dipping a toe back into fandom

Over dinner in Chicago, I mentioned to jood that I had been thinking of doing a Jewish-themed fanfic exchange -- or more precisely, that I thought it would be a good idea for someone else to organize a Jewish-themed fanfic exchange -- with stories due on Purim. Purim, for those of you who don't know, is a holiday associated with gift-giving, drunkenness and cross-dressing, so it seems perfect for fannish observance. Plus, I'm sure I've already seen Esther/Vashti slash out there somewhere.

I'm pretty sure that she had the community set up before I got home -- it's over at megillahfic, and you should go check out the first post. But it's taken me all this time to get around to posting about it and finding out whether other people would be interested as well -- and then, if you are, asking you to comment on that first post or pimp the thing in your journal.

Purim falls on March 21st this year; it seems like a workable deadline for a challenge, and possibly for an exchange, if we get our act together quickly. (I have to say that the thought of running a multi-fandom exchange, even a small one, fills me with terror. And we got a fair number of stories for spn_xx, just with claimed prompts.)

So go! Join or pimpmegillahfic! or both! What are you waiting for?

Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles 1x1

The pilot was shown in a special early Atlantic time slot; right now I'm watching it in the regular Eastern Time slot, too. It is just that good. I have to admit that I went in with fairly low expectations, but I really enjoyed this.

( spoilers under the cut )

In conclusion, two thumbs up. The next episode is on tomorrow at 9 pm, as I understand it -- that's the regular slot. If you like femslash, you should definitely give this a try.