I haven't posted here about LJ Idol in a while; mostly because as of this last week, I finally was eliminated. It was a good run, of well over a hundred weeks, dozens of stories and essays and a couple of poems. A few of those, I plan on doing something with in the coming years. But for LJI -- aside from "home gaming" as time and inspiration allow ( Read more... )

Voting is under way for LJ Idol through tomorrow, or maybe Monday. Go here and cast a vote for the wonderful tsuki_no_bara in the "Redemption" tribe! Why? Because she is my "intersection" partner. Using the topics offered, we ended up, as one person put it, with her writing the dry side and me writing the wet side of a girl-meets-mermaid story ( Read more... )

Today is Labor Day, so naturally, I'm at work (I'll have my birthday off later in the month to make up for it).

On the Idol front, I took my third and last bye during GenCon and IndyFringe. The topic last week was "kindling," so I found a way to once again take a topic prompt literally, though the Kindle was just a prop in a bigger story (with ( Read more... )

Haven't been posting much about LJ Idol here lately. Last "week," which took about 2 weeks, I took my second "Bye," and the week before was contestant-only, during which the_dark_snack was eliminated, though she had entered one of her strongest writings.

So anyway, our topic this week referenced Yeats' "terrible beauty," so I wrote a nonfiction essay for a ( Read more... )

So, our LJ Idol topic was "recency bias," which is usually referenced in markets when people think that because a stock price went up all week, it will keep going up next week and the next (then they are *shocked* when it doesn't). I applied it to a controversy that has been heating up over the yearsSo now the poll is open through tomorrow evening ( Read more... )

This last week's LJ Idol topic on how sometimes "helping" isn't helping, but now in less than 24 hours fates will be decided in the poll ( over here, open to all on LJ, and your help, which will help, is appreciated)

My entry is a story I'd been thinking on a while.

the_dark_snack and veronica_rich would appreciate your help in the polls as well.

I used my icon of a popular and old meme because this week's topic on LJ Idol related to memes (as in, make them stop!) But this being the Internet, I pointed out, in my own style, that old memes never truly die.

The voting is under way (I'm in Tribe 3), in 24 hours my fate will be decided, as well as that of the_dark_snack (Tribe 2) and friend veronica_rich (Tribe 3). ( Read more... )

"And even though it all went wrong,
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue..."
but my LJ Idol entry this week.

And now the voting is on through Thursday night. And do consider friends the_dark_snack and veronica_rich as well. Voting open to all, entries linked next to usernames, etc.  Thanks!

I took a big chance with therealljidol by making my latest entry a poem, while the_dark_snack had a more straightforward approach to the topic, "step on a crack."

And now the poll is community-only, so if you are in or want to join the LJ Idol community, we appreciate your attention in Tribes 2 (where Snack is) and 3 (where you find me and veronica_rich). Thanks!

Our prompt for LJ Idol this week was "build a better mousetrap" -- so I wrote about a cocky little rodent who felt trapped. The poll is up, open to all, with me still in Tribe 5, voting ends tomorrow (Thursday) night.

Even more in need of your consideration is the_dark_snack in Tribe 1, who once again struggles even though she wrote a good entry. Also a plug ( Read more... )