catch-up meme
Stealing this meme from Renata and Carrie and pretending that it means I will get back into LJing regularly!! I can dream!!
So what have you been up to? / Major life changes? Same old same old?
Mostly same old, same old. Still in my shitty job that drives me crazy and depresses me like mad. Still living in the Boston suburbs with mcwonthelottery. Still reading shitty books to podcast with bessiemaemucho and good books to pass the rest of the time. Still writing ridiculous AUs with pearl_o.
DragonCon just happened and....it was overall probably really good, but it ended on a very, very down note that sort of colored the rest of the weekend. But we did a nice thing for Kelly Sue and she loved it and I got to hug (and grope) many, many friends, so. Good overall.
What fandom are you in/do you spend most of your time in?
Still mostly X-Men movies for creative output--I'm pretty exclusively writing fic in that world still. For consumption related purposes, Gravity Falls and Over the Garden Wall, which I re-watched on the way to con and fell in love with all over again. It's out on DVD and streaming on Hulu now, and my goal is to make everyone watch it.
Where do you hang out online?
Mostly Twitter, where I'm @fourteenacross. I do have a tumblr that I occasionally, occasionally post things to, but I don't read there any longer. Tumblr and I seriously do not get along.
What are you reading?
I'm finishing up New Moon for the podcast--this is...a pretty boring book. For funsies, I'm reading a book of MR James ghost stories and Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. I've gotta read a couple more grown-up books in order to have six to rank for the WBS end of year episodes /o\
What are you watching?
All my shows either just ended or have been on hiatus for summer. Hannibal is sadly over forever, which is tragic because it was so, so great.
Uh, but as for what I'm actually watching, it's Gravity Falls on its excruciatingly slow Disney schedule, Another Period and Steven Universe, which we're sort of absently watching on Hulu, and my The X-Files rewatch, which keeps stalling out when I get to boring episodes.
What are you making?
HAHA. Um, pearl_o and I started texting about a random AU in mid-July and now, mid-September, we've written over 100k words of it. The first 84k story, Math Reasons is already up and we're finishing the last two scenes of the sequel right now. Then we'll probably try to decide what in that world we'll tackle next, given we've planned out the next three years of their lives in pretty exacting detail.
I had to skip X-Men Remix this year because it overlapped significantly with DragonCon and DragonCon prep and I decided to BE A GROWN-UP and not try to overexert myself doing everything. And it kind of sucked, but I had marked a couple things I wanted to try and remix if I had the time (HAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh past Kaitlyn, you sweet summer child) that I might attempt later this month once I get my sea legs back.
I'm in the planning stages of this year's Halloween party. I think it's going to be Over the Garden Wall themed, so I'm planning making my costume (I wanted to be a Pottsfield resident, but that would be a very hot costume, so I went with the slightly easier/cheaper to make and cooler Wirt costume.) and the decorations, which I'm hoping to do without buying any more Halloween decorations (although I am going to buy a roll of black butcher paper.).
Also, Secret Mutant sign-ups start in two weeks, so it's time to start thinking about THAT too.
What are you squeeing about today?
Over the Garden Wall, the "Math Reasons" AU, holding a baby bunny for most of last night, Halloween...the usual things.
If you could rope old fandom friends into a new fandom, it would be...
Now that OtGW is streaming on Hulu, I'm really coming down hard on trying to convince everyone to watch it. It's less than 2.5 hours long! It's seasonally appropriate! It's really brilliant and beautiful! It just won an Emmy!
I should really watch/read/dive into _______ and then come talk to you about it!
Like bessiemaemucho and likeadeuce, I'm not sure if this means what *I* want people to talk to *me* about or what I want to catch up on?
I don't know if there's anything I wish I was more up on? Is that terrible? I know everyone is super into the Man from U.N.C.L.E. movie, but I really have no desire to see it. Uhhhhh....oh, I still really want to watch Jane the Virgin, but Hulu took off all but the most recent five episodes, so idk when that will happen. I still need to get caught up on Doctor Who and...hm...idk.
As for what I want YOU to get into and talk to me about, let's start a Nora Roberts book club and get into Nora Roberts together!
(I'm only half-joking.)
(j/k I'm not at all joking comment if you want to do an online Nora Roberts book club.)
What else is on your mind?
1) I don't want to go to either of the meetings I have to go to today.
2) You should listen to the new Worst Bestseller which goes up at noon. It's Dianetics. It's literally the worst, most painful book I've read.
3) My Halloween party is going to be Saturday, October 24, and you should come.
4) Like, every single one of my weeks from now until November is books, so idk when I'm going to sleep.
So what have you been up to? / Major life changes? Same old same old?
Mostly same old, same old. Still in my shitty job that drives me crazy and depresses me like mad. Still living in the Boston suburbs with mcwonthelottery. Still reading shitty books to podcast with bessiemaemucho and good books to pass the rest of the time. Still writing ridiculous AUs with pearl_o.
DragonCon just happened and....it was overall probably really good, but it ended on a very, very down note that sort of colored the rest of the weekend. But we did a nice thing for Kelly Sue and she loved it and I got to hug (and grope) many, many friends, so. Good overall.
What fandom are you in/do you spend most of your time in?
Still mostly X-Men movies for creative output--I'm pretty exclusively writing fic in that world still. For consumption related purposes, Gravity Falls and Over the Garden Wall, which I re-watched on the way to con and fell in love with all over again. It's out on DVD and streaming on Hulu now, and my goal is to make everyone watch it.
Where do you hang out online?
Mostly Twitter, where I'm @fourteenacross. I do have a tumblr that I occasionally, occasionally post things to, but I don't read there any longer. Tumblr and I seriously do not get along.
What are you reading?
I'm finishing up New Moon for the podcast--this is...a pretty boring book. For funsies, I'm reading a book of MR James ghost stories and Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. I've gotta read a couple more grown-up books in order to have six to rank for the WBS end of year episodes /o\
What are you watching?
All my shows either just ended or have been on hiatus for summer. Hannibal is sadly over forever, which is tragic because it was so, so great.
Uh, but as for what I'm actually watching, it's Gravity Falls on its excruciatingly slow Disney schedule, Another Period and Steven Universe, which we're sort of absently watching on Hulu, and my The X-Files rewatch, which keeps stalling out when I get to boring episodes.
What are you making?
HAHA. Um, pearl_o and I started texting about a random AU in mid-July and now, mid-September, we've written over 100k words of it. The first 84k story, Math Reasons is already up and we're finishing the last two scenes of the sequel right now. Then we'll probably try to decide what in that world we'll tackle next, given we've planned out the next three years of their lives in pretty exacting detail.
I had to skip X-Men Remix this year because it overlapped significantly with DragonCon and DragonCon prep and I decided to BE A GROWN-UP and not try to overexert myself doing everything. And it kind of sucked, but I had marked a couple things I wanted to try and remix if I had the time (HAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh past Kaitlyn, you sweet summer child) that I might attempt later this month once I get my sea legs back.
I'm in the planning stages of this year's Halloween party. I think it's going to be Over the Garden Wall themed, so I'm planning making my costume (I wanted to be a Pottsfield resident, but that would be a very hot costume, so I went with the slightly easier/cheaper to make and cooler Wirt costume.) and the decorations, which I'm hoping to do without buying any more Halloween decorations (although I am going to buy a roll of black butcher paper.).
Also, Secret Mutant sign-ups start in two weeks, so it's time to start thinking about THAT too.
What are you squeeing about today?
Over the Garden Wall, the "Math Reasons" AU, holding a baby bunny for most of last night, Halloween...the usual things.
If you could rope old fandom friends into a new fandom, it would be...
Now that OtGW is streaming on Hulu, I'm really coming down hard on trying to convince everyone to watch it. It's less than 2.5 hours long! It's seasonally appropriate! It's really brilliant and beautiful! It just won an Emmy!
I should really watch/read/dive into _______ and then come talk to you about it!
Like bessiemaemucho and likeadeuce, I'm not sure if this means what *I* want people to talk to *me* about or what I want to catch up on?
I don't know if there's anything I wish I was more up on? Is that terrible? I know everyone is super into the Man from U.N.C.L.E. movie, but I really have no desire to see it. Uhhhhh....oh, I still really want to watch Jane the Virgin, but Hulu took off all but the most recent five episodes, so idk when that will happen. I still need to get caught up on Doctor Who and...hm...idk.
As for what I want YOU to get into and talk to me about, let's start a Nora Roberts book club and get into Nora Roberts together!
(I'm only half-joking.)
(j/k I'm not at all joking comment if you want to do an online Nora Roberts book club.)
What else is on your mind?
1) I don't want to go to either of the meetings I have to go to today.
2) You should listen to the new Worst Bestseller which goes up at noon. It's Dianetics. It's literally the worst, most painful book I've read.
3) My Halloween party is going to be Saturday, October 24, and you should come.
4) Like, every single one of my weeks from now until November is books, so idk when I'm going to sleep.