I wish I was a mermaid and was friends with all the fish

I finally put up (and decorated) my Christmas tree today! I know, it's less than a week until Christmas, but the less time it's up, the less time my cat has to eat it, so. I also finished wrapping presents, watched Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead, which, shut up, I still love, and then, I wrote stuff! (I love having my holiday ficathon assignments finished early, even if it's only by a couple of days, it makes me feel SUPER ACCOMPLISHED or whatever.)

So, since I'm actually making progress on stuff, I figured I'd do one of those fic check-in things.

( Current fics in progress )

So, yeah, I still haven't started my second apocabigbang fic, but I do have an idea for it; I'm not sure if it's something I'll actually manage to finish, but AtVS is definitely a go, regardless. And I probably won't be able to finish To Wish Impossible Things by the end of the year, like I would have liked, but I might be able to make some progress on it, and maybe make a concentrated effort once apocabigbang is finished.

Okay, so apparently this is the time of year where I disappear for long stretches at a time. More of that will probably be happening, at least until I finish my holiday exchange fics (and birthday fic for dollsome, which is coming, too!), so here's a mish-mash update.

1. It was my birthday, yay! Thank you so much to everyone who wished me a happy birthday, and to everyone who sent me a v-gift - you guys are so awesome! I meant to take advantage of the free snowflake cookie thing, but missed out - just know I love you guys, anyway. (And especially boonies, prozacpark, sol_se, mfirefly10, rogueslayer452, amory_vain, denyce, and frolicndetour ♥)

I celebrated by watching crappy movies (the first three Bring It On films, which get exponentially worse as the series progresses - I do love the first one, though), drinking crappy sparkling wine, and having pancakes for dinner. So, it was pretty awesome.


2. Ack, my paid account and userpics are expiring! Why am I so attached to these things? Must see if I can justify using potentially-arriving Christmas money to pay for a renewal.


3. Random Thoughts On This Season Of Smallville, According To talumin:

( Spoilers up to Pandora )

Yeah, so apparently it's possible to guess Smallville storylines by making up the most ridiculous thing you can think of and saying it aloud.


4. Also, okay, a very important poll (while I can still make them!) If, HYPOTHETICALLY, Demi and Selena were involved in some sort of jewel heist AU ...

Take the poll at my livejournal

Firstly, happy birthday to krickets! I'm sorry this is so late, but I hope you had an awesome day :D

Secondly, wow, I have been totally absent the past few days. I haven't even been writing quite as much as I should have been, but I should probably do a fic check-in, anyway, since we're about three quarters of the way through November.

( Exchange fics )

( Other stuff )

My second apocabigbang fic, and my yuletide fic, are still sitting at zero, but I have a potential idea plotted out for the former, and a solid grasp on the latter. I finished my Fall Fandom Free-For-all (yay!) - on time, even (double yay!) - which makes two fics down out of the seven I was working on at the start of the month. And my prettylightsfic assignment, while still unfinished, is at least past the minimum word count, so that's something.

All up, I've written almost 15,000 words this month on Stuff I'm Officially Supposed To Be Writing, and about 1000 words in unrelated ficlets; it's not exactly a record breaking word count, but at least it's progress.

It's (roughly) a quarter of the way through November, so, fic check-in time! The only thing I haven't made progress on is my Disney RPF big bang (excluding, of course, my prettylightsfic and yuletide fics, since those assignments haven't been sent out yet). And I've managed to write something every day for wrisomifu; so far, not counting random ficlets, I've written 6256 words, which ... is not extraordinary, but considering I was majorly blocked on one particular fic for most of that time, it's not horrible.

( Exchange fics )

( Other stuff )

Title: Not-So-Good Titles For Murder Mysteries
Fandom: Disney RPF
Pairing(s): David Henrie/Selena Gomez
Word Count: 5335
Rating: PG

Summary: In which David Henrie kills Joe Jonas (but not for real, probably).

Notes: Written for the Halloween ficathon at spook_me.

( The butler really did it, no joke )

Wow, I am awesome at procrastinating. So far, in the past couple of days I've signed up for prettylightsfic, written my Dear Author letter, started compiling my yuletide requests and letter, put together word count meters for half a dozen fics that don't need them because they're currently sitting at a grand total of nothing, and written a ficlet that's completely unrelated to anything else I'm supposed to be doing. And, okay, I did manage to write another few hundred words of my spook_me fic, but the way it's going right now, I'm pretty much just hoping that people don't hate it.

I also tried to sleep, but obviously that didn't work out so well for me, since I'm still awake.

(But, apparently, last night the night before last I dreamed that my Disney RPF apocabigbang fic should be a Sliders AU. And that they should slide to a post-apocalyptic reality or something. And I woke up pretty firmly convinced that this was an actual thought I'd had while awake, and was therefore something that was actually awesome, instead of dream awesome, until I realised that, nope. In my dream, though, it was the best idea ever. And now I kind of want to watch Sliders. Specifically, I want to watch the pilot, but I do have a random season three episode that, for some reason, was included as a bonus feature on my Earth 2 DVDs. So maybe I'll watch that.)

18 fics this month, about 34,000 words, which is pretty good. Even though I still haven't finished my spook_me fic. Or To Wish Impossible Things.


And She Was (Brothers & Sisters - Rebecca - PG-13 - 5275 words) Justin discovers a time capsule video Rebecca made in high school. Set during early season two.


The Trick Is To Keep Breathing (Battlestar Galactica - Crashdown/Boomer - NC-17 - 950 words) "I'm not a Cylon." She says it the way she might have said I'm flying CAP tomorrow, like it's nothing of great importance. Spoilers up to episode 1:8 - Flesh And Bone, including deleted scenes.


Depth Perception (The Pursuit Of Happiness Remix) (Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Xander/Buffy - PG - 330 words) Even if it's not the Bronze, she can close her eyes, and pretend. A remix of Misery And Happiness by allfireburns.


Half Life (The Death Or Something Like It Remix) (Dead Like Me - Mason/George - PG - 200 words) It's a little bit broken. A remix of What It All Comes Down To by ineffort.


Starches And Other Inappropriate Temptations (The Slightly More British Remix) (Dollhouse - Dominic/Adelle - PG-13 - 250 words) She learned to read him long ago. A remix of Tangerines by duh_i_read. Spoilers up to episode 1:7 - Echoes; vague allusions to the rest of season one.


They Sold You On Their Way (Bridezilla Remix) (Heroes - D.L./Niki - PG - 250 words) It's an old superstition, but good luck can't possibly hurt. A remix of Part Of The Job by lotus0kid.


Bad Medicine Is What I Need (Star Trek - McCoy/Uhura - PG-13 - 2278 words) Uhura is absolutely brilliant ... at xenolinguistics. Her mandatory medical coursework, on the other hand, could use some help. Thankfully, McCoy has gallantly volunteered to tutor her.


À Ma Soeur (Wizards Of Waverly Place - Justin/Alex - NC-17 - 3562 words) Justin and Alex watch a movie. (That he doesn't enjoy. At all.)

Are Written On The Subway Walls (Wizards Of Waverly Place - Justin/Alex - NC-17 - 1952 words) Justin and Alex sneak out. Or at least, they try to.

Burn Your Life Down (Cities In Dust Remix) (Wizards Of Waverly Place - Justin/Alex - PG-13 - 500 words) She's always been good at ignoring danger signs. A remix of In Fire, In Ice by moirariordan.

Don't Confess (Wizards Of Waverly Place - Justin/Alex - NC-17 - 5132 words) Alex and Justin are forced to tutor Max. It doesn't exactly go smoothly. Spoilers up to episode 2:22 - My Tutor, Tutor.

In Plain Sight (Wizards Of Waverly Place - Justin/Alex - PG-13 - 3889 words) Justin's favourite things from his room are sometimes more interesting than Alex expects. Spoilers up to episode 2:23 - Paint By Committee.

Springs Eternal (The Redux Remix) (Wizards Of Waverly Place - Justin/Alex - PG-13 - 500 words) A (very) fractured fairy tale. A remix of Fragmented by applepips16. Spoilers up to the movie.

The Shake Up (Wizards Of Waverly Place - Justin/Alex - R - 6064 words) There's still something going on with Professor Dinklemeyer, and Alex is determined to get to the bottom of it. Justin still isn't sure he's on board. Spoilers up to episode 1:14 - Wizard School (Part Two). Sequel to The Night Moves.


Exactly Not Like A Fairytale (Ever After Remix) (Supernatural/The O.C. - Dean/Taylor - PG-13 - 500 words) Taylor's always had a habit of falling for boys who are nice to her. A remix of Exactly Not Like A Fairytale by ineffort.


(Nobody Ever Made Me) Crazy Like This (Disney RPF - David Henrie/Selena Gomez - PG-13 - 756 words) She's still finding it a little difficult to concentrate. Or to speak. Thinking is mostly out of the question, too.

Hey, This Bottle Has Poison In It (Reading Can Save Lives) (Disney RPF - David Henrie/Selena Gomez - PG-13 - 658 words) Their first day back on set, everything is different, and nothing is.

Meet Me In Puerto Rico (Disney RPF - David Henrie/Selena Gomez - PG-13 - 1334 words) She has no idea where the line even is any more.


Also, I had a very fun Halloween. talumin bought candy for trick-or-treaters, even though we don't really do that here, and we had a Halloween episode marathon - we watched Two Guys, A Girl, And A Pizza Place; Miss Match; How I Met Your Mother; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; The Office; Dark Angel; Grosse Pointe; Angel; and Wizards Of Waverly Place. And I dressed up as Pyjama Girl, which, shut up, is totally a real costume.

Now, um, I might actually write fic? Or something?

Happy birthday, areasontofight! I hope you had an awesome day. If you'd like a request ficlet of some sort, you know the drill.

I think I'm going to go with Alex the Vampire Slayer for my Wizards Of Waverly Place apocabigbang, mostly because that's what I have a solid idea for right now. Which is exciting, bcause I think it's going to be really fun.

Speaking of fun stuff: Awesome Ficathons You Should Totally Be Participating In.

1) apocabigbang is open for sign ups until November 3rd, so if you've ever wanted to write a 10,000 word + fic about the end of the world, in any fandom (and, really, who hasn't?), or if you like making art, graphics, or fanmixes, you should go sign up.

The rules post is here, writer sign ups are here, artist sign ups are here.

2) The Fall Fandom Free-For-All is still open until November 18th. Post a wish list of up to ten things you always wished someone would make for you, and see what you can give other people in return!

The main post is here, and my wish list is here. If you post a wish list, link me to it!

3) prettylightsfic is polling on potential fandoms until October 26th, and sign ups run from October 27th until November 6th. It's a multifandom RPF (actor fic) exchange that's always a lot of fun, so if you're thinking about participating, go vote in the poll here. (And put in a good word for Disney RPF as a write-in fandom!)

Now, back to seeing whether I can finish To Wish Impossible Things before the end of the month. It's possible, right?

Partly because I'm procrastinating, and partly because I feel like I should at least be thinking about this stuff already:

What should I write for apocabigbang?

Take the poll at my livejournal

And in case you haven't already, you should all consider signing up for apocabigbang as a WRITER or an ARTIST/VIDDER/MIXER. It's going to be so much fun!

OKAY, SO, LET'S TALK AWESOME FIC-RELATED STUFF.

apocabigbang is a multifandom big bang challenge for fic about, obviously, the end of the world. Which is so cool, for many reasons, but let's list some:

1) Apocalypses! ♥ I love apocafic, like, a ridiculous amount, IDEK why. I love happy action/adventure fic where people try to stop the apocalypse, and angsty fic where they can't, and totally cracky fic where, whatever, it's the end of the world, I say we party. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS AND ALL GOOD.

2) Big bangs! ♥ These are something I also love, though I have not actually tried very hard to participate in one before. But, um, I blame bad fandom timing? Which can be a problem with fandom-specific events especially for people with too many fandoms and lamentably short attention spans, but this is open to any fandom, so!

3) The minimum word count is only 10,000 words. Which is so totally doable. And you get art for free! (Or, alternatively, make art/graphics/vid/fanmix for someone and they will love you forever.)

4) IT'S JUST AWESOME, OKAY.

And, more specifically-to-me:

5) Justin/Alex! Oh, you knew this was coming. I have been toying with the idea of writing some kind of Wizards Of Waverly Place apocafic ... um, basically since I got into the fandom, and now I actually have an excuse to write that. And I can so write 10,000 words of WOWP fic, it's not even funny.

Haha, also, I was maybe thinking about signing up to write two fics? BECAUSE I AM CRAZY, OBVIOUSLY. And because rough drafts are due in, like, four months, and if I'm being honest (and the way things are going right now), I can write 10,000 words in way less time than that. So, because I am totally predictable and single-minded at this point, IMPORTANT QUESTION TIME:

David/Selena apocafic, y/n? I mean, I am slightly less confident about my ability to write 10,000 words of Disney RPF, but, I don't know, it could potentially be a lot of fun. And ... IDK. I am definitely doing the Justin/Alex thing, at least. I think I might try to come up with a plot? And then, if I can do that, I can probably write it.