The Dressage Ring

i think i'm going to have to stop visiting seremela2's lj every day, tempting as it is.  her icon is just... so... lickable.  i mean, take a look.  who could resist a chest like that?  i know i'm having a tough time resisting.  ::stares a bit, not noticing the drool pooling at her feet::

and the thing is, if i get caught licking the screen at work, people are going to look at me funny.  either that, or my tongue will get frozen to the moniter - never can tell in this meatlocker.

-bs

does anyone know what happened to atomic?  he hasn't posted (unlocked to me) since turkey day.  i'm mildly worried that he's having fun in the Chinese sense of the word.... 

so last week, i couldn't sleep, and this week, i can't seem to sleep enough.  today i declared a mini-cheat day:  i had a starbucks pumpkin spice latte, with half-caff and soy milk, a plain bagel, and plain cream cheese.  latte was worth it because it was 48F this morning.  i'll be good the rest of the day, but gawd, i needed that coffee.

i had nightmares last night.  all about people pressing too closely, and not letting me go - invading my personal space and implying threats.  eesh.  ratseal may be right about me needing to get out more, but he makes a wonderful imaginary teddy bear.  he's cute and strong and he's been emotionally present and cuddle-able in the past for me and it really helps.


*edited 10/26/2007 at 6pm because sometimes my pride in my friends gets ahead of my brain

 ok, i went through my lj and re-set the locks on various posts to the correct list filters, and this morning i went through and put various people on lists i think they belong on.  if you can't see the post locked to the:

LIFE filter
HEALTH filter
FANNISH STUFF filter
TMI filter

it means you're not on that list.  

if you would like to be *on* a particular list, please reply to this post.  if you want to be *taken off of* a particular list, please reply to the relevant locked post.  thank you.  and i know, some of you are on every list... you don't have to write a thesis - just 'hi' will do.

-bs

ok, the second part of re-orging my lj is setting up filter lists for my friends' list.  i'm doing this in two parts - a set of filters for me, mostly based on reading patterns, and a set of filters for folks on my f-list.

so for me, based on reading/ posting patterns, i have people and groups i want to check 'daily', 'weekly', and 'monthly'.

for the happiness of folks on my friends' list, i have filters set up for 'life', 'health', 'fannish stuff', and 'TMI'.  now, most of my stuff is publicly posted, and that's likely to continue.  what i figure i'm going to do with those filters going forward is:

LIFE filter: most things tagged life will probably remain publicly posted, but i will probably flock to this filter 1) life-meta, 2) grumbling about things like periods, and other stuff that's... normal but not usually brought up in polite conversation.  this filter already has on it everyone who has friended me. 

HEALTH filter:  i figure on reserving this filter for folks who are really interested in my weekly stats for my diet.  there are a few people whom i know will want to have this information, i don't mind adding more, not a big deal.  but i figured the majority of my friends probably don't want that stuff cluttering up their friends' pages.

FANNISH STUFF filter:  most of my fannish stuff - specifically fan-meta and gen fanfic - will remain publicly posted going forward.  this filter is primarily for those who also want to opt in on reading any slash snippets i come up with, or the more personal meta like 'do your bedroom tastes coincide with your slashy tastes'.  again, i figure like 90% of my flist can do without.

TMI filter:  this is for the really personal painful stuff about me that i'm not comfortable with 90% of my flist seeing.  there are some people who i'll probably put in here right away, but you should definately mention it if you would like to be exposed to the inner ugliness.

i'm going to try to keep my filters to these four.  if you would like to opt-in or opt-out of a specific filter, please reply to this post.  otherwise, i'm going to put people where i think they'd want to be.  i'll be logical about it, but you still might be surprised where you end up.

-bs

one of the things that going through and re-reading my lj has reminded me of is just how glad i am you came into my life when you did.  you're an awesome friend, and deserve every bit of hub-bub and fussing and stitchery i do for you.  never doubt it.  ::hugs tight::

-boogieshoes

for those of you playing along at home, i've updated library_alex - sorry it's been a while, but RL kind of took over there for a bit...

-bs 

ok, i'm late to the party, but i've had other stuff on my mind... like hurricanes.  and headaches ::sighs::

anyway, karieflybabe, i totally agree with you and fluterbev re plagiarism in the senficfind comm.

starwatcher307 , i want to answer the question you asked the other day in your 'blogging while female' thread, about why i brought up one particular point.  there's a deep answer there, but it's taking a while to settle out.  and my teeth hurt.  gah, i can't wait till these cavities are filled.

that is all, right now.

-bs

Ljcom fandom_counts now has 35,040 members.  this amuses me, because i thought for sure it'd stop growing at 31,000.  growth slowed down a *lot*, but it's still growing, which is pretty cool.

i am trying to figure out what to post for the pro-fic grand opening post on library_alex.  my mind is coming up blank.  right now, the candidates are: kildar, hymn before battle, anita blake the first, or moon-called by patricia briggs. 

-bs