Hello, pipples!

Hey, if you've been on my friends' list the last year or longer, you've probably seen me post stories and other entries related to LJ Idol.

Idol (aka therealljidol) is an online writing contest that comes around every year or so. When it does, many people (some of whom are me) decide to join in and give themselves over to the death spiral ( Read more... )

I've been wanting to post this info for almost a month now, but got sidelined by Idol craziness and the likelihood that my original link was probably behind a paywall. :O This might all normally be obsolete by now, but apparently this thing is on the move. And possibly also exists in parallel? Anyway, I can practically hear my browser groaning in ( Read more... )

Thing the first: voting closes today (Tuesday) on the current poll for Idol: Survivor over at Dreamwidth. You can find all the stories here. All eliminations are team-based, so please vote for me and for ALL of my Asaga teammates if you can:
bsgsix ( Read more... )

Wow. My birthday was last week, and I wasn't even fully ready for it to be October. Now, the month is almost over!

I'm busting out the Halloween icon while I still have time. :O

Birthdays in COVID timez are stranger than usual, though at least this wasn't an important milestone? My son and his friends all turned 21 this year, and it was ( Read more... )

For those of you who've been following along with the current season of LJ Idol, today (Monday) is the last day to vote in the final poll and help determine the winner! Just three writers and three entries are left. Please take a few minutes to read and vote!

My thanks again to all of you who have been reading and voting in these last few rounds of LJ Idol! rayaso got eliminated last week, which was sad for our household, but your support for both of us has been much appreciated this season ( Read more... )

Today is the last day to vote in this week's Idol poll! rayaso is one of the current contestants, the Idol Top 5, where each writer has created a personal portfolio of three new entries, a champion entry, and a season-favorite entry. His stories are listed here, with links to the poll for voting and for all the authors' entries. All of the writers (and ( Read more... )

*And I don't meant the bird. :(

Uggghhh. 106 on Friday, 111 yesterday, 109 today, 109 tomorrow... We are looking at 100o-plus temperatures until possibly Tuesday the 26th, with most days between 107 and 111. This is Sacramento's nightmare scenario, where you get cabin fever in the summertime because you can't do anything outside. It's 90-degrees ( Read more... )

Voting ends tomorrow for this week's round of Idol! rayaso's story is here, with a link at the bottom to the poll for voting and reading the other (only 5 other!) entries. Please read and vote, if you can ( Read more... )

The Idol poll is up for this week, with votes due by Thursday. rayaso is still playing-- his entry is here, with a link to the poll and all other entries at the bottom. Please read and vote if you can!

Our temperatures have dropped a little, and it's a huge relief. Friday through Sunday were near 100, and I got up so late on Sunday that I wound up ( Read more... )