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[Nov 29, 2009 * 9:05am] |
And I'm going to snag this from everybody because I can :)
You know how sometimes people on your friendslist post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute. Since when were they working there? Since when were they dating him/her? Since when?" And you wonder how you could have missed all of that seemingly standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification, because it seems like info you should already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.
Please copy the topics below, erase my answers and put yours in their place, and then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration. One-Word-Answers seldom help anyone out
( everybody everybody wants to be loved )
If you've read all of this, then you deserve cookies. For real.
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[Nov 29, 2009 * 8:29am] |
As of last night, I reached my ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) rpwrimo goals. The biggest challenge for me was actually reaching 30,000 words in everything but my THY stuff, and I succeeded! Of course, I went on a bit of a writing spree yesterday and wrote more words in one day than I have on any other single day this month. And it's the only day that I've gotten at least a tag or journal written in every game I'm in.
I'm glad to have met my goals because the next week and a half need to be spent on school stuff; today I need to concentrate on getting this reading done so that I can actually write the paper that I need to. And once the reading is done, I'd like to at least work up some sort of outline for my Shoah project.
I can do this. I think.
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[Nov 29, 2009 * 6:14am] |
For the health and sanity of Nrys/Iriock/Second Chance systems and relationships, I think we need to set some ground rules and expectations for when we all are face to face next time.
Things I need for my own sanity (and this is for BOTH other systems):
1. Time to myself at least once a day, for at least 2 hours. I realize now that I really do need it. It helps my mood and it makes me HAPPY to see the people around me, instead of resentful that I didn't get any time to myself.
2. For everyone to just pick up after themselves, so we don't feel like we're spending all of our time taking care of the house. We want to have fun too. Picking up after yourself doesn't mean putting things in piles, but putting things AWAY where they are meant to go. I try to keep the house up as much as possible, but when no one is doing their part, it gets utterly ridiculous really fast.
3. Dishes done by people who are NOT ME when I cook. And in a timely manner. This means either you all can do them together, or you can take turns. I don't care HOW they get done, just get them done, and get over it. We're all adults. Let's act like it.
4. Not eating out every meal. Or even every other meal. It's unhealthy, and we gain weight every time, and it makes this body VERY ill.
5. No pets bought on a whim. Every time, we then spend the rest of the year figuring out how to take care of said pets and feeling bad that they aren't getting as much attention as our own pets. I love animals, and we get caught up in the moment. Please let's keep Iriock sane by not making this an issue anymore.
6. Not spending $300-500 per week during the time Second Chance is here. It throws our budget off for 2-4 months and causes stress and panic. I'd like to NOT have that be a problem.
7. A pre-determined plan for at least 30% of the time. And not just "I want to get out of the house" but things like "On the weekend of the ______th, I would like to go to St. Louis, because I hear there's a great art show/game/festival/etc." MY trying to plan things out for everyone doesn't work, because I just don't care enough to plan it all out. It's not my tourist vacation. I'm more than willing to go wherever people want, even to drive all over hell and back, but I REALLY don't want to plan it. Nor do I want it to be expected that I'll pay for plans. If you find a really cool plan, and it's going to cost $10-$20 bucks a person, either expect to pay for everyone to go, or to at least run it by everyone to verify we have that kind of money. We are po' folks. Let's keep it in mind.
8. I REALLY don't want to hear whinging about how little money there is for things. I stress and panic about money. Tell me your budget and either let me keep track of it (and I WILL make you stick to it) or don't tell me the budget and simply say "there's not money for that". Trust me, it will save us ALL a lot of stress.
9. I hate being told who can be out when. Let's knock that off. Multiplicity in Iriock is an organic thing. People will come and go and sometimes you won't know them, or like them, and you're just going to have to DEAL with it. That means sometimes people won't get time they want. It means sometimes in the middle of a "scheduled time", you may get kids/animals/walk-ins/frienamies/etc you aren't expecting. Roll with it. It'll make everyone happier if they feel they aren't being BANNED from being out.
10. Each relationship between the bodies is important. Nyrs doesn't disappear from Iriock's life just because Second Chance is in the house. This is really to remind US. Because we SUCK at figuring out how to balance our life. We are going to try to do a LOT better at this, by taking time to spend JUST with Nyrs sometimes when Second Chance is here. That isn't a "I don't want to spend time with SecC", it's "I want to have a marriage left when SecC goes back to the UK". Because... um, I almost didn't this last time. Or the time before. Or the time before that. And I'd like to NOT spend 6 months trying to get my relationship back to some semblance of normalcy.
Okay, that's it for now. Now it's you all's turns. Post the things you need. And I assure you that this will get longer as I think of more. Discuss it in the comments, bitch, rant, growl.. whatever. Feel free to say "you're being really harsh" or "amen" or even "Fuck off, Iriock people" if you want to. I'm cool with it. I'm just wanting to open a dialog the three of us haven't had yet.
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[Nov 29, 2009 * 4:24am] |
Okay, before I waste my time making more icons, I'm in need of icons of Jason Segel from How I Met Your Mother onward. Nothing from before then.
I have the ones from the tags (icondust and ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) intergalactic) and I found a handful at Hollow Art, which sounds like a lot more than it is, and a lot of the others are Freaks and Geeks era, or around that time. More, plz?
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| christmas drabbles! |
[Nov 29, 2009 * 9:40pm] |
Drabbles. Please claim one of my characters and then pick one of your characters. Then choose one of these heavily modified prompts and happy holidays.
SLIGHT CLARIFICATION ON THE RULES. I am only taking one per person, and if all twelve get taken than people can start requesting a second round. (i.e. I'd potentially do two silent nights, one for Character A/Character B and Character C/Character D.)
EDIT: I totally added more since edmee is awesome and thought up more.
1. fa la la la la
2. of brightly-colored baubles
3. you're a mean one, mr. grinch. Brad/Jace, puja
4. there's no greater gift than friendship.
5. chestnuts on an open fire
6. when the clock strikes one
7. first snow - let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Mary/Kate, chthonian, COMPLETE
8. walkin' in a winter wonderland
9. should auld acquaintance be forgot
10. there'll be much mistletoeing Briana/Lincoln, edmee, COMPLETE
11. silent night
12. "bah," said scrooge. "humbug!"
13. the 12 days of Christmas
13. how i wish that it would snow
14. full-blown four-alarm holiday emergency
15. can i refill your eggnogg?
16. they invented the art of giving christmas presents.
17. a cluster of beautiful winter roses
18. in front of all this treasure, the wooden shoe.
19. listen to the fireplace roar!
20. thou shalt find the winter's rage
21. you better not pout, i'm telling you why
22. come and trim my christmas tree
23. in a one-horse open sleigh.
24. then one foggy christmas eve..
25. the bells were ringing out it's christmas day!
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| note to self. |
[Nov 29, 2009 * 1:19am] |
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< brb > is not an acceptable HTML.
Using it whilst coding tables will not end well.
That is all.
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[Nov 28, 2009 * 10:05pm] |
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Does anyone have any icons of Chelan Simmons and Crystal Lowe from "Final Destination 3"?? I would be most appreciative! :)
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| OMG!!!! |
[Nov 28, 2009 * 5:31pm] |
JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, JULIE IS TOTALLY MY FAVORITE PERSON RN
<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3
OMGGGGGGGGGGG
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| Whoa, back |
[Nov 28, 2009 * 11:38am] |
Ummm. . . to those few in games with me who read this, I apologize for falling off the face of the planet. I've been sick to death and bouncing in and out of the hospital for like a month and a half I think.
Am home now, and will be trying to catch up in coming days. I think one of my two games is dead. Which makes me feel both more guilty for being M.I.A. and less. Weird.
So. How's everyone?
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| Mads Mikkelsen (125) |
[Nov 28, 2009 * 4:10am] |
Mads is just as fierce and indomitable since the last time I iconed him, two years ago. I love his salt-and-pepper hair. The skeletal bone structure. The cheekbones that could cut me like a knife. The wolfish eyes. I love him.
MADS MIKKELSEN
  
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[Nov 27, 2009 * 11:55pm] |
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The lack of any previous requests makes me less than hopeful, but Joshua Third (apparently also known as Joshua Von Grimm)? I saw the ones at Hollow Art and fell in love with his poofy hair, but I'm wondering if there might be any more out there.
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| eeeeeee! |
[Nov 28, 2009 * 6:15pm] |
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Tequila!
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[Nov 27, 2009 * 11:11pm] |
Long shot, but does anyone have Kelly Osbourne icons especially from the short lived Life as we know it?
If anyone wants to make icons I have pictures from the first season but I am rubbish at icons.
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| In which Loren realizes how much she has to do. |
[Nov 27, 2009 * 10:50pm] |
Project: Do Apps Over Thanksgiving Break is turning out to be a total bust (I already have ideas for a second Dreadcharacter, this is bad). Also, I do not have enough plot. steamtrek and fleets people who want to hash anything out, drop me a line here, and I will creep on your concepts and get back to you asap! :>
Also, regarding my schedule: I am starting a daily dose of Ambien at 11:00 p.m. CST, so I will be out of commission from that point every night for the foreseeable future. However, I shall endeavor to be around more during the day, and I am always reachable by e-mail!
P.S. I promise to get back to each and every one of you telling you why your characters are awesome. It shall be my Thanksgiving present to RPdom.
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| [FLEETS] NCIS?? |
[Nov 27, 2009 * 9:04pm] |
HELLO FELLOWS. So, Sheena, Maddie, Shawna and I have been thinking: what fleets needs more of is blatant rip-offs of military television shows. Our television show of choice? NCIS, motherlovers. Right now we have versions of Tony, Gibbs, Ziva, and Abby on the docket; I know a few people are apping forensic people of some kind, so we will probably hit you up for a Ducky. Or you should hit us up. Or something. There will be hitting. We still need a McGee, and maybe a Palmer and/or director of some kind idkkkk. ANYWAY, lovedbythesun, a_chroi, and ikhan, you should put up stuff about your characters here. And plot things.
HERE IS THE BASIC RUNDOWN OF MINE: He is still in the works, but I know that he is currently not military--he's some kind of intelligence officer, though I have to figure out which branch of the government. He'll probably be with the NSA/CSS, and be a specialist in languages, codes, cryptology, and FILING. But that all might change; he is sort of on the backburner at present. What I do know about him is that he's a stickler for protocol and a firm believer in the power of paperwork and accuracy--bitches, you will be signing all forms in triplicate forever. He was born outside the US and English isn't his first language, so while he's aces at breaking codes, he occasionally fucks up basic colloquialisms and words, and please do not ask him about current internet slang. "What is 'lulz'?" This will be an IC question.
edit. Unrelated, but I've decided Joss/Ryan Gosling PB's callsign is going to be Brawny. As in paper towels. Because he is known for wearing red flannel and cleaning shit.
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[Nov 27, 2009 * 7:54pm] |
because I always listen to Lari. 100 Questions for...
( martin mcfly poke. )
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