I misunderstood the point of this ride

Hey, so, I'm home. My laptop's still squirreled away in a drawer at the office, but one of my roomies was nice enough to lend me his.

The trip was pretty fabulous, and I'll have photos and stories later if everyone wants. I have to catch up on holiday exchange comments (and responses), various posted things, ninety kajillion yuletide fic, etc . . . and work is likely to descend into madness almost immediately (I'm back tomorrow). So I should probably go to bed, but first!

Holiday exchanges were lovely this year, though I was sad to be away for much of the posting & anonymity. Now that the reveals are all done, however, I figured I'd share.

For go_exchange, ( the holidays with Newt and Anathema. )

For yuletart, ( Pete goes down on his knees for Patrick. )

For yuletide, I wrote a little story based on the comic series Hopeless Savages, which is far and away the most obscure fandom I've tried yet. any taste that you feel is right describes a day in which young Twitch Strummer Hopeless-Savage feels a little off-balance, but the usual familial antics help to put things right. I'm a little shaky on this one, it feels like . . . it could have been longer? Or possibly just worked better as a comic. Prose is kind of awkward and difficult for me these days. Need to work on that.

I also received some lovely gifts. :) From mandyvonblandy, a cute little Good Omens comic in which Crowley's Christmas card upsets Aziraphale's sense of propriety. From derawr, a classic (flying) moonlight kiss, starring Karolina & Nico from Runaways. And from hikaru, Nothing Is Innocent Now, a sensual coda to Sarah Waters' Fingersmith. Much appreciated. ♥

I've been trying not to crash for hours, but I really should go do that already. I hope you guys enjoy the art. Happy New Year, I missed you all!

As of right now, my yuletide nominations are:

-Blue Monday
-Castle Waiting
-Fingersmith (book or movie)
-Hopeless Savages
-Penelope (movie)
-Strangers in Paradise

I'm excited that people had already nominated The Middleman (not that this was surprising), Dykes to Watch Out For, and RPF - Nautical (this was a bit surprising, so yay), so that I could get some of my random indie comics in there this year. I wonder if anyone will actually request them. *g* I need to ponder my ability to write dialect (not to mention handle Zero's made-up words) before I commit to offering Hopeless Savages, but there really should be fic. That series needs so much love.

Now I have to go try and catch up on recorded lectures for my class. /o\ It occurs to me that I might not die, this holiday season, if I can get an extension . . . but it would be hard to ask for one right now, being completely behind and generally not even capable of working out a topic just yet. Why did I miss school again?

So far, this work week has been completely maddening. I only took two days off last week; that should not have been enough time for everything to go to hell in a handbasket! Argh.

Fortunately, there is Gerard Way, whose hair is giving me flashbacks to my early days of comic readership. Also, you know, HIS FACE. I cannot deal with it.

In other fabulous news, yuletide fandom nominations are finally open! :D: So excited, so very panicked. (Seriously, if the holidays do not kill me this year, it's going to be pretty miraculous. Three exchanges and maybe a trip to Europe and probably having to write my research paper a month early--right when the exchanges are due! What am I doing oh god.)

I'm waffling a bit on ( my noms this year. ) I guess I'll hold off for a little while and ponder.

While I'm pondering, I suppose I should get back to work. There is much to do . . . plus unexpected fire drills!