Apparently there's finally a new "mini" season of the "The Real LJ Idol," the writing contest that has now wholly moved off LJ, and calls itself mini presumably solely to prevent me from ever achieving my goal of being the first to have over 200 official entries ;)

On any account I'll be participating and encourage you to as well. It's good for ( Read more... )

   James leaned against the railing beside the estate to finish his cigarette. Nearby an obvious papparazzi was awkwardly trying to look like he wasn't waiting around. He was a forgettable sort of ugly with his unkempt hair, untrimmed beard, clashy hawaiian shirt, and obviously overpriced camera with bazooka-like telephoto lens. As he finished ( Read more... )

   “There have been several officer-involved shooting incidents in the Los Angeles area in the early hours of this morning, though Police Chief Charlie Beck has issued a statement assuring us that the situations were unrelated and should not be cause for alarm” [click ( Read more... )

   First you hear a buzzing. The buzzing of bees among the tall straight gum trees. Then some startled roos burst from the underbrush, dart across a meadow like a panicked school of fish, and funnel across a small wooden bridge over a small creek. Presently, Kris emerges from the forest, with a very large cat on his shoulder.


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Well I'm back home in the states now, so it's time to start catching up on the blogging. Usually this is delayed as I first concentrate on the daunting task of sifting through hundreds of pictures .... but heartbreakingly due to the phone-camera loss I have lost half the pictures, and the other half, from the DSLR, I can't unload on to my computer ( Read more... )

There's a poll on! The top three get to keep on writing in the infamous "Livejournal Idol" competition, while the bottom two vote getters are eliminated, and no doubt compelled to sit in the corner facing the wall ( Read more... )

   Christie felt the salty wind on her face and she was excited. She was on a pirate ship! And soon there would be a battle. The deck vibrated under her feet as the vessel motored out to one end of a large t-shaped inlet ( Read more... )

The following are true events that happened to me:

2006 - The diplomatic security agent leads me through the diplomatic security offices --which look a lot like any other offices: cubicles, copy machines, water coolers-- until we come to a very small square room. She tells me to take a seat and leaves the room, closing the door behind her. While ( Read more... )

   Continuing with the fourth and final installment of an index of last year's LJI entries...

Week 19: Open Topic 2010-03-23
Entry: A Rather Buoyant Scheme
Posted From: New York City, New York
Type: Essay, Steampunk, lots of hand drawn diagrams
Poll Outcome: Contestant-only write in / Gatekeeper vote: PASS
Notes: An idea that had initially come to ( Read more... )

   I have very often found it useful to refer to the index I made of my therealljidol posts last year, and have always intended to make one for this most recent season, but certainly didn't have the time ( Read more... )