Okay, first of all -- it's freaking minus THIRTY-ONE here (which, yes, IS ALMOST THE SAME IN FAHRENHEIT -- 24 below, American friends!) and it's supposed to hit minus FORTY-ONE overnight (which, yes, IS THE SAME in F) and all of this, my lovelies, is without taking the windchill into consideration. Right now, with that factor, it's already in the minus mid-forties. My puppy and I are snugged up in my bedroom in our drafty little house, pretending we don't inhabit the stupidest city in the world. The roads are nightmarish and my feet have been permachilled for three days.

In other news, I suck at titles. I mean, I guess anyone who's read my stuff isn't falling over with shock at this point, but the sad thing is -- the posted version? That's the *polished* title. Like, the one I agonized over, and it STILL usually sucks a lot. For example, I just opened up 5 in-progress stories on my hard drive, and they are (I shit you not) currently called the following:

( conserve water )

( preggoshep )

( drunkrodney )

( usafgrrls )

( condoms )

Yeah, and take a look at the working titles of these (completed) beauties:

bj of convenience (now Static Interference)
Fandom to Work (now Tactus)
fartsnore (now Five Reasons John and Rodney Hate Sleeping Together)
lazyRodney (now Pausing to Exhale)
NudeGate (now Where the Sun Don't Shine)
singing ronon (now The Singer and the Song)
skinhungerchallenge (now Unearthed)
John Sheppard Woke Up Straight (now Straight as a Circle)

The sad part is that the final title doesn't represent a significant improvement over the working title. And on the extremely rare occasion I get the title figured out beforehand (I was writing one called 'Scenes from a Satedan Courtship') the fic itself almost never pans out. Which leads me back to the part where me = Lt. Ford. There should be a naming service where you post completed fic and others come up with the perfect title, one of those thoughtful cool titles that adds another layer of meaning to the story. Yeah. That'd be awesome.