...who'd have thought? I mean, I'm the gal that makes fun of all the people posting stupid comments on the GateWorld blogs!

Oh, well, a girl's gotta start somewhere, right?

Anywho, a little about why I started this thing...

Monday, Feb. 13th, 2006
I had a horrible, terrible, no good, very bad day. I won't go into details, but suffice to say I've had worse days... I just can't remember when. Maybe the day I was born was a worse day, I don't know, but by the time I left the office that afternoon, I knew I hadn't been that angry about any one thing in a long, long time.

At any rate, the rest of the evening was shaping up to go just as poorly, since I was scheduled to work at my part-time job at the local Bed Bath & Beyond (at which I had recently given my two weeks' notice). I wasn't in the best of moods on my way in, but when I stopped at the intersection just a little before the shopping center, two little girls in the dust-covered mini-van in front of me turned around in their seats and waved at me! It was the cutest thing, and I couldn't help but smile as I waved back to them.

Just goes to show what a simple gesture can do to brighten up a person's day, doesn't it?

Tuesday, Feb. 14th, 2006
Valentine's Day for the single? Oh, what a joy it is. Okay, so I generally ignored it except for finishing the Dangerous Love quest on World of Warcraft. (Yum... Nice dress!) I also thought I'd be nice to my poor suffering readers and try to get to crackin' on the next installment of "The Thief and the Archaeologist", especially since I'd finally worked a way around the format issues I was having with the next segment (more on that later, maybe).

I typed the first paragraph, deciding to start off with Cameron Mitchell reacting to an "off-screen" anecdote shared by one Major General Jack O'Neill. That got me thinking about exactly what kind of little tidbit Jack was sharing with Cam, especially since I'd already published "The Memo" (which, incidentally, takes place after "Deus Ex Machina", but was 'forwarded' after "Prototype") whereupon he gives his blessings to Mitchell as the new SG-1 "band" leader. Furthermore, given the way Jack and Cam were unmercifully teasing Daniel in the last chapter I'd published, a little more of the same would be fair, right?

Thus a new story was born. It's got all kinds of fun in it, taking place on Valentine's Day and involving a serious case of mistaken identity for the whole team.

Oh, yes, I will let you know when it's published.  

Wednesday, Feb. 15th, 2006
Which brings me back to today! This morning, I woke up early. And woke up again. And again. Finally, at a quarter to seven, I got out of bed 'cause I simply was not getting any more sleep. I showered, dressed, then set about looking around for an appropriately easy blog-and-photo album service for my boss to share pictures of her brand new baby and keep friends and relatives apprised of the latest happenings. After checking out LiveJournal and bloggers.com and a few others, I decided that Yahoo! 360° was gonna be the best way to go.

I also decided to check my email while I was at it, discovering a new message sent using the email forms at Alexandria. Whoohoo! Even better, the wonderful reader had so many nice things to say about my Daniel 'n' Vala stories, I was inspired to immediately write back to her!

...Which got me thinking about maybe starting my own blog. The least I could do was let all of my readers know how much I appreciate them, plus keep them apprised of the latest happenings (i.e. why Cleo hasn't posted her next chapter yet) and updates.

Ta dah! Here we are!