Random randomness

[dbskyler]

Yuletide signups are open! I am having my usual anxiety about signing up -- what if I can't finish my assignment? What if I write a bad story for my recipient? -- but I am most likely going to sign up again. So, I have to figure out what I'm going to request and offer. I think for requests, I am going to repeat my ficless requests from previous Yuletides, with one exception: Sarah Jane Adventures. I have received fic for SJA in Yuletide, but if I get more Gita!fic, I will somehow deal with that. :) And actually, I think I will request any of the characters, because I would also be perfectly happy with fic about the other nominated characters, especially as I haven't received fic about them for Yuletide yet.

I'm not sure what's going on with Downton Abbey, but apparently something is going on with it. I keep seeing little snippets on news feeds here and there, which is completely unfair because it's going to be months before I get to see whatever it is that is causing such a frenzy on the internet. At least I have managed to not be spoiled for specifics, and I hope I manage to keep it that way.

"Three things make a post," but I can't think of a third thing. Let's see. Well, Halloween is coming up, and it's on a weekend this year, and I got invited to a party, but I have no idea what to wear. I am really bad at coming up with costumes. This is why I don't do cosplay. I mean, I'd like to do cosplay, but I suck at it, to the point where I can't even come up with one costume once a year for Halloween. I'm the target audience for all of those "buy/rent a Halloween costume here" stores, except I don't have enough money to feel comfortable splurging it on a Halloween costume. If I did, I'd own a whole collection of Doctor coats by now. ;)

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

What if I write a bad story for my recipient?

Impossible! And, heh, good luck - I hope you do sign up! :-)

I always feel vaguely bad asking for things I've received before - but there are some things you just always want more of!

(As to Downton, I think I can safely say without spoiling you that what's causing the frenzy is not so much a big plot event so much as that something happened involving blood, which they showed far more graphically than you would expect in Downton - so of course, the media are making a fuss. Which is probably why they did it in the first place.)

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

My approach to Halloween costumes is to choose something you'll enjoy wearing for the night. I'm rarely concerned that my friends will or won't recognize who I am.

You could also try Googling "last minute Halloween costumes". Even if you don't find anything they're still good for a laugh. Some of them are quite clever.

And the great thing about Doctor coats: they're work for every day wear, too. Well, that's how I justify buying them. :-)

[arcanetrivia]

If I had a Twelfth Doctor coat you'd probably find me wearing it on any given day, yeah. (Well, given it was cold enough.)

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I'm sure it is very possible for me to write a bad story for my recipient! It's also possible for me to write what I think is a good story, but my recipient doesn't like. But such are the risks of Yuletide.

That's interesting about Downton. It certainly does seem to have successfully gotten the media interested.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

My approach to Halloween costumes is to choose something you'll enjoy wearing for the night.

That's a good approach.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

If I had the money, I would go for the Eleventh Doctor's purple coat.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Okay, so Hugh Bonneville just vomited blood all over my TV screen. Was that the moment, or should I be braced for more to come?

[thisbluespirit]

Yep, that was the moment that caused all the fuss!