28 November 2009 @ 12:15 pm

As I alluded to in my last post, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about revamping this blog to suit my changing blogging habits. I have come to a lot of conclusions, and I have a general outline of a) what will occur on this blog between now and the new year and b) what changes I need to make to this blog, both internally and externally.

Within the next few days, I will be posting a “Best of 2009″ list of my favorite blog entries from this year, similar to the list that Amanda does with her blog at the end of every year. Not only will it serve a handy purpose of keeping all the links to what I consider to be my best or favorite blog entries in one place, it’ll be a nice way to say goodbye to the ol’ blogging schedule, as that will become a thing of the past.

Once I have finished my end of semester finals and returned home for winter break in mid-December, I will be putting this blog on Maintenance Mode and work on making all the necessary changes. There’s going to be a new structure, a new system, a new layout… new everything, essentially. I’ve already started to outline all the changes and I’m really excited to see how it all turns out.

I will be relaunching my blog on January 1, 2010 at 12pm CST. To celebrate, I will be holding a Twitter contest! It will run throughout the first week of January. The prize will be of the handmade variety (think back to my Crafting posts from last summer). I will announce the start of the contest both on this blog and on Twitter, so be sure to subscribe to my RSS feed and follow me on Twitter if you haven’t already!

That, in a nutshell, is what my plans are for this blog between now and the new year. I’ll see you all on the other side!

Cross-posted from breakthesky.net. Please leave any comments there.

 
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28 November 2009 @ 02:12 pm

I have one moved form left to process, which will be done very soon. Sorry for the delay.

Upcoming Songs: Various
Spears, Britney feat. Madonna: Me Against The Music (Collaborations); Desplat, Alexandre: New Moon (The Meadow) (The Twilight Saga: New Moon); KAITO & Hatsune Miku: Cantarella (Vocaloid); Kagamine, Len: Fire Flower (Vocaloid); Kagamine, Rin: Kokoro (Vocaloid);

Finished Songs: Various
New Kids on the Block feat. Akon: Put It On My Tab (Collaborations);

Closed Songs: Various (Open for application)
Menzel, Idina & Alan Silvestri: A Hero Comes Home (Beowulf); Butler, Gerard: No One Would Listen (Phantom of the Opera, The (2004)); This Is My Idea (Swan Princess, The);

 
 
28 November 2009 @ 09:00 am

Finished
Reisert, Lisa and Jackson Rippner (Red Eye); Aguilar, Beatriz and Daniel Sempere (Shadow of the Wind, The); Aldaya, Penelope and Julian Carax (Shadow of the Wind, The)

Updated
Beauchamp Randall, Claire and Jamie Fraser (Outlander Series)

Closed (OPEN for application)
Paula and Tripp (Failure to Launch)

Removed From Troubles (NOT OPEN for application)
Aguilar, Beatriz and Daniel Sempere (Shadow of the Wind, The); Aldaya, Penelope and Julian Carax (Shadow of the Wind, The)

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Troubled
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Dead Link: 404/403
Dracula and Mary (Dracula 2000); Black, Sirius and Severus Snape (Harry Potter); Granger, Hermione and Remus Lupin (Harry Potter); Riddle, Tom and Ginny Weasley (Harry Potter); Weasley, Ginny and Ron Weasley (Harry Potter); Malfoy, Lucius and Harry Potter (Harry Potter); Imhotep and Evelyn Carnahan O’Connell (Mummy series, The); Alice and Angie (Resident Evil Series); Tam, River and Simon Tam (Serenity); Graffman, Bailey and Tibby Rollins (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The); Fran and Scott Hastings (Strictly Ballroom)

Inactivity: 2 Months +
Dave the Laugh and Georgia Nicolson (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson); Ella and Prince Char (Ella Enchanted); Largeman, Andrew and Sam (Garden State); Evans Potter, Lily and Harry Potter (Harry Potter); Hedwig and Harry Potter (Harry Potter); Lestrange, Bellatrix and Rodolphus Lestrange (Harry Potter); Weasley, Ginny and Percy Weasley (Harry Potter); Baylor, Zeke and Sharpay Evans (High School Musical); Bolton, Troy and Sharpay Evans (High School Musical); Demaret, Matty and Taylor Reese (Knockaround Guys); Jareth and Toby (Labyrinth); Bennet, Jane and Charles Bingley (Pride and Prejudice); Dr. Frank-N-Furter and Janet Weiss (Rocky Horror Picture Show, The); Bradshaw, Carrie and John James Preston aka Mr. Big (Sex and the City); Ditkovich, Ursula and Peter Parker aka Spider-Man (Spider-Man); Octavius, Dr. Otto aka Doc Ock and Rosie Octavius (Spider-Man); Thorn, Tristran and Yvaine (Stardust); Connor, Sarah and Kyle Reese (Terminator series); The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Bobby, Ricky and Susan (Talladega Nights); Donia and Keenan (Donia and Keenan)

Inactivity: 2 Months + (0 Pending)
Miller, Kayleigh and Evan Treborn (Butterfly Effect, The); Aslan and Jadis the White Witch (Chronicles of Narnia, The); Butler, Rhett and Scarlett O’Hara (Gone With the Wind); Granger, Hermione, Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley (Harry Potter); Longbottom, Neville and Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter); Lovegood, Luna and Draco Malfoy (Harry Potter); Lupin, Remus and James Potter (Harry Potter); March, Beth and Josephine ‘Jo’ March (Little Women); David and Natalie (Love Actually); Knox, Bertie and Joe Nast (Moonlight Mile); Fray, Clary and Jace Wayland (Mortal Instruments Series); Dashwood, Elinor and Edward Ferrars (Sense and Sensibility); Goldenblatt, Harry and Charlotte York (Sex and the City); Barker, Benjamin ‘Sweeney Todd’ and Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street); Abshire, Clare and Henry De Tamble (Time Traveler’s Wife, The); Lady Claire and André Marek (Timeline); Carter, June and Johnny Cash (Walk the Line); Cowardly Lion, The, Dorothy Gale, The Scarecrow and The Tin Man (Wizard of Oz Series, The)

Navigation: Script Errors
Ella and Prince Char (Ella Enchanted); Evans Potter, Lily and Remus Lupin (Harry Potter); Bennet, Jane and Charles Bingley (Pride and Prejudice); The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Bobby, Ricky and Susan (Talladega Nights); Brewster, Kate and John Connor (Terminator series)

 
 
28 November 2009 @ 02:43 am
[info]poisonivory and I had been planning on seeing The Princess and the Frog this week pretty much since we knew it was going into limited release Thanksgiving weekend. But only when we (along with a few extra friends) got to the theatre did we find out that the cheapest tickets were $30. Why? Because after the show, you could go to the Roseland Ballroom and meet all the princesses (even Pocahontas and Mulan!), learn how to draw a character from an animator on the movie, play games, and take green screen photos.

Which, of course we did. Considering the movie let out at around 11, this is some dedication.

As for the actual movie -- YAYAYAYAY (slight spoilers) )

Lastly, one of my favorite parts of the whole experience was seeing so many little girls arrive for a movie only out on limited release for three days, already dressed as Tiana. Little teeny tiny girls and older girls, all in that beautiful green petal ballgown (instantly my favorite princess formal dress, though Snow White's classic outfit is my fave overall), with sparkles and crowns and big, big grins. I love how instantly and wholeheartedly they've embraced Tiana.

I'm so going to see this movie again.
 
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    TODAY IN FIC

    Het

  • [info]lesyeuxverts posted "Le Ténébreux" (Snape/Lily. R. Warning: Character Death)

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    28 November 2009 @ 01:06 pm

    This post is password protected. You can read it at M0rphine.com {__ Decadent-muse.org, where it was originally posted. You can comment here or there.

     
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    28 November 2009 @ 12:20 pm
    I was just reading an interview with RTD and DT about the final eps and found this:

    Spoilers for End of Time )
     
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    27 November 2009 @ 08:15 pm
    Before you comment to the newsletter, please make sure you have read the comm userinfo carefully [here].

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    Name That Cap Challenge 2 - Day 37 by [info]raloria
    Challenge #180: Voting at [info]jared_stillness
    Challenge #181 - SN 5x10 Abandon All Hope [info]jared_stillness

    Fanfic: Sam/Dean
    The Vampire Doyen - 21/? by [info]sam_dean_fetish (NC-17)
    Wish You Were Here (2/4) by [info]cha and [info]anyothergirl415 (NC-17)
    Of Growing Bellies And Insatiable Appetites by [info]mpregloveranon (NC-17)
    Red Lace by [info]dragonspell (NC-17)
    as you get higher you will hit the all-time low by [info]cocoaphonic (NC-17)
    F*** Me by [info]rockstarpeach (Adult)

    Fanfic: Other Slash
    Crazy For You by [info]loolookitty (NC-17; Dean/OMC, Dean/Sam)
    Grace Waits in the Fire by [info]folkhore (PG; Castiel/Sam)
    Just pull the trigger by [info]trinipedia (R; Lucifer/Sam, Sam/Dean)
    staring down the barrel of a .45 by [info]xiongky (NC-17; Dean/Castiel)
    By Endurance We Conquer by [info]kirvash (PG-13; Dean/Castiel)
    Angels and Dragons by [info]vladiemma (PG-13; Dean/Castiel)
    ‘Til Death Do Us Part by [info]uwalumni2 (PG-13; Dean/Castiel)
    Sin Tu Amor (Without Your Love) by [info]yellowhorde (G; Dean/Castiel)
    A chat after a midnight romp in a midwestern themed motel room in southern Georgia by [info]gypsytonijane (PG-13; Dean/Castiel)

    Fanfic: Gen
    Angels We Have Heard by [info]unoshot (PG-13)
    Things To Be Grateful For by [info]aisalynn (PG-13)
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    How It Feels by [info]stangerine88 (R)
    The Gift 3/? by [info]jackfan2 (PG-13)
    Everything We've Yet to Break (13/30) by [info]zuben_eschamali (R)
    Mephistopheles Is Just Beneath by [info]superbadgirl (PG-13)

    Fanfic: Het
    All We Know Is Falling by [info]casdeanna (PG-13; Anna/Castiel, Anna/Gabriel)
    Reality Check 5/? by [info]nong_pradu (R; Sam/Jess, Dean/OFC)

    Fanfic: Other
    Chosen by [info]dragonspell (NC-17; Sam/Dean/OFC)

    Fanfic: RPF
    A Very Padackles Thanksgiving by [info]timehasa_way (PG-13; Jared/Jensen)
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    39 misc Supernatural icons by [info]db_shotgun_girl
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    Multimedia
    Fanmix: 21 Sam and Dean songs by [info]huntress69

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    27 November 2009 @ 10:41 pm

    Upcoming Miscellaneous
    Peach (Colours); Diversity (Concepts and Ideas)

    Finished Miscellaneous
    No finished forms have been received since the last update.

    Moved Miscellaneous
    Black (Colours); Yellow (Colours)

    Closed Miscellaneous (Not Open for application)
    Lilac (Colours); Passion (Concepts and Ideas); Cigarettes: Marlboro Lights (Tobacco and Drugs)

    Troubled Miscellaneous (Not open for application)

    The following fanlistings are scheduled for removal on December 4, 2009. This update is of report forms and overdue fanlistings. If your fanlisting is listed below, please fix the problem/send in a finished form and reply to the troubles email!

    Dead Link: 404/403
    Justice (Concepts and Ideas)

    Inactivity: 2 Months +
    Indigo (Colours)

    Overdue Miscellaneous
    Curiosity (Concepts and Ideas)

     
     
     
     
    27 November 2009 @ 11:52 am
    Gussie wasn't getting better. I had to put him down about 20 minutes ago.
     
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    27 November 2009 @ 05:04 pm

    Finished
    No forms recieved

    Moved
    Jefferson Airplane; Three Days Grace

    Closed (Open for application)
    Everclear; Pig Destroyer

    Extension Granted (Nov 30)
    Cake

    Problem Resolved (Not open for application)
    alice nine.; Herman’s Hermits; Jefferson Airplane; Luna Sea; Mando Diao; Mercury4; R.E.M.; Rutles, The; Underoath; Vidoll; Wings

    Removed Overdue (Open for application)
    Crystal Castles; Dayplayer; f(x); Forever The Sickest Kids; Framing Hanley; Frankenstein Drag Queens from the Planet 13; Gunfire 76; Jet; JLS; Never Shout Never!; Paradiso Girls; Ting Tings, The

    Removed from Troubles (Open for application)
    Abandoned Pools; After Forever; Ballas Hough Band; BREAKERZ; ColmanBlue; Dave Matthews Band; Deathgaze; Edgewater; Epica; Every Little Thing; Fahrenheit (Fei Lun Hai); Faint, The; Family Force 5; Haggard; Homura; Jamiroquai; Jimmy Eat World; Kent; Kids in Glass Houses; KMFDM; Lamb of God; Lambretta; Led Zeppelin; Legiao Urbana; Libera; Marianas Trench; Modern Talking; Negative; O Rappa; Of Montreal; Panic Channel (Panic*CH); Paralamas do Sucesso; Psapp; Pulp; RADWIMPS; Reggie and the Full Effect; Scissor Sisters; Sepultura; Switchfoot; thenewno2; This Providence; TLC; Tragically Hip, The; Used, The; Winyls, The; xTRiPx; Zebra

     
     
    27 November 2009 @ 05:48 pm
    Fic: Honesty Can Honestly Be The Hardest Thing (SGA/Numb3rs, PG-13) by [info]bergann  
    Title: Honesty Can Honestly Be the Hardest Thing
    Author: [info]bergann
    Fandom: Numb3rs/Stargate Atlantis
    Pairing: Colby Granger/Evan Lorne
    Rating: PG-13
    Word Count: 2 518
    Summary: He blames the fact that he doesn't realize the door had been unlocked before it's swung all the way open on the exhaustion, and he's drawn his sidearm before he notices the pair of regulation boots by the hallway closet.
    Disclaimer: fic•tion [fíksh'n]: literary works of imagination
    Author's Note: Prologue, in a way, to Insert Cheesy Christmas Lyric Here. Title from Kris Allen's The Truth. There seems to be some bad moments all around on my flist lately, so I figured I'd write some (in the words of [info]black_trillium ♥) "warm and cuddly" fic to cheer them up.
     
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    27 November 2009 @ 02:44 pm
    Rah! Fucking LJ stole my fucking post! I was being all amusing and ace and telling you about the coconut cock cake that Emma made me, and the new lip salve I bought, and a doctor curing MS, and getting IDed for a bottle of wine (seriously? Seriously, Tesco woman? I'M NEARLY 30), and nearly dying from biological warfare on the Jubilee line, and being given a giant card made out of an archive box. But now you will never hear about these things. It is a sad day for everyone.

    In other news, IT'S MY LAST DAY.

    Woo.
     
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    27 November 2009 @ 12:27 pm

    Removed from Troubles: (Not open for application)
    Adams, Ben; Aiba, Masaki; Aiji (Shinji Mizui); Akiya; Choi, Min Hwan; Chu, Alex; Cincotti, Peter; Daddy Yankee (Raymond Ayala); Dolenz, Micky; Domoto, Tsuyoshi; Elliot, Joe; Emmich, Val; Erna, Sully; Filth, Dani; Frusciante, John; Garfunkel, Art; Hayashi, Yoshiki; Hilton, Tyler; Holland, Bryan Keith (Dexter); Hoppus, Mark; Ingebrigtsen, Christian; Inoran (Kiyonobu Inoue); Jackson, Michael; Kazuto; Kelly, Gene; Lee, Sungmin; Lefebvre, Sebastien; Lennon, Sean; Leslie, Ryan; Lindemann, Till; Matisyahu (Matthew Miller); Mayer, John; Micky (Park Yoo Chun); Moon, Keith; Nao (Naoyuki Murai); Nesmith, Michael; Newman, Thomas; Pata (Tomoaki Ishizuka); Ramirez, Twiggy (Jeordie White); Richards, Keith; SASSY; SATOchi (Satoshi Takayasu); Simon, Paul; The Tallest Man On Earth (Kristian Matsson); Tork, Peter; Tork, Peter; Tre; Vassar, Phil; Wada, Koji; Weiland, Scott; Wiese, Daniel Patrick; Yasuno; Yuusuke; Zevon, Warren

    Extension granted: (Not open for application)
    Mentzer, Ethan (December 02, 2009)

    Removed from Troubles: (Open for application)
    ATB (Andre Tanneberger); Akira; Ashcroft, Richard; Attack (Kang Jungwoo); Banhart, Devendra; Bonham, John; Byrne, Nicky; Clement, Jemaine; Copeland, Stewart; Cusson, Matt; Dewees, James; Filan, Shane; Goseki, Koichi; Hendrix, Jimi; Jahiem; James, Duncan; Jones, John Paul; Kaneshiro, Takeshi (Jin Cheng Wu); Kato, Shigeaki; Kawai, Fumito; Kay, Jason; Kiedis, Anthony; Koike, Teppei; Koyama, Keiichiro; Kusano, Hironori; Maroulis, Constantine; Martin, Chris; McFadden, Brian; McIntyre, Joey; Murakami, Shingo; Nuo, Patrick; Orange, Jason; Paisley, Brad; Park, Jung Min; Pensador, Gabriel; Pigott, Oliver; Porter, Kalan; Prince (Wang Zi); Raye, Collin; Redman, Matt; Rice-Oxley, Tim; Rose (No Minwoo); Sakurada, Dori; Santana; Shibutani, Subaru; Skiba, Matt; Takami, Hiroyuki; Terenzi, Marc; Totsuka, Shota; Tsukada, Ryoichi; Tsunehito; Vanwyngarden, Andrew; Waits, Tom; Wiebe, Shane; Wolf, Patrick; Yamashita, Shoon; Yaotome, Hikaru; Yuuki

    Closed
 – Troubles (Open for application)
    Greenberg, Bryan; Hosomi, Takeshi; Shibutani, Subaru Sparro, Sam; Vanwyngarden, Andrew

    Removed from network: Troubles (Open for application)
    Kohta (Kohta Murata)

     
     
     
    27 November 2009 @ 12:25 am
    After Thanksgiving dinner, we went to sit for a while on the stoop. Almost as soon as we were out there, a woman across the street, tugging a stroller up the stairs, lost her grip as she turned to unlock the front door. As we watched, horrified, the stroller tumbled down the steps and landed face-down on the cement, her baby still strapped inside.

    She was screaming, the baby was screaming. The baby had a big bruise on his head almost immediately. Probably because it was the early afternoon and everyone was inside eating and not causing trouble, cops and paramedics actually arrived fairly quickly, though they didn't zoom off immediately. I assume this meant the baby was pretty much okay.

    It made for a memorable Thanksgiving to say the least.
     
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