Real Life, the Internet and Pretty Pictures

Went to the department barbecue, where the traditional dish is butter-soaked potatoes and half-chickens grilled over a firepit. Seriously -- they have these metal grates with handles that are like, 2' x 3', and there's like five of them loaded up with chicken halves and they grill for five hours covered in marinade. And they are delicious and filling -- I ate at 3 PM, and am not especially hungry now. Of course, it might have also been the salad, couscous, and desserts (Laura brought chocolate-chip cheesecake to the picnic!).

( My life, so stressful. )

In something less stress-inducing, I did some Slayers fanart!

Real Life, the Internet and Pretty Pictures

Went to the department barbecue, where the traditional dish is butter-soaked potatoes and half-chickens grilled over a firepit. Seriously -- they have these metal grates with handles that are like, 2' x 3', and there's like five of them loaded up with chicken halves and they grill for five hours covered in marinade. And they are delicious and filling -- I ate at 3 PM, and am not especially hungry now. Of course, it might have also been the salad, couscous, and desserts (Laura brought chocolate-chip cheesecake to the picnic!).

( My life, so stressful. )

In something less stress-inducing, I did some Slayers fanart!

Fanfiction

Debating on taking one of my longer fic ideas and joining scifibigbang -- basically four months to write a 25,000 word story in a SF or fantasy fandom. (And it ends right before NaNoWriMo)

It's not like I have a shortage of longer fic ideas to write about. Granted, the last time I tried a fic marathon, I pooped out after 1,000 words. My own fault for deciding I would do it in iambic pentameter blank verse.

(As far as long fics go, I have Part 3/3 of the Slayers Albatross*, the Dresden Files 'Mermaids in Lake Michigan fic', and a Firefly fic about the female characters that probably means I need a rewatch. Or coming up with a plot for a continuation of "Sticks and Stones", my Escaflowne/Laundry crossover. Oh, and "In the Shadows of the Flames", an Escaflowne story that could probably beat the Slayers Albatross out for 'hanging around my neck the longest', and a FMA/Vorkosigan Saga fusion that exists mostly because othercat suggested having Miles and Ed in the same room, I started to brainstorm how to make turn-of-the-century-weird-science-pulp and star-spanning-space-opera work together**. Or a Kin of the Stars/Firefly crossover or the FMA planetary romance AU. Or the Slayers prompt inspired by someone on ameliazellove about chimera!Amelia and human!Zel.)

* Not the actual title -- I call it an albatross because it has been hanging around my neck since '05 demanding that I finish it, to the point where part 2 was done for 07 NaNo and it now needs to be edited for REvo compliance. I don't want to edit or post until all of the rough drafts are done, since I know there's a rough spot between Parts 1 and 2, and I want it to be polished.

** Also, the idea of Riza Hawkeye scaring Ivan amuses me. And Ivan and Havoc commiserating about how they never get the girl. And the parallels between Mark's Thing about Miles and anime!Envy's Thing about Ed.

That's a lot of fic ideas. (Nine? Nine. And I left off any WiPs/Ideas that I figured would definitely be short stories, and the unfinished thing I mentioned above) I feel like I should try to make some progress on this.

Surprising how many are crossovers, AUs or fusions. I used to write a lot of crossovers as a young fan. Strange to see myself coming back into them.