in my life

I keep thinking about yuletide! When will sign ups start? What fandoms will I request? What'll I get? What should I request?

I suspect this is the product of the fact that I'm supposed to be studying, or the product of me getting into so many small fandoms this year. Or both, since the fact that I'm supposed to be studying is what got me into so many fandoms in the first place. In any case, for each of them I remember taking note and saying "This is totally what I'm asking for in next year's Yuletide!", except without actually taking the note, so I feel like I've forgotten them all. For the record, I should be taking note of the following new fandoms: ( for the interested. )

Also, a couple of last year's fandoms probably won't qualify this year - I'm guessing that after two seasons both FNL and Ugly Betty and a couple more like it have too much fic to qualify, which sucks.

One of the more specific reasons I've been thinking about Yuletide is that I've listened to my David (the musical) CD in the car twice this past week, and as the songs go by oh my god I can't stop thinking about Bible fic ideas. Which I would frankly like to receive more than write, and I don't even want to think about writing them before being assigned to Bible fic and getting a prompt, and I know myself and know that I won't just sit down and write them without the context of the ficathon. But. There are so many ideas! ( For the record - again - Bible fics I would like to read or write: )

In other news, I currently hate Batman comics about as much as I hate HIMYM, in the sense of 'where has my life gone?'. You know what I mean. I will also add the Olympics to the list of things I hate, especially the fact that they air in such convenient hours in which I should be studying - but the swimming! It's in the early afternoon! And the gymnastics are on during lunch. And the beach volleyball... is very very boring and I do not care for it and watch anyway. The Olympics are always on the background - I find them soothing.

In RL news, I was very sad to part with kassrachel last week - there goes my last American LJ friend for the summer - but at least I got to see her a couple of times while she was here! And I tried the mussels she ordered on Friday, and I actually liked them, which is a first from me. Kass, thank you for bringing mussels into my life. From now on I shall think of you whenever I eat something especially squishy.

Lastly, a rec. I don't like reccing WIPs, but this is regularly updated on Mondays and Thursdays, 3 out of 8 parts being posted so far, and since it's making me audibly squee, I have to share the brilliance: Agent Afloat Atlantis by mhalachaiswords, NCIS/SGA. It's a 40,000 (-to-be) epic taking place after S5 of NCIS - remember what happened in the finale? - and during S5 of SGA, and it's amazing. The basic plot is that Ziva gets assigned to Atlantis, and so far both the Ziva POV (and I'm nitpicky about Ziva!) and the SGA characterizations have been perfect, just the right combination or humor and heartbreak and action and pain, and everyone is so nuanced and human, and Ziva does not forget about NCIS but tries to fit in anyway, and there are eventually cameos - more than cameos - of the NCIS folks as well, at least some, and trust me, it's GOOD. I think if you like both shows or you only like NCIS, you'll really like it; if you only like SGA you'll probably like it too because it's a great outsider POV, but you'll need more patience for the NCIS-y bits. Heartily recced. I can't wait for the next part. And I'll probably re-red it when it's finished.

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I am very much sucking at replying to emails these past few days - sorry! I'll get a grip on myself soon. Probably.