Week 46: Ascent is open!
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sga_saturdayThis week, we're all about ascent. A common trope in SGA, but for a good reason. Show us or tell us about how these characters "upward movement"! Why are they doing it, how steep is the incline, and where do they end up?
as·cent
noun
1. an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement: the ascent of a balloon.
2. movement upward from a lower to a higher state, degree, grade, or status; advancement: His ascent to the governorship came after a long political career.
3. the act of climbing or traveling up: Three climbers attempted the ascent of Mount Rainier.
4. the way or means of ascending; upward slope; acclivity.
5. a movement or return toward a source or beginning.
6. the degree of inclination; gradient: a steep ascent.
PS. Sorry for the delay in closing and opening the week today folks! Cherry, chocolate chip cookies distracted me (one for everyone!)
as·cent
noun
1. an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement: the ascent of a balloon.
2. movement upward from a lower to a higher state, degree, grade, or status; advancement: His ascent to the governorship came after a long political career.
3. the act of climbing or traveling up: Three climbers attempted the ascent of Mount Rainier.
4. the way or means of ascending; upward slope; acclivity.
5. a movement or return toward a source or beginning.
6. the degree of inclination; gradient: a steep ascent.
PS. Sorry for the delay in closing and opening the week today folks! Cherry, chocolate chip cookies distracted me (one for everyone!)
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Date: 2012-04-07 04:05 pm (UTC)Cookie Bombs (John/Rodney, G)
Date: 2012-04-07 04:26 pm (UTC)"Patience. That's all I'm asking," Rodney said, elbowing John away from the mixing bowl for maybe the fifth time.
"But I like the dough," John said a gooey-looking mouth.
"I'll bet you'd like a case of salmonella and a trip to the ER just as well."
John swallowed and licked his lower lip, frowning. "Has anyone ever gotten that from eating cookie dough? Nah. It's just all those paranoid moms spoiling our fun." He leaned in for a kiss, but Rodney whacked him with the floury spoon.
"No way. Go use Listerine first or something."
"Seriously? You'd rather taste Listerine than Rodney's Infamous Cherry Chocolate-Chip Cookie Bombs?"
Rodney was about to make a snappy reply, but the timer went off on the first batch of the self-same Cookie Bombs. He beat John to the oven and turned on the light to peek in.
The cookies were lumpy and golden brown and just right.
"Hey, cool, they really puffed up. What makes cookies puff up like that, anyway?"
Rodney sighed and pulled on his whale oven mitts. "It's a very simple chemical process. The baking soda is a base; it reacts with the acid of the cream of tartar in the baking powder, and that combined with the liquid creates CO2 gas, which makes tiny bubbles to make everything rise." Rodney had to elbow John away, again, this time to make him back away from the oven door. "God, you're hovering worse than when I'm building you a real bomb."
"Cookie bombs are way better," John said solemnly a minute or so later, mumbling it through a mouthful of melted chocolate and hot cherries and crumbled cookie.
"Mmm-mmph," Rodney replied, and didn't object at all when John kissed him a minute later.
Bombs killed germs after all, right? Right.
End.
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Date: 2012-04-07 04:42 pm (UTC)Re: Cookie Bombs (John/Rodney, G)
Date: 2012-04-07 07:20 pm (UTC)Re: Cookie Bombs (John/Rodney, G)
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Date: 2012-04-07 07:20 pm (UTC)Re: Cookie Bombs (John/Rodney, G)
Date: 2012-04-07 04:50 pm (UTC)If only we had some kind of transbay cookie tube!!!
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Date: 2012-04-07 07:22 pm (UTC)*smishes* now come bring me COOKIES. :)
transbay cookie tube
Rodney will build us a tiny cookie-gate!
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Date: 2012-04-07 05:06 pm (UTC)Rodney Realizes.... (Rodney, Madison, G)
It wasn't until Rodney was visiting Madison while she was interning for some Congressperson in DC that he finally FINALLY understood the appeal of veganism.
("Tell me again how a Canadian gets a job working for American politicians," Rodney had said. Madison's incredulous eyebrow and "Don't you get checks from the US Military?" response had been enough to get Rodney to change the subject.)
Madison had become accustomed to Uncle Rodney "fixing up" various toys and computers while she was growing up, and this visit he was excited to not only be upgrading her computer but also to be reading the paper she was trying to publish on research she'd done during her last term of school. Madison offered to make cookies while he was working.
"Don't think your hippie granola is going to reduce the amount of red pen you'll see when you get this back," Rodney shouted from the other room.
"It's not hippie granola, Uncle Rodney!" Madison shouted back.
She was truly a McKay, thought Rodney, though he'd gotten to the point where he knew better than to say that outloud. He settled down with his trusty pen.
Rodney wandered into the kitchen 10 minutes later to see Madison taking a small bite of raw cookie dough.
"Want some, Uncle Rodney?" she asked, mouth full of gooey sugar and chocolate and cherries.
"Madison, salmonella!!" Rodney sputtered.
Madison rolled her eyes. "I'm vegan Uncle Rodney. No eggs, remember?"
Rodney paused for a moment as the paradox rolled over him.
No butter, no eggs, probably even the flour was specially harvested to cause the least harm to the wheat stalks from which it came, but COOKIE DOUGH. Cookie dough that he could eat without fear!
"Madison," he said slowly. "Perhaps we could turn off the oven, and just eat the cookie dough with a spoon?"
Madison smiled. "I won't tell Uncle John if you don't tell Mom," she said.
"Deal," said Rodney. And then happily took a big bite of sugary delight.
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Date: 2012-04-07 07:19 pm (UTC)"It's not hippie granola, Uncle Rodney!" Madison shouted back.
I can so see her having developed the auto-response. :DDDD
BRILL.
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Date: 2012-04-07 09:15 pm (UTC)Re: Cookie Bombs (John/Rodney, G)
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Date: 2012-04-08 05:11 am (UTC)Re: Cookie Bombs (John/Rodney, G)
Date: 2012-04-08 08:26 am (UTC)No butter, no eggs, probably even the flour was specially harvested to cause the least harm to the wheat stalks from which it came
Love it. ::g::
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Date: 2012-04-07 07:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-04-07 08:12 pm (UTC)BEST. <3
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Date: 2012-04-07 08:14 pm (UTC)Re: Cookie Bombs (John/Rodney, G)
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Date: 2012-04-08 05:26 am (UTC)Re: Cookie Bombs (John/Rodney, G)
Date: 2012-04-08 05:27 am (UTC)I'm pretty sure they look like this. ♥
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Date: 2012-04-08 05:31 am (UTC)mmm, I love strawberries much more than cherries. I bet Rodney would be flexible. <3
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Date: 2012-04-09 08:51 am (UTC)Kimber