Short, Sweet, & Very Nearly Forgotten...
Here's the statement post I forgot to make: I'm joining/playing LJ idol this season.
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A Fool & Her Money...LJ idol, Topic One
LJ Idol, Week OneTopic One: Saying Goodbye“Thirteen twenty-five.”“Thirteen twenty-five!”“Yes. One triple-grande-decaf-no-fat-no-water-half-half-syrup-soy-white-coconut-cappucino and a fruit salad and...
View ArticleIdol Voting Up
Voting is here.I'm still learning the rules here, so, from the community:We will be eliminating the bottom vote-getters in each of the Tribes, so 5 people will be leaving us this week – so make sure...
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The Debate...
I like politics. I very much enjoy watching politics and political debates, though I try not to get involved in anything in the US, since I'm not actually a citizen or permanent resident, and Australia...
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September Issue Up
Excerpted from The Ifreet Father, Les Bonnes Fees September 2008Les Bonnes Fees is live, and I am exhausted. Good night, People. Happy reading.
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Apathetically Ever After...LJ Idol, Topic Two
LJ Idol, Week TwoTopic Two: Apathy - What I Should Care About, but Don't.Once upon a time, I believed in happy ever afters. Princess gets prince, evil stepmother gets comeuppance. Treasure seeker finds...
View ArticleWeek Two Idol Voting Up
You can vote here.In other news, my internet connection seems to have half resolved itself: although the connection still drops off quite frequently, I can get it back within a moment or two (in...
View ArticleFrom Folk & Fairy Tales
Out at a local used bookstore the other day, I came across a university course reader,Folk & Fairy Tales (3rd ed), edited by Martin Hallett and Barbara Karasek. From the introduction:The...
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Bliss...LJ Idol, Topic Three
LJ idolWeek ThreeTopic Three: A Moment of BlissEven across the room, I see them, vultures circling a carcass. First, coke-bottle glasses lady, her wrinkled hands shoving books into a box, her tiny...
View ArticleYet again...
Voting is up.In other news, my computer is dying a slow, languorous death. I lost about three hundred words of work today which, fortunately, is not as bad as it could have been.And now, bed. I'm doing...
View ArticleVoting
More voting here. This time around you have to be a member of the community to vote; it only takes a moment to join.
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Fairy Tale Friday: The Love of the Three Pomegranates
Melagrana frutto, Pomegranate fruit, Granatapfel-Frucht, by PizzodisevoThis story is excerpted from Italo Calvino's marvellous Italian Folktales (translated by George Martin). It's from Abruzzo, and is...
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Mary Blair, and Voting
therealljidol has the voting list up again. If you liked Fat--I'm in Tribe Four, and you don't have to be a member of the community to vote this time around. Oh, and you can vote here. (It'll be good...
View ArticleIdol - declaring a bye
I'd hoped to get a LiveJournal idol entry up this week, but I just don't have time--there's still a lot for me to get done between now and tomorrow night (hello, coffee cup)--hence, bye.
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Pandora & Idol Voting Up
Idol voting has gone up for the week. I'm in the bottom few votes of tribe RM so far...Since my entry, mshades' entry, and bewize's entry have all talked about Pandora, I thought these might be...
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How to post a LiveJournal Rant in 6 easy steps...LJ Idol, Topic 8
LJ IdolWeek EightTopic Eight: Ranting LJ Style1. Select a rant topic.A. Human rightsB. Religious rightsC. Animal rightsD. Use of idiotic phrasesE. Incorrect use of one or many parts of speechF....
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Ranting...
Since ranting has been on my mind this week (thanks totherealljidol ), I did a search in the global OED (thanks, Harvard) for the meaning of "rant". Below is what it turned up. I find it interesting...
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Tiredness & Voting Time Again
It's that time in therealljidol again - voting. If you'd like to vote for me, you can do so here; I'm in the second tribe, tribe rm, and not doing so well. Which is also true on the home front -...
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Reading: Dingo, by Charles de Lint
High school senior Miguel’s life is turned upside down when he meets new girl Lainey, whose family has just moved from Australia. With her tumbled red-gold hair, her instant understanding of who he is,...
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Girl & Castle in the Sky
I've spent a lot of time sketching lately - I find it relaxing, and I enjoy seeing something take shape on the page. Unlike reading (I'm still having pregnancy-induced reading trouble), it doesn't hurt...
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