2011 already? Gosh, that was quick
Jan. 7th, 2011 10:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prunesquallormdYay :) Friday night, so a nice lazy evening with DVDs (I got 'The Vampire Diaries' from Cath for Christmas which looks a lot of fun) and gin (LOL obviously. I'm turning into my mother :D).
All in all it's been a pretty disastrous start to the year, culminating on Wednesday morning with a slight vehicular interface situation :(. It was entirely my fault, too. It was earlier than I'd usually head out to work, because I had to leave early for a Samaritans duty in the evening, so it was that annoying twilight period where everything's more confusing and it's easy to get dazzled or, as was the case with me, just not see what's right in front of your face. So I was pulling out of my road, as I have done hundreds of times before, and I heard a beep, and there was a bloody great car, in the lane that I was pulling into. It was only a side-swipe, and the damage was cosmetic on both sides, but I felt so stupid, and really bad for the other driver too. I mean, there she was, happily going about her business and some idiot comes out of nowhere and rams her. She was very nice about it, which was kind of a relief (a lot of people would react badly, after all, and not unreasonably), but yeah, not a great start to the day, or the year.
It'll all get sorted by my insurance, of course (bang goes a chunk of my no-claims bonus :()but what with the flooded kitchen, and being ill over Christmas, and the less than stellar journey down to mum's at the end of last year, I kind of feel like it's just been one disaster after another.
Oh, well, it could be a whole lot worse, right? I'm not even sure why I'm complaining. Just one of those things, really.
On a much happier note,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
flister wrote me a Katie/Effy story and it's all sorts of awesome! Sad, angsty, and ridiculously hot, so basically my favourite kind of Keffy fic. YAY :) Thanks, Flis, you're a star ♥
Also, my rather humdrum Thursday (I, like Arthur Dent, can never get the hang of Thursdays :)) was greatly brightened bylizardwriter's Broken Heels and Smeared Lipstick. Katie/Effy hate!sex. Yay! One of my favourite things!
(Which reminds me, I really must catch up with the most recent part of Bedlam. It's been so long since I read the last bit (18 months or something) that I feel like I should go right back to the beginning again. And hey, I read so slowly that Jen might have finished it by the time I'm up to date ;P ♥).
So, anyway! How are you guys? I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year, and that 2011 has started well for you! Any New Years resolutions?
For once, I actually have some, although they're mostly kind of vague. They go something like this:
1) Write more!
Ideally, I'd like to write something every day. God, just a few hundred words would be a vast improvement on what I usually manage. I'm currently trying to knock my writer's block into touch by writing a little Adrian Andrews/Franziska von Karma PWP forsushizuzoru, and it's going slowly but well enough, I think. Of course, I've never played the games that they're in (so my characterisation is entirely stolen from perverbially's rather fab Franzy/Adrian stories, a few of which I've had the pleasure of betaing) but I'm rather enjoying it. And who am I kidding, it's just porn (somewhat questionable D/S themed porn at that), so it's not like it's going to set the world on fire. But still, fun!
(By the way, Amy, if you're up for betaing kind of dubious D/S themed porn centred around your fave ship, that'd be kind of cool :). I'm terrified I've committed the most horrible crimes of characterisation and, well, everything else really, so a more knowledgeable eye would be useful, and much appreciated :)).
2) Read more!
I spend more time than is healthy aimlessly clicking around LJ. I'm sure I could use that time far more productively!
3) Figure out what I want to do with my life!
(AKA Get a job I don't hate. Yeah, easier said than done, that one, and I say it a lot. But maybe this year, hey?).
4) Be a better friend!
I've neglected a lot of people recently. I really need to do something about that.
5) Just be a better person, really.
Oh no, that's not hopelessly vague, at all :D
So yes, those are my resolutions. AKA just a list of vague aspirations, but you've got to start somewhere, right? And there's no harm in biting the bullet and just being vague (oh dear, another Douglas Adams reference? My childhood influences are really showing tonight ...).
Hmm, anything else?
Ah yes, the very small amount of Narnia fans on my f-list might appreciate the all new and improved Narnia Kink Meme that the very lovelylikecharity is hosting. Cos, you know, the best response to any stories written by a sex-hating born-again Christian is to write kinky porn about them. Am I wrong? I believe I'm not!
Androbotjen is hosting a girlslash themed comment ficathon, which seems to be going with a serious swing, although I haven't had a chance to check it out properly yet :(
I still have to watch the last couple of episodes of season 1 of Lost Girl, and US!Skins is starting in a few days. And then, some time around my birthday, season 5 of UK!Skins starts. I'm still a little wary about getting emotionally invested in something that will almost certainly - come season 6 - kick me square in the teeth without so much as a by-your-leave, but well, learning from your mistakes is for losers, right? ;D
I also need to catch up on my commenting. I've been kind of remiss recently :/
Time to recharge the G&T, so this is me signing off!
Loads of love to you all ♥
All in all it's been a pretty disastrous start to the year, culminating on Wednesday morning with a slight vehicular interface situation :(. It was entirely my fault, too. It was earlier than I'd usually head out to work, because I had to leave early for a Samaritans duty in the evening, so it was that annoying twilight period where everything's more confusing and it's easy to get dazzled or, as was the case with me, just not see what's right in front of your face. So I was pulling out of my road, as I have done hundreds of times before, and I heard a beep, and there was a bloody great car, in the lane that I was pulling into. It was only a side-swipe, and the damage was cosmetic on both sides, but I felt so stupid, and really bad for the other driver too. I mean, there she was, happily going about her business and some idiot comes out of nowhere and rams her. She was very nice about it, which was kind of a relief (a lot of people would react badly, after all, and not unreasonably), but yeah, not a great start to the day, or the year.
It'll all get sorted by my insurance, of course (bang goes a chunk of my no-claims bonus :()but what with the flooded kitchen, and being ill over Christmas, and the less than stellar journey down to mum's at the end of last year, I kind of feel like it's just been one disaster after another.
Oh, well, it could be a whole lot worse, right? I'm not even sure why I'm complaining. Just one of those things, really.
On a much happier note,
flister wrote me a Katie/Effy story and it's all sorts of awesome! Sad, angsty, and ridiculously hot, so basically my favourite kind of Keffy fic. YAY :) Thanks, Flis, you're a star ♥Also, my rather humdrum Thursday (I, like Arthur Dent, can never get the hang of Thursdays :)) was greatly brightened by
lizardwriter's Broken Heels and Smeared Lipstick. Katie/Effy hate!sex. Yay! One of my favourite things!(Which reminds me, I really must catch up with the most recent part of Bedlam. It's been so long since I read the last bit (18 months or something) that I feel like I should go right back to the beginning again. And hey, I read so slowly that Jen might have finished it by the time I'm up to date ;P ♥).
So, anyway! How are you guys? I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year, and that 2011 has started well for you! Any New Years resolutions?
For once, I actually have some, although they're mostly kind of vague. They go something like this:
1) Write more!
Ideally, I'd like to write something every day. God, just a few hundred words would be a vast improvement on what I usually manage. I'm currently trying to knock my writer's block into touch by writing a little Adrian Andrews/Franziska von Karma PWP for
sushizuzoru, and it's going slowly but well enough, I think. Of course, I've never played the games that they're in (so my characterisation is entirely stolen from perverbially's rather fab Franzy/Adrian stories, a few of which I've had the pleasure of betaing) but I'm rather enjoying it. And who am I kidding, it's just porn (somewhat questionable D/S themed porn at that), so it's not like it's going to set the world on fire. But still, fun!(By the way, Amy, if you're up for betaing kind of dubious D/S themed porn centred around your fave ship, that'd be kind of cool :). I'm terrified I've committed the most horrible crimes of characterisation and, well, everything else really, so a more knowledgeable eye would be useful, and much appreciated :)).
2) Read more!
I spend more time than is healthy aimlessly clicking around LJ. I'm sure I could use that time far more productively!
3) Figure out what I want to do with my life!
(AKA Get a job I don't hate. Yeah, easier said than done, that one, and I say it a lot. But maybe this year, hey?).
4) Be a better friend!
I've neglected a lot of people recently. I really need to do something about that.
5) Just be a better person, really.
Oh no, that's not hopelessly vague, at all :D
So yes, those are my resolutions. AKA just a list of vague aspirations, but you've got to start somewhere, right? And there's no harm in biting the bullet and just being vague (oh dear, another Douglas Adams reference? My childhood influences are really showing tonight ...).
Hmm, anything else?
Ah yes, the very small amount of Narnia fans on my f-list might appreciate the all new and improved Narnia Kink Meme that the very lovely
likecharity is hosting. Cos, you know, the best response to any stories written by a sex-hating born-again Christian is to write kinky porn about them. Am I wrong? I believe I'm not!And
robotjen is hosting a girlslash themed comment ficathon, which seems to be going with a serious swing, although I haven't had a chance to check it out properly yet :(I still have to watch the last couple of episodes of season 1 of Lost Girl, and US!Skins is starting in a few days. And then, some time around my birthday, season 5 of UK!Skins starts. I'm still a little wary about getting emotionally invested in something that will almost certainly - come season 6 - kick me square in the teeth without so much as a by-your-leave, but well, learning from your mistakes is for losers, right? ;D
I also need to catch up on my commenting. I've been kind of remiss recently :/
Time to recharge the G&T, so this is me signing off!
Loads of love to you all ♥
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Date: 2011-01-07 11:55 pm (UTC)Thanks so much for the little mention above. <3 I'm so glad you liked that Keffy. Speaking of Keffy and your birthday, I believe I said I'd write you one, so I should probably get on that. Thought of any more prompts?
Those all sound like very worthwhile resolutions. I haven't really made any other than hopefully 1) Get a job and 2) write less fanfic (which I seem to be the only person making that a goal, but oh well).
Btw, that big project I've mentioned is very almost done. May even get it to you this weekend. It's over 21K, and will likely be roughly 25K by the time you get it. It's got your favourite girls of course. ;)
When exactly does US Skins start? I'm aware that I actually live in this country and you don't, but I just got to my in-laws for the weekend, aka the land of no cable.
Hope you're finally healthy.
xoxoxo
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Date: 2011-01-09 12:10 am (UTC)I hope things will start looking up :)
You're welcome :)
I'm terrible at prompts :( I'll try and think of something! (*waits for inspiration* :D)
Good luck with your resoluttions. (LOL I wish I wrote enough that I could make a resolution to write less :D).
I got your mail this morning. I shall try and get back to you in double-quick time!
I'm not sure when US!Skins starts :/ I usually rely on Betsy for my news on US TV :). It can't be more than a week or two, though :)
(I hope you're having fun at the in-laws :))
I'm feeling a lot better, thanks! I hope you are too <3
xoxo
<3
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Date: 2011-01-09 03:54 am (UTC)Lol, well it's not necessarily to write less overall, just write less fic, which I think only benefits me, and probably won't actually make my readers on here very happy. :/ I did write over 500K last year, though of fanfic and original fic combined, though, so less might not be a bad thing in general, lol.
:) I like the sound of double-quick time. Sorry, I'm just excited about that particular piece of mail, lol. I'm glad you got it okay.
I will have to find out. I'll manage somehow. (I am having fun at the in-laws actually. :) )
I am also feeling better. Finished my antibiotics, and Ben's on the mend as well, so that's good. Hopefully we'll both stay healthy. I just wish that I wasn't still coughing after a ten day course of antibiotics (albeit not much, which by my standards=healthy, but I kinda wish that wasn't the case.) Glad you're better hun!
Also, regarding certain of your resolutions: I think you're a great person and a great friend. :) <3
xoxo
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Date: 2011-01-09 09:58 pm (UTC)I'm probably going to take it in 5000 word chunks, so hopefully it should be ready for you by next weekend.
It's good to hear you're feeling better ♥
And thank you :)
<3<3<3