Ardath Rekha

The Girl and I spent the evening working on campaign setting and rules for teh shineh rpg. :D I have managed to successfully spam my own flist. (I'll probably take the IC comm off my watch list since it'll be watched on character journals.)

IT HAS MAPS MADE OF HEXAGONS.

newhope_rpg and newhope_ooc are the homes to the new crack. All the campaign setting stuff is in the OOC community.

We haven't gotten apps and posting format hammered out yet (posting will probably be like what we had back in RV just 'cause it's easy to use). no1detective and gogglesdozip's complete profiles are probably the direction we're going to go in as far as character information. It's a bit more general than before, but that helps let the app become the roleplaying test and saves us some space. Also not 100% sure how we're going to do fandoms. I'm tempted to just say "anything that fits the campaign setting" and see what people want to play.

0:3

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Breaking The Stereotype: Bystanders Just Watch Little Girl Get Abducted! (Actor Was About To Get His Butt Whooped By Young Minorities)

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I just found out that the last NaNoWriMo write-in in our city will be happening at our largest public library on the same evening as a Dead Poet's Society reading, to which people are free to bring their favorite poems from deceased authors. Here's the one I'll be bringing... one that always brings a tear to my eye.

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When Earth's Last Picture is Painted
by Rudyard Kipling

When Earth's last picture is painted and the tubes are twisted and dried,
When the oldest colours have faded, and the youngest critic has died,
We shall rest, and, faith, we shall need it -- lie down for an aeon or two,
Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall put us to work anew!

And those that were good shall be happy: they shall sit in a golden chair;
They shall splash at a ten-league canvas with brushes of comets' hair;
They shall find real saints to draw from -- Magdalene, Peter, and Paul;
They shall work for an age at a sitting and never be tired at all!

And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall blame;
And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame,
But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
Shall draw the Thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They Are!

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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]."

Other

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."

I made mac and cheese. Delicious homemade mac and cheese. FROM SCRATCH.

And since I have a shit-ton of it, I shall now spend a good time in a food coma. At least I won't have to worry about feeding myself if I can get around to packing the kitchen today.

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I am a little slammed with end of term papers and projects at the moment. I am reading you all and will get with the comments and things soon.

But...

I'm gonna have to really enforce a week off the journaling services. I have to use what I have of my "holiday break" for getting a foothold before some of this stuff eats me alive. All days will be study days, with the exception of Thursday in which I stuff myself with free turkey and other om nom noms  at mom's house.

I hope you all have a good week. Keep up the good journaling. I will need some non-textbook reading for when I come back! ^_^ v

Oh you guys, I was not sufficiently inebriated for that. I did have some nice raspberry cider before going in, but only one pint and with a big calamari steak sandwich, and the buzz wore off about 15 minutes into the movie. Fail.

( New Moooooon )

Before that, we went to the library's big book sale-- $5 a bag (brown grocery store size). I got quite a few things of dubious use. I got Desroches-Noblecourt's Tutankhamen, although I recall it being controversial or something. W/e, it's good to complete my collection. I also got Pritchard's The Ancient Near East Vol II because I've had Vol I for ages. I got The Man in the Ice, which I read part of for my dissertation and I've always meant to read the whole thing. I got Mary Renault's The Nature of Alexander, which should be fun, and a pop-up anatomy book. I got a "vintage" edition of The Decameron, and if you think I will not read it, I'll remind you I've read all of The Divine Comedy and Canterbury Tales in the original. Because I'm crazy. I also got a book on Florence for the Poppet, and The Namesake because I really liked Lampri's short stories but never got around to reading that. Mum got a few things too, and it was all in one bag. Can't beat that. \o/

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