news-y things and holiday snaps

[fanbeatsman]

1. Today, I reached the halfway word count mark on the first draft of my thesis. I would feel pleased with myself, if it weren't for the fact that I'm finding it pretty much impossible to feel pleased with anything I do on this thesis at the moment. I am entirely burnt out on it, to the point where I know I'm consistently producing work way below

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[spywindow]

Hello! I don't expect you to remember me, but I last showed my face around here when reviewing one of your Phoenix Wright stories a long time ago (and have been catching up on your fanfic + reading your journal since then, which I hope you will find flattering and not creepy). I hope you don't mind me jumping in on the subject of fic recs! I know you mentioned a while back liking Sue Sylvester on Glee, so I wonder, have you read the story Giving Back? It's a pretty short fic and YMMV, but I found it very funny and silly. In terms of stories that don't feature Sue (though she does have a few more), I also like the author's 'Most'-verse and this story a lot

[fanbeatsman]

Hello again! You are always welcome round these parts, and ESPECIALLY for bringing me good Glee fic, OMG. I absolutely loved those Sue fics (I can't get over how good her Sue voice is! I think she almost does it more consistently than the show's writers); they were just what I wanted - more Sue Sylvester to fill the gap between series :D I am now working my way through all her Glee fic and loving that, too; I seriously can't thank you enough for the pointer ♥ I wish I could return the favour, but tbh, while I've read stuff in the fandom that I've enjoyed, nothing's really stood out for me enough for me to want to rec it. I feel like I'm missing out on loads in that fandom, though; because it's so high-traffic, and I've not yet developed the knack for picking out the awesome femslash from the decidedly "meh", I tend not to click through very much

[spywindow]

Grinning from ear to ear, here. I'm so happy you liked the stories, and that you hadn't already read them! I'm with you in being amazed by miggy's Sue voice -- the resemblance is uncanny -- and just, in general, the quantity and quality of her output. When I found her journal (only a few weeks ago, probably one of the last people to catch on to its existence), I spent a few happy days reading everything she'd ever written. And she's still writing!

Yeah, I feel like I'm only beginning to discover what there is to find in Glee fandom. My own less than scientific method of searching for fics tends to consist of a) looking through the journals of authors I know I like, to see which authors they like or are friends with, and then reading those authors' stories, and b) adding fics on delicious (my tiny account is here), seeing who else has bookmarked them, and seeing what else those people have bookmarked. It can be kind of tedious and roundabout, but sometimes you find some nice surprises.

That is the WIP I'm following! Isn't it amazing? I'm

[galvani]

Man, those holiday pics are gorgeous. Is it the statue (which confuses an infuriates me. The number of limbs doesn't add up, and I'm sure there's at least one head missing) or the 'kunterbunt' sign in the background you were taking the picture of? The chocolates were delicious, by the way (note the past tense). Thanks again for the box o'presents, I don't think a couple of texts could convey just how happy it made me ^_

look at all this pent-up tl;dr; I clearly need to see you soon or I will explode

[fanbeatsman]

It was a stealthy picture of the "kunterbunt", that had the added bonus of a rude-looking statue. There was a very respectable-looking woman walking past just as we were laughing at the "kunterbunt", and I felt vaguely ashamed of taking a picture of it while she was there, so I took a picture of the statue, figuring that that was a more acceptable tourist-y thing to do (if still secretly immature :D

Re: look at all this pent-up tl;dr; I clearly need to see you soon or I will explode

[galvani]

weekend - absolutely yes. I think we need to go and sit in spoons for hours and have a really good catch-up (and maybe x-factor saturday night?...)

and by the time I see you, I'll have hopefully handed in my end-of-first-year report; I can't remember if I've told you about this, but suffice to say it came as something as a surprise to me when I was told I had to write one. But almost done! And I'm happy just to have written something beyond the 200-word abstract I did back in January

Re: look at all this pent-up tl;dr; I clearly need to see you soon or I will explode

[fanbeatsman]

Yay finished things! Although boo surprise reports :(

Saturday = YES :D I'm in Bangor on the Friday night, but should be getting back early afternoon Saturday; I can come straight round if you want?

[fanbeatsman]

best sis!

[trenchkamen]

Holy shit. I visited every single one of these places when I was in Belgium in 2006. This is amazing. I love your pictures.

Honestly, I can't bring myself to look at my pictures because they all have my ex in them, so it's good you have some.

[fanbeatsman]

Thank you - and I'm glad to have inadvertently done you the favour.