Belphegor

 Er... remember my post back in February about a Hogan's Heroes story of mine being nominated for what we (in the HH fandom) call the Papa Bear Awards (an annual election of the best HH fanfiction)? I just got the results. And I'm just starting to calm down now, although frankly I'm still grinning so wide it almost hurts and my heart's still pounding from the excitement :D So I apologise for the exclamation points, the abuse of which I'm perfectly aware is usually associated with someone who wears their underpants on their heads. I don't, although right now I'm so over the moon I'm in another galaxy, if not another dimension, so I really wouldn't really notice if I wore my left sock on my right ear.

See, the results come like in sports, with gold, silver and bronze "medals". Well, Soul Food came Silver in "Best Long Comedy" and "Most Unique Story", Bronze in "Best Story of 2012" (!!!), and Gold in "Best Portrayal of a Canon Character"!!!!

I still can't believe it, really. It's a bit like waiting for Christmas, and then opening your presents and finding they're the best ever - and like Christmas, now that I know what I got, I expect the excitement will wear off in proportion to what it was just before (and believe you me, I spent all day like a cat on a hot tin roof, with almost frazzled nerves, not unlike waiting for the results of an exam) and that I'll perhaps feel a bit low knowing that I don't have this to look forward to anymore... But in the meantime, I'll just let out a big WHOO-HOOO!!!!!

(I know, more exclamation points - time to check for knickers in inappropriate places :P)

Every now and then, you get a really nasty shock, something unpleasant that's crept up on you and that you haven't seen coming till it hits you in the face with a sound like a wet fish. (I like that metaphor - it's got personality. Plus, wet fish - can't go wrong with wet fish.)

...And then again, every now and then you get a really good surprise. The kind that makes your stomach all tight and makes you want to laugh and smile like an idiot because it's as good as it's unexpected. Even though it's kinda silly :D

I'm on TV Tropes. Right there, to be precise - on the DCAU fanfics recommendations page. As an author (for the four of my stories). I know it's stupid, but I can't stop staring at the letters that make my screen name there :P Someone (I know who it is, she's written good DCAU stories - some of which I reviewed - and left me very nice reviews over at FF dot net) actually went to the trouble of recommending every one of my fanfics, and encouraged people to go and read 'em.

I usually browse TV Tropes (waaay too much) looking for Crowning Moments of Awesome/Funny/Heartwarming as well as other tropes, but this is the first time I find a Crowning Moment of Pride there :D

Okay, done now, gettin' back down to Earth :o)

Oh, and we started watching Firefly. Great, great show. I love Wash, and found myself bizarrely identifying to Kaylee :o]