owlmoose | Weekend of accomplishments

So, what have I been up to?

I finished my assignment for ff_exchange! It's a Penelo/Vaan story entitled "Lines of Communication" and it can be found here. I'd never written Vaan before, and Penelo only once in a drabble, so it was my first time with this pairing, but I was pretty happy with how it came out. I'm getting more comfortable with FFXII every time I write it, and of course starting the replay was immensely helpful. I was glad that there was so much interaction between Vaan and Penelo at the beginning; it helped me settle their voices in my head, and reminded me just how much chemistry they have together.

I got a handle on my out-of-control jewelry situation. For the last several years, I've kept all my jewelry in a nice box that I got for my BMC Alum work, and it just hasn't been working very well -- stuff gets lost, necklaces get hopelessly tangled, etc. So I went to The Container Store today and bought some clear plastic jewelry boxes -- a necklace stand, an earring hanger, and a small box with a lid, all enclosed to protect against cat incursions. Then I sorted everything out, including putting some of the stuff I never wear into storage. It's become clear, though, that I'm going to need at least one more earring stand for the first tier, especially as I am unlikely to stop buying jewelry! Probably a second necklace stand as well. Also, I'm rather dismayed by how many of my favorite earrings seem to have lost a mate. Such is life, but it's still sad. The box will find another life as a place to store hair stuff.

I watched the first episode of Gilmore Girls, thanks to steluch, who lent me the first two seasons last night. This is a series I've been meaning to check out for years, so it's nice to have the chance finally. The first episode was certainly promising...

I had a lovely dinner with friends on Saturday -- homemade fajitas, grilled corn, and miscellaneous coladas. Lime colada was probably my favorite, although I'm a little sad that we never got around to mixed berry. But others thought that berry and coconut would be an odd combo, and it could be that they're right. Fortunately, the blueberries made an excellent topping for S's tres leches cake.

So when I started this entry, I had an idea that the list was going to be much longer, but everything else is way too dull (grocery shopping! laundry! Bubble Spinner!), so I'll just leave it here. ;) Have a great week, all.

GILMORE GIRLS! Oh, goodness. Gilmore Girls is - you know how some people eat ice cream or listen to loud music etc. etc. when they're depressed?

Gilmore Girls is my Haagen-Daas.

Seriously I love that show so much there are no words. I actually own every season. I really hope you like it!

I love Gilmore Girls... I'm borrowing the DVD's from my brother's fiancee, and I'm in the middle of season 3. It's an awesome show :)

Hi! I wandered over to your journal to thank you again for writing that Vaan/Penelo piece for me for FFEX. It was just so sweet. It really made my day!

(And now that my fic is posted, I can laugh at the irony that I wrote Vaan and Penelo, and got Vaan/Penelo.)

And, seeing as I'm here, I might as well comment properly.

Gilmore Girls! I ....actually own that series on DVD. Early-seasons Rory is such a breath of fresh air, as far as TV characters go. I hope you enjoy the rest of the series. The first two seasons are just fantastic, IMHO.

Thanks again for such a fun little fic!

I'm so glad you enjoyed it!! :) Thanks for leaving such a nice comment on the story, too. I really did have fun writing it; it was a great prompt to work with. Larsa/Penelo/Vaan is actually one of my favorite ships in FF12, so I was happy to have an opportunity play around with this corner of it. As I mentioned above, I haven't written much FF12 fic yet (my primary fandom is X/X-2), but I've been slowly dipping my toes into the fandom, and I hope to get more into it soon.

I also noticed that you both gave and received V/P fic! Funny how these things work. :)

So again, you are very welcome, and I'm so, so happy you liked it.

As for GG, I watched the second episode of GG tonight, and enjoyed it a lot. I definitely see the potential in Rory. I like Lane and Sookie, too -- they're both so funny. I've heard a lot of great things about it so I'm looking forward to seeing more.

The dynamic between Vaan, Penelo, and Larsa is just is really interesting to play around with for all number of relationships: friendship, romantic, etc. etc.

I might have to poke through your backlog for X/X-2. (That's the beauty of something like FFEX, I think. I get to discover new people in fandom, and by association, access to their awesome contributions to it.)

Sookie is charming, as is Lane. Part of the reason I enjoyed Gilmore Girls so much is because of its likeable set of characters, main, supporting, and otherwise. But at the same time, it's not very black or white. They all have their reasons behind their actions--and their flaws as well.

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