o hai internets

[sholio]

Just FYI, I will be incommunicado for a big chunk of June. As those of you who've followed me for awhile know, I grew up in remote Alaska off the grid -- like, the sort of off-the-grid that, to get there, you have to charter a float plane and fly over swamps and rivers for awhile, because the roads don't go out that far. Needless to say, there is also no Internet. I'm heading out to the cabin to see my folks this weekend and will be out there for a week or two, and when I get back I'll have houseguests 'til almost the end of June. So my online time will be nonexistent for a little while, and limited thereafter.

Consequently, I've spent the last week in frantic "do ALL the Kismet" mode. I got a 3-page update done for this week, and I now have pages inked, scanned, and lettered through the end of August. Not colored yet, but ... eh. That's pretty easy to fit in around other stuff. I plan to spend my last few days at home kicking back, working in the garden, and basically just playing.

As usual, I am way behind on answering comments and unlikely to get any less behind. Just assume that if I ignore your comment, it's not that I'm ignoring you, or that I hate you or anything. I'm just busy.

Some upcoming fan things:

- fkficfest/fkficfest (annual Forever Knight ficathon) is taking signups. This is a fun, well-modded fic exchange; I really enjoyed it the year I did it.
- There's a new commentfic prompting post at collarcorner. This month's theme is "Off Duty".

I was just reading this article about the FBI conducting semi-illicit surveillance with small planes and thinking there has to be a White Collar fic in there somewhere.

I also posted a couple pictures of the winter's lingering ice on tumblr, and a more extensive set on Facebook.

(BTW, I don't mind if people who know me from LJ/DW friend me on Facebook, but you gotta tell me who you are! Most of my posts are public anyway, and I tend to ignore friend requests if I can't figure out where the person knows me from. I've gotten a few mystery requests lately, so I figured I'd mention that. Also, if you friend me on Facebook only to hammer me with chat requests and/or game invites, you may expect to be unfriended shortly, or at the very least ignored. Facebook is, mostly, where I talk to my family, do professional networking, and occasionally post pictures of my life. It's not my social hub, and I don't do a lot of casual socializing there.)

Comments

Thanks for the shout-out!

[brightknightie]

Enjoy visiting your folks! Enjoy disconnecting! Enjoy the ever-more-barely-dipping-below-the-horizon lightbulb in the sky. :-) Now I'm thinking nostalgically of, in my childhood, doomed born-in-the-lower-48-adult July 4 attempts at fireworks, when everyone knows you save that kind of thing for Fur Rondy, or at least the State Fair in Palmer. ;-)

And thank you very much for the fkficfest/fkficfest shout-out! (And the kind words!) I'm very glad that you enjoyed the year that you played, and I hope that we get to play with you again someday.

Re: Thanks for the shout-out!

[sholio]

Thank you! :) Every year I think "maybe this year I'll do it again" - but the sad truth is, I don't remember enough of canon at this point to write it; I think it's going to need a full rewatch to get me back into it. But I love watching the enthusiasm and energy that you put into the fest each year. And maybe next year ...

Ha, we did the 4th of July fireworks thing a couple of times when I was a kid. But, yeah ... not so exciting, really. Fairbanks has a couple of really excellent New Year's fireworks shows, though.

Re: Thanks for the shout-out!

[brightknightie]

If you started rewatching Forever Knight from the beginning, you wouldn't want to stop until first season ends! After first season, you'd probably want to take a break to recognize the 16-months hiatus between the seasons, after the original CBS cancellation. Then, if you started second season...

:-) Maybe next year! :-)

[gwyn]

I'm at the beginning of the Sam and Bucky in the wilderness story, and loving it so far!! Just since I'm unlikely to get it finished by the time you become incommunicado and I wanted you to know how great it is.

[sholio]

Thank you so much! ♥ ♥ Oh, and that reminds me, I need to finish reading the letters fic so I can leave proper feedback! I read about half of it and really enjoyed it, but then I ended up closing all my tabs before I finished and never went back to it. /o\ But I liked what I read, and I need to finish it so I can feedback it!

[minim_calibre]

Enjoy your wilderness!

[sholio]

Thank you! :)

[winter_elf]

have fun! don't go crazy! I can't imagine that far/isolated. It sounds so extreme. I hope you get some rest and take some pictures to show when you get back.

[sholio]

Thanks! :) I'll definitely have my camera with me.