caffeine diary

Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb, and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?" Mark 16: 2-3

Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so distressed within me?
Put your hope in God,
For yet I will praise him,
My Savior and my God. Psalm 42:11

1. I feel sleepy, which is due to getting not nearly enough sleep last night but is a really nice feeling because it's more relaxed than anything.
2. I had email from Rachel.
3. We have a lava lamp that is really cool.
4. I have a girlfriend who is really, really shiny.
5. My girlfriend gave me a neckrub that felt really, really good.

Three things I did well today:
1. Wrote a check, addressed and stamped envelope, etc., to pay for shipping.
2. Watched most of "A Hole in the World" but decided ten minutes from the end that I Just Couldn't Deal so turned it off.
3. Made packaged pasta mix for dinner.

I do it for the joy it brings
because I'm a joyful girl
because the world owes me nothing
and we owe each other the world
I do it because it's the least I can do
I do it because I learned it from you
and I do it just because I want to
because I want to - Ani DiFranco, "Joyful Girl"

1. This year was the year! for Harry Potter fannishness. First there was Deathly Hallows, best book ever this year, certainly! At least that I read! It totally revitalized my interest in Harry Potter, so much so that I wrote fic, worked on my WiP, joined a Harry Potter community, which inspired yet more fic, and was so excited about item #2 that it warrants its own itemization. Because Harry Potter is amazing, and my beautiful, beautiful dark haired boys. ♥
2. And then JKR outed Dumbledore! Which is still so awesome I can't get over it. Yes, I know, problematic, not denying it, but. DUMBLEDORE. Is the greatest wizard the world has ever known. And is gay. SQUEE.
3. And in sports news, it doesn't get much better than the second WORLD SERIES victory in my lifetime! Go Red Sox! Etc!
4. There was Yuletide (sorted by fandom). I don't know which is more awesome, the fics I had written for me (Marilla/Matthew! MAIN STREET!) or the fact that I finally recovered my writing mojo (FOR KEEPS I HOPE) or the great fannish outpouring of togetherness as we banded together to achieve the entirely possible goal of TWO THOUSAND fics. That was in fact pretty awesome, and the lovely feedback/recs I've gotten? ONLY ICING. This was my second year doing Yuletide and I don't know how I'd finish my year without it!
5. Mmm, Main Street. Does it count as a fandom if it's only two? (That is, me and my SECERT YULETIDE AUTHOR!) Either way, I'm so excited about new canon from Ann. I love the series to bits and pieces and I love having something to look forward to every few months in the AWESOME SHINY FABRIC STORE category. (OH LOOK. Here is a November letter from Ann, all about how she fell in love with Paula upstate New York. Oh, Ann, never stop being you.)

Three things I did well this year:
1. I did not have to default on any ficathons! I was only a little bit late with one, and that was because my power went out.
2. I helped to run forty_or_better (my contribution was coming up with the name and submitting my fic three days late, and kindkit was an awesome mod) and helped with one round of femslash_minis!
3. I didn't write as much fic as I would have liked, but with hogwarts_elite and yuletide, I pretty much doubled what my output would have been otherwise! Turns out last minute panic really is the impetus for producing insane amounts of fanfiction!

Two things I am looking forward to [doing (better)] next year:
1. If there are no objections from the viewing audience, I would love to make femslash_minis active again!
2. MOAR FIC!
[edit, bonus] 3. Also, I'm going to try to be better about betas in the coming year!