Hi, everyone!

It's the time of year when nature is busy changing season, and for many of us the clocks are also changing. Perhaps not too far away Kinnetik are at the peak of their winter advertising campaigns!

Here in fandom there's a lot of planning going on too, for all kinds of gifts and treats. More ... under the cut!

Last Friday saw the first European-timed marathon and it was an amazing success - you are still welcome to join in the love for 101; there are more than 270 comments already. Be sure to be there this Friday for 102 - 8pm CET (that's 11am on the West Coast). Still in Season 1, it seems Tweak may be watching along with us! queer_as_tweak has been reporting S1 quotes all week ;) qaf_coffeeclub has been busy this week with discussions about the Rage characters and the Ladies of QAF. And we all know that Justin's nickname is 'Sunshine', but who uses it, and when? It's that time of the year again! The season of goodwill, gifts and last minute shopping. But here's a way to get into the festive spirit that won't cost you a penny. Signups for the latest qaf_giftxchnge close very soon (October 25th) so be sure to go here to sign up! qaf_drabbles is working on challenge #138: Changes. This is a no rules challenge: be inspired and go wherever you like!! Last week's challenge #137: Porn! Sex Toys, as you might expect, proved very inspiring :D qafmaniac has been really busy making beautiful 'quote' icons, you can see the results here, here, here and here. I have no idea where she gets all her energy from, but she certainly brightens up the fandom. Go see if your favorite Brian or Justin quote is here. It's been otherwise a little quiet on the icon front recently, but newcomer to IJ in_ahaze immortalised a favorite kiss from Season 4. And as always, a quality bunch from pfodge too! The theme is Halloween over on qaf_retread right now, and we have been enjoying treats such as 'Halloween in Subtext' by testdog65 and TWO fics both named 'Save a Horse' - authored by not_yet_defined and faile02 respectively. For more to read, head for qaf_recs and giggle at ragingpixie 's Tally Marks. Or enjoy the brilliant post 507 Another Chapter by xie_xie_xie. A reminder that fics for the Weather/Vacation challenge are due on October 31st. It's still not too late to sign up if you're suddenly feeling inspired!! Graphics in this issue: European marathon header & icon and "I'd fuck me" icon by qafmaniac; Missed me? by in_ahaze; Brian in winter by pfodge; "Bad Boy" by pfodge</font>