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I went to bed at ten last night to try and catch up on sleep. And then woke up at two.

Apparently I'm a sprint-sleeper now? Or should be napping instead of eating lunch, or something.

Talking of lunch, angelcarrot and maddoxa have assembled a Cafe Cookbook of Cheap and Delicious Recipes. I had no hand in it, they did all the work! Thank god too because it's not like I'm in any condition to do that.

Given how many people responded, and how the responses Just Kept Coming, there may be one or two omissions. Sorry about that.

Anyway, you can download it as a PDF file a number of ways:

1. Drop.Io
2. Sendspace
3. Megaupload

Enjoy!

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Some more reccs and downloads (can you tell I'm catching up on my email...):

revolutionaryjo recorded a podfic version of Stealing Harry which she has posted to a couple of different places, with my permission. If you'd like Stealing Harry as an audiobook, you can find it for download here. Please comment if you take it and let her know her work is appreciated!

Relatedly, kath_ballantyne has done an awesome illustration of Harry and Frog, which you can view and comment on here. I love poor googly-eyed Frog...

laurab1 also did two illustrations for Sing Morning Out Of Night, my Big Bang fic: Jack with the TARDIS and the Laughing Doctor Fourteen. I especially like the soft surrealism of the first one. :)

I just got my inbox down from 67 comment threads this morning to 10. SWEET JESUS.

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jenna_thorn asked for advice on what to do in Chicago. I prefaced my comment by saying "I don't know much about where to go in this city" and then puked advice all over her, but unfortunately LJ ate my comment. So I thought I'd just put it here.

This is by no means. AT ALL. A complete guide to Chicago. It is a guide to my small red-line slice of it, my ( stompin' grounds. )

OW MY BRAIN IS TIRED YOU GUYS. So I'll stop there. Please feel free to add information -- I obviously stick to one area of town and have very little to offer in the way of 1. things you can't get to via public transit or 2. the south and west sides of Chicago.

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I brought burgers and beer to R's for Wheel. R brought something I can't talk about if I want to continue the impression that I'm a law abiding citizen. IT IS BEING AWESOME.

I explained to him about my new VIDEO RECEPTIONIST job and the suggestions you guys were making. He replied, "No. I've got it. It's perfect. When they push the ringer button, just scream OW! Stop it!"

Then he very proudly said "I've learned how to cook!" and then used an apple-slicer to slice an apple and present it to me. "It's an apple blossom!"

Bless his heart, I've missed him.

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This is what happens to me when I ask a simple question like "So, did you find a new roommate yet?"

R: You know my buddy, who was in the candy bar ad?
Sam: Oh, yeah, the viking.
R: Right! So his buddy, who's getting divorced, is moving into my old room, and I'm moving into yours. You met him, he does...banking shit. But he plays the guitar.
Sam: We met at the gumbo party, I think. Hey, you should introduce him to M.
R: M swore off dudes, didn't you hear?
Sam: Did the priest dump her?
R: Yeah. Maybe her sister, though.
Sam: Just -- off topic, are you putting ranch dressing on a hamburger bun?
R: No. If you must know I'm putting italian dressing and cheese on a hamburger bun.
Sam: *long silence*
R: IT'S TANGY OKAY?

How is this my life?

Note: He wasn't actually a priest, he was a performance artist who played a priest. Or something. We just called him The Priest.