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[sofiaviolet]

Today's post is slightly late. I went to work and was super-productive! And then I did stuff other than read my dreamroll when I got home, and then Ellie and I went to get groceries. And then we didn't finish dinner until half past ten. /o\

Daily Song (right-click): Taking Back Sunday - Sink Into Me

I wore a skirt today!* I also made a very poor decision with regards to shoes. I've worn this pair before, but I guess never without socks or tights or something. I could feel that they were rubbing on my heels, but I didn't pay much attention until I was already at work and had a bunch of boxes out, since it didn't hurt that much. And then I happened to actually look at my feet, and there was kind of a lot of blood going on. I had to use four bandaids from the archives supply (normally reserved for treating paper cuts, methinks), and shall be wearing sandals for several days, until the wounds heal.

*Skirts are a big deal for me, since they take more effort than pants. I find them harder to coordinate with tops, and I tend to get nasty razor burn when I shave my legs, and I have to figure out shoes (since socks look dumb, and I don't own many pairs of stockings/pantyhose, and *points up* going without is not always feasible), and they're harder to wear in cold weather. So my skirt collection is sadly underutilized.

general

1. nanila: "The consent of the lock"

2. recessional: "World-Building: Basis and Fundamentals - Power and Pressure"

3. jaleesa: review of Waking Up, Alive

4. the_studio: About protagonists.

5. marina: review of Putin's Russia

Dreamwidth

1. dw_biz: financial update and poll on paid account purchasing patterns and features

Meanwhile, some news and updates on features that people have been waiting on: rename tokens are very close to being completed (the first round of code review is in process), vgifts are close to being completed (the first draft of the patch is done, but will likely require a few more drafts, because of the complexity), mark is working on cross-site friends page reading as his primary development priority right now and estimates sometime in June, foxfirefey is working on importing community posts from other LJ-based services and doesn't have a specific time estimate yet but is giving it the majority of her development attention, and fu is concentrating on the mockups of the update page redesign that will be a preface to draft/scheduled posts, which we hope to have done sometime during the summer.

2. If NoScript is giving you problems when you comment, try this.

fandom

1. ladyslash: comment-works meme

2. helens78: reading a series/successor authors

Comments

[pinesandmaples]

urgh, clunky shoes with a skirt = not good.

I guess that depends on your personal style and interests. I think it can really work. I love clunky shoes with knee-length skirts in medium to heavy weight materials. Clunky shoes with light fluttery skirts is harder to pull off (but I know people who can), but it's a lot easier to mix it with a heavier cotton in an a-line skirt or a high pencil.

I'm also really fond of the knee-boots and miniskirts combo, which is a good way to pull out the knee socks and winter boots in the summer. Pair it with a tank-top, yum!

[sofiaviolet]

I am not really a miniskirt wearer, though. I have one, but it's hot pink and the rest of its outfit it made of fishnet, lol.

[blnchflr]

I also think there are people who can pull it off - I don't think I'm one of them, though :o)