THINGS

[labellementeuse]

1. I haven't said anything of substance for months and months, although the word document in which I hang my "list of things to write about" has had the following topics entered and erased as they became irrelevant:
- Spirit Day/Purple Day
- The last episode I watched of any show other than So You Think You Can Dance, which is all my brain can handle at the moment, I don't want to talk about it
- bossymarmalade's post about Yoko Ono, which made me cry but I didn't delicious it and if I go and look for it right now THIS POST WILL NEVER GET POSTED JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHERS I STARTED BUT DIDN'T FINISH
- the folk festival (cliff notes: awesome)
- The Hobbit
- Feminism Today
- Stephen Fry

It's also had the following things erased because thinking about them enough to write about them makes me want to scream:
- My last few assignments (cliff notes: this year has been amazing/horrible, I pulled my third all-nighter of the year [only my fourth or fifth in my lifetime] on Sunday, I have been passing but not doing so great)
- How hard it's been to get out of bed lately
- trying to find a job
- trying to find a job
- trying to find a job
- the fact that today I re-wrote my CV to be appropriate for retail and customer service work again
- the fact that I'm considering re-writing it to be appropriate for admin work; what's the difference between admin and reception and can anyone explain to me what quals I need for admin work?
- a whole lot of inappropriate personal detail which I put down, got disgusted with myself, and deleted. But if anyone spontaneously thinks up something they like about me anytime, I could really use the support right now. I just tried to type :D at a friend and I typo'd it as D: three times before I got it right: that's the state of the me right now. Freudian fricking emoticon typos.

2. I'm doing wrisomifu this month. My plan was to try to finish one of my multiple YW WiPs (I have one Dairine/Carmela Epic of Poor Characterisation and Not Great Plot, one Kit/Ronan Epic of Road Trips and Slashiness, and about a squillion bits and bobs that I've started & not finished) but I really really am not feeling either of them. Does anyone want to prompt me? I basically just want to get in shape before Yuletide sign-ups since I haven't written a word all year. Go crazy and prompt me for any fandom you know I'm in, but fair warning, I really suck at writing about men (I'm trying but it's not going well), so if you give me a non-YW slash prompt it'll be either unfilled or just really *crap*. (Also I only really write in YW so you know. No promises I just want some motivation, I guess.) (I am skimming the Bechdel unfilled prompts too.)

3. Speaking of Yuletide though, who's doing it? Who wants to set up a small gang of whiners-about-Yuletide, maybe just through getting all our emails together and sending out massive whines or emails or squees or whatevs? I know sixth_light's doing it this year (YAY) and I assume sushiflop, right? I feel like there are more people. Roll up in the comments and let's talk! *chinhands*

3. Does anyone know if DW does the LJ thing where if you let a paid account expire but pick it back up again soonish, your icons come back?

4. I'm really really hungry. I think I'm going to try and find some food, come back and do some writing. How are you today?

Comments

[callie]

Admin - ill defined and sometimes synonymous with reception work, but I'd say more emphasis on organisation/systems and less on customer service. I'd highlight computer skills, particularly in Excel/Access, if you have them and any time you've created systems for organising something, including in a volunteer capacity.

Not because I'm particularly suggesting you work for them, but because they do do ridiculously detailed job descriptions, take a look at the jobs here for things that might be included in an admin position.

Re (3) - I think they do, if I remember correctly.

[labellementeuse]

That's really really useful, thank you so much! <3

[hazel]

I will be doing yuletide, and I would LOVE a small group of people to rant at and be ranted at in return.

Basically, what callie says re. admin is correct: it's really more about organising things rather than customer service.

[callie]

I think you persuaded me to do yuletide, y? I've written like, three pieces of fanfic in my life. THIS COULD BE INTERESTING.

[hazel]

I MIGHT HAVE. It's awesome fun! You just sign up to the stuff you know and/or can recap in a month! Then you write things! And then on Christmas eve, if you have time (actually it's the 23rd here), you write lots of tiny fics as stocking stuffers.

AND THEN ON BOXING DAY YOU READ A LOT OF FIC. :D :D :D

[callie]

Am researching. Do you have an AO3 invites?

[labellementeuse]

+1 to what hazel said, Yuletide is aces and you should play!

If she doesn't have an AO3 invite I do, JSYK, and would be happy to give it to you (BUT they will give you an invite if you sign up for Yuletide, too.)

[callie]

That would be awesomesauce. anna AT randomstatic DOT net please.

[labellementeuse]

♥ YAY. *puts you on my list* Do you think a comm or just irregular group emails? or will that get spammy? does everyone use gtalk or should I be tracking down an actual messaging programme sometime?

Thanks for the tips :)

[trialia]

I'm happy to set up a mailing list on my domain if you'd like! I'm doing my first Yuletide proper this year, too, instead of just participating in Madness.

(and how I wish we could request crossovers.)

[labellementeuse]

THat's so sweet, but I think it might could be more high-tech than necessary? IDK, depends how big a gang I get together, I suppose.

and YAY/congrats on your first True Yuletide! :D

[trialia]

It shouldn't be - saves people typing in loads of individual email addresses once they've signed up to it, just emailing the list address and all members will see it? :) I can make it moderated membership if you'd like - I've got it set up, anyway :)

Hee. Thanks! *squish*

[labellementeuse]

You're probably right, it would be better! Cool cool cool. Perhaps I will start adding email addresses and things this weekend!

*squishes you back*

[hazel]

I think a mailing list as suggested elsewhere in the thread would probably work quite well - that way, you only have to remember 1 email address (and it doesn't rely on people being online at the same time). But a comm would be awesome in alternative!

:D

[labellementeuse]

Yeah, I lean towards mailing list too, after sleeping on the idea - I'm wary of a comm because my posse is split between LJ and DW and a couple people who only half-assedly use either, so.

:D

[china_shop]

Things I like about you: enthusiasm, smarts, sense of humour, willingness to try new things (like, say, the folk festival). <3

Writing prompt: Diana and Elizabeth talk about how Diana and Christy are adapting to NYC. Neal may or may not add his two cents.

[labellementeuse]

♥ thank youuuu.

And, I can work with that! I think. *pokes* (PS I totally wrote like, 650 words of fic tonight!!!!! and eleventy billion words of cover letters. wrisomifu is aces just thinking about what I'm going to skite about in check-in post tomorrow!)

[china_shop]

Awesome! Go you! \o/

Also, I like that you're politically aware. Add that to the list. :-)

[birke]

I just tried to type :D at a friend and I typo'd it as D: three times before I got it right: that's the state of the me right now. Freudian fricking emoticon typos.

You're funny.

Articulate as well.

Around here, I frequently see "detail-oriented" in administrative position advertisements. And I agree on the computer skills.

[labellementeuse]

Ahaha, since I frequently feel like I'm just blathering dull nonsense into the air, that's so reassuring to hear.

Neato. Thank you!

[katarik]

I am doing Yuletide!

I love you lots, and one of the reasons why is that I think you have excellent taste in fiction and write good recs/reviews.

[labellementeuse]

Yay! Would you like to join our mailing list of bitchy?

♥ thank you so much.

[katarik]

I would like to!

[the_antichris]

I'm doing Yuletide! I would love to join a babbling group. I'm also theoretically doing wrisomifu, except I totally flaked last night. My brain, it is not working.

[labellementeuse]

Whee! imma start doing setupy things this weekend, so I will keep you posted.

*coughs* I feel this is appropriate: Write something, o miserable fuck! (although it's getting late now and ngl, pretty sure I'll be flaking tonight.)