Once upon a time, January came for us and proclaimed itself supremely uninterested in taking prisoners. Under the sustained assault, there were simply too many avenues of stress tearing into my brain. On one side of the field stood so many books (as they have always been there for me) ready to be read—to help. And on the other side loomed a distressing number of chasms inside me desperate to find solace and reprieve. But the two could not meet. No matter how many peace talks I attempted to broker. In February, in a move so unprecedented that I can only describe it as a lifeline thrown down into the deepest of the chasms, my exhausted mind decided it would be a good idea to finally give fanfiction a whirl. Now, there's no getting around the fact that for someone who has read as many novels that involve fic in some way or another as I have—seriously, novels that began as fic, novels written by authors who got their start writing fic, novels about characters who write/illustrate/love...
c'est mignon :)
ReplyDeleteThat clip is so awesome! Very fitting for today ;)
ReplyDeleteThat was such sweet video, loved the dramatic piano. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's Day!
pidute, oui! :)
ReplyDeleteDana, isn't it though? It made me happy.
Donna, I did, too. Happy Valentine's Day to you, too!
I love this video. My husband showed it to me the other day and I almost posted it for Valentine's Day, too! It's so sweet!!! :)
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of sweet... I hope you had a very sweet Valentine's Day.
Oh how lovely! Gave me a smile--thank you!
ReplyDeleteChristine, it was my husband that showed it to me as well! I thought it was adorable. My day was actually quite lovely. Yours?
ReplyDeleteA-Lady, my pleasure, darling. ;)
My day was lovely as well, thanks so much for asking. :)
ReplyDeleteI liked that commercial a lot. Reminded me of "how to buy eclairs in french" :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVED this . . . so darling.
ReplyDeleteChristine, I'm so glad.
ReplyDeleteCarrie, LOL. You know, we should totally make a few instructional videos for the Study Abroad dept.
Janssen, perfect word for it. It just made me sigh with pleasure.