haters to the left

Ha! I remember back in May when I was super excited for my awesome summer. Now my summer is over! I am more exhausted and stressed than I was at the beginning because of work swallowing me and pooping me back out. Things not to do in this scenario include a) write emo poetry or b) read over ridiculous posts where people complain about me, because these things are guaranteed to make me feel worse.

Pity party, table of one.

Instead of woe, a list!

1. $dayjob and I are separating. I am taking educational leave! When I come home from work crying every single night, when I yell at co-workers because I am so stressed, and when my managers use the phrase "I'm sorry you feel that way." to my valid criticism and accuse me of ridiculous things, um. Yes! Time for a break. This is really good news, but it hasn't set in that my last day for three months is the 22nd. Maybe when it gets closer?

2. Ana's review of The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks is fabulous. The comments are definitely worth a read, too.

3. Jax wrote Issues in the Portrayal of Female Characters in Final Fantasy Games which I skimmed but haven't gotten back to yet. There are even more awesome comments to dive into on the Dreamwidth version. So much awesome meta on Final Fantasy ladies! More please. >.>

4. Final Fantasy Press recently hosted a poll! We are undergoing a lot of changes and the poll is to (theoretically) let people who use the newsletter have a voice. All the feedback has been great so far. \o/

Sidenote, if you know of places and/or fans outside of Livejournal we should be following for awesome FF fanwork/meta/recs, do share! We appreciate the help a lot. :D

5. Final Fantasy Union is doing a character battle. Paine won yesterday and now it's Jote versus Beatrix. I know who I am voting for. :)

6. Some recs:

(fic, temeraire) O Captain, My Captain, by novembersmith: Oh, man, you think there's no way you would read something like this because it couldn't be done, then someone DOES IT and your brain falls out from the sheer epic WIN as well as the WTF and you are kind of demanding sequels in your brain. ;_; Of course, by "kind of" you mean "definitely". *flail* (Laurence/Temeraire, 4,527 words)

(fic, ffviii) Forget-Me-Not, by Person: Really neat missing scene, set after Squall finds Ellone in the library. (Irvine, Ellone, 1,849 words)

(fic, ff:tsw) Reeling (In) by justira: Ladies talking to ladies and a really interesting look at Aki, post-reveal. I kind of like Jane bossing people around. Also, awesome, awesome Neil. <3 Spot on. (Aki, Jane, 3,119 words)

7. This video cheers me up every time. OWLS.