Random Holiday Thoughts

Or not so random.

As a person who actually celebrates Thanksgiving with the family since childhood, I am anti-Christmas ANYTHING until after the turkey has been carved.

But because we live in a capitalist society, screaming and raging at the heavens to stop with all the Christmas music, ads and whatnot before Thanksgiving has been a moot point.

But I think I lost it this year when I saw Christmas stuff advertised before Halloween. Case in point - I normally go to the Bryant Park Holiday Shops (among all the other small, cute holiday shops in NYC) every year b/c my favorite vendor for my favorite type of pine smell sells there. I honestly did not know Bryant Park opened it in late October until this year when I went in in mid-October to the NY Public Library to see their 250 Anniversary exhibit and saw them setting it up for opening on Oct. 28.

My brain went WTF and I think I died a little on the inside. I have been betrayed by the holiday consumerism gods. I mean, I'll still go and grab my nice smelling pine stuff, but come on!! Let me have my Halloween, my Turkey Day and then my Christmas/Holiday Spirit/Whatever You Celebrate the holidays at the end of the year celebration.

The Great AO3 Shutdown

Whelp. AO3 is possibly down for 2-4 weeks due to a security incident. Unlike other blog sites and tumblrs offering to post PDFs of fanfics, I will not be doing the same for the downtime. Partially b/c I don't like people having the opportunity to wholesale copy my fics and paste them into AI generators - and b/c I'd like to keep track of where my fics end up in.

If you do have one of my fics under the penname Shadow Chaser or Shadow_Chaser, please DO NOT post it into your google doc/spreadsheet for others to read. Thank you!

I'll see everyone back on AO3. In the meantime, am busy writing in the Stargate Atlantis fandom offline!