who are you, echoing street signs?

[raven]

For me, it's Saturday morning. In the UK it's mid-afternoon, and Shim is cooking a hare (long story). I am doing my yuletide nominations. We are doing this at the same time via Skype. It is, at once, we're-living-in-the-future!, and oh-woe-why-am-I-not-home-cooking-a-hare.

Still. You do what you can, etc. I went out last night to drink cocktails, and then I slept soundly overnight for once, and whatever black wave of mood wants to eat me is stuffed firmly down for the moment. Also, Shim bought a garlic press and we are officially grown-ups now.

Six nominations, no waiting:

Diana Wynne Jones - Chronicles of Chrestomanci

My latest thing. For once, I was in time reading these to nominate them; I really enjoyed writing the 8000-word queertacular, and I'd like more scope to explore this universe.

Hilary McKay - The Casson Family series

I've kind of given up on getting fic for these - there is one story in the entire history of Yuletide for them - but they're so great and if you don't ask you don't get, and all that. Really, so awesome. Children's books, technically, about the Casson family, who are all named after colours - Rose, Indigo, Saffron and Cadmium Gold - and live with their artist parents in a house called the Banana House. And they're full of effortless, effervescent wit and charm. I really like them.

Scott Lynch - The Gentleman Bastard Sequence

This, mostly because I want fic about Jean and Locke after That Thing That Happens at the end of Red Skies - holy angst, Batman - or, alternatively, an AU about Jean, Locke and Ezri being piratical together in their own wee boat.

Shanna Swendson - Enchanted Inc series

I still think these books are terrible. I want fic set in this world - fairies! interesting characters! silly high-concept magic! - which is better written than the canon, which isn't hard.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

The rules on franchises have been relaxed this year, so I'm trying my luck - even if it does get thrown out, there was nothing else I particularly wanted to nominate (except A Suitable Boy - argh, dither) so I gave it a go. The problem, I think, is that so much of the fic that exists for this is Garak/Bashir, which I like well enough, but I really want fic about the rest of them.

Vienna Teng - Recessional (song)

Er.... yes. We may recall how I AM NOT ALLOWED TO LISTEN TO RECESSIONAL ANY MORE. But, I love this song, it's my most-played in iTunes by a quite substantial margin, and then gavagai and I went to see her play in London and she talked a bit about this song, about how it's about fragments of a larger story that she doesn't know, that hasn't been told, and to me that has yuletide written all over it. So.

(Also, last night I mentioned to thingswithwings and eruthros that I was thinking of nominating this, but didn't know what to name the characters! In the end I went with "the singer" and "the girl in the airport".)

Still not allowed to listen to it any more, though.

I think it's time for breakfast.

edited to add: two more things.

Firstly, I forgot to mention: icepixie is running The Small Fandom and Rare Pairing/Rarely-Written Character Promote-a-thon for a bit of yuletide-type fun a couple of months early.

Secondly, rs_small_gifts is running again. Do I want to sign up, flist. Do I, do I.

Comments

[thingswithwings]

Yay! I'm glad you nominated the Vienna Teng song, that's awesome.

[raven]

*grins* I'm half-considering offering it, now!

[gavagai]

Ever since she said that I wanted to vid Recessional to Wimsey/Vane but I just can't think of how it would work. Also I have never vidded. I may have said this already, soz.

[brightlywoven]

OH pleeeease make this! I am now envisaging a Have His Carcasse timed vid - waltzing to the very sparse introductory music, and seagulls 'beating wings overhead', and lots of lost uncertain looking out to sea. (I think Harriet may be the singer, and Peter is clearly the one making offhand remarks). And maybe you could make use of code-breaking scenes for words that are everything and nothing? Possibly a little literal.

[raven]

Do you have a catalogue of vids you'll never make because you don't vid? I seem to, recently.

[such_heights]

omg Recessional, eee! That is an excellent Yuletide choice!

And you dooo want to sign up for R/S Gifts (to be fair, I am also dithering, but I do love the fest).

[raven]

Yaaay! Am glad it's not a lone voice in the wilderness!

(Still dithering! Dither, dither.)

[icepixie]

Yay promotion!

In the interest of keeping things all in one place, I'm actually just hosting it at my LJ.

(DS9! I hope that one gets in so I can read fic for it.)

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Yay! I have edited. :) I reeeeeally hope DS9 gets in! Really, really.

[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

Secondly, [info]rs_small_gifts is running again. Do I want to sign up, flist. Do I, do I.

I disapprove of this as a null question! You do, because you ask. I am more interested in the question "How much schoolwork does Iona have due 10/30 - 11/30 (or IMMEDIATELY after), how difficult is it, and is she doing an insane amount of travelling during it?"

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

*grins* You raise a fair point, my dear. Answer: LOTS, kinda, none. So I can sign up if I'm good about my work. Whether I will be is a whole other question. *dithers*

[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it will motivate you about the work if you put stick-its with 'R/S' on all of it!

[yiskah.livejournal.com]

Aw, I was hoping you might ask for A Suitable Boy fic! As someone not in fandom, I have to rely on other people to do these things for me...

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

*grins* I am torn! I can re-do the sign-up, so these are basically my preliminary choices. I kind of think someone else will nominate it, so I don't have to. But then there's danger in thinking that way, isn't there. *dither dither*

[yiskah.livejournal.com]

Oooooh! Well as long as SOMEONE does, I'll be happy!

[littlered2.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I love the Casson Family series! And I have somehow missed that fic every time I've browsed the Yuletide archives, so thank you.

(Rob owns a garlic press, and I tease him for it frequently, claiming it's ridiculous extravagance and he can get on Perfectly Fine with a knife. I have t say, though, I am very grateful for his large amount of cooking stuff.)

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

It's called "Feeling Blue", and it's fabulous. :)

jacinthsong has a garlic press, and we used to cook together a lot in my second and third years, and it was AMAZING. I don't know when or why I internalised the thought that "having a garlic press = GROWN UP".

[littlered2.livejournal.com]

Reading it now! Oh, poor Indigo. *weeps*

Ideas of what constitutes Being Grown up are weird. I'm not really sure why I think that shopping for food at the Covered Market = grown up, but apparently I do.

[highfantastical.livejournal.com]

I really want to read those Hilary McKay books, because I loved her Exiles series so much. When I once again have monies, they shall go On My List...

[littlered2.livejournal.com]

The Exiles series is brilliant! I adore those books wholeheartedly.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Oh, they should! If you have not read them by the time I'm back in the UK, I'll lend you mine. :)