Crossover Chick

Okay, so it's an associate's degree in English from a community college, and I don't even have the diploma yet (they mail them to you), but still! Did the whole "pomp and circumstance" business with the robe and such, then the folks and I went out to eat. Outback restaurant, which we haven't been to in a while -- food was great, and our waitress was fantastic. :D Always nice to get a good experience there.

I also got some cash from my parents and my aunt and uncle next door. Which totals, together, $600.

Fucking hell, I was not expecting that. I mean -- I thought I was going to get a little gift card to a store or something. Not a month's buffer on my rent. (Which I really need, because I need to find a job while I decide about furthering my education. Mom's suggested online classes, which sounds great because that'll leave me free to do other stuff.) I mean -- wow. That's -- I hope they understand how much I appreciate it, I really do.

Of course, the price of the day out is productivity, but I've got some stuff I'd like to share with you. First up is some fanfiction I wrote for forgotten_vows, inspired by thinking about how he'd get settled into his new home. There's three stories so far that sort of serve as "hole-fillers" explaining a few things he did "off-screen", and Mallow Snippets: Soak is the first. Strongly inspired by me researching Victorian bathing habits, by the by. Victor's used to tin baths you drag in front of fires, not fixed-plumbing tub/shower combos. :P I'll try to get the other two up soon.

The other thing is more of a repost of something you've seen before: "Losing You" is up on my website. So if you ever want to read it there, feel free. I'll be adding "Finding You" sooner or later. Gotta get back to "Forgetting You," though -- I'll try and start on that again tomorrow.

And now I really should make an effort to catch up with my RP tags. Oh dear, that's the one really bad thing about being away all afternoon and evening. . . .

I've just completed uploading "Losing You" to Archive of Our Own! You can read it here. This could be called the "HD version" of the fic -- the plot's the same, but I've fixed some mistakes and cleaned up awkward spots. Next up, "Finding You" -- which should go up faster since I already edited the hell out of that one.

Just finished Geology and Spanish -- up in about a half-hour is Creative Writing. I really hope we keep up the trend of getting out early enough for me to catch the 6:16 bus home. I also hope I stop feeling so stiff soon. Ugh.

But lack of anything to really say about my day has made me say "screw it." Here's the FF.net version of "Losing You." It's not that different from the version you guys saw here on LJ, but there's been a few tweaks here and there.

I'm still working on "Finding You" -- I'm just about up to the part where Victor surprises Alice with a piece of cake for her birthday. I'm looking forward to writing that scene. :)

The penultimate chapter!
( Victor Can't Catch a Break )

Thoughts? Tears? What have you?

Yeah, sticking with "Losing You" at the moment. Anyway, here's Chapter 4 in the saga of "wrecking Victor's life:"
( The Everglots Reappear )

In response to popular one person's demand, we present "Losing You," chapter 2:
( Things Start Going Downhill )