2011 already? Gosh, that was quick

[prunesquallormd]

Yay :) 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, 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 ♥

Comments

[sushizuzoru.livejournal.com]

Eeesh, that does sound like a pretty bad start to the new year. I can understand the frustration, what, going from traveling through the snow, to a flooded kitchen, to just being outright ill to a car accident, however minor. It's just not something you really appreciate happening, especially when life is so hectic. I don't think the accident was really too much your fault, and my mother's done the same thing quite a few times herself, so the main thing is that you're okay. :D <3

But you're already a fabulous friend and a wonderful person, so I don't really see the point of those bits of the journal. SILLY SI.

[lizardwriter.livejournal.com]

Awww, hun, I'm sorry your new year started out so crappily. I hope that means that it has nowhere to go but up.

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

[blurubberband55.livejournal.com]

I don't really have anything to contribute to this post, but I hope things start looking up for ya! <3<3<3

[alobear.livejournal.com]

The Vampire Diaries is indeed lots of fun (and also actually contains some really good writing on occasion!) - corone got me into it a few weeks ago and I'm now heartily obsessed.

[jules2112.livejournal.com]

Awww, honey, you're having such a run of bad luck at the moment *hugs*. I know it's not really any consolation but at least no one was injured in the accident, and that really is the main thing. Hopefully, things will improve from here on in.

I don't make resolutions anymore, but let me know if you find some magical formula for working out 3. :) And, as for 4 and 5, well, they're just nonsense because you're already a great friend and wonderful person!

OMG you so need to start watching The Vampire Diaries!!! Season 1 is a bit of a guilty pleasure filled with oodles of pretty, but season 2 has got legitimately good. You should definitely watch it, then we can drool over the pretty together ;P

Speak soon ♥♥♥

[spangle-kitten.livejournal.com]

Gin and tonic is wonderful :)

That's a lot of comments :-)

[cholten99.livejournal.com]

Let's see if I hit the comment size limit like I did last time I tried to reply to someone's long post ;-).

> :()but what with the flooded kitchen, and being ill over Christmas

Yeah, seems everyone I know was down with something over Xmas. What's this about a flood though? News to me...

> 1) Write more!

If you're interested in writing stuff other the PWP why not join a writers group? One of my London friends has just done this so that he has to actually produce something to show to people on a regular basis.

> 3) Figure out what I want to do with my life!

When you do you can come help the rest of us ;-). Actually I'm really starting to think that there's pretty much a points system for life where there are a number of things that people should try and achieve while they can. None of the people I know are doing very well - *laughs*.

> (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?).

Plenty more choice if you MOVE TO LONDON - just saying :-).

[perverbially.livejournal.com]

Ahhh! Bad pervy! Bad pervy is late to the party! Bad pervy is bad!

*adjusts glasses*

RIGHT. TO BUSINESS. LET'S DO THIS IN ORDER.

- D: D: D: Ohgodcars. I know I'm terribly biased by my irrational fear of them, but... I'm so glad you weren't hurt. It's always a bit of a shock, I know, but... you're not hurt and thank god for that ♥ *snugs*

- I... you're basing your characterisation... on my - ? Dear lord. Of course, I'd love to beta for you, as usual; you don't even have to ask. But you're basing it on my - NO, IT'S JUST TOO STRANGE.

- Better friend? Better person? But I love you to pieces already, just the way you are ♥

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

DELAYED COMMENT but thank you so much for rec'ing the kink meme. ♥

[youtoxic.livejournal.com]

So late to drop in here but I hope things go much better for you this year.

The Vampire Diaries is pretty awesome. In a superficial kind of way of course lol.

I read both Liz and Flister's fics and they're amazing. Not surprisingly I'm at the same point you are with Bedlam, probably going to have to go back to the first chapter...though I'm not complaining. I have to start de-lurking though.

Totally agree on the "write more", which btw sorry for not PM'ing you any of my fics when I said I would. It's just that I'm kind of stuck...and can't seem to write anything in the way of multi-chapters. Though I've
recently got some inspiration, which is good.

I haven't checked out that Narnia kink meme. Be sure to do it soon. The girlslash ficathon was lost of fun. Some of my prompts were filled so I was happy.

Totally get what u mean about the new Skins. Tbh, I've just accepted that Skins is just not what it was anymore and that I'll be watching it mainly for purely shallow reasons lol. I just can't help but be so bitter about how hard Gen 2 was fucked over, considering they were the gen that made the show popular and put it on the map. Thanks JB. Whatever, there's still fandom though right?

I hope your well. I'm moving house so it's pretty hectic down here, but In three weeks or so I'll be back on my feet.

Good luck. :)