luzula

1. My month at

crack_van is over. I'd make a list of my recs here, but gah, I'm sick of coding. They're here, anyway. I think I succeeded pretty well with my goal, which was to rec 1) rare pairings and gen and 2) unrecced authors. I recced eight different pairings, none of which was any of the three major slash pairings, and three gen fics. Also, I recced six authors who'd never been recced on

crack_van before.

2.

amplificathon is almost over, and it's been both fun and kind of tiring (which goes for the reccing, too). My latest podfics over there are And Spite of This Cold Time by

wildestranger (Temeraire gen with Laurence/Granby/Tharkay subtext, rated PG) and a thread through spring by

nekokoban (the anime series Tactics, Haruka/Kantarou, rated PG-13). You know, I might think I don't care about the points, but I totally do. I am currently in sixth place out of thirty.

My voice is a better, though I still have to be careful not to talk too much, and to try to use the right technique when I do.

3. I have sent two fics off to beta.

4. In non-fannish news, I am gardening. The house we live in now has a quite nice garden, not very big, but there are two vegetable beds dug up by the last owner. So we're sowing some carrots and red beets and beans and parsnips and stuff. It's my boyfriend's idea--he loves gardening--but I'm glad we're doing it. I was out working in the garden today, and there were lots of Callophrys rubi (a small green butterfly) as well as several species of bumblebee. We're sowing Phacelias to attract more insects. Also, there's an identification guide to hoverflies coming out soon, which I am totally buying (those are the ones that mimic wasps). Huh, this was kind of about fannish stuff too, except the fandom is nature.

For now, please comment at the LJ entry.