So since my last entry, my lofty goals for NaNo largely fell apart due to being busier socially than I thought I'd be toward the end of the month (which I'm pretty happy about? I also did a lot of driving and managed to finally finish The Subtle Knife audiobook which I LOVED. All the His Dark Materials audiobooks are bangers with full voice casts and I highly recommend checking them out even if you've already read them.)

Well, I also got kind of sick, and then after the Holiday I got VERY sick. Like, today is the first day this week were I haven't been a delirious mess. I went through an entire bottle of Dayquil and half a bottle of Nyquil in addition to half a box of green tea.

As far as writing goes, I finished another chapter of the Hetalia fic I'd been writing since 2011 which was my main goal going into NaNo so I'm happy with that at least. (The chapter ended up being twice the length I expected which is probably part of the reason it was so damn hard to write). I failed to complete my buffyversebingo square though which I'm kind of bummed about, but hopefully I can get the two fills I have made serious headway on up during the amnesty period.

My writing goals for this month are much more lax, since I'm not working to complete any sort of challenge, but here's what I'd like to get done time permitting:

- Final Chapter of Personal Chaos (APH) - Outline done, draft started
- Finish off those two Buffyverse Bingo fills (BtVS) - Drafts partially complete
- Jamie/Victoria Xmas Fic (DW) - Outline done
- Mike Yates & Liz Shaw/Sarah Jane Smith-centric Xmas Party Fic (DW) - Outline in flux
- Prussia/Hungary Airport Holiday Travel Fic (APH) - Idea I've wanted to write for years
- At least one Genremixer Meme Prompt (DW)

Stretch Goals:

- Finish Seychelles/England/France School Holiday Draft from NaNo (APH)
- Finish Chapter 4 of The Apartment Upstairs (APH)
- The world's most depressing Supernatural AU One-shot (SPN)
- Taking a Stab at any of my other unfinished Fictober/NaNo Drafts

Aside from writing, I did see a bunch of movies in the days following Frozen II and I liked/loved all of them (Knives Out, Last Christmas, Jojo Rabbit, Parasite - I recommend all of them but go into them blind.). When I was sick I also took advantage of Disney+ and watched Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio for the first time since I was a child. I was honestly amazed at how much of the latter I'd forgotten/blocked out so it was a very interesting/intense experience for me and I think I loved it? Like there were a couple of parts that really freaked me out as a full grown adult. I'm excited to check out the other two Disney films of that period (Dumbo, which I probably remember the best of that bunch, and Bambi, which I'm not altogether certain I've seen completely) and see what I think.

I also saw Waterparks in concert last week and they were great! Awsten brought up that infamous fanfic where he fucks a toaster but it's written so you think it's actually a necrophilia fic until the end twist (and it is weirdly well written). It kind of makes me want to break my no RPF rule just for the shitpost of it all but I wouldn't know where to start.

As for my Thanksgiving itself, it was probably the most fun one I've had in years since I spent it with friends instead of family. I also went shopping on Black Friday for the first time in my life. But at like, noon on Black Friday. I wasn't crazy enough to go early in the morning, and I'm not one of those sociopaths who goes shopping on Thanksgiving itself.

But yeah, I'm glad I'm feeling better again and can actively enjoy the holiday season/write/be actively hyped for The Rise of Skywalker on 12/19. ONLY TWO MORE WEEKS.