The Office is distracting me. talumin is currently rewatching what we have of the U.S. series on DVD, and not only is it an all too convenient excuse to not be writing, but that (combined with the recent awesomeness of Subtle Sexuality) is also giving me inconveniently timed re-flaily Ryan/Kelly (and B.J./Mindy) feelings. I had to try really hard to restrain myself from requesting The Office RPF for yuletide again this year, even though a) it's already one of my requests for prettylightsfic, and b) I requested it for last year's yuletide, and received not one but two awesome fics. (Which are totally to blame for me wanting to ask for it again - they were perfect, and I want more of that.)

I'm also trying to ignore a Ryan/Kelly plot bunny that bit me, hard, in favour of finishing up stuff I actually have to do. (Not that I'm not going to write it, just ... later. Along with any potential quest-y Disney RPF fics involving dragons.) I'm not sure if it's helpful or not that what I thought was a simple idea has ballooned into something ridiculously long and involved, but at least that means I won't be tempted to try to quickly dash it off before I finish my other fics.

(Also, okay. You know how I'm completely lazy and tend to name a lot of my fics after song titles? I turned on my iTunes, and the first thing that came on - not the song I'm listening to right now - was the song after which I've named the fic I'm currently supposed to working on. A not-so-subtle hint, perhaps? Fine, fine, I'm writing.)

Dear prettylightsfic author:

First off, I am so, so excited about this ficathon. And that you're writing something for me. Whatever it is, I'm sure it will be super awesome, and I'm really excited to read it. And if you already know what you're going to write - that's awesome! Go for it. If you're excited about it, there's roughly a 100% chance I'll be excited about it, too. But if you wanted a few more ideas, or to know about stuff I like and dislike or whatever, I can do that, too.

( Stuff I love, and other things )

If you wanted to know more about how I feel about these fandoms in general, you can browse my tags: The Office, Merlin, Wizards Of Waverly Place, Princess Protection Program, Disney. Or feel free to ignore everything I've said, ever, and just write what you want.

I FINALLY WATCHED SUBTLE SEXUALITY AND IT WAS EVERYTHING I HOPED FOR. THE END.

OKAY, NOT THE END. "WE'VE MET BEFORE." THE ENTIRETY OF EPISODE TWO ♥, CAN I PLEASE MARRY MINDY KALING NOW?

GOD, RYAN/KELLY, WHY DO I LOVE YOU THE MOST OF ANYTHING, EVER?

Ugh, how am I so behind on everything? I swear, two weeks ago I was writing like crazy and had no real commitments, then I slow down just a tiny bit, and suddenly I have this whole mess of stuff that needs to be finished. I blame this Halloween fic, WHY AREN'T YOU FINISHED ALREADY?

Help me procrastinate relax! Meme ganked from pearl_o:

Give me one of my own stories, and a timestamp sometime in the future after the end of the story, or sometime in the past before the story started, and I'll write you at least a hundred words of what happened then, whether it's five minutes before the story started or ten years in the future.

I'll also accept requests for stuff that happened off screen during the course of a story :)


Also, sign ups for prettylightsfic are now open, which I'm totally excited about. Minimum word count is only 750 words, so if you're into RPF, you should go check it out; two of your requests need to be from a list of nominated fandoms, but the other two can be from anything you like, as long as it's a scripted television show or movie (and crossover requests are allowed). If you'd like to participate, but can't meet the fandom requirements, you can comment at the exemption post, and you may still be able to sign up if there are people to match you with.

I've almost narrowed down the fandoms I want to write/request; right now, I think I'm going to ask for The Office (B.J./Mindy! ♥), Wizards Of Waverly Place, Princess Protection Program, and ... maybe Glee, IDK. Anyway, you should all go there and request some sort of Disney RPF, like maybe David/Selena, or Demi/Selena, or something else that's awesome - High School Musical is even one of the official fandoms. Or, you know. You could request some other kind of RPF, if that's not your thing. But do consider signing up!


Now, I'm going to try to watch Subtle Sexuality from my corner of the world. (THIS IS SOMETHING I NEED IN MY LIFE, OMG.) ETA: No luck! I have tried, like, everything. And you guys, this is something that has Ryan and Kelly, together, in the same room, maybe even interacting! Clearly, I need to watch it. So if anybody could possibly hook me up, I'd probably love you forever.

(Seriously, I don't get why they need to make their webisodes U.S. only. I mean, aired episodes, sure, but web-only content? What the fuck is the point of that?)

So, there was an interview with B.J. Novak, and in it was this tidbit, re: Inglorious Bastards.

Except that Novak was sent a script and Tarantino, a fan of The Office, particularly Ryan's awkward exchanges with Kelly, rescheduled.

Quentin Tarantino ships Ryan/Kelly!! This is awesome and hilarious. I swear, if they don't interact more in season six, I will ... keep watching, in the vain hope that someday they will, but I won't be happy about it.

Also, I may have watched Doom. And found it awesome. Yeah, I don't know, either.

Ryan/Kelly!! ♥ So, this has been in the works for, like, forever, and I'm (finally) getting around to posting it. There's a fanmix and accompanying picspam; spoilers up to season five (including promos, extras, and deleted scenes), rated PG-13 for language.


( I don't know, I can't explain it )

From fannish5: List your 5 favorite unrequited love stories.

(Note: I may be taking a somewhat liberal interpretation of the prompt here. Basically, these are my favourite pairings that are, or were, some version of unrequited.)

( Spoilers for Arrested Development, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Miss Match, The O.C., Weeds, and The Office )

So, basically, unrequited love stories are, like, a pretty big thing in television, but I had to stretch the prompt fairly liberally in order to answer it. Because, really, I'm not so much a fan of unrequited love. I mean, pairings where one person is really into the other, and then they pursue them and stuff? I'm all over. But pining is just ... really very much not for me, which is why I didn't include most of the major unrequited love whatevers in my fandoms. And I'm probably forgetting a bunch of pairings I really love, but I can live with that.

Fandoms written in 2008: Battlestar Galactica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dark Angel, Doctor Who, Farscape, Firefly, Firefly RPF, Friday Night Lights, Gilmore Girls, Gossip Girl RPF, High School Musical RPF, How I Met Your Mother, Miss Match, NCIS, The Office, The Office RPF, One Tree Hill, One Tree Hill RPF, She's The Man, Smallville, Sports Night, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Supernatural, Torchwood, Torchwood RPF, The West Wing.

Number of fics: 92
Word count: 70,000
Total fandoms: 28
RPF: 7
Crossovers: 2

( The rest of the questions )

( 2008 fic masterlist )

I was planning on doing a yuletide recs post before the reveal, but I still have a bunch of fics I have to read, so that might have to wait. I do, however, want to strongly recommend the two fics written for me:

You Sent Me To Thailand (I Ended Up In France) (The Office RPF - B.J. Novak/Mindy Kaling - PG-13 - 3485 words) The true story of how BJ Novak and Mindy Kaling are totally over each other. For real. Featuring ficuses, matching underwear, Defamer, bad limericks, Brad Pitt, and much, much more.

Starting At Ohio State (The Office RPF - B.J. Novak/Mindy Kaling - PG - 2271 words) Real life has no characters. Real life has them. A year of moments between B.J. and Mindy.


Also, comedychick! ♥ I got your card in the mail, thank you so much - that High School Musical thing you sent is awesome and so thoughtful, you're amazing.

I hope everyone on my flist had or is having an awesome New Year's Eve, and that 2009 is fantastic. Technically, my NYE was about sixteen hours ago, and I'm a little hungover now, but nothing too bad. We had a pretty quiet night; instead of going out, we decided to stay home and have a (fantasy) movie marathon. We watched Prince Caspian, Stardust, and Timeline, and were sufficiently drunk by the last one that it was ... well, okay, not quite bearable, but fun to mock. And today we still have The Colour Of Magic, which I didn't even know had been made into a film, so.

End of year fic posts, etc. coming soon.

Dear yuletide writer:

Thank you so much for writing fic for me! I'm really excited about all my requests, so whatever you end up writing, I'm sure I'll love. There's quite a bit of detail in my requests, but in case you'd like to know more, there's a letter (and some virtual milk and cookies) behind the cut.

( This holiday season, I'd like world peace. And a pony. )

Eight fics written in October, which is much better than the last few months, even if they're all ficlets. Gilmore Girls, The Office, The Office RPF, and High School Musical RPF.


Gilmore Girls

Cornflake Girl (Dean/Lorelai - R - 150 words) This, she thinks, is so not happening.


The Office (US)

Always A Bridesmaid (Ryan/Kelly - PG - 100 words) Kelly thinks she looks good in white. Spoilers up to episode 3:15 - Phyllis' Wedding.

Hand Soap And Green Lace (Karen/Pam - R - 465 words) "Don't think, just answer. What do you want to do about Jim?" Spoilers up to episode 3:21 - Women's Appreciation.

Jellicious (Ryan/Kelly - PG - 200 words) Usually, Ryan's pretty good at tuning Kelly out.

Kelly Kapoor Story Hour (Kelly - PG - 179 words) Ten people who may or may not have an opinion about Kelly Kapoor. Spoilers up to episode 3:23 - The Job and season four promos.

Quabity Assuance (Creed, Kelly - PG - 140 words) "You're in charge of quality assurance."


Real Person Fic

Culturally Explicit (B.J. Novak/Mindy Kaling - PG-13 - 322 words) It's not like he hasn't met her parents before. Spoilers up to episode 3:6 - Diwali.

Humuhumunukunukuapua'a (Vanessa Hudgens/Ashley Tisdale - PG-13 - 193 words) Ashley's half sitting on her lap when her hand kind of slips and they laugh and then, there's kissing.

I really need to start posting these more frequently, since they keep piling up. Anyway, TV reaction post, drama/comedy edition:

( Gossip Girl )

( Greek )

( Grey's Anatomy )

( How I Met Your Mother )

( The Office )

Title: Kelly Kapoor Story Hour
Fandom: The Office
Character(s): Kelly, Ensemble
Word Count: 179
Rating: PG

Summary: Ten people who may or may not have an opinion about Kelly Kapoor.

Notes: Spoilers up to episode 3:23 - The Job and season four promos.

( Let me tell you about the girl )

Title: Always A Bridesmaid
Fandom: The Office
Pairing(s): Ryan/Kelly
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG

Summary: Kelly thinks she looks good in white.

Notes: Spoilers up to episode 3:15 - Phyllis' Wedding.

( Never a bride )

1) I'm ridiculously behind on my TV viewing, but brief reactions from the past week or so:

( 90210 )

( Friday Night Lights )

( Greek )

( Grey's Anatomy )

( Heroes )

( The Office )

( Private Practice )

( Smallville )

2) Caught up on watching The Office, and, ♥. I do love Jim and Pam, but I've fallen completely head over heels for Ryan/Kelly. I just - I really don't know. But they are currently one of my very favourite ships, and I love them to death. ( Season five spoilers + speculation )

3) remixthedrabble is currently open for sign ups! Sign up to be a remixee (to have your fics remixed) here, or to be a remixer (to remix someone else's fics) here, or both. I'm really looking forward to it, especially because, even though I have a million things to do at the moment, it's only a drabble or ficlet. Plus, remixes!

4) Trying to get as much as I can done before November (I'll be in New Zealand for a week to visit my mum, and then in Byron Bay for my dad's wedding), and work out what I can do now vs what I can take with me to do while I'm over there. Also, I'm finally writing stuff again, even if so far it's mainly ficlets/drabbles - I have my Sweet Charity fic to work on, plus a bunch of belated gift fics and a couple of late ficathon entries, but right now, I'm kind of zen about it; I know I'll finish what I have to, but I'm not giving myself a hard time about working on other things instead. Because, really, fandom is supposed to be fun, and if I start stressing I'm more likely to burn myself out than anything else. So, happy place.

5) I wrote fic!

Humuhumunukunukuapua'a (High School Musical RPF - Vanessa Hudgens/Ashley Tisdale - PG-13 - 193 words) Ashley's half sitting on her lap when her hand kind of slips and they laugh and then, there's kissing.

Culturally Explicit (The Office RPF - B.J. Novak/Mindy Kaling - PG-13 - 322 words) It's not like he hasn't met her parents before. Spoilers up to episode 3:6 - Diwali.

Jellicious (The Office - Ryan/Kelly - PG - 200 words) Usually, Ryan's pretty good at tuning Kelly out.

Quabity Assuance (The Office - Creed, Kelly - PG - 140 words) "You're in charge of quality assurance."

Title: Quabity Assuance
Fandom: The Office
Character(s): Creed, Kelly
Word Count: 140
Rating: PG

Summary: "You're in charge of quality assurance."

Notes: Written for writing_game prompt "quality."

( She's asking about stuff that's nobody's business )

Title: Jellicious
Fandom: The Office
Pairing(s): Ryan/Kelly
Word Count: 200
Rating: PG

Summary: Usually, Ryan's pretty good at tuning Kelly out.

Notes: Written for writing_game prompt "jubilant."

( Blowing kisses )

Title: Culturally Explicit
Fandom: The Office RPF
Pairing(s): B.J. Novak/Mindy Kaling
Word Count: 322
Rating: PG-13

Summary: It's not like he hasn't met her parents before.

Notes: Spoilers up to episode 3:6 - Diwali.

( Blah blah blah, it's so super fun and it's going to be great )

I wrote fic! Normally, this wouldn't be a cause for celebration, but I've been ridiculously unproductive lately, so it's actually very exciting. Naturally, I didn't manage to write any of the number of fics I have outstanding for various people/ficathons, but it's still fic, so I'm happy.

Hand Soap And Green Lace (The Office - Karen/Pam - R - 465 words) "Don't think, just answer. What do you want to do about Jim?" Spoilers up to episode 3:21 - Women's Appreciation.

And, yeah. Obviously, I've been watching The Office lately. I loved the British version, so I put off watching the US version for ages, but I actually really love it. And Jim and Pam are too cute for words, but I really love Karen, so this resulted. (Also, I'm only up to the end of season three at the moment, so please don't spoil me? I'll probably be caught up in a few days.)

I still have to write up episode reactions from last week (preferably before this week's shows air), and I will totally get to that. But, fic!! Here's to hoping this means I can actually write stuff now.

Title: Hand Soap And Green Lace
Fandom: The Office
Pairing(s): Karen/Pam
Word Count: 465
Rating: R

Summary: "Don't think, just answer. What do you want to do about Jim?"

Notes: Spoilers up to episode 3:21 - Women's Appreciation.

( Got a secret, can you keep it )