!

mum has a nerve conditoin in her arm, and she uses the computer a lot. she got this program that does that thing where you talk, and it types for you (she spends her time drinking martinis made by yours truly, and crapping on about linguistics...)maybe Keri should look into getting Dragon or what the fuck ever it's called. i think she could claim it part of a work health and safety thing.
that is if it's a lot of word-processing that she does.

dunno if that helps, but just a thought.

and of course, I hope that she gets better soon.

:D

xo
Mouse

[lolab.livejournal.com]

it does suck!

that's a good idea, but i don't think it would work for her job; she works with a lot of company-specific computer programs, and she's on the phone *while* she's on the computer (she's a billing specialist). but thanks for the suggestion! i think she'll be okay eventually.

<3