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[jadesfire]

I think I slid to work rather than walking this morning. Although it rained overnight, it doesn't seem to have made much difference to the ice or snow levels. On the plus side, this means that our snow duck is still standing. On the downside, I looked like I was entering an ice-dancing competition. It wasn't gold medal winning standard, but at least I didn't fall over.

Just adding to my sense of morning bafflement (how can we have rain AND ice?) was the following review [the punctuation is the reviewer's, not me leaving things out, BTW]:

That was pretty good. Not to be rude or anything, but the whole thing was kinda random...I guess I kinda liked it though...

There was more to the review, asking if I'd seen the Torchwood trailer and why everyone calls the Pterodactyl Myfanwy, but the above was the bit that got me. The story in question was Master of His Fate, my Cyberwoman tag. Not my best story, I'll admit, but that review is way more random than usual. Since there wasn't much else I could say, I explained that the name came from the BBC website and thanked the reviewer for reading. Ah, the Pit of Voles. It's nice to know some things don't change.

In other news, I went to my Slimming World group last night after a few weeks off and had a great time. I always forget how much I enjoy it, plus I love helping out and meeting everyone. Our group has a shiny new computer system for signing everyone in, and I got to press buttons and do complicated computer-y things which was great. I've set myself some goals for where I want to be by Easter (back in control of what I eat would be nice) and am going to try to remember to sign into Facebook to keep track of everyone. I'm also putting this here so that when it's raining and cold and dark next Monday and I don't want to go, I can come back here and remind myself why I do want to really!

How's everyone else this morning? I have a terrible case of writer's block (or writer's rubbish in my case - I can write, but it's all drivel) and am in need of more coffee, but am otherwise pretty good. The sun has come out and the field outside my window is practically glowing in the light, which is definitely uplifting for the spirit. Oh, and I'm going to find myself a fandom-neutral mood-theme, since I'm definitely in the grip of fannish drift and want something I can use for everything. Anyone got any suggestions?

Whether it's too hot or too slippery, be careful out there, okay?

Comments

[tintop-lizzy.livejournal.com]

Mazeltov!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Weird. Sounds like the commenter didn't quite get it. (If you have to put "Not to be rude or anything..." in a review, maybe you should think about it until you can find a better way to express yourself. Maybe. Heh.)

Glad you made it to work! It's rainy and too warm here today, so no wonder I slept so badly. (Not to mention a low pressure front on top of estrus makes kitty Crazy...) On the bright side, that's more time in the morning for reading fic.

a fandom-neutral mood-theme

Ducks! Or flowers. Or... clouds? I'm not sure how all of those would express mood, but somehow I bet it could work.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

It was just one of those "that doesn't mean what you think it means" moments. I've been thinking about updating my fanfiction.net account, just so I've got stuff off LJ as well, but this reminds me why I don't really want to do that...

Hee. I was hoping people might have seen some somewhere that they thought I might like. It's going to take me a while otherwise ;D Ducks would be very cool though. Maybe I'll have to look into making one for myself!

[azure-chaos.livejournal.com]

I saw mood themes yesterday (i think it was) where it was just the words like 'GRRRRR' for annoyed.

My body is somewhat detached or surrounded by cotton wool... I blame Paul McKenna! I don't sleep well so I'm trying his book & CD I Can Make You Sleep, the book so far has been stuff that makes sense like not drinking caffeine after a certain time but I used the CD last night for the first time and this morning I just couldn't open my eyes and focus and my body feels fuzzy lol. So, that's probably more than you wanted to know.

That review is infinitely more random than any fic lol. Some reviews make me laugh (like the one I had that said I should warn people my fic was going to be a threesome... firstly it's poly (there's no sex) secondly, it was several chapters after it first indicated it was going that way that they wrote it lol - admittedly it was my bad because it was the one place that I hadn't used the warning).

Well done on your skating effort, it's always good to stay upright and I bet you were better than Todd Carty lol.

nate

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I like the sound of that mood theme. I'm going to have to go hunting.

*sigh* I wouldn't mind feeling fuzzy if I'd actually slept, but I periodically get bad insomnia, and was awake every couple of hours overnight *yawn*

Heh, you do wonder sometimes whether people are actually *reading*, don't you? I swear people are getting more and more random...

[morgynleri]

Oh, and I'm going to find myself a fandom-neutral mood-theme

You can have mine? I don't actually use it, except to have a unified set of pictures on my friends page, though they are all based on characters I've written at some point, fan or original. Dunno. Images here if you want them (all labeled, since I'm not sure I can share the theme itself, the editor doesn't have an option to do that).

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

That's really sweet of you, thanks. I'm thinking of going for something abstract or animal-based, but have bookmarked your pictures for when I come to choose :D Much appreciated!

[edited for premature posting!]

[greyias.livejournal.com]

I'm giving you a 9.8 for ice survival tactics alone. Mostly because my slipping-to-bruises ratio is rather... uh, it's too early to do math. Either way I'd be nursing a sore bum.

*hands over coffee*

Aww, Pit Reviewers. They warm my heart even as they sometimes make my blood pressure sky rocket. Although that's a special shade of clueless/rude there, rather than people saying that genfic didn't have "enough slash" for them.

My morning is... um, disgruntled. I'm about to my limit on bitterness and anger that keeps cropping up on my f'list on what it appears, to be one subject (over and over and over.) I'm considering filtering, psych meds, or a sabbatical. I'm thinking the first one is probably the cheapest, but it makes me sad to have to consider it.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I'm getting good at this ice-walking thing. It's 2.5 miles from home to work, so there's enough for me to practice on!

Do Not get me started on my Gen rant here and now. I've been noticing the category dwindling on sga_newsletter, and trying to find it in CM is like blood out of a stone. I swing between feeling like a brat for demainding people write what I want to read and feeling like I'm somehow not being a 'proper' fanfic writer for not delving into slash. *sigh* You're not the only one who's disgruntled, apparently ;)

*tilts head* Filtering is definitely cheapest. I'd ask you more but this is an open post. Do email me if you need to rant - I've been surprised at how much good it's done me in the past to drop someone a "GAH!" email that doesn't require a reply. It is frustrating when your flist - which should be a happy place - is a source of so much annoyance.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

We're having rain, ice and snow at the moment *glares out window* I'm thinking Mother Nature is a little tipsy and got confused.

I randomly put stuff up at my ff.net account. Reviews there are, interesting shall we say. I'd chalk up the "random" comment as the fact the story is an episode tag, snippets here and there to smooth things over between the two episodes, not a full on story in itself.

Ah, writer's rubbish. I know it so well.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

That's as good an explanation as any. I think she's just plain grumpy over here...

Every so often I think about posting to ff.net as well as here. Then I remember why I don't ;)

*sigh* I think it would actually be better if I *couldn't* write. As it is, I keep getting to the end of things, thinking 'nah' and deleting the whole lot *headdesk*

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

Good for going to Slimming World, I hope to be back soon - like when my head is in it again! for inspiration, there's a new lj comm: ricecakefree does exactly what it says on the tin - inspiration, recipes and not a ricecake in sight

oh and if you want to meet up on facebook, please PM me and we can exchange details...

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tip! I've gone to join :D

I barely use my Facebook, so I'll PM you, but don't expect me to be around very much...

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Slippery will reach us tomorrow. Cross your fingers for me ^^

Got your postcard today, THANK YOU SO MUCH! I love your postcards, I could almost smell that market :)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*crosses fingers and toes* Did you get there alright?

Yay! I had to post them from the UK because the stamps were So Expensive in Morocco, but I wrote it while we were out there. The smells were really incredible!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

This lolcat reminded me of your post!


more animals

[tintop-lizzy.livejournal.com]

Mazeltov!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Weird. Sounds like the commenter didn't quite get it. (If you have to put "Not to be rude or anything..." in a review, maybe you should think about it until you can find a better way to express yourself. Maybe. Heh.)

Glad you made it to work! It's rainy and too warm here today, so no wonder I slept so badly. (Not to mention a low pressure front on top of estrus makes kitty Crazy...) On the bright side, that's more time in the morning for reading fic.

a fandom-neutral mood-theme

Ducks! Or flowers. Or... clouds? I'm not sure how all of those would express mood, but somehow I bet it could work.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

It was just one of those "that doesn't mean what you think it means" moments. I've been thinking about updating my fanfiction.net account, just so I've got stuff off LJ as well, but this reminds me why I don't really want to do that...

Hee. I was hoping people might have seen some somewhere that they thought I might like. It's going to take me a while otherwise ;D Ducks would be very cool though. Maybe I'll have to look into making one for myself!

[azure-chaos.livejournal.com]

I saw mood themes yesterday (i think it was) where it was just the words like 'GRRRRR' for annoyed.

My body is somewhat detached or surrounded by cotton wool... I blame Paul McKenna! I don't sleep well so I'm trying his book & CD I Can Make You Sleep, the book so far has been stuff that makes sense like not drinking caffeine after a certain time but I used the CD last night for the first time and this morning I just couldn't open my eyes and focus and my body feels fuzzy lol. So, that's probably more than you wanted to know.

That review is infinitely more random than any fic lol. Some reviews make me laugh (like the one I had that said I should warn people my fic was going to be a threesome... firstly it's poly (there's no sex) secondly, it was several chapters after it first indicated it was going that way that they wrote it lol - admittedly it was my bad because it was the one place that I hadn't used the warning).

Well done on your skating effort, it's always good to stay upright and I bet you were better than Todd Carty lol.

nate

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I like the sound of that mood theme. I'm going to have to go hunting.

*sigh* I wouldn't mind feeling fuzzy if I'd actually slept, but I periodically get bad insomnia, and was awake every couple of hours overnight *yawn*

Heh, you do wonder sometimes whether people are actually *reading*, don't you? I swear people are getting more and more random...

[morgynleri]

Oh, and I'm going to find myself a fandom-neutral mood-theme

You can have mine? I don't actually use it, except to have a unified set of pictures on my friends page, though they are all based on characters I've written at some point, fan or original. Dunno. Images here if you want them (all labeled, since I'm not sure I can share the theme itself, the editor doesn't have an option to do that).

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

That's really sweet of you, thanks. I'm thinking of going for something abstract or animal-based, but have bookmarked your pictures for when I come to choose :D Much appreciated!

[edited for premature posting!]

[greyias.livejournal.com]

I'm giving you a 9.8 for ice survival tactics alone. Mostly because my slipping-to-bruises ratio is rather... uh, it's too early to do math. Either way I'd be nursing a sore bum.

*hands over coffee*

Aww, Pit Reviewers. They warm my heart even as they sometimes make my blood pressure sky rocket. Although that's a special shade of clueless/rude there, rather than people saying that genfic didn't have "enough slash" for them.

My morning is... um, disgruntled. I'm about to my limit on bitterness and anger that keeps cropping up on my f'list on what it appears, to be one subject (over and over and over.) I'm considering filtering, psych meds, or a sabbatical. I'm thinking the first one is probably the cheapest, but it makes me sad to have to consider it.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I'm getting good at this ice-walking thing. It's 2.5 miles from home to work, so there's enough for me to practice on!

Do Not get me started on my Gen rant here and now. I've been noticing the category dwindling on sga_newsletter, and trying to find it in CM is like blood out of a stone. I swing between feeling like a brat for demainding people write what I want to read and feeling like I'm somehow not being a 'proper' fanfic writer for not delving into slash. *sigh* You're not the only one who's disgruntled, apparently ;)

*tilts head* Filtering is definitely cheapest. I'd ask you more but this is an open post. Do email me if you need to rant - I've been surprised at how much good it's done me in the past to drop someone a "GAH!" email that doesn't require a reply. It is frustrating when your flist - which should be a happy place - is a source of so much annoyance.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

We're having rain, ice and snow at the moment *glares out window* I'm thinking Mother Nature is a little tipsy and got confused.

I randomly put stuff up at my ff.net account. Reviews there are, interesting shall we say. I'd chalk up the "random" comment as the fact the story is an episode tag, snippets here and there to smooth things over between the two episodes, not a full on story in itself.

Ah, writer's rubbish. I know it so well.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

That's as good an explanation as any. I think she's just plain grumpy over here...

Every so often I think about posting to ff.net as well as here. Then I remember why I don't ;)

*sigh* I think it would actually be better if I *couldn't* write. As it is, I keep getting to the end of things, thinking 'nah' and deleting the whole lot *headdesk*

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

Good for going to Slimming World, I hope to be back soon - like when my head is in it again! for inspiration, there's a new lj comm: ricecakefree does exactly what it says on the tin - inspiration, recipes and not a ricecake in sight

oh and if you want to meet up on facebook, please PM me and we can exchange details...

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tip! I've gone to join :D

I barely use my Facebook, so I'll PM you, but don't expect me to be around very much...

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Slippery will reach us tomorrow. Cross your fingers for me ^^

Got your postcard today, THANK YOU SO MUCH! I love your postcards, I could almost smell that market :)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*crosses fingers and toes* Did you get there alright?

Yay! I had to post them from the UK because the stamps were So Expensive in Morocco, but I wrote it while we were out there. The smells were really incredible!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

This lolcat reminded me of your post!


more animals