Er. I--didn't mean to?

Okay, okay, so I was going to make another 'Working Through Shit, Bear With Me' post this morning when I got to work. And then luninosity accosted me with a perfectly delightful Erik/Charles Christmas-y snippet, and now, er. Now I am just under 8K into X-Pride II, aka the First Impressions sequel. WHICH, WHAT. I guess my issues are more or less settled enough so I can write? Anyway, in the 8K so far there has been freaking out, a love letter, a wedding, awkward sex talk with Raven, making out in the carriage, angsty Charles being an idiot, more cuddling in carriage, and arriving at Pemberley. And I swear, I am not even seeing the end of this. I am going to write so much stuff, SO. MUCH. REGENCY MARRIAGE FLUFF. IDEK if anyone will want to read it, but I seem to want to write it, so. We shall see, I guess. At this stage I am not even going to hazard a guess as to potential word length. I just can't even extrapolate from what I have so far, because there's not actually all that many scenes in the 8K, it's mostly scene setting and conversations and some plot advancement. If I end up writing over 50K of one story in November without actually meaning to, does that count as NaNo?

Also, I am sorry to everyone expecting stories from me, but this is what's--well, less 'coming', more 'bursting out at the seams' at the moment, so. Normal service should resume... at some point? OH, GOD, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO ME. Probably making a soundtrack to prod me into writing alllll the words isn't actually helping me stop it.

Anyway. Feeling pretty damn decent today. You guys are wonderful and ILU so much. ♥

Life is in the small things

Via dogeared

This is just so astonishingly beautiful. It would do us well to remember we're not the only thing on this planet; that there are amazing, incredible, awe-inspiring things happening around us all the time. I am just. A little speechless. So gorgeous.

Also, just finished watching Stigmata for the first time in years. Could be one of the things that influenced my mood tonight, but when I watch this, I just remember that line, The kingdom of heaven is inside you, and all around you. I am not particularly religious -- or, no. I should say I am not particularly conventionally religious -- I have plenty of beliefs and faith personally. And this is just one of the things to make me sit back and bask.

Anyway. On with the show.