Blackbirds & Crows

*facepalm*
Well, so much for meme and posting! Heh. Sorry, guys. I think - and this is no reflection on my flisties who are doing the meme - I'm just not finding the questions all that interesting vis a vis: things I want to answer.

So i'm looking for something else, because I *do* like chatting and communicating with you all, and I need to make my brain work, not just sit here mindlessly watching vid or whatever.

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So! That might seem a bit heavy for a 'come back' post, but...it is what it is. All the fucked-up shite going on here in the States has generated a *lot* of energy, and I think using that energy for all the good you can is a good thing.

Hot and 'summery' here, all of a sudden - I guess with the solstice in a couple days, it's to be expected! Keep cool, my dear flist, and be well and safe! <3

Hello! Time for the next Sunshine Challenge. :D This one is Fanwork Recommendations.

Now...the biggest problem with that is that my memory SUCKS. Really, truly sucks. So I have a lot of trouble reccing stuff because i forget. I cannot tell you how many times i've gotten all excited for a fic and then, halfway through realized i've read it before.

SO! To get around this, I'm going to do a little cheat. But first!
( Some fic authors I love and adore )

Now for the cheat. I can sincerely, and without a bit of doubt, recommend every single author and fic in my AO3 Bookmarks. I don't have as many as some, but. Every Fic. Every Author (and most of the time, every fic by every author).

So - go! Read! Enjoy! :D

On this really very wet, rainy, and grey day! I hope all this rain puts the kibosh on 5th of July fireworks, as one night was enough, thank you!

Here's the second Sunshine Challenge: What's In A Name?, or - Fannish Identity.

( Some questions offered I thought I'd answer.... )

My goodness, so that was a lot. :D Happy weekend, everyone!

ALSO - if you have any fannish questions for me? Feel free to ask! :D

So, it's quite possible this is shouting to the void, and everyone already knows/nobody cares.
But! I think it's useful, so i wanted to share.

If you would like to archive your Tumblr blog, there are two ways to do it (that I'm aware of):

This is how you do it if you have a WordPress account (and I know nothing about WordPress, so I don't know if an account over there is weird or good or whatever). But it makes your archived blog publicly accessible.

This is how to create an archive on your hard drive via a download. And if you keep using Tumblr and adding to your blog, you can just delete the old archive and download your blog again every month or so, if you want to keep it current.

So! Hope that's helpful. I wasn't aware that YAHOO had bought out Tumblr; I predict it won't be around for more than a couple years, max; Yahoo is the universal ruiner of all things.

*waves*
Hiya, flist! Still cold as fuck here, with endless weather advisories of negative temps, frigid wind chills, and snow/ice/wintry mix/freezing drizzle. Fun times! Where's that early spring the little fuzzy bastard in Pennsylvania promised us?

Stay warm, flisties! And dry! We got flood warnings, too, here in Misery, and *tornado watches*, good lord.
*smooch*

And that's with no snow! It's just single-digit temps, negative digit wind chill, and no sun, no sun, no sun. Argh.

Mostly i'm freezing, and then I come home, bundle myself into fleece pyjamas, and get into bed with the electric blanket on 'high'.

Which means, of course, that i then doze off, but at least i'm warm!!

I'm turning to an agency here in the my state that will help you to winterize your house for free. I don't know if I'll qualify, or what they'll do, but anything will help. My furnace is not putting out very warm air, which is concerning (and fucking cold).

So that's why i kinda dropped off the posting radar, which I feel bad about, and haven't been talking quite as much.

I'm working on two fics right now, one of which is original (mostly, RPF but easily changed), and am enjoying it, heh. It's not even six, it's pitch-black out, it's supposed to snow, and be even colder tonight/tomorrow, and my heating bill (even with the thermostat on 62) keeps going UP.

But i'm here, I'm reading, i'll try and comment more. I really enjoyed last week's Supernatural, it was very good, felt kinda old-school.

I'm reading a book right now called Roadside Picnic, by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. I like it, it has some very interesting stuff going on. BUT...there's a thing about it that bothers me. Which I'll write about next time because i can barely feel my frozen little fingers!!

Stay warm, my flisties!

I dunno about any of you, but I *could not* access Dreamwidth yesterday. It just would not load, no matter what. So annoying.

So - a belated but very heart-felt HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY! to my dearest and nearest, sweptawaybayou . I luff ya, my dear! *smishes*


Now, the last two challenges! Yay, I finished! :D

( Challenge Fourteen: Talk about what you think the future holds for fandom. )

( Challenge Fifteen: Talk about why you participated in Snowflake &/or what you got out of it. )

There we have it! Whooo! Thank you, all, for participating and being part of the challenge with me!

Whoops, yes, I skipped a day. I was really, really, really zoned, so...best to just wait. Plus, it got super-chilly here again, after being up in the sixties, so i was kinda hibernating, heh.

So, here we go.

( Day Eight )


( Day Nine )

And there we go! All caught up. Now I must go do *my* laundry.

It's the weekend, I got lazy. :D

So - ( Day Five: recing online sites. )



( Day Six: Fandom Wish List )

In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much.

Holy gods. I'm supposed to choose one thing? HOOOOOOOOOOW?!!!!!

Sheesh. I think I'll cheat a little.

Books: Well, nothing and no one beats CJ Cherryh. I mean....this woman is so damn *good*. Her sci-fi is hard core, makes sense, and *works*. Her fantasy is incredibly detailed and draws a lot from our own myths and folklore (elvish, Russian spirits, ORCS, c'mon!!). Her humor is subtle and always in-character, her drama riveting, her characters so finely drawn....

She's one of the few sci-fi writers out there who puts same-sex couples into her work, and one of the few sci-fi writers who actually has *good* 'strong female characters' in her work.

I just can never get enough.
(Here is a review that really lays out, to me, why she is so amazing. Might be a little spoilery for this particular novel. Downbelow Station.)


Movies: Well, just now, the MCU movies, most particularly the Captain America movies. I love so much how Steve is not some quasi right-wing 'RIGHTEOUS AMERICAN' but a man who actually gives a damn about 'the other', and always, always, always, tries to do the 'right' thing (not the conveniently right thing, or the right right now thing, but the RIGHT thing). Plus, he's just so damn cute, and lost and sad and gorgeous and funny.....

And then, of course, we have BUCKY, who breaks my heart even when he's not being tortured, and who has seen the worst of humanity but is still striving, trying, *hoping*.

And SAM, oh Sam, who is not a superpowered human, but has an amazing heart. He because a pararescue, he dove into the jaws of death to *heal people*, and he is canny, and empathetic, and so brave....

I love my boys, so very much. :D

And - sekrit mention just for Snow: Bread and Circuses, bb. Bread and Circuses! :D (Hey, it's original.)

Merry new year, my dear friends!
Thought i'd pop in.... I'm doing the Fandom Snowflake Challenge again this year, so you'll be seeing me post daily, I hope. :D


( Posting News.... )


( Xmas Doings.... )



( Snowflake Challenge Day One )