'How can I help you?"

So yesterday, I was in our local drugstore (carries shampoo and a bit of food and batteries and has a pharmacy for prescription medication- it's a place I go for small stuff like aspirin and greeting cards and stuff). It was a big chain that got taken over by an even bigger chain about a year ago. Apparently they are under rules to be EXTRA friendly to customers, because yesterday? It was so friendly and helpful, it was creepy.

( Cut for the stepford customer service story )

And holy mackerel, Yuletide has over 1100 members! I'm glad to see that despite a few toads showing that yes, there are bad people everywhere - even in fandom - the exchange itself is still a happy thing made of sharing and glee for even more people.

I'm rather amused that despite the influx of about 400 people since I signed up, the numbers of requests and offers in my categories have remained fairly static. People are spreading out among all the choices. I am still the only offeror on something and there is just no WAY that's going to match since I could offer to write only one character (not that I hate the others, but that was the only way to limit my offer to the part I actually know). But one of my requests is probably in the same boat, so at least it all balances.

I started my sg_rarepairings fic, since it has an actual deadline and requester and I don't wanna default.

Is it bad to open with porn? :D