May
Special thanks to:
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In particular, Borntobeawriter, for convincing me to come back to YWS. Good advice, Mama Tanya.
And then, of course, Power Rangers: YWS Force (Team Pink), for inspiring me to go on a massive reviewing kick...or at least a massive one for a full-time student with 20 hours of work and term papers to write and babysitting to do and stuff. Also, Rangers, we kicked tail.
In a similar regard, thanks also go out to Azila. For the competition this year. And for being awesome. I miss you, girl.
And then, of course, Power Rangers: YWS Force (Team Pink), for inspiring me to go on a massive reviewing kick...or at least a massive one for a full-time student with 20 hours of work and term papers to write and babysitting to do and stuff. Also, Rangers, we kicked tail.
In a similar regard, thanks also go out to Azila. For the competition this year. And for being awesome. I miss you, girl.
June through September
Special thanks to:
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Master_Yoda, for discussing fantasy literature and writing and other stuff and introducing me to Google+ and giving me a review that made me think so much.
ultraviolet, for loving ranting about writing as much as I do. And for exchanging long rambling replies with me. And for being one of the most talented writers I've ever met.
Skins, for being another one of the most talented writers in my acquaintance, and for having awesome writing, for helping Paul get together with Ribbit, and for leaving random stuff on my Wall.
I miss all of you so much.
ultraviolet, for loving ranting about writing as much as I do. And for exchanging long rambling replies with me. And for being one of the most talented writers I've ever met.
Skins, for being another one of the most talented writers in my acquaintance, and for having awesome writing, for helping Paul get together with Ribbit, and for leaving random stuff on my Wall.
I miss all of you so much.
Then, October through now
Thanks and hugs and love to, in no particular order:
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To the gals (and Charlie) of NaNo 2011: Month of the Shirtless Male Character: for the laughs and the giggling and the co-appreciation. Also, for making NaNo generally hilarious.
Ancientforever, for being one of my main Word War buddies. NaNo wouldn't have been the same without you.
DreamWalker: for being my non-green buddy.
To the gals (and Charlie) of The Spice Mods: for the laughs, the embarrassment, more laughs, etc.
Duchess Demeter Dativ Demz Dems, etc.: for singing Disney songs in Finnish with me, for supporting me in my eternal quest to befriend someone Finnish, for being there. For eating entire chocolate bars with me. For speaking German with me. For being the one, when things here first got bad, to remind me of why I was here. I'm so glad that I get to come to Helsinki and thank you in person with a massive Moose hug.
Stellengestopptthomas: for you and your 'Lin and your country and your country men and women and your language and your airport. For taking me to my delicious Ersatz-Thanksgiving. For loving hats and dresses and believing in strong feminine characters who are still feminine and reading my NaNo notebook in the middle of a cafe while a fire alarm was going off. For (shirtless) Laurie and Tower Girls and Ladies in Chasing and being so lovely and admirable and being living prove of the creativity of sciencey folks. Also, for making anatomy jokes in the middle of Breaking Dawn. For finding your labcoat.
To the gals of the Vance Fan Club. May the best of us (by which I mean me) win.
Speaking of which, Sache Sachi Sachiko. For giving your brother extra hugs and for having short hair and liking video games. For being the author of Vance. For being awesome. For being so endlessly awesome. You have so much love to share and you share it and it's amazing. Also, MUD WRESTLING.
And speaking of that, Beckiw. We're rather newly acquainted, but there are just some things you can't experience without befriending someone. Conspiring to get mud all over Sachi's Wall is one of them. Also, I love your name.
This one should be obvious given the two other mentions, but, Sir Charlie. For not-talking about something that's absolutely nothing, which I didn't just type because there was nothing to type because there was nothing to be secretive about, now was there? For being so good-natured and generally awesome, for having the best legs of all the Spice Mods. I'm glad I get to meet you in person too. Also: Mars bars.
On a similar note, Audi. For letting me cry on your virtual shoulder. For understanding. For being so incredibly kind and warm-hearted and caring and wonderful.
Rosen. Take a deep breath, or five, and relax. And enjoy the freedom. Write down some of those wonderful ideas. You're stuffed full of them. It's sort of kind or awesome.
And last, but far from least, Kyllorac. For not getting Branderson with me, for being yet another creative science person, for knowing who Janny Wurts and Guy Gavriel Kay are, for giving me those ideas about the linguistics articles, and for caring enough about phonological authenticity to ask me what syllable weight is in normal-speak. Also, for knowing that it's all German's fault.
Ancientforever, for being one of my main Word War buddies. NaNo wouldn't have been the same without you.
DreamWalker: for being my non-green buddy.
To the gals (and Charlie) of The Spice Mods: for the laughs, the embarrassment, more laughs, etc.
Duchess Demeter Dativ Demz Dems, etc.: for singing Disney songs in Finnish with me, for supporting me in my eternal quest to befriend someone Finnish, for being there. For eating entire chocolate bars with me. For speaking German with me. For being the one, when things here first got bad, to remind me of why I was here. I'm so glad that I get to come to Helsinki and thank you in person with a massive Moose hug.
Stellengestopptthomas: for you and your 'Lin and your country and your country men and women and your language and your airport. For taking me to my delicious Ersatz-Thanksgiving. For loving hats and dresses and believing in strong feminine characters who are still feminine and reading my NaNo notebook in the middle of a cafe while a fire alarm was going off. For (shirtless) Laurie and Tower Girls and Ladies in Chasing and being so lovely and admirable and being living prove of the creativity of sciencey folks. Also, for making anatomy jokes in the middle of Breaking Dawn. For finding your labcoat.
To the gals of the Vance Fan Club. May the best of us (by which I mean me) win.
Speaking of which, Sache Sachi Sachiko. For giving your brother extra hugs and for having short hair and liking video games. For being the author of Vance. For being awesome. For being so endlessly awesome. You have so much love to share and you share it and it's amazing. Also, MUD WRESTLING.
And speaking of that, Beckiw. We're rather newly acquainted, but there are just some things you can't experience without befriending someone. Conspiring to get mud all over Sachi's Wall is one of them. Also, I love your name.
This one should be obvious given the two other mentions, but, Sir Charlie. For not-talking about something that's absolutely nothing, which I didn't just type because there was nothing to type because there was nothing to be secretive about, now was there? For being so good-natured and generally awesome, for having the best legs of all the Spice Mods. I'm glad I get to meet you in person too. Also: Mars bars.
On a similar note, Audi. For letting me cry on your virtual shoulder. For understanding. For being so incredibly kind and warm-hearted and caring and wonderful.
Rosen. Take a deep breath, or five, and relax. And enjoy the freedom. Write down some of those wonderful ideas. You're stuffed full of them. It's sort of kind or awesome.
And last, but far from least, Kyllorac. For not getting Branderson with me, for being yet another creative science person, for knowing who Janny Wurts and Guy Gavriel Kay are, for giving me those ideas about the linguistics articles, and for caring enough about phonological authenticity to ask me what syllable weight is in normal-speak. Also, for knowing that it's all German's fault.
And, in general, thank you to YWS and all YWSers for being my home away from home and friends away from friends. I'll see you in 2012, my lovely delicious ones.
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