I've got a longer post coming up later about my day at the Ohio Renaissance Faire and what-all went on there, and some stuff about my whole applying-to-grad-school-situation too.
Right now though, I've just finished catching up on my flist and here's a couple links I thought other peeps might be interested in:
-
half-point round-up post of all the responses so far for the first comment-fic fest at
bsg_slashathon. Because, hey, manporn. I haven't had a chance to read OR write anything for this yet unfortunately, but I'm hoping circumstances will allow it by the end of the week before it's over.
- Special attn note re
machi_neko: look, hand-carved
Death Note pumpkins. - Also for Laur, but possibly some of you other artsy types might be interested too, a new comm for art and artist-related ranting:
art_of_bitching (Modded by
shinga!)
- Finally (and you've probably already seen this if you read
cleolinda because she linked it too, but I couldn't resist), a
meta_quotes entry that
tackles the economy with '80s nostalgia in the form of introducing...Captain Credit.
Actually, my favorite part of that last link might not even be the post itself, but rather the way an early thread quickly collapses into a love of Freakazoid.
Which of course only predictably leads into a hilariously looong stream of abductions by
Candle Jack. ...Oh, fu