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asimplechord) wrote2010-12-17 05:52 pm
asimplechord) wrote2010-12-17 05:52 pm
this post is totally unrelated to that icon, sadly
...but I have no holiday icons. So. You get Spencer Smith sticking out his tongue instead. That's just as smile-inducing as an approaching holiday/vacation, right? Esp. if you were there when that photo was taken. :D
+ today's socks are dark blue, with snowmen and red-nosed reindeer (OMG, I just typed reigndeer first. WTAF?)
+ Aaron informed me last night that today's half-day is the last day he works until 3January; I believe this means that he should finish addressing holiday cards, house-cleaning and gift-wrapping next week, since I do NOT have the week off
+ delivered pumpkin bread, home-brew and such to colleagues this afternoon \o/
+ we (the lab, obvsly) have spent an appalling amount of money on antibodies in the last four months. APPALLING. Thank goodness for the CPRIT M&O budget, which dwarfs the NIH R01 M&O budget (and how tragic is that, since the NIH is the premiere public funding agency for life-science-related research?)
+ I remain fascinated by word/phrase usage in spin, and the way even supposedly neutral media outlets like Yahoo slant political news: Bipartisan bill preventing big tax hikes heads to Obama today. As if these would be *new* taxes, not the end of the Shrub-sponsored crap that took the US from a budget surplus to a budget deficit, and also as if it weren't *increasing* taxes for the very lowest incomes while maintaining significant benefits for the wealthiest 1% of Americans
+ feeling an overpowering urge to have risotto for supper. Decision: make it myself, or head to happy hour at Mia Bella?
FANDOM RELATED:
+ I need inspiration - give me a fandom, character or pairing, and word/phrase/other prompt, and you'll get... something in response, no promises what
+ today's socks are dark blue, with snowmen and red-nosed reindeer (OMG, I just typed reigndeer first. WTAF?)
+ Aaron informed me last night that today's half-day is the last day he works until 3January; I believe this means that he should finish addressing holiday cards, house-cleaning and gift-wrapping next week, since I do NOT have the week off
+ delivered pumpkin bread, home-brew and such to colleagues this afternoon \o/
+ we (the lab, obvsly) have spent an appalling amount of money on antibodies in the last four months. APPALLING. Thank goodness for the CPRIT M&O budget, which dwarfs the NIH R01 M&O budget (and how tragic is that, since the NIH is the premiere public funding agency for life-science-related research?)
+ I remain fascinated by word/phrase usage in spin, and the way even supposedly neutral media outlets like Yahoo slant political news: Bipartisan bill preventing big tax hikes heads to Obama today. As if these would be *new* taxes, not the end of the Shrub-sponsored crap that took the US from a budget surplus to a budget deficit, and also as if it weren't *increasing* taxes for the very lowest incomes while maintaining significant benefits for the wealthiest 1% of Americans
+ feeling an overpowering urge to have risotto for supper. Decision: make it myself, or head to happy hour at Mia Bella?
FANDOM RELATED:
+ I need inspiration - give me a fandom, character or pairing, and word/phrase/other prompt, and you'll get... something in response, no promises what
running on empty
Those are all good indicators. But Brad knows Nate; in the years since he left the Corps, he's had his ups and downs, times when stress allows dreams (nightmares) to return him to Iraq, even more helpless than they'd been in reality. When one of those relapses happens, Nate turns to running his demons out. There's a reason he qualifies for the MCM every year. He's never been out of shape, although his body is sculpted differently from when he spent more time on weightlifting and upper-body strength. Then again, he'll probably never have to heft a one-hundred pound backpack for a day-long hike, so that's not important.
What is important is that when he's suffering, he runs, and he doesn't eat, and the muscles in his thighs, always defined, stand out against thin skin with little other protection.
Brad always loses weight on a deployment - the MREs and prepared food are fat and calorie-laden, but he doesn't wouldn't feed a dog most of what they serve - and he always insists on cooking full meals when he's home, but it's not just for his own benefit. If he cooks, Nate eats. And when he's home, Nate sleeps. He runs, but not endlessly, and he becomes less like an anatomy teaching aid, more human.
Re: running on empty
If he cooks, Nate eats. And when he's home, Nate sleeps. He runs, but not endlessly
I love this sfm. Beautiful.