Work is still eating me alive, but again, having any work is great. I've already gone on my first ever vacation after living a full, sad life of nothing but work and it was glorious. I need to find somewhere to go again soon.

An old friend of mine died recently, and that's kind of hammered home the need to be close with my family while I still have time with them. They're aging. I'm aging... it need to create more memories that aren't sad or health-issue filled. Carving out that amount of time is hard, but I would rather spend that time and money now while we still can rather than regretting later.

Fannishly~~~

Man from Uncle was beautiful. I loved it. So. Much. That's literally all the time I had to watch anything, though... there are so many things I want to consume.

Currently watching:
Into the Badlands
Grimm

Planning to watch:
Rush Hour
Jessica Jones
The Expanse
Agents of Shield

Bridge of Spies
Creed
Star Wars
 
Need to finish:
Hannibal

Need to read:
The Gaunt's Ghost anthology and everything else under the sun.

I love musicals, but I am strangely disinterested in The Wiz or Hamilton. I'm not sure why. How is the holiday treating the rest of you? ---
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 It looks like Book of Imaginary Beasts are holding sign ups for their final issue. Sign up is here.Final issue will be book 53. ---
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[Edited 10.31.15]

We've matched! Happy Holidays to you and I hope your Yuletide will be excellent :)

I am requesting 6 possible fandoms this year: 하얀 거탑 | Behind the White Tower, Ant-Man (2015), The Wolverine (2013), Cable and Deadpool, Ciaphas Cain, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015).

My AO3 account is here.

I tend toward being somewhat long-winded in my letters and am trying to organize a little better this year. I have things sectioned off by fandom with general or shippy prompts on top, with additional porn prompts for those who feel like writing porn this year. Everything is optional of course, so if you see a porn prompt that you want to write but minus the porn, feel free to do so!

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And there you have it. This year's theme seems to be "politics and social messes these characters get themselves stuck in - and how they all have different competencies to either get out of or get further buried in events. Sometimes they get it on." That's about it.

And if none of that pushes any buttons - I'd love fic where X-character Has a Shitty Day, Punches an Important Person And Lives to Tell About It. Or whatever else might make your Yuletide interesting! Feel free to add any non-nominated characters you want. Have fun! Don't stress! Thank you!

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New job - and finally hit the 3 month mark. I still have one training session to go, but otherwise things are going well!

Soon, I'll peel enough free time for myself to get back to other things I want to do.

Catching up on reading now and then Hannibal, and so many other things. I have the newish collection of Gaunt's Ghosts short stories that I still have to read. The art is beautiful.

I can't keep up with all the Blacklibrary updates, though. :O They're really aggressively putting out so many things now.

Daredevil - stupidly cute on both good and bad guys, great choreography, great booty
The Flash - more childish than Daredevil because it's a network show, but still cute
iZombie - cute while I was watching, but didn't get that far yet
Hannibal - catching up but this final season had me screaming a lot

Ant Man - well, this was an unexpectedly fun movie. I am debating if it's worth a rewatch, but it hit all the right notes in terms of balancing out character stories, humor and seriousness. It was a good mix that didn't tilt too far in bad directions so somehow managed to avoid the more common genre pitfalls. I want more Avenger crossovers. More Falcon!
Avengers - it felt like an in between movie of a 3 part trilogy, but I did enjoy it. I love the mcu versionsof Falcon and War Machine, so seeing more of them is a plus.  Not nearly as keep about the Civil War story line, though - especially with the Gaurdians of the Galaxy Universe existing... ---
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A friend is moving away in a few days, so he's taking me out to see the Avengers movie. I will miss him, but this movie is just what I need right now to focus on something other than what is going on in my life.

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still unemployed and job searching. Not sure what to do to improve my chances of getting a job, though.

I got 2 interviews (didn't pass second rounds despite positive response), 1 failed phone interview. And... one notification from an HR person that they're reviewing my application.

All in all, not a TERRIBLE response but it's not the same as actually landing a job, right.

Trying to stay productive, so I've been writing. I'm aiming to hit 200 wds a day like delphi mentioned was a good way to reach at least a minimal amount of stead productivity. It's working well so far. Maybe I'll have a finished novella when I'm done with this. That's good, right? ---
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Lost my job.
Just landed a job interview I barely qualify for.
Somehow passed on to second round interviews.
Feeling weirdly... panicked, instead of happy about this but I guess I'll see what happens.

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So I got an abundance of gifts this yearrrrr:

The Beast out of the Sea (13726 words) by Yellowtaffeta
Fandom: Tour of the Merrimack - R. M. Meluch
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Augustus/John Farragut
Additional Tags: Time Travel, To shoot or not to shoot, that is the question, long and rambling, Augustus being unhelpful, just kiss damn it!
Summary: Augustus resists his undeadifying for 8,328 words But John gets his man in the end.</p>

Code 1199 (4264 words) by mesonyx
Fandom: Walt Longmire Mysteries - Craig Johnson
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Walt Longmire/Henry Standing Bear
Additional Tags: Huddling For Warmth, Yuletide 2014, Yuletide Treat, Shippy Gen, Pre-Slash
Summary: There was little chance a trained adult could survive the night outside. “I do not intend to let either of us freeze to death," said Henry.</p>


Both are in character and do an excellent job capturing the original author's voices. 'Code 1199' was like an alternate scene that could have appeared in any one of the snow storms of the Longmire book series and 'The Beast out of the Sea' felt like it was a very plausible alternate history/reset of the universe after the Ninth Circle. THANKS YOU GUYS.

Now here's my offering this year:

I, Augustus (13345 words) by prettymanly
Fandom: Tour of the Merrimack - R. M. Meluch
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Augustus/John Farragut, Augustus/Julius Caesar Magnus (Merrimack)
Characters: Augustus (Merrimack), John Farragut, José Maria de Cordillera, Julius Caesar Magnus (Merrimack)
Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Introspection, Space Opera, Science Fiction, Alternate Universe - Canon, Space Battles, Pre-Slash sorta
Summary: A cyborg enjoys use as both computer and soldier, and is programmed with a series of directives for unceasing loyalty to Rome. He may not care much, but the universe thinks otherwise. (Maybe.)</p>



Happy New Year everyone!!

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[edited 10.30.14]

Dear Yuletide Writer,

Seasons greetings~ this year, I am requesting 6 fandoms: Robot Unicorn Attack (game series), Gaunt's Ghosts - Dan Abnett, To the Hilt - Dick Francis, Ciaphas Cain, Tour of the Merrimack and the Walt Longmire Mysteries.

My AO3 account is here.

I tend toward being somewhat long-winded in my letters, so apologies! I tried to organize things better this year and clearly label stuff. As usual, don't feel pressured that you have to include everything mentioned here, they are of course optional.

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Conclusion
Should you want more ideas of what I like/etc in the past, feel free to check out my yuletide tag where you can find my previous letters. Otherwise, don't stress. Enjoy~ I hope your yuletide is awesome!

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Does it count as extremely slashy anymore when it's practically canon? I just got to the section Henry gives Vic the evil eye the way VONNIE didn't in an invisible pissing match over Walt skillz. And now he's riding in the passenger seat of Walt's truck, with Walt's coat draped gf style over his shoulders and taking a nap. To my count, Henry's cooked for Walt like 3 times already AND was basically the perfect wing man.

And disco eskimo.

50+ year old men, still cute, still got it. *flail* ---
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