13 December 2013 @ 12:29 pm
ATTF: Final Secret Santa Support Group, Treat, and Chat!  
Hello, wintry bar!

Welcome to Friday (because let's be honest, we totally own this day) hosted by myself and [livejournal.com profile] frea_o.

Today we bring you one last chance to vent your Secret Santa frustrations, share your excitement, or find that final burst of motivation you've been needing (without giving away your assignment, of course.)

So, how is everyone doing? Putting on last finishing touches or sprinting along toward the deadline?

If you're finished with your Secret Santa gift or if you're not participating in the main exchange this year, you can still sign up for the graphics team or make community gifts.

Speaking of which, I come bearing some lovely banners courtesy of [livejournal.com profile] slytheringurrl. Feel free to use them in  your posts, profile, etc. with credit.






Finally, feel free to just hang out and chat. Share your own holiday plans or stresses. Just have fun!

Things to remember:
1) Always label NSFW (Not Safe For Work) stuff in the title and post under a cut.
2) Fic and artwork needs to have a rating and warnings (or you can say that you’ve chosen not to use warnings).
3) For people with annoying internet connections, say in the title if a comment is graphic/images/gif-heavy and post picspams under a cut.
4) Have a damn good time! (Because if that’s not happening then this post has clearly failed.)
 
 
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[identity profile] alphaflyer.livejournal.com on December 13th, 2013 07:53 pm (UTC)
Okay, couple of things.

1. My Secret Santa story? Text is done and has received the preliminary "does it suck" test from my faithful bellwether. Now I have to go and sand over some bits that strike me as choppy, or extraneous, and then look around whether I can find someone willing to beta the thing. Or maybe I'll just improvise ...

2. Holiday stresses? Several observations here.

- The good thing about waking up at 3:30 am is that it's a really good time to go on EBay.
- Still haven't decorated the house, but since I only took down the last of the decorations in July I think the universe is evening out.
- Mother-in-law arrived yesterday. Which was fine, except we thought she was arriving TODAY so the house wasn't clean (my cleaning lady comes Fridays ...), her bed wasn't made, and then there was that horrifying moment where we got that call from the airport ... Ahem.

So, all things considered, par for the course.

PS: Had to edit this TWICE to get rid of typos. I need a weekend, and a bottle of wine.

Edited 2013-12-13 08:54 pm (UTC)
[identity profile] happilydancing.livejournal.com on December 13th, 2013 09:59 pm (UTC)
OMG, how did that mix-up happen? I am cracking up over here! I can totally picture how you felt when you got the phone call.
[identity profile] alphaflyer.livejournal.com on December 13th, 2013 11:18 pm (UTC)
Yeah, well. Guess I have become so blasé about travelling, I usually don't check times until the day before -- which works well, provided you have the right day! (I once got to the airport only to be told I was a day early, although this time it was my secretary who goofed; she'd forgotten that the only connection to the place I was going left half an hour before I arrived in Ft Lauderdale, so I needed a 23-hour layover ...).

All that said, it is not cool, leaving an 82-year-old granny un-picked up at the airport, but we all got over it and it will no doubt enter family Christmas lore! ;-)
[identity profile] happilydancing.livejournal.com on December 14th, 2013 10:44 pm (UTC)
Haha. Still loving this.
[identity profile] shenshen77.livejournal.com on December 14th, 2013 12:34 am (UTC)
Unless it's another of your 30k epics, I'd be more than happy to give it a once over :D I just won't have that much time this weekend (as I have to get my own fic ready for betaing and go get drunk on Glühwein ;)).
[identity profile] alphaflyer.livejournal.com on December 14th, 2013 02:02 am (UTC)
Awwww .... It's not. Quite. I'll PM you ... ;-)