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So this week has been pretty tough, in a very isolating way, with the lovely response to my RPF BB the main bright spot (as well as a few other things). And rather than despair into my work (paid, that is), and despite it being Friday when there's sort of no one around, I thought I would put up an open post and see what I caught!

What are you all up to?

I'm going to a tumblr meet up on Saturday, and perhaps out with some people later tonight, and last night after reading a secret about Yusuf and then some meta about him I came up with a whole Inception Vegas AU that I might write after I've finished some other things. Hopefully the fandom will not be dead by the time I get to writing that, because it's Yusuf/Ariadne, not Arthur/Eames.

Current Mood: quixotic
Crossposts: http://jlh.livejournal.com/589131.html

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From:

kitty_wake

Well, I despaired in my work today and then realised - huzzah! - that tomorrow is the day of my local NaNoWriMo kick-off party! I will arrive with a mango in one hand and a pomegranate in the other, as is the style in this part of the world, and if I don't get any funny looks on the way I will be sadly disappointed, because I'm also going in my novel-themed clothing if I can find my striped tights.

From:

jlh

Okay you absolutely have to explain the mango and the pomegranate! Are you doing NaNoWriMo or just cheerleading? I don't remember your mentioning that but perhaps you did and I was not paying attention!

Why are striped tights a novel theme?

Your comment, it is full of riches!

From:

kitty_wake

Well, my region is known as the place "where novelists bear fruit", and you have to bring fruit to the party. I don't think we'll be eating the fruit there as mangos are apparently messy little beasts, and also I think they frown on knives in cafes.

I'm definitely doing Nano: I won in '08 and kind of petered out in '09. For although I do like writing longhand, which I tried last year, it's also rather tiring, and for a contest that's based on reaching a certain word count it's annoying to have to count anything from 400-500 words a page. I'm planning on writing a bit every day in my DW during November, and the only people I've really mentioned it to so far are my fellow nano-ers.

Striped tights are my novel theme because my novel, which largely takes place in Paris in the 1940s, features zazous, and the ladies of that subculture wore striped tights. Team those with a short skirt, red lipstick, whatever I can find that approximates heavy shoes and my, um, black Hello Kitty umbrella, and that's the fashion they were into (minus the giant Sanrio endorsment).

I'll have to take a photo of myself in this getup.

Have you ever done Nanowrimo? I find it exhilarating.

From:

jlh

I have not! I've written a lot of long fic and done that pretty quickly, and I don't yet have a desire to write anything original, so I've skipped it. Also my Novembers tend to be pretty hectic. But it's fun to cheer on everyone else! Good luck!

Mangoes are indeed kind of a pain to deal with and you do need quite a sharp knife, though if it's very ripe and the skin is thin you can just bite into it, as long as you mind the pit.

I go back and forth between writing longhand and writing on the computer. I find that often the story dictates where it wants its draft to go.

From:

alwayswondered

I have re-watched some S2 Mad Men and eaten some ice cream (I feel justified because I'm now a Person Who Runs) and am struggling to stay awake for no apparent reason. It's the middle of the night and I'm not doing anything! What do I need to be awake for?

Tomorrow I might get my fringe trimmed, because it's getting in my eyes. I'm also going to think about my Halloween party and do an inventory of all the drinks I have/need. Then on Sunday I'm having either lunch or dinner with Mr Fabulous and there will probably be some reading and tea-drinking in between all that.

But for now I'm going to bed because I need sleeeeeeeep.

From:

jlh

Yeah, I don't know why you were up, either!

I think I'm going to be some kind of fairy princess nymph thing for Halloween. I have a floaty blue dress and just need the right makeup and maybe some cheap jewelry.