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dolewhipI recently discovered Scarlett Johansson's recording of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and it's so good! It has totally brought me back to my love of - and fascination with - the Alice books and various other media. (Mostly the '51 Disney film.)
I'm also up to my neck in fangirlish adoration of Hau. (With a side of love for Haudion.) Such a precious child! I love him and I just want him to be happy; I can't wait to see what goes on with him in the alternate reality that is USUM.
Who is your favorite "cinnamon roll" character?
I'm also up to my neck in fangirlish adoration of Hau. (With a side of love for Haudion.) Such a precious child! I love him and I just want him to be happy; I can't wait to see what goes on with him in the alternate reality that is USUM.
Who is your favorite "cinnamon roll" character?
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fadedwingsTitle: As the Crow Flies
Prompt: As the Crow Flies
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allbingo 's pirate fest
Summary: a crow flying
Artist's Notes: Colored pencil on mixed media paper 8.5 x 11 inches
Prompt: As the Crow Flies
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allbingo 's pirate festSummary: a crow flying
Artist's Notes: Colored pencil on mixed media paper 8.5 x 11 inches
lycomingstNetflix ( The Martian )
Cat with thyroid condition made one more trip to the vet. Upping the medicine a little seems to have worked but he developed some sort of rash on his forehead. The vet said that she read that the stuff he’s taking could cause that but wow, she said, I’ve never seen it before. She was impressed. The rash seems scabbed over and fading so maybe that cat is done for a year or so. There’s still another to terrorize by taking it to the vet.
I made rolls using mashed potatoes, rolls and bread because you’re supposed to make the rolls in muffins tins but I only have one so I put the rest of the dough in a bread pan. First time making that recipe or any with potatoes and I declare them tasty.
Not so much for the sort of pancakes baked in the oven made with mashed potatoes. They were the trigger to start the whole potato festival but I tried to half the recipe and things went terribly, terribly wrong. I should have stuck with my mother’s putting an egg and some breadcrumbs in the mash and frying them up . Not gone with uppity ideas.
PBS is playing silly buggers with Dickensian. They showed one episode weeks ago, then nothing for a while, then showed several for two weeks (beginning with the first epi again) now nothing for two more weeks. Just like they’re CBS or ABC.
Also, the Republicans in Congress again want me dead.
Cat with thyroid condition made one more trip to the vet. Upping the medicine a little seems to have worked but he developed some sort of rash on his forehead. The vet said that she read that the stuff he’s taking could cause that but wow, she said, I’ve never seen it before. She was impressed. The rash seems scabbed over and fading so maybe that cat is done for a year or so. There’s still another to terrorize by taking it to the vet.
I made rolls using mashed potatoes, rolls and bread because you’re supposed to make the rolls in muffins tins but I only have one so I put the rest of the dough in a bread pan. First time making that recipe or any with potatoes and I declare them tasty.
Not so much for the sort of pancakes baked in the oven made with mashed potatoes. They were the trigger to start the whole potato festival but I tried to half the recipe and things went terribly, terribly wrong. I should have stuck with my mother’s putting an egg and some breadcrumbs in the mash and frying them up . Not gone with uppity ideas.
PBS is playing silly buggers with Dickensian. They showed one episode weeks ago, then nothing for a while, then showed several for two weeks (beginning with the first epi again) now nothing for two more weeks. Just like they’re CBS or ABC.
Also, the Republicans in Congress again want me dead.
tamsin- I'm really happy to see 50books_poc active again. I used to get tons of recs from it and am looking forward to it broadening my reading again.
- be yourself my ally A Wonder Woman fic featuring Etta/Diana. Pretending to be lovers is such a fun trope and it's deftly applied to a great pairing here. Themyscira was my favorite part of the movie so it made me happy to see it explored a bit here. I love how the author fleshed out Etta - her down-to-earthness, her warmth, her pragmatism and her ability to enjoy the little things. And I really appreciate how she portraits her as a queer lady who has had relationships with other queer ladies and who knows her worth.
- The Superhusbands Aluminum Anniversary Anthology is out! If you're into Steve/Tony at all, go check it out. It contains nearly 600 pages of new fanfic and fanart and is available for download for free.
50books_poc active again. I used to get tons of recs from it and am looking forward to it broadening my reading again.- be yourself my ally A Wonder Woman fic featuring Etta/Diana. Pretending to be lovers is such a fun trope and it's deftly applied to a great pairing here. Themyscira was my favorite part of the movie so it made me happy to see it explored a bit here. I love how the author fleshed out Etta - her down-to-earthness, her warmth, her pragmatism and her ability to enjoy the little things. And I really appreciate how she portraits her as a queer lady who has had relationships with other queer ladies and who knows her worth.
- The Superhusbands Aluminum Anniversary Anthology is out! If you're into Steve/Tony at all, go check it out. It contains nearly 600 pages of new fanfic and fanart and is available for download for free.
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scripsiOne of the fun things of doing remixes, is that you may write something you never thought you would ever write. Like a Draco Malfoy romance. But here it is.
Title: Sunset (The Tequila Sunrise Remix)
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: Teen
Genre:
Word Count:
Characters/pairing: Rose/Weasley/Draco Malfoy
Warnings: Age difference
Summary: Rose grows up hating Draco Malfoy. Then she meets him.
AN: A remix of chantefable’s Tequila Sunrise. Her story is from Draco’s POV, mine from Rose’s.
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Title: Sunset (The Tequila Sunrise Remix)
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: Teen
Genre:
Word Count:
Characters/pairing: Rose/Weasley/Draco Malfoy
Warnings: Age difference
Summary: Rose grows up hating Draco Malfoy. Then she meets him.
AN: A remix of chantefable’s Tequila Sunrise. Her story is from Draco’s POV, mine from Rose’s.
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yourlibrarian1) So as I mentioned in an earlier post, I re-read my dissertation. By coincidence it was almost exactly 8 years since I'd last looked at it. Although I'd been advised to publish it, I couldn't face the process after its already long journey. It would have meant going through further drastic revisions given that books on internet culture were gaining interest and it would have to be redone for a popular audience. ( Read more... )
2) This Stephen Colbert tweet and particularly the discussion following it was plenty funny. But it made me think about an issue I hadn't considered before. Do movies made elsewhere ever try to make up countries in North America? ( Read more... )
3) Boy does the Internet look weird when you're used to browsing without scripts and suddenly ADS! Clashing backgrounds! Video inserts! It's like being deaf and suddenly being blasted with sound. Yuck. (Makes me glad I rarely have the speakers on too...)
4) If only we had more of this kind of guy, who spends his time investigating corporate wrongdoing. "I can’t believe a year and a half after the financial crisis, no one is doing this stuff. I’m not talking about writing these massive, 10,000-word thumbsuckers about some crappy company that did something to a politically vulnerable population. I’m talking about companies that wake up every day and, using the imprimatur of the law, do things that are unconscionable and appalling."
5) Because of a cold snap at the start of September we brought in our hibiscus from the balcony -- the earliest we've had to do so.
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I've also got some photos up at common_nature about hummingbirds.
2) This Stephen Colbert tweet and particularly the discussion following it was plenty funny. But it made me think about an issue I hadn't considered before. Do movies made elsewhere ever try to make up countries in North America? ( Read more... )
3) Boy does the Internet look weird when you're used to browsing without scripts and suddenly ADS! Clashing backgrounds! Video inserts! It's like being deaf and suddenly being blasted with sound. Yuck. (Makes me glad I rarely have the speakers on too...)
4) If only we had more of this kind of guy, who spends his time investigating corporate wrongdoing. "I can’t believe a year and a half after the financial crisis, no one is doing this stuff. I’m not talking about writing these massive, 10,000-word thumbsuckers about some crappy company that did something to a politically vulnerable population. I’m talking about companies that wake up every day and, using the imprimatur of the law, do things that are unconscionable and appalling."
5) Because of a cold snap at the start of September we brought in our hibiscus from the balcony -- the earliest we've had to do so.
( Read more... )I've also got some photos up at common_nature about hummingbirds.
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lost_spookThe main Remix collection was revealed today, so I can admit that I wrote:
Coffee and Crumbs (The Idiot in the Attic Remix) (2145 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005), Sarah Jane Adventures
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Twelfth Doctor & Sarah Jane Smith
Characters: Sky Smith, Twelfth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith, Mr Smith (Sarah Jane Adventures)
Additional Tags: Remix, remixrevival, Post-Episode: s08e01 Deep Breath, Episode: 2013 Xmas The Time of the Doctor
Summary: The Doctor always returns to Bannerman Road at the important moments. It's the timing that's so hard to get right...
It's a remix ofparanoidangel's Tea and Biscuits, because we just can't avoid each other in these things! Anyway, it was fun and I had plenty of options to choose from, but my heart wanted this one. I'd actually beta-ed Tea and Biscuits (and it was a gift fic for dbskyler, too), which is a little odd, but so far in my remixing, I've always gone for stories I've loved and that's what drew me to T&B quite quickly. I'm not sure what the key is (I'm sure you could remix almost anything with a bit of work and inspiration), but certainly a story that speaks to me, one I can say something in response to is maybe what that sudden, "That's the one!" spark is. Anyway, this was fun. I was little worried about effectively switching Eleven for Twelve, because it borders on going too far - but on the other hand, the Doctor is the Doctor, and I know Paranoidangel doesn't have an aversion to any of them. (Well, as far as I know!)
And I see that I haveestirose to thank for the remix of my Dungeons & Dragons fic! (Madness is still unrevealed, although I do have a suspicion...)
Coffee and Crumbs (The Idiot in the Attic Remix) (2145 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005), Sarah Jane Adventures
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Twelfth Doctor & Sarah Jane Smith
Characters: Sky Smith, Twelfth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith, Mr Smith (Sarah Jane Adventures)
Additional Tags: Remix, remixrevival, Post-Episode: s08e01 Deep Breath, Episode: 2013 Xmas The Time of the Doctor
Summary: The Doctor always returns to Bannerman Road at the important moments. It's the timing that's so hard to get right...
It's a remix of
paranoidangel's Tea and Biscuits, because we just can't avoid each other in these things! Anyway, it was fun and I had plenty of options to choose from, but my heart wanted this one. I'd actually beta-ed Tea and Biscuits (and it was a gift fic for dbskyler, too), which is a little odd, but so far in my remixing, I've always gone for stories I've loved and that's what drew me to T&B quite quickly. I'm not sure what the key is (I'm sure you could remix almost anything with a bit of work and inspiration), but certainly a story that speaks to me, one I can say something in response to is maybe what that sudden, "That's the one!" spark is. Anyway, this was fun. I was little worried about effectively switching Eleven for Twelve, because it borders on going too far - but on the other hand, the Doctor is the Doctor, and I know Paranoidangel doesn't have an aversion to any of them. (Well, as far as I know!)And I see that I have
estirose to thank for the remix of my Dungeons & Dragons fic! (Madness is still unrevealed, although I do have a suspicion...)
magical_sidHejsan Folks,
time for some old Icons.
You know how it works: Public for about 3 weeks and comments and light = ♥
( If you ever leave/Baby you would take away/Everything good in my life )
calliopes_penYesterday, the bill arrived for Comcast. We expected this month’s bill to still reflect things from before we cut out watching cable due to whatever reason, but no. It’s better than that. This month, we seem to owe nothing, and we have been credited $65. So…next month the bill should be $5 once that's subtracted, until this returns to the expected $70 in November, I suspect.
Odd, but nice for once.
Meanwhile, as I hunt for a new computer, I realized that just in case of any emergency that requires me to go—either due to being forced to travel out of state again, or not—it might be best to search for laptops. So I’ve been looking at the HP* Pavilion 17 inch sort, since that’s held up well for Dad. He hasn’t had any problems with his, since he got it in 2013.
And since I prefer Windows 7, I purchased an OEM for Windows 7 Professional 64 bit, which should arrive sometime next week. I’ll use it once I have an appropriate laptop actually in my possession. I have also done in depth research of the Intel CPU, which one would allow an installation of 7 over 10, and which ones wouldn’t. I think I’ve figured that one out. I have far too many links gathered for all the steps to everything, so that’s what I’ve been doing this week! I also gathered all relating links to drivers that still support Windows 7 in either the CPU of Intel or AMD.
I also asked questions at Reddit, Seven Forums, Tom’s Hardware Forum, and Bleeping Computers so that I would have everything straight. As a side note, from one of those I gained the alternative of the Acer Aspire desktop, should other ideas not work. So that’s why I’ve been a bit quiet—research!
And on a non computer note, The Collinsport Historical Society has their round-up of everywhere that Dark Shadows can be found this Halloween season. If only I had Decades and TCM, I would be so happy on October 28th.
*We have a local place that works on all things HP, so if anything happens, straight to the manufacturer it can go.
fadedwingsSeptember 17 - 23
New (to me) TV:
Midnight Texas 1x09 & 1x10
Atlanta 1x01 - 1x05
Iron Fist 1x02
Gracepoint 1x01
The Mindy Project 6x02
The Good Place 2x01 & 2x02
The Orville 1x01 - 1x03
Re-Watched TV:
Leverage
Agents of SHIELD
The Flash
Notes:
I’m really glad that Midnight Texas is done (for now at least). I’m not sure how much more of it I could take. I did start out enjoying it a fair amount, but by half way through I was just about done. By episode 9 I was so done, but with only one more episode to go, it seemed silly to stop there.
Hulu finally has Atlanta. It is really good. Different and good. I like Donald Glover anyways, and this is very well done.
Iron Fist: Yes, I’m continuing to slog through this for some reason.
I borrowed Gracepoint from the library, but after seeing Broadchurch, Gracepoint just didn’t work for me and what was really the point when I’d already watched the original?
I’m really only still watching The Mindy Project because it’s the last season.
I already wrote about The Good Place here. [SPOILERS]
I’m really enjoying The Orville. I didn’t think I would, but I do. The first episode was a bit weak and uneven, but the second and third episodes were better. I’ll keep with this for now :)
I’m almost done with my Leverage Re-Watch. I’m watching the finale today. I love this show. I’m tempted to start again at the beginning when I’m done. It’s a major comfort watch for me, and I’ve really been needing that lately.
New (to me) TV:
Midnight Texas 1x09 & 1x10
Atlanta 1x01 - 1x05
Iron Fist 1x02
Gracepoint 1x01
The Mindy Project 6x02
The Good Place 2x01 & 2x02
The Orville 1x01 - 1x03
Re-Watched TV:
Leverage
Agents of SHIELD
The Flash
Notes:
I’m really glad that Midnight Texas is done (for now at least). I’m not sure how much more of it I could take. I did start out enjoying it a fair amount, but by half way through I was just about done. By episode 9 I was so done, but with only one more episode to go, it seemed silly to stop there.
Hulu finally has Atlanta. It is really good. Different and good. I like Donald Glover anyways, and this is very well done.
Iron Fist: Yes, I’m continuing to slog through this for some reason.
I borrowed Gracepoint from the library, but after seeing Broadchurch, Gracepoint just didn’t work for me and what was really the point when I’d already watched the original?
I’m really only still watching The Mindy Project because it’s the last season.
I already wrote about The Good Place here. [SPOILERS]
I’m really enjoying The Orville. I didn’t think I would, but I do. The first episode was a bit weak and uneven, but the second and third episodes were better. I’ll keep with this for now :)
I’m almost done with my Leverage Re-Watch. I’m watching the finale today. I love this show. I’m tempted to start again at the beginning when I’m done. It’s a major comfort watch for me, and I’ve really been needing that lately.
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