Real life update

[luzula]

Right, I figure it's time for a RL update.

1) I am employed again, after my intermittent unemployment. It's not permanent, though--I have full-time university teaching through January, but after that I don't know. My courses seem kind of boring: mostly high-school level math, which I have never actually taught before. Might be a challenge, though, to explain things on a lower level than I'm used to. And then in December I have the same calculus course as I had last year.

2) I have a new roommate! The guy I liked least among the people I share an apartment with moved out, and a dear friend of mine moved in. I am delighted to be living with him. \o/

3) I am now in an open relationship, mostly because of kink mismatch. It's been going well so far (for three months or so), and I don't seem to have any problems with jealousy. It's mostly my boyfriend who's been with someone else (except, y'know, for me making out with fangirls at the spin-the-bottle party at Bitching Party). We'll see what happens.

Relatedly, why is there so little fic with V-type relationships? Almost all the fic with several characters involved in a relationship seems to be triangle-type OT3 fic. Why?

4) There was a weird exhibitionist guy masturbating in the woods that I like to walk in every evening. Arrgh. I wasn't afraid of him or anything, but I do want to be able to walk there without seeing un-asked-for masturbation. And I don't know if I should be afraid. Should I?

5) I finished Jo Walton's Among Others and, predictably, loved it. ♥ Also, I finally caved and ordered Lifelode, even though I had to get it from the US. Next book to read: Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch.

6) I'm reccing due South at crack_van this month, so check out my recs.

7) Augh, my Midsummer fic. *flails* Please remind me to write if you see me on gmail.

Comments

[mementis]

Relatedly, why is there so little fic with V-type relationships?
Among my RL acquaintainces, vees make non-poly people nervous IRL and that, in turn, makes them hard to write about fictionally. In addition, some people think vees aren't "poly enough," as if by not closing the triangle something is missing. Like, there must be a conflict there. And of course that's not true, and of course this is especially important wrt kinks, but... yeah. That's what I've been running into when it comes to vees, which is unfortunate.

They happen to be my preferred relationship configuration (IRL). It's where I've been for almost a decade. It'd be nice to see it in fiction more often, it really would.

Yay for crack_van! Looking forward to finding new fic thanks to you, thank you :)

[luzula]

Oh, interesting. I know people IRL who are in various poly arrangements, but there's not really a community around it here. And I've never come across this sentiment: In addition, some people think vees aren't "poly enough," as if by not closing the triangle something is missing. Huh.