| de-friending explanation & amnesty |
[Aug. 27th, 2008|04:50 pm] |
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I am de-friending most of the Establishment journals, as I really can't participate any more (it's just not happening). Thanks to everyone for a great time! Feel free to defriend this journal as appropriate: I'm posting at http://msilverstar.insanejournal.com and http://msilverstar.livejournal.com, fandom stuff is all public. |
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[Feb. 21st, 2008|11:34 pm] |
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Interesting survey on the economics of fandom.
Also,  feelforfaith and I found 65 new stories and series chapters this last week, we listed them all in  lotrips, as we do every week... |
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| itunes meme and genre question |
[Feb. 21st, 2008|04:20 pm] |
gacked from lineaelyn
( far too much detail )
Question: what's the difference between Rock, Alternative, Alt-Rock, Alt-Punk and Classic Rock? Where do The Mountain Goats, Patti Smith, and The Decemberists go? For that matter, are the Beatles Pop or Classic Rock or something else? The Proclaimers? Elton John? If there are violins involved, does that make it Pop? Do drums and/or electric guitars signal Rock? I am so lost!
How about Electronica, Trance, Techno, House and Industrial?
What I'd like to do is use bigger categories here, as I don't really care about subtle distinctions, but I don't want to be so wrong as to make people go "huh?" (I do lots of subtle distinctions in Classical and World music categories). |
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| mostly posting at IJ now |
[Sep. 2nd, 2007|05:27 pm] |
I'm on a Mac and it's a bitch to cross-post, so I'm mostly posting just on my journal at InsaneJournal (and still LiveJournal). I'll be happy to friend people on either system. Recent entries: fandom/slashers moot, how to set feed (syndication) settings, Gogol Bordello concert reportlet, and one locked comprehensive whinge.
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| wish me luck and no mosh pit |
[Aug. 29th, 2007|07:19 pm] |
I'm a little nervous, but wearing my "Start Wearing Purple" t-shirt and we're off to SF to see Gogol Bordello at the Fillmore. We'd take teenboy but he's got school early tomorrow morning. So it's just us middle-aged types, and I hope it's more Gypsy and less Punk. I gotta find my earplugs.
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| there's a lol_meme? |
[Aug. 28th, 2007|08:55 pm] |
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Some days, I'm glad I'm oblivious to these wanks. |
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| yet another wtf? LJ post |
[Aug. 18th, 2007|06:14 pm] |
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perseph2hades has a post that nails the LJ debacle. Read that now, I'll wait.
( more thinky thoughts (this is crossposted) )
Given that LJ has screwed this up, over and over, I wonder what else they're going to do? I'm slowly reducing my dependence on LJ, crossposting to IJ, GJ, and JF and reading in that order. I have a reading filter on LJ and will be commenting on other journal systems first. It's not much, but it's something I can and will do.
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| celebrity sex meme |
[Aug. 17th, 2007|11:16 pm] |
public post on insanejournal if you want to know who I lust after.
ETA: forced IJ entry to be public, took about six tries, wtf?
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| I <3 fandom |
[Aug. 8th, 2007|10:31 pm] |
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Happy Birthday ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif) telesilla and azrhiaz ! (I know you didn't want wank for your birthday but you got it anyway.)
In happy fanfic news:
Establishment!Billy's story arc is finished: he started a vanilla straight bloke who had cheerful sex with any pretty woman he could pull, but was quite scandalized by Est!Dom/Elijah's kinky ways (but supportive!). Now he's married to Rachel Weisz (written by ripsgirl), who has broadened his horizons enough to have tried exhibitionism, erotic photography, bondage, fisting and anal sex. And now, they're going to experiment with something long-term and absorbing: parenthood. But we're not writing it -- domesticity is really hard -- so that's our ending to their story. Links are at the Billy/Rachel story list.
I love writing with ripsgirl and am glad we have push-pull-push to play in. We have a new story, in which Billy's tired but Dom's horny, and imaginative. Pretty much PWP with mild bondage, and an unusual configuration: Turnabout (NC-17)
Someone who works for an actual gay porn movie site and is writing an article on why and what women like in gay porn: let her know with a screened comment on her journal or send email to hellen @ strictlybroadband.com
Don't forget to sign up for lotrips_remix!
( LJ statistics and migration tools )
( interesting articles about social networking in general and pitfalls in particular )
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| my mind boggles |
[Aug. 6th, 2007|05:48 pm] |
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Brad Fitzpatrick (LJ's founder and original developer) is leaving LJ. Brad confirms this. Fans yearn for the good old days when he was in charge.
Then he posts that in 30 seconds, LJ management told Brad: it's all child porn and he believes them. (I have several screenshots of this).
I don't know whether to be relieved that they think they really are going after child porn (and are therefore sincere) or appalled that they can't tell the difference between child porn erotic art, (and are therefore stupid). Sincere but stupid is the kindest interpretation of all their actions.
( meme: my crime is posting all that damn porn! )
ETA: LJ is sending out standardized email answers to people who sent them angry messages, saying there will be a post on the lj_biz community tonight.
(crossposted to LJ, GJ, IJ and JF) |
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| LJ doesn't want us. Time to make other plans. |
[Aug. 3rd, 2007|09:05 pm] |
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I've come to believe that LJ doesn't want to deal with sexuality and those parts of fandom that are sexually explicit. They'd rather do sponsorship deals with Pepsi and Citibank. and sell the attention of their users. Anything that would scare off corporations is simply not worth it to them, despite all the financial support they've had from fandom over the years.
They don't want us any more. The only power we have is as consumers, the power to take our money elsewhere. It's time to start. I'm cross-posting everything from now on, and making new communities on other journals. I bought a permanent InsaneJournal account ($30, why not) and will be happy to make syndicated feeds from LJ journals and comms. I'm going to support fan efforts to make new systems of community and archives that we can never lose. This is why:
- Despite all assurances that the Abuse Team would warn people of any problems with their content, and allow them to make changes, at least two fan artists have been summarily booted off of LJ. Their journals and scrapbooks are inaccessible, their posts everywhere are removed, not just for the offending journal, but for other journals with the same email contact address. This includes paid and permanent journals. And to add insult to injury, their names aren't even marked with a strike -- so ponderosa121 and elaboration just look... weird.
- LJ user stormcloude got a response to her question about the rationale for deleting the journals. It comes down to a self-selected and anonymous group of LJ staffers and Abuse Team members making judgments about whether the artistic seriousness of the work outweighs the sexual nature. FOR THE LOSE.
- As of now, I'm boycotting the term "suspended" -- if a journal is suddenly and permanently removed, that's "deleted by LJ". Suspended generally means a temporary thing.
- Remember when I said they'd add a "report abuse" button to every post? They're doing it now. It's a link at the bottom next to "Be a Support Volunteer"
- And while we're at it: paid users now get to see ads, if they're sponsored by corporations (Pepsi, wow) the form of moods or journal styles. And get this: they're animated, so if you're like me, you'll hate them intensely. Firefox tip: press the Escape key after the page loads and all animations will stop.
- OMG, it goes on... LJ has warned a deleterious commentator (laughing at badfic, like Mystery Science Theater) that they must remove their post due to a copyright complaint. A HP fic author claimed copyright on her stuff was being violated (fair use, everyone!), and the only way the OP can deal with it is to file a counter-claim which will disclose their name and address.
( mostly links )
ETA: one last good link: shushu addresses objections to leaving LJ
Wow this sucks. I'm msilverstar.greatestjournal.com and msilverstar.insanejournal.com and msilverstar.journalfen.net. See you there. |
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| LJ back up as of now |
[Jul. 24th, 2007|09:47 pm] |
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Slow and probably fragile, but up. I am not assuaged. |
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| One more reason not to depend on LJ |
[Jul. 24th, 2007|07:14 pm] |
Because it's sometimes not there.
SF has its power back, LJ is working on coming back up. I read somewhere they said that LiveJournal user emails are never shared, which is why Vox accounts got an email notification and LJ accounts didn't. Makes me wonder what they're doing with Vox accounts, and who they are selling my address to...
In any case, this is a good reason to migrate, at least partially. Which is why I'm crossposting!
eta: We should also be downloading Google Docs and other shared documents. And saving really vital emails on local disks, in case gmail or other web mail systems go down. Can't trust the Net further than you can throw it. |
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| finished HP 7 |
[Jul. 21st, 2007|10:28 pm] |
I'm not a huge fan of the series and I could see a lot of flaws, especially towards the end. But I like imperfection and there was a fair amount of that in the book, which was gratifying. Mainly, I'm just a fandom lemming and have much more fun when I know what you all are talking about!
(crossposting to various journaling systems, trying out Deepest Sender. I'm msilverstar everywhere, here are links to add me on journalfen, greatestjournal and insanejournal.) |
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| Fic: "Untwisting" (Dom/Billy, NC-17) |
[Jun. 2nd, 2007|04:42 pm] |
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Third post in our Push/Pull/Push universe: Dom/Billy backstory, (co-written with the lovely and talented jarofclay). |
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| Fic: "Push/Pull/Push" (Dom/Billy/Rachel Weisz, NC-17) |
[Apr. 26th, 2007|10:44 pm] |
Title: Push/Pull/Push
Author(s): msilverstar and jarofclay
Pairing: Dom/Billy/Rachel Weisz
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Billy brings his girlfriend to meet Dom in Hawaii. Only now does Rachel understand what Billy meant when he said 'share'.
Disclaimer: Not true, we made it up.
Warnings: BDSM (mentioned), threesome sex
Notes: The Push/Pull series began as a kinky AU to our Establishment RPG Billy/Rachel Weisz vanilla romance.. We've only posted one other fic but there are more half or fully written (this is actually #6).
( Push/Pull/Push ) |
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| Fic: "Like Sword Swallowers" AU HKverse 11 (Mark Lutz/Miranda Otto, NC-17) |
[Feb. 16th, 2007|10:18 pm] |
Summary: A little practice giving blowjobs
Hong Kong-verse, AU. Miranda's a travel writer, Mark's a photographer, and Vin owns an import/export business; they meet in Hong Kong, and Miranda gets involved in Vin and Mark's BDSM lifestyle. Series parts: 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Like Sword Swallowers |
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| apologies to co-writers |
[Dec. 3rd, 2006|10:39 pm] |
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I'm feeling down and not very much like writing. My abject apologies, I hope tomorrow is better. |
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| to anyone who might be in the LA bar on Sunday |
[Nov. 21st, 2006|11:15 pm] |
scott_speedman has been out of touch with miranda_o since their last strained discussion about their relationship. Miranda's going to encounter him in the Club Bar on Sunday (approx. 12 noon Pacific / 3pm Eastern US time). Sparks will probably ensue.
Audience and/or additional participants are welcome -- we don't really know what will happen but it should be interesting. |
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| schedule |
[Nov. 21st, 2006|11:12 pm] |
For co-writers and anyone else who's curious: I'm off to the great-aunts in LA and will be intermittantly on until Sunday. Probably on more at night (pacific time) and mostly off during the day.
ETA: posted the Billy/Rachel after the BAFTAs, happy birthday jarofclay!
See you all later! |
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| apologies for slow/no tagging |
[Nov. 9th, 2006|03:43 pm] |
I have a house guest and a ton of work and am not sleeping well...
It's me, not you, please to not worry? |
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| am feeling tired and draggy |
[Sep. 27th, 2006|04:05 pm] |
and the smut, it doesn't seem to be there :-(
Hope I can tig tomorrow. *squidges all co-writers* |
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| I'm back and resting up |
[Aug. 24th, 2006|06:42 pm] |
It was a good vacation and I'm happy to be back, which is the best kind!
Just a note on my pups:
billy_boyd was at the opening of the Edinburgh Festival, and is still doing some publicity for that. (ETA: I was wrong, he's not in New York, he's in Glasgow and London, pining for rachelweisz.)
miranda_o is still in London, working on a film about a thirties screen siren's adventures in WWII. She's missing scott_speedman quite a lot.
est_cumming is in London, starting rehersals for "Bent", but he'll be back in New York for some benefits later in the autumn.
Would love to write with new people, please let me know if you think we could get ours together. |
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| off to the mountains |
[Aug. 17th, 2006|05:16 pm] |
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I'm going off on a family vacation as of Friday morning (Pacific time), will be back on Wednesday the 23rd. Not leaving the Est! See y'all on the flip side. |
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| away today & tonight |
[Aug. 9th, 2006|06:28 pm] |
Sorry I missed people today -- I screwed up a database field and had to re-enter the text :-(
And tonight, I'm going out to a nice dinner with my favorite group of computer geeks. May be up for more tigging after 10 pdt, may not.
Tomorrow, however, I'll be on quite a bit. |
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| Probably offline until Friday afternoon |
[Jul. 28th, 2006|12:19 am] |
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I have to go to a client site for an unmovable meeting Friday morning, and will not be online until afternoon if I'm lucky. I'm not ignoring anyone. See y'all after that. |
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| argh, sorry about slow tagging |
[Jul. 17th, 2006|10:54 pm] |
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To all the lovely people I am tigging with: I will try to get back in the swing of things tomorrow. It's feast rather than famine, but I had a rough day and just feel bleh. |
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| apologies to writing partners |
[Jun. 30th, 2006|10:56 pm] |
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I'm feeling down and bleh and not up for writing tonight. I hope tomorrow is better. |
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| fic links and fandom stuff |
[Jun. 10th, 2006|05:31 pm] |
nienor__niniel and I wrote a three-part Christine Astin/Dom Monahghan piece of smut that makes me happy. It starts with UST but gets more explicit.
Fangirling is good for your health - tvillingar's meditation on the sheer fun of fannish love, the pleasure we get in sharing it. She says: Someone else's love for a character doesn't in any way diminish my love for the same character(s) but instead makes me want to hold hands with the said fellow fangirl and skip through a field of daisies... or something. I found fandom at a time in my life when I needed things to squee about, and new people to squee with, and I'm very glad I did.
results of a poll on fandom reading and pairings -- minisinoo finds a small majority have OTPs, but most will read fic with either of their favorite characters as well.
Very cute Charlie action (or inaction) figure  via spawn.com. (Click the thumbnail the for a nice big version.)
Oh, someone posted where to change your LJ title and subtitle: www.livejournal.com/settings. The interface is del.icio.us-style and far too cutsey, but at least it's there!
Sketch on why Christopher Eccleston really quit Doctor Who after one season: video on YouTube. Hint: he's Northern.
( this kitten story made me giggle. A lot. And read it outloud to my guys. Also: a link to the kitten vs. laptop vid. ) |
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| on and off this week |
[May. 18th, 2006|12:42 am] |
Dearest co-writers: I'm on a business trip this week and will be off and on at odd times. Assume I'm gone all day Thursday, parts of Friday and Saturday, Sunday afternoon (seeing Alan in Threepenny Opera!), Monday afternon, and all day Tuesday and Wednesday. Somewhat regular hours to resume on Thursday next.
ETA: apparently I was rilly rilly tired. I meant to type "on and off this week". |
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| not gone, just busy |
[May. 3rd, 2006|10:25 pm] |
Apologies to my writing partners.
I am feeling enormously better and more productive during the day, which is good cos I'm snowed under with work I put off when I was feeling so bad. But I run out of steam at night and I feel all fragile and grumpy. Going to bed early tonight, maybe that will help.
Maybe tomorrow, I hope. |
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| Christina/Adrian make me all squirmy |
[Mar. 24th, 2006|07:02 pm] |
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I'm not a huge fan of pet-play, but Christina-the-cat is fabulous and Adrian has some very very hot ideas. It's a wonderful sexy scene and written so well that I got completely into it. Just gorgeous. |
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| GIP o'David Tennant Lurve |
[Jan. 20th, 2006|12:07 am] |
jarofclay gave me the British "Casanova" for my birthday and I hacked my new DVD player so we could watch it -- fantastic! David is perfect: high energy, snarky, desperate, charming, sexy as hell and incredibly sweet. (A little embarrassing to watch with the teenboy but it makes me a cool mom so I'll live with it.)
This icon is from the Christmas Invasion episode of Dr. Who, where he's collapsed on the ground and trying not to laugh. *loffs*
We're off to LA and One Ring Convention in the morning, we're driving which we expect will take very slightly longer than flying... I doubt I'll be doing much tigging, cos there will be Hobbits and Miranda and more importantly: fanfriends! |
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| giparooonie |
[Jan. 15th, 2006|04:36 pm] |
miranda_vega was wonderful enough to post ( the original )
So of course I had to make icons.
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