❖ MOON CYCLE 143 ❂ 12/25/12 - 1/01/13

Phase: Full moon

Weather: There's still plenty of cold and plenty of snow, so bundle up!

TUES	WED	THURS	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TUES
25 28/17°F -2/-8°C ☃	26 27/25°F -3/-4°C ☃	27 27/19°F -3/-7°C ☃	28 18/18°F -2/-8°C ☃	29 28/21°F -2/-6°C ☃	30 25/13°F -4/-11°C ☃	31 25/18°F -4/-8°C ☃	01 27/17°F -3/-8°C ☃

Legend:
☀ - Sunny/Clear | ☁☀ - Sunny but cloudy | ☁ - Overcast | ≈ - Windy | ☂ - Rainy | ☂☂ - Stormy | ☃ - Snowy | ❇ - Ice | + any other combination

Effects: Happy dreams of either childhood memories of yore, or wishes for a future.

Notes:

• Activity Check is up! The December Activity Check is here, but as we mentioned before you only need half of the usual requirements to pass. Consider this our little present for all of you :D It ends January 2nd at 11:59PM CST.
  
  
• Applications and Test Drive Meme. Just a reminder that applications will open on January 1st and we have a Test Drive meme right here! I wonder how many applications we'll have for the new year...
  
  
• A new face. Sort of. Those who went to Endouto may remember her, but there's a new person in charge of Somarium and the surrounding area. Her name is Anarya and she says hello.
  
  
• Winterfest! As mentioned last time, the Christmas season is a little different this year. Rather than Christmas, there's a winter holiday called "Winterfest" that's celebrated instead and lasts all week long until the New Years. There's a handy dandy post for anyone to use for threading purposes, though you're also more than welcome to start your own logs.
  
  
• Rogue presents. Those rogue presents are back again! Some may remember them from previous years, others may not. But should anyone stumble upon a suspiciously large present in their path, be careful. Opening it may yield something nice—or maybe you'll get stuck inside it instead! Or coal. Coal works, too.
  
  
• Player Plots Round 3. We've already listed the huge list of player plots for the month last time and there's only a few that are recent. So here they are!
  
  • IC Secret Santa. The list for the IC Secret Santa pairings are up! They can be found here with a log to help give the gifts here.
    
    
  • Doctor Santa. The Doctor is going to play as Santa this year and will be giving out presents! More information can be found here.
    
    
  • Christmas Concert. The Christmas Concert is in play here! Are you participating or just listening?
    
    
  • Somewhat Annual Police Banquet. In case you missed it, the Police Banquet log is up and running. So many parties and things...

That should be it. Sorry for the delay! Holidays wrecked us mods, too. Should you have any questions, feel free to ask them here and we hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and have a happy holiday season!

I'm sorry to say that with the holiday season being so hectic and me continuing to scrape by with a few of my characters, I'm going to drop Loke and Lenalee from Somarium here for now.

I loved being in game with them but I have to do this with my RP load being as heavy as it is right now and I know some people will be disappointed in me and I apologize for that. I really do. I just feel the FT cast could use a better Loke and Allen-mun could use a much better, active Lenalee to be his canonmate right now.

If after one whole cycle things clear up for me and noone's snatched them back up I will try to app them back in if I can but for now this is done.

As it stands though, I can't quit Somarium and you lovely people so Oz and the lovely Rarity will most definitely be staying in the game. I love you all so much and don't stop being awesome ^_~

 Welp, with ALA so close, it is time for me to buckle down and finish my cosplays!  So!  I am calling a hiatus.  Suki will just be roaming around, probably spending a lot of time alone, crying over Sokka's death, trying to figure out who did it on her own cause she doesn't want anyone seeing her like this.  

In the meantime, I'll get to the tags in my inbox pretty slowly.  And when I'm at the con, from the 4th-7th, I won't be tagging at all.  

If you're headed to the con, maybe I'll see you there.  If not!  I'll still be on plurk and aim, so we can chat there.  

-Mouse

So after end of semester grading nightmares, tests, more grading, holidays, and a blizzard with power outage...I am now officially off hiatus.

Sorry for any inconvinence |D as you can see things were a wee bit hectic.

But I'm back now. So if you want any last minute holiday fun with my characters please let me know! Bolin, Jason, and Clint are all ready and raring to go.

-Erica

Okay so this was a tad delayed because of technical difficulties (dodgy laptop) but here's what Santa Eleven delivered to those who asked.

( Clicky here for list )