yikes!

Sometimes my rats almost give a heart attack. See, I let them out earlier, and I saw a Emil going to explore a corner I couldn't see very well, but I mostly paid attention to reading something on my screen. Then a bit later I noticed that I only saw Krümel and Ignatz still running around, got up to check said corner where I saw Emil last and noticed to my dismay that the cardboard I used to block the small gap between a closed shelf and the wall was pried off. And that gap is barely large enough that a young rat's head can fit through, so theoretically they could squeeze themselves in there, though they wouldn't be able to really maneuver well.

So I already had nightmare visions of having to dismantle my furniture to free stupid rats stuck in impossible places (my first rat once got stuck behind a wall unit when it somehow squeezed itself behind it), and went to collect the other two before trying to locate Emil (I only made the mistake looking for one vanished rat while not securing the others first once), when to my great relief it turned out he just had hid beneath the well accessible shelf (one where I can just reach under with my arm and rats have no problem to fit) after all, and had refrained from investigating that enticing gap he'd pried open (which is now blocked again more securely). But still. On the bright side, nothing like a burst of adrenaline to really wake you up.

crossover recs

Untitled Highlander AU/Andromeda, by basingstoke. Het and slash (though there's no romantic focus, so it feels quite gen), Richie/Amanda, Duncan/Methos. (ca. 2,900 words)
Andromeda/Highlander
These are more glimpses at a universe than a fully realized story, but the setup is just very cool.

Necessary Changes, by devilc. Slash, Jason Street/Scott Summers, also Logan/Jean and some other pairings, both het and slash are implied. (ca. 24,000 words)
Friday Night Lights/X-Men
Jason discovers he's a mutant on top of everything else and is invited to attend the Xavier Institute. I'm really liking Jason here so far, and also his friendship with Tim, and of course I always have a soft spot for stories with Scott.
(It's still being posted, one part a day it seems, but the author's notes indicated it's finished and the total length, so in two days or so it should be completely posted.)

Days Like This, by killabeez. Gen, Angel, Dean Winchester. (ca. 9,200 words)
Angel/Supernatural
Dean and Angel meet on a hunt, and fight a gross, tentacled monster, but really the best thing in this story is the banter and the many great lines.

Untitled SGA/SPN snippets, by kitsune_tsuki WIP
So far more an enticing glimpse at a backstory and an opening snippet than a single story, but I thought the premise that Sheppard grew up as a hunter like Sam and Dean, and now encounters creepy supernatural stuff in Pegasus was cool.

To Conquer Fear, by marag. Gen, Gil Grissom, Batman and their teams. (ca. 2,800 words)
CSI/DCU
They work together to catch the Scarecrow in Las Vegas. The story is told mostly in emails and more on the fun than on the angst side of things.

Hailing From Parts Unknown, by sister_wolf. Slash, Logan (Wolverine)/Alec (X5-494). (ca. 3,500 words)
X-Men Movieverse/Dark Angel
Alec and Logan and cage fights. Why wouldn't you read this?

Office Hours (ca. 10,000 words) and the sequel The Wisdom to Know the Difference (ca. 30,000 words), by tartanshell. Gen, Peter Parker, Hank McCoy, Matt Murdock, and Scott Summers.
Spider-Man/X-Men/Daredevil
Peter meets Hank (at first not yet blue) as one of his biochemistry professors in college. This is just an awesome and very entertaining crossover, that has a great blend of humor and angst.

Floodlights on the Highway, by thassalia. Gen, Dean, Cam, Vala.
Stargate: SG-1/Supernatural
How could you not enjoy Cam and Vala meeting Dean at a car show?

Riggins & Winchester, by thisisbone. Slash, Tim Riggins/Dean Winchester, also Billy Riggins, Sam Winchester. (ca. 4,800 words)
Friday Night Lights/Supernatural
The Winchesters are passing through Dillon. This gives a great look at the characters, also of course it's hot.

LJ S2 customization question

Like many others I've also resorted to hierarchical tagging (i.e. the "category: subcategory" kind of tag like "recs: sga") to circumvent LJ's stupid and deficient tag implementation that lacks a logical AND and is limited to display only a hundred entries per tag. And I've seen tag lists in the side bar ordered in a list style, like in the recsrainbow LJ, but somehow I can't find a tutorial that tells me how I can display my tags like that in my sidebar rather than as a cloud. I tried finding it in s2howto, but I didn't see a tutorial for such an indented tag list there. Does anyone have a link to a tutorial explaining what I need to do? I assume I'll need to paste something in my customization layer, but without a tutorial that is like figuring out a programming language with all the functions and such, and that seems undue effort for such a modest stylistic modification, since it's not like I want to create an entirely new style.