Taking Eccentricity To New Levels

But first, ( some ducks )

( Rendezvous with Aberforth )

So now we know Downtown Memphis offers asylum to ducks and Aberforth. The weather was its normal self: hot and humid, although it fooled us into believing this morning that it was going to be a pleasant day.

Oh, dragonsinger954 posted some picspam here, mostly of the art of ghetto cheesemaking.

Tonight, calypsobard joined us at home, and we knitted and crocheted and chatted and ate cheese and later wiped out the last of the Indian feast, and, oh, she recorded her TTMT vid here with special guests. I guess it may be online tomorrow or day after. Will link once she posts. I finally finished my sock of doom and got to show it off, yay!

What she says.

Happy Birthday, machshefa! Have a wonderful day and the best year yet!

It's been an absolutely great day with loads of fun. ( picspam )

We made cheese, which is now merrily being pressed, and I'm sure dragonsinger954 will post picspam. ;)

Happy Birthday, southernwitch69! Hope you're having a most wonderful day!

( In other news )

- Clean kitchen
- Make paneer
- Fold three days worth of laundry
- Do laundry (bedsheets, towels, clothes)

I think that may deserve a bath with bubbles reaching the ceiling.

ordinary_magic posted a useful convention survival guide for those attending Azkatraz. If you're not familiar with San Francisco, read here.

Now, if anyone local could please point out the nearest Trader Joe's, I'll be deliriously happy.

Happy Belated Birthday, battle_of_lissa and caeria, and Happy Birthday, juniperus!

Hope your day was/is wonderful!

Leave me a comment asking for a letter if you want to play.
Then, write 10 things that you love starting with that letter.
Post the list in your journal.

I got the letter K from tamatersweet

1. Karelia Suite
2. keyboard instruments
3. key to comprehending the universe
4. kindness
5. knitting
6. knowledge
7. kisses and hugs from hubby and the kids
8. kitchens
9. koalas
10. knights in shining armour

24164 / 20000 words. 121% done!

I've just submitted my hermionebigbang fic, and I'm wavering between squeeing and crying in a corner. I think the squeeing will win, though. Whilst I'm done writing it, there is still quite a bit of work to do cleaning it up, which I'll start after Azkatraz. For now, I'll concentrate with RL stuff, such as friends visiting *squee* and overdue betas and maybe even some queue.

And, omg, what a relief that I managed it just inside the deadline. *glomps kittylefish and stefdarlin for all the support*

HBB: 22197
Today: 2177

The end is palpable now, and I'm as much looking forward to that as I'm dreading it.

Still entirely entranced by between2snakes

Did manage some writing, well, a lot of writing today, around 1500 words, so I'm now at 18417, which leaves just over 1500 words to do in order to qualify and probably another 500-1000 on top to complete the fic. I think I can do it.

I tried to post a thank you note to b2s. Alas, I'll have to wait another day to be coherent.

Happy Birthday, irishredlass69!!!

Hope you've had a most wonderful day, and may this year bring nothing but joy!

I'll probably only ramble at best, as I'm still not quite coherent, and it'll probably take a while...

( The first email I read )

I've been reading pretty much all day, with a short break for eating, mostly because my eyes were getting tired. But now I'm back and will continue to read the many, many fantastic fic and poems you've gifted me with. The love that has been pouring out from you all can and will stop wars, and the world has become a better place.

You've delighted me with tales about cheese, about Reiki, about music, about mushrooms, and I shall simply have to continue reading at a slow pace to devour and treasure every single word. Back to reading, then. :D

*pokes debjunk*

Look at THIS!

And, omg, he is not to be scoffed at either:

1. Disabling comments because I owe loads already and am too slow catching up

2. Wrote 0 words today, but managed to cut about 300, yay me *snrk*

3. It's Too Fucking Hot

4. There are definitely two tomatoes. Am carefully watching the other 34 blooms and hope they'll still turn into fruit despite the heat.

5. Rejoicing over bambu345 not needing surgery. Go, bambu!!! *keeps sending healing vibes to get arm back to human colour*

6. OMG, still 5k to write for the HBB! *wibbles*

7. Azkatraz is rather visible now, being merely four weeks away. *bounces*

8. There will be loads of squeeing, cooking, cheesemaking, and OMG, possibly vidding when dragonsinger954 comes to visit in two weeks! I shall have to refine my ghetto cheesemaking skillz to show them off so that everyone who watches the video will have absolutely no excuse not to make feta! *bounces*

9. I need to write! *whines* Just over a week to go, and I only have 15k, 5k short so far! *cries*

10. There will be more squeeing on July 12. I've heard rumours that annietalbot and dickgloucester are popping in on their way from PA to CA. *squeeeeeeee*

11. Eleven, that elusive number. But, eleventy is a fantastic number, so... OMG, the HBB fic I've been writing is my bestest evvah. A lot of people probably won't read it because it's all musicky and poetic, and by musicky I don't mean Beatles or Abba or Eminem. *snrk*

12. I need to write!

13. The heat is unbearable. Even sitting on the Starbucks terrace doesn't cut it.

14. Green. Yes, green. Oh, and blonde.

15. Purely because it has to be 3, 6, or 9. In Pythagorian terms. Have some Dvorak.

Can the weather please go away and take with it about 40F so I can breathe again. Kthx.

Freaking 102 degrees here. Just the thought of anything outdoors makes me feel entirely blah.

My gift at the lmhg_exchange is posted, and it is absolutely awesome. It contains everything I absolutely adore: light, intelligent banter with a decidedly flirtatious ring to it; music, and Scott Joplin; a sophisticated Lucius; an intelligent and down-to-earth Hermione; piano-playing; dancing; not one word too many and yet lacking absolutely nothing. It's absolutely perfect! Go, read!

Taking a leaf out of tamatersweet's book because it's so pretty.