Ugh, stressful day/week. Danced around the kitchen for a while and read some fic -- feeling better now. :-)

ETA: Darn it! I keep forgetting to post this: our final short story discussion is up over at classicshorts. For anyone who's new, it was a comm started by flashfly and me to discuss classic and contemporary short stories. We ended with a piece called "Sticks and ( Read more... )

1. Look at this awesome icon avictoriangirl created for me, at caitri's request!


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I need to actually get some sleep tonight instead of staying up reading till my eyes ache in my head. :-/ But quickly, I wanted to say two things:

classicshorts, the short story discussion community that flashfly and I founded ages ago, is still going (even though there are months between story posts at this point, LOL -- you can blame both of us for that!). I have ( Read more... )

Anyone had any luck ridding a house plant of spider mites? I just discovered that two of my babies are infested, and I'm afraid it may be too late to save them. :-/

In other news, we have a new story discussion post up over at classicshorts! For those of you who may not know, this is a comm devoted to discussing classic (non-fannish) short stories. The stories ( Read more... )

1. I did a post the other night over on IJ about my 10 favorite QaF icons (and I threw in three non-QaF ones for kicks ( Read more... )

New discussion is up over at classicshorts: this time it's the frequently anthologized John Updike story A & P. As always, any and all are welcome to chime in. :-)

I have stuff from a bunch of fandoms tonight...

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I always find rainy/cloudy days very depressing when I'm at work -- bad enough to be stuck in an office when you have a nice view out the window -- but on days like today, when I'm sitting on the couch with the sliding door open, listening to the rain fall on new green leaves, I find it quite soothing. Hope you're all having a lovely Sunday as well ( Read more... )

In a bit of a rush this evening, but I wanted to post about a few things:

1. Movie rec: I was utterly charmed by Mad Hot Ballroom, a documentary about elementary school students in New York City learning to ballroom dance. (Thanks to emiime for the rec!) I seriously spent the entire movie either smiling or crying (usually happy tears). The kids are ( Read more... )

Oy, the recs are piling up around here...time to make a big post!

First, though, I want to start by pointing to a comm that's been on hiatus for a while but is now up and running again: classicshorts! Basically, we read and discuss classic short stories by authors like Edgar Allan Poe or Kurt Vonnegut. All the stories are available online -- no trips to the ( Read more... )

Internet time has been a bit sort of scarce lately, so I'm taking this opportunity to toss out a few recs.

To start, I'll point you to weasley_fest. This has been a hugely fun fest to follow because of the variety of pairings and the high quality of the writing and art. I've recced several pieces from this fest (and there's one below too), but I urge you to ( Read more... )