desert_vixen's lair

It is Christmas by 20 minutes here in Afghanistan.  I still have about an hour and a half of free time, but I think I am drabbled out.  I definitely see some things that are going in the NYR prompt list, and I might be able to write one or two more things for Yuletide Madness.  I have 3 stories in the main collection, so back on my Yuletide groove.

We're up to 2364 works in 1527 fandoms for the main collection.  I forget how many participants we have this year.

Yuletide Madness is up to 328 works in 367 fandoms (up 149 and 141, respectively, from yesterday).  Seven of those are by me.

DV

 So, Christmas.  The last time I was hanging out in an unpleasant place, a number of you sent me stuff for Christmas that helped a lot with the loneliness of being away from home and family.

 I am away from home and family again (although desert_sdwndr will be here unless the Army decides not) but this time is a little different.  For one, I have less time to read or enjoy myself than I did on the last one.  The other is that I'm trying to limit the amount of stuff that I'm going to either have to carry or pay to ship home, especially since they're being picky-picky about what can go in our duffel bags.

 So, I have made a Deployment Wish List.  It has 37 items on it, and many of them are Kindle items.  More books don't make the Kindle heavier.  That being said, whatever format a book is listed as on the wish list, that is the preferred format.  I have a method to the madness.

 I'm not opposed to small snacky stuff, but I am trying to lose some weight and work out a little more, so not too much.

 Homemade cards and such, I love.

 The other thing that would be awesome for Christmas is fanfic.  I'm part of Yuletide, so you can check out my yuletide tags to see what I like.  There is also the fandom stocking tag.  I'll post a better list of fandom stuff tomorrow hopefully.

 I can only read my Kindle while not at work, but I take a book with me.  I am currently on Robert Kaplan's Revenge of Geography, and then after that it's going to be my chance to visit with our good friends in the NYPSD.