Howard Hughes and the Sky Goblins

[greygirlbeast]

J. G. Ballard died yesterday.

I wrote 1,098 words on a new story, which I'm calling "At the Gate of Deeper Slumber." It's the piece I've been trying to get into for about a week and a half now. I think this is going to be an especially Lovecraftian issue of Sirenia Digest.

Bill Schafer at Subterranean Press tells me that the trade paperback of

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[iterum]

A livejournal friend of mine thinks it would be interesting to combine Warcraft with Wii Fit: you'd have to do all that running yourself, and we'd raise a generation of in-shape gamers.

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[greygirlbeast]

ou'd have to do all that running yourself, and we'd raise a generation of in-shape gamers.

Well, that only works up to Level 30, where you get your first mount.

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[chris_walsh]

Well, that only works up to Level 30, where you get your first mount.

Solved by WiiMount!

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[greygirlbeast]

Solved by WiiMount!

*shudder*

[gargirl]

Sorry to hear you are getting cyber stalked. That can't make you feel great. Is there anything you can do to get rid of that sort of problem?

[greygirlbeast]

Is there anything you can do to get rid of that sort of problem?

That's what I'm trying to figure out.

[gargirl]

My husband is an IT guy, if you want I could ask him what he would suggest. He might need to know a few details like where or how this person is contacting you. (email, certain websites or whatever) As far as I understand it, and I am not the most tech savvy person, different sites have different ways of dealing with privacy/blocking etc. Or for all I know there is some blanket way to deal with it. Just let me know and I'll ask him, he is pretty clever with tech stuff.

I do know, with any harrassment of any kind, that everyone around you should be aware that there is some sort of threat to you. Friends, family, trusted neighbors etc. Anyone who can help look out for you. Good luck with the whole situation.

[greygirlbeast]

Do you think Ballard influenced you much as a writer?

Yep. I think his dystopian ideas nurtured my own dystopian inclinations.

[greygirlbeast]

If you feel comfortable revealing exactly how this cyber-stalker is contacting you, please feel free to let me know because I have a geek spouse who knows much about banning and limiting these sort of people, and what he doesn't know, his clan of geek brethren will. That it is you being stalked need never come up - the challenge of smashing a stalker is enough for them. If you feel safe doing so, just PM here at LJ.

Thanks. I may be in touch. Thing is, I know exactly who he is, and where he is. He's making no attempt to hide any of that.

I felt as horrible learning Ballard had died as I did when Vonnegut died.

Yeah, it hit me pretty much the same way as the news of Vonnegut's death.

[sovay]

Yeah, it hit me pretty much the same way as the news of Vonnegut's death.

It's like watching architecture disappear.

[greygirlbeast]

It's like watching architecture disappear.

Damn, that's a good analogy.

Creepy Cyberstalkers

[odditie]

Damn, that's disturbing. On Live Journal, obviously you can ban people, though if you know him in real life it's really not a matter of online stuff, and cyberstalker might become just, simply, stalker. Hire a tentacley bodyguard?