housekeeping

Wait, wait...the BSG S3 DVDs aren't out in the States? Really? They're certainly out here, because we got the box set for my brother for Xmas. That's bizarre.

Any resolutions I may have for the new year are vague and wafty entities, concerning exercise and French and keeping my head above water in my medical degree. And maybe drinking more sangria and going dancing more often, because both of those featured heavily in my NYE celebrations, and I enjoyed them both immensely. One thing I am doing is a fairly heavy flist cut, which I expect will be followed by another at the beginning of February: I am going to have very little free time this year, and even though I have a small flist by most standards, I'd rather be able to keep up with a few people than skimread everyone. I hardly ever post under friendslock unless it's personal photos, so you won't really miss much if you keep reading my journal, but you should feel absolutely free to defriend me in return.

(And for the record, I detest the way LJ uses 'friend' in this context. It's a reading list. It is in no way an indication of how I feel about you as a person.)

I don't really feel like any retrospective memes: I survived, I graduated, and I spent my twenty-first consecutive year without falling in love or starting a relationship. This was not a special year.

A fic roundup will come later, but for now I'll do this one, even though the amount of books on the lists of other people always makes me feel like I've been wasting my life: ( Books read in 2007 )

my fic -- 2007

Favourite fic overall:
This may be a strange choice, but that would be No More To Leave It. I fucking LOVED writing this fic, I loved how it turned out, and I am hugely proud of the concept. I think the emotions are strong, and the prose is good, and the allusions are clever. Pity it's depressing and bizarre and not McShep every community I posted it to had it tagged as 'character death'. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT. Humph.

Other assorted favourites:
This year's grand success was certainly turn your sail (never say we die); it was so much fun to write, to a soundtrack of Up Is Down played seven million times or so, and the words matched the images inside my head to a degree that doesn't happen often. I also really like Twelve Pater Nosters -- this one gave me the jitters, but it managed to hit just about all the things I wanted to comment on about the film itself, so...I was pleased. I will never write anything as stuffed full of meta as Eleusis; it was exhausting, but worthwhile. Daddy's Gonna Buy You A Looking Glass is another one that was everything I wanted it to be, and probably the one I'm most proud of in terms of character voices & development. Healer will probably be my most-representative-of-the-year fic, celebrating as it does both the end of the HP saga and my own sudden obsession with anatomy, and I am very fond of the prose. And I think I also need to mention no sleepers must sleep, because I really enjoy ficcing out sidelined characters (*coughSamAnderscough*) and this fic was just as dirty and decadent as anyone could desire.

Most underappreciated:
Through no real fault of its own, Take to witness all the gods. It's a weird and disturbing fic, there's no doubt about it, and I guess I should learn not to pour huge amounts of time and effort into weird and disturbing fics.

Most fun:
Considering that we spent 24 hours in my room giggling and passing laptops back and forth and gleefully finishing each others' scenes and making high-pitched exclamations like WAIT WAIT I JUST HAD A STROKE OF BRILLIANCE! AGAIN! I think the honours for this title were won fair and square by Those Journeymen Divine.

( And the comprehensive list )