I've been claimed! Can't say by who yet, because the match-up reveal isn't until tomorrow. But I went and checked out some of the artwork done by the artist who claimed my fic, and I'm freaking over the moon!

*bounces*

Finished Cryoburn the other night. Even knowing a particular character development was destined to be coming up, even seeing all the foreshadowing for exactly what it was, that was quite the gut-punch. No wonder I put off reading it. ( Cut for a spoiler that really isn't a spoiler, since Bujold had said all along that the next book would contain this particular element. )

Also, an epilogue composed of self-contained, exactly 100 word drabbles? With a definition for the unfamiliar of what a drabble is? Stroke of genius. Admittedly, if someone did that in fandom, as we're so accustomed to drabbles and drabble-series, it might not have gone over quite as well. But it was such a surprise and the format worked so well for what she was doing that I just loved it.

In other news, orientation at work proceeds apace. I definitely prefer working the floor to supervising, despite the fact I'm basically just pushing pills. I apparently have two more weeks of orientation scheduled, plus the iv certification class that hasn't been scheduled yet. But I'm definitely feeling more confident about it all.

The 3rd annual wintercompanion Summer/Holiday fest has started with a lovely bit of Jack/Nine hurt/comfort. I'm looking forward to seeing them all. Very cool approach they took with the prompts, too, using the "psychic password" format we encountered in "The Doctor's Wife" of a color, a number, an emotion, and an aroma. Very effective and evocative, and the prompts are open for people to write/draw/create other things throughout the month, which should lead to seeing some intriguing variety on how people run with them.

I think I'm about over my "What the hell was I thinking?" attack re: my femslash11 assignment and have moved into research mode, which is a very good thing.

And now, time to run around and do stuff to get ready for this weekend's Anadikia retreat. Coming up with appropriate offerings has been rather challenging. (I got it into my head that I needed special liquor offerings for each of the Temple patrons. Ginger liqueur for Zeus and Oracle of the Sun Shiraz for Apollon were easy enough to find. I'd wanted retsina for Pan, but nobody around here even knows what it is, much less carries it, including the place Tim found it a year or so ago. So I went with Bully Hill wine that has a goat for a logo. *facepalm*)

Have a great weekend all! Don't break the intarwebz while I'm gone!

If anyone else who participated in the Whipped Cream Day mini-ficathon uses An Archive of Our Own, there is now a collection for those fics, which you can either post to or, if your fic is already up on AO3, I think you can edit to associate with the collection if you want.

Also, since fandom_stocking had an AO3 collection, I've uploaded the various things I wrote there.

• No Idea (Doctor Who, Nine/Jack, NC-17) written for arenee1999


• Genius (BtFS, Willow/Tara, G) written for cornerofmadness


• Beautiful (Firefly, River/Kaylee, Kaylee/Inara, PG) written for recrudescence


• Safe (Black Jewels, Jaenelle/Karla, PG-13) written for not_from_stars


• Possibilities (Harry Potter, Neville/Luna, G) written for haro


• Handmade (Harry Potter, Snape/Hermione, G) written for libco


• Make the Best of It (Doctor Who, Ten/Rose, G) written for baranyadi


• Picnic (Doctor Who, Ten/Rose, G) written for haro


• Tea and Company (Doctor Who/Torchwood, Martha/Jack, NC-17) written for nelliewu


• Point of View (BtVS, Giles/Anya, G) written for libco


• Key (Doctor Who, Nine/Rose/Jack, PG-13) written for canaana


• Stories (Firefly/Doctor Who, River Tam & River Song plus Serenity crew, G) written for sentientcitizen


• The Present (Charmed, Piper/Leo, Phoebe, G) written for supernaturalhel


• Solstice (BtVS, Willow/Tara, PG) written for clocketpatch


• Mistletoe (BtVS, Giles/Anya, G) written for philomytha


• Faces of River Song (Doctor Who, River Song, G) montage created for alt_universe_me

Whew! That's more than I realized. And at some point, I need to upload the rest, just to have everything in one place. At some point.

Now to tend to various fandom responsibilities I've let slide. Meep!

Forgot to do this yesterday. There's certainly nowhere near as much in years past, partly due to nursing school and partly due to the 271K+ insanity that is The Fic That Wouldn't Stay Dead. But other stuff did get written!

• No Longer a Student (HP; Hermione, Snape, Lupin; G)


• Daftest Wizard Ever (HP; Hermione/Remus; G)


• Not Just a Joy Ride (DW; Amy/River; G)


• What Matters (HP; Snape/Lupin; G)


• Muted Joy (DW; River/Amy, Amy/Rory; G)


• Keep 'Em Guessing (DW; Nine/Rose/Jack; PG-13)


• Cold Certainty (TW; Ianto/Jack, Tosh; PG)


• The Way to a Man's Heart (BtVS; Dawn/Xander, Xander/Anya; G)


• Tingly (BtVS; Willow/Tara; PG)


• Flying on Ice (HP; Snape/Hermione; G)


• A River by Any Other Name Would Play a Different Song (DW; Jack, River; G)

Of course, compiling that reminded me that I missed the deadline to write something Snupiny for December for the Year of Snupin challenge. *sigh* I reminded myself more than once over the past week to do it, too. Damn.

Still trying to write a few more fandom_stocking stuffers, as the reveal isn't until the 6th, I think, so rather than keep track of what was 2010 and what was 2011, I'll just count it all as 2011.

Mostly fluff, occasional angst. It's nice to actually be able to do a weekly wrap-up post.

• What Matters, Harry Potter, Snape(/Lupin), G


• Muted Joy, Doctor Who, River/Amy, Amy/Rory, G


• Keep 'Em Guessing, Doctor Who, Nine/Rose/Jack, PG-13


• Cold Certainty, Torchwood, Ianto(/Jack), Tosh, PG


• The Way to a Man's Heart, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dawn/Xander, Xander/Anya, G


• Tingly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Willow/Tara, PG


• Flying on Ice, Harry Potter, Snape/Hermione, G

Oh, how to rec this? The title itself is spoilery, as is the pairing. So, I guess the whole thing has to go under a cut, so only click if you either have seen "The Pandorica Opens" or don't care about being spoiled a bit.

( Fic Rec )

Ooh, and someone else has taken up this pairing too!

( Fic rec #2 )