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I have so many fond memories of Pi Day.
It's a holiday I always look forward to. This year we are going to have a party with the neighbors. Any excuse to eat pie, right?
For those not in the US: Here we celebrate Pi on March 14 because we write our dates different than the rest of the world. We write the month first then the day. So 3.14. Thus the geeks all eat Pi and act crazy. It's also Einstein's birthday.
When I was a postbaccalaureate and then masters student studying math, I remember the Pi Day celebrations in the math lounge. We sang silly songs, ate pie, and generally laughed ourselves silly. I truly treasure those days.
In 2006 when I was in the math lounge and just starting into writing Stargate fanfic, I wrote a Pi Day fic. I remember everyone in the lounge throwing out ideas to include. I had to write quickly before Pi Day ended, so I posted without a beta. Thankfully, the response was really positive despite the remaining typos.
The story, looking back, was seriously saccharine and in need of revisions. The underlying idea, however, still called to me. So my quest these last few days was to bring this story back, but make it live up to what I knew it could be.
(1) Less Saccharine
(2) Still sweet but maybe a bit more salt. I noticed a slight Trinity reference so I decided to embellish that. Which is hilarious, right? Here is am writing a silly, fun fic and I decide to go with fully making it a Trinity tag? Sure, why not.
(3) Fix up passive writing
(4) Really embellish more of the crazy fun. Add some fun mathematical descriptions to the pie fight to really bring the whole fic together.
I'm so proud of the result!
Title: PI Day (2024 revision)
Silly, fun, season 2, Post-Trinity Fic. Yes...fun and silly as a Trinity tag!
Description: Atlantis celebrates Pi Day
Relationships: None, but can easily be read as John/Rodney so I let the reader choose.
It's a holiday I always look forward to. This year we are going to have a party with the neighbors. Any excuse to eat pie, right?
For those not in the US: Here we celebrate Pi on March 14 because we write our dates different than the rest of the world. We write the month first then the day. So 3.14. Thus the geeks all eat Pi and act crazy. It's also Einstein's birthday.
When I was a postbaccalaureate and then masters student studying math, I remember the Pi Day celebrations in the math lounge. We sang silly songs, ate pie, and generally laughed ourselves silly. I truly treasure those days.
In 2006 when I was in the math lounge and just starting into writing Stargate fanfic, I wrote a Pi Day fic. I remember everyone in the lounge throwing out ideas to include. I had to write quickly before Pi Day ended, so I posted without a beta. Thankfully, the response was really positive despite the remaining typos.
The story, looking back, was seriously saccharine and in need of revisions. The underlying idea, however, still called to me. So my quest these last few days was to bring this story back, but make it live up to what I knew it could be.
(1) Less Saccharine
(2) Still sweet but maybe a bit more salt. I noticed a slight Trinity reference so I decided to embellish that. Which is hilarious, right? Here is am writing a silly, fun fic and I decide to go with fully making it a Trinity tag? Sure, why not.
(3) Fix up passive writing
(4) Really embellish more of the crazy fun. Add some fun mathematical descriptions to the pie fight to really bring the whole fic together.
I'm so proud of the result!
Title: PI Day (2024 revision)
Silly, fun, season 2, Post-Trinity Fic. Yes...fun and silly as a Trinity tag!
Description: Atlantis celebrates Pi Day
Relationships: None, but can easily be read as John/Rodney so I let the reader choose.
