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So, I haven't sent out my Christmas cards yet: want one?
I came down with a 48 hour flu over the weekend. There was shaking and hot-and-cold sweats, a nose that ran the Boston Marathon in record time, and I ended up sleeping in most of the Monday morning at which I was supposed to be starting three weeks of work at a previous client. But frankly it was the Best Sleep-In Ever and I woke feeling human enough to run a few errands and do stuff that I'd planned to do on the weekend but didn't have the energy for.
Today I'm at work, feeling mildly crappy but not utterly awful, and mildly crappy is at least manageable. I've left my phone behind, which means I can't check my email or my social media at all, because this company limits EVERYTHING. On the plus side, it means I'm not fretting too much about how crappy the world is becoming. (Guardian UK: The Shattering Of The Upward Mobility Promise. I think this applies to Australia and almost certainly America, too, right now.)
The vision in my right eye is starting to get a little blurry - that's the side where there was an infection in the upper back molar which got removed, and where there's still a little 'puff' of tooth filling spilling out of the root canal for the next molar along, and where the area is still swollen and giving me occasional twinges and muscle aches up the jaw and temple. I think I might have to make an optometrist's appointment sometime soon - ideally before next Monday afternoon when I have an appointment with the dentist who insists that that puff of tooth filling shouldn't be causing any issues at all and thinks it's a myalgia (a.k.a. all in my head). I need an eye test anyway, along with a new pair of glasses. I keep losing a pair and needing to replace it with my 'backup pair' which then requires that I acquire another backup pair in case of further loss...
I'm signing up for![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
fandom_stocking again, because I always do and because a little happiness is always nice come New Year - and may be especially necessary come January!
Also, if you have a wish list of some/any kind that you'd like me to look at, please link me. I've spotted a few around, but haven't delved deep, largely due to ughness through November. Given this contract runs until at least Christmas, I think I'm in a position to be able to help some people out.
I came down with a 48 hour flu over the weekend. There was shaking and hot-and-cold sweats, a nose that ran the Boston Marathon in record time, and I ended up sleeping in most of the Monday morning at which I was supposed to be starting three weeks of work at a previous client. But frankly it was the Best Sleep-In Ever and I woke feeling human enough to run a few errands and do stuff that I'd planned to do on the weekend but didn't have the energy for.
Today I'm at work, feeling mildly crappy but not utterly awful, and mildly crappy is at least manageable. I've left my phone behind, which means I can't check my email or my social media at all, because this company limits EVERYTHING. On the plus side, it means I'm not fretting too much about how crappy the world is becoming. (Guardian UK: The Shattering Of The Upward Mobility Promise. I think this applies to Australia and almost certainly America, too, right now.)
The vision in my right eye is starting to get a little blurry - that's the side where there was an infection in the upper back molar which got removed, and where there's still a little 'puff' of tooth filling spilling out of the root canal for the next molar along, and where the area is still swollen and giving me occasional twinges and muscle aches up the jaw and temple. I think I might have to make an optometrist's appointment sometime soon - ideally before next Monday afternoon when I have an appointment with the dentist who insists that that puff of tooth filling shouldn't be causing any issues at all and thinks it's a myalgia (a.k.a. all in my head). I need an eye test anyway, along with a new pair of glasses. I keep losing a pair and needing to replace it with my 'backup pair' which then requires that I acquire another backup pair in case of further loss...
I'm signing up for
fandom_stocking again, because I always do and because a little happiness is always nice come New Year - and may be especially necessary come January!Also, if you have a wish list of some/any kind that you'd like me to look at, please link me. I've spotted a few around, but haven't delved deep, largely due to ughness through November. Given this contract runs until at least Christmas, I think I'm in a position to be able to help some people out.
Day 06
In your own space, create a list of at least three fannish things you'd love to receive, something you've wanted but were afraid to ask for - a fannish wish-list of sorts. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your wish-list if you feel comfortable doing so. Maybe someone will grant a wish. Check out other people's posts. Maybe you will grant a wish. If any wishes are granted, we'd love it if you link them to this post.
1. Star Wars original trilogy fic.
"There is another...Sky...walker..."
An AU where Luke falls to the Dark Side in Palpatine's throne room, and Leia just manages to escape Endor with her life. She then has to train up in her Jedi skills while evading Luke (who's now hunting her), and bring him back to the light side, all the while trying to keep the last fragments of the Rebellion alive.
I want this LIKE BURNING. I have wanted it for many many years, but now I'm thinking, DAMN IF THIS ISN'T A TIME TO ASK FOR IT, THEN WHEN WILL BE?
Also, I'd take a Rogue One 'everyone survives' background AU for this - they're part of the lingering Rebellion (for some reason they weren't at Endor, perhaps scooting around trying to hold other little bastions) and they know Luke and Leia and Han and Chewie, and the hope they had is gone...
2. Maria Hill-centric fic with Maria/Steve
I always want this fic - always always always - but with Civil War in the rearview mirror, I want the story of Maria Hill, unenhanced non-Avenger human, making the Avengers and their associated peoples see reason because she is the one who knows them, who they trust, who they're friends with, who they love, and she is the representative of humanity - the ones that need the protection of the Avengers, yes, but also who need the protection against the Avengers...
She knows the game of politics and how it's played. She knows the intelligence world and how to survive in it. She knows the Avengers and is known to them - is friends with them in canon as no other character with her background and her understanding of what they do is.
This is important!
I want MCU Maria Hill in Civil War, walking the fine and difficult middle line with friends and found family all around her, arguing, fighting, falling apart. I want a story about her perspective, her world, her utterly unique view on the world and how she makes it work with all the resources she has - soft power as well as hard.
3. Steve/Maria/[female]/[male] Sedoretu fic
I don't care if the other pairing is Natasha/Bucky or Pepper/Tony (or Jane/Thor, or Natasha/Clint) but I'd like to see a take on a four-person marriage with a Steve/Maria pairing.
(I'm already doing it with sharp evening stars and bright morning flame, but I'd like to see someone else do it.)
In your own space, create a list of at least three fannish things you'd love to receive, something you've wanted but were afraid to ask for - a fannish wish-list of sorts. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your wish-list if you feel comfortable doing so. Maybe someone will grant a wish. Check out other people's posts. Maybe you will grant a wish. If any wishes are granted, we'd love it if you link them to this post.
1. Star Wars original trilogy fic.
"There is another...Sky...walker..."
An AU where Luke falls to the Dark Side in Palpatine's throne room, and Leia just manages to escape Endor with her life. She then has to train up in her Jedi skills while evading Luke (who's now hunting her), and bring him back to the light side, all the while trying to keep the last fragments of the Rebellion alive.
I want this LIKE BURNING. I have wanted it for many many years, but now I'm thinking, DAMN IF THIS ISN'T A TIME TO ASK FOR IT, THEN WHEN WILL BE?
Also, I'd take a Rogue One 'everyone survives' background AU for this - they're part of the lingering Rebellion (for some reason they weren't at Endor, perhaps scooting around trying to hold other little bastions) and they know Luke and Leia and Han and Chewie, and the hope they had is gone...
2. Maria Hill-centric fic with Maria/Steve
I always want this fic - always always always - but with Civil War in the rearview mirror, I want the story of Maria Hill, unenhanced non-Avenger human, making the Avengers and their associated peoples see reason because she is the one who knows them, who they trust, who they're friends with, who they love, and she is the representative of humanity - the ones that need the protection of the Avengers, yes, but also who need the protection against the Avengers...
She knows the game of politics and how it's played. She knows the intelligence world and how to survive in it. She knows the Avengers and is known to them - is friends with them in canon as no other character with her background and her understanding of what they do is.
This is important!
I want MCU Maria Hill in Civil War, walking the fine and difficult middle line with friends and found family all around her, arguing, fighting, falling apart. I want a story about her perspective, her world, her utterly unique view on the world and how she makes it work with all the resources she has - soft power as well as hard.
3. Steve/Maria/[female]/[male] Sedoretu fic
I don't care if the other pairing is Natasha/Bucky or Pepper/Tony (or Jane/Thor, or Natasha/Clint) but I'd like to see a take on a four-person marriage with a Steve/Maria pairing.
(I'm already doing it with sharp evening stars and bright morning flame, but I'd like to see someone else do it.)
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Let's make some wishes come true this year!
( my wishlist 2016 )
I've spotted one or two of these around, but if you want to drop your link to your wishlist, I'll see what I can do!
Let's make some wishes come true this year!
( my wishlist 2016 )
I've spotted one or two of these around, but if you want to drop your link to your wishlist, I'll see what I can do!
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First load of seasonal cards have gone out. If I have inadvertently sent you a Christmas card when you requested a seasonal, I sincerely apologise. I think I managed to get everything straight, but my brainweasels have been known to get things confused when I'm not paying attention.
(That, and I'm starting to wonder if we have a poltergeist in the house; things go missing and then turn up in odd places, or switched around, or just vanish...)
I realised the value of letter-writing this past year thanks to my Cousin T and her cancer. With her death last month, I am left with stamps and letter paper and a typewriter and sealing wax and nobody to write to. I am happy to keep writing to people - it may not be every month, but it will happen.
If you would like a seasonal card (or regular letters) then go here for DW | here for LJ where the comments are screenedand the deer and the antelope play and let me know whether you want regular letters or just the card.
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My Holiday Wishlist is up and ready: actually, I was thinking I'd really like some 'song lists' for characters I like - Maria, Mako, Teyla, Sam, Gwen, etc.
My fandom stocking is over here.
There's a teeny tiny love meme at![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
dingsi's LJ.
The considerably larger version over at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gdgdbaby.
And my January Talkmeme questions post at LJ and at DW. No question too obscure!
(That, and I'm starting to wonder if we have a poltergeist in the house; things go missing and then turn up in odd places, or switched around, or just vanish...)
I realised the value of letter-writing this past year thanks to my Cousin T and her cancer. With her death last month, I am left with stamps and letter paper and a typewriter and sealing wax and nobody to write to. I am happy to keep writing to people - it may not be every month, but it will happen.
If you would like a seasonal card (or regular letters) then go here for DW | here for LJ where the comments are screened
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My Holiday Wishlist is up and ready: actually, I was thinking I'd really like some 'song lists' for characters I like - Maria, Mako, Teyla, Sam, Gwen, etc.
My fandom stocking is over here.
There's a teeny tiny love meme at
dingsi's LJ.The considerably larger version over at
gdgdbaby.And my January Talkmeme questions post at LJ and at DW. No question too obscure!
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Firstly: Is fandom_stocking happening this year? Anyone know?
Secondly, I spotted this over withcereta:
Step One:
Make a post. It can be public or friends only, whatever you're most comfortable with. The post should contain your list of ten holiday wishes, and these wishes can be anything - from simple (fan fiction written about your favorite pairing), to medium (a DVD you want), to really extravagant (a brand new laptop or car).
Just make sure these are wishes for things you really truly want.
Step Two:
Skim through your friends list and see who has posted their own wish lists. Then - and this is the most important part - if you find a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make sure that person’s wish comes true.
Sometimes a person's trash is another person’s treasure. If you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you’re never going to use, give it to someone who wants it.
Step Three:
Post this wish list any time after November 1st. Then repost it two weeks before Christmas.
You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday fairy - to spread the joy.
Gifts can be made anonymously or not, it's your call.
There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
( wishlist: pretty simple, mostly fannish )
Don't forget to post your own wishlists, and I'll see what I can do...
fandom_stocking happening this year? Anyone know?Secondly, I spotted this over with
cereta:Step One:
Make a post. It can be public or friends only, whatever you're most comfortable with. The post should contain your list of ten holiday wishes, and these wishes can be anything - from simple (fan fiction written about your favorite pairing), to medium (a DVD you want), to really extravagant (a brand new laptop or car).
Just make sure these are wishes for things you really truly want.
Step Two:
Skim through your friends list and see who has posted their own wish lists. Then - and this is the most important part - if you find a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make sure that person’s wish comes true.
Sometimes a person's trash is another person’s treasure. If you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you’re never going to use, give it to someone who wants it.
Step Three:
Post this wish list any time after November 1st. Then repost it two weeks before Christmas.
You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday fairy - to spread the joy.
Gifts can be made anonymously or not, it's your call.
There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
( wishlist: pretty simple, mostly fannish )
Don't forget to post your own wishlists, and I'll see what I can do...
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note: I'm still taking requests for Christmas/Seasonal cards and will up to Christmas.
( wishlist )
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Mostly, what I want involves fannish interaction with people, assuming people are so inclined.
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Mostly, what I want involves fannish interaction with people, assuming people are so inclined.
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