Since you're gone my empty arms have nothing left to hold

1. So, I did most of the editing for my Hohoho assignment. I cut stuff I wasn't convinced of, the sea of empty brackets I left when I was missing some specific words is almost gone, when re-reading it holds up better than I thought while writing it and I probably need to give a certain part a bit more of editing but it's mostly done. What's the problem? It's 17500 words. I don't have an idea of how I should even post it, especially since I won't be around for Christmas and I still don't know if I will for New Year's. Should I split it in three and post one before I go on Tuesday, one when I'm back and one after New Year's? Should I split in two and post one now and one when I'm back for the first time? Should I just go and post it all at once? *ouch, head hurts*

2. I'm sending my cards out on Monday. And meanwhile, thanks to reckess, ladymacbeth77 (it was lovely! And since Samy has Dean mine is Sam ;) ), gottalovev (what a lovely card!), onlyechoes and zelda_zee for the awesome Mexico postcard! Why, yeah, today my postal service decided to be generous.

3. I realized that this year my Christmas shopping was kind of nonexistent. I still have some to do though, even if not much. Oh well, stress saved I guess.

4. This morning I was in some store doing some Christmas shopping with my mother and had the wonderful idea of falling down five steps of stairs. Ouch. My head hurt for one hour, but thankfully it wasn't nothing serious. ETA: see my moodtheme? That was exactly my face this morning, except that Jack wasn't patching me up.

5. I still haven't watched Pushing Daisies. I probably will tonight since if anything else which should better not happen happens today I'll close it on some good note.

6. Regarding Christmas stuff, I need to have links! I probably should have done it before but I'm better at doing it all at once.

a) falafel_musings made me a lovely His Prettiness stocking here! Mm, lots of nice and pretty things in there, including the only video that will ever make me listen to Whitney Huston for four minutes.

b) zelda_zee made me and halfdutch extremely happy with the hottest Jack/Boone as pirates ficlet which I've probably read a bunch of times and will be happy to re-read as soon as I post.

c) isis2015 wrote me the loveliest Boone/Claire drabble which is just so IC and well done.

7. Between tonight and tomorrow I'm taking care of everything else that was at my Christmas post which I haven't taken care until now. Or I'll try at least.

8. Should be all for now? Now I guess I'll go to finish said Christmas shopping. And probably study something of that whole pack of photocopies I was talking about earlier.

1. Meme from half of the flist but mainly from alliecat8:

Go to Music Outfitters and put in your birth date in the search engine. The first link is likely the top 100 songs of that year. Cut and paste that list here. Bold the ones you actually like. Understand that the word "like" in this case means, in the very least, "wouldn't immediately change the radio station from". Pick a favorite. Underline that favorite.

( half good and half bad )

2. Regarding alliecat8's meme, she had this Ahab The Arab song which from the title only sounded like the perfect crack Sawyer/Sayid song, or at least the one Sawyer would think first thinking about Sayid. Then she linked it to me, I saw the video with the Sawyer/Sayid thing in mind and seriously, I'm still laughing like I can't remember. Oh Christ.

3. Hohoho assignment = 8000+ words and the end is... well, I can see it but I have stuff to go through. Oh, damn, I'll force myself to do all the plot tomorrow and the end the day after.

4. polvodestrella, I got your card! And elliotsmelliot, I got the card and of course the dvds, thank you so much again! (and I'll be glad to leave Jack to Boone under the mistletoe if he lets me steal a kiss first ;) ;) and the polar bear!!) ♥ I'm hoping to finish my own cards tomorrow.

5. I did my best of 2008 nominations for lost_fic_awards finally!

6. The new Uncut issue made me happy. It had Led Zeppelin on the cover, Lucinda Williams was on the album guide and in the best records of 2008 chart, too, they said that Chinese Democracy was a bad record and The Wire was both in the best shows of 2008 and I think first in the best series' DVDs. I love foreign music newspapers (even though I don't think I've ever finished a crossword on Uncut. Or Mojo. Or Classic Rock. They're hard!).

7. Okay, figures it's all for now.

Here comes the first round! This post is for everyone who asked for icons/headers/various graphics et all aka zelda_zee, gottalovev, falafel_musings, thespiansparkle, ladymacbeth77 and honeypoppy0212. haldoor, I haven't forgotten you, but before I start working on what you know you're getting that famous e-mail this evening or tomorrow morning so that I can do your things in their own session. ;) Everyone else is getting fic at the next round (hoping it's sooner than later ;) ).

( grab! )

First of all, I guess that pimping this at eponine119's is mandatory even if there's probably no need.

Then, I'm really so glad to be in here, it's the best fandom ever. Really. ♥

Uhm this is really just to wish everyone a happy new year ;) and since I didn't want to make favors in fandoms...


Get your wishes from Bruce Springsteen better known between me and pnr and we hope soon the world as the Muffin man ;) hope you have a great one!

On personal issues, the cold is better but still a bitch and I guess I'll go see some movie with my mother or something. First new year's eve with my parents after, uhm, years. But anyway I like it like this ;) see you all in 2008! *waves*