the trick is to keep breathing

Look, guys, this week has already been a veritable shitbasket of awful presents from Mother Life, but there's one thing I am totes looking forward to more than sleep, yes that is a true statement (as this thing will stand in the way of my sleep for like a month or two) and that thing is:

DOINK 2010: a brand-new round of Final Fantasy Exchange ♥ ♥

Seriously! I am watching these prompts roll in and plotting as to which diabolical pairing I'm going to adopt as my own and write 20,000 words for this time. This year: there are really good prompts, guys! I DO NOT LIE.

Also: SWEET NEW FORM. I do not think I could praise this form more if it were giving me a neck massage at this very moment. This form is as sexy as Shemar Moore. This form is as awesome as espresso. You know you want to sign up just for the form.

We have ff_exchange and ff_exchange for your pleasure this year; introductory post for signups is here.

If you want to help/participate but don't want to play, there are two really awesome ways you can sign up to be part of these shenanigans! The first is to sign up to be one of our non-participant pinch hitters - there's no commitment; you're just adding your name to an email list of people we will appeal to in cases of emergency: you decide what you do/don't do. The second is to sign up to be an on-call beta volunteer; there will be more about that coming soon, but let me know if you're interested so I can specifically point you that way. :)

GUYS. When we decided to do a 2010 round I was like "ohgod" and "what the shit were we thinking" but now that is it here I am bouncing around like the world's most hyperactive kitten. This only proves that I am not all there in the head (I IMMEDIATELY REGRET THIS DECISION) but I kind of don't care because yay! FFEX!

In celebration, I'm going to go back to last round and read a bunch of things I didn't get to read (seriously: I don't think I read anything except my own gift; sorry to everyone I love who wanted comments, lol) and post some recs to show just how awesome we are. YOU are; it's fandom that makes this thing so fantastic *single emo tear* I AM A GIGANTIC LOSER, AND DON'T CARE.


More on Awesome Weekend of WineCon and recs tomorrow, but I wanted to get this out tonight.

Okay, pretty much everybody who is coming to otakon needs to read this thread ASAP and vote Y/HELL Y.

And then we can decide on which Beastie Boys songs to memorize.

edit - correct icon now

HAHAHA OKAY GUYS HERE YOU GO

( THIS IS A POST OF SHOES HAHAHA I SUCK )

LOL MY CAT LIKES SHOES

edit WTF HUGE PICTURE. I will try to fix this thing

Captains, I: The Meeting of the Ifrit and the Shiva. FFVIII; PG-13; Seifer, Quistis. Pirate AU.

This fic pretty much makes me a huge, huge robonerd. Those of you who might actually respect my writing, don't click.

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GO DO IT.

SERIOUSLY.

IT TAKES LIKE 60 SECONDS.

DO IT.

AND THEN ADVERTISE FOR IT ANYWHERE YOU CAN. THERE IS NO POINT TO DOING THIS UNLESS WE HIT EVERYWHERE IN FF FANDOM.



my icon has never been more appropriate; apparently, need real life

I STOLE THIS FROM lassarina. PLEASE ENTERTAIN ME.

1. Comment to this post with the name of a character that I have written in fic.

2. I will comment telling you the following:
a. What initally prompted me to like the character enough to write about him/her.
b. One of his/her best traits
c. One of his/her worst traits
d. How easy/difficult I find it to write the character
e. The story/chapter/paragraph/phrase where I feel that I truly captured the character
f. My plans (if any) to write the character in the near future.

How Not to Date Blondes, Chapter 10! In which Enkida and I* out-do ourselves with horrible innuendo, cooking jokes, and approximately 10,000 words. I am really not joking.

*Mostly Enkida, I will admit.

Eventually this will make it back into brokenprism and then you will all be spammed by it AGAIN!

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Coming up: back to the Meme of Five, with a new attempt to write eerian_sadow's prompt. I AM NOT STUCK. I SWEAR.