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

fandom_helps is open for bidding! I'm offering to write fic of at least 1000 words (though, knowing me, it'll almost certainly be way longer) in Wizards of Waverly Place, Big Time Rush, Victorious, Disney RPF, Miss Match, Hart of Dixie, Princess Protection Program, She's The Man, Rookie Blue, or Doom; crossovers and other fandoms are negotiable, but basically, you guys probably know what I can write, and if not, feel free to ask! (Although: If it's a currently airing show not on the list, I am probably not caught up on it.) Bidding goes until 11:30pm EST on February 21st, and all proceeds go to Planned Parenthood.

Dear yuletide writer:

Thank you so much for writing me a fic! I'm sure it's going to be amazing, and I'm so looking forward to reading it. My requests are a little on the wordy side, but please don't let that intimidate you - if my optional details don't work for you, or if you already have an idea in mind, I'd much rather get a great story you're really excited about than something mediocre tailored exactly to my requests. But just in case you enjoy reading yuletide letters as much as I enjoy writing them, here are some ideas/extra information/things that would make me especially happy.

I love banter, unresolved (and resolved) sexual tension, romantic comedy, awesome plots, action/adventure, wacky hijinks, humour, crack, PWPs, apocafic, and ridiculous AUs. In general, I'm not super into angst. I really, really, love tropes and clichés, which I know is unhelpfully vague, but: If you're ever wondering, does she want fic with pretending to be a couple/forced proximity/sharing a bed/bachelor auction/truth or dare/accidental makeouts/insert ridiculous cliché here, the answer is yes, yes I do. I love first times, and secret relationships, and casual hookups, and ex-girlfriends and boyfriends, and rekindling old relationships. I love people being in love without having to say it; and people who are obviously in love but maybe don't realise it; and ridiculously overblown romantic gestures where one person completely embarrasses themselves, because that's kind of the point of the grand gesture; and tiny, unnoticeable gestures that mean a whole lot more than they seem to. The stuff I don't love pretty much boils down to making the characters I love unhappy for no good reason. And character bashing, even of characters I don't like. I'm happy to read any rating, and smut is welcome but absolutely not necessary.

( Hart of Dixie )

( Miss Match )

( The Office RPF )

( Victorious )

I SO WANTED TO REQUEST NEW GIRL BUT I COULDN'T BEAR TO LET GO OF ANY OF MY OTHER FANDOMS, BASICALLY MY REQUEST WOULD HAVE BEEN I WANT ALL THE GUYS TO BE ON TEAM JESS, P.S. THEY ARE HER BOYFRIENDS.

So, remember back when I said I wasn't going to disappear for months at a time again? Yeah, that didn't work out so much. And I can't promise it won't happen again, but I'm going to make an effort to at least keep up with my friends list (I managed to get up to ?skip=1000 before LJ wouldn't let me go back any further, and there were still unread posts before that). Basically, I miss fandom like crazy. But, stuff I have been doing lately:

+ Grad school. This is, like, 95% of my life lately. Ugh.

+ Volunteer jobs (x2). Super fun, but between these and school and having an actual social life, I really haven't had time for anything else.

+ Trying to finish existing fic commitments. My apocabigbang fic is finished and sent in and ready to post (yay!); helpbrazil2011 not so much, but I'm working on it. Ugh, major guilt.

+ Watching Victorious. Guys, I think Beck/Jade is my new OTP, they are so amazing. If anybody out there actually watches this, come squee with me.

That's about it. Yeah, my life is super boring. But now I'm (finally!) on break, so I have about a week to get things done before I'm swamped again. I can do this! Right?