Why is it December already?
I feel like I've been off the edge of the map for a good while now, not counting missives dashed from airports and obligatory Yuletide letters and such. I think I owe a billion or so posts by now, including:
* What I did on my trip. Ten days in the Land of the Long White Cloud! Seems like a world away now, alas. Still, highlights post to come. I have been to Hobbiton! (And it was full of sheep.)
* The musicals I have been seeing. 2009 has been a good year: Chicago, Avenue Q, Wicked, Mamma Mia. Reviews to follow.
* My new Bleach obsession. I've been reading the Bleach manga on and off over the past year or two, as my library gets in the volumes, but I haven't really pursued it further. Except that now my sister has gotten into the Bleach anime in a serious way, and it seems two fans are enough to make a fandom. (Also. Rock Musical Bleach! I think I love it more than the manga and the anime combined.)
* Yuletide. This is my third year participating. The first two years, I wrote Escaflowne both times. I was thinking about not offering it this year, but then it was ruled ineligible anyway. So yay, I am doing something completely new! But argh, December! And what was an "eee!" of excitement a month ago is turning into an "eee!" of panic.
* Moving into my own home. This has been a saga of its own. But it seems the last few years of level grinding have finally paid off. Sydney people, I hope to have you over soon! Elsewhere than Sydney people, come visit me in Sydney! On the one hand, it feels slightly sad to be poring through homewares catalogues with excitement. On the other hand, it is like being in a giant version of The Sims.
* What I did on my trip. Ten days in the Land of the Long White Cloud! Seems like a world away now, alas. Still, highlights post to come. I have been to Hobbiton! (And it was full of sheep.)
* The musicals I have been seeing. 2009 has been a good year: Chicago, Avenue Q, Wicked, Mamma Mia. Reviews to follow.
* My new Bleach obsession. I've been reading the Bleach manga on and off over the past year or two, as my library gets in the volumes, but I haven't really pursued it further. Except that now my sister has gotten into the Bleach anime in a serious way, and it seems two fans are enough to make a fandom. (Also. Rock Musical Bleach! I think I love it more than the manga and the anime combined.)
* Yuletide. This is my third year participating. The first two years, I wrote Escaflowne both times. I was thinking about not offering it this year, but then it was ruled ineligible anyway. So yay, I am doing something completely new! But argh, December! And what was an "eee!" of excitement a month ago is turning into an "eee!" of panic.
* Moving into my own home. This has been a saga of its own. But it seems the last few years of level grinding have finally paid off. Sydney people, I hope to have you over soon! Elsewhere than Sydney people, come visit me in Sydney! On the one hand, it feels slightly sad to be poring through homewares catalogues with excitement. On the other hand, it is like being in a giant version of The Sims.