before i forget -- Scenes from Week 2

scene 1
wednesday, 19 october, ~2pm.  outside in the quad.  it is drizzling -- not enough to be called raining, but just enough for people to want to get out of it.  the photographers have just completed the taking of the college photograph.
fox:  [hops up from her chair in the front row, where she got to sit by virtue of being student president, and legs it over to the archway where she can get out of the rain]
others:  [follow]
fox:  [realizes that others from the front row are bringing their chairs with them, since the chairs have to be brought back inside, and she didn't grab hers; takes up one of the spare ones that wasn't used, instead, and proceeds toward the door]
emeritus fellow:  [a few paces behind, carrying a chair]  Oh, you shouldn't have to carry that, love.  There's plenty of strong men about.
fox:  [cheerfully]  That's fine -- there are also plenty of strong women.  [smiles, hurries indoors where it isn't raining]

scene 2
wednesday, 19 october, ~8pm.  governing body dinner.
fox:  [is seated between the master and the vice-master.  across from the master is the emeritus fellow; across from fox is the dean of degrees; across from the vice-master is the new tutor for admissions.  everyone but fox and the vice-master is pretty well sozzled.]
emeritus fellow:  [laughing, to master]  You should have seen this one this afternoon!  Hauling chairs about the place -- I told her there were plenty of strong men about, and she said Yes, but there's also plenty of strong girls!
fox:  I'm pretty sure what I said was that there were plenty of strong women.

scene 3
saturday, 22 october, ~midnight.  college bar, having stayed out toasting a friend's graduation until the pub closed.
fox:  [is at a table with Queen P, a professor on sabbatical, and a guest of the professor's.  everyone, by now, is pickled almost beyond recognition.]  ... And he says, to the master!, he says, he quotes me as saying Yes, but there's also plenty of strong girls!  So I said I'm pretty sure what I said was that there were plenty of strong women, you know what I'm saying?
professor on sabbatical:  [nodding his approval]  Good for you.

yuletide assignment omgyay!

i have my yuletide assignment!  i am spoiled for choice omg!  [falls down and dies]  [has trouble choosing]  [carries on cleaning room and sorting laundry]

oh -- back for just a second.  last year's betas were ellen_fremedon and merrycontrary; if they, or any of the rest of you, think you'd like to give me beta help this year, please feel encouraged to drop me a line.

dear yuletide santa:

Hi Santa!  OH MY GOODNESS I am more excited than is probably healthy.  I hope you are too!

I want to make it very clear from the outset that I am really easy when it comes to being pleased with nice things people do for me -- I'm mainly happy that something nice has been done for me, so I don't want you to fret at all about whether you've satisfied my request or not.

Please feel free to use the notes as guidelines, or to disregard them entirely if necessary.  I care more about character consistency than anything else, and a plot that is internally consistent is always a good thing.  I don't mind death and destruction; I don't mind angst and drama; I don't even especially mind weird kinks and whatnot, if it's motivated.  Motivation yay.

On my flist, the fan-types who know me and my tastes pretty well include bethbethbeth, cmshaw, darthhellokitty, ellen_fremedon, juice817, merrycontrary, mrshamill, orange852, and the_emu.  I hope if you choose to contact them (with questions like 'what goes on in that girl's head?!' or 'can I get some of what she's smoking?') they will answer relatively promptly; who knows, you might even be able to get them to beta, although I obviously can't promise you any of their time.

And, you know, go ahead and leave an anonymous response here if you want to ask me something specifically.  I have disabled anonymous-commenter IP logging, not that I have much idea what to do with IP addresses when I am logging them, so I'll have no earthly way to know who you are. [mods just asked that we not encourage this, so forget it!, and i've turned logging back on.]

Oh, I'm so looking forward to this whole thing!  Whee!

love,
Fox