I misunderstood the point of this ride

Good morning bbs. (This posting every day thing is kind of strange.) I am back at work, and a little twitchy! However, yesterday I performed kind of an amazing transformation on my messy little apartment, and I am feeling badass as a result. My roommate will not know what hit the place when she gets back.

So snowflake_challenge Day 7 is ... well, a bit of a challenge for me. In your own space, share something non-fannish about yourself. A passion or a hobby or a talent, something that people might not know about you. We are more than just our fandoms.

See, the thing is, I'm pretty sure you guys already know what my grand passion is outside of fandom, because it's linked to what I do in fandom as well. I suppose that I tend to do more illustration for other peoples' stories around these parts, while in the rest of my life I'm invested in being a storyteller myself ... but I've made comics here. I'm a cartoonist in both spheres. Also I talk about it constantly!

And fandom is, as I've said for years, basically my favorite hobby. I guess the other ones that sort of stand out would be ... cooking and singing. (And possibly theology, but I'm actually a little rusty there.) ( Let's go with cooking, then. )

Um, jfc, herds of teal deer. Here, have ( a few of my favorite recipes! )

Actually, speaking of recipes ... my mother agreed to lend me her crockpot for the rest of the school year. I've never used one before, but I'm hoping it will help me find a balance between my work and healthy eating! Does anyone have a vegetarian crockpot recipe or two they'd like to recommend? :D?

Also, oh man. Definitely lunchtime.

snowflake_challenge Day 4! This one is kind of adorable, you guys. I am surfing through the comments of the post trying to find wishes to fulfill while I still have some time. Although meanwhile, I feel extremely awkward for asking for things myself. I've tried to keep them small ... ish?

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.

1. I'd really love some Teen Wolf f/f fic (short is fine!) or art: Allison/Lydia or Allison/Erica, preferably incorporating badass team-ups (I'm in favor of these also including the third lady, or if it's Allison/Lydia, Stiles for awesome human times). I always crave more f/f that's not uber-fluffy (although I'm also not a big fan of hate!sex type stuff, generally).

2. Long, plotty podfic recs would be awesome. In lots of fandoms, really.* Also good audiobook recs, especially (but not exclusively) if they're available somewhere for free!

3. You know what I love? SILLY fanart/comics. So much. Jokes and cracked-out fusions and the like! Want to draw something silly in one of my fandoms? (Biggest ones at present include Teen Wolf, bandom - MCR, FOB and anything involving Greta, Star Trek: AOS, Elementary, Community, Warehouse 13 - mostly the ladies and Steve, Vecchio-inclusive Due South, pan-DCU with a few specific favorite characters, Farscape ... um, but really I like a lot of things!)

Okay, I'm just going to put this one down as a bonus, pie-in-the-sky kind of deal, because it's kind of a big undertaking and I feel a little weird about it. But if someone wanted to podfic tuesdaysgone's Killjoysverse series (with her permission, of course) I would basically be over the moon.

Also, so, I've seen a lot of talk about transformative works policies and blanket permissions in the last couple of days especially, which I think is generally awesome, and I would like to encourage the hell out of it. But I've never really considered doing one myself, because IDK, people don't transform fanart all that often? Although I have had someone write fic based on my art, once outside of a challenge, even. It's not, in my experience, a particularly common occurrence, but maybe a policy wouldn't be completely pointless?

Anyway it is my last day here in my hometown before I head back North and attempt to have much more of a thesis work ethic. I'm drawing fanart and my tie matches my hair (which is green), and I just bought a pair of earmuffs with silver sequins on the band (on sale). Things are pretty great! How are you, m'loves?

*( Ridiculous list of fandoms for podfic?) )

I think I'm going to try and take advantage of my ongoing school break to try out the snowflake_challenge again.

Day 1: In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you have created. It can be your favorite fanworks that you've created, or fanworks you feel no one ever saw, or fanworks you say would define you as a creator. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I sort of feel as though I should be focusing on things I made in the last year this time, but ... well, there hasn't been that much, sadly, between all the non-fannish creation and the times when I had no energy at all. So instead I'm just going to try and go for varied and different, I guess? Porn, podfic and playing catch ...

( New artistic directions, new media, collaborative efforts ... )

Hah, okay, time to go draw more things I think. Happy New Year, bbs!