I doubt many of you are aware of this, but a loooong time ago I created and "maintained" a community called hdm_fanfiction, for the purpose of posting and discussing fanfiction in the His Dark Materials fandom (Northern Lights/Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass, trilogy by Phillip Pullman).

As my presence in my own lj indicates, I was never a good mod for it, and have been largely absent from it since its creation. Suffice to say a change of management has been LONG overdue, and therefore I've put a PSA on the community about offering it to a new mod.

As I've said in the post, I'd rather not let it go to the first person who offers, but someone who'll give it the attention I never gave it properly. If anyone on my flist (or anyone, really) is interested in taking over as a mod, please email me (bessorla @ yahoo.com) or drop a comment with your email here or at the post. Also, please pass the link around!

Open Call for New Moderator @ hdm_fanfiction

Thanks! :)

I don't often post things like these, but I'd really like it if you could take a minute to sign a petition sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for federal funding of research towards a cure. This issue is important to me because my mother has suffered with MS for over 25 years and it's a disease that isn't well-known, but it can have devastating and debilitating effects.

Click Here to sign the petition, and please make sure to mark the region in which you reside so that it is sent to your representative. This, unfortunately, only applies to those who live in the US.

Thank you! ♥

I am HOME for Thanksgiving and quite happy to be so. The longer I am at school, the more I yearn to be home, but I'm sure in a few days I will plead for the bleak existence that is on-campus housing.

The thing about living with 5 other girls in an apartment is that you've got to avoid getting into fights, even though they piss you off, because ultimately you have to get past that because of the times when you do like them.

When it comes to living with family, though, you can piss them off all you like and they pretty much have to take it without fear of a true falling out since we ALL love each other, deep down.

Since I came home last night, I haven't progressed to the point of OMG GET ME OUT quite yet. And since we have to prepare a moderately sized Thanksgiving (which I'm feeling a little WTF at since I prefer only my immediate family and friends to view me face first in the stuffing Iloveitsomuch).

Passing on a D/Hr rec (!!) from itsbeenvery: The Absence by applecede. It's a verrry refreshing fic for D/Hr, and reminds me why I still love this pairing though I tend to read way more SS/HP and HP/DM than DM/HG. Go read it, even if it's not usually your thing. It's really well done and NOT a lame head boy/head girl PWP.

While I'm in the pimping mood, a new D/Hr challenge community, dhr_darkhorse has recently sprung up with a Winter Challenge, which if I wasn't such a flake to challenges I would attempt something for it. If you're a fan of D/Hr, check it out.

In other RL news, last week absolutely sucked because I was ridiculously busy, culminating with being in a car accident on Sunday night. No one got hurt, thankfully, but seeing the car door I was sitting beside all caved in makes me wonder if I'm in denial about some sort of deep-seated pain since two of the other people in the car have bruises and muscle soreness while I merely banged my elbow (and it has ceased to be stiff and painful). Theories are that I hit the airbag (and yet have no recollection of doing so), bounced back and was fine, or perhaps unconsciously braced myself and therefore took the brunt of the hit effectively.

What surprised me is that I remember watching the car coming at us, freezing up, and thinking, "We're gonna get hit." I didn't freak out and scream "OMG I'M GONNA DIE" or anything overdramatic like that. It was simply, this is going to happen. I feel oddly comforted about my reaction.

AAAANYWAY things are good, I'm glad I'm home, and I can't wait to take a triptophan nap. Since I'm home for almost a week, you may be hearing more from me, muahaha.

I hope you are all well. ♥ Tell me what you like about November (or life in general), because I've pretty much concluded that it's a sucktastic month. :D

Fill out kat99999's poll on Fandom as a subculture, as a) she needs it for something academic, b) stats are fun and c) it's nice to see how others answer the questions. Plus, as lazy_daze noted, it's a chance to talk about yourself in fandom. :D