I'm back!

[ratherastory]

Short version? Rome was awesome. JIBCon was fabulous, but visiting Rome blew the con out of the water in terms of experiences, not that anyone is surprised by that.

I am d-e-d dead from tired, but so, so happy. :)

I have well over 300 unanswered comments/emails, so I will get to those ASAP, I promise. Some are overdue from before the Con, and for that I apologize.

I cannot POSSIBLY go back through all the entries I missed in a week, so if you posted anything of importance, please let me know here or via PM? Thanks! (This does NOT apply to ohsam as I have notifications set up, and with LJ being mostly back on track I have a record of comment-fic and the like that's been posted)

I will be catching up as quickly as I can manage.

How is everyone? What did I miss? Did fandom implode while I was gone? :)

:::ETA:::

I stand corrected, LJ notifications still suck. PM me or email if there's anything important I need to know RIGHT NOW. Gah.

Comments

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

HOKAY SO ASIDE FROM THE TV GUIDE VICTORY PHOTOSHOOT THAT WILL DOUBTLESS LAUNCH A THOUSAND DJ AUs, LOOK AT HOW ADORABLE THEY AAAAARE:



OMG I LOOOOOVE THEMMMMM.

Rome sounded like it was amazing! I was drowning in tweets all weekend, I can't imagine what it would be like actually being there. Which was your favorite panel?

[nwspaprtaxis.livejournal.com]

For some reason, in this vid, MC (when he's not goofing off at least) makes me think of the Boondock Saints... and I have no idea why... Also? JA is freakin' hot.... and JP is just JP...

[4thejourney.livejournal.com]

Holy cow they're hot! I might've just had a major squee moment :-) And I love how it looks like JP just can't keep a straight face even when they're trying to do the "serious" pics, LOL

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Oh my God they are SO cute!

My favourite panel? God, I don't think I can pick one, but Richard and Mark were great. Watching Jensen and Jared goof around with the lag on the cameras made me laugh until I cried. They are, I am not kidding, giant children. Misha and Sebastian together just about made the universe implode from sarcasm, screwing with our heads, and sexual innuendo put together (Sebastian literally humped Misha's leg), and then just when I thought things couldn't get more awesome Misha and Jensen re-enacted THE scene from "When Harry Met Sally."

Death from awesome.

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

Guh, could they be any more adorable? I think not!

[morganoconner.livejournal.com]

I changed my big bang entirely, dealt with two sick parents most of the week, and had a disgustingly awful day today that then turned into me buying tickets to Nashville con during my birthday weekend.

Those are my only updates!

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*HUGS* So glad you had an awesome time sweetie! :D

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, I am sorry to hear you had a shitty time. :(

Yay for Nashville?

[cordelia-gray.livejournal.com]

SO JEALOUS of you being in Rome! I've been toVenice and Florence, but never Rome, and I so want to :(

Glad you had a good time!

I don't think there were any major fandom meltdowns, but there were lots of Livejournal ones, as LJ struggled with major DDOS attacks. With the result that lots of people got Dreamwidth accounts as backup.

[si-star-x.livejournal.com]

Just... *hugs* That you're happy is enough. Don't stress out!

[shinysylver.livejournal.com]

Yes the Hawaii Five-0 fandom imploded while you were gone. Or I should probably say exploded with the squee heard round the world. LJ is still buzzing. :D :D :D

Do get caught up.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

None of my torrents are working! *gnashes teeth*

I will be caught up ASAP, as soon as I find a link that works.

[de-nugis.livejournal.com]

ROME! Welcome back.

Well, this time we got through the day before the end of hiatus without friggin' CW announcing that they'd extended hiatus. That has to count as fandom good news.

Me, the most exciting thing I did while you were gone was laundry. So. Much. Laundry. I refrained from posting on LJ about it, though. Even the parts that involved cat puke.

I'm delighted you had a good time.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Ah. I did a ton of laundry in the ten days before I left, so I understand.

Yay for not extending hiatus! Though I won't be able to watch until tomorrow at least, supposing my torrents start working again. *glares*

[harrigan.livejournal.com]

I almost amputated Sam's leg in a fic for the the ohsam anniversary prompt fest. *g*

But I'm sure you've got writing deadlines out the wazoo, and I don't mind at all if you are busy writing (*) instead of reading my fic or updating the ohsam master list.


(*) provided it's Sam-n-Dean gen? Or J2AU is fine, too...

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

I actually managed to catch that while I still had an internet connection in Rome! :)

I'm currently writing J2 AU, so you may set your mind at ease...

[nwspaprtaxis.livejournal.com]

I finished one of my ohsam prompts from back in November and I'm still waiting to hear back from my beta on a couple of points.

I also posted the second installment of my Stairway 'Verse and JESS IS ALIVE AND NOT A DEMON PLANT!!! \o/

Also? I'm still going through a minor quarter-life crisis and I need FUSION. LIKE YESTERDAY!

Other than that? I'm good and I missed you and I'm jealous you were in Rome and I'm all flail-y you're back. YOU HAVE FUSION RIGHT?!?!?!?!?! *clings desperately*

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

I've got a Fusion installment in the works but not finished. Mostly I will be flailing about my Big Bang in the next couple of weeks.

Quarter-life crises are hard while they're happening, but they blow by pretty quickly. :)

[authoressnebula.livejournal.com]

I've posted fic, and it's near the top of my journal. Very hurt-Sam-ish. Please to be not following the fall-out of my too emotional for my own good that comes after.

*hugs* I'm so happy you had so much fun sweetie!

~Nebula

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

I'll try to stop by ASAP. :D

[peppervl.livejournal.com]

Um, I'm almost done with Fighting Dawn 15? I hope to finish it before bed tonight.

I started editing Sauntering Vaguely Downwards (which is coming down on Monday if you haven't grabbed the PDF yet).

And lots of work. I'm sure you had a lot more fun than I did. :D

I can't wait to hear all about Rome. That sounds so exciting... and I'd be horribly jealous if I wasn't planning to go next year. ;)

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! Congrats!

Rome was really really exciting. I hope I'll have time for detailed accounts at some point, but I'm going RIGHT back to work tonight, so no promises. :)

[jesseofthenorth.livejournal.com]

As a matter of fact.... YES FANDOM DID IMPLODE!
There were exploding girl parts every where because of one little hand gesture!
welcome back darlin :D

[shinysylver.livejournal.com]

Little hand gesture? It was rather largely drawn. Nothing subtle about it.:D

[asilia.livejournal.com]

Rome is a great city, isn't it? I've been there twice and I really want to go back one day (read: there needs to be another con so I can go, cos I couldn't this year - stupid wedding! LOL)

Welcome back ♥

[azziria.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love Rome, one of my favourite cities (along with London and Basel) :)

[4thejourney.livejournal.com]

Um, yeah, so I might've PMed you twice (at least) about an ohsam fill I did because I've been doing that a lot lately to people 'cause of the dang annoying lj not working and all, and it keeps not showing things it should. :-P. So, anyhoo, that's what that's about, I just wanted to let ya know, so's it didn't look rude or impatient- sorry about that. :-(

I'm glad you had an awesome trip, iz highly jealous. :-D

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

I got your PMs, and the fic will be added to the list, cross my heart! :)

[bellatemple]

It's a rathered story!

I have no news. All my posts have been about madly writing things that won't be posted till this summer.

I am never doing two big bangs at once again.

*falls over*

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Amen to that. I have two weeks to write my Big Bang. Holy shit. *flails*

[animotus.livejournal.com]

Ciaoooo!!!!Welcome back!
You have to tell us all about your tour "nella città eterna"!:D
I've been posting photos and videos so when you have time go to my journal and enjoy the pretty!

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

I will definitely try to post an update ASAP, but I'm going right back to work, so it may take some time.

Can't wait to see all your photos and videos! It was fabulous to meet you all! *dances*

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

WB! And I'm soooo jealous. Glad you had a spiffy time and soaked up some serious cute. :D

[primrose-1.livejournal.com]

Hooray!!! I missed you TERRIBLY, dahling! I am so glad you had a good time! I look forward to hearing fun details about your trip!

[katwoman76.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad we finally managed to meet in Rome.
Even if it was briefly thanks to busy schedules.