*flail* and *rant*

[donutsweeper]

What the heck was I thinking trying to write in a new fandom!   *flails wildly* 

IZ DOPE!!!!!!

And on an unrelated note-
if you are posting a link from an icons board to your LJ, could you please make sure your LJ isn't friends only?  kthx.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

What are you trying to write in and you are not a dope and I hate it when people do that too.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

A number of the links off this ds icon comm I was looking atled to a closed journal. VERY ANNOYING.

I'm trying to write Dresden Files, but I'm mushing book and tv verse in my head

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Yay, Dresden! And people smush them together all the time. It just limits what comms you can post to, is all.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I don't plan on posting it to the comms. I'm attempting to fulfil a holiday meme thread thing, but it's not going well.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

I'm sorry. Uhm, I don't know bookverse at all, so if you *want* it to be TV-verse, maybe I could help you pry it apart?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

::hugs:: That's gotta be disappointing.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

But I did find me the perfect Dief icon!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

That is a fantastic icon.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I think I now have too many icons. I can't find the ones I want to use!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

I understand! I think I use my default now more than I used to just because I have TOO MANY CHOICES now. *g*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I set the ff extention thing to randomize icons, but sometimes it picks inappropriately

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Oh, yeah, I have several that could wreak havoc in a randomizer. Nine eyerolling, the Master waving bye-bye, the Jack one that says "Joy." Sam Tyler aiming his gun, the "I bring you DOOM" bunny...yeah, no randomizer for me.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I noticed the problem on a sad post where I was offering hugs and this icon popped up.

Somehow I went from 7 icons to over 60 in a little over 2 weeks. *eek*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Yeah, I had 15 or something back in July and I've got 87 now. *g* I have no idea how that happened.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

we're having too much fun?

My favorites are the ones people have made for me. That just makes me all warm and fuzzy inside

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Oh, yeah, that's awesome when people do that.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

The kind of skill it takes amazes me

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Icons are tiny and *fiddly.* So. Many. Layers. to make them look right. Tons of patience and skill, yeah. I've never made an icon I liked.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

But you make wonderific art! Maybe not icons, but ART! All CAPS ART! The one oyu did for me, and OMG, the "John Smith" journal page, oh and Yana's scribblings, just OMG THE WOW

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Aw, thanks so much! I do really enjoy playing with Photoshop. And I am kind of proud of the ones you mentioned, yes. *g* ::is vain::

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

you SHOULD be proud, those were amazing!

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

If you'd like, I am familiar with both verses and could maybe give you a hand.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Really? Thanks! *hugs* I'll holler if I can whip this puppy into shape. It's fighting me a smidge

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

Please do!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Best. Icon. Ever. I assume that's Book!Harry?

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, all these quote icons are. Don't ask me to remember exactly where that particular quote is from, but I can actually place a lot of the rest.

This one was actually a specific request. Best. Line. Ever.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

That is a good line. Makes me think of a bit in Life on Mars...and now I'm going to have to go find it or it'll drive me crazy.

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

And of course after posting that I did a bit of a facepalm, since you haven't read the books it probably helps to know that the character making that statement is a faerie, as in Seelie and Unseelie court faeries. And she's not so much evil, but she is, uh, bad. :D

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Oh! I figured Harry's life was a metaphor for...many things. *g*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Are you still available for to beta a Dresden (bookverse) fic? It's (non suprisingly) a crossover with Torchwood, or with Jack Harkness anyway

eta- it's about 1000 words long or so

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! When do you need it back by?

Email's on my userinfo.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

sent it off, my username's in the email. No rush to return it, Thanks!!!

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

You go to the trouble of writing a fic for someone and they don't even acknowledge it? Words fail me! I was so pleased when you wrote The Hunter for me, and then you managed the Janet/Dief thing too so I've been bouncing happily.

*proffers doughnuts*
These are nice normal double chocolate doughnuts and not alien ones, honest... or are they?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I happily accept any and all donuts.

But I still wonder about our sanity after that Dief and Janet one!

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

I don't wonder, I know I'm insane. *g* And I wear it proudly, like a badge! It basically means that as everyone thinks I'm bonkers, they don't try to shove me in a pigeon hole and tell me I can't do things as I'm too old/responsible/not a mum/not a man/fat/whatever. They've just taken to calling me 'Weird Al' in work which I think is great.

As for the holiday meme thing, I suppose its possible that peeps have just been too busy to check and/or post. LJ is my 'me' time so I check most days.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Weird Al? *loves!*