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Friday, July 18th, 2008

m0usegrrl

5:57p Holy crap. I just got the decision letter for the claim I filed with the VA last August for issues related to the car accident I was in back when I was in the Air Force. (For those who don't know, I was nearly killed in a car wreck while stationed at NORAD. I really do need to make a post about this someday.) They've rated me 30% service-connected disabled for cervical spine problems leading to arthritis in my neck, and for headaches related to concussion. O_O What this means is, the VA will be sending me a compensation check of around $350/month (adjustable for cost-of-living increases) for the rest of forever. FOREVER. And the 30% rating might bump me up into a higher priority group in the VA Healthcare System, which would mean a lower co-pay to see a VA doctor. [ETA: IT DOES. It bumps me into Priority Group 2, which means FREE HEALTH CARE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. OMG.] That's also good for the rest of forever, and both are portable to wherever I live. O_O *looks over list of books that need to be replaced* *also looks over travel wishlist* I almost want to go back out and grab some boozahol to celebrate. Heh, maybe I'll do that. current mood: Holy crap.

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ellenmillion

3:33p Catastrophic errors and all... The computer this morning told me: "Your application has had a catastrophic error and must be reinstalled! Please contact customer service!" while working with InDesign. I told it to shut up and behave or I'd give it to charity, and rebooting resulted in picture perfect behavior. Good computer. *pets* It's been rather like that all day, though - lots of PARTS of things finished, and then little hiccups that make everyone panic and cause a lot of backtracking and restarting, so that the actual completed list of accomplishments? Not so good. I did get a load of laundry done, and 50 some bookmarks... not quite made. Lots of orders... not quite finished. And the first calendar is done and proofed, but the .pdf process resulted in a file size of 1 Gig (!), so I had to redo it in parts and I spent a lot of time tromping around trying to figure out a way to just flatten/rasterize everything so it wasn't such a space hog. I may or may not get it uploaded tonight, but tomorrow is really the last day I can get it to the printer and still get it for the fair. At work this afternoon - was going to go to Shakespeare in the park this evening, but it's looking very stormy, so I think we may reschedule for tomorrow!

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ff_friday [ budclare ]

7:37p challenge the 210th! Challenge the 209th is now closed! Challenge the 210th... 100 to 1000 words about trash. Rules and such can be found here. Please remember that the range is 100 to 1000 words. Please don't re-use the same titles, if at all possible. Please put longer vignettes behind ( cut tags ). The challenge will run until 5 pm ET, July 25. Feel free to add suggestions for future challenges in comments.

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ff_friday [ catko ]

9:38a 209. Tien Tang 209. Tien Tang Rated: PG Category: Firefly—Gen. River and Mal. Words: 200  Disclaimer: I don’t own anything.  Summary: On board Serenity, anytime. Note: For prompt ‘heaven’ #209. Thanks to the lovely www.definingcharacters.com for the translation. ( River sits at the table, brush in her hand. Smooth wet movement over black stone... )

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ellenmillion

8:13a Help me, Dr Horrible! You're my only hope! I really, really want to watch Dr Horrible - everyone is gabbing about it - but I cannot make it run on my connection! It's jerky and... well, horrible. Absolutely unwatchable. Pausing and allowing it to download doesn't seem to fix the problem like it does with the very rare youtubes that I watch. Is there an alternate source for it that can be cached or whatever? Anyone?

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ff_friday [ jackwabbit ]

1:25a Challenge 209. Heaven Ain't Dead Yet Author: jackwabbit Rated: PG Category: Gen, Double Drabble, Mal POV. Spoilers: Out Of Gas. Summary: Something About This Just Didn't Seem Right... Note: Written in response to the LJ prompt of ‘Heaven' on ff_friday. Disclaimer: Yeah, yeah, yeah…don’t own ‘em but wish like hell someone other than Fox did. ( Read more... )

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Thursday, July 17th, 2008

orca_girl

4:32p another "Simon's Cat" animation!

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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

fireflywaves [ fearlessvenom ]

10:20p Firefly Trailer (better than Fox's) Well anyone who's seen the firefly ads that fox made knows how it looked like they were trying to end the show before it even started. Here is my vesion of how they should have done it. Im hopefull its at least better than the ones from fox. but anyways im really proud of how it turned out, the best one i made since my House MD best momments vid. Here is my Firefly trailer http://youtube.com/watch?v=hx9H0bairGA comments will be apreciated =) current mood: accomplished current music: the hush sound

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ellenmillion

3:01p Things? They happen for a reason. If I hadn't forgotten my laptop cable, I would not have booted up my old laptop to attempt to get my work done today without making a wasteful trip into town. I would not have realized that my 4000 was never installed on this one, and ended up (after a fruitless search for the disc) downloading the newest printer driver off of Epson. SHINY. It is so much better and slicker than the old driver. Totally worth the frustrations of the day. Filling orders now! Also... Dogs? They are gross. Especially when they drink all the water in the toilet and then throw it up all over the floor. EW. And it wasn't clean water, like the perfectly good, fresh water in his dogdish. EEEEWWWW.

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ellenmillion

8:28a ARGH! Everything is broken! Also, I forgot my laptop power cord at work yesterday and today was a day off - I wasn't going to drive all the way into town until this evening for dance class. ARGH.

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fireflyfanfic [ rangersebulba ]

7:44a The Guns of Yamenmiao: Part 12 Title: The Guns of Yamenmiao (Part 12) Author: rangersebulba Series: The Old That is Strong Genre: gen Rating: PG Characters: ensemble, with OCs Pairings: None Timeline/Spoilers: between 'War Stories' and 'Trash' Summary: Tensions mount on the Yamenmiao expedition, coming to a head when Mal enters exactly the dire strait he feared the worst. Author's Notes: Whilst we're thanking phyrelight for the beta, let's also blame her for a lot of the tension in this part - a good chunk of it was her idea. ;) Part 12

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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

ellenmillion

12:32p Calendars! Anthology! Woo! The end is in sight! My earlier gleeing was for successfully finding the right fonts so that I could print the ENTIRE rough draft of the anthology. Oh, YEAH. This is gorgeous. This one blows last years anthology not only out of the water, but out of the whole YMCA. Dude. Melissa did a fabulous job on this one. I just need to mark it up, make some various corrections, gather up some high-res files, and zip it up for print. All three of EMG'S 2009 calendars are up for pre-order! AND, there's a discount for pre-ordering - $2.00 off! AND all the 2008 and older calendars are marked down $5 off, because I have to make room for more! (And because I found another box of them in the connex last week... doh!) http://www.ellenmilliongraphics.com/fantasyart/searchprod.php?prod=20 I have gathered up the work for the next DFFH coloring book - I just need to figure out a cover (I have an idea), and get it off to the presses. Would be nice to have that done sooner than later, what with turnaround time. Lunch now.

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ellenmillion

8:39a YES!!!!!!!!!

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fireflywaves [ rae1013 ]

2:31a New Community  I hope it's okay to post this here. vid_critics is a community dedicated to constructive criticism. As a critic, it is your duty to be 100% honest in your observations. We do not allow short, meaningless posts. 'I love it' does not help the editor to understand his/her strengths or weaknesses any better then they did prior to posting. This community offers the opportunity to learn and grow as an editor, a critic and as a community as a whole. You must be a member to post so sign up today!

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Monday, July 14th, 2008

ellenmillion

10:36a Lacking substance With writing, as with art, I am very motivated to improve. As with art, I know that the best way to do that is to write as much as possible, and to spend time on the craft. No skill grows from a vacuum. The other thing I understand is that clear, unbiased understanding of flaws and weaknesses is key. So, here's what I need to work on in my short fiction writing: substance. I tend to write little, punchy, emotional vignettes. Characterization seems well-received, and I generally have a solid sense of setting and dialogue and all the nuts and bolts. Sometimes the stories move a larger plot along, but rarely are they self-standing. I got a story rejection this weekend that said that the piece I submitted felt like a excerpt. This rather solidified my suspicion that this was the case. They liked it enough to ask if there were a longer piece it was a part of that I could submit... but by itself? Not effective. So. That's my goal with the next bit of writing I do. In the meantime, have some $%^&* raven feathers:

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