Good news!

[rynne]

Note to self: refrain from being unnecessarily dramatic and getting people worried. Because I am fine. Yes, I am. I am nervous, but I am fine.

Okay, moving on to the big important thing I wanted to post (not what I talked about yesterday, but something I found out like twenty minutes ago).

Most, if not all, of you know about or are part of the Harry Potter for Grownups Yahoo Group, right? In case you didn't, it's one of the biggest and possibly the most well-known of the Harry Potter discussion groups on Yahoo, and very high-volume (several thousand posts each month and over 11,000 members). And about a week and a half ago, they posted on the list asking for people to apply for the position of List Elf, which is their equivalent of moderator (and one of their duties being to welcome newbies to the list, which is exactly what I do as eMentor!).

So I, having decided that I don't have enough on my plate by just being a coder and an eMentor (:p), decided to send in my own application, because HPfGU is rather prestigious (like FA, which I adore :D), and I'd be as honored to be a part of their staff as I am to be part of FA's staff. And especially now that it's about summer, I figured I would have some time to commit to this as well.

I didn't tell you all when I applied, because, if I'd been rejected, I didn't want to post about it, and I figured that if I didn't tell people, then it'd be easier not to get my hopes up.

Well, as can be deduced by me posting about this now, I've got my acceptance email to be a HPfGU List Elf, and will be joining the admin team whenever they issue me my invitation.

I will, of course, not be neglecting my duties at FA, because it's first in my heart and I've been there longer, and I love being part of the staff there. But I am also immensely proud to have been selected as a HPfGU List Elf, and can't wait to get started. :)

Comments

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

Squeee! Congratulations!!!

Damn, though. You worked too hard... Just make sure you leave time to write and have fun, okay?

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Thanks. ^_^ And don't worry, I won't work myself too hard :p. And I will leave myself plenty of time to write :D. There's no way anyone will be able to stop me doing that!

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

Good! Because you need to finish "Mind Over Matter"! Among other things. :)

Thanks so much for beta'ing the kids!fic. :)

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Am actually writing Mind Over Matter right now, though as I don't think I can make this chapter NC17 or R, it's second in priority to smut for the pervy_werewolf challenge (three more days after this! Holy shit, I've written nearly twenty-eight mostly-unrelated pieces of smut in as many days. *faints*).

^^; Am also thinking of joining the second wave of the Classic Canon challenge. You've read The Count of Monte Cristo, haven't you? (Or seen the movie, maybe? Though the movie's quite different...) Sirius would make the most brilliant Edmond Dantes (and with Remus as Haydee! :D), and I know how I can fit in all these people...but God it would be such a big project!

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, that would be cool! I read The Count of Monte Cristo years and years ago, so I remember the story only vaguely. Who was Haydee? I don't remember him at all. I just remember Edmond, Mercedes, the guy who betrayed Edmond, and the son.

I was actually thinking of doing something for that challenge, too. I was thinking of doing "The Lady of Shalott" with Luna as the Lady, and Harry was Lancelot. Or something. I love the poem, and there's something Luna-like about the imagery. Plus there's the mirror metaphor. But I don't know how to plot it. And I have so many other projects!

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Haydee is a her, actually. I read it about two years ago so I'm a bit rusty, but you know how Mercedes was Edmond's first love interest, and she married the one who betrayed Edmond (Fernand de Morcerf) and had a son, Albert, with him. Haydee is a Greek who Fernand sold into slavery, and who Edmond later bought and fell in love with :D (which is why, with the slight matter of a gender change, I want to cast Remus as her). She also testifies against Fernand and ruins his honor. But there's so much of the story that parallel's Sirius's--Edmond is an innocent thrown in prison on charge of being of Napoleon's party (can we say Death Eater? :p), and he eventually ingeniously escapes. There's also tons of character parallels, like Monsieur de Villefort is so Barty Crouch Sr, though I'm definitely going to have to play merry hell with character relationships...assuming I do this, of course :p.

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

I totally forgot about Haydee. (It's been more than twelve years since I read the book.) Yes, that works wonderfully!!!!

[louve-mae.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, Rynne!

You're quite the hard worker, aren't you? I'm impressed.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Heh. It's ironic, because I'm a really bad procrastinator and slacker in real life :p. My motto this past year has been "never do right now what you can put off until the class before it's due" :p (quite literally, all too often).

But on the other hand, I've been logging volunteer hours in my community (mostly connected with the local library) since I was fourteen. I think I work better and harder when it's completely my choice to be doing so...

[louve-mae.livejournal.com]

I am a procrastinator as well, so I know where you come from. ^_~

It's good of you to volunteer like that. We all so need our volunteers - without you, not much would work as well as it does, or work at all, really!

[madilayn.livejournal.com]

Just don't try to stretch yourself too far, girl. We don't want you getting all stressed out and making yourself sick.

Remember the golden rule: ask for help.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

If I find myself stressed to point of getting sick, I will take a break. Promise.

[many-miles-away.livejournal.com]

The question that I keep asking myself is: just how many hours are there in your days?!? I'm so impressed. You're almost scary, you know that? :D

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Hee, I still have twenty four hours in a day--I just tend to use not as many of them in sleep :p.

*loves your icon*

[pinkfinity.livejournal.com]

Hey. I'm not sure you know that for about 2 years, I did both hpfgu-elfing and fa modding/coding, and unless something has changed at hpfgu, it's going to take up over twenty hours of your week. Itis *very* difficult to have the time for both, and given the amazing job you're going with fa, I am reaally scared that you're going to get overwhelmed.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

That's why it's a good thing that I'm starting during the summer--I can get a feel for how I can work all this when I have more leisure time and am less likely to be overwhelmed, and then figure out what I need to do when the school year starts again. And there's one good thing about my FA duties--eMentoring doesn't usually take more than an hour for whenever I signed up for a shift, and Plu told me I could do coding whenever I have time, so I think I can fit both FA and HPfGU. I can try, at least.

[mugglemommy.livejournal.com]

Is this what you thought we would be upset over?? Never. If it is something you want, I can't see how any of us would be anything but supportive. Congratulations. But, if you start getting wrist cramps and blurry vision from too much online, perhaps roll your desk chair back and take a break.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

No, this isn't what I know you'll be upset over :p. I only found about this like half an hour before I posted about it. Thanks, and I will take a break if I need it.

i can't read

[mugglemommy.livejournal.com]

clearly, i'm an idiot. You clearly stated that this was NOT the thing you mentioned. Nonetheless, I can't imagine somthing you did that would have everyone mad at you. But, now you have me visualizing the HP Warner Bros Nazis knocking down your door demanding the names of all your slash compatriots. Which is silly, since we are all pretty public about it.

Re: i can't read

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Heh, nothing so bad as all that :p. I am possibly making a mountain out of a molehill with this, but I'd rather do that than make a molehill out of a mountain. *shrug* My RL friends seem to find it mountainous enough...

[marauderthesn.livejournal.com]

Way to scare me, Rynne! *sticks out tongue* Congratulations. You're developing quite the fandom career! *grins*

[elfianjoy.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[adolph-loos.livejournal.com]

*Cuddles* Congrats! I'm really happy for you -- you'll make a fine moderator.

[genarti]

Congratulations!

[immortalis.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[tinitinytina.livejournal.com]

Why am I not in the least surprised that I've never heard of this group? I just joined, about two seconds ago, and I'm checking out the message list which is leaving my eyes somewhere rolling around on the floor.

The group is incredibly interesting with its vast array of discussions, but I have no idea how I'll be able to digest the massive volumes of email each day.

But never mind all that. *hugs* Congratulations on becoming a List Elf. I'm sure you'll do a wonderful job. ^_^

Oh yes, one question if you don't mind: is there a reason why it's called "for Grownups" or is it just more intellectual than most groups I've wandered into thus far?

[rynne.livejournal.com]

I'm just "special messages only" on there, usually just going to the message index at the group home to read what discussions I want to. It is very high volume ^^;.

I think it's "for Grownups" because they want "grownup" discussion (ie rational and without childish name-calling of people who disagree with you, etc.). People thirteen and older are still allowed to register, but I believe it reflects on that they want us to act like responsible adults.