Auf dem Zaun

Because I was inexplicably lucky (kind of typical for me), an invite code landed in my inbox yesterday. So I'm posting for the first time from my shiny new Dreamwidth account.

From now on I will be posting to Dreamwidth and crossposting to LJ (but not to IJ, sorry guys. It's a question of how many people I know there). Comments will be kept to Dreamwidth only. That shouldn't pose a problem for any of you; you can comment there with OpenID, for example with yourusername.livejournal.com, and anonymous comments are permitted, too.

If you're already on Dreamwidth, don't de-friend me on LJ yet. I'm still getting used to everything and might get confused with crossposting, or forget, and in exeptional cases filtered content might still land on LJ. Defriend me on LJ when Dreamwidth open beta has started.

For those of you on LJ/IJ who don't know much about Dreamwidth and why anybody should move there, these posts might be interesting to you:

schattenstern: Dreamwidth - What it is and why I will be moving there

helens78: Why Dreamwidth? Because sheep are awesome.

I hope to see many of you here soon.


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Liebe IJ-Flist!

Heute beginnt bei ficathon_de im LJ das Promptsammeln für den zweiten Porn Battle, pünktlich ein Jahr nach dem ersten.
Leider habe ich keine Zeit bei der Organisation zu helfen und werde daher auch nicht in ficathon_de hier im IJ crossposten können (jedenfalls nicht vor dem 14.02., danach vielleicht).

Wir würden uns sehr freuen, wenn ihr dennoch im LJ zu uns stoßen und mitmachen würdet.

Ihr könnt bis zum 17.02. hier eure Prompts abgeben.
Alle allgemeinen Fragen können hier gestellt werden.

Ich persönlich freue mich riesig auf den Jubiläumsbattle, und ich hoffe, euch dort zu treffen. :)

I made a poll in my LJ - it'a about how people would feel about someone they love having sex with someone other than themselves.

I'm very curious about this, because I really can't tell how most people will answer. If you'd like to participate in the poll, that'd be nice. :) If not, you could just tell me your answer.

Ich hab ein silbernes Ei. Bei dragonbrood möchte es anscheinend niemand haben, jedenfalls nicht gegen Gegenleistung. Möchte wer von euch es?

*verschwindet wieder in der Versenkung aka Prüfungslernen*

Heute hat es sich geloht, bis beinah morgens auf zu bleiben und außerdem laufend Drachencommunities zu refreshen. :D Ich hab ein goldenes Ei, von gryffinrose! Geschenkt bekommen. Einfach so! *jubilier*
Und jetzt geh ich schlafen.

I'm looking for someone who would ike to adopt this beautiful purple egg: ( gone to schattenstern. yay! )

Also, as you can see I'm still sticking to the dragon hobby thing. If anyone wants me to breed an egg for them, I'd love to! The next silver I get is for shiun, and I don't have any other rares, but lots of nice stories of love and friendship between the dragons, if you ask me. ;)

Going to sleep now.

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Everyone, I'd like to share some happiness with you. I have plenty, and you know, it really does grow when you share it.

:D

Flist people, just so you know, I'm not around much at the moment. I read, but I rarely comment, because I want to put my energy into non-computer-related things. (Catching up with older comments at a fairly slow rate.) But I think about you.

*throws around confetti of love*

Because I have SO MUCH to squee about, and I'm still squeeing almost all the time, although it's already the night of the 27th. That's how insanely and unbelievably good yuletide has been to me this year.

I got two gifts, both completely and utterly wonderful, exactly what I wished for, and more.

Maybe some of you remember that I wished for Reign of Fire fanfic with Quinn/Van Zan slash in last year's Yuletide challenge, and before that at tausch_fiktion.
From the Ashes granted my wish, while staying so true to the movie end time atmosphere. I admit I had to read the story a second time until it really clicked; I guess there was a certain unspoken expectation in my head (which I didn't really know about myself), and when the author of 'From the Ashes' handled my request a bit differently, I first had to adjust my vision. But after I'd done that, oh, it was glorious.
It's the story of what could have happened, had Van Zan survived at the end of the movie, of destroying and building, and of remembering, personally and collectively. There's dirt, ashes and bodily fluids, Pirates of the Caribbean stories, centuries old stone and makeshift machinery, and even a touch of poly relationships (although I might have imagined that, but I don't think so). Go read it, and comment! You don't have to like Quinn/Van Zan to enjoy the story, because there's much more to it than that relationship.

"Life as a superhero: day one. Mission objective: find tea. And a name. I really need a name."
The second gift I got is Five Times Faiza Hussain Meets a Superhero. It's a very different story than 'From the Ashes', and I love it for entirely different reasons, but oh, I love it, I love it so much! It completely nails Faiza's character, showing different episodes of her life before she became a superhero, and directly after it. Kelsey Leigh (the female Captain Britain), Nocturne, Pete and Brian all make an appearance, and the secret author managed to characterize them each perfectly in only one or two short sentences. The humour, the tone, the subtle references to characters' personal and cultural background - it's all so brilliant and shiny, and makes me so happy, just like Captain Britain and MI 13 in its great moments.
Warning: If you read this story, be careful, it will make you want to read the comic. And the comic will make you want to read other comics. Costs time, but is so worth it.

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In the end my own stories (I wrote two, my original assignment and a treat) seem to make me almost as happy as my wonderful gifts. At first I wasn't altogether satisfied with what I had written, but surprisingly I got lots of lovely comments (a total of 11, I think, which is a lot more than I usually get for my German fic, and they are all so nice!), and re-reading my stories I found I actually quite liked them. I'm even content with my English there.

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Interestingly, I'm content all around. I've been feeling rather thin-skinned and unhappy for one or two months, and I was really getting annoyed by that. I have no patience for bad moods. At least for the moment my state of mind has changed for the better, and it's almost (almost!) worth the whiny times because thinking about them makes me appreciate my cheerfulness even more. If that makes sense.
I can see fandom and internet as fun again, not only as an obligation. *takes a deep breath* Thank you, Yuletide. Thank you, iaido. Thank you, world.

Look what I got at Daily Drabble's Wichteln!! Morgana & Arthur sibling fic! (Is that a word, sibling fic?) Isn't it wonderful?

I'm not yet ready to write real posts again, just wanted to wish you all happy holidays - the light is coming back!

Later tonight I'm planning to get involved in some major Yuletide Madness. I have a list of requests I could write something for, and half a fic written.
Is anyone coming to join me, in schreibwut (on aim) maybe?

Ah, and I just bred a mint egg with the code gDU1. Geh Du Eins? Does have a certain charm, doesn't it?
Is there anyone who would like to adopt it?
(shiun, this egg and its sibling were the result of my most recent attempt at breeding a silver for you. It seems you'll have to wait for this Christmas present a bit longer, but eventually I will succeed!)

Heya you people I haven't seen in a while. I'm back, but - not. Meaning I'm home, but I'm not trying to catch up with my flist's posts or anything like that. Too much other stuff to do, and spending most of my time without a computer last week felt much better than sitting glued to a screen. So I will continue staying away from the computer a bit, or at least from LJ. Tell me if there's anything important I'm missing.

Exception: Yuletide story. Lots and lots of canon re-read, nothing written.

I'm looking for someone with very good english skill who whould like to beta read my story once it's finished. Which will probably be very shortly before the deadline (20th). Anyone?

ihr habt noch anderthalb Stunden Zeit, euch bei ficathon_de etwas zu wünschen. Macht es noch! Je mehr Wünsche, desto mehr Schreibauswahl, desto besser.
Ich hab schon ein paar Sachen gefunden, die ich Lust hab zu schreiben... und jetzt muß ich selber noch wünschen gehen.

Lese Bücher für Yuletide. Wie wunderbar es sein kann, solche früh geliebten Bücher zum xten Mal zu lesen und zu merken, daß man, wie seltsam, sie noch immer genauso liebt.

Und ab morgen bin ich dann weg für zehn Tage. Was auch gut ist, weil reif für die Insel (und dahin geh ich). :)

Although I am really busy cleaning my flat, studying and re-reading books for Yuletide, I couldn't resist this quiz. lian_li, it's your fault. ;)
As a dedicated roleplayer I have spent a massive amount of time thinking about and discussion what character class I would be, what my character sheet would look like, and now that I've started to play D&D more often, I've also discussed alignment with some of my friends. (Captain America's alignment, mostly. Do I get geek points?)
The test is not bad at all. (Part of it is taken from a D&D source book, and I've already answered the questions for one of my newer characters.) I'm a notorious human player; wouldn't have thought of Ranger, but as I'm not strong enough for a fighter I guess it makes sense. And chaotic good fits okay, too, though I personally would tend more towards neutral good.
My stats are surprisingly high for a normal person's, but not on hero level. Thus I have proven that I'm not a Mary Sue. ;D

I Am A: Chaotic Good Human Ranger (3rd Level)
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Find out What Kind of Dungeons and Dragons Character Would You Be?, courtesy of Easydamus (e-mail)

... bevor ich über das Wochenende zu shiun verschwinde. :D :D :D

Für alle jene, die ficathon_de nicht auf ihrer Flist haben, oder die den Post verpaßt haben: Wir veranstalten Wünsche-Wochen im Dezember. Bis zum 4. Dezember könnt ihr hier eure Fic- oder Kunstwünsche abgeben, und vom 8.-21-12. könnt ihr welche erfüllen und zusehen, wie eure erfüllt werden.
Am besten ist natürlich, wenn ihr bei beidem mitmacht, aber eines ohne das andere geht auch, solange wir es gemeinsam schaffen, jedeR TeilnehmerIn wenigstens einen Wunsch zu erfüllen. Meldet euch an, ok? :)

*rennt weg ins Wochendende* Jippie!

Drei großartige Dinge in einem:
- Meta-Fic, (zumindest ein bißchen) medienübergreifend
- je nach Lesegeschwindigkeit 10-30 Minuten riesiger Spaß. Inklusive Lachanfällen, Squee und Rauf- und Runtergehüpfe. (In meinem Fall jedenfalls.)
- Sarah Jane Smith. Und eine ganze Menge anderer bekannter Personen. :)

Für nur einen Klick!
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Aufs Risiko hin, daß meine Flist mich zerfleischen mit Konfetti of Squee kaputtschmeißen wird - so fesselnd Merlin 1.10 gewesen ist, und unglaublich wunderbar an manchen Stellen, ich hab mich trotzdem ein bißchen geärgert.
( Nämlich... )

Ab morgen möchte ich wieder ins NaNo einsteigen. (Ins NaNo, interessant - das ist, als sei es ein Auto, oder ein Unterseeboot, das meinem diesjährigen Projekt schmerzlich fehlt.)
Ich habe noch 38k zu schreiben, müßte, denke ich, schaffbar sein.
Ist denn jemand noch nicht 1) fertig oder 2) ausgestiegen und mag mit mir zusammen schreiben und Diskussionen über seltsame Konzepte führen?

Auch ansonsten bin ich jetzt wieder einigermaßen erreichbar und ansprechbar, und ich werde meine überfällige Rechnung bezahlen, meinen Papierkram aufräumen und die Mails und Kommentarantworten schreiben, vor denen ich mich gedrückt habe (dies als Überbegriff für sämtliche guten und weniger guten Gründe, die man haben könnte, sich vor Kommunikation zu verstecken).

Ich glaube daran, daß irgendwann einmal wieder Inhalt in meinem Journal stehen wird. Truly.




ETA: Erkenntnis des Tages, erlangt beim Lesen von Fanfic: Wortschatz ist nicht alles.

Look, amikira gave me a silver egg!!



Isn't it beautiful? I am ridiculously happy.

Ich habe ein neues Nano-Konzept, etwa 180.000 mal besser als die, mit denen ich bisher gescheitert bin (was allerdings eine Menge Gründe hatte). Es hat sogar einen Arbeitstitel. Jetzt muß ich's nur noch schreiben.
Wichtiger, diese andere Verpflichtung, die mich gerade tendenziell mit Panik erfüllt, ist bestimmt gar nicht schlimm. Und ich bin auch nicht planlos, oder habe eine dämliche Idee! Als ich djarom die Idee/ das Konzept erläutert habe, fand er es verständlich, sogar sinnvoll, und er kennt sich nichtmal mit dem Thema aus.
Nur noch schreiben. Ahem. Jetzt!
Denn das Wochenende habe ich mir, nachdem ich die Prüfungsamt- und Dozentenmails geschrieben hatte, für persönliche Dinge gegönnt, und außerdem hab ich Computerrollenspiel gespielt, worauf ich mich seit Monaten schon gefreut hatte. Eine Nacht lang Icewind Dale II, war großartig.

Motivation! Motivation!

Some things in my online life annoy me to no end today, much more than they should. It's like something tries to tell me very loudly and clearly (using a heavy wooden hammer) to take a step back from the computer and stop my unhealthy behaviour now, before it grows into a real addiction.
I'm obviously running away from tasks, even though some of them could actually be fun once I start doing them.
It is of course quite ironic to make a post in an online journal reflecting that I shouldn't be online. *sigh* But maybe it helps to state clearly what I want to do and what I don't.
( list, only of interest to me )

There's so much in my head that needs getting out, but a diary will help me just as much as sitting her trying to structure my thoughts, still being glued to the computer.
If you're expecting mail from me, I'm sorry, it could take a few more days.