The Late September Dogs

I think I might have at least one weird thing going on each week for the rest of the year? Fortunately, at least some of those weird things are 'staycation where I don't have work'. So, this week is Thanksgiving and is one such example. I do need to cram in at least one emergency practice session so I'm ready for our ice rink's holiday exhibition, but otherwise I have Wednesday through Friday free. Then next week it's two exhibitions, and then the week after that it's our synchro competition, and then I think is when I start my Christmas vacation, which runs through New Years. So, yeah, that's a lot of extra stuff. On the plus side, though, it's not snowing yet!

Here's what's going on fandom-wise:

• Exchanges due in November/December (fffx, ficinabox part deux, yuletide_admin + mystery pinch-hits and treats + future sign-ups): I'm now at 5/7. I got a cool thing that ate my brain done! I did some research on FFFX, but no writing, and no writing on YT either. My goal this week is to pick up one more PH, and then write some on YT and FFFX if I have time. If I don't get YT done this week, next week it's going to be my top priority.


• Reveals! Here's the stuff I wrote for cuppajoexhange and seasonofdrabbles:
  
  
  • Look, Speak, Touch, Take - Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan from Guardian - priest, and my assignment for cuppajoexhange. I mean, what more can I say about these two? I love writing them, obviously, because they're tons of fun. (And, yes, Zhao Yunlan is shameless and horny, thank you for asking! And so is Shen Wei.)
  
  
  • One Bitten - Also Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan from Guardian - priest, my assignment for seasonofdrabbles. They did not suddenly get less horny or shameless in this, either.
  
  
  • What's in a Name - Jonathan Pine/Richard Roper from The Night Manager, a PH I picked up for cuppajoexhange. This is one of the secret things I was watching a few weeks back. I had watched the first few episodes some years ago, but then the people I was watching with marathoned the rest without me, so I never finished. But! This was a great excuse to rewatch the whole thing, which a fun spy-thriller, exactly what you would expect from John Le Carre, and it was fun writing a little post-canon reaction piece to it as well!


• Nope, nothing new on Femslash Salad Bar...


• Watching-wise, I finished the other undisclosed thing, but that one is still undisclosed.


• BNHA: Planning to start catch-up on this one this week, since I don't have anything else on my to-watch list!


• Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver - Finished it, and it was quite good! The horrible father suffered adequately, and I had many laugh-out-loud moments with the unreliable-narrator stuff in his journal, where he's talking about how rational and important he is, and he's clearly just a sexist asshole nutter. Sad book, though - poor Maud, and poor Clem!


• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke - This is now my top priority, since it's due back at the library in a week. Now that I've cleaned off the most of my plate, and I'm off work Wed-Fri, this is very doable, though. I'm liking this all right so far, but I wouldn't say I'm gripped or invested yet. I will report back next week when I'm done!


• I'm still reading an undisclosed thing, but it's not the highest priority right now. I'll get back to that once I finish JS&MN, though.


• Dear Door - When I have time, I'm still reading a chapter here and there of this.

Goals for this week: 1) Finish JS&MN! 2) Pick up/complete a PH. 3) Write more on YT & FFFX, time-permitting. 4) Resume catch-up on BNHA. 5) Eat lots of turkey.