So Comes the End...
I'm not really sure how to do this best. Maybe I should start off with an apology? Because my heart breaks a little bit at having to do this.
As sodoesrachael pointed out in the challenge post for this month, I've been going through some...difficult times lately, that have, unfortunately only gotten worse. RL has sort of been one shitstorm after another lately and I have come to the decision that the best thing for me right now is to leave LJ and fandom so that I can begin to sort things out.
I'm not gonna get into too many details, but between family tragedy, crazy accident prone sisters, the economy being what it is, and (the worst) a general lack of interest in fandom at all, this really is the best decision for me.
Despite the difficulties and spotty participation at best (with the exception of techbychance - you've been kind of amazing, despite our rocky start) I do appreciate everyone who has joined and participated over the course of the last several months. You all will never know how much I truly appreciate it (and will continue to do so).
What this means: I've been in discussion with ar_poe and sodoesrachael and the decision was made to go on ahead and shut this community down. This month's challenge will be our last (and today will likely be my last day on LJ). I'm gonna put the community into sodoesrachael's hands after this so any questions can be posed to her- she will also finish up with this months challenge and get the final compilation post up. We will leave everything up of course so that the work that we have done remains accessible. If even one person can go "hey, there's this great rec list over at cm_ficfinders", then we've done our job...
...Of course, on the off chance that someone out there is interest in giving this baby a go and wants to try to continue running things, by all means, you're welcome to it. The groundwork is certainly here for anyone willing to try. Again, just let sodoesrachael know (or leave a comment here), and she'll give you the appropriate access and rundown for how things work.
Again, thank you guys for being so wonderful and I hope fandom, CM and the new year continue to be good to you.
EDIT:
this is, of course, abalonedreams15. And my failed attempt to lock down my journal and dissasociate myself with...well, myself without losing everything.
Fail. *sigh* simply a continuation of my bad year I suppose.
Good bye for now my friends (I mean it this time).
abalonedreams15 (aka Jessica)