So, it is party time again, folks!

[wiseheart]

Each year this time, we launch my virtual birthday party, which starts on October 1 and ends on October 9 at midnight, sharp. The goals of the party are to post as many comments and collapse as many threads as possible, on as many new pages as we can. It is always great fun, as you can see if you check out the similar entries of the last few years.

This year, I'll also throw the real party at mid-time - and post the recipes of all the food that will be there for you, so that you can all participate if you want to. Virtual food has no calories.

Fandom-related discussions are as welcome as the ones about coffee or chocolate (just to name a few favourites from previous years), and, of course, pictures and recipes of birthday cakes. ;)

So, drop by, tell your story, post your pics or silly poems, ask questions you always wanted to ask and have a good time!

Soledad, in excited expectation




Oh, and by the way, to provide birthday gifts hobbit-style, I've got a revived story and a Kansas 2 update for you.

Enjoy!

Comments

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

There is very little of it so far, it keeps getting stuck.

It depends on how the Yuletide work is looking by that point - hopefully assignments and the first rush of questions will be over by then, and everything settling down (plus sharing out more work to volunteers). I've started Autumn Pico several times, but not done so well on finishing. I'd like to participant as it has been very good in getting me making progress on things in the past.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Yes, rest is very likely to be in order after this wonderful and very intense party!

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Good luck getting the notes and files sorted out!

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Perhps I should give them another try, but my to-read pile (of books I own) is already teetering well over a hundred...

It is a lovely city, and I wish I could visit again -- unfortunately we're on zero holidays till we've settled down a bit financially, which might be several years.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

We'll sleep for a week! Except I've got to be in Scotland in less than a week, and my sister-in-law is up for the weekend to help with all the house jobs...

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

While I may not have a lecture to give tomorrow, there is still work that needs to be done. So I will say good night!

I hope to be able to look in on the party for a bit tomorrow, but I have an engagement in the evening, so I may not have a lot of time.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

*nods*

I struggled with the whole of the 7th book - it just made so little sense (especially I just couldn't believe all the fuss about finding food in a summer/autumn countryside....) but the end really didn't work - so many random, oh this person died, but everything goes on exactly as if nothing had changed from the first book.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Goodnight!

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

And I have to give another three lectures next week, as well as writing notes for my on-line course and monitoring/partaking in the on-line discussions for that...

Best of luck with the move! It sounds like a great adventure.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I really must work out a way of writing that works with the new Windows 7 laptop that won't allow me to print. I suspect half-moving to Scotland in the next few months isn't going to make life any simpler on that front!

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

It is terrifying! But it means the fulfilment of a more than decade long aim, and how often is one lucky enough to get to do that?

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Delegate, delegate, delegate!

I'm not sure how many times I've finished (if at all) -- I tend to get distracted, either by lack of progress in writing or RL events.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Delegate, delegate, delegate!
Yes - trying to work towards it being far more of a general team effort, and working out which bits really need to be done by mods (which I suspect is very much a minority of the work, but lots of the decisions), and how it can be spread out without causing problems and stress.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I quite liked HBP, especially once I'd been persuaded of the truth of Snape's sympathies, and then to find there was yet another mystical gizmo ... and, as you say, the epilogue was simply absurd.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

*nods* Sudden new magical thing to look for with no warning was rather too much.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Good idea! I'm so hopeful that YT will continue for years without causing another generation of mods to burn out. It really is by far the best part of Christmas for me, and has been for years (not that that is saying much, given some of the past events).

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

And tying it in to the cloak felt a stretch, as if JKR had looked around for objects introduced in book ?1 and tried to make them count in the climax.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Goodnight! And hope to 'see' you tomorrow.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

So, any bets on the final number of comments? We seem to be beating predictions at the moment.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Actually the cloak made the most sense to me - it was the randomly appearing without any mention other bits (eg if she'd included the tale in the first or second book, it would have made more sense.... but still been rather odd)

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I get the impression the tale grew in the telling. I suppose JRRT simply revised The Hobbit to fit the new narrative weight the Ring needed to take.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

*nods* Part of the planning is to have it so that it can be handed on in a other people (when either hh or I or both of us decide to stop modding) in a controlled and documented way, as it would be very sad to see it die. It would be good for it not to be so stressful, but I'm not sure how easy it will be to control it - but it is the plan.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

And now I should sleep too, goodnight all!

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

That sounds very sensible. It's a pity so much of AO3 makes the task harder, but at least you don't have to create the AO3 infrastructure from scratch. The admin side of the Mithrils was so painful that I don't think I'd ever volunteer to do anything remotely similar again.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Goodnight!