do you ever wonder what we learned?

[reflectedeve]

I get my partner back two weeks from today (they've been in Europe since mid-December, so I haven't seen them since I came home from my holiday trip on New Years Eve - I haven't seen them yet this year, wah). I can make it. (I'd better be able to, this is going to keep being a thing. Dating professors with international research interests ... sigh.)

In other personal news, I'm (finally) doing an in-lab sleep study tomorrow night! I'm a little too excited about this, and will probably annoy the techs with all my questions about brainwaves and the like. (I really hope they let me look at mine. My sleep spindles, show me themmmm. And take pictures of the machinery, etc.) But really, I swear, I'm almost crossing my fingers for a sleep apnea diagnosis at this point. Is that weird? It's just that there's a pretty tried, true, and celebrated fix for that (even if the mask looks rather silly). The whole idea of actually feeling well-rested is taking on mythic qualities in my mind. I'm so tired of being tired.

But enough about me - chocolateboxcomm has pinch-hits up, and you should check them out! Write someone a super-short fic or draw them a little something! The archive opens next week, and I'm super excited.

Also, I'm thinking about writing up a post of suggested guidelines for prompting fanartists, aimed at challenges and exchanges like that one (which incorporate fic-and-or-art request options). I've noticed that when people request both, they often provide prompts that are mostly plot ideas without a lot of visual application. Which isn't the end of the world by any means--and I'm so glad fanart is being included in more exchanges--but I have a feeling it could come in handy for some people. Maybe? (Thoughts?)

Comments

[lilacsigil]

That's exciting about the sleep study! I hope you get useful results but at the very least interesting data!

[reflectedeve]

Fingers crossed! My results should be in within a week. The tech did let me take a quick peek at the polysomnogram ... I'm really hoping they'll let me see the full results, not just a summary, when the analysis is completed. But admittedly, mostly not for legitimately practical reasons.

[sailorkitty]

Guidelines for prompting fanartists would really come in handy. A lot of us have good ideas of what kind of plots we want to see, but when it comes to art, our fandom might be so small/rare that -any- fanart is better than nothing. It would be nice/useful to raise awareness of artists wanting visual prompts, since art often seems tacked on as an afterthought, especially by people who aren't used to making/receiving much art, and therefore may not be inclined to ponder the logistics.

[reflectedeve]

(Anything that makes art feel less tacked on as an afterthought would really appeal to me, I must say. Sigh.)

I'm glad this sounds useful to you! This was more or less exactly my thought process. :) I've laid out an outline for it, although life has gotten busy so it might be a few weeks before I have it to post.