rec(s) of the day

Two Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol recs that I'm snagging from jenna_thorn right away:

Safety Net by Zinnith
Gen (pre-Benji/Brandt if you squint); friendship, h/c; 4131 words
Summary: "It's okay, I've got you."

A mission goes to hell and Benji is there to catch Brandt when he falls.

But Then Again So Are You by leah k
Benji/Brandt and team; NC-17; casefic/romance; 12116 words
Summary: Ethan's plan is surprisingly simple, if they can pull it off: get Cade to invite Brandt over, plant bugs. No masks, no jumping off of anything. Brandt is warming to it, which is why it's confusing when Benji says, "I don't like this plan, it won't work, have you thought about tunneling?"

Just venting about the weather.

This summer is doing its damndest to surpass last year's in crapitude, something I wouldn't have thought possible. Until now the only positive thing you could say about it was that it's not quite as cold as last year. But now we've reached 17°C, tendency falling. Awesome. Trying to break last year's record of 14°C, no doubt. Will we enjoy a day full of sun anytime in the near future? After seven weeks of this I'm starting to doubt it. Blecccchhh.

There are times I really wish I lived in a half-desert climate. If it wasn't for the dozens of... slightly more important factors, I'd be living in Utah already.

(and yes, I know there's a heat wave in the US and yes, I'd trade in a heartbeat. I mean it. I've experienced 113 in Vegas and felt just fine. But this here, that's the kind of weather that makes me physically sick.)