Are the Avengers hiring? ... asking for a friend.
Thanks to everyone who expressed support after my previous post. I think I'm getting over the shock of losing my job; probably if I didn't have this cold I'd be in good spirits, actually, because I keep thinking of reasons why this might be a good thing. I won't go into them all here, except for one thing, which is that I seemed to be living my life in a holding pattern the entire time I had that job. I wasn't doing much at all outside of work hours--not writing, or even reading much, or exercising, or deepening my relationships the way I wanted to, or dating or anything. I slept a lot, did a major downsizing and reorganization of my place, crossed a ton of stuff off my to-do list that had been lingering for many months, and thought about the future without coming to much understanding of what I wanted for it. That sort of thing could have continued for years.
So in a way I'm grateful to have been shaken loose from that pattern. Not grateful for the way it happened, but nonetheless excited to escape from that way of living and hopefully move into a truer, more dynamic one.
Aside from the final 8 hours or so, 2015 was an overall good year for me. I taught college writing classes in the winter, visited my parents in the spring, got my brother to move out here in the summer, and visited scarlett_o and skewedview in the fall before seeing so many of you all at wincon. I've been blessed with the friendship of really special people who inspire me every day.
It wasn't an especially creative year. I wrote and posted 9 fic(let)s for a grand total of 11,363 words. Possibly I haven't had that much to say, but I'm hoping that's one of the things that changes now. I participated in a bunch of challenges: pod_together, towerparty, once_upon_fic, purimgifts, Yuletide, MCU Ladies Fic Exchange, spn_summergen. I relearned how to draw for spn_j2_bigbang, and did a couple of podfics too. I'm excited about doing more of everything this year.
It's belated, but a happy 2016 to everyone!
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Also, I never kvelled over the Yuletide fic Eccentric_Hat wrote for me! Hrimforst takes two poems from the Exeter Book, The Wanderer and The Wife's Lament, and brings the characters together for an encounter that might change their lives. The fic cleverly puts the poems in conversation with each other, highlighting their opposing outlooks on life and creating space for further development of those outlooks. I found myself really intrigued by the backstory Eccentric_Hat fleshed out and pleased with the redemptive possibilities at the end. So much love for this wonderful story!
So in a way I'm grateful to have been shaken loose from that pattern. Not grateful for the way it happened, but nonetheless excited to escape from that way of living and hopefully move into a truer, more dynamic one.
Aside from the final 8 hours or so, 2015 was an overall good year for me. I taught college writing classes in the winter, visited my parents in the spring, got my brother to move out here in the summer, and visited scarlett_o and skewedview in the fall before seeing so many of you all at wincon. I've been blessed with the friendship of really special people who inspire me every day.
It wasn't an especially creative year. I wrote and posted 9 fic(let)s for a grand total of 11,363 words. Possibly I haven't had that much to say, but I'm hoping that's one of the things that changes now. I participated in a bunch of challenges: pod_together, towerparty, once_upon_fic, purimgifts, Yuletide, MCU Ladies Fic Exchange, spn_summergen. I relearned how to draw for spn_j2_bigbang, and did a couple of podfics too. I'm excited about doing more of everything this year.
It's belated, but a happy 2016 to everyone!
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Also, I never kvelled over the Yuletide fic Eccentric_Hat wrote for me! Hrimforst takes two poems from the Exeter Book, The Wanderer and The Wife's Lament, and brings the characters together for an encounter that might change their lives. The fic cleverly puts the poems in conversation with each other, highlighting their opposing outlooks on life and creating space for further development of those outlooks. I found myself really intrigued by the backstory Eccentric_Hat fleshed out and pleased with the redemptive possibilities at the end. So much love for this wonderful story!