swan_tower: (Neuschwanstein)
swan_tower ([personal profile] swan_tower) wrote2009-03-03 10:44 pm

I am surprised.

I honestly expected the two fairy-tale options in the poll to come in somewhere near the bottom -- I figured people would look at them, shrug at Yet Another Fairy Tale Retelling, and vote for something else. But I woke up this morning to find them in the lead, and they're still #1 and #3 as of this posting.

Which is encouraging, because my brain has been giving off hints that the ghost-princes story (which is currently leading by a good margin) is about the speed it's up to this month. I was going to try and save the non-researchy stories for later in the year, but I think now might be a dandy time to relax with one.

In the meantime, today has been pretty thoroughly productive, and the last couple hours of it has involved (work-related) reading in front of the fire. It's one of the few points on which I have no interest in being all Californian and environmentally conscious: I don't care if burning wood is bad for the environment, I like doing it. Fake fires are not the same; you need the crackle and the conscientious tending of the fuel, or else it doesn't count. I'm very happy to be living in a townhouse with a working fireplace, and really should have made use of it before tonight.

Tree bad. Fire pretty. ^_^
celestinenox: (Kingdom Hearts - Cinderella)

[personal profile] celestinenox 2009-03-04 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Keep asking us for our opinions, for verily (as [livejournal.com profile] cbpotts says), we shall continue to surprise you. :D

[identity profile] jimhines.livejournal.com 2009-03-04 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh come on. We all know only the real hacks do fairy tale retellings :-)