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From rmc28

Let's start 2017 off in a positive way with a Pay It Forward meme. The first 6[*] people to comment (and more if I can manage it) will receive a surprise from me at some point in 2017 - anything from a book, a ticket, something home-grown or made, a postcard, absolutely any surprise! it will happen when the mood comes over me and I find something that I believe would suit you and make you happy.

(If you don't like surprises and would rather have something off a wishlist and/or some warning, let me know in your comment. The goal is to make you happy.)

If you can, post this in your own journal and pay it forward. Let's do more kind and loving things for each other in 2017, without any reason other than to make each other smile and show that we think of each other.

[*] NB This is cross-posted to LJ and I probably can't manage 6 for each site! I'll see what I can do.

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The least said about 2016 the better.

However, some good things that have kept me quiet and busy recently:

* I was unexpectedly promoted to Division Head for next year's Worldcon in Helsinki (this is the main cause of business).

* I've been helping with Yuletide modding, and wrote 4 things for Yuletide.

* I'm the BSFA Awards administrator and have been putting together the longlist for the next stage of voting and working on shiny trophy plans.

Also I made quite a lot of Christmas dinner, and two cakes. To follow (hopefully before I go back to work), posts about cakes and Yuletide.

Hopes for next year: that the world will still be here this time next year; that I will still be officially European this time next year; that I will find time to make some things.

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Usual annual WGT band mini-reviews. I do like this starting at the start of the year thing, it gives me a small cheering thing to do at this time of year when I'm over-peopled and appreciate being able to hide in data entry.

Declared prejudices: I generally like goth, punk/horrorpunk/psychobilly, 80s, pirates, and the near end of metal, electronica, EBM, industrial. Also weirdo up-itself French/Spanish noodling with drums, for some reason I cannot adequately explain.

I generally do not like folk/mittelalter, indie, noise, the noisy end of electronica &c., the beepy/clubby ends of electronica &c., the washing-machine/sore-throat/hit-it-as-fast-as-you-can ends of metal. So if you like those things, take my reviews with a pinch of salt and listen to the bands anyway. (Also while I generally like classical, it's not what I go to WGT for, so I tend to skim over classical artists.)

http://www.wave-gotik-treffen.de/forumwgt3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=23992

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