@LiveJournal: Currently experiencing a DDoS attack for the past two days -- status.livejournal.org

@gildedbat: @LiveJournal pity they're going to have to set that "days without a DDoS attack" sign back to 0. They got all the way over 100.

@LJmysticowl: Russian news confirms, also says that paid accounts will be credited the time they lost due ( Read more... )

Internets, I am not feeling so good. Just sinus blarg and a low fever, but I have been sleeping a lot. So that's where I've been.

Two bits of writerly advice:

@ victoriastrauss: Agent Andrew Lownie on how to blow your chances in the first line of your email.

@ MaryRobinette: Debut Author Lessons: 10 things about signing books.Linkspam: movie news ( Read more... )

Still "recovering" from burnout a bit. Attended two separate social gatherings last night, believe it or not. Now need to find something to wear for The Lovely Emily's wedding (did I mention she's getting married at the end of May?), which ought to be... interesting, and possibly depressing. The wear-finding, I mean, not the wedding (I approve of ( Read more... )

So: we've spent way too long discussing the Stephen King comments, and yet (I think?) you love stories about my mother. I am torn! I will err on the side of maternity.

So. My mother hasn't read anything by Stephen King OR Stephenie Meyer (that said, The Shawshank Redemption is one of her all-time favorite movies, and she did like the Twilight ( Read more... )

To all of you lucky, intrepid bastards going out to see The Dark Knight tonight: Godspeed, good times, and giggle at the Twilight trailer for me. And don't you dare come back here telling me how awesome the Watchmen trailer was on a big screen, or I'll thump you into next week.

ETA: WATCHMEN OFFICIAL HD ZOMG.

ETA 2: Well... it's not as bad as the ( Read more... )

The continued adventures of sparkly vampires and the emoteens who love them. (See also: Twilight; New Moon.) By the way, for anyone who was having trouble with the video the other day, trailer_spot has fixed us up a direct download of the five-minute Robert Pattinson interview where he politely, respectfully, Britishfully talks about how ridiculous Edward and ( Read more... )

You know, I've figured out something kind of funny about hypomania. To catch you up, particularly since the Twilight entries have brought in a lot of new people--psychiatric diagnoses are never really set in stone; a doctor might come up with something that sounds more accurate years into your treatment. I have cyclical, chemical depression; it's ( Read more... )

Very brief notes I took as I read New Moon (well, I took notes chapter by chapter, but they're... relatively... brief. And... angry): ( And here is a picture of my vampire boyfriend watching ESPN )

So I went downstairs to the rec room to look for some glue (long story), and I was bowled over by the foulest stench I have had the misfortune to inhale in a good long time. Now, the cat's litter box is down there, but I was doubtful that the cat could have produced a funk this pernicious, and also, it grew stronger as you walked away from the ( Read more... )

Mmm, hail coming in. This should be fun. So, just quickly, the linkspam I have on hand, before my internet goes out: ( Read more... )