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Well? Are you? Let's see...  And you know the drill by now... comments go below.  Wendy 
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Har! First year ever I get to vote on the first option.  FOR SALE
One pin. Slightly used. Offers. LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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/me sneaks in, hands Rat some fic to keep her occupied and takes the pin for good use. I obviously haven't learnt from last year. As I'm typing this, I'm also reading like crazy. A lot of rereading even. I like so many stories, I can't even make many decisions yet. How in the world am I going to chose between five good stories? It's just so hard. I'll get there at some point. Five minutes before the deadline or something like that. Rat's pin will most certainly be in good hands then.  Saskia (back to more reading)
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Oooooooooh - fic! Hey...what? Huh? Why you...! Come back here, you little sneak!  LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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Well, I'm not ready to vote yet, but I do have about half the categories decided. It's just the remaining ones that are gonna take closer consideration... And what if I vote today, and then next Wednesday, I remember/decide that I really liked one of the other stories better? I'm just not sure I can make that kind of committment But I will vote. It'll probably be the just before the very last second, but I will vote PJ
"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."
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Well, I just voted. My problem was that, although I'd read all the nominated stories during last year and had even nominated many of them myself, too many of my favourites ended up competing against each other!!  Like Pam, if I waited to vote I'd end up debating with myself all week and changing my mind multiple times - so in the end, most years, I grit my teeth, force myself to make decisions and compromises (such as, I really want to vote for Story X and Story Y because they're both excellent and I loved them, but they're up against each other in their categories and they both fit incredibly well in their categories, so I'll vote for X here and Y there... oh, and Z better get a vote somewhere else... oh dear...  ). Happens every year. And if I waited, that little document I have with the stories I think I'll vote for in each category highlighted would get edited and edited and edited to death! So it's done, and I can't change my mind any more. Phew!! :p Wendy
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What Pam said. Kaethel
- I'm your partner. I'm your friend.
- Is that what we are?
- Oh, you know what? I don't know what we are. We kiss and then we never talk about it. We nearly die frozen in each other's arms, but we never talk about it, so no, I got no clue what we are.
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I chose option #3. I have a few ideas about what to vote for, but for the most part, I haven't read enough, including two of the Best Overall! Most of those are really long stories, too. I may not be ready until the last minute to vote.
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well, i just voted! yay me! that was easy. okay, i had to give it some good thought, but it wasn't that bad...
what? oh, you were asking about voting in the kerths? i'm sorry. i was talking about this poll here...
right.
kerths. well, i've got a few categories set, but i've got a lot more reading to do. haven't been doing it, either, because this new sleep aid i'm trying has me tired and off-kilter. i'm hoping it's just an adjustment period, but who knows?
so, i'm going to wait until the last minute. the categories i've decided, i'll vote. at this point, i'll be happy to nail down half of them, but half is better than none.
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I've just voted.  Tricia 
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Sorry, Wendy, but I couldn't pick any of your options. I reckon I'm ready to vote, but I haven't voted yet. Probably won't for, oh, a few days. Why? For absolutely no reason on this earth other than sloth and procrastination - after all, why do today what you can put off until tomorrow? <g> I don't really agonise that much about my choices when I vote. Hope it's not heresy to admit that. I care, of course, and I do the very best I can - but only within the limits I think are appropriate to something I consider a great hobby. Maybe it's self-preservation - just as I refuse to get despondent if I don't win anything (and I've had quite a lot of practice at that ), I refuse to get too tied up in knots over my voting choices. Yvonne
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I voted as soon as I saw Erin's post on the boards. Like Yvonne, I don't really stress out about which story I vote for. I finished reading a while ago, and when I looked at the ballot, I chose whichever story sort of called out to me to vote for it. I figure that was probably the story that stuck out to me the most as the one I liked the best. - Laura
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I voted for #3.
Actually, the problem is that I won't be able to vote in more of 4 or 5 categories, because I think I have to read all stories nominated in each category first - which is practically impossible for me at this moment.
But, oh, well... it's better than nothing...
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Definitely better than nothing, Anna You guys have convinced me to go ahead and vote... I'm nervous about that but I've already hit submit, so there we are... <g> We need a rolling poll, to catch people when they change answers... PJ
"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
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I'm in one of the  categories. What can I say? I've been away. I've been lax in my reading over the last year. Well, two years, actually, but who is counting? I will try to vote, but the way things are looking, I'll be voting in only a few categories. I don't stand a hope of getting enough reading down to vote in them all! Chris <who has just had the epiphany that life was much simpler in a world without computers and the pressures they bring! It wouldn't be as much fun, though.>
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And amazingly enough, I've just managed to vote, too! It's probably the first time ever that I do that before the last minute. Erin is going to fall over when she sees my ballot arrive more than three minutes before deadline. Kaethel
- I'm your partner. I'm your friend.
- Is that what we are?
- Oh, you know what? I don't know what we are. We kiss and then we never talk about it. We nearly die frozen in each other's arms, but we never talk about it, so no, I got no clue what we are.
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I did it!! Yay..my first time voting! I have to say that I surprised myself when I realized that I'd read so many of the nominated stories. I'm glad I took the time to catch up with the ones I hadn't read..WOW..some really great stuff
Lois: Can I go?
Clark: No.
Lois: Oh come on, Clark, why do we go through this? We both know I’m going to go.
Clark: Then why do you ask?
Lois: I’m trying to be nice.
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WooHoo! Just voted. And nearly a whole 24 hours earlier than I expected to. Some last minute cramming in the categories I was deficient in and there you go. Felt just like college exams week all over again.
Do I get a button or something? A sticker maybe?
Ok, now I can relax. I've done my civic duty and rocked the vote <g>.
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You know that boy'd walk on water for you? Or he'd drown tryin'. -Perry White to Lois in Just Say Noah
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Do I get a button or something? A sticker maybe?
/me steps back and salutes.<snuffle> It's so moving... LabRat
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/me whispers to Lab "Is there an aid fund somewhere? Where I can apply for relief in buying a new monitor. That pin really did a job of it..."
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You know that boy'd walk on water for you? Or he'd drown tryin'. -Perry White to Lois in Just Say Noah
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