Hello! If you're looking for fic that disappeared when my website expired, you will eventually find it here. I'm working on tagging everything and uploading old fics that never made it to my LJ, but it's going to take awhile. Fair warning and all that.

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I had such a good hair day yesterday. I looked like an extra from Bletchley Circle, all soft and lovely curls and it was very classic. Today I look a bit like an extra from Heidi who's suffering from manual dexterity issues. Ah, well. Can't win 'em all!

I have been neglecting the handful of friendships I have left post-fandom, and I apologize for that. It's been a rough start to 2014, which isn't an excuse, but it is the reason. In January my dad had a heart attack; he's recovering very well, but it was scary in the way it is when you get a stark reminder that your parents aren't infallible and won't actually be around forever. I'm tired of my family members trying to die, myself included.

Apparently the latest snowpocalypse is headed for us, though I'm at work anyway because I can't afford the vacation time to stay home. So they'll let us go too late and the drive home will be treacherous and I'll have to play driveway roulette, just like last time. It's my favorite game. Hopefully they'll let us stay home tomorrow, at least. It's hard to say, because we're right on the edge of the storm's path, so it might not be that bad. We have so many hills here, though, and they don't treat any of the side roads, so driving in the snow is just asking for trouble.

What I have learned from this terrible, horrible, colder than reasonable winter is that maybe I am past the point in my life where I am willing to move back up to the snowy north after all. I keep dreaming of tropical beaches and the ocean. Also it would be nice to be closer to my parents when they have health issues to deal with. And hey, Florida's a swing state. My vote would count there, at least.

That said, I am not going anywhere any time soon, because I am kind of stuck here for various reasons, so it doesn't really matter. I really just want it to get warmer so I can walk my dog longer and she can stop driving me crazy.

Fandom stockings are live now, and I wrote two fics:

(Don't) Blame It On the Moonlight, Veritas, Calvin/Nikko, PG13-ish, I guess, 3150 words.

In which Nikko isn't sure where he stands with Calvin, but he thinks his father might actually be a clone. A remix of tommygirl's adorable Solomon-centric ficlet, Blame It On the Drugs.

The Space Between, Harry Potter, Creevey-centric gen, G, 1385 words.

Colin and Dennis Creevey grew up braver and stronger than their stature would ever have suggested, and their father wouldn't have traded them for the world.

The HP fic was angstier than I intended, especially considering it's a gift, but it's post-canon, so. The Veritas fic was really fun to write, and I hope my recipient enjoys it when she sees it. She said she was okay with remixes, but I think I got a bit carried away.

Anyway. Thus endeth my fannish participation until next Yuletide, probably. It was fun while it lasted.

I started a Criminal Minds fic for fandom_stocking and halfway through realized that I'd conflated the stockings of two different people, and the person I was writing for doesn't actually exist. I was kind of fond of the premise, too. Oh, well. Instead I spent most of my work day writing something else for fandom_stocking. The longer reveals are delayed, the more I wish there were fandoms I know better this year. I'd like to write more, but there's just not that much that I'm up to being requested.

This year I wrote four fics in four different fandoms for Yuletide. It was a bit of a struggle, ngl, mainly because I haven't written *anything* in so long that I wasn't sure I remembered how.

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Guys, I got the greatest Yuletide gifts this year! I have been gifted with not one, but TWO wonderful, meaty, LONG Halloweentown fics. I feel so spoiled, you don't even know. So I'm going to talk about them here, and then you should go read them, because they're wonderful and they deserve so much more love.

Trick RSVP Treat, Halloweentown, Marnie Piper/Luke, 12,090 words. When Luke accidentally proposes, he's stunned by Marnie's acceptance...and even more stunned by the work required to hold a Cromwell wedding.

Oh, this fic. It's so lovely, from the descriptions of Marnie and Luke's house to the wonderful characterization. It's told from Luke's POV, and captures perfectly exactly why it's always been Marnie for him. It's the fic I never knew I needed. Plus there's a delightful hint of Dylan/Ethan, and I'm never going to say no to that.

Mortal Jeopardy, Halloweentown, Ethan Dalloway/Dylan Piper, 10,786 words. Marnie's studying abroad, so this Halloween, it's up to Dylan and Ethan to save Halloweentown.

An adventure-filled and adorable romp through both Halloweentown, and Dylan's sad lack of a social life. Dylan/Ethan has always been kind of a back of the mind, 'what if' pairing for me when I happen to watch the third or fourth movies, but this fic has cemented them solidly in my mind as a fantastic idea. I love the idea, and the way they get together here is really fun. Plus there's a hint of Marnie/Aneesa (+Amazons!) femslash that I adore.

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Those are my favorites out of what I've read so far. There may be more as I keep poring through the archive. I still have a lot of reading to do.

And so we reach the final day of our calendar. It's been a quick Christmas season this year, but I hope a pleasant one for all of you. On this Christmas Eve I leave you with Peter, Paul and Mary's charming rendition of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. Of course, everything they do is charming, so that's no surprise.

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

Merry Christmas to all of you celebrating, and to all of you who aren't. The Yuletide archive opens tomorrow, and there are lots of fun fics posted this year. I can't wait to read them.

More New Year's music! I really love this one. It's another Lea DeLaria track.

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve

I have been busy baking up a storm today and I'm just now getting around to this. Sorry!

Since we're reaching the end of this year's calendar (oh God I have so much to do before Christmas Eve) let's turn our focus to some new year's songs. It's tradition! Today I have a new version of Auld Lang Syne courtesy of Colbie Caillat. I think it's a really lovely version; hopefully you will too.

Auld Lang Syne

Today's featured artist is Mary J. Blige, with three tracks off her new Christmas album, "A Mary Christmas". See what she did there? Charming!

Mary, Did You Know?
Petit Papa Noel
The First Noel (f/The Clark Sisters)