venetia_sassy | Snowflake

Day 1
In your own space, talk about why you're participating in Snowflake and, if you’ve participated in the past, how the challenge has affected you. What drew you to it? What did you take away from it? What do you hope to accomplish this year? Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I've participated in Snowflake on and off since the beginning but since it comes at one of the most exhausting times of the year for me (post-holidays, revolting summer heat) I've never participated as much as I'd like to. But I like seeing the fannish enthusiasm across fandoms and the challenges are always interesting. I'd like to get back to posting here and see some fannish activity away from Tumblr.

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I often start January feeling better than expected, make grand plans for the new year then the heat gets even worse and all those lovely plans collapse around me. You think I'd learn. Little victories. I did some exercises today, tossed a few things, made dinner, tried a new hairstyle (Quick and Easy Braided Updo) that worked very well for the first try, and finished reading The Girl with All The Gifts by M.R. Carey. I'm not usually into zombie novels but I was reading Mira Grant's Newsflesh trilogy since the library didn't have the book of hers I was looking for and I absolutely loved it (cried all over the first book) and that led me to Carey. Creepier and bleaker but fascinating.