Bidding at help_haiti closes tomorrow at 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, so it's fairly unlikely that I'll be awake for that. THUSLY. NOW IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET YOUR BIDS IN. My offers are at $15 (art) and $17 (fic), which isn't much compared to some, but still rather exciting. That's $32 to charity that I couldn't otherwise have given.

I am offering any fandom I've ever had experience in, which is quite a fair few (Merlin fen, that's fair game, and the same goes for you, CLAMP fen!), not to mention for fanart any character I can get visuals of and personality summary. This goes for your (or my) original characters, too. I will also draw real people, or write original fiction.

Fic will be 1,000 words at bare minimum and much likelier at least double that; fanart will be lines and basic colours, and I am aiming at silly fanart more than anything else. If bids get up past $20 I'll draw two characters instead of just one, or a four-panel comic of your subject matter of choice.

BID ON MY ART HERE.
BID ON MY FIC HERE.

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So I'm kind of overexcited about this charity thing? Maybe? But it's for a good cause. :D

I'm now also offering art at help_haiti, because it occurred to me that I can totally use my power of crack for good, right? (Speaking of, I have a sketchdump to post sometime soon.) SO IF YOU ACTUALLY CARE TO PAY FOR MY BRAND OF WTF ART, YOU CAN BID ON IT HERE.

You can also still bid on my writing/beta services HERE.

In other news, I've begun Morris dancing, which is ridiculous amounts of fun, even if I was all but passing out due to sleep deprivation beforehand. The people there are really cool, and apparently I impressed them with my dancing skills. I think Tae Kwon Do helped out here a lot, as well as dance workshops at Camp. But I am so sore this morning --

--and about to do some Wii Fit anyway. After several evenings of being kept up by it, I have succumbed, since at least it'll be a good supplement to exercise. Brianna and I have something of a rivalry, since I beat most of her high scores on my first try, and then I took a shower and she went back and took back her top spots.

Been songwriting again. Another incurably fandom-related song, but it's subtle, at least. Er, to someone not involved in the fandom. Not like I'll ever be a professional musician, though, so I shouldn't really sweat it.

Life not at home rocks, by the way. I just need to learn how to cook meat and I'll be able to live on my own just fine. Well. That and get a job. But I like the lack of stress, I love living with friends, I love being able to walk into civilisation.

In other news, DC comics are going to drive me to bankruptcy. My prospective pull list this spring: Justice League: Generation Lost, Booster Gold, Birds of Prey, X-Factor, whatever Avengers title is being advertised with "AVENGERS REASSEMBLED", whatever Paul Cornell's working on, Marvels Project until it's over, Daredevil. AUGH. NOT TO MENTION THE NATION X STUFF AND THE LEGACY STUFF. AND GENERATION LOST IS BIMONTHLY. I CAN'T AFFORD THIS, GUYS.

help_haiti is a charity fundraiser based in fandom, where people offer services, art, writing, etc to the highest bidder. The bidder will pay the amount specified to a Haiti-disaster-relief-related fund of their choice. My offer is here, and I am offering original fiction, fanfiction, poetry, or beta services. Please come check the community out, and offer your time, your spare cash if you have it to spare, or at least your supposrt. I understand that not everyone can afford to help financially, but even signal-boosting will help. Everything helps.

For those out of the loop, there was a catastrophic earthquake in Haiti last night. Port-au-Prince is devastated, many have lost their homes and their lives, and it's a pretty dire situation there. There's more information at help_haiti.

ETA: holy crap people are actually bidding on my offer. I know this is about charity, but man, I feel so validated as a writer. (2 bids! kgjskg!)

Well, it's 6:15 am and I still can't sleep. I'm not sure why. I've been sick, I could really use the sleep, I haven't been drinking any more caffeine than usual, and I even went out and did stuff today. And yet I lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, for way too long before giving up and getting my computer out again.

I don't even know what's up. I guess I'll nap tomorrow. Er. Later today.

By the way, while I'm blogging, I'll signal-boost about the earthquake in Haiti. There are several websites -- yele.org, Oxfam, and Red Cross are the ones I know of -- that are accepting donations, and haitifeed.com has information and updates. My thoughts and hopes are with the residents of Haiti and their families.

and if you want something to cheer you up, check out this Marvel X-verse chromatic casting, because JOHN CHO AS JAMIE MADROX. It ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO HAPPEN.