illusion is hope born from fear

Day 03

In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private.

I've never been a real fan of New Year's Resolutions, they're always a little overwrought, always something to use to make yourself feel like shit when you don't live up to them, and, more often than not, they're all about losing weight because that's what the 10 billion diet commercials tell us we should be doing.

Fuck that noise.

But goals in and of themselves aren't bad things. It gives us something to reach, to achieve. Something to be proud of.

Blerg, I'm having a weird day, anyway, thinking about my life, about how I'm older now than my parents were when I was born, about what I've done and haven't done, what I've achieved and haven't achieved. Just a generally weird day.

But I have achieved things. In fact, I achieved something today. I called my US Congressional Rep's office to voice my support for Obamacare. Believe me, this is a big fucking deal, because I hate the phone and I hate cold-calling and I stuttered through the whole thing but I did it.

I mean, it won't change my Rep's mind, I know him of old, but I'm not going to go quietly into the motherfucking night.

Anyway, goals. In 2017 I will:

*Write more. Write something every day.
*Be kinder. And look for ways I can help and then actually offer my help, if it's appropriate. I tend to stand back, hesitant to step in, even when that hesitance is unwarranted.
* Speak up. I don't have a lot of faith that I, alone, can change anything. But that's not the point. Saying something is the point. Not letting my silence communicate acquiescence is the point.
* Not be a dick. It's, like, the baseline of civility. And it's amazing how easy it is to forget. Seriously, just don't be a dick.
* Exercise. I'm not talking "I have to lose ALL the weight" exercise, but the "Just do something, anything, with your body" kind of exercise. Because it's true, if you don't use it, you lose it and I'd like to put off losing it for as long as humanly possible.

I think that's a good start. Those are good goals to have. That's a good place to start.

Hearing about how LJ's servers are being moved to Russia has made me kind of nostalgic for the old girl. So when I saw this challenge I thought, heck, let's try this out, for old time's sake.

FYI this is the last post I'll be crossposting to LJ. I'll be archiving my old posts here on DW and I'll move any comms over to DW that aren't already here. This is pretty much what we feared when SUP took over all those years ago. Fuck you, Russia. Me and my queer ass don't have to put up with your shit.

Anyway, let's get to the challenge.

Day 1

In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you have created. It can be your favorite fanworks that you've created, or fanworks you feel no one ever saw, or fanworks you say would define you as a creator.

I'm going to go with three (or so) fanworks that define me as a creator. For funsies.

The Burn My Sins Away series (HP): I've never been a hardcore Harry Potter fan, but these two stories helped me express exactly what I needed to express when I was writing them.

The More Than Just a Pretty Face series (SPN): This is me to a tee. Why yes, of course if I'm into something that's all about dudes I'm going to write an entire series of stories focused on some actual women. Plus it has baby's first porn, so that's fun and exciting.

Undertow (Narnia): I love this story. Period. Queen Susan at the height of the Golden Age, doing her duty.

Ruination Day (SPN): I've only ever made two vids (I've always planned on making more, but we'll see) and this one's the best. I made it for a friend's fic and it turned out really well.