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Oct. 29th, 2021 05:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thisbluespiritI do feel that I haven't really updated properly for ages! I've just really spent all of October recovering from my parents' visit, which was a lot to do with unfortunate timing, and when I've been a little steadier in between, i've just done some family history and completely left the writing alone. I feel a bit stronger again now, although I won't make any rash statements about not getting so low again, because whenever I do, I just get immediately worse!
1. Belatedly, but I think not too late yet,undeadrobins is running a fun ficathon - the second Kissathon!
2. Yuletide assignments went out and mine is a fun one! It was for a fandom I had regretted signing up for, but this was the letter that made me be so unwise & I have an idea and it doesn't seem too unrealistic/ambitious, so I'm cautiously excited. (Actual writing happened yet = 0, though so we shall see!)
3. Talking Pictures did indeed provide me with two not-quite-complete installments of The Hidden Truth on Monday and Thursday (and getting up from my afternoon rest to face the worst bit of the day (when I'm lowest) with the prospect of new-to-me old James Maxwell is a delightful way to fight misery). Monday's had less JM (but had plenty of non-evil Bernard Archard*) but then Thursday's was basically a Richard Harris-penned episode featuring James Maxwell and Zia Mohyeddin doing autopsies and getting annoyed by small-town prejudice and aside from the fact that what was missing from this even-more-almost-complete episode was the actual conclusion to whodunnit, I can't say what I enjoyed more. If I'm allowed to be frivolous, it might even have been the height difference between the two of them and the imaginative framing that the director resorted to was my personal highlight. But idk. I'm very happy to have such a thing brought out of the archives and onto my TV. Thanks Talking Pictures, now repeat the one I missed, pleeeeease!!! XD (Still one more to go, although I haven't checked the cast - might be no JM at all.)
4. I was going to try and do Whumptober but I wrote 1 fic in rough. It is still in rough. I hope to type it up soon, though, now! Ah well.
5. I am doing a trick or treat thing on tumblr where I will make one (singular) gif for everyone who leaves an ask saying "trick or treat!". I have quite a few, but not so many that I can't repeat the offer here. Obv this is better suited to tumblr, but if it would also give anyone pleasure here to have one random (middle-ability) gif, then well done on making it down to this part of a longish post and just say "Trick or treat!" in a comment and I will try to make one I think you will like. ♥
There may well have been other things, but this is a good amount of catching up to be going on with!
* Bernard Archard is not only usually invariably evil, he's frequently also undead.
1. Belatedly, but I think not too late yet,
undeadrobins is running a fun ficathon - the second Kissathon!2. Yuletide assignments went out and mine is a fun one! It was for a fandom I had regretted signing up for, but this was the letter that made me be so unwise & I have an idea and it doesn't seem too unrealistic/ambitious, so I'm cautiously excited. (Actual writing happened yet = 0, though so we shall see!)
3. Talking Pictures did indeed provide me with two not-quite-complete installments of The Hidden Truth on Monday and Thursday (and getting up from my afternoon rest to face the worst bit of the day (when I'm lowest) with the prospect of new-to-me old James Maxwell is a delightful way to fight misery). Monday's had less JM (but had plenty of non-evil Bernard Archard*) but then Thursday's was basically a Richard Harris-penned episode featuring James Maxwell and Zia Mohyeddin doing autopsies and getting annoyed by small-town prejudice and aside from the fact that what was missing from this even-more-almost-complete episode was the actual conclusion to whodunnit, I can't say what I enjoyed more. If I'm allowed to be frivolous, it might even have been the height difference between the two of them and the imaginative framing that the director resorted to was my personal highlight. But idk. I'm very happy to have such a thing brought out of the archives and onto my TV. Thanks Talking Pictures, now repeat the one I missed, pleeeeease!!! XD (Still one more to go, although I haven't checked the cast - might be no JM at all.)
4. I was going to try and do Whumptober but I wrote 1 fic in rough. It is still in rough. I hope to type it up soon, though, now! Ah well.
5. I am doing a trick or treat thing on tumblr where I will make one (singular) gif for everyone who leaves an ask saying "trick or treat!". I have quite a few, but not so many that I can't repeat the offer here. Obv this is better suited to tumblr, but if it would also give anyone pleasure here to have one random (middle-ability) gif, then well done on making it down to this part of a longish post and just say "Trick or treat!" in a comment and I will try to make one I think you will like. ♥
There may well have been other things, but this is a good amount of catching up to be going on with!
* Bernard Archard is not only usually invariably evil, he's frequently also undead.
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Date: 2021-10-29 05:07 pm (UTC)The most relatable!! Life trolls me in the exact same way. Whenever I dare to think something like: "Oh, I guess I'm not doing *that* bad, am I?", then Of Course things immediately explode in my face! >:(
I'm glad that you got a fun Yuletide assignment--best of luck for it, and for all general writing too! *sends all the inspiration vibes* And, of course, that you enjoyed the new-to-you old James Maxwell! It's so exciting when lost stuff is found, and may there be more in the future!!
And I think the "trick or treat!" thing is adorable, so I am all for it! <3 (I don't like Tumblr, so I'm very petty and selfish, and love the idea of this kind of thing being done here on DW! XD)
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Date: 2021-10-30 09:32 am (UTC)And, of course, that you enjoyed the new-to-you old James Maxwell! It's so exciting when lost stuff is found, and may there be more in the future!!
There is at least one more episode to come, on the 10th of November! I don't know if it contains JM or if he got allowed a holiday, but even so, it's very cool. (I just am annoyed I missed one! Like I was pining over this series being lost for years and then I miss a miracle episode of it for free on my TV right under my nose on the one channel I usually keep a beady eye on. *glares at them for being so sneaky*) But yes. It has made my week so much better. Sometimes miracles happen for real!
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