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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Which song was this lyric from?

5:08PM - I can't decide which is more appropriate

So I post both my song lyrics!

Imagine there's no Dragovianknight.
It's easy if you try.

It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dragovianknight.

Which song was this lyric from?

Also, from everywhere: if I had a warning label, what would it be?

Edit of baaaaby dragons:

(Yes, I am adopting black eggs in hope of getting alts, why do you ask?)

Current mood:

cold

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9:53AM - Dorky fangirl squee

Another good reason to buy Jim Hines' books is because he's totally using the Snow White holiday icon I made. ^__^

Edit: And then the choc_fic feed showed me Aishwarya Rai, and all I can say is, "I can haz Talia nao?" (Seriously, look at the pic of her with the sword. Talia.)

Current mood:

squeeful

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

11:41PM - I tried to put the hat on Talia, but she looked at me like -_-

Which is to say, GIP! Snow White from the cover of The Mermaid's Madness, all dressed up for Christmas.

Current mood:

sleepy

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9:08AM - Not enough "Do Not Want" in the UNIVERSE

It snowed last night. *cries*

Current mood:

cold

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Monday, December 7, 2009

6:56PM - /sings along with the rest of the tag-wranglers

I LOVE THE WHOLE WORLD
BUT THE AO3 CODERS MOST OF ALL
BOOM-DE-YADA, BOOM-DE-YADA...

:-D

In only-minorly-related news, apparently my long-slumbering infatuation with Merlin UK fandom has re-manifested. The trouble with tag-wrangling and thinking about what Freeform tags I might want on my own bookmarks is that I keep finding all kinds of neat new things to read!

Which reminds me... not for official tag-wrangling, but for my own bookmarks... I'm thinking I want to start using nonfandom-specific tags for the following concepts, because when I'm reading in Merlin and Smallville (and other?) fandoms, I find myself seeking these themes out:

Secret Revealed
Secret Revealed To Partner
Secret Revealed To Partner - Unresolved Sexual Tension
Secret Revealed To Partner - Established Relationship
Secret Revealed To Ally (or perhaps To Friend? hmmm.)
Secret Revealed To Nemesis
Secret Revealed Anticlimactic

What do you fine folks use to tag or bookmark such concepts?

ETA: Oh oh oh! I almost forgot! I've stumbled across a couple completely adorable Fred & Ginger fanvids recently! I think I found one of them via veni_vidi_vids and another via... um... hang on, I've got it here in a tab somewhere... aha! stultiloquentia and someone else (sorry, I can't find you!) right around the same time, and the others via google-searching trying to figure out where I'd found the first one, before I remembered!

glvalentine's rec of Love You Madly by roseytrebles

Fanvid: "Happiness" [Astaire/Rogers Films] by icepixie

They Can't Take That Away... by duckmilk productions

Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance) by StrictlyTaboo

Support For My Argument by vespersaw

Also Caught by vespersaw, featuring not only Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, but also William Powell and Myrna Loy, and Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn...

*swoon*

(I must interject here that never in a million years did I ever expect to find fanvids including footage of Captain Blood (and Robin Hood OMG) aside from the fantastic One Night Fandoms: A Tribute to Yuletide by eruthros and thingswithwings!)

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Current mood:

busy

11:07AM - This is what I get for reading fairy tales before bed

Last night I dreamed that Peter Pan knocked up Wendy and they had twins.

Peter gave Wendy a fruit, and when she went to eat it, Tink magically goosed her, so that she swallowed it whole and came up pregnant with twins. (This happens surprisingly often in fairy tales.) And we know it was the fruit because the twins (one boy, one girl, named Nut and Berry) had skin the yellow-orange color of the fruit's flesh (yes, they were literally peach colored) and green hair and eyes like the fruit's skin. Oh, and also they were born in seed pods, which, you know, ouch.

And since part of my dream was a dream, and part of it was me reading the book, I woke up with passages like, "The twins grew quickly, so that in perhaps a year - or a bit more, or a bit less, for time is hard to reckon in Neverland - they were old enough to join the Lost Boys. And Berry ran as fast and laughed as loud and flew as high as any of the others, for Wendy had been quite unable to make a proper young lady of her (Wendy privately blamed Peter's influence)."

Then later the twins accidentally left Neverland (which was apparently in a giant beehive, IDEK), and as they grew up and lost their innocence ~~and outgrew their clothes~~ I suspect there would have been twincest, but I woke up before then.

Oddly, the whole dream was of the Disney style characters, even though Disney's Peter Pan is by far my least favorite (I prefer the character designs from Fox's Peter Pan and the Pirates, where Peter actually looks like a little boy).

Someone should totally write this for me, of course.

Current mood:

freezing my damn ass off

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Sunday, December 6, 2009

wolfsilveroak

5:30PM - Ranty-McRanty, aka my response to an unfair suspension.

Backstory- I play 'Mafia Wars' on Facebook. It's put out by 'Zynga'.

Last week, a player named 'Terry Tibbs', suddenly started hitlisting me, repeatedly, 6-7+ times a day, over the course of 3 days. Naturally, I retaliated. Mind you, I have a [now] 233 health, and a [now] 400 defense, as well as a 38 Stamina. That means, I can sit here and beat your ass repeatedly, 15-20 times in a row before I need to heal myself. Which is what I did, as well as getting my own Mafia after him.

For THREE DAYS. He'd hitlist me, I'd retaliate.

5 days ago, my account was suspended for several hours. It took FIVE DAYS to get a response.

"Customer (Wolf SilverOak) 12/01/2009 07:47 PM
I just went to my Mafia wars page to see if my energy had regenerated so I could work on some jobs and found this-

"Attention
Your account has been suspended for a violation of the Mafia Wars Terms of Service.
You have 3 hours remaining in your suspension.
Please contact Zynga customer support for further information."

I would like to know what in the world is going on. To the best of my knowledge, I have not violated any ToS whatsoever.

So I would appreciate information into this matter, as I am not happy with your service, and quite frankly, feel like quitting the game. "

"Customer (Wolf SilverOak) 12/02/2009 08:33 AM
I am still waiting for a response on this matter.

I would appreciate a prompt reply. "

"Customer (Wolf SilverOak) 12/04/2009 03:35 PM
3 days now. Still no response from you. This is extremely poor customer service on your part. "

FINALLY I get a resonse-

"Response (Zynga Customer Support) 12/06/2009 01:57 PM
Hi Wolf,

Thank you for contacting Zynga Customer Support.

We have instituted a detection for bots and illegal automated cheats or hacks that flood our servers and give the user an unfair advantage. By disrupting the bots and cheats any player that attempts to use one will see that it will no longer give them the unfair advantage they are trying for.

We recently suspended your account for a brief period because it was showing kind of play that fits the profile of a bot or illegal cheat or hack.

We apologize if you feel that you were caught unfairly.

Because the suspension is for cause, and for a limited time, we will not be compensating any player who has been suspended for any loss incurred during or because of the suspension.

You may avoid future suspensions by not repeatedly fighting with the same player, hit-listing the same player over and over or attempting to run a bot or other automated cheat.

Our goal is to make the game fairer and more fun for all Mafia Wars players.

You may read the Terms of Service for Zynga games here:
http://www.zynga.com/legal/terms_of_service.php

Best,
Zynga Customer Support "

OH HELL NO.

You just accused me of using a cheat in the course of defending myself. The ONLY game I have EVER used a cheat on was and is The Sims2.

This was my response back-

""You may avoid future suspensions by not repeatedly fighting with the same player, hit-listing the same player over and over or attempting to run a bot or other automated cheat."

So what you are telling me is that despite the fact that at the time of the suspension, *I* had been repeatedly hitlist, for 3 days straight, by the same person with no prior attacks, etc on this person, who decided to hitlist me 6-7+ times a DAY, for THREE DAYS straight, that when I retaliated by attacking him in return, and repeatedly asking my Mafia to attack, and that because I have a high Health and high stamina, it appears that I was using a 'bot' program.

So basically, in the course of PLAYING YOUR GAME, I was falsely accused of using a bot.

I call bull.

What you are essentially saying/claiming is that I can be repeatedly hitlist by someone I've never seen before, and when I stick up for myself, *I* will be punished for it.

Got it.

I'll keep that in mind and the next time I get hitlist 6-7+ times a damn day, I will flood your damn support box with reports on him. Otherwise, when I retaliate, I might just get accused of using a damn bot program again. "

Complete and utter bullshit on Zynga's part. I KNEW when I got suspended that it had to have been that asshole who kept hitlisting me. I KNEW it. Well, fine, next time an asshole repeatedly hitlists me out of nowhere, I will file a harrassment report against them.

After all, according to Zynga, they MUST be cheating.

I know it's just a game, and a free one at that, however, I was accused of cheating and that, I take exception to.

Edit 12-7-09

Well, they replied-

"Hi Wolf,

Thank you for contacting Zynga Customer Support.

Unfortunately, your account was caught for illegal play by use of a hack, cheat or bot.

Because the suspension is for cause, and for a limited time, we will not be compensating any player who has been suspended for any loss incurred during or because of the suspension.

We have explained this to you on more than one occasion. Any further contact with Zynga regarding this issue will be set to ‘answered’ without further communication to you.

You may read the Terms of Service for Zynga games here:
http://www.zynga.com/legal/terms_of_service.php

Best,
Zynga Customer Support "

To which, I directly emailed them and replied-

"You are full of shit.

I do not use cheats, I do not use Bots, I do not use hacks.

I know damn well I was falsely accused of any of the above, or possibly of harassment.

And as I stated in my last comment on this ‘question’ that you blatantly refuse to answer properly, I will now flood your damn support box with harassment reports when I am hitlisted repeatedly, over and over again, by the same person. Because otherwise, if I retaliate, *I* will again get accused of cheating.

And you can be sure that everyone in my Mafia will hear of this."

It will not surprise me to find my Mafia Wars account completely shut down after this.

Current mood:

aggravated

Friday, December 4, 2009

10:09PM - Friday Random Roundup

I won't be giving Motorola any of my money anytime soon. Sexist advertising pisses me off. Pheh. Need to cleanse my brain a bit after that...

By way of swanswan, footage from myriad BBC costume dramas set to 'It's Raining Men.' (Clearly, I am not watching enough BBC costume dramas.)

I will probably need this when I am home again for Christmas... Lifehacker's How To Fix Your Relatives' Terrible Computer. Also, wintery desktop backgrounds.

Bleh, winter. In hotter news...

asdf;lkjasd;flkj;alskdfj j_crew_guy why oh why do you share these tantalizing links? If you’re a fan of Christian and Oliver, Deniz and Roman, Dante’s Cove, Queer as Folk, One Life to Live, Verbotene Liebe, Alles Was Zählt, GREEK, and Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten... http://gaysofourlives.org/ March 26-28th 2010 in New York.

*bouncebouncehappybounce* The Lair - The Complete 3rd Season on DVD this coming March 23rd

(And yes, I am severely behind on my drunkened liveblogging of this season's eps. I will catch up, I swear. Because The Lair is made of awesome silliness with a side of hot steam and a massive helping of CHEEZE.

ALSO? ALSO ALSO ALSO???? OMG TEASER TRAILER. BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY TEASER TRAILER.

Yes, this official online series thing is really happening: http://buckrogersbegins.com/

If the above link or embed on youtube doesn't work, here's an alternate link to the teaser trailer on scifiupdates.com.

(And no, prior to this new web series, I was not terribly much a Buck Rogers fan. But now I am, and it's all Bobby Quinn Rice's fault. Thppppt!)

Further details and geekyblogs' reactions to the trailer:
http://trekmovie.com/2009/11/30/new-teaser-for-cawleys-buck-rogers-web-series/
http://scifiwire.com/2009/12/teaser-trailer-for-new-bu.php
http://gilgerard.tripod.com/ (scroll down to September on Gil's blog...)
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/12/so_theres_a_buck_rogers_web_series_or_something.php
YouTube playlist of the DragonCon Buck Rogers panel (includes spoilers!)...

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Current mood: TGIF!

Monday, November 30, 2009

10:44PM - Randomness from the Star Wars Holiday Special

So. I've pre-populated the tags for the named characters from the special now. Including Lumpy and all three of his synonymous names.

So now we're all set to run a Star Wars Holiday Special characters challenge.

;-D

I think my favorite part of this OMGWTF fandom wrangling has to be this:

"Though scenes of Chief Bast conversation with Darth Vader cut from A New Hope were included in The Star Wars Holiday Special, Bast's presence with Tarkin during the final moments of the Death Star shows that this is not the same officer."

"The lookalike officer in the Holiday Special has not yet been identified. His connection with Bast, if any, has not been explained."

I swear, there's a wookieepedia page for each of them... "This article is about the Imperial officer. You may be looking for his look-alike..."

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Moradmin_Bast

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Unidentified_Moradmin_Bast_look-alike

I mean. Really. SRS BZNZ.

And no, I did not pre-populate the unidentified look-alike. X-P

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Current mood:

busy

wolfsilveroak

2:54PM - It's that time of year again...

Time for me to start that maniacal holiday baking that I swear to myself I won't go overboard on, every year, and yet, still manage to.

I was going to do 3 different cookies and one candy this year. That's it.

Then the SiL saw a bread in the latest Food Network magazine and it looked nearly the same as Povitica, which I KNOW I made her a mini loaf of last year, but apparently she doesn't remember it. So I said I'd make her one with just chocolate filling in it. Except the recipe makes THREE full sized loaves, which means, she gets one, we get one and I guess I can send one to my parents...

And thus it begins.

That spiral down into overboardness.

So what's on the list, you ask?

Well...

My mom's Capt Crunch Candy, of course, that's a yearly MUST.

Gingerbread cookies- another yearly MUST, for both my dad and the FiL.

Pizzelles- ANOTHER yearly MUST for my mom and the MiL. And only them. Sorry peeps. They take way too long, especially since they get made two at a time.

Hamantaschen cookies- I made 3 flavors last year for the first time. They went over very well, 4 flavors planned this year.

Sugar cookies.

And THAT was it, I swear.

But then I came across these two cookie recipes in weekly King Arthur Flour emails, and well, yeah... now I'm up to 5 cookies and one candy.

Linzer cookies- I actually have cookie cutters for these too! Thinking doing just a chocolate filling though. In my defense, I have wanted to make these for awhile now. So there.

Double-Shot Mocha Chunk cookies- they just SOUND delicious.

So...

5 different cookies with 5 different fillings between them, 1 candy and a bread that makes 3 loaves. Is it any wonder I get started early?

Did I mention that there's 30 people/families on my list that are getting boxes this year? Yeah. Luckily, half won't need mailing.}:P

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9:15AM - Supernatural fics I wish someone would write

bridgetmkennitt, you might want to not click the link until after you're done with your fic fest fics. :D

( Random ideas are pretty womancentric, really. )

Current mood:

cold

Sunday, November 29, 2009

8:40PM - Maybe one of you will recognize them

So, cleaning out my purse for the first time in...a long time, I found two fic fragments, and I don't know if I ever typed them in/posted them, and in the case of the second, I can't remember which universe it was in, though it seems like something I should have talked about. (The first is clearly a sequel to the fic in which Angelo found Marcello in Pickham.)

So, behind the cut, ( two DQ8 snippets, and hopefully one of you can tell me where I was going with these... )

I think it's sad that I have to rely on other people to remember what the hell I've written, to be honest. But there you go.

Current mood:

dorky

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3:07PM - More blathering about Star Wars tag wrangling

Here's my first draft of notes on how I've been wrangling, which is being posted in the internal documentation for Tag Wranglers (and will be kept updated there).

OMFG.

( Long long long details... )

I am currently seeking input on how to convey the multifandom concept of "Apprentice (or Student) Dominating Master (or Teacher)" as well as "Master (or Teacher) Dominating Apprentice (or Student)"... because the concept is bigger than Star Wars. :-)

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Current mood:

busy

12:50PM - Smallville Slash Archive status, WhitFic Archive status

Another perspective on the saga of the SSA: http://enderwiggin24.livejournal.com/133864.html

Short version: Yes, the archive contents will be sheltering at AO3 at some point. Now that the archivists-in-absentia problem has been dealt with, that work can begin to proceed.

<3

Also, Minotaurs was the sole-archivist for the WhitFic Archive (also Smallville-related, but separate from the SSA), and I'm connecting his Dad with the AO3 (which I expect to proceed very smoothly), so that archive will be sheltering at AO3 at some point as well.

(Yes, Minotaurs' server is still functional and DNS is still working in the meanwhile, for his fannish and nonfannish customers.)

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Current mood:

calm

11:45AM - The Interweave Store is having a sale

20% off downloadable patterns! So I broke down and finally bought the pattern for the Bacchus Socks I've been eyeing forever. Now I just need to convert the pattern to magic loop, since that appears to be the only way I like to knit socks. And get a 2mm circular needle.

Current mood:

cold

Saturday, November 28, 2009

7:02PM - Pray for me, people, I'm tipping my toes into Freeform tags...

And WTF, fandom? How is it that no one has uploaded a story into the AO3 with the Freeform tag "Topping from the Bottom"???

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Current mood: Baffled

Friday, November 27, 2009