Today I helped people process materials in Spanish and Chinese. Which would be totally cool if I actually knew either of those languages. >.<

Also, meet my new tag for archives-related stuff: the basement - pretty cold actually. Now I just need an icon, lol.


Our mice have a personal grudge against me. Or an epic sweet tooth. They ignore any other food product in favor of chocolate, little furry bastards. >.<


Anybody know of something like LJlogin which is compatible with Dreamwidth? Or a way to modify LJlogin so it'll support DW? (This question brought to you by lissa_and_kitty and brother_marcus. Warning: no content yet.)

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, (even if we don't speak often or ever) please post a comment with a COMPLETELY MADE UP AND FICTIONAL memory of you and me.

It can be anything you want - good or bad - BUT IT HAS TO BE FAKE.

When you're finished, post this little paragraph in your LJ and see what your friends come up with.

So, I guess LJ and Twitter are down? :\ Not cool, internets.

EDIT: Dreamwidth is not down! I have invite codes! (I would be tweeting that, but - well, Twitter is down.)

sofiaviolet: *comes home*
tummy: *omfg starving*
sofiaviolet: Oh fine. Delicious baked goods.
outside: *is suddenly a lot darker than it was when I got home*
sofiaviolet: Uh. *headtilt*
sofiaviolet: *goes outside*
sky: *drizzles*
sofiaviolet: Meh. I'm only going to the stupidly convenient bakery on the next block.
sofiaviolet: *crosses the street*
sky: *rains harder*
sofiaviolet: *sigh* *walks faster*
sky: *rains even harder*
sofiaviolet: Fuck you dude.
under the overhang outside the bakery: *mommy with baby strapped to chest*
mommy: omgwtf rain dnw
baby: *is a baby*
mommy: *lol thinks there's going to be a break in the weather*
sofiaviolet: *stares at delicious food*
bakery employee: *fights with cash register*
other bakery employee: *tries to help*
previous customer: *noms banana bread and waits to pay*
mommy: *has come inside to wait*
bakery employee: \o/ Victory over cash register! That will be $$ plz.
previous customer: *pays, leaves*
bakery employee: Oh hai! What can I get you?
sofiaviolet: CAKE. And all your rolls are belong to me.
bakery employee: o_O Uh, we have four rolls left. :]?
sofiaviolet: omfg perfect :D
sky: *not raining quite so hard any more*
sofiaviolet: \o/
stoplight: *goes red*
sofiaviolet: /o\ Fuck you dude.
cars: *whizz by*
stoplight: *turns yellow*
sofiaviolet: Fuck it, walking now.

And now, cake.

You should all go check out blogforbarcc and help shadesong raise money for the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center.

I made three pieces for the auction. :D All jewelry.


( Mental health lapse/fail. Rating: mild, but worthy of my attention. )

I got home in very high spirits today, ready to embark on "People Might Pay Me For Doing Fun Stuff? :D version crafty."

Cooed over my two rather spendy packages that arrived today. Prettypretty lampwork beads, and a big box of basics and some fun stuff.

No photos yet, and there won't be any until I get a big bright light, but I did manage to mostly finish a necklace I began a while ago - needs some glue to hold one bead, and I might attach the chain differently later. I have beads set aside for matching earrings, too. It didn't turn out nearly as well as I had hoped, but considering my skill level when I started it, it's not too tragic.

I also made what I thought was a pendant but is more of a necklace now. It is named Concentric - gold wire, three pearls, loops and a squiggle. Of course, as soon as I attached Concentric to its chain, I realized I need some bigger jumprings to finish the piece. Oops. Maybe tomorrow I will make them.

I also managed to: pinch myself several times with pliers; drop tiny gold components twice; and spill non-permanent rubber tool-coating goop on a dining room chair and my own hands (with bonus getting it on my hands more/again trying to clean up spills).

Fortunately there is no rubber goop in my hair or on my clothes, and the tools have been more or less successfully coated for tomorrow's use.

Now, bed. Sleeeeeeep.

( things I spotted on etsy, version I Can't Wear That To Work! )


hederahelix: Sizeism in fic and society

'Cis' is hostile? I remember being quite pleased the first time I became aware of 'cis' and related terms - it filled a lexical hole that I had not realized was there.


Weird passage of time at work today - doing really tedious stuff apparently makes the day fly by. Probably because I can devote a portion of my brain to pre-writing.

I don't write fic, so my personal warnings policy is kind of pointless.

But I do write fiction not immediately traceable to a source canon, and my current publishing plan should I ever actually finish anything is "on my website with a virtual tip jar" - you bet your ass I'm warning for shit, because that's the standard of the community that taught me to write and to love writing.

I don't write rape scenes - I can't bring myself to do it and I don't really want to anyway. But in the story I'm working on right now, two characters discuss and enact a rape fantasy in a minimally skeevy way,* and I have restructured the story such that a reader could skip that entire section and only miss out on a bit of character development.

My purposes in writing that scene are:
1. examine my own issues with rape fantasies, based on my personal history,
2. emotionally affect readers who choose to read that scene without causing them harm,
3. demonstrate the characters' trust and ability to communicate,
4. possibly comment upon noncon/dubcon tropes - depends on how the scene goes and how meta I get.

( * Potentially triggering footnote about my past abusive relationship and rape. )

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• kalpurna: ways to hide your warnings, if you're worried about spoilers
• blackboggart: on artistic integrity and artistic responsibility

tangential to the warnings issue: terminology
• were_lemur: discussing terminology: rape/non-con/dub-con
• solarcat: defining dub-con and non-con, also available on LiveJournal. Comments and good discussion on both entries.

I'm so used to encountering the terms "non-con" and "dub-con" in fandom that I don't have any trouble parsing them in fannish contexts like headers. But I do find them troubling - each term is vague enough to encompass a pretty huge range of situations (see above links), and I don't like the way they tend to sanitize rape-in-fiction. I don't dislike it enough to get very upset about it, though.

I mean, I've been carrying it around since last March. It's a 5-subject composition book, and I tend to write pretty small. Lots of pages. Lots of words. It survived my MCR trip last May (without getting barfed on, which is more than I can say for my pants), and I've brought it with me almost everywhere.

The front cover is starting to tear away from the binding, and the entire cover/binding is separating from the pages. I need to repair it somehow. I think the answer is... duct tape. It usually works. Or I can ask at work, since someone there has probably done a wee bit of conservation on something.

One of the reasons I love writing in notebooks is that I can ignore my inner editor. I have to keep going - damn the plot holes and the continuity fail - or else pick a different scene to start writing. I do more writing on my computer, but sometimes I just need a notebook. If I'm feeling distractable, especially.

Of course, I look for all sorts of ways to make myself write. Unfortunately, I can't participate in kink_bingo because I don't write fanfic, but I am going to use their list as a way of prompting myself. Writing a random sex scene is a good way to get in my daily words, and sometimes it's helpful with regards to characterization.

bexless: Size Queen. Femmeslash om nom nom. Written for kink_bingo.

If you post cool content but you didn't have me friended on LJ, I set up a feed on DW (since I was only seeing your public posts anyway) and defriended you on LJ. I'm trying to centralize myself on Dreamwidth as much as possible. I won't abandon my LJ-based friends, but if I was just a follower, then whatever.

Someone is setting off fireworks, and has been every night since Saturday. It's annoying and it really upsets my upstairs neighbor's dog. >:(

Safely arrived in Boston. I haven't unpacked yet but I have opened all my mail, at least. I also need to deposit some checks, mail my mom the bath bombs I added to my own order from Lush, and leave feedback for some stuff I bought on ebay.

My left ear isn't properly depressurized, but it's a lot better than it could be considering I think I caught Dad's cold right before I left.

The flight was really delayed, you guys. :( But that did give me a chance to pull up all the parts of jezrana's BBB, A World So Small, featuring sickly Frank and reclusive Gerard in the historical-type setting she does so well.

Anyone who caught my tweet about dinner last night - we had Japanese food because Ellie made a decision for us. (My initial idea was Indian, but Dad doesn't like one of the spices.) We ordered two entrees for four people and it was exactly enough food.

I got tickets to see Blink-182, but I'm going to need to find a ride. (Also Green Day, but I can get there on the T.)

List of things I need to buy soon: table, halogen worklight, easel, canvas dropcloth. I think that's it. Mom gave each of us a little extra money, and our family friend Liz gave us some, too. That should be more than enough to cover everything I need.

Ellie is going to help Jordan run an errand, and then they might get dinner. And I might be invited. IDK. Will keep my phone handy.

I bought 30 blank CDs to give my mom some new music, and I have used. Them. All. And I still have stuff I need to burn. *facepalm*

I'm doing well with my writing, at least. And we've been having some good family times, even though Dad has had a fair bit of work. I have a new pair of glasses, and I got new lenses in my old frames.

I think we're going to Rock n Bowl tonight. :D

Links built up over the past few days...

From my friends, friends of friends, and acquaintances:

• fleurdeliser knows we need to keep fighting. The post is also available on LJ.
• thelemic has a few things to say about who he is.
• Is your child someone you raise, or something you own?
• Gender and graduation.

From the wider web:

• A living testament to Dr. Tiller's legacy and the people who continue to provide abortion services.
• Domestic terrorism - hate speech and hate crimes.
• Pink sheep of the family. I'd like to thank my parents for accepting me and my sister - especially Ellie.
• One of the many reasons I'm grateful for my excellent experiences in my major-specific writing courses - I had to do this type of research for one such course, and chose to for the other.
• On rape, fear, and "helpful advice."

Fic recs:

• shoemaster: Rising With the Heat, Frank/Gerard superhero porn. Also available on LJ.
• tuesdaysgone: Purgatorio, Frank/Gerard, written for Bandom Big Bang. "While on leave from the police force, Detective Frank Iero occupies himself with three things: drinking, brawling, and being alone. But when a series of brutal murders calls him back to active duty, he must find a killer while confronting people from his past, including estranged best friend turned businessman Mikey Way, and deal with his unwilling attraction to Mikey's enigmatic older brother Gerard."
• jjtaylor: Gerard Way's (Vampire) Detective Agency, written for Bandom Big Bang. "Pete, in Decaydance Mansion, with a yarrow stake. Frank and Gerard, in the greenhouse, with a plant of questionable origin. Bob, everywhere you look, with a gang of assassins for justice. Vampires, valets, pamphlets, haunted furniture, dub-thrall, disembodied voices, zombie couriers, and sinister rituals."

Also, bandombigbang_feed to keep up with BBB posting if you're reading primarily on Dreamwidth.

Also also, does anyone have a good Trans 101 to recommend? Like, really entry-level stuff, defining terms, etc.