i'm a pixel here, myself

Ever have one of those days where you wake up and go "huh, it's December first, which means I leave for my parents' house in just over two weeks" and you freak out because you realize you have more things to do than paper to list it all on? Yeah.

To that end, some bullet points:

* phaballa, I will finish your beta sometime in the next few days, I promise.

* After that, I am not doing ANYTHING fandom-related until my yuletide story is done, because [HOMG eighteen days to deadline] (nevermind that elyn says seventeen; since the deadline is the end of Tuesday the 19th and it is midday Friday the 1st, you do the math). Expect a locked post in the next few days asking for a beta.

* The roommate's birthday is today. I do not have a gift because I am a sucky roommate. I suspect I will tell her that I'm combining it with her Christmas gift, but I have NO IDEA what I'm getting her for Christmas. Ha HA! I just thought of the perfect gift. Now to get it before tonight...

* I need to come up with a Christmas list for my parents, grandparents, uncle, and brothers, and I need to solicit suggestions from them. I am a sucky son/brother/grandson/nephew. But honestly, the things I want now are more on the big-ticket side, or on the "family can't get them for me" side: a macbook, a new job, etc. I tend to just go buy myself anything small that I want/need at the time. My baby brother told my parents he wants cash. Mom's response: "But I want to have something under the tree for you to unwrap!" His comeback: "I could unwrap a box of twenties..." Oh, my family.

* Big Boss is conferencing with Little Boss (formerly Invisible Boss and Visible Boss, respectively) about getting me more things to do. This is simultaneously good (because I am SO BORED OMG) and bad (because the documentation really DOES need to get done).

* Oh shit, I fly home in SEVENTEEN DAYS WTF.

* The recipe thing isn't happening this year because I am disorganized and frantic, and have had zero time to make any of the recipe suggestions submitted by y'all. I will try them, but probably not until well after the first of the year, when I've had time to properly collapse.

* dine and althea5000, I just found your requests for my a cappella album in my inbox dated forever ago. I'm sending you links to the online order form. Apologies for the delay!

( for my own reference )

So, um. Could I get some music lovin'? I'm looking for Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars" and "Run" (or maybe the whole album?) and both of Kelly Clarkson's albums (Thankful and Breakaway). I can reciprocate, if there's anything you're looking for!