PSYMASTAR LAWL

[Bad username: susanandleonard.livejournal.com] are in town (that'd be my parents' shared account, which exists solely to read my locked posts). They got in on Saturday before the snow. We spent Sunday inside. Monday was my last day at my job - until January when I keep working on this collection, for free. solarcat hung out with us for a couple of hours before leaving for Michigan.

Today, we went shopping downtown. I did not get shoes, which is what I need (my usual comfy work shoes having died rather spectacularly), but I did get a sparkly pink shirt and socks and jewelry magazines. And Dad didn't get anything, despite always needing new clothes because he never buys any.

Now we're killing time before heading to a Thai restaurant in Harvard Square, because Ellie wants to drive and then be able to park. It is my parents 36th anniversary, \o/, and they're taking us along for the celebration, \o?

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Look, I wrote stuff!

(The wall is actually a real place in my neighborhood, though auriel is a fake place in my head. I walk past the wall every day. Maybe it will give me something I truly need, one day.)

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All the MCR fans reading this journal have probably already seen morebliss's Gerard Way picspam/quotespam, but my mom hasn't. (We are crossing our fingers so hard that they play New Orleans in June, so I can take my parents.)

Speaking of my parents! They will be here on Saturday!! !!!!!!!

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( Mainly intended for people who are seeing this on LJ... )

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sl1 k2tog psso by carleton97 (MCR, Bob/Frank/Jamia, ~9k)

You guys. Bob owns a yarn shop. Eeeee! (Basically, this fic and Buy Handmade by jjtaylor are the fics of my crafty fangirl soul. Buy Handmade sustained me through "I'm going to learn to make SOMETHING, dammit" - which turned out to be jewelry - and sl1 k2tog psso is going to sustain me through "I'm going to learn to knit, dammit.")

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Anyone got recs for a yarn shop in or near Boston? T-accessible is preferred, although Ellie has a car and can sometimes be bribed or badgered into driving me around.

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So I put a plastic thing on the top rack of the dishwasher, and it fell through the rack and landed on the heating element.

Ellie's mad skillz, a leatherman (the tool), and some sandpaper later, the plastic is gone.

/o\


Also, my laptop case is cracked, right at the edge of my optical drive. :(

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Oh look! It's Ellie's phone!

(Context: my sister works for a company whose main thing is superbatteries of the future, or something. Charge faster, last longer, don't explode - that kind of thing. And she's in the market for a new phone since hers (which used to be mine, and is about 4 years old) no longer has any battery life to speak of. And it's a phone shaped much like the one in the photo.)

And now that I've killed the joke with explanation...


Mail! I received a card from harborshore on Thursday, a card and a wrapped gift-shaped object* from thelemic on Friday, cards from solarcat and insunshine on Saturday, and cards from turlough and chaosmanor yesterday. :D

* Which I haven't opened yet, because I'm not sure if I should wait. thelemic?


( My weekend: naked people and nearly-naked people. )

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ejejeje

( Uhm, this is for ignoring. )

As of their next code push (and LJ's code pushes tend to happen on Thursdays), LiveJournal will require all users to specify "male" or "female" for their account's gender. No third option.

The change is almost certainly to target advertising in a more gender-stereotyped way.

EDIT: 2009-12-15 10:30 EST
Probably thanks to the many people contacting LJ, the code has been pulled. It will not be going live in the next code push.

Unfortunately, I don't trust LJ not to attempt to sneak something like this through again.


synecdochic has a summary. She suggests going to the Edit Profile page and changing your gender to Unspecified, contacting Feedback, and emailing the GM of US operations at anjelika@livejournalinc.com.

( complete list of posts on my Dreamroll re: lj's genderfail )

Geek Feminism also has a post.

If anyone reading this would like a Dreamwidth account (Dreamwidth's diversity statement specifically includes and "welcome[s] people of any gender identity or expression"), I have some invite codes, and if they run out, I'm willing to buy accounts for people who need them.

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Sexiest news ever...

Seriously, only draw back is that it's in England only--PLEASE IMPORT TO AMERICA.

PLEASE GOD PLEASE.

...Oh and askdjf I swear I need moar Prince(ss) Naveen icons...that is like my new Disney obsession...and obligatory Charolette ones too--she was/is so fucking cute...asdfasdf...

EDIT: surprise!
a holiday treat meme

...lolwhynot?

Note: [l] is my lame AIM way to represent ł.

matsuzuma (2:51:53 AM): tsilao so looks chinese
shiningaardvark (2:51:56 AM): hahah
shiningaardvark (2:51:58 AM): it means policeman
matsuzuma (2:52:05 AM): oh o.o
matsuzuma (2:52:10 AM): how do you say
matsuzuma (2:52:13 AM): "don't taze me, bro"
matsuzuma (2:52:14 AM): in navajo
shiningaardvark (2:52:18 AM): uhm
shiningaardvark (2:52:20 AM): hmmm
shiningaardvark (2:52:35 AM): the closest thing i know how to say is probably
shiningaardvark (2:52:51 AM): nitazer doo shi[l] [l]ikan da.
shiningaardvark (2:52:57 AM): your taser is not tasty to me.
matsuzuma (2:53:00 AM): XD
matsuzuma (2:53:06 AM): oh god, being tasered in the mouth sounds awful
shiningaardvark (2:54:09 AM): indeed

Bandom edition. [Keep in mind that this meme is intended to highlight nifty content on Dreamwidth, so the list below is limited to people posting at least their fic/art/recs on dw.]

( long list is long )

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* All $winterholiday cards have been mailed! As well as the international packages. Domestic packages will go out Saturday, after I finish making their contents.

* Items have been made for harborshore and fleurdeliser's jewelry prompts (and you can still leave me a prompt if you want), but I didn't take pictures last night, because dinnertime. When I get home, before dashing out for my last Slutcracker (probably NSFW) street team thing. *nods*

* Speaking of The Slutcracker, I am seeing it tomorrow night. Tonight, after flyering, I will be going to Naked Comedy (probably NFSW) with solarcat and Ellie.

* Dumb thing I did last night: whacked my hand hard enough to scrape a chunk of flesh off my knuckle.

* Dumb thing I did next: put a bandaid over it so tightly that my fingertip was ever so slightly purple.

* Dumb thing I did, part three: failed to realize my fingertip was suffering from circulation issues until five minutes ago.

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1. I have two minors now! Thematic (meaning I design it myself) focusing around environmental studies/ geography and regional development/ renewable natural resources, and Spanish langauge. I am slightly annoyed because there are a couple of advanced Spanish grammar/syntax courses I want to take that don't count, and there is a literature class that is required that I don't want to take. But in general I'm really excited. I also have to plan out more courses in Latin American Studies for next year so that everything will fit now that Spanish doesn't count for my major, heh.

2. Classes are over...and I'm shocked to realize that, in spite of everything, I had perfect attendance this semester (discounting classes missed for a field trip I took, but y'know). This was a good semester, academics-wise, I think. It's really amazing to be able to take things that you are interested in and that relate intricately with one another. Often this semester I would forget which class it was that taught me what, and that was cool because it meant that the curriculums were close enough to interact and enhance one another.

3. I just went to an orientation meeting specifically for Guatemala (there is a more general study abroad orientation later this evening), and I met all the other U of A students who are going, and I think it will be really amazing. I'm soo excited now. :D :D :D I want my class/booklist, dammit.

4. I have 3 more shifts at the deli (tomorrow, Sunday, Monday), and then I'm DONE. Possibly forever. Holy shit.

5. Uhm, yeah. I have 4 exams and one take-home essay exam between now and next Thursday, at which point I'm moving in with Andres for the next 3 days until Sunday. And then I'm going home. Time is moving so fast and I love it. :) I hope everyone else's finals are going/have gone really well.

So, uh. *waves*

I had been waiting to post about this until I got some more items uploaded, but. I keep mentioning it to people, and there's thirteen things in there, which is just going to have to be enough for now. (I had so much more time when I had no social life, srsly you guys.)

Etsy shop. I has one. Jewelry and very tiny paintings - future plans include a wider selection of jewelry, larger paintings, and possibly other things. ;)


And some interactive funtimes: jewelry prompts! (I'll take painting prompts some time soon, promise.) Your prompt can be anything, but I reserve the right to engage in some wacky free-association to turn it into a piece of jewelry.

The prompter has right of first refusal on their piece. After that, I'll offer these pieces to my journal readership, and after that, whatever's left will go on etsy.

Even if you doubt you'll buy whatever comes of your prompt, you can still ask me to make something. No excuses or apologies needed. Nobody has to buy what I make from their prompt. I just want inspiration.

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