a.o.e.

Well, my journal's still here. Yay! Guess I'm not a pedophile.

Everybody knows about the mass deletion thing by now, right? If not, see THIS POST, most recent (as of this moment) in a series, which explains a lot, and also includes many links to more info and personal reactions.

I don't know what else to say except that this is bullshit. And if LJ is going to go around smacking down fan journals and comms for items in an interest list without bothering to investigate them any further, they ought to perhaps consider the amount of their revenue that comes from the fan community. To that end, everybody should go and join fandom_counts (go to the user info page to join) It's a comm that has been created for the purpose of taking a headcount of fandom journals. Just take a second to pop over and join, if you haven't already.

There are a lot of people out there with interesting and well thought out posts on this subject. This is not one of them, but hopefully the links here will be helpful if you're interested in further discussion or information, or if you hadn't actually heard about this yet.

It's not about protecting the porn. It's about the difference between policing actual predators or just silencing anyone who talks, writes, or thinks about subjects someone else has deemed offensive.

Icon was taken from here, there's a list of links to icon posts/threads at the bottom, but the post itself is very thought provoking, too.

ETA: Okay, so Six Apart has finally broken radio silence. Their response makes me feel better, but... eh. I think the whole mess still raises a lot of valid issues about censorship and the perception of fandom as a whole as a bunch of pervs and pedos. Even if it was a mistake this time, how many of us would have been shocked if it wasn't?

...so, ( TMNT )

In short: RAPHAEL IS TEH AWESOME.

That is all, off to RP. ^__~

Yeah, so I'm working on moving all the fic from the site that my domain registrar WON'T LET ME MOVE AARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHH to the new fic journal...

Knowing me, and how much of a giant boring pain in the ass it's been so far, this process could take years. :P BUT. I have successfully moved all the Harmonics stuff there, so I guess if anybody misses those stories for some reason, you can check them out here: aoe_shoori_fics

Sooner or later I'll get it all moved. I'm probably going to work my way through the WK stuff first, then do GW... or I may jump around, do all the chaptered stuff and then go back for the shorter stuff... *dies at the thought of transferring the 30+ chapter crap*

Anyway. Yeah, fic on the move. All new stuff (HA HA RIGHT 9___9 ) will be posted there from now on, but I'll post a link and announce it here, too. ;)

There are TAGS there omg. XD

...because I am in love with Dragon Voice, specifically Tohma.

And also because making animated icons is fun. XD

Yeah, so one or two of you may have noticed the website is down. 9__9 I'm in the process of switching hosts and also slapping together a journal just for the stories, but it will take me a while since I'm working many many nights for the next couple weeks. Just FYI. ;)

Anyway, Kiki asked for Ye Olde Weiss Drinking Game. ;) So here it is:
( Bottoms up!! )

Was poking around the web last night and stumbled upon a roleplaying meme. Hee.

So, in honor of the comm ( homework_howk ) approaching it's first birthday (next month, commies!! XD), ( enjoy some random meme questions about my characters. ;) )

I like memes. XD

...and still no story updates. *listens to crickets*

Anyway! A memeish thingy:

Each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 10 weird habits/things/little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you need to choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names. No tagbacks.

( Ten things you never needed to know about me. ;) )

TMI? Blame cmda_alexanda. I don’t tag, but anyone who feels like trying to think of 10 weird things about themselves, which is not as easy as it sounds because we all think we’re pretty normal, don’t we? Is welcome to give it a shot. ;)

In other news, Laurell K. Hamilton's new book is out, it's the next in the Meredith series...oh, wait! Actually, it's just the rest of the previous book in the Meredith series. 9__9 The rest of the ONE DAY she didn't manage to cover in the last book. Which is why it's only 212 pages. (Which is about what the Anita Books used to run to, back when they had PLOTS. I miss plots.) /bitching about professional authors who need editors to smack them around. :P

OMG, I'm posting?!? I even wrote something?!?!

Yup. Be amazed. But don't get too excited. What we have here is backstory. WAY back story. As in, Schu and Otto's parents backstory. ;) So, if you've ever been curious about Ilse and Gunter, read on. If not, curse my name and throw rotten cabbage until I work on SB again. ;)

Title: ...uh, none as of yet. ;) The Ilse and Gunter story.
Part: 1/3 (probably)

( first impressions )

cross-posted to homework_howk

Erm, since my darling Shoori seems to have abandoned her lj, I suppose I should make this announcement for her, to those who may find it of interest:

She's engaged!

W00t. ^_~ The date is set for Bastille Day, next year. Because, ya know, it's Shoori. And she's dorky adorable like that. ;)

...nothing else to report, really. ;) I just work and sleep and buy manga. ;) And of late, read Good Omens fic by daegaer, which everyone who has ever read Good Omens ought to do. ;) (and anyone who has not read Good Omens should do so. ;) )

Happy Birthday, Sharon!!

No, I don't have your present ready yet. ^_^;;; I'm working on it, I swear. I just suck. ;)

Hope you have a great day! Forget-Me-Not will be completed, ASAP. ^_~

Happy happy birthday to you, wk_recomend!!!!

...I got nothing. Request me, baby. ;) I promise you'll have whatever it is before next year. XD

( Happy Birthday! )

( Another year older and deeper in debt. )

Guess who got a raise? I will give you a hint: ME. 3%, baby.

This almost makes up for the fact that I'm going to be working 4 and 5 day weeks until the new guy gets trained. ;P

( The promised explanation of why Monday was lucky. )

because my connection is weak and my laptop is like 'screw your internet use, I want virus updates.'


Still in NYC, Mom doing okay. The word of the day is 'lucky' which I will explain tomorrow. ;)

Now I have to see if I can pick up the network again to actually post this. Argh. I miss the comm. ;)

Yeah, I know I'm always updating only to whine. Well, today is no different.

My mom is in a hospital in NYC, she was having foot surgery, and today she had a minor heart attack. She's okay, but they;re keeping her down there and doing a heart catheterization on Monday to see what they can see. So I'm trying not to be too nervous. Since I haven't figured out how to make my personal journal not show up in the comm yet, hi guys, I probably won't be around on Sunday this week.

Also, I just found out yet another of the lab techs is quitting. Life basically sucks.

( more pointless rambling )

Urgh. Fairly shitty night. First my father is an ASS over dinner, then I get to work and am informed that I have to attend a freaking safety survey summary meeting in the morning - ON OVERTIME. So I have to stay up late/early tomorrow for a stupid annoying meeting about which I will care NOT AT ALL. If I were not getting paid extra to attend, I would be even more annoyed. It's not even here at the plant, I have to drive to the damn Holiday Inn. :P

And also, apparently the door on my work area constituted a safety hazard. So, no door. :P Pah. It is not the fault of the lab that this building is set up like a rat warren. Do I bitch about the fact that the entrance to the men's shower/locker room is right next to the lab entrance and I have to avert my eyes every time I leave or enter and the door is ajar lest I be struck blind? No. I do not. I deal with it. If people cannot avoid walking into doors around here I don't see that it is my problem, really.

But whatever. If my blood lead goes up from this, then I will bitch. (But wait, you say, aren't you bitching now? XO)

BUT!!!! None of it will get me down. Not for long. For this weekend I am going to visit my Shoori, and we are going to drink heavily. (Which for me probably means I will get loopy on two and a half beers and pass out an hour later. *sigh* But an effort will be made!!!) ^____________^ I must sing The Beer Song. Beer da da da da da da beer da da da da da da beer... I miss hanging out with frat boys. Those were the days, man. ;) Who wants to play Three Man?

Wow, kind of a shitty week. Work utterly kicked my ass, and we had to put our old cat to sleep in the middle of it. Lost some sleep over that, lost some more when the power went out and the surge set off the burglar alarm while I was sleeping alone in the house... :P to life.

But tonight is my last night on this week! Three days off, woo-hoo!! I can finally keep up with the comm, at least a little... ^^;

I see I had an anonymous visitor in the last post looking for more of the Poetry in Emotion arc. *dies* Uh, yeah...maybe someday... I have so many unfinished fics it's not even funny. Wah. I suck.

Someone has applied to the comm as Ken, and I have no idea who it is. hekixbalz? Reveal yourself? ^_^

3 hours and 55 minutes until my weekend begins...