Oh right, new year
Jan. 1st, 2021 12:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
branchandrootI'm still alive! Have a really excellent fireworks simulation.
I haven't killed a single one of my faculty, though it was a close run thing with one or two. I didn't even covertly pass the hat to put out a hit on the uni president for trying to do an in-person Fall! I figure the county public health people are very probably on top of that one already, though I've got a couple bucks to chip in if they'd like.
September and its outskirts did kind of burn me out, though, so I've mostly been grinding along at survival level for the past couple months. Two extra vacation days were pathetic compensation, but still nice to have. I feel mostly human again. Nice comments on my fic kept me going more than once, so allow me to generally thank everyone in fandom who's made a point of commenting this past year; it really, really helped.
Favorite fan-accomplishment: the Lodestone XiYao arc. I was honestly surprised that I wrote at all, this past year, much less another novel length fix-it, but that's the human brain for you. Falling into the quite lively Untamed fandom was certainly a good thing to have happen, even if I do feel a persistent desire to beat parts of that fandom over the head with copies of Science and Civilization in China.
Most entertaining coping method: vacation planning. I now have a whole list of places to vacation when that is possible again, ranging from cabins in the Smokies to Grand Traverse Resort. Also, Smoky Mountain cabins are dirt cheap for the amenities, just saying.
Best silver lining: not having to drive when it's snow and ice out.
And now: onward to vaccination and a new president!
I haven't killed a single one of my faculty, though it was a close run thing with one or two. I didn't even covertly pass the hat to put out a hit on the uni president for trying to do an in-person Fall! I figure the county public health people are very probably on top of that one already, though I've got a couple bucks to chip in if they'd like.
September and its outskirts did kind of burn me out, though, so I've mostly been grinding along at survival level for the past couple months. Two extra vacation days were pathetic compensation, but still nice to have. I feel mostly human again. Nice comments on my fic kept me going more than once, so allow me to generally thank everyone in fandom who's made a point of commenting this past year; it really, really helped.
Favorite fan-accomplishment: the Lodestone XiYao arc. I was honestly surprised that I wrote at all, this past year, much less another novel length fix-it, but that's the human brain for you. Falling into the quite lively Untamed fandom was certainly a good thing to have happen, even if I do feel a persistent desire to beat parts of that fandom over the head with copies of Science and Civilization in China.
Most entertaining coping method: vacation planning. I now have a whole list of places to vacation when that is possible again, ranging from cabins in the Smokies to Grand Traverse Resort. Also, Smoky Mountain cabins are dirt cheap for the amenities, just saying.
Best silver lining: not having to drive when it's snow and ice out.
And now: onward to vaccination and a new president!
