Well, it's been a few days since Zy left, which makes it a bit easier to write this (I miss him a looooot. D:). Anyway, Zy and I had a wonderful trip, filled with friends, fun, food, and crazy New Year's hijinx. The last was probably one of the greatest sorts of amusement- since we're almost all too young to really toast a glass (we're all 20, while Zy is 22, darn him), my folf brought down a six-pack of glass bottled Cokes. The authentic glass bottles to clink together, etc. So we were about three minutes until the start of the ball dropping on New Year's, and we started passing them out. However, instead of the twist-tops we thought they had, the bottles actually were the kind where you needed a bottle opener to get the top off. We realized this at about one minute to the ball dropping and practically sprinted out to the kitchen to get a bottle opener. Thirty seconds to countdown we were set (talk about pushing the deadline!) and managed to get the New Year's toast, and then proceed to set off firecrackers in the trees. Not my idea. >_>

But yes, we had a wonderful time. Miss him a lot, and though it was a painful departure, we still get to talk daily. It's always something to look forward to. Love you, hon. <3

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As a separate note, I'm thinking of doing another round of Manhunt. If you guys haven't read it, check my gallery; it's the big multi-part piece. Anyway, I'm thinking of taking another sixteen entries and doing a second season, so to speak. Naturally people from the first one are welcome to participate again, but I'd like to try and get some new blood in as well, figuratively speaking.

So here's how it'd work. Sixteen contestants would be chosen to *cough* "round out" the roster, and then from there we would have four rounds. In each round, half of the current participants would be "eliminated" by their choice of inflation in short stories. Naturally that makes a lot of work for the first round (eight short stories) but as a result, those who are lucky enough to last until the later rounds will get progressively longer stories, up to the finalist who will get a decent-sized piece of their own. This is entirely by random selection, not by my own choice, and Zy is watching me to make sure I don't let bias get in the way of my selections. xD

Now, this is NOT a sign-up sheet. That'll come once I've caught up a bit. I'll have one commission finished any day now and at least one more to do before this opens. Also, I'd like to make a note, which some may not like: this round will come with a fee. Since I'm essentially writing 4+ page stories (that was the average on the shorter ones before) I'm going to charge $6 per entry, which is less than my default commission price on 5+ pages. If this is a problem, I apologize, but it's a lot of work for me to do for nothing. ^^;

So yeah, let me know what you all think about the upcoming Manhunt season, and give me an idea of who would be interested. Again, this is not a sign-up, merely a chance to gauge the amount of interest with the fee put in. So feel free to comment!