All I Want for Christmas....

[lls_mutant]

I've been seeing the fandom Christmas meme going around, and it's kind of cute, in principle. This is my first Christmas on LJ, which is fun. My wishlist is pretty simple, though: I'd like icons. (I'd particularly like an Accio Bananas! icon, and an icon that has to do with MRFH.) Other than that, I really, really can't think of anything that people could possibly grant. I think as a Christmas present to me I might pay for my account so I can actually USE more than three icons, but that's for me to give to me, because I do something nice for myself every year at Christmas, and this year I can't quite do what I did for myself last year (had my hair professionally colored and highlighted), because I can't take the baby to the salon and I don't want to pay that kind of money when we won't be going out much at Christmas, anyway. BTW- I highly recommend my little tradition of doing something nice for yourself at Christmas to everyone. Yes, it's the season of giving, but so many of us are so hard on ourselves the rest of the year. Take time and appreciate yourself!



My mom wants my Christmas list. I know it seems early, but a.) my mother is Bargin Hunter Extraordinaire and Christmas shops all year, and b.) I have a November birthday, so I combine both lists in one. The problem is that this year I have no idea what I want.

My mom loves long Christmas lists, so she can pick and choose items and there's still some element of surprise. Personally, I totally agree with that philosophy. (Like I said last Christmas rant, it also teaches kids they don't get everything they want.) But this year, I just don't know what I want. Well, I do. I want a healthy, happy baby. But I can't really put that on my Christmas list!

I don't know what size I'll be, so clothing is out (especially since I plan to hop right on WW after the birth.) We got married three years ago, so our kitchen has every concievable gadget that I would actually use. I know a mother needs to make sure she spends time on herself and her marriage, as well. But here's the thing: my hobbies? There's reading, but I have over half a dozen books I haven't read sitting around. (Plus, for some bizarre reason, my mother never gets me books. Why this is, I don't know, since she's always encouraging kids to read. I guess it's because I always read too much!) I love movies, but very few that I want are being released on DVD- it hasn't been a great year for movies. I love wine and would love to get (or get for hubby) a membership to a wine of the month or wine of the quarter type thing, but you can't ship wine to PA. I love cooking, but I have a ton of cookbooks. My other big hobby is writing, but what do you need for writing? Time and a computer, in my case, and as much as one day I'd like a laptop, it's not the kind of thing you put on a Christmas list. I love jewelry, but I know necklace + baby = bad idea. The only cosmetic I wear is perfume, and I'm stocked. I don't really need anything, I don't really want anything. It's a very nice complaint to have, but that's exactly why I hate Christmas lists, sometimes. I don't like asking for a donation made to someplace, either. I don't have pet charities, and I don't like dictating that someone should spend their money that way, y'know? It's one thing to say "in lieu of flowers, the family asks..." but it's another to ask someone to make a donation in my name for Christmas. Although I will probably do that for my grandmother- make a donation to the senior center that my grandfather was instrumental in helping to start.

Fortunately, Mom says she's probably scaling back on Christmas now, with her primary focus for our family being on the baby. Phew! :)



I'm also looking for two betas. I have two pieces for sirius_loving just about finished. They're both fairly short (for me), both with slash implications (R/S, naturally), and both well under R. For the one, I really, REALLY would prefer someone who's read Mentors, because it definitely references Mentors heavily. For the other, even though it references my universe, it probably doesn't matter. I should be able to send the pieces out by Saturday. Any takers?

ETA: Found betas. Thanks!!!!

Off to get writing!

Comments

Erm...mentors

[jazzypom.livejournal.com]

is that the one with Uncle Alphard?

I've read it, and vaguely remember the outline of it, if that doesn't matter, yeah, I'll give a look over (but you don't use betas, do you?!). If it's really important that I know your universe... well... probably pass it over to someone else. I'm cool either way.

My email addie is jazzypom@yahoo.com

Re: Erm...mentors

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'll probably pass it on to someone who's more familiar with it, if that's cool with you. But I appreciate it! (And yeah, it's Uncle Alphard.)

no problems

[jazzypom.livejournal.com]

none at all. It's surprising that you want a beta though, you don't normally use them?

Re: no problems

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

I don't, but not because I think they're a bad idea. I just normally write such long chapters that I don't do it- and because I tend to be lazy. I write fanfic just to write- if I'm in the mood to (seriously) edit, I've got something else going that needs editing much more! :)

However, betas are required over at sirius_loving, so betas I shall have! It's not like I think I'm that good that I don't need one, anyway ;)