Belated Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and OMGFTW I UPDATED TEH FIC

[misora]

Man! What a couple of weeks.

Christmas was good. The family all came together, and while I bought a lot of very expensive items this year (mostly for mom and dad, which is okay, because in all likelihood I owe them some $$ anyway), I came away with a good chunk of stuff, too.



$300 cash
$25 certificate to Target
$25 certificate to Starbuck's
$50 certificate to Michael’s (for jewelry supplies! <3 I've already spent half on chain, spacers, pliers, and such)
Roomba floor-cleaning iRobot (the cats absolutely detest it, I adore it)
Nike athletic gear
Pink iPod 4gb nano (from John)
Spode Xmas decoration
Candy/trinkets/ornaments from coworkers/friends
silver necklace
large vanilla/brown sugar scented candle (this thing is as big as my head, I swear.)



John and I exchanged our presents early. He'd bought me a new iPod nano (which I now desperately needed, since my stupid mini up and died), and I gave him money - only half - towards an Xbox360 and Gears of War. We've never spent this amount of money on each other during holidays or birthdays before; so we didn't feel too badly about doing it this one time. So then we picked both items up, and then went back to my place...and we played Gears of War for like, 6 hours straight. No joke. I know some people have game orgies longer than that, but man, by 6 hours later I was hurtin'. That's rough. Plus it's a scary game, so we had to turn it off after a while. ^^;;;

The week afterward was good. Spent a lot of time with friends, lots of good wine and comfort food, but very little gym time. Feeling guilty. There was ice-skating and in January there will be snowboarding! OH YES.

John got sick after Christmas, so I knew we weren't doing anything special for New Year's. In the couple of days before, I managed to finally crank out chapter 19 of TBT, and the epilogue! The fic is finally complete! http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1695122/20/ I'm already working on the first chapter of the sequel - I know, obsessive; but when my momentum strikes, I have to do it, 'cause I never know when it's going to quit on me.

So what did everyone else do?? I feel as though I've been MIA, I've been so fic-obsessed lately. ^^;;; Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!!

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[oyster-district.livejournal.com]

For Christmas we took our cat to the emergency vet. No joke. And then the day after we brought her home, we had to leave on a four-day trip. *facepalm* Now we're finally back and playing FFXII and relaxing. It's so good to be home...

[zurizip.livejournal.com]

O.o
HOLY FUCK IT'S DONE!?!?

[fg-rogue.livejournal.com]

I pretty much spent time with my family. I picked up a few things for my XBox 360...Gears of War being one thing, Oblivion was another and a 12-month subscription and a 1600-point card (used mainly on Oblivion, heh heh).

That's pretty much the jist of what I picked up.

It was a good holiday.

And argh! for the Starbucks stuff...it follows me around wherever I go now! XD And I don't say that because I work there...ok, maybe that is the reason, lol.

[intervigilum.livejournal.com]

Is it wrong that I actually shed a few tears at the last chapter? I don't know why I did, really, as it wasn't...well, I dunno. It struck me as something that was supposed to be kind of uplifting, like, HEY, CHECK ME OUUUUUUUT, but I still cried.

Just a little. I didn't, like, bawl like a bitch or anything.

._.;;;;;;;;;;;;

ZOMGZOMGZOMG U FINEISHED UR FIC WTF LOLZ

I am now officially the SLACKER ASS of the 3 M's. Ah. Well. Amon will kill me in my sleep one of these nights, I know it (if Nagira and I don't kill each other first by drinking ourselves to death).

And am I completely psychotic to only be able to think of Woomba, the SNL skit, every time I see/hear Roomba? XDDDDDD

[vulumesky.livejournal.com]

Great haul and gears of war only makes me think of Gary Jules cover of "Mad World," mostly how sad it is. You know it brings you down when old sigur ros can be thought of as uplifting in comparison.

My clients gave me lots of whiskey, chocolate and cash, which of course means that I can't enjoy the first two until february.

[jbramx2.livejournal.com]

Duuude, Lacuna Coil's "Heaven's A lie" and "Fallen Again" were playing twice, back to back on my player while I read the last half of the Advent chapter. OMIGOD, it was euphoric. SO friggin awesome! I am itching to draw a few of your scenes there. XD

[mysticblue-lady.livejournal.com]

Only a few days late :P.

Chapter 19 was worth the wait, I must say! It was breathtaking and a gratifying way to clean things up.

In most stories, you go in knowing that the main characters will survive at the end. I clung to that hope like a liferaft during this chapter, because I just knew Robin wasn't going to make it out of there alive. And that's exactly what a good story is supposed to do: challenge your preconceptions.

The pacing and suspense were absolutely gorgeous. Flipping between points of view like you did made each section that more compelling, because it could end in cliffhanger at any point and you don't know when it's going to be resolved. But it didn't feel choppy. It was expertly done, that was truly marvelous.

The blending of Biblical and pagan imagery was, as always, just outstanding. I love how neatly it all meshes together, well of course it's like that, haven't you seen it all along? I understand that the source material plays at least some part in the symmetry (^__~), but you weave it together so very well. I am impressed.

[gugalanna1.livejournal.com]

Is it bad that when I first saw "updated fic" I ran straight to ff.net and didn't read any of your post? Don't answer, I know that's bad. But Happy Belated Holidays! I'm glad you had a great Christmas. All I can say is that I wish my New Year's had been more mellow. Starting the year out with a massive hangover while having to work at 7 am for a twelve hour shift is just not cool. Great ending to the fic, by the way. I was squeeing in excitement the whole time, especially with the mythological/philosophical conclusion (the duality of god thing). Love to talk to you about that. Later.

[cwwitchkyobi.livejournal.com]

*bounces* It was epic! And, and, other amazing stuffs of awesomeness! I remember when I first started reading I didn't like it because I noticed a lot of fanfics that tried to add characters to Robin's family really DIDN'T work. But Janus really did make sense and was a great character. Happily, I came back to it, really read it, and fell for your writing. Amazing job, congratulations!

Ha! You're the first of three M's to finish. I wonder how the other two are doing. I don't talk to them or really go to Harry's anymore. I should probably go visit. I know the other two have ljs, but i'd feel like a stalker since they don't know me^^'

Aw, your holiday sounds really nice, glad you enjoyed it!