For those wibbling:

Somehow I doubt that ElJay will break down, go kaputt and disappear within days after they just bought new servers in Montana and moved the whole shenanigans.

They started out with less than eight employees originally. And while they have downsized rather brutally in SF, they didn’t say anything about their Russian or other offices.

Also, before going belly-up, they still have lots of options, like getting rid of free/ad-free accounts and implement a features freeze and what not.

Last but not least, for those of you who would like to have a feasible, flexible route of escape for your whole flist? That actually seems possible now without too much of a hassle.

You only need two things for that, really:

• webspace of your own (or example at DreamHost) and
• BuddyPress, which is a special WordPress MU installation with lots of features (individual blogs, friends’ lists, forums/groups, messaging, activity streams and photo albums)

I’ve imported all of my LiveJournal posts into my WordPress blog with no problem btw. And while it is admittedly slower than ElJay, I wouldn’t want to give up the extra-features I can have over here anymore. Or the freedom from sudden policy changes and other hazards…

Other things: we went to visit our godson on Sunday (he’s 1 1/2 and sooo cute); yesterday we went to a birthday party that turned out surprisingly nice; today I ought to have been working, but it is a state holiday over here for epiphany, so I had to honour that, really, and spend the day doing nothing but reading some fanfic.

I’m enjoying the SS/HG Exchange a lot. And then the OWL classics recommendations made me start reading greengecko’s Severitus series (I adore Harry/Snape genfic/mentoring stories). And that one’s really well written and most of all, LOOOOONG. Thousands and thousands of pages, sentences, a warm, whispering nest of words to curl up in and soak up stories like sunshine…

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OWL!

I am honoured, overwhelmed, and grateful to annietalbot, ordinary_magic and machshefa for granting me validated author status over at OWL.

As of today, you can read “The Apprentice and the Necromancer” at OWL.

I’m still shocked and stunned and awed that they think the story is good enough to post it at OWL.

I can only say again: thank you so much. ♥

And of course this means that as soon as I’ve got the time I must reread Apprentice myself and start working on BoD again. Eeeep!

And on Monday the SS/HG Exchange starts and I can’t wait. And I’m wibbling like whoa.

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Alphabet of Procrastination

One year in 40 seconds from Eirik Solheim on Vimeo.

And…

Another meme.

Using one word for each letter of the alphabet, make a list of the words you most associate with yourself or that you feel best describe you.

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The brutally honest dissection of a personality test and its test subject.

Everyone is doing this.

But I totally fail at quesion number #2. Help?

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Classics!

In connection with Mia Madwyn’s post “In defense of escapist fiction”, I ended up recommending two classics of German literature.

I figured I should repost here so all of you can go and buy these two classics and enjoy them:

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What did I write in 2008?

Since absolutely everyone is doing this meme, I’m finally caving like the cave troll I am.

So here’s my list:

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nerdy 

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Yuletide Reveal!

For my first time participating in Yuletide, I’ve written a story for delle. It is a gapfiller for Diana Gabaldon’s “Outlander” series and can be found here:

“On Time Travelling or: Self-fulfilling Prophecies”

Many thanks once more to aranel_took and ayerf for beta-reading!

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Happy New Year!

For 2009

I wish you and your loved ones, far and near,

health, happiness, and good luck

(especially at those pesky streetcorners of life where you don’t know where to go—

left or right or just turn back?).

May you find the way you are looking for,

or at least:

may your GPS never leave you stranded in the middle of a field,

proclaiming that, yes, there should be a town here, and the address you needed to reach an hour ago.

May the winds of fate

only make you stumble when they blow hard and strong, but never bring you down on your knees.

May the sun shine warm upon your face when a shadow lies on your days,

and remind you of the good things left in your life.

(And may you never forget to take the sunscreen to the beach.)

May the rain start falling

(soft or cold and wet)

only after you’ve reached your destination, or hopped on the bus.

May you find friends

in unexpected places, and meet them again

and again and again and again

in health and happiness.

And throughout the year,

every month,

every week,

every day,

every night,

every hour,

every minute,

every second,

I wish for you

that whatever you believe in

(be it divine power, the power of reason, philosophical ideals, small dreams or big ones)

may be a blessing for you,

and guide you and guard you,

until it’s time for me to come up with many good wishes for 2010!

Much love,

Juno

ecstatic 

*HUGS*

*HUGS* juniperus—your gift has arrived. And OMG I love the scents you chose for me. Right now I’ve got Lurid Library on my left hand, and Minotaur on my right. Lurid Library smells the way I always imagined that Chanel No. 05 ought to smell, but really doesn’t. And Minotaur makes me feel elegant and dangerous. Now I have a lot of smelling and trying out to do, what with all those lovely new scents!

Also—mikekellner: Thank you for the beautiful card and the lovely letter.

And that meme…

If you could force me to write anything, what would it be? One story only per person. And I do not promise that I will write any story at all.

Apart from that…

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ElJay down.

I like that message:

“LiveJournal.com is currently unavailable due to emergency maintenance.

Thank you for your patience.”

Anyone hanging around HERE?

ETA: For once I find Twitter amusing.

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