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Friday, May 1st, 2009

Friday 12:21 am
dreamwidth


permanent/seed account: collect the whole set!

\o/

crossposted from dw and ij. you can comment here! eventually i might even notice! so, er, you might want to try one of the other places instead. openid is fun!


Mood: jubilant
Comments: Holy comment link, Batman!
Tags: dw

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Wednesday 3:05 pm
hi!


hi, ain't dead, etc.! i feel bad for leaving this journal so empty. perhaps we'll meet up again on dreamwidth one of these days? in the meantime, i continue to be a batgeek on ij....


Mood: quixotic
Comments: Holy comment link, Batman!

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Saturday 10:17 pm
yuletide redux


and now, some recs and the reveal:

to hell with anything unrefined was my primary yuletide story, for [info]nyssa23. it is vers libre poetry in the style of don marquis' archy & mehitabel. i put mehitabel amongst the suffragettes and brought in a couple of prohibitionists. i illustrated it! (did you know that the new york times online archives go back to 1851? it's really quite awesome, especially for setting a story about a new york city newspaper columnist in 1917.) glossing and [info]kassrachel read it through for me and i managed to get it in nearly a week early, which is unheard-of in my yuletide career, opening the way for:

eyes wide open, a yuletide treat for [info]baranduin, which is a postscript for robin mckinley's spindle's end, a retelling of "sleeping beauty" which i've always particularly loved. i highly recommend the book, and you shouldn't really read the story without having read the book -- for one, it won't make much sense, and for two, it does rather spoil one of the twists of the ending. i wrote this one in a terrific rush on christmas eve, but i'm glad i posted it; it turned out small but rather pretty, i think (and there are only two glaring typos which will need fixing at some point).

and while i was thusly engaged, [info]lilyayl was writing my cyberiad story! still many ♥&hearts♥ and i shall have to see what else zie's done. there's so much more to read!


Mood: accomplished
Comments: 3 girls and boys are fighting crime. Holy comment link, Batman!
Tags: a few of my favorite things, pr0n and other literature, swoon-worthy secret semi-secular santa

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Tuesday 11:20 am
panfan holidays


Dear Yulecritter Who Is Writing For Me,

Please follow the cookie crumbs this way!

Love,
cmshaw


Mood: excited
Comments: 2 girls and boys are fighting crime. Holy comment link, Batman!
Tags: swoon-worthy secret semi-secular santa

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Tuesday 1:40 pm
house: not yet warmed


alas, i have come down sick, and i am going to miss my housewarming deadline next saturday. (i am also informed by a cheerful if somewhat harried doctor that i will probably spend the rest of this week and probably some of the next coughing, so, yeah. not very hospitable, i'm afraid!) woe!


Mood: sick
Comments: 2 girls and boys are fighting crime. Holy comment link, Batman!

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Wednesday 11:40 am
so...many...boxes....


i am moved!

first things first: many thanks, in approximate chronological order, to
* lightgetsin, for extensive cheerleading and supervision of my packing process
* lightgetsin and treewishes, for packing up my scifi shelves and my downstairs overflow books
* bayleaf, for packing up most of my kitchen
* treewishes' partner, for driving me to pick up the moving truck
* my new building's manager, for driving me back from returning the moving truck
* bayleaf and ellen_fremedon, for recommending get up and go movers
* autiger23, 3pennyjane, and derora, for giving me more advice on movers so that i felt well-researched
* get up and go movers (getupandgomovers.com), for being speedy and inexpensive and awesome

i will have to have a housewarming party this time for real (i will! i will!), as last time i think i finally got around to having a house-stable-temperature party over a year later. looking around at all of the unpacking i'm going to have to do, i'm thinking of combining it with my hallowe'en party, which gives me a month....

Poll #1266153 Party time?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

Hallowe'en/Housewarming OTP?

View Answers

Friday is Hallowe'en -- be a purist!
7 (35.0%)

Saturday is much better for a housewarming
15 (75.0%)

Bah humbug: neither day works
2 (10.0%)


Mood: accomplished
Comments: Holy comment link, Batman!

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Friday 11:06 pm
things into boxes!


if anyone is free this saturday (tomorrow) and would care to stop by after noon to help me pack, that would be wonderful! i will have pizza and vids and a frantic air about me....


Mood: hopeful
Comments: Holy comment link, Batman!

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

Saturday 5:42 pm
packing


putting things in boxes: even better than whitewashing fences! anybody fancy joining me for this partytime? i'm going to be packing this sunday and next saturday afternoon, and -- as if the putting of things into boxes weren't enough -- i can even offer food and vid-watching too!


Mood: hopeful
Comments: 7 girls and boys are fighting crime. Holy comment link, Batman!

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Wednesday 4:39 pm
moving!


i have a new apartment! \o/

i will be moving in a month: will you help me?

...no, come back! you don't have to carry ANYTHING. do you have the names for any recommended moving services in the dc area? or do you want a used washer/dryer for cheap?

(i'm moving one metro stop away. alas, no more walking to two excellent sushi restaurants, but i will be able to walk to one excellent sushi restaurant, a bookstore, a restaurant with bubble tea, a bagel shop, and assorted other neighborhood niceties.)


Mood: accomplished
Location: on the move!
Comments: 14 girls and boys are fighting crime. Holy comment link, Batman!

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Friday 3:02 pm
ain't dead


i drop in to say hello, still not dead, omg batman, hope y'all are doing well!


Mood: alive
Comments: 3 girls and boys are fighting crime. Holy comment link, Batman!

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Thursday 12:21 pm
hello!


it's con.txt time! wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

boy, i never even post pointers to my ij over here any more, do i? sorry!


Mood: running around
Comments: 1 kid is fighting crime. Holy comment link, Batman!
Tags: insane in the brain, it's all about the con.txt

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Saturday 12:49 am
almost con time!


hey kids, don't forget to vote for panels if you're going to be at con.txt! voting closes tomorrow night!

i still have no disco duck outfit!


Mood: excited
Comments: Holy comment link, Batman!
Tags: it's all about the con.txt

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Monday 4:41 pm
two messages


CON.TXT: you've got less than a week to put in your panel suggestions before we close the suggestions and start the voting! come on, i can see y'all nattering away over there -- don't you want a dedicated panel? you don't even have to run it, but you really don't want me to have to make up the panel description on the spot, do you? i mean, unless you think a half-dozen panels on batman and robin would be an awesome con. (what? it would!)

Eddie Izzard: hey, it looks like a lot of us are going this friday! who wants to meet up afterward and recite the best bits back at each other over drinks? and who knows a good place near the dar constitution hall to go for such a thing?


Mood: hopeful
Comments: 4 girls and boys are fighting crime. Holy comment link, Batman!
Tags: it's all about the con.txt, life

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Wednesday 12:07 pm
whew


insanejournal: I have both databases back. I need to do some clean up then I will get the site back up within the hour

thank goodness for redundant social networking, that's all i've got to say! not that i've been spending my ijless time obsessively tweaking my goodreads shelves or anything....


Mood: clingy
Comments: 1 kid is fighting crime. Holy comment link, Batman!
Tags: insane in the brain

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Tuesday 10:51 am
ij oh noes


if you're looking for ij, the hosting company fucked up. also, we might have lost the last month of posts and comments.

i don't think i had any particular fic drafts up there in the last month that weren't just refinements of drafts also posted earlier, so if we do get data back from a month ago i'm okay there. also, not cleaning out my inbox recently has been vindicated in an unfortunately enabling way. still with the wibbling, though!

eta: whew! the data's been recovered, although the site may not go back up for a little while.


Mood: woeful
Comments: 6 girls and boys are fighting crime. Holy comment link, Batman!
Tags: insane in the brain

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Monday 3:23 pm
it's almost time for my con!


\o/!


Mood: giddy
Comments: Holy comment link, Batman!
Tags: it's all about the con.txt

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Saturday 1:38 pm
sunday brunch


would any locals be interested in brunch not tomorrow but next sunday, probably somewhere on the arlington/downtown side of town? let me know! i've got a few out-of-towners to fête!


Mood: hopeful
Comments: 19 girls and boys are fighting crime. Holy comment link, Batman!
Tags: dc peeps

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Friday 10:58 pm
you keep using that word


a question for you, o internets! what genre of music is this?

Poll #1162332 perhaps it does not mean what i think it means
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

catchy, isn't it?

View Answers

pop
10 (55.6%)

rock
11 (61.1%)

punk
2 (11.1%)

some fusion thereof
10 (55.6%)


Mood: confused
Comments: 21 girls and boys are fighting crime. Holy comment link, Batman!
Tags: tunes

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Wednesday 9:44 pm
livejournal psa


hey, y'all, i don't know if you've seen yet, but free lj accounts are no longer available. you can only have plus (with ads) or paid (with money up front).

does anyone know what happens if you take an existing basic account and switch it to plus -- can you switch back, or are you stuck at plus with all the ads? eta: [info]claire reports that you can still switch an existing (created before 13 march 2008) account between basic and plus.

ij, by the way, just did a new code push about an hour ago; if you're trying to open a new account over there, there may be some glitches going on tonight while the worst of the transition is smoothed out. (fyi, the ij announcements journal asked users several days ago whether they wanted the code push sooner and buggier or later and more stable, and listened when people requested sooner. in case that sort of thing is of interest to anyone.)

the awful thing is, of course, that every time i've logged into lj lately i've spotted a new feature that i really like. i really do see the technical development of the journalling software kicked into high gear here. i just don't see the old lj community spirit.

and hell yes, i'm still pissed off about the age restriction thing.


Mood: grumpy
Comments: 4 girls and boys are fighting crime. Holy comment link, Batman!
Tags: geeking out on lj, insane in the brain

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Tuesday 10:43 pm
nerd cred: the sequel


( do you see what i see? )


Mood: flirty
Comments: 14 girls and boys are fighting crime. Holy comment link, Batman!

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Wednesday 10:05 am
my nerd cred is complete


so after about a month of noticing that my vision was getting blurry when i was tired, i finally scheduled an eye exam for yesterday evening -- and, yup, i need glasses.

now my entire immediate family is bespectacled!

i am trying to focus on the positive, which is that glasses are sexy accessories, and not on the negative, which is that glasses are sexy accessories. (because seriously, people. do i strike you as the type to accessorize? i don't even wear a watch. i grew up never quite knowing what time it was, which probably explains a lot when you think about it.)

(hair dye is not an accessory.)

(okay, piercings are accessories, but i only have one and it's not generally visible!)

anyway, internets! what kind of glasses should i get?


Mood: worried
Comments: 27 girls and boys are fighting crime. Holy comment link, Batman!

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Saturday 4:49 pm
This is ridiculous


My home network is having connectivity issues, notably with about half of the sites that I need to connect to today for my OTW work. I know it's my network and not the sites in question because I have no trouble connecting to my shell account and no trouble connecting my shell acount to these sites. Wiki editing in Lynx textboxes which can't handle inserting new lines of text = simultaneous fail and win, yes/no/needs more beer?

..Okay, I've got more beer and I've figured out how to open Lynx textboxes with a vi editor. Whew! Clearly, beer is important to this process! I'd still like to, y'know, connect directly to the site, but this'll do me for now.


Comments: 1 kid is fighting crime. Holy comment link, Batman!

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Wednesday 11:27 pm
more porn!


two more [info]porn_battle prompts answered:

DC comics, Bruce Wayne/Tim Drake, double agent
warning! um. that's some matches smut o' wrongness i wrote there.

DC comics, Bart Allen/Roy Harper, hunger
i was rushing to get this one in under the wire and didn't quite make it, alas. i like it anyway!


Mood: accomplished
Comments: 2 girls and boys are fighting crime. Holy comment link, Batman!
Tags: pr0n and other literature

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Thursday 4:45 pm
old skool


[info]porn_battle prompt answered: due South, Frannie Vecchio/Stella Kowalski, good girls don't

wow. that turned out kinkier than i was expecting!


Mood: nostalgic
Comments: 4 girls and boys are fighting crime. Holy comment link, Batman!
Tags: pr0n and other literature

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Saturday 2:45 pm
the batman!


over in my ij i posted about not getting the batman dvds, getting them after all and reacting to my first few eps, and recapping and screencapping the season three opener "batgirl begins".


Mood: pleased
Tags: batty, insane in the brain