I've probably gone overboard here, but what the heck.

Regarding the sshg_exchange: "If you were considering creating a post detailing your likes and dislikes for your assigned author/artist/crafter, now is the time to do it. Everyone has received their prompts, and plots are percolating. Be aware that your assigned author/artist/crafter may not be on your ( Read more... )

We're on Day Four of the fangirl_tour, and things are coming along nicely. I posted my entry today, and it can be found here. I once again used fanart as dividers in between recs (I'm not the only one to have done so), so there are a dozen artists featured there, too. Severus/Hermione got the lion's share of my recs because that's what I read most often, ( Read more... )

Phil and I went to see a play in January called Sarah Was Mine at the Mysterium Theater in Orange. It's a drama about about love, friendship and finding yourself in a pre-AIDS society, and the performances were fantastic on their opening night. Now the actors are headed to New York for the Fresh Fruit Festival next month, so if you want to see a ( Read more... )

Tomorrow, the U. S. Postal Service is holding its annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive. I'm glad a neighbor already had cans of food by the front of the building when I went to get my mail this evening, or I would have forgotten about it! And that's all I have to do: just put some cans or boxes of food in a plastic bag and leave it for the mail ( Read more... )

This isn't comprehensive on its own, but between my friends list and harmony_bites's posts, it should be cover quite a few of the bases for who and what is eligible in this round of the sshg_awards. I'm lazy, so I won't be sorting out which authors and fics are eligible for what categories; if the authors haven't done so themselves, then you need to do it ( Read more... )

Finally! A fundraising walk on a Saturday instead of a Sunday!

http://www.teamspiritonline.org/

From their website: Come join Team Spirit and friends for this annual 10K walk ( Read more... )

In case you haven't heard of it yet, Shug has set up a new community for making and reaching a daily goal of writing at least 500 words. That sounds attainable, doesn't it? She has a few guidelines here, and you can find the comm here: 5_for_five. It doesn't matter what you're writing: o-fic, fanfic, whatever. Just so you sit down and make measurable ( Read more... )

Remember that May 25 is not only Towel Day, but it is also Nerd Pride Day. Always know where your towel is!

There's a new malware/virus kind of thing that's targeting LJ communities, especially those that are large and active. It looks like this:


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At the moment, I have six graphite pencils and two cardboard blenders in my hair, the dishes are dirty, I have a movie on a continuous loop, and half a dozen reference photos are taped to the living room wall.

You all know what that means.

Edit: Here's the finished product:


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