miscellaneous miscellany

[dbskyler]

I've decided not to do Yuletide after all. I'm just not feeling it this year, for several reasons. First, it's looking like I might have a busy work month. I also notice that two of the four fandoms I wanted to offer have no requests -- how sad! -- and one of the fandoms I wanted to request has no other requests, and possibly no offers. (I realize you can't tell that for sure from the summary, but if no one else wants it, what are the odds that someone has offered it?) Finally, my biggest fanfic wish right now is to have something posted on my WIP by the end of the year, and if there's any chance of that happening, I need to keep myself free from other fic-writing commitments. So, no Yuletide. Instead I'll just sit back and enjoy the action from the sidelines, and look forward to reading the archive once it opens.

In other news, my S5 DVD boxset has arrived! I'm starting to make my way through the extras. Any particularly good commentaries I should listen to right away?

I also had the slightly surreal experience of seeing Matt Smith on the Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Doctor Who on American mainstream network television! Go Matt! And go Craig for being a huge fan and inviting him on! Now we need to get Matt onto other talk shows before he wraps up the Utah filming and leaves the country. Conan, you seem like the type of person who might be a closet Doctor Who fan, how about it?

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

Yes, I think that's proved to be a problem - according to the comm, everything's sorted... except 6 people whose offers don't match anyone's request. Had we been able to see it (and clearly, it was an issue with trying not to kill AO3, so not really anyone's fault!), that could have been avoided. There's a post over there with people offering up their unwanted offers and people are immediately leaping on those, and giving them prompts, so it shows the love is out there & somehow that needs working round for next year.

So I'm still waiting on tenterhooks to find out what my assignment is! They said end of play today, which will be US time, so tomorrow for me. Thank goodness I have tomorrow off in lieu of yesterday, or I'd be hopping about in impatience!

So, good luck with Turn Left! And maybe you can have fun with NYR in January as a... reward, or something... ;-D

And I completely get your reasons - it was why I didn't want to sign up previously when this time of year was so busy. Hopefully, if I get on and write it fairly quickly, that won't be an issue this year.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think you're right, it really made a difference not being able to see the offered fandoms this year. It may have also made a difference not being able to see the requests until fairly late, as I don't know how many people went back and re-did sign-ups (although I know some people did).

I just saw that assignments went out, so I hope you like yours and good luck with it! I'll be here cheering you on!

[thisbluespirit]

Heh, yes, they have - and mine is very nice!

I won't say anything unwise, but I'm relieved, because yesterday I went off to double-check what I actually had offered, what with the swapping to include a couple more needy fandoms at the last minute... and found I had added one I had completely forgotten about, and was sort of staring at it in horror, wandering what had come over me... :lol: So, it wasn't that one, I'm happy to say. (Although I would have been able to do it, but... 8-o)

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

found I had added one I had completely forgotten about, and was sort of staring at it in horror

LOL, I think that happens to quite a few people -- you get caught up in offering as many fandoms as you can, and while in the moment you think that you'll be fine as long as you've heard of it, but then later you go, "Wait, no, I offered this? Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!" But I'm glad it's worked out!