So what with LJ's release 88 being a steaming pile of poo, my fandoms and flist being all but dead, and DW having open sign-ups until the end of the year... I've decided (like thousands of other LJers) to move to DW. I don't know how much I'll post here (I don't post in LJ all that much tbh), and I'll stick with LJ for the time being, but... well. LJ has been pretty shitty lately (DDOS attacks, igrick being a dick, ignoring their userbase) and release 88 and LJ's attitude to critisism has finally pushed me to move.

I'm kind of annnoyed because my paid time on LJ just updated a month ago for the entire year -.- Cancelling autopayments, anyhow. If I get along better with DW I may get a paid account here (I miss my icon space!)

So I made a few banners for dark_fest:

 



Feel free to repost and pimp out the fest :D

GUYS GUYS.

dark_fest is running again this year!! :D :D

And this time I've actually heard about it early enough to be able to submit prompts, yay! So, anyone else going to write for it this year?

(Also, smthwallflower, it's now a year since we've been friends <3 )

(Mostly taken from sf_drama. When the swearing starts, it's me.)

The Pepsi Refresh Project is a monthly grant program run by Pepsi.

From their FAQ:

We are looking for ideas from individuals, non-profits and pro-social businesses that can make a positive impact in the community. Ideas should be feasible and completed 12 months from the date you receive the first funds. Ideas must have impact within one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia.

Each month, up to $1.3 million will be awarded as follows: 2 Grants at the $250,000 level; 10 Grants at the $50,000 level; 10 Grants at the $25,000 level; and 10 Grants at the $5,000 level.

I think we can all agree that it's a wonderful program.

Some of the ideas currently listed at the $25,000 level:
- Integrate arts with academics in a center for challenged children
- Offer reading and math after school programs to at-risk rural children
- Provide room makeovers for children with disabilities in San Diego
- FictionAlley, a Harry Potter fanfic archive has submitted a grant proposal for $25,000 in charitable funds to keep their website up.


I just... there are no words for how fucking angry I am. That money is for charity, not for your precious Snape/Harry pr0nz. How ignorant do you have to be to do something like this? And, of course, they're encouraging people to vote for them. A lot of fandom is outraged, but some people are still voting for them...

So head over to the Pepsi Refresh Project and vote. There are so many good causes, and you get 10 votes every day! Don't let some stupid fansite admins take $25,000 from someone who really needs the money. :(

sazz_k <<< I've got a little Dr. Horrible icon for userheads on my LJ :D

Props to babytest, because my CSS skillz are non-existant and without this awesome tutorial I never would have been able to do this :)

(Note: If you're viewing this on your Flist, it'll look like the normal userhead to you. You'll have to come over to my journal to see the awesome nerdiness ^_^ )

( CSS code under the cut... )

You'll probably see a lot of these kinds of posts in the next few days, but please can I ask that anyone commenting on my journal (including on f-locked posts) please not repost on Facebook or Twitter?

There's an almighty furora about the lack of opt-out on this new repost feature, because comments on a Real Life Facebook or Twitter account might give away people's more anonymous fandom identities.

I use this livejournal account for fandom only and don't want it associated with my Real Life facebook or any other account.

(Please repost this type message to your own account if necessary! Fight the man!)

EDIT: AND NOW TAGS WITH A "/" IN DON'T FUCKING WORK! WHAT THE FUCK, LJ?? DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND HOW MANY PEOPLE AND COMMS USE FORWARD SLASHES?

Fucking hell, my paid time is up soon and I'm not sure if I'm going to renew it. I AM NOT PAYING FOR THIS BULLSHIT, LJ.

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Sure - I think most of my flist is from the states/Canada. The ones I'd actually consider friends though (and who I talk to off LJ) are:

smthwallflower - We talk pretty much every day, because the time difference, me getting up early for work and her staying up late aligns perfectly for MSN chats while I'm on the bus to work ^_^ We talk about crazy stuff that it is wayyyy to early for, it's fun :)

jamie55  - I think she was the first person to friend me on LJ? We can't talk that often because of the time difference and she's usually busy, but I do like chatting to her :) Although last time we talked things went a bit... I mean, it was my fault, but... yeah :/ We're still friends though I hope

I would like to meet them both, but they live in Canada so... If I ever go to Canada though (or if you guys come to the UK) we should meet, it'd be cool :D

Edited because LJ ate the bit about smthwallflower . Sorry, dude, I guess LJ just doesn't want us to be friends xD

Need to redo my banner... not sure what I want though :/ I don't want white-on-black text anymore, so I've swapped to grey, but now my journal looks all cluttered.
Might have a new layout when I change the banner. I think I still want something Dr. Horrible related, not sure what exactly though. Maybe Dr. Horrible with the Death Ray? Don't know...

Also, when I first got LJ back in August, there was this thing where when you hovered over links you saw a little preview of the page it inked to. I can't remember what it's called, but the links have a little picture of a speech bubble next to them. Anyway, I haven't seen them for months and months - have they stopped, or have I managed to turn something off in the settings without realising?