A belated happy holidays to all my wonderful flist! I'm sorry for being so absent. The end of semester and the demands of the season really caught up with me. But I had an excellent holiday (as I hope all of you did as well), and here are some of the reasons why:

( Wonderful Things About This Christmas... )

And in case you missed the title of the post, thank you again to everybody who helped to make my birthday on Monday such a lovely and uplifting day. I don't know what I've done to deserve such thoughtful and generous friends, but I'm lucky to know all of you and grateful for the privilege. &hearts &hearts &hearts

Thank you to blueartemis07 for the tasty v- ( Read more... )

Today was the last day of finals, and I have picked up the final papers for grading ( Read more... )

I'm on the quiz! Or more accurately, as morethansirius tells me, I am the quiz_sshg this week. This week's quiz theme is Prolific Authors: Bluestocking79.

That's me. ~blinks~

This is very unexpected, but also very lovely and very, very squeeful all the same. I'm shocked and flattered and touched and humbled and just... all over the place, really, but in a good and ( Read more... )

The sun is shining, the day is warm, I was not assailed by idiots even once today, I'm writing on target to be finished by Easter, my kitchen is perfumed with the scents of Guinness and chocolate (why, yes, it IS that time of year; follow the link to enjoy your own), and life is just generally... good. Yeah, really pretty good. I am content ( Read more... )

It was agony trying to vote this year, because there was such a bumper crop of excellent, thoughtful, funny, moving, well-written fic, and every one of the nominees was deserving of attention and celebration. (Seriously. Go down those nomination lists, pick any story at random, and I guarantee that it will be well worth your time.) So now that ( Read more... )

The bad news is that I'm definitely sick; there's no mistaking that. I'm sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, exhausted, and generally sounding like a prime candidate for NyQuil. (Didn't get much sleep last night.) As is usual with my colds, I woke up with the voice of some down-and-out jazz singer, sounding like I subsist on a diet of ( Read more... )

1. Severus Snape is turning 50 tomorrow! (Yes, I know he's fictional. And your point was...?) In accordance with this momentous occasion, fandom will be overrun with fabulous fic, art, and creative projects of every stripe, and we lucky readers and reviewers get to spend all weekend (all month, to be honest) wallowing in the bounty. I can ( Read more... )

So 2010 has already started out with one beautiful reason to feel grateful! I found this in my inbox late last night, and it made me rather sniffly with joy. :D

The e-mail:

Snape's Menagerie is a group of appreciative members of the fandom that banded together to raise money for a great cause and send a hard-earned giggle your direction. Our ( Read more... )

I meant to make it back to LJ a bit more quickly after the holidays, but the last week has been busy, to put it mildly. In any case, the holiday wrap-up will be coming up in just a bit, but first, I am well overdue in posting and expressing thanks for the shinies that have been generously bestowed on me lately. I will rectify that now!

( SSHG Awards, Quiz_sshg and the R.A.V.E.N. Awards )