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| | Subject: | they are so my family. | | Time: | 03:00 pm |
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| Brad popped Amy's cherry. MOM!! Oh I'm sorry dear, is that not accurate? | comments: Leave a comment  |
| | It's major suckage for me to attempt this because I am horrible with introducing myself to anyone for anything. Anyways, my name is Teresa and I am in my twenties -- at that halfway point to my midlife crisis. At least that's how it feels nearly everyday. I enjoy long walks (I really do), taking pictures of everything, reading trashy romance novels and drooling over media-claimed womanizers like Gerard Butler and John Mayer; even though Mayer always has me going that he's on some sort of medication. It's that sleepy slope of his eyes, I swear. Anyway, I'm silly and weird and I swear I'm nice. Add me because my journal is super-empty? :( It gets lonely in here. | comments: 11 comments or Leave a comment  |
| - So tell us Mark, now at the very end - what was your secret? How did you get all them girls? - Simple. Don't say anything at all. - Nothing? - Nothing. Then, when the tension becomes too much to bear, you finally, finally, you just say: "How about it, then?" | comments: Leave a comment  |
| | Current Music: | "Memories" - Eisley | | Time: | 11:20 pm | | Current Mood: | busy |
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| Hellos, my name's Birdie, I'm 23 and I used to have an IJ forever and a day ago but I fell out of the whole online journal thing - I think I'm ready to pick it back up.
Interests: Drawing, illustration (art in general), corsetry, books, collecting odds and ends; for example I'm on a serious penguin kick right now. Hobbies: Reading, watching Tim Curry movies, helping my friend run his nightclub once a week, making coffee, arting, making new friends, knitting What are you reading right now?: The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher - currently halfway through book 6 Blood Rites
I'm hoping to find interesting people who I'll get along with...that means pretty much anybody. Just as long as you don't bring drama to me, and are generally friendly then we'll get along just fine. :) | comments: 5 comments or Leave a comment  |
| ♣ I was barely around today because after getting into the inner city to sign some contracts, and then therapy, I felt utterly exhausted. I don't feel that well either and more or less went straight to bed. (It's a mix of having the sniffles, mental/emotional issues, and RL stuff that causes stress ... I'm tired a lot.)
But on the good side, the contracts ARE signed and my work starts on December 1st. It's now official! And although I'm nervous (duh), I'm also looking forward to it a lot. The temp agency is a really good one that cares more about its employers than others I've worked with, and of course I'm excited to meet my ex-colleagues again! They asked for me specifically, which does good things to my self-esteem. And from January onwards, I'm gonna have more money to plan with, which is desperately needed because I can tell there are going to be some extra costs in the future. (Wardrobe, fixing the toilet, cooking and baking utensils, a better binder... that sort of thing.)
♣ Do you remember when people started migrating to IJ and created community asylum duplicates, triplicates, et cetera? And how that annoyed me so much that I even included a sentence in my IJ Beginner's Guide about it? - Looks like it's starting on Dreamwidth, too. "I know there already exist communities for [topic], but they're all dead, so I created a new one!" Which... might end up dead? Great.
Seriously, I DO think that DW has the potential to eventually have a level of activity which is not rivaling LJ but close enough. And currently there's definitely enough activity on my Subscription List when it comes to personal journals (quite similar to IJ, actually; on both sides, I don't feel "starved" in that regard). But community-wise? We're so not there yet. Much less for community duplicates.
♣ Thinking about participating in Wishlist communities. I'm also secretly hoping that people on my friendslist/reading list will, in case they have wishes I can grant. But funny enough, when faced with the task, suddenly I have difficulties thinking of wishes. Currently my list has one (1) item and then I got stuck. (For the curious, it's a Spongebob mousepad. I like Spongebob, although strictly speaking Squidward is my favourite.) | comments: 7 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | You want to know the truth about high school? You've got to break it down into its elements. Unfortunately, at St. Donovan's, the periodic table is more crooked than a case of scoliosis. Just give me the chance and I'll set it all straight. Case in point, Spanish homework. "Dame un batido de esperma" does not mean, "Take me to the airport." It means, "Give me a sperm milkshake." And 22 kids gave that as an answer in Spanish III last week. I'm not sure about the milkshake, but somebody is sure feeding us something sticky. Every clique on campus is copying the same damn homework. Burn-outs, pretty boys, drama-dorks, jocks, debaters, player-haters, you name it. Oh, it's big, all right. And I'm on it like pink rubber bands on your little sister's braces. The name's Bobby Funke. I write for the paper. | comments: Leave a comment  |
| Wanna know a secret?
At the stadium, some of those people, they were still alive Danny. They were gonna dump’em in the grave and some of them would move…so I’d look at the supervisor and he’d pretend not to see, so we’d pretend not to see, what we did…we did, and we buried them anyway. There were so many bodies Danny.
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| | Tags: | ! roundups, archiving, fandom etiquette, fandom from the outside, fandoms: supernatural, friending memes, gender, genres: slash, helpful stuff, insanejournal, kinks (narrative or otherwise), sexuality, sites: ao3, subtext, writing | | Subject: | Issue #121 | | Time: | 09:40 pm |
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| Help & writing resources
In an untitled post, bridgetmkennit explains the tags system and the four different types of warnings at the Archive Of Our Own, and how to use them.
lore: BloMo18: Tis the season of saving stories....: tips on saving fanfic stories "in a format that can be easily transferred to most reading devices without losing the author's intended passages of emphasis".
There have been a few posts on BDSM, community rules and terminology, intended as resources for writers and to clear up some common misunderstandings. In Hi! My name is Minxie…, the_minx_17 talks about general rules and some stereotypes. irana wrote On BDSM, Part I to explain the abbreviations SCC and RACK, and to talk about consent. On BDSM, Part II covers negotiation (both Scene and Relationship negotiation).
InsaneJournal
An InsaneJournal Holiday Sale just started. Self-Committed (i.e. paid) accounts and Extra Userpics will be available at reduced prices until November 27th. Friday the 27th will also have a short sale on Permanently Insane accounts.
das_dingsi: Updating habits: "The interesting part is how it made me view the update page more closely than usual and I consciously noticed all the things I don't use [on InsaneJournal]."
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bitterfig: where do they make subtext?: "I always wonder where stuff like (i.e. homoerotic and/or incestuous subtext) this comes from, is it intentional or just a quirk of chemistry?"
lilithilien: Why do we do it?, a short commentary on an AfterElton.com article titled "Why are Women Interested in Gay Men? It's Not Because They Want to Sleep With Them!", with discussion in comments.
novembermond: has a question about friending meme[s]: "[W]hat are the dos and don'ts ... ?"
[Supernatural] ep. 5x10 meta-ish reaction posts - SPOILERS galore!
the_shoshanna: Supernatural 5.10, "Abandon All Hope...": "Thanks SO MUCH for making women just the underbrush to be cleared away before the real stuff happens."
musesfool: lacrimae volvuntur inanes: "I would like to be able to talk about the episode on its own merits, because I thought it was a fantastic episode emotionally and a great way to go into hiatus, but I am SO FUCKING SICK of the way this show treats female characters."
yourlibrarian (in mind_over_meta): SPN 5.10 - A sign of hope: "There's nothing there right now for an audience to cling to, any more than a clear plot direction for Sam and Dean."
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| | Subject: | Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk. | | Time: | 10:38 pm |
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| In the house on Paper Street, a police detective stated calling about my condominium explosion, and Tyler stood with his chest against my shoulder, whispering into my ear while I held the phone to the other ear, and the detective asked if I knew anyone who could make homemade dynamite. "Disaster is a natural part of my evolution," Tyler whispered, "toward tragedy and dissolution." I told the detective that it was the refrigerator that blew up my condo. "I'm breaking my attachment to physical power and possessions,' Tyler whispered, "because only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit." The dynamite, the detective said, there were impurities, a residue of ammonium oxalate and potassium perchloride that might mean the bomb was homemade, and the dead bolt on the front door was shattered. I said I was in Washington, D.C., that night. The detective on the phone explained how someone had sprayed a canister of Freon into the dead-bolt lock and then tapped the lock with a cold chisel to shatter the cylinder. This is the way criminals are stealing bicycles. "The liberator who destroys my property," Tyler said, "is fighting to save my spirit. The teacher who clears all possessions from my path will set me free." The detective said whoever set the homemade dynamite could've turned on the gas and blown out the pilot lights on the stove days before the explosion took place. The gas was just the trigger. It would take days for the gas to fill the condo before it reached the compressor at the base of the refrigerator and the compressor's electric motor set off the explosion. "Tell him," Tyler whispered. "Yes, you did it. You blew it all up. That's what he wants to hear." | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment  |
| This was the most popular choice in the poll, and funny enough, I haven't encountered yet a person who didn't like it, even when initially sceptical towards oatmeal or apples. (Well, unless they have allergies, of course.) I'm going to use °C and metric measurements for the recipe, but converters are easy to find online and also it's not one of those where you have to be super accurate, so that shouldn't be a problem.
What you need:
- oatmeal (I buy the 1 kg package which lasts for several meals) - 2 to 3 apples - sugar - cinnamon - a bar of butter (I use the 250 g bars -- you'll definitely need less than a pound) - vanilla ice cream
and a greased baking pan, casserole dish, or similar (if it's fireproof and somewhat flat it'll work).
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Serve fresh out of the oven, in small bowls, with some ice cream on top. Makes for a nice hot-cold contrast. Oh, and you eat the cake with spoons.
Additional info:
- Makes you feel full extremely quickly. I've had huge people who are big eaters laugh in my face when I served them the "tiny" dish, only to see them declare defeat after their second bowl. - The dough can be kept in the fridge to use it up later, and also works great as a muesli breakfast substitute.
You can't really mess up this one. Trust me. | comments: 23 comments or Leave a comment  |
| Hud: Did you know that Rob and Beth had sex? Marlena: No. Hud: Yeah, isn't that crazy? They've been friends forever. Marlena: Crazy. Hud: I mean, Rob's been in love with her since college. Marlena: Well, maybe it was like a going-away present, you know? Hud: Yeahhh... Wait, were we supposed to get presents? | comments: Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | hello :) | | Time: | 02:50 am |
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| Hey y'all! :) Name's Billie. I'm 19, an artist, college kid who's trying to figure stuff out. I blather on about random stuff but it's sure to keep you entertained. :D I love music, bands include AFI, Kill Hannah, HIM, and Linkin Park. I like The Simpsons and Futurama, and my favourite movie is Zombieland. I need new friends because my friends page hardly moves and I'm bored and want to meet new people. Haha.
Just add me and comment this post, I'll add ya right back! =D
Cheers! | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | Now which doll shall we give Daisy's little friend Emily? The one that looks like a transvestite or the one that looks like a dominatrix? | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment  |
| Do you know of any video games ("with nice graphics" would be a bonus) where there's a transformation sequence of a MALE character where the camera pans lovingly and repeatedly over the guy's ass and bare chest for what feels like ten minutes? And he wears, I dunno, a thong and a few strings of strategically placed floss to cover his nipples.
You don't have to guess why I'm asking. | comments: 5 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | Kindred by Octavia Butler | | Time: | 10:26 am |
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| | He had written and published three novels, he told me, and outside members of his family, he'd never met anyone who'd read one of them. They'd brought so little money that he'd gone on taking mindless jobs like this one at the warehouse, and he'd gone on writing—unreasonably, against the advice of saner people. He was like me—a kindred spirit crazy enough to keep on trying. | comments: Leave a comment  |
| | My name is Chris and I am 19. I am a mechanic/lifeguard and I go to school full time for fine arts. I am from PA and it's pretty great if you enjoy being bored out of your mind 24/7. My music taste is pretty eclectic, I can handle anything but country, but I prefer something heavier. I love horror movies and bad slasher films. I love plaid. If any of this interests you, add me. | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | hi i'm daizi. i've had a journal on here for awhile, then left. i'm mostly going to be updating about my weight loss journey, sometimes about my life, if you'd like to add me on your weight journals or if we used to be friends definitely add me! :) | comments: 14 comments or Leave a comment  |
| | Subject: | they are always so cute together. | | Time: | 01:06 pm |
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| "Where have you been all my life?" "Gift shop." | comments: Leave a comment  |
| "My dearest daughter, never marry for money, fame, power or security. Always follow your heart. Your ever loving father..." "It says all that on that little locket?" "Si." | comments: Leave a comment  |
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