First thanks to all you wonderful flisters who replied to my last post. *big hugs* Instead of replying to you all, I'll give you an update here. ( Read more... )

I should say, for my American flisters, that when I say football - here in Queensland we mean Rugby League. We spent Friday and Saturday at a big football carnival. There were huge numbers of children there from all over the place - 56 teams this year. Apparently it's the biggest football carnival for kids in Australia. Our team did very well though they didn't make the finals. They won 5 games and drew 1 game and so did the team from our pool who made it to the finals. Since the other team drew with us and were the first to score, they went through & ours didn't.

Still all the kids got to be honour guard at the big NRL match that night and some from each team were to run in a relay at half time. While they were running I wa cheering, but not jumping up and down or anything - and suddenly I was hit with what felt like an explosion in my skull. ( Read more... )

In an attempt to prod my muse into finishing something - I made some icons of Obediah Jackson from the episode The trial.
Screencaps are courtesy of Blackraptor. Please credit me if used.

Teaser:
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I haven't done one for ages and this tickled my fancy :) Stolen from evilmaniclaugh.

SummerWinter can be boring so here are my LJ interests. Ask me about any of them and I will, at some point, explain why I love 'em as best I can.


adam baldwin, blake's seven, books, casey/sarah, censorship, chuck, cult tv, day break, ezra standish, ezra/li pong, firefly, england, egypt, icons, jayne cobb, jayne/kaylee, jayne/mal, jayne/river, jayne/simon, john casey, kaylee frye, magnificent seven, merlin, movies, reading, serenity, star trek, surf club, the inside, the little guy, travel, the us, vids, vin tanner, writing

61 icons from Safecracker. All are snaggable, just credit me if you use them. As usual textless icons are not bases. Screencaps are courtesy of the marvelous strangevisitor7.

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Icon organisational post

The things you find whilst procrastinating...

*giggles madly*

The Wrath of Khan done as an opera. Don't forget to watch the denouement - Spock's ears have to be seen to be believed :D

I've finally got to see it! Well actually I've been twice now - and loved it *bounces*.

Do you realise, and I realise I'm dating myself here, that I've seen all 11 Trek movies on the big screen? Yes indeedy *nods*. And even though I love the old TOS cast (yes even William Shatner) to bits, and tolerated most of the STNG people - this movie was the best.

Here's a few drive-by squee points -( spoilers behind the cut )

Live long and prosper :)

The only sad thing is - that after close to 40 years of practising the Vulcan farewell I still can't get my fingers to do it :( :DD

Now is the time to flex those writing muscles...

It's redux time at firefly100! There's about 150 one word prompts to choose from and you only have to write 100 words. The maximum word count allowed is 400. It'll be a good jumping off point for those of us writing for the various big bangs *inveigles*.

The redux will run for a fortnight, so you have plently of time :D

I'm posting this because I know some of my flisters are from Ohio and because I think it's short sighted of legislators everywhere to do something like this. Libraries are one of those places that become more essential during an economic downturn - not less...

Ohio's libraries have been earmarked for the dustbins. The next biennium budget proposed by Governor Ted Strickland cuts the state's support for its public libraries in half, from nearly $460 million in 2009 to around $227 million for each of the next two years.( More info follows )

WTF Telstra? This is the 4th time in 20 minutes that the internet has gone off. Considering the amount of money I pay for connection - this is unacceptable! I can't wait for the wireless tower thingy to be built near here.

I went to a writing workshop today and had a great time! There was some interesting content and I got to meet some new people. One of the things we did was watch this talk from Elizabeth Gilbert. Check it out.

The LG is passed out on the couch still in his football clothes *sigh*. He did well at the game today and scored his first try! Nothing will stop him now :)

Well I've done it! I've signed up for Firefly Big Bang. Now aside from the question of whether I can write anything at all - what should I write?

Assuming I can finish it, Them that choose it does not have 20,000 words left in it. And really I'd like to write something new...( much musing follows )

I love any and all opinions! This doesn't mean I'll listen to them of course - but I want them :DD

Sign-ups are now open at Firefly Big bang over at Dreamwidth and now I have to decide. There's scifibigbang too and the rules are similar; the only difference is the word count - 20,000 at the Firefly one, and 25,000 at the multi-fandom comm.

Of course the real question is - can I actually finish whatever it is I start??

Star Trek has finally arrived at the local theatre and I am going to the first showing on Thursday!!! *dances*

Of course it has to be at 8.45pm (WTF theatre owners?), so I've got to do something with the Little guy, but I'm going. I've waited this long and my patience has run out :) I hope someone will squee with me when I get home...

This week's challenge at firefly_rumble is to make negative space icons. Mine do not look anything like other people's negative space icons *groans*. Do any of my fellow icon makers have any tips or tricks? I've checked out icon_tutorial, but it hasn't helped much :D

"On rising," he told Wilmot, "take the juice of an orange. For luncheon, the juice of an orange. And for dinner the juice - "he paused a moment before springing the big surprise - "of an orange. For the rest, I am not an advocate of nourishment between meals, but I am inclined to think that, should you become faint during the day - or possibly the night - there will be no harm in your taking...well, yes, I really see no reason why you should not take the juice of - let us say - an orange."

Wilmot stared. His manner resembled that of a wolf on the steppes of Russia who, expecting a peasant, is fobbed off with a wafer biscuit.

"But aren't you leaving out something?"

"I beg your pardon?"

"How about steaks?"

"Most decidely no steaks."

"Chops then?"

"Absolutely no chops."

"But the way I figure it out - check my figures in case I'm wrong - you're suggesting that I live solely on orange-juice."

"On the juice of an orange," corrected the doctor. "Precisely. Take your orange. Divide into two parts. Squeeze on a squeezer. Pour into a glass...or a cup," he added for he was not one to be finicky about small details, "and drink."

From - you guessed it - "The juice of an orange" a short story by P G Wodehouse.

( much,rambling, tangents and digressions ahead )

Have you read any Wodehouse? Which are your favourites? Or are you shaking your head and saying - 'Fran you've finally lost it'?? :D

Or in other words - a rambling ramble from me :)

There's too much sand in the world :)

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I struck it lucky this week at the supermarket and got to the butcher's just when the meat got marked down. So roast lamb and veges last night for dinner and leftover roast lamb again tonight - yummmmmm.

Thank god for friends! As a single mum with little family close by, I rely on them a lot.

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I'm thinking of signing up for Firefly Big Bang. But will I be able to do it? Positives and negatives abound!

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It's a public holiday today and I'm supposedly catching up with housework; with intermittent Internet breaks. In reality I'm sitting here re-reading all my favourite Jaylee fics (instead of writing) while the little guy and his friend are out in the yard catching lizards. The poor things, the lizards I mean, have had a quite few weeks due to sports and school commitments. But today the hunt's back on!

And last, but not least...Why, if you post a graphics tutorial, do you direct everyone to your friendslocked journal? Why not make that post public? Hmmmmmmm?

A few icons, mostly from various challenges. All are snaggable, just credit me if used :) Textless icons are not bases.

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Icon organisational post

The Greek tycoon's blackmailed mistress

He wants her in his bed –
but will she stay there…?
Aristandros Xenakis is like a panther poised to pounce. (Yellow eyes are not sexy) Sleek, dark and utterly powerful, soon he’ll taste the sweet victory of revenge…
Ella desperately wants access to her baby niece, but the child’s guardian is Aristandros – her ex-fiancé! She’s no choice but to submit to his demand – she must become his mistress! the tabloids? one of those shock news shows? Actually visit a lawyer?
Naïve and unworldly, Ella is not like the groomed, gold-digging females who have previously warmed Aristandros’s bed. Surely it’s only a matter of time before he tires of her…?

56 icons from Witness. All are snaggable, just credit me if you use them; and as usual textless icons are not bases. Screencaps are courtesy of strangevisitor7. I'd love to put some text on #15, but just couldn't think of anything good - suggestions are welcome :D

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To avoid the fool driving up the middle of the alley, I took a too sharp turn into the car park and hit the decorative post on the way in. My two month old ute (truck) now has the mother of all dents in the rear door and tray *sigh*. My insurance will pay, but I had to pay the $400 excess upfront to expedite matters; and there goes the visit from the electrician I was planning for.

Then when we got home - this morning the little guy got the dog his bone and didn't shut the freezer properly. When we got home 10 hours later a fair bit of the meat was defrosted. I cooked up most of it to use for the slow cooker; but we lost all the bread and the poor LG is feeling guilty.

Tomorrow will be better! *nods*