I misunderstood the point of this ride

I have received my yuletart assignment! :D It will probably be something of a challenge, but I'm also quite excited about it (naturally).

If my own assigned artist wanders by here . . . I think I probably gave you more prompting than you really need already, so I'm not gonna write out anything long. Just: have fun with it! Please! Feel free to poke through my journal if you want to (there's some squee around for various of my fandoms, some more than others), but there is also no need. I can't wait to see what you come up with, and thank you so much in advance. ♥

So that's two out of three assignments (and yuletide's won't arrive for a couple of weeks yet). I went through my new daily planner (had to get one for work; a good suggestion, I used the hell out of these things in school), marking off "x weeks until y deadline" at the top of every Monday through mid-December. It's going to be a stimulating season, to say the least.

Actually, I think I may be mostly skipping Halloween this year. Sadness, it's true, but I'm oddly okay with the idea . . . much as it's one of my favorite holidays, I didn't really have any brilliant ideas this year, and none of my friends seem to be having their own parties. And I have so much to do, with visitors this weekend and all last week, I could probably use some time to breathe and get a few things done.

My dad sent me this customizable video that's going around; it's a fake future news video about McCain winning the election thanks to one lazy non-voter, [insert your name here]. Dad. >:( I guess he thought it was clever, because he can't have imagined there's any chance I won't vote. I just emailed him and my mother yesterday with that article about disenfranchisement from Rolling Stone.

I made some new friends this weekend, and they? Have a cat named D'Argo. ♥ I haven't watched any Farscape in ages.

Holiday exchange wackiness all around! yuletart sign-ups are live, OMG. (If you're at all curious about what I requested/offered, the comments are public.) I am very glad that they moved the deadline earlier this year. I kind of ran out of steam by the time I got to it last year, which was a shame, because I kind of think it's the best idea ever. MULTIFANDOM FANART EXCHANGE, YOU GUYS. Seriously. :DDD

Also, yuletide brainstorming has been going on over here! I have some ( preliminary thoughts: )

I just found out that my final paper is due about three days after I return from Europe (assuming that works out). Which means I'd better finish it before Christmas. Ahaha oh god, this year. That's what decided me on the Avatar slash exchange (maybe if there's another one later, I really want to, but).

All this fuss, and it's the first of October. I haven't got my costume together yet! /o\ Need to go shopping.

And, randomly: this is seriously bizarre. (Not at all the same thing, but it reminds me of that hilarious "Grayson" trailer that used to be on youtube. I wonder if that's still around.)

Okay, so yuletart has been amazing so far, and after it's over I plan on doing a wrap-up post with some recs, but . . . I need to share this one with you RIGHT NOW.

The fandom's Firefly; the character is Kaylee. But kind of the entire cast as well. It's probably the most creative fanart entry I've ever seen for a challenge, and it fills me with glee.

Right. Back to work now.

Well! yuletart has finally started: several new pieces of fanart posted every day this month. You guys should check it out . . . I'm rather excited. :)

I finished my piece just under the wire, again, but now of course I'm too impatient to wait. I can't post it anywhere publicly 'til after the reveal, but I thought I'd go ahead and share it with a few friends now. If you'd rather, of course, you could just wait 'til it's officially posted.

( one last bit of holiday fanart )

[ETA:] Public now!

I'm all signed up for both yuletide and yuletart! So excited!

I went with the all-comics option for Yuletide (rereading the last few issues of SiP convinced me), and for Yuletart I asked for . . . even more comics, plus a couple of other things. Can't wait to see my assignments! Also, my goal is to pinch-hit at least one story for Yuletide this year. (I couldn't offer that for Yuletart, as I am a very slow artist, and could not trust myself to get it done.

And, one more time: flist, you should sign up! For one or both! The sign-up deadline for yuletide is Thursday, October 18 (by 11:59 pm). For yuletart, it's October 31. And remember, yuletide is massively multifandom and incorporates, slash, het and gen. It really has something for everybody. They've recently revamped the FAQ, so check it out. ^^ And yes, I will stop bugging you about it now . . .

I had to do my yuletide sign-up three times. *laughs* That has never happened before! I kept making mistakes . . . it was very silly. But it's all set now. I offered seventeen fandoms this year, which is the most yet, I think. :)

One of my fandoms was on the top of the "needy" list, but it's off already! Man, people in this challenge are so damn awesome.

My mother has taken my grandmother to church, so I'm sitting here waiting for the newest episode of SgA to download . . . there's been some glee on my flist, but I'm a bit nervous about it. (The Elizabeth thing? Really pisses me off, even though I like Sam Carter.) Though I've read over the episode descriptions, and there are more than a couple episodes to look forward to. ^^

I should really post about Heroes at some point . . . some squee, and some feminist griping. Not much to say about Bionic Woman yet, though I'm enjoying it enough to keep watching. I really want Sarah Corvis to stick around and keep on being slashy with Jamie, who could stand to grow a bit more personality.

Avatar, of course, is completely awesome. I'm sad that it didn't qualify for yuletide this year (though I can certainly see why).

Well, I have seven "new" issues of "Desert Peach" to read now. (Oh my god so much squee.)