1. Still not dead

2. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY LIVEJOURNAL UGH.

3. Currently spending all my time tangled up in a journal-based roleplay over on Dreamwidth. If anyone's curious it's [community profile] lastvoyages and my character is [personal profile] routemistress.

today someone rediscovered a series of videos someone made about the game, which delighted me so I share:

Last Voyages

Last Voyages - The Wardens

Last Voyages - The Inmates

they're a few years old and most of those specific characters aren't with us any longer, but they're still lovely, so.

How are you guys?
Whenever my back is turned the dogs destuff sofa cushions. It's got to where there's no longer enough cushion left to stuff the stuffing back into.

This is totally a metaphor for my entire life.
Whenever my back is turned the dogs destuff sofa cushions. It's got to where there's no longer enough cushion left to stuff the stuffing back into.

This is totally a metaphor for my entire life.
I didn't want to post till I could do it without crying. Something shifted in my brain last night and I'm like... I'm not okay. I am so very not okay. But I've managed to put most of it over to one side where it's not going to keep making me cry. At least today.

I am going to ask you not to try and be nice to me in the comments, but I'd be grateful for ...ordinary conversationy type remarks, if you can find any.
cut for drivel, navelgazing and suicidal ideation )
Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] naamah_darling at AUCTION: Madame Swallowtail BDSM Pony!
Madame Swallowtail

She is ready to go home with the lucky winner!

Miniature BDSM Accessories

Madame Swallowtail comes with her lovely self, a removable strap-on harness, ten fun BDSM accessories, and a cute little toybox! You'll get exactly what you see here. The toys are made of real leather and PVC tape (except the cane, which is coated wire). Even better, it was all made by a card-carrying Total Pervert!

You can see more pictures and read more about her right here!

I am starting the bidding at $80 for her and the box and the toys. Crazy!

Remember, folks, anyone can bid, even non-registered users. If you don't have an LJ account, you should be able to use Facebook, Twitter, or Google IDs to comment, and ANONYMOUS COMMENTS ARE ON! Include an email address, though, if you're anonymous, so that I can contact you and verify that you are, in fact, the winner. Also, non-LJ-users will have to monitor the thread themselves. Anonymous comments with no identifiers will be deleted, sorry. In the event that the winner does not come through with the payment, the previous bidder will be contacted.

Please bid by replying to the last bid, so the last bidder is notified!

Auction ends on Friday, August 24th at midnight CST, USA.


Shipping will be USPS Priority, determined by the buyer's location. Within the US, this is typically between $12 and $15. Insurance and delivery confirmation are automatically provided. I will ship overseas if the winner is willing to commit to whatever ludicrous shipping rate the USPS decides to impose. I seriously cannot predict it.

Thank you everyone, and please, spread the word around if you know anyone who might like her! Encourage them to come and put in a bid!

X-posted from Dreamwidth. Comments to this post have been disabled.
Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] naamah_darling at AUCTION: Madame Swallowtail BDSM Pony!
Madame Swallowtail

She is ready to go home with the lucky winner!

Miniature BDSM Accessories

Madame Swallowtail comes with her lovely self, a removable strap-on harness, ten fun BDSM accessories, and a cute little toybox! You'll get exactly what you see here. The toys are made of real leather and PVC tape (except the cane, which is coated wire). Even better, it was all made by a card-carrying Total Pervert!

You can see more pictures and read more about her right here!

I am starting the bidding at $80 for her and the box and the toys. Crazy!

Remember, folks, anyone can bid, even non-registered users. If you don't have an LJ account, you should be able to use Facebook, Twitter, or Google IDs to comment, and ANONYMOUS COMMENTS ARE ON! Include an email address, though, if you're anonymous, so that I can contact you and verify that you are, in fact, the winner. Also, non-LJ-users will have to monitor the thread themselves. Anonymous comments with no identifiers will be deleted, sorry. In the event that the winner does not come through with the payment, the previous bidder will be contacted.

Please bid by replying to the last bid, so the last bidder is notified!

Auction ends on Friday, August 24th at midnight CST, USA.


Shipping will be USPS Priority, determined by the buyer's location. Within the US, this is typically between $12 and $15. Insurance and delivery confirmation are automatically provided. I will ship overseas if the winner is willing to commit to whatever ludicrous shipping rate the USPS decides to impose. I seriously cannot predict it.

Thank you everyone, and please, spread the word around if you know anyone who might like her! Encourage them to come and put in a bid!

X-posted from Dreamwidth. Comments to this post have been disabled.
lizblackdog: (Default)
( Jul. 2nd, 2012 08:06 pm)
It just may be a lunatic you're looking for )
lizblackdog: (Default)
( Jul. 2nd, 2012 08:06 pm)
It just may be a lunatic you're looking for )
Yesterday I got sneered at on a Who fanpage on Facebook for expressing my love of Victorian lesbian lizard crimefighters; it made me roll my eyes briefly. I can't be arsed to try and tell a bunch of oldschool fanboys why I think Madame Vastra and Jenny deserve their own show, but I want to link you guys this awesome fic that was today's rec from [livejournal.com profile] calufrax. It made me happy.


Also, I have coffee today after two days of tea instead owing to grocery stretch fail; it's an AWESOME FEELING. I actually still feel kind of crappy but I was still dancing at my dogs after the first mug. YAYYYY COFFEE, IT MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER.
Yesterday I got sneered at on a Who fanpage on Facebook for expressing my love of Victorian lesbian lizard crimefighters; it made me roll me eyes briefly. I can't be arsed to try and tell a bunch of oldschool fanboys why I think Madame Vastra and Jenny deserve their own show, but I want to link you guys this awesome fic that was today's rec from [livejournal.com profile] calufrax. It made me happy.


Also, I have coffee today after two days of tea instead owing to grocery stretch fail; it's an AWESOME FEELING. I actually still feel kind of crappy but I was still dancing at my dogs after the first mug. YAYYYY COFFEE, IT MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER.
I get into the habit of not posting, because Facebook needs less energy and because I never feel I have anything interesting enough to put here. Which is bollocks, really. It's not like I ever pretended this was a srs blog of any kind.

Fell asleep this afternoon and dreamed I was in this enormous kind of computer lab with a bunch of people. Everyone was doing SRS BSNS on these big shiny nearly magical computers, and I kept having to move out of their way. I was playing some kind of game, of course.

I've discovered a rich vein of dark, twisted, beautiful Torchwood fics and I feel you should all read it. It's here. Not all of it is dark, and I haven't read anything like all of it, but what I have read is both dark as hell and awesome beyond words.

peace out <3
I get into the habit of not posting, because Facebook needs less energy and because I never feel I have anything interesting enough to put here. Which is bollocks, really. It's not like I ever pretended this was a srs blog of any kind.

Fell asleep this afternoon and dreamed I was in this enormous kind of computer lab with a bunch of people. Everyone was doing SRS BSNS on these big shiny nearly magical computers, and I kept having to move out of their way. I was playing some kind of game, of course.

I've discovered a rich vein of dark, twisted, beautiful Torchwood fics and I feel you should all read it. It's here. Not all of it is dark, and I haven't read anything like all of it, but what I have read is both dark as hell and awesome beyond words.

peace out <3
Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] stillaworm at Diamond Pet Foods Recall!
Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] skreidle at Diamond Pet Foods Recall!
I've seen this several places, but not here, so I figured I'd make sure you guys were aware.

PET FOOD RECALLS due to possible salmonella contamination at a Diamond Pet Foods plant, so be sure to check these links out of you feed any of the brands/products below, and see if your particular packages are affected:

Diamond Pet Foods Recall Information:
Brands affected:
Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul
Country Value
Diamond
Diamond Naturals
Premium Edge
Professional
4Health
Taste of the Wild

Also several Kirkland Signature (Costco) products.

ETA: Also Canidae, Natural Balance, and one Wellness product.

Again, if you feed any of those products, make sure your bags aren't affected, and if they are, contact Diamond for replacement, and keep a close eye on your pets!

Tags:
Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] stillaworm at Diamond Pet Foods Recall!
Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] skreidle at Diamond Pet Foods Recall!
I've seen this several places, but not here, so I figured I'd make sure you guys were aware.

PET FOOD RECALLS due to possible salmonella contamination at a Diamond Pet Foods plant, so be sure to check these links out of you feed any of the brands/products below, and see if your particular packages are affected:

Diamond Pet Foods Recall Information:
Brands affected:
Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul
Country Value
Diamond
Diamond Naturals
Premium Edge
Professional
4Health
Taste of the Wild

Also several Kirkland Signature (Costco) products.

ETA: Also Canidae, Natural Balance, and one Wellness product.

Again, if you feed any of those products, make sure your bags aren't affected, and if they are, contact Diamond for replacement, and keep a close eye on your pets!

Tags:
"No man is an iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of thine owne were; any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee...." - John Donne

Yesterday a person two of my friends loved died suddenly. This isn't about her, or about the husband or the friends that loved her. I never knew her (which strikes me as a great pity) and it's not my place.

But I've been there. I walked out of my front door a wife and walked back in a widow. It kills me to know someone else is going through that. It echoes back along the lines of shared friendship and hits me hard in my own most broken place.

Go and give someone some love and kindness today - for me, for everyone whose world is etched in pain and loss, for yourself. If you're reading this you probably would have anyway, because you are all wonderful people worth cherishing. Because while heartbreak is universal, so is love. I love you.
Tags:
"No man is an iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of thine owne were; any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee...." - John Donne

Yesterday a person two of my friends loved died suddenly. This isn't about her, or about the husband or the friends that loved her. I never knew her (which strikes me as a great pity) and it's not my place.

But I've been there. I walked out of my front door a wife and walked back in a widow. It kills me to know someone else is going through that. It echoes back along the lines of shared friendship and hits me hard in my own most broken place.

Go and give someone some love and kindness today - for me, for everyone whose world is etched in pain and loss, for yourself. If you're reading this you probably would have anyway, because you are all wonderful people worth cherishing. Because while heartbreak is universal, so is love. I love you.
Tags:
lizblackdog: (Default)
( Jan. 23rd, 2012 10:25 pm)
Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] obstinatrix at To UK Flisties
Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] de_nugis at To UK Flisties
(Taken most recently from [livejournal.com profile] beautifulworld, slightly adapted.)

If you're from the UK and you believe in freedom of speech and an uncensored interenet, you really need to sign this petition. There are others floating about, but that particular one is the best way to ensure that your voice gets heard. It's hosted on the directgov website and addresses parliament directly. If it gets more than 100,000 signatures, it becomes eligible for discussion in the House of Commons.

Everyone's been getting so worked up over SOPA -- and rightly so -- that ACTA seems to have slipped under the radar. This is hugely problematic, because ACTA is a similar bill, but it has the potential to be far more damaging than SOPA ever could be.

Some people seem to have this misconception that ACTA is the 'European SOPA', but that simply isn't true. It's a global treaty, and it's already been signed by eight countries, including the US, Japan, New Zealand and Singapore. Europe votes on Thursday. If they vote 'no', the bill will have to be taken back to the drawing board and reformulated, which should buy us some time at the very least.

If you think this doesn't affect you, you're wrong. If ACTA passes, it could well signal the end of the internet as we know it, and that isn't an exaggeration. It's not just about watching movies and television online. If ACTA passes, sites like YouTube, Livejournal, Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook and even Google and Wikipedia could become impossible to maintain. ACTA would allow ISPs to monitor your net activity and cut off internet access for your entire household if one person is suspected of breaching copyright. Think Big Brother is Watching. I don't think I need to emphasise just how damaging it can be to be without internet access in this day and age, when we rely so heavily on technology.

It's not only bloggers and fandom that would be affected, either. Small businesses, independent film-makers and unsigned musicians who have previously found their niche online would also suffer hugely, and would be at risk of being bullied into submission by Hollywood and multinational corporations under accusations of copyright infringement. All those artists who found fame by uploading covers of songs to YouTube would never have had the opportunity to do so under ACTA, as those cover versions would be prohibited.

I know the internet has its problems, but to my mind it's the single greatest invention to come out of modern times, and it would be an absolute travesty if we were to lose that now. From a personal point of view, I can't even put into words how important this is to me. I've met some of my closest friends through the internet and online fandom, people whom I would likely never have met without it, and it's given me this amazing social support system. I don't want that to end here, and I want to preserve it for future generations so that they can have the same experience and opportunities I've been given through my online interactions.

I know that opinions on the seriousness of copyright infringement and online piracy vary wildly, but that isn't really the point. Internet giants such as Google are opposed to this bill, and it's pretty safe to say that they're not in favour of copyright infringment, as anyone who's ever had a fanvid taken down from YouTube will be painfully aware. Whatever your stance on copyright, this isn't the way to go about dealing with it. This is dangerous legislation that impeaches on some of our most basic human rights, such as the right to privacy and freedom of speech.

So if you're from the UK, please, please sign the petition. If you hail from elsewhere in the world, there may well be similar movements in your own country, but I think the most effective thing anybody can do right now is to keep talking about this. Talk about it on Livejournal, on Twitter, on Tumblr, on Facebook, and anywhere else you can think of. Make sure this issue is never far from people's minds. The internet is an amazingly powerful tool: let's utilise it while we still have the chance.

Please repost and spread the word :)

SAY NO TO ACTA!

Please consider reposting this, especially if you have a large proportion of UK flisties. And please consider spreading the word via other platforms: Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, your own personal network.

lizblackdog: (Default)
( Jan. 23rd, 2012 10:25 pm)
Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] obstinatrix at To UK Flisties
Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] de_nugis at To UK Flisties
(Taken most recently from [livejournal.com profile] beautifulworld, slightly adapted.)

If you're from the UK and you believe in freedom of speech and an uncensored interenet, you really need to sign this petition. There are others floating about, but that particular one is the best way to ensure that your voice gets heard. It's hosted on the directgov website and addresses parliament directly. If it gets more than 100,000 signatures, it becomes eligible for discussion in the House of Commons.

Everyone's been getting so worked up over SOPA -- and rightly so -- that ACTA seems to have slipped under the radar. This is hugely problematic, because ACTA is a similar bill, but it has the potential to be far more damaging than SOPA ever could be.

Some people seem to have this misconception that ACTA is the 'European SOPA', but that simply isn't true. It's a global treaty, and it's already been signed by eight countries, including the US, Japan, New Zealand and Singapore. Europe votes on Thursday. If they vote 'no', the bill will have to be taken back to the drawing board and reformulated, which should buy us some time at the very least.

If you think this doesn't affect you, you're wrong. If ACTA passes, it could well signal the end of the internet as we know it, and that isn't an exaggeration. It's not just about watching movies and television online. If ACTA passes, sites like YouTube, Livejournal, Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook and even Google and Wikipedia could become impossible to maintain. ACTA would allow ISPs to monitor your net activity and cut off internet access for your entire household if one person is suspected of breaching copyright. Think Big Brother is Watching. I don't think I need to emphasise just how damaging it can be to be without internet access in this day and age, when we rely so heavily on technology.

It's not only bloggers and fandom that would be affected, either. Small businesses, independent film-makers and unsigned musicians who have previously found their niche online would also suffer hugely, and would be at risk of being bullied into submission by Hollywood and multinational corporations under accusations of copyright infringement. All those artists who found fame by uploading covers of songs to YouTube would never have had the opportunity to do so under ACTA, as those cover versions would be prohibited.

I know the internet has its problems, but to my mind it's the single greatest invention to come out of modern times, and it would be an absolute travesty if we were to lose that now. From a personal point of view, I can't even put into words how important this is to me. I've met some of my closest friends through the internet and online fandom, people whom I would likely never have met without it, and it's given me this amazing social support system. I don't want that to end here, and I want to preserve it for future generations so that they can have the same experience and opportunities I've been given through my online interactions.

I know that opinions on the seriousness of copyright infringement and online piracy vary wildly, but that isn't really the point. Internet giants such as Google are opposed to this bill, and it's pretty safe to say that they're not in favour of copyright infringment, as anyone who's ever had a fanvid taken down from YouTube will be painfully aware. Whatever your stance on copyright, this isn't the way to go about dealing with it. This is dangerous legislation that impeaches on some of our most basic human rights, such as the right to privacy and freedom of speech.

So if you're from the UK, please, please sign the petition. If you hail from elsewhere in the world, there may well be similar movements in your own country, but I think the most effective thing anybody can do right now is to keep talking about this. Talk about it on Livejournal, on Twitter, on Tumblr, on Facebook, and anywhere else you can think of. Make sure this issue is never far from people's minds. The internet is an amazingly powerful tool: let's utilise it while we still have the chance.

Please repost and spread the word :)

SAY NO TO ACTA!

Please consider reposting this, especially if you have a large proportion of UK flisties. And please consider spreading the word via other platforms: Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, your own personal network.

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