It’s -1F and so terribly dry

1. I have nearly cleared all of my existing event obligations. My treats are in for Yuletide, I’ve gotten my other exchange fic done, and I only have to finish up the gift I’m in the middle of writing for fandomtrees. The result is that I am sitting on my hands with excitement. Woe to deadlines, and all that. I am eyeing all of the The Charioteer fic posted to YT and hoping to enjoy reading other people’s gifts!



2. The Candy Hearts Exchange (candyheartsex) is running this year to handle the gap left by Chocolate Box. I’m so glad—I’d meant to do it this time, now that I’ve got the hang of multifandom exchanges, and the initial announcement of cancellation was so sad! Nominations period is the best. What crossovers should I go for? What should I put in for Harry Potter and The Locked Tomb? I’ve stacked my old book obsessions in there already, but we have ten fandom slots and I want, goodness, I want.
   
   Reading the nominations is always fantastic. The Original Works category intimidates me too much to submit to, so instead I watch the list of pairings grow and marvel at how creative everyone else is.
   



3. Happy Hanukkah, chag sameach, etc. We’re getting together with friends tonight to celebrate after a bunch of minor setbacks for the past two days involving flaky friends and very terrible sufganiyot. I am reminding myself that the holiday is eight days long and I will make my own latkes later this week and everything will be fine. Again this year I forgot to buy stick-um to keep the candles from leaning in our menorah. Damn my need to have pretty things (elephant-shaped menorah) over practical ones (traditional menorah with deep candle holders).



4. Also on holidays—now that we live far away from our families, I don’t have an excuse to go all out with making cookies. I want to make one type, I think, but what? Chocolate mint is more for me than for my partner, but they last so well. Butter cookies are delicious but ugh the rolling. (I’ve wondered if I could just log, chill, and slice, though.) What are your favorites?
   



5. A meta post I’d seen before rolled by my tumblr dash again this week: link. This always gets my goat; cut for negativity.
   
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