free to dissolve in streaming in summer

my gift for ikel89's secret santa had been waiting for me to return to varna, and we've finally reunited, and it was AMAZING. my apparent secret santa, wonderful alorarose, read all my heart's desires and sent me:



watercolor pencils! a beautiful skethbook and a beautiful watercolor sketchbook! a gorgeous summer scarf! and a pack of cat toys my cats immediately went nuts over, GOOD CHOICE. it was like the very last drop of general holiday goodness, and it cheered me up to no end and i can't wait to play around with the art supplies, awwww.

thank you so much, alorarose, and i hope your holidays were a thing of joy ♥

it's still snowing outside, relentlessly and softly; i find it endlessly comforting, while we're cocooned inside, safe as houses and cuddling on a whim. most of the day was spent in bed, rewatching old movies and finishing up olivier salad. (well, i've also passed the fourth quiz in my calculus course, derivatives! 6/6 on the first try, either i get smarter or things are starting to coalesce).

meanwhile, snowflake_challenge time! in your own space, create a list of at least three fannish things you'd love to receive, something you've wanted but were afraid to ask for - a fannish wish-list of sorts. leave a comment in this post saying you did it. include a link to your wish-list if you feel comfortable doing so. maybe someone will grant a wish. check out other people's posts. maybe you will grant a wish. if any wishes are granted, we'd love it if you link them to this post.

- more goblin emperor fics!this year's yuletide brought a great harvest of them, but apparently my heart's desire is hurt/comfort with maia being in a center, and maia/csethiro as the main relationship with others being adjascent to it (a poly relationship, a poly v relationship, whatever, but csethiro must be there, for me). outsider povs, maia's household doting on him, political intrigues, whatever. my heart is still not sated, and it's been a whole book.

- i'm always excited and humbled by any kind of related works for my fics - fanart (oh my), or podfics, or remixes (ahhh i want), or anything. i don't think it's unusual ^___^

- i really want baahubali to happen as a fandom. avani wrote me a gorgeous drabble for yule madness, but i want moooore and more and more. and more.


also, dearest hamsterwoman, as promised to you and inspired by you, 2015 reading roundup! i've tried to at least shortly review everything i read this year (here or on goodreads)), so it's something more of an attempt of a summary. not a bad reading year, all things considered, although a bit lackluster one.

( the reasons for living the freedom of words )

january is starting well.