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I'm using this post to collect images of my "mystery chawan" for identification on TeaForum.org (now that PhotoBucket has killed itself).


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A chum on LJ passed along some good news: there's a Chrome extension (here) that fixes the notorious Photobucket embed issue. Apparently there's also a Firefox add-on (here) but you'll have to try it for yourself as I don't use Firefox.

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Someone in one of my closed comms just posted the following notice:

Are you all aware of the changes to your accounts?
Just wanted to check in and make sure that you all know that your scrapbooks are now all set to public by LJ. The TOS has changed as we know, but they sneaked that public change in under the wire.I just checked mine, and it looks ( Read more... )

I have this sleepy old Dreamwidth account which I keep forgetting about. (This is not news.)

Now that LJ has updated its TOS, it seems like a good time to reimport my LJ and begin properly cross-posting. As far as I can make out, that only works automatically if you compose your posts here on DW and have them cross-posted automatically to LJ. (I ( Read more... )

*blushes* I have a terrible habit of signing up for binghi and not doing them.

BUT THIS YEAR WILL BE DIFFERENT. maybe

Anyway, here's what I got from trope_bingo this time. Why didn't I opt out of AU: ROYALTY/ARISTOCRACY/FEUDAL, you may ask? Because I thought it might be fun to write a spot of yeomen slash. Peasant porn! Let's see if that bunny ( Read more... )

(Yes, I'm procrastinating like mad on some tedious chores. Is it obvious?)

Margaret Atwood:


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The challenge 13 theme is "unlucky things" (I guess because it's the 13th challenge), and each participant is given a photograph to inspire any fic as long as it weighs in at exactly 1,000 words. Here's my pic:


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As some of you know, I study Japanese tea ceremony. This hobby requires me to wear kimono. Also, obi - that wide "sash" you see worn around the waist although IMHO a better descriptor would be waist trimming sauna belt, those suckers are HOT.

Anyway! Ichiroya is a second-hand online kimono and obi shop in Japan, and a good place to find affordable ( Read more... )

The 2-hour premiere of Agent Carter aired tonight (2 episodes shown back-to-back), and I gotta say, it was pretty damn wonderful.


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