The Monday edition! All the squee that's fit to post (that I recall off the top of my head)

[red_satin_doll]

* Congratulations to the winners of btvs_hush Challenge 278 rua1412, xclaire_delunex, and (a new name to me) stepinsidelove! Entries for Challenge 279 are due TOMORROW August 5 and according to dragonydreams there will NOT be an extension this round. (Many thanks to pickamix for the heads-up on that fact.)  So there's still one day to come up with something if you're quick and clever (and decidedly not me).

* bangel_4e has posted her entries for Round 3 of btvsats20in20, "Buffy Summers".  I knew she'd come up with something to do Buffy proud and oh my did she ever. *This is me quietly resisting throwing in the towel...for the love of Tara I plod onward and I am really really overthinking this*

* scribesds is looking for new members and feedback on the future of writers_toybox, a comm for fanwriters looking for beta help, prompts, wanting to talk about writing etc. The comm has been primarily but not soley B/A-oriented up until now. Should it stop being a B/A community? Open up to other fandoms? Become a general writing forum? WHAT SAY YOU?

* A very happy birthday/week/month/year to - lots of people on my f'list (in no particular order): ruuger, clawofcat, st_salieri, darkgoddessgege, zanthinegirl, kerkevik_2014 (Ray), blackfrancine, sweetiepebbles, ozma914 (Mark Fields Hunter), bradcpu, and who am I missing?  I apologize for the wishes en masse but people just keep gettin' born! I hope it was filled with something much nicer than heartache, misery, a boyfriend's soul going kablooey and an animated arm in a box.  Unless any of that's your cup of tea.

Comments

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Hey! *hugs you for no particular reason, just because*


Gabrielle

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Love is it's own reason for being! *hugs you back*

I was thinking of you today - *whispers* I surprised myself and made some Willow/Aly Hannigan icons, I hope you'll like them. */end whisper*

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

*claps hand over mouth to muffle squee*


Gabrielle

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

People born in the summer are awesome, that's all there is to it. But who's Mark Fields?

I could use an animated arm, if it didn't try to kill me ....

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

But who's Mark Fields?

Ah, see, I throw in small errors like that to make sure people are paying attention and so far -everyone's got a gold star! (except me) Yup, that's my story, and not that I'm too damn rushed or lazy to double-check my facts. *shifty eyes*

Mebbe I could get at job at the NY times?

I apologize for that, it's all fixed now.

I could use an animated arm, if it didn't try to kill me ....

I suspect we all could - but what would you use it for? (Now there's a poll questiom)

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I love gold stars! And I've also been known to make name errors. So I say, go for that NY Times job.

I would put the animated arm to work doing housework, of course!

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Housework, what else? *shifty eyes* I suspect this might make for an interesting poll question.

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Agreed ... and theoretical mechanics can debate over whether an arm, by itself, would be all that useful.

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

and theoretical mechanics can debate over whether an arm, by itself, would be all that useful.

How did you know I was thinking about that? (there are one or two things that a mechanical arm would be useful for by itself that are not...housework. *ahem*)

Your icon is SOOOOO timely btw. I need to do just that (mom's coming for a visit for a week and you'd think that would be motivation enough right but...oh, look, fanfic, shiny!)

Oh, the icon?

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I spent a long time trying to have a more or less orderly life, while also working a full time job, having a family, and starting a writing career. As a result, I didn't start a writing career. I finally concluded that if I had to make a choice between dusting and writing, I should be writing! And having decided that, in October my fifth book is coming out.

Re: Oh, the icon?

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

CONGRATULATIONS!

Re: Oh, the icon?

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

This is an excellent pimp/birthday post.

*hugs*

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Thanks sweetie - it's ok pimpage but no birthday pictures! No art! I'm slacking on the job!

(Actually I'm making icons so - valid excuse?)

[rua1412.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, sweetie!

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome!

[bangel-4e.livejournal.com]

Aw, hon..you flatter me...thank you for this, I really appreciate it..you do too much <3

And I CAN'T WAIT to see your Tara icons cause I'm sure they'll fantastic :)

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

My pleasure! when my mom arrives on the 13th to stay for a week I will be entirely absent from the 'puter so I'd better make up for it now.

And I can't wait to see them either *lol*

[ruuger]

Thank you! :)

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!