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  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:01:34 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>if I change my stride, then I&apos;ll fly</title>
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  <description>Another huge fanart roundup, courtesy of the summer where I only have the energy to manage job search stuff, draw fanart, and let my whole professional identity lie pretty much fallow. :D?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay, that sounded a little ... yeah. Actually, things are looking up in a big way!  I have a &lt;i&gt;pretty big deal&lt;/i&gt; second interview tomorrow, for a position I&apos;m genuinely excited for which also pays better than I&apos;d had any hope of, so.  Fingers crossed.  And I am having a &lt;i&gt;ball&lt;/i&gt; with letting myself soak more or less exclusively in fannish material for a bit. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://images.squidge.org/images/2023/10/29/2014.Marvel.FirstPow.jpeg&quot; alt=&quot;a single, full-color comic panel showing Miss America Chavez and Ms. Marvel holding hands and simultaneously punching out a robot, visible in the extreme foreground. POW!&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___1&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://reflectedeve.dreamwidth.org/138514.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;America &amp; Kmala&apos;s first date. &amp;lt;3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___1&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___2&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://reflectedeve.dreamwidth.org/138514.html#cutid2&quot;&gt;A Teen Wolf collaboration with Ataratah!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___2&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___3&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://reflectedeve.dreamwidth.org/138514.html#cutid3&quot;&gt;Character death won&apos;t stop my shipping.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___3&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___4&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://reflectedeve.dreamwidth.org/138514.html#cutid4&quot;&gt;Revisiting six years ago.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___4&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___5&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://reflectedeve.dreamwidth.org/138514.html#cutid5&quot;&gt;Orphan Black &amp; Sailor Moon doodles.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___5&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This ... actually isn&apos;t quite everything, but I&apos;ll take a breath and save the rest for its own post.  ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=138514&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>art: au</category>
  <category>fandom: sailormoon</category>
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  <category>fandom: teen wolf</category>
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  <lj:music>makes me wanna die (tricky)</lj:music>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:21:59 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>stand up straight and tall and shout about it</title>
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  <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://24.media.tumblr.com/5bfe62a0cab5f370b3f25f86ba7a3881/tumblr_n3kz0yfCvu1qcy0sno1_400.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;a short girl with wavy hair and a lapful of confused cat look on in bemusement as a slightly taller person in a suit rants and raves, apparently enraged. &amp;#39;But tell me how you REALLY feel about Teen Wolf.&amp;#39;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heyyy, sorry for disappearing off the face of the earth (again) ... I had a lovely, very full birthday weekend (with very tolerant friends!) and then things got all busy again, as they do.  I have more than half a dozen awesome prompts I&apos;m still planning to fill for the female character doodle challenge, all written safely down in my sketchbook!  They might just be a bit staggered.  (Convention season has been sneaking up on me, yikes.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are a couple amazing things other people made for &lt;i&gt;me&lt;/i&gt; for the fest (jeez I am still all a-flutter, you guys are so GREAT &amp;lt;3 &amp;lt;3 &amp;lt;3):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mysky.net/temp/allie-harukamichi.jpg&quot;&gt;Bondage interruptus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (Sailor Moon; Michiru/Haruka &amp; Hotaru - pretty SFW) by &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://sae.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://sae.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;sae&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://reflectedeve.tumblr.com/post/81202242405/ataratah-for-reflectedeves-teen-wolf-prompt&quot;&gt;Lydia and ghost!Allison team-up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (Teen Wolf), by &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://ataratah.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://ataratah.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ataratah&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://reflectedeve.dreamwidth.org/136139.html?thread=528587#cmt528587&quot;&gt;Adorable Utena/Anthy vignette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (Revolutionary Girl Utena), by &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://alexmegami.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://alexmegami.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;alexmegami&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And here&apos;s a quick round-up of what I&apos;ve managed to produce so far:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://reflectedeve.dreamwidth.org/136335.html&quot;&gt;♥TUXEDO ARCHER♥&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (Teen Wolf/Sailor Moon fusion)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://reflectedeve.dreamwidth.org/136139.html?thread=529611#cmt529611&quot;&gt;Leslie/waffles OTP doodle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (Parks &amp; Rec; prompted by &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://analise010.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://analise010.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;analise010&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://reflectedeve.dreamwidth.org/136139.html?thread=529867#cmt529867&quot;&gt;Alana Bloom puppy pile doodle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (Hannibal; prompted by &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://were-duck.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://were-duck.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;were_duck&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://reflectedeve.dreamwidth.org/136139.html?thread=531403#cmt531403&quot;&gt;I AM FOUND doodle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (Welcome to Night Vale; prompted by &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rhivolution.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://rhivolution.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;rhivolution&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So that was an awesome way to turn &lt;i&gt;young for trees&lt;/i&gt;, basically. Love you allll.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=136875&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>fandom: utena</category>
  <category>friends</category>
  <category>fandom: night vale</category>
  <category>informal female character fest</category>
  <category>fandom: hannibal</category>
  <category>challenge</category>
  <category>fandom: sailormoon</category>
  <category>people make me things</category>
  <category>fandom: teen wolf</category>
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  <category>fandom: parks &amp; rec</category>
  <lj:music>another girl, another planet (the only ones)</lj:music>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:32:54 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>with our bare hands mining for gold</title>
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  <description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://images.squidge.org/images/2023/10/29/2013.NightVale.Goodnight.jpeg&quot; alt=&quot;Cecil Baldwin, as played by Danny Pudi, in the NCVR booth&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes you just have to post something to force yourself to stop tweaking it.  I am not totally satisfied with this first piece of Welcome to Night Vale fanart ... hopefully I can improve on it?  But here&apos;s a stab at Cecil Baldwin as played by Danny Pudi, because I find that particular casting kind of irresistible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mmmm, fanart, how I miss you.  I continue to find myself completely swamped with projects, which I am certainly not complaining about, but still.  I really want to do some kind of holiday exchange or &lt;i&gt;something&lt;/i&gt;.  I don&apos;t suppose anyone&apos;s heard anything about &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://yuletart.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png&apos; alt=&apos;[community profile] &apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://yuletart.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;yuletart&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; this year?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had another thought, but ... IDK if people would be into it.  I was thinking it might be fun to do some kind of tiny gift exchange with various of &lt;i&gt;you&lt;/i&gt; lovely people.  Kind of a mini-reversebang thing ... say, you write me a comment-ficlet with one of our shared fandoms/pairings/etc (probably I will post a suggested list or something), and I do a little illustration for you in return.  &lt;b&gt;Would there be any interest in such a thing?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don&apos;t know, it&apos;s just an idea right now ... but per usual, I miss fannish participation (and my fanpeople)!  And I&apos;m in a multifannish mood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other news, I spilled tea on my poor old laptop a few days ago, and now I no longer have an apostrophe or down-arrow key.  Not a debilitating predicament, but pretty annoying! Bah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=132616&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>general holiday madness</category>
  <category>art: gen</category>
  <category>art</category>
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  <lj:music>me and jane doe (charlotte gainsbourg)</lj:music>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:21:19 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>thinks she&apos;s the queen of the neighborhood</title>
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  <description>So hey!  I have a comics goal I really want to meet by Sunday, but I&apos;m hitting a small lull in motivation.  Want to help me out?  Give me PROMPTS for fanart I can draw as a reward when it&apos;s met!  :D?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;m looking for &lt;b&gt;female character centric&lt;/b&gt; prompts, please (bonus for slash, but it&apos;s definitely not required), from the following fandoms: Teen Wolf, Elementary, the Avengers movies, Star Trek: AOS, Warehouse 13, and Young Avengers (but I&apos;m only up to issue 4).  Humor and sexiness are both always encouraged (although please keep it R-rated and above).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;ll take prompts up through whenever I&apos;m ready to draw, pick one or two to play with, and probably keep the others back for potential use later!  Prompt as much as you want, as many times as you want!  Thanks in advance, guys. &amp;lt;333&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=127859&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>friends</category>
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  <lj:music>rebel girl (bikini kill)</lj:music>
  <lj:mood>restless</lj:mood>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:01:31 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>easy-peasy pumpkin peasy</title>
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  <description>Hey guys, be a research resource for me?  Share some fan-love?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before bandom, I was just not ever the kind of fan who read/watched/listened to interviews with her favorite singers or bands.  And it was one of the first things I kinda stopped doing.  I&apos;m starting a new project, though, and that is exactly the kind of thing I could use to help me get the wheels turning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obviously I will be hitting the google machines as soon as I get breathing space, BUT.  If you have especial favorite interviews for bands or singers you love, and it wouldn&apos;t be too much trouble to point me at &apos;em, I would be deeply grateful!  Bandom stuff that I have surely already seen is fine!  Random whoever of whatever size is fine too!  Stuff that contains funny stories, wacky hijinks, weird interviewer shenanigans ... especially valuable, moreso than just inspiring words about what it means to create art (which is usually my FAVORITE, but not as much applicable right now).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just want to splash around in all the love for a bit.  I want to know what YOUR favorites are.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks guys. &amp;lt;3333  Oh man, I am excited about this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=125912&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>recs</category>
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  <lj:mood>chipper</lj:mood>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:35:26 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>we are up for everything it takes</title>
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  <description>Okay, so in 2015? I am &lt;i&gt;going&lt;/i&gt; to &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://muskratjamboree.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://muskratjamboree.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;muskratjamboree&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, okay.  I had such an amazing time just staying in the hotel and hanging out with so many wonderful fans, but ... I want to go to that dance party next time. ;)  And some panels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;m following a bunch of the lovely people I met on DW, LJ and/or twitter, and I&apos;m going to post my information over in &lt;a href=&quot;http://muskratjamboree.livejournal.com/113429.html&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;!  So if you are new to me &lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___1&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://reflectedeve.dreamwidth.org/122865.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;here is some quick stuff to please read?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___1&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also ... yes, so, on Saturday my favorite band broke up, in the middle of the convention.  &lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___2&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://reflectedeve.dreamwidth.org/122865.html#cutid2&quot;&gt;Cutting for being more or less positive, in case you&apos;re not ready for that.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___2&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I&apos;m on a bus north, and I think I&apos;m gonna lie back and listen to podfic for a bit.  But if &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://intensityboat.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://intensityboat.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;intensityboat&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; still has any fans out there (of &lt;i&gt;course&lt;/i&gt; we do) ... there may be something for you quite soon. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=122865&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>muskrat jamboree</category>
  <category>this band has a way of saving lives</category>
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  <category>fandom: bandom</category>
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  <lj:music>ambulance (my chemical romance)</lj:music>
  <lj:mood>&lt;3 &lt;3 &lt;3</lj:mood>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:48:25 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>you&apos;re the girl who wanted more</title>
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  <description>So while I tragically cannot afford &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://muskratjamboree.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://muskratjamboree.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;muskratjamboree&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; this year, either financially or in terms of sheer amount of time and energy spent ... it looks like I will at least be coming to town (i.e. Bostonish) aroundabout that weekend.  So I would like to seeeee people, I hope!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(I have yet to make any plans at all, including places to stay, but that happens to be during the latter part of my spring &quot;break&quot; and I have been &lt;i&gt;needing&lt;/i&gt; to visit the area forever so my thesis madness and I will probably set up shop in various cafes and also do some socializing!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other news, my roommate is kind of acting like a human being this week.  She has asked me how my &lt;i&gt;day&lt;/i&gt; (or trip) was several times and engaged in conversation about the food she&apos;s making or the weather.  This is progress (which is kind of sad, but I don&apos;t care)!  It could be better, but this I can live with and be fairly happy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today is generally a pretty great day, I hope for you all as well. &amp;lt;3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=120109&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>general squee</category>
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  <lj:music>dreamworld (rilo kiley)</lj:music>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:11:47 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>it comes around, it comes around</title>
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  <description>This is very nearly belated, for which I&apos;m very sorry!  Graduate school takes almost everything I have just now, and certainly all of my time.  But!  For &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://ataratah.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://ataratah.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ataratah&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://images.squidge.org/images/2023/10/29/2011.SailorMoon.SaturnBDay.jpeg&quot; alt=&quot;an oddly happy Sailor Saturn&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A better friend and art-beta than I think I really deserve, a good portion of the time. ♥  I&apos;m very &lt;i&gt;very&lt;/i&gt; happy you exist, lady!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=104295&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>fandom: sailormoon</category>
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  <category>art</category>
  <category>friends</category>
  <lj:music>song for myla goldberg (the decemberists)</lj:music>
  <lj:mood>grateful</lj:mood>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:27:10 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>my hi-fi is waiting for a new tune</title>
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  <description>I fail at dressing for season; my coworkers were standing around the kitchenette discussing how much they enjoy their summer wardrobes when I wandered in, all in black.  Oops?  I didn&apos;t even think about that; I chose this outfit for the skirt, because I&apos;m not allowed to wear shorts in the office.  Hmmm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, last Friday I was mistaken for an employee of the Museum of Fine Arts twice (all in black again--I swear I do wear colors--with a red tie).  Possibly I should work on this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&apos;s a little disorienting, as always, being back at work after a long weekend.  Mine was full of hanging around making art while &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://oliviacirce.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://oliviacirce.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;oliviacirce&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; wrote, in my apartment and cafes, occasionally sharing thoughts about Charles Xavier&apos;s characterization; we cooked each other some delicious food, watched &lt;i&gt;Return To Oz&lt;/i&gt; with my roommate (who has been after me about it forever), and went out Saturday night for a flaily fangirl dinner with &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://aria.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://aria.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;aria&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://polarisnorth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://polarisnorth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;polarisnorth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://everysecondtuesday.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://everysecondtuesday.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;everysecondtuesday&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, and &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://the-wanlorn.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://the-wanlorn.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;the_wanlorn&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.  I would like to spend my time like this, always.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday, the traditional &lt;i&gt;1776&lt;/i&gt; viewing party at &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://omnia-mutantur.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://omnia-mutantur.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;omnia_mutantur&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&apos;s house was made even a tiny bit more fabulous by a miniature &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://intensityboat.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://intensityboat.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;intensityboat&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; reunion (though of course we missed our absent members ♥).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So that was all lovely.  I did have a couple of fandom-related jarring moments, oddly enough; I discovered quite a direct copy of &lt;a href=&quot;http://reflectedeve.dreamwidth.org/87130.html&quot;&gt;this picture&lt;/a&gt; posted by a deviantart user, and also that the random (non-LJ/DW-based) fan awards I&apos;ve had a piece nominated for has a rule against slash (or rather, &quot;characters established in the series/Nikki Heat novels as straight but portrayed as gay,&quot; ugh).  Fortunately, a gentle but firm request was all that it took to get the drawing taken down, so I&apos;m very lucky there.  I&apos;m dropping the awards organizers a sharp note asking them to remove my work.  Unexpected interactions with sections of fandom not my own ... always a bit weird.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This &lt;i&gt;coming&lt;/i&gt; weekend, I&apos;m off north to have a look around the apartment I&apos;m almost certainly taking for the fall.  I&apos;m moving out of the Boston area in about a month!  Everything just keeps speeding up, though I keep trying to find some stillness within it all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I still owe a few people questions from a few posts ago.  I&apos;ll try and do those soon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=100017&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>real life</category>
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  <lj:music>turn me on (norah jones)</lj:music>
  <lj:mood>cheerful</lj:mood>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:37:01 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>tsuki ni kawatte, oshioki yo!</title>
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  <description>So &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://ataratah.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://ataratah.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ataratah&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and I have talked a lot about our early love for &lt;i&gt;Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon&lt;/i&gt;, and awhile back she suggested that we try doing some kind of related art project!  This is my piece based on the first of a series of prompts she suggested: a panel from the manga, redrawn in my own style.  It was ridiculously fun, hanging around in a cafe, working on these together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___1&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://reflectedeve.dreamwidth.org/99721.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;Oh Nostalgia, part one&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___1&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So that was fun!  I can&apos;t wait to start the next prompt, though I have to space these things out with ... other fanart obligations, of course. (I am pretty much just going to do as much fanart as I can manage &apos;til I leave, I think.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You seriously, SERIOUSLY have to go check out &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://ataratah.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://ataratah.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ataratah&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&apos;s answer to this part of our challenge, &lt;a href=&quot;http://ataratah.dreamwidth.org/4435.html&quot;&gt;over here&lt;/a&gt; (or &lt;a href=&quot;http://ataratah.livejournal.com/5019.html&quot;&gt;on LJ&lt;/a&gt;).  It is drop-dead gorgeous.  I cannot get over how fucking &lt;i&gt;graceful&lt;/i&gt; her linework and gestures are; she&apos;s taken one of the simpler manga panels and just made it come alive.  (Also, I don&apos;t know if any of you have ever watched PGSM--the live-action Sailor Moon--but I ship Rei/Minako like &lt;i&gt;burning&lt;/i&gt;, and this is some of the best fanart of them I&apos;ve seen.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just wait until you see what she has in store for the next two prompts!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=99721&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>art: gen</category>
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  <lj:mood>nostalgic</lj:mood>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 15:04:35 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>all of our moves make up for the silence</title>
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  <description>Oh man, I&apos;ve been trying to write this post all week, but work&apos;s been super busy all of a sudden ... and I seem to be experiencing something akin to senioritis, so I have to work a lot harder than usual to concentrate. /o\  I&apos;m really behind on all your entries, too.  I&apos;ll try and catch up!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you so much for the sweet, sweet comments on the love meme, bbs.  I can&apos;t tell you how good that made me feel. ♥  Also I rather loved commenting, so you folks should totally put your names down for those things more often. ;)  I&apos;m a gusher by nature but feel kind of awkward about it a lot of the time; I appreciate the opportunity of anonymity (or the illusion thereof, as I expect I can be pretty obvious).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had a pretty lively weekend.  It started with a German lesbian vampire movie, which was somewhat entertaining, although there was not &lt;i&gt;nearly&lt;/i&gt; enough making out and the ending was disappointingly heteronormative.  The audience was certainly quite attractive, and I had plenty of time to admire them, because the DVD started skipping twice.  (This has never happened to me in a theater before, even a little arthouse place. The staff good-naturedly blamed Friday the 13th.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Saturday I went to a family friend&apos;s business school graduation, which would have been excruciating except for his four-year-old daughter.  I spent the whole ceremony keeping her occupied and letting her take tiny video clips of me.  &quot;I&apos;m going to put you on the computer!&quot;  She&apos;s also turning into a tiny ball of snark, but I can&apos;t say I mind that.  :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My father, meanwhile, attempted to convince me to read &lt;i&gt;Moby Dick&lt;/i&gt; this summer in exchange for his reading &lt;i&gt;Little Women&lt;/i&gt;.  Which, I mean ... what?  I have no idea why on earth he thought that was going to work.  (I should note that there is absolutely no reason I can think of for his particular choice of text.  I did love that book very much when I was about eleven, but that hardly makes it stand out from the crowd.)  His mission to get me to read Melville has been going on for ... almost a decade, now, I think.  (I have every intention of reading that book!  I want to read that book!  But not yet.)  I told him that if he read &lt;i&gt;Understanding Comics&lt;/i&gt;, I&apos;d consider it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was also quite a lot of pleasant company and some delicious vegan &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chowandchatter.com/2010/04/carrot-and-coriander-soup-and-memories.html&quot;&gt;carrot &amp; coriander soup&lt;/a&gt;.  (With apologies to a certain Famous Detective, I&apos;m rather grateful I don&apos;t have a spice allergy.  Mmmmm.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also there has been some exciting TV lately!  My circle has already done a thorough job of expressing their delight over &lt;i&gt;The Doctor&apos;s Wife&lt;/i&gt;, so I will confine myself to saying that yes, all of that, oh my god.  ♥___♥  (Also, biting is like kissing.  With a &lt;i&gt;winner&lt;/i&gt;.)  And as for the Castle finale, I just, holy &lt;i&gt;fuck&lt;/i&gt;.  In spite of being a show about murder, that&apos;s the one I usually go to for ... you know, fun times?  Quips and general weirdness and hilarity?  Which probably made the sucker punch (&lt;i&gt;punches&lt;/i&gt;) that much more effective, really.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Additionally, I discovered this week that there is apparently a secret government lab (which contains, among other things, a cow) &lt;i&gt;in the basement of the building where I work&lt;/i&gt;.  (Although for future reference, tv writers: some portions of this particular illustrious university are sadly &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; beautiful and ivy-covered.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right, I should get back to work.  I lost a big chunk of this morning (mid-post-writing) to finding out some very upsetting news about a neighbor of mine.  Feeling a little shaken at the moment, and also, stuff to do.  I&apos;ll have to do that catching up later, but I hope your weeks are going splendidly!  Also, you should go vote in the &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://misspamela.livejournal.com/698808.html&quot;&gt;Fandom Hot 20&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; poll (second part &lt;a href=&quot;http://misspamela.livejournal.com/698906.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;).  Aeryn Sun and Wendy Watson need some more love, for starters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=96584&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <lj:music>of all the gin joints in all the world (fall out boy)</lj:music>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 23:12:37 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>when everything else seems unclear</title>
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  <description>Hey guys, hey.  I&apos;m really enjoying all the Epic MCR Road Trip aftermath posts popping up on my flist over the last few days.  I&apos;m a little sad I had to stop at just one show, but I appreciate all the sharing ... and all the awesome new journals I&apos;m reading now. :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;ve been in kind of a rotten mood since the weekend, which is stupid, because I have roughly a zillion reasons not to be.  I have plans to pull myself out of it that involve drawing lots of things (for values of things that mean guys in bands and some sexy ladies and maybe comics about honeybee mishaps), maybe starting to watch Fringe (inspired by some recent twitter chatter), and hopefully spending some time outside in the very near future.  (It&apos;s been a little chilly lately, but it&apos;s gorgeous right now, and there are flowers &lt;i&gt;everywhere&lt;/i&gt;.)  And then I really need to start Getting Things Done in order to be ready for school (omg).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also ... I have very rarely done this sort of thing?  But it seems well-timed, and I could kind of use the boost.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://hondagirll.livejournal.com/108281.html&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;8&quot;&gt;THE YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL MEME&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://hondagirll.livejournal.com/108281.html?thread=3098873#t3098873&quot;&gt;I have a thread&lt;/a&gt;.  Now to search out all you beautiful people. ♥&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=96473&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <lj:music>ani difranco, really? some kind of nostalgia kick.</lj:music>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 23:39:02 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>let&apos;s blow a hole in this town</title>
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  <description>Right, so I don&apos;t usually write up my concerts because I really have no idea how to organize my thoughts about these things, but IDK.  Last night was completely fabulous; &lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___1&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://reflectedeve.dreamwidth.org/95545.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;have some rambling.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___1&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;m sad that I can&apos;t chase the band around the coast for the next week, but if that has to be my last MCR show for awhile (and it pretty much does; I have tuition to think about, meep), it was absolutely the right one.  I had the best damn night.  (My ears &amp; legs are still killing me.)  Thank you to everyone who was part of it; it was amazing to meet a lot of you for the first time. ♥  This is why I love this fandom so damn much, three years in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=95545&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>this band has a way of saving lives</category>
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  <lj:music>bulletproof heart (mcr)</lj:music>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:13:14 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>the only thing I can&apos;t bring is time</title>
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  <description>Say, flist, do you have any favorite podfic you&apos;d be willing to recommend?  I have a particular taste for long, plotty work (gen would be good, or pairing-centric that&apos;s not mostly porn) and/or humor.  Fandoms I particularly like right now include bandom (MCR, though I could also do Brendon/Spencer or FOB), Star Trek (AOS or TOS), White Collar, Leverage, Castle, Due South, DCU (particularly Superman/Lex Luthor-centric), Doctor Who (particularly Eleventh Doctor), and Avatar: The Last Airbender, but other stuff would be neat too.  (Probably not Inception, though, as I still haven&apos;t managed to &lt;i&gt;watch&lt;/i&gt; that.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks, guys. ♥&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=94958&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <lj:music>not like jordan (oysterband)</lj:music>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:58:44 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>you can work, but you can&apos;t let go</title>
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  <description>Wow, okay, I needed that; just spent my whole night in, curled up with the second season of Castle and my sketchbook.  It&apos;s terrifying how long it&apos;s been since I&apos;ve had that much time to sit and draw.  Clearly I can neglect my life of hermitude at my peril.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;ve mostly been doing original work tonight, but I did finish up one very silly doodly thing, inspired by a stray comment from &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://tuesdaysgone.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://tuesdaysgone.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;tuesdaysgone&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://fleurdeliser.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://fleurdeliser.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;fleurdeliser&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://tuesdaysgone.dreamwidth.org/7893.html&quot;&gt;latest OT3verse installment&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___1&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://reflectedeve.dreamwidth.org/94043.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;because apparently, drawing semi-famous people in aprons is becoming my signature.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___1&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&apos;s good to be getting back on the horse.  Apart from the ever-present original projects, I have some very intriguing commissions to do for my &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://help-japan.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://help-japan.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;help_japan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; winners, and just wait until you guys see the &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://trekreversebang.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://trekreversebang.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;trekreversebang&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; art!  I mean &lt;i&gt;all&lt;/i&gt; of it ... got a sneak peek at everyone&apos;s work the other day, and it&apos;s one of the most stunning collections of challenge output I think I&apos;ve ever seen.  Hot damn, for serious.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life has really been pretty great lately.  The Patrick Stump show last week was fantastic (which totally took me by surprise and left me at a loss for words - &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://jjtaylor.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://jjtaylor.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;jjtaylor&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; had it covered, though, naturally), and in ten days I get MCR again.  The weather has finally caught up to the season, too, and while this has prompted an avian riot to wake me up at four a.m. for the last couple of days, the dogwoods on Beacon Street are already in full flower and there were some forsythias blooming on my walk home today.  And this weekend I might get to meet a few of my future classmates at an art festival in my hometown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I just have to take care of a few things.  Like, IDK, finally learning to drive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=94043&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <lj:music>don&apos;t look back (she &amp; him)</lj:music>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>fighting what&apos;s been pushing me down, like I can&apos;t see it there</title>
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  <description>I had the most amazing weekend.  There were fangirls in my city, and while I was kind of an idiot and didn&apos;t actually &lt;i&gt;attend&lt;/i&gt; MJ, some of them still invited me to dinner and hanging out in hotel rooms, and &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://tuesdaysgone.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://tuesdaysgone.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;tuesdaysgone&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; let me drag her all over the city for most of Saturday.  I had a lovely, lovely time, and next time I am registering for sure.  And doing a better job of remembering who I met, because everyone was generally fabulous, even though I&apos;m super shy. ♥&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, my birthday present from my parents, slightly belated, was a Blackberry Torch.  I&apos;ve been a little resistant to smartphones in the past, but I must admit, this thing is seriously useful, particularly when it comes to commutery things (from checking bus arrival times to reading fic without having to print it out first).  Also, my flipping power cord died &lt;i&gt;again&lt;/i&gt; last night, so my phone&apos;s the only computer I&apos;ll have at home for the next little while.  Whoops.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week I&apos;m going to see a Patrick Stump solo show (tomorrow), which should be an ... interesting experience?  (I need to read all the reviews that&apos;ve been popping up, IDEK what to expect.)  Is anyone else going to be there?  I&apos;ll be with &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://jjtaylor.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://jjtaylor.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;jjtaylor&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://ataratah.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://ataratah.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ataratah&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, probably having all the feelings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, I have to break up with my therapist, and it&apos;s stressing me out a little.  :/  I&apos;m not great at deliberately ending relationships in general, this is a first for me anyway, and also now I&apos;ll have to find a new one.  If any of you local or formerly-local folks happen to have recommendations you&apos;d like to share (via email or PM), they would be most welcome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=93706&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>nothing to confess</category>
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  <lj:music>I saw a bird fly away (dar williams)</lj:music>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 19:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>I am going sleepless and you&apos;re out of lullabies</title>
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  <description>Thank fucking goodness it’s a three-day weekend.  I may, at times, have wondered if I was blowing this time of year out of proportion a bit, but really, not so much.  Once again, I’m grateful that the windows on my floor don’t open – defenestration of particularly uncooperative faculty members does get a bit tempting now and then.  (Seven more months ... and only three more weeks of Admissions season.  I&apos;ll just keep daydreaming about dyeing my hair outrageous colors the second I can do that again, and maybe other things too.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s just as well that bandom has eaten my brain again, really; it’s a pretty great distraction.  A few days ago, I randomly dreamed that Greta Salpeter asked me out on a date and we cuddled in the middle of a big, sunny field (there was some sort of festival setting up nearby).  My subconscious isn’t usually so fluffy, but it was nice.  Of course, it’s probably only a matter of time before all the Grant Morrison-related ephemera I’ve been consuming catches up to me.  (I watched the &lt;a href=&quot;http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6148569602584070911#&quot;&gt;Disinfo speech&lt;/a&gt; a few days ago.  I don’t even know, nor am I sure I want to.  I do want to finally get back to reading &lt;i&gt;The Invisibles&lt;/i&gt;, though.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seriously, how did this even happen?  Fandom in comics and comics in fandom … I’ve watched the &lt;i&gt;Talking With Gods&lt;/i&gt; documentary twice in the last week, so I suppose fanart is only a matter of time, really.  Particularly since I seem to have made illustrating &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://jjtaylor.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://jjtaylor.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;jjtaylor&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; my fannish occupation of late.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaking of which!  It was her birthday yesterday, a fact which helped me decide which scene from “The Detective’s Secret” I’d play with next.  (I have a longish list.)  Hope you like it, bb; happy belated! ♥&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___1&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://reflectedeve.dreamwidth.org/87490.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;Not going into the pool.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___1&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It occurred to me recently that I miss using this space for &lt;i&gt;conversation&lt;/i&gt;, rather than just as a slightly talky gallery.  I’ve seriously gotten out of the habit of commenting and communicating on DW/LJ, and I’m finding getting back into it something of a challenge.  Definitely want to do better on that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a slightly more interactive vein (and to prove that I do in fact have other fandoms still): there’s an &lt;a href=&quot;http://ileliberte.livejournal.com/152992.html&quot;&gt;interest-gauging poll&lt;/a&gt; going on for &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://trekreversebang.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://trekreversebang.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;trekreversebang&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; right now!  That’s the reverse Star Trek bigbang where ficcers sign up to write stories based on fanart; an awesome idea that I’d love to see spread around a bit more.  You guys should check it out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before I go work on my actual minicomic for awhile, one more thing I have to share: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2yDVVH/doubletake.powerbalance.com/wentz&quot;&gt;the spectacle of Pete Wentz interviewing himself&lt;/a&gt;.  I still love his &lt;i&gt;stupid&lt;/i&gt; face.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=87490&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:30:17 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>every person that you need to be</title>
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  <description>Having a much-needed cleaning day; my apartment is so dirty that I&apos;ve been afraid to turn the heat up, so it&apos;s been a bit like sleeping in a refrigerator the last couple weeks.  (My room is on the top corner of a brick building.)  Turns out that I have nearly-endless work ethic for art these days, but very little for most other things.  I honestly can&apos;t regret the trade-off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I haven&apos;t had much to contribute to the fannish economy lately, but here&apos;s something small!  Awhile back, I had this amusing mental image during a conversation with &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://jjtaylor.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://jjtaylor.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;jjtaylor&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; about one of her works in progress:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/583eeec6-d077-4d63-9540-ec4b582a976c/defwx5a-676e1e78-c4e7-492e-a0c5-94381df72635.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3sicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvNTgzZWVlYzYtZDA3Ny00ZDYzLTk1NDAtZWM0YjU4MmE5NzZjXC9kZWZ3eDVhLTY3NmUxZTc4LWM0ZTctNDkyZS1hMGM1LTk0MzgxZGY3MjYzNS5qcGcifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6ZmlsZS5kb3dubG9hZCJdfQ.RAE4FowbErMb0_zblG4rrbBoCBJ0PurDcHxb6Sl5Uvc&quot; alt=&quot;JJ tries to get a recalcitrant character to cooperate&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The likeness isn&apos;t brilliant, but that&apos;s Brian Schechter on the left, and JJ herself on the right.  She sometimes makes me want to draw an overly-meta series of comics about the relationship between writers and their work, but I&apos;ll leave it at this for now. ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;ll have other things to post pretty soon, but they&apos;ll have to be under rlock, as I&apos;m putting them elsewhere (IRL even) under my real name.  Sometimes I think about locking this whole journal, except for art posts ... it&apos;s something I&apos;ve never wanted to do, but I&apos;ve been getting twitchy again, and IDK.  It seems to work really well for some people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=85674&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:08:53 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>you better bring your own sun</title>
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  <description>Say, artist-types, do you guys have any advice on portfolios (virtual or otherwise) for someone who&apos;s never been an art student?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The nontraditional cartooning program I plan to apply for is having an open house/portfolio review day in early March, and I&apos;m trying to figure out what I should be showing them.  &lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___1&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://reflectedeve.dreamwidth.org/73944.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;A portfolio?  What&apos;s that?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___1&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I&apos;m rambling, but if any of you would share thoughts/experiences I&apos;d appreciate it mightily. ♥  I am super excited about the event, and about finally getting to apply - I&apos;ve been waiting for years!  (Intentionally; I wanted to do some things first.  But it was a little frustrating.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So hey, how about that &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://au-bigbang.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://au-bigbang.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;au_bigbang&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; thing?  It looks a little intimidating to me, but potentially really awesome too.  (I know a couple of you are signed up, right?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Has anyone watched the new &lt;i&gt;Being Human&lt;/i&gt; yet?  I need to get on that.  (I did catch up on &lt;i&gt;Dollhouse&lt;/i&gt;.  And heard the &quot;big&quot; Buffy comic spoilers.  Oh, what the hell, Joss.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=73944&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <lj:music>welcome to england (tori amos)</lj:music>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>per aspera, per ardua, ad astra</title>
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  <description>I haven&apos;t been spending much time on the internet, this break!  Well, apart from reading &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://yuletide.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://yuletide.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;yuletide&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; stories, anyway.  ;)  A lot has been going on.  I spent the better part of two days with a visiting &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://sweetvalleyslut.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://sweetvalleyslut.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;sweetvalleyslut&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, took my little brother to see my favorite small band (&lt;a href=&quot;http://enterthehaggis.com/&quot;&gt;Enter the Haggis&lt;/a&gt;, of course), and oh right: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/12/30/string_of_fires_turned_deadly_spurs_precautions_in_northampton/&quot;&gt;someone tried to burn down my TOWN&lt;/a&gt;.  Jesus fucking christ.  My family and friends are all fine, but that was an awful business.  (I am hoping so hard that the past tense is appropriate, here.  These are not the first &quot;suspicious&quot; fires we&apos;ve had in recent years, though they were the first--and hopefully last--deaths.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2009 has not been a banner year for most people I know (to put it lightly, in some cases), and in general this decade has seen some severe downs (though it&apos;s had its ups as well).  In spite of a whole lot of political fatigue, I&apos;m trying to keep my hopes up for the new year.  I have a lot of plans for it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;ll save my list of the year&apos;s fanworks for after &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://yuletart.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://yuletart.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;yuletart&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://yuletide.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://yuletide.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;yuletide&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; reveals, but have a &lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___1&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://reflectedeve.dreamwidth.org/72523.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;New Year&apos;s art meme.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___1&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy New Year to all of you lovely people. ♥  I met quite a few of you over the course of the last year, and got to know several of you much better than I had before!  I&apos;m very grateful for that part, lumps and bumps aside.  :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=72523&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:43:21 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>and it&apos;s one that I accept - amen.</title>
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  <description>My family&apos;s getting ready to head across state to visit my grandmother in her nursing home, rather than our usual cozy lingering over presents in our PJs.  (My mother is worried about the weather tomorrow.  IDK.  It&apos;s a good thing to do anyway.  :))  So I must be brief.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Merry Christmas, darling flisters, to those of you who celebrate it!  (And to the rest of you - I hope you have a really awesome day. ♥)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out what I found in my stocking: &lt;a href=&quot;http://archiveofourown.org/works/32627&quot;&gt;Glories Stream&lt;/a&gt;, a delightfully sexy and irreverent look at Heaven, based on Dar Williams&apos;s &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ozmmdmt3dd3&quot;&gt;Alleluia&lt;/a&gt;.&quot;  I am absolutely thrilled with it!  The tags list alone almost made me crack up out loud (which would have caused awkward questions from my family) .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, I see that someone else has written for the same prompt I did, which is also exciting - it&apos;s a fandom/pairing that I&apos;d really like to &lt;i&gt;read&lt;/i&gt;, you know?  :D  Man, I can&apos;t wait to dive into the archive later, in general.  Also, I need to catch up on my &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://yuletart.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://yuletart.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;yuletart&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; commenting.  (Still can&apos;t get over the incredible quality and variety of the work there!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Must dash.  Love!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=72420&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:26:49 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>we&apos;ll fill our mouths with cinnamon</title>
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  <description>Some of my flist has been at &lt;i&gt;war&lt;/i&gt; today (not in earnest, I think? lol broken troll detector).  I&apos;m too lurkery and also a little too zonked out to have weighed in at all, though I was definitely giggling inappropriately over it at work.  But srsly, guys, can&apos;t we all just get ALONG? ;____; &lt;small&gt;We should all unite to appreciate Ray Toro on the glorious day, um, &lt;i&gt;after&lt;/i&gt; the day of his birth. (Wry is midnight?)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other news, &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://thelittlebang.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://thelittlebang.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;thelittlebang&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has just begun posting!  Multifandom femslash fic and art for your perusing pleasure!  :D  I&apos;ll post my contribution--art for &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://suaine.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://suaine.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;suaine&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&apos;s nifty Gwen/Morgana futurefic--after the story goes up (and link it then).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that I&apos;ve finished that (I can do deadlines! barely), I get to take a break and read the latest volume of &lt;i&gt;From Eroica With Love&lt;/i&gt;, which CMX has apparently not dropped after all. \o/  And then I get to turn my attention to more ladies for &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://bandgirlsbang.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[livejournal.com profile] &apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://bandgirlsbang.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;bandgirlsbang&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, whee.  It does feel good to be drawing women more (I never ever would have predicted that this would become a problem).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, is it weird that the &quot;Be A Man&quot; sequence in &lt;i&gt;Mulan&lt;/i&gt; invariably makes me tear up a little?  IDEK.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=63664&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>challenge</category>
  <category>friends</category>
  <lj:music>sons and daughters (the decemberists)</lj:music>
  <lj:mood>out of it</lj:mood>
  <lj:security>public</lj:security>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 19:13:38 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>with all the will in the world</title>
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  <description>I&apos;ve posted a &lt;a href=&quot;http://reflectedeve.livejournal.com/57278.html&quot;&gt;poll&lt;/a&gt; on my LJ to try and gauge what everyone is/wants to be doing with their Dreamwidth accounts.  I decided against crossposting because a fair chunk of my flist is still mostly LJ-based.  If you&apos;re DW-centric, though, I&apos;d appreciate your input over there as well.  :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for me, I think I&apos;ll be crossposting for the forseeable future, although I think I may start maintaining permanent (sticky?) posts for fanart links and recs at Dreamwidth only, if I do wind up getting rid of my website. I&apos;m undecided on the primary journal issue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Really should be working on my BBB about now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reflectedeve&amp;ditemid=56353&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <category>fandom</category>
  <category>journal</category>
  <category>friends</category>
  <lj:music>shipbuilding (elvis costello)</lj:music>
  <lj:mood>curious</lj:mood>
  <lj:security>public</lj:security>
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