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  <title>The Bejeweled Green Bottle</title>
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    <title>Lubricus Reunion is Postponed</title>
    <published>2021-02-11T06:45:28Z</published>
    <updated>2021-02-11T06:45:52Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lubricus Reunion is Postponed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Towards the beginning of 2019, the Con Com convened to start concocting  what many Lubricus attendees have been asking for on a regular basis: a Lubricus Reunion Con. We originally planned for this convention to happen in October 2020. In March of 2020, we decided to postpone the convention until 2021 given the uncertainty around the spread of COVID-19 and anxiety about the US election. Meanwhile, many con attendees were feeling increasingly disenfranchised by JK Rowling&amp;rsquo;s transphobic tirades in the media. In February 2021, although we now have &amp;ldquo;adults in the room at the White House&amp;rdquo; and  COVID vaccine on the horizon, the future is still uncertain. Many con attendees may not be able to attend a Fall of 2021 con due to health conditions and/or economic uncertainty as a result of the pandemic. In order to address the needs of those attendees and uphold our values of safety and inclusivity, we will be postponing the Lubricus Reunion indefinitely.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We&amp;rsquo;ve made this decision with a heavy heart primarily because we want all Lubricus attendees to feel and be safe at our events. In addition, we also acknowledge that attending fan conventions might be an expense that becomes lower priority  during times of financial stress. Luckily, we were able to renegotiate with the hotel and should be in a strong financial position to host a convention once it&amp;rsquo;s safe and possible for everyone.  Further, postponing the convention gives us time to think creatively about how to make the convention a safe and healing space for trans attendees and allies who feel triggered by current events.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    For those who have already purchased registrations for 2021, &lt;strong&gt;we will be refunding 100% of your registration price &lt;/strong&gt;between now and March 1, 2021.  If you don&amp;rsquo;t see a refund by that date, please send us a note at at registration@bf4f.org. If we don&amp;rsquo;t hear from you, we will assume that you&amp;rsquo;ve received your refund.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please see the &lt;a href="https://www.bf4f.org/post/lubricus-reunion-is-postponed" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;updated web site &lt;/a&gt;for additional details and stay tuned to Lubricus social media for additional announcements about the Lubricus Reunion Con and other related BF4F activities. Stay safe, healthy, and slashy everyone!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;

&lt;span style="font-size: smaller;"&gt;This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth &lt;a href="https://djin7.dreamwidth.org/288114.html#comments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Comment here, there, or the other place, it's all good.&lt;/span&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djin7:184900</id>
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    <title>Lubricus Fannish COVID Survival Part 1</title>
    <published>2020-04-12T05:34:19Z</published>
    <updated>2020-04-12T21:45:19Z</updated>
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    <category term="conventions"/>
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    <content type="html">&lt;span style="font-size: larger;"&gt;Like many fans around the world, the Lubricus Con Com is sheltering in place experiencing this weird new reality that COVID-19 has brought upon us. Self care is extremely important during times like this and in addition to taking long bubble baths and snuggling with our pets, we&amp;rsquo;re also reading fic! We thought it would be fun to share some of the fics that are helping us get through this trying time...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today we feature in &lt;b&gt;Part 1: Something New,&lt;/b&gt; including &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Marvel Cinematic Universe, &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Car Talk (NPR)/Good Omens&lt;/span&gt;, and &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;M&amp;oacute;d&amp;agrave;o Zǔshī - M&amp;ograve;xiāng T&amp;oacute;ngxi&amp;ugrave; (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation) aka The Untamed (TV)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bf4f.org/post/lubricus-fannish-covid-survival-part-1" target="_blank" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: larger;"&gt;https://www.bf4f.org/post/lubricus-fannish-covid-survival-part-1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: larger;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Part 2 :Something Old&lt;/b&gt; to come later in April, and will spotlight Harry Potter classics!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: larger;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Update on the Con: &lt;/b&gt;As of today, we&amp;rsquo;re still planning to hold Lubricus 2020 so if you think you&amp;rsquo;d like a convention fix in October sign up via the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: larger;"&gt;&lt;a class="" href="https://www.bf4f.org/registration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"&gt;&lt;u class=""&gt;Registration Page&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;. Please note that you can cancel your reservation any time before September 29, 2020 per our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: larger;"&gt;&lt;a class="" href="https://www.bf4f.org/attendance-and-cancellation-policy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"&gt;&lt;u class=""&gt;Attendance and Cancellation Policy&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;. We&amp;rsquo;ll of course be monitoring the global health situation and will be sending updates about the con as we get closer to the dates.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: larger;"&gt;Take care, stay healthy and safe, and remember that we are all in this together!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: smaller;"&gt;This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth &lt;a href="https://djin7.dreamwidth.org/287725.html#comments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Comment here, there, or the other place, it&amp;#39;s all good.&lt;/span&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djin7:184790</id>
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    <title>Lubricus: The Reunion! Portland, Oregon, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2020</title>
    <published>2020-03-17T19:17:22Z</published>
    <updated>2020-03-17T19:28:04Z</updated>
    <category term="stay safe"/>
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    <content type="html">&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Lubricus and Current Events (Covid-19)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:457px;height:412px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="412" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/0fYfpjsYQqpeJlmQfmNUTebrri0mY3Ji3Ck-WTdjOiWZhOM4Asg4LAKm6076qM83qupuw5etYX-k2VC3TqW7kQRHsRmsEZTi1WaOEviT0OXm2yR5ZkBB5VPy5J4PYb94C2iynwBV" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px;" width="457" fetchpriority="high" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Lubricus is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;still on&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;The Lubricus Con Com has discussed the current events and is monitoring the situation carefully. At this time we have no plans to cancel or postpone our October 2020 event and are monitoring the situation as it develops. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Social Distancing: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Many people are reporting positive aspects of quarantine and social distancing, even as some suffer hardships in employment and cancellations costs. But staying home can be very relaxing, and the best thing about being in a fandom is that there is a lot of amazing content out there to keep one&amp;#39;s attention for long periods. Perhaps now is the time to re-read that epic Snarry from 2009, or to catch up on those fanvids you&amp;#39;ve been saving on your Watch Later list on Youtube. Meaning to catch up or get familiar with a new fandom via Netflix? Now is your chance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-left: 36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Self-Care: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Remember self care during this time: Get out into the fresh air away from crowds. Exercise or stretch if you can. Eat fresh food wherever possible. Spring clean. Don&amp;#39;t forget to take a break between online or TV content, or turn it &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;right off&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt; if it&amp;#39;s causing you anxiety. Facetime, Google chat or Zoom Cconference friends and family. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Thinking of you, and sending positive patronuses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Lubricus Con Comm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: smaller;"&gt;This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth &lt;a href="https://djin7.dreamwidth.org/287370.html#comments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Comment here, there, or the other place, it&amp;#39;s all good.&lt;/span&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djin7:184557</id>
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    <title>Lubricus: The Reunion! Portland, Oregon, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2020</title>
    <published>2020-03-07T21:50:44Z</published>
    <updated>2020-03-07T22:04:30Z</updated>
    <category term="conventions"/>
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    <content type="html">&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Why Lubricus?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:445px;height:594px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="594" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/tRB6bQkDXY7oi1WU1O8Eugmg6V8twYFSH7n4tUX9Pm1Jh3XnCpBTi44fzborkpd3ZYHHlSMsLUuPvrdvlq2V-PnnoWqO_oiB5RR44zxZQzET47e7To7vwtOe3WiPvqGjje8HlqEW" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px;" width="445" fetchpriority="high" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s still early in 2020 so there&amp;rsquo;s time to properly allocate your convention budget and set aside some funds for Lubricus 2020. But with so many different social media outlets for fandom and so many different conventions happening all over the world what sets Lubricus apart? Here are a few qualities about our little con that make us special&amp;hellip;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Lubricus is by fans for fans: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;The Lubricus Con Com is made up of real-life slash fans who have found themselves craving more slashy content at the mainstream HP conventions. They&amp;rsquo;ve put on two successful Harry Potter versions of Lubricus and are excited to join forces again in 2020 to host this multifandom iteration of Lubricus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Lubricus is affordable: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;We offer several different types of tickets for Lubricus 2020 with the cheapest version (Get Your Rocks Off) providing admission to all Lubricus programming, the Blue Ball, and the Morning After Breakfast for just $140. The con rate at the hotel is just $149 per night for a standard room for up to two people; the rate is an extra&amp;nbsp; $10 for a third or fourth person in a room. And on top of that, Portland doesn&amp;rsquo;t have sales tax!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Lubricus is intimate and friendly:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt; The previous Lubricus conventions had under 100 attendees each, which provides enough people to have a good time, but not so many that introverts end up feeling completely overwhelmed and end up hiding in their hotel rooms. Many people attending Lubricus have known each other for years, but we&amp;rsquo;ve always welcomed new faces at cons. If you like slash, we like you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Lubricus has a Common Room: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Inspired by the lounge spaces at Hogwarts, Lubricus provides a chill hang out space for congoers to chat, drabble, craft, and just hang out. We decorate the space to be cozy and fannish so that it can be both energizing and relaxing at the same time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Lubricus has a Blue Ball:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt; The Blue Balls&amp;#39; of previous cons have been a night for congoers to dress up, dress down, dance, eat, enjoy vids and fannish company during an evening of supreme fun. And we always have themed drinks! This year&amp;#39;s Blue Ball will be no different and if you need an extra excuse to dress up, it takes place on Halloween.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;There are many more reasons to include Lubricus in your 2020 con planning. Check out our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bf4f.org/" style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;span&gt;web site&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt; to learn more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: smaller;"&gt;This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth &lt;a href="https://djin7.dreamwidth.org/287221.html#comments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Comment here, there, or the other place, it&amp;#39;s all good.&lt;/span&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djin7:184031</id>
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    <title>Lubricus: The Reunion! Portland, Oregon, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2020</title>
    <published>2020-01-24T07:29:24Z</published>
    <updated>2020-01-24T08:25:19Z</updated>
    <category term="conventions"/>
    <category term="lubricus"/>
    <category term="fandom"/>
    <category term="slash"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bf4f.org/post/we-have-almost-as-many-registration-options-as-voldemort-has-horcruxes" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.bf4f.org/post/we-have-almost-as-many-registration-options-as-voldemort-has-horcruxes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;We Have Almost as Many Registration Options as Voldemort Has Horcruxes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:624px;height:416px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="416" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/mXrBTg_ow6PHPC6MT8EIgiPg0XqoD2XCQ4mCQygRqMRXH4pOLDOTXwZzOvl_Y79U8L_HKBHtFk-9udynLrkTnf0WZcDABOQxg8pT2wt_bl0PxhyjkmPAYe__vlaXsCRW6OWENRA9" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px;" width="624" fetchpriority="high" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Registration for Lubricus 2020 opens on February 1 and we have lots of options to choose from. Here is an overview of what&amp;rsquo;s available&amp;hellip;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Get Your Rocks Off ($140):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt; This is a Basic Registration. Includes admission to all Lubricus programming, the arts &amp;amp; crafts fair, the Blue Ball, and the Morning After Breakfast.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Lend a Helping Hand ($175):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt; This is a Sponsorship Registration No pillow princexes here - you want to help others reach their bliss by contributing an extra $35 toward our scholarship fund, so we can provide reduced-cost registrations to those who need financial assistance. Your registration includes admission to all Lubricus programming, the arts &amp;amp; crafts fair, the Blue Ball, and the Morning After Breakfast.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;BDE (Big Donor Energy ($250): &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;This is an Investor Registration. Like the Malfoys, you&amp;rsquo;re willing and able to provide financial support for a great cause. By purchasing this level of registration, you&amp;#39;re helping us keep costs down for the Basic Registration, so our con is as accessible as possible for slash lovers of all means! This registration includes admission to all Lubricus programming, the arts &amp;amp; crafts fair, the Blue Ball, and the Morning After Breakfast.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;No Strings Attached ($25): &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;This is a Non-Attending Registration. You won&amp;rsquo;t be attending Lubricus, but you still want to show some love! Like the Hogwarts ghosts, you&amp;rsquo;ll be with us in spirit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;One Night Stand ($25):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt; This is a ticket for admission ONLY to the Blue Ball on October 31, 2020. Dust off your dress robes and get ready for the HOTTEST Halloween party in town. These tickets can be purchased alone at any time, or as an add-on when you purchase any of the registrations listed below. Bring your friends, enemies, rivals, crushes, partners, favorite Quidditch star, etc. There will be a cash bar at the Ball where you can purchase drink tickets.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;And don&amp;rsquo;t forget to check out our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bf4f.org/registration" style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;span&gt;registration page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bf4f.org/faq" style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;span&gt;FAQ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt; for additional details.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: smaller;"&gt;This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth &lt;a href="https://djin7.dreamwidth.org/286255.html#comments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Comment here, there, or the other place, it&amp;#39;s all good.&lt;/span&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
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    <title>Lubricus: The Reunion! Portland, Oregon, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2020 "</title>
    <published>2020-01-09T17:46:29Z</published>
    <updated>2020-01-09T17:49:37Z</updated>
    <category term="conventions"/>
    <category term="reunion"/>
    <category term="lubricus"/>
    <category term="fandom"/>
    <category term="slash"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Professor Snape is not pleased, but the slashy gang who brought you Lubricus in 2011 and 2012 is back and better than ever! Lubricus 2020: The Reunion will be a slash-filled weekend chock full of squee, old friends and new, smut, arts/crafts, food, dancing, and so much more! Programming is entirely attendee-driven, so that means you get to decide what kind of content you want to have at the con. Here are the key details you need to know&amp;hellip; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dates: &lt;/strong&gt;October 29, 2020 to November 1, 2020&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a class="" href="https://www.ihg.com/crowneplaza/hotels/us/en/portland/pdxne/hoteldetail" rel="noopener" target="_blank" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u class=""&gt;Crowne Plaza Portland&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Costs: &lt;/strong&gt;Base registration starts at $140 with increasing levels of sponsorship registration&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is this con all about?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Con That Shall Not Be Named (aka Lubricus) is a fan-inspired and fan-run wizarding slash convention presented by By Fans 4 Fans. Although the first two iterations of Lubricus were limited to Harry Potter slash, Lubricus 2020 will be mutlifandom. Because attendees get to determine the Slashy programming, we can&amp;#39;t say what will be featured yet, but expect to see Doctor Who, Marvel/Avengers, Sherlock, Star Trek, Star Wars, Supernatural, and many more. Remember, you get to decide!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ACCIO SLASH: &lt;a href="https://www.bf4f.org/post/announcing-lubricus-2020-the-reunion" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.bf4f.org/post/announcing-lubricus-2020-the-reunion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/101768_8451c832917547c9a2d58f495794f6fc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_360,h_559,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/101768_8451c832917547c9a2d58f495794f6fc~mv2.webp" fetchpriority="high" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: smaller;"&gt;This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth &lt;a href="https://djin7.dreamwidth.org/286124.html#comments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Comment here, there, or the other place, it&amp;#39;s all good.&lt;/span&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djin7:183291</id>
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    <title>CALL FOR CONVENTION PHOTOS - LUBRICUS.  FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON AT ALL. NOPE.</title>
    <published>2019-11-18T03:58:57Z</published>
    <updated>2019-11-18T04:05:11Z</updated>
    <category term="nothing to see here"/>
    <category term="conventions"/>
    <category term="lubricus"/>
    <category term="hp fen"/>
    <category term="just innocent inquiry"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;So, heeeeey. Looking for photos taken at any of these events:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;June 2011 Lubricus Con, Seattle, WA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;August 2012 Lubricus Con, Seattle, WA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;June 2013 LeakyCon Mini Lube, Portland, OR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can just drop them here on this post (ie link me to a journal or tumblr entry for the con) or email them to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:byfans4fan@gmail.com" target="_blank" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;byfans4fan@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLEASE NOTE:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt; If you submit any photos with &lt;strong&gt;people&lt;/strong&gt;, one of two things &lt;u&gt;must happen&lt;/u&gt;:   Permission from all parties must be given to use said photos online,  or if not, then happy face emoticons may be used to protect the  innocent. And by &amp;quot;happy face&amp;quot; emoticons, we probably mean &amp;quot;Dick Pics&amp;quot;,  if&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://tripperfunster.dreamwidth.org/profile" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png" alt="[personal profile] " width="17" height="17" style="vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://tripperfunster.dreamwidth.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;b&gt;tripperfunster&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;has any say in it.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Um, hi?&amp;nbsp;*waves*&lt;br /&gt;DJ&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span style="font-size: smaller;"&gt;This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth &lt;a href="https://djin7.dreamwidth.org/285547.html#comments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Comment here, there, or the other place, it's all good.&lt;/span&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djin7:182690</id>
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    <title>PET PEEVE TIME!</title>
    <published>2019-07-01T03:45:29Z</published>
    <updated>2019-07-01T22:48:19Z</updated>
    <category term="tags"/>
    <category term="#some"/>
    <category term="pet peeves"/>
    <category term="#insinuated"/>
    <category term="#i"/>
    <category term="fandom"/>
    <category term="fic"/>
    <category term="#cuddling"/>
    <lj:music>Silverchair</lj:music>
    <content type="html">*waves* &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently, I've noticed an upsurge of a few pet peeves in fanfic. Is it the fandoms I'm in or is it indicative of the new/young writers on the block? I don't know and I don't care, I fucking hate it, anyways. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/1dab7600bbe9f445520b2138d9d3dfc244de21f01f0cd0f83bb7a26c87624e92/P2WlxyVijxKvg25s9c9VU0Mdsf-ah7h02FyDV7pajNne8h_Rls63GAQlD0o4CV08tU1biDjQd0xQDV4DnBwosBRf2iGAaLjO_V9EmwFkLwTpAK2JuMYMlA:65wlrTSeWnYDBz0UpDK18g" alt="Warning pet peeves ahead" fetchpriority="high" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pet Peeve #1&lt;/strong&gt;:  no-caps writing, but otherwise grammatically correct. this means that the writer is avoiding caps specifically as a style, not because of laziness, i.e. sms text writing. ao3 even has a tag for it: lowercase. (see what i've done here?) HATE HATE HATE. ARGH, WHY?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pet Peeve #2&lt;/strong&gt;: Speaking of tags: excessive tagging. This one has long been a pet peeve and I've complained about it before. But my mother always said, &amp;quot;The best defence is a good offence.&amp;quot;...or was it, &amp;quot;Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.&amp;quot;  In any event, this must be dealt with before the tags themselves become stand-alone fics. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the beginning, there was author-notes. Some authors had the most amusing notes and summary blurbs and warnings that were almost as entertaining as the story, itself. Eventually those morphed into tags (on social media, on LJ, on AO3), ostensibly for &amp;quot;search use&amp;quot;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But now, particularly with unseasoned authors (who perhaps don't recall a time when there were NO tags, no spoilers and no reason to put &lt;u&gt;#cuddling and snuggling&lt;/u&gt;, &amp;amp; &lt;u&gt;#i warned you al&lt;/u&gt;l, or &lt;u&gt;#insinuated smut&lt;/u&gt;, or &lt;u&gt;#some characters only make a cameo&lt;/u&gt;), they are useless, superfluous, annoying, spoilerish, tired, trite, and so unfunny they likely prevent many folks from clicking on a story even with a good summary. ARGH. Yup, still mad. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I beg you to go back to your fics and clean up your tags.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite this reason for popping by, I really miss the lot of you and hope you are all well, or getting by at the very least. &amp;hearts;

&lt;span style="font-size: smaller;"&gt;This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth &lt;a href="https://djin7.dreamwidth.org/285070.html#comments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Comment here, there, or the other place, it's all good.&lt;/span&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
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    <title>REMEMBER WHEN....yeah, I miss that</title>
    <published>2018-11-03T20:50:43Z</published>
    <updated>2018-11-03T20:53:09Z</updated>
    <category term="rainy day musings"/>
    <category term="fandom"/>
    <lj:music>BTS</lj:music>
    <content type="html">Every so often I come around to LJ, go through birthday notifs, etc, glance about. There's still folks here - some hardcore cross-posters (i see you, ladies) who did not abandon LJ or DW for tumblr/twit, etc.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reading all these user names on the birthday lists are giving me a million feels. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I miss you all. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I miss the conversations, moments and interactions that we had, even the heated, ridiculous ones&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I miss the art and the fic and the participation we all entered into to make this a living, breathing place&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I miss knowing how you are all doing in your lives; the good, the bad and the ugly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I miss seeing many of you IRL regularly at cons, though I am lucky to have some RL fen friends locally. Some of you became like family to me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I miss you. I hope you are all well, or coping well when life hits you hard, as the case may be - life has a way of kicking your ass, I know. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you have the opportunity and the inspiration to still be creative and responsive and happy in a fan environment, somewhere, with like-minded, awesome individuals. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I miss you. &amp;hearts;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: smaller;"&gt;This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth &lt;a href="https://djin7.dreamwidth.org/284171.html#comments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Comment here, there, or the other place, it's all good.&lt;/span&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djin7:181212</id>
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    <title>Livejournal being *ACES* again</title>
    <published>2017-05-14T03:16:56Z</published>
    <updated>2017-05-14T03:17:23Z</updated>
    <category term="notifications"/>
    <category term="livejournal"/>
    <category term="lj issues"/>
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    <content type="html">So it turns out that the @ livejournal email addys are not working for "some" folks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Notifications appear to be coming in, my email works no problem, but the forwarding service is fucked. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the oh-so-helpful "FAQ" troubleshooting guide for this "known" problem. &lt;a href="http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/113.html" target="_blank" target="_blank"&gt;LJ Support FAQ  113&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I tried emailing my djin7 @ livejournal address from a few different places. Waited a day, no sign of the emails or returns/rejections. Just into the ether. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Awesome. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a head's up to anyone who uses this feature.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:djin7:176848</id>
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    <title>Announcing the 2014 HP Reunion Snarry Mini Games -  Who What Where When Why and How!</title>
    <published>2014-09-13T21:21:16Z</published>
    <updated>2014-09-22T19:01:22Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Originally posted by &lt;span  class="ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-P     "  data-ljuser="snarrymod" lj:user="snarrymod" &gt;&lt;a href="https://snarrymod.livejournal.com/profile/"  target="_self"  class="i-ljuser-profile" &gt;&lt;img  class="i-ljuser-userhead"  src="https://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/userinfo_v8.png?v=17080&amp;v=923.1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://snarrymod.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username"   target="_self"   &gt;&lt;b&gt;snarrymod&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; at &lt;a href="http://snarry-games.livejournal.com/149660.html" target="_blank"&gt;Announcing the 2014 HP Reunion Snarry Mini Games -  Who What Where When Why and How!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class=""&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;html&gt; &lt;img src="https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/djin7/6175464/84352/84352_600.jpg" alt="84142_900" border="3" fetchpriority="high"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;ANNOUNCING 2014 HP Reunion Mini Snarry Games!&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.   ~Seneca &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(Banner art by &lt;span  class="ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-P     "  data-ljuser="glockgal" lj:user="glockgal" &gt;&lt;a href="https://glockgal.livejournal.com/profile/"  target="_self"  class="i-ljuser-profile" &gt;&lt;img  class="i-ljuser-userhead"  src="https://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/userinfo_v8.png?v=17080&amp;v=923.1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://glockgal.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username"   target="_self"   &gt;&lt;b&gt;glockgal&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="i-ljuser-badge i-ljuser-badge--pro" data-badge-type="pro" data-placement="bottom" data-pro-badge data-pro-badge-type="1" data-is-raw hidden href="#"&gt;&lt;span class="i-ljuser-badge__icon"&gt;&lt;svg class="svgicon" width="25" height="16" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 33 24"&gt;&lt;path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M19.326 11.95c0 2.01 1.47 3.45 3.48 3.45 2.02 0 3.49-1.44 3.49-3.45 0-2.01-1.47-3.45-3.49-3.45-2.01 0-3.48 1.44-3.48 3.45Zm5.51 0c0 1.24-.8 2.19-2.03 2.19-1.23 0-2.02-.95-2.02-2.19 0-1.25.79-2.19 2.02-2.19s2.03.94 2.03 2.19ZM7.92 15.28H6.5V8.61h3.12c1.45 0 2.24.98 2.24 2.15 0 1.16-.8 2.15-2.24 2.15h-1.7v2.37Zm1.51-3.62c.56 0 .98-.35.98-.9 0-.56-.42-.9-.98-.9H7.92v1.8h1.51ZM18.3802 15.28h-1.63l-1.31-2.37h-1.04v2.37h-1.42V8.61h3.12c1.39 0 2.24.91 2.24 2.15 0 1.18-.74 1.81-1.46 1.98l1.5 2.54Zm-2.49-3.62c.57 0 1-.34 1-.9s-.43-.9-1-.9h-1.49v1.8h1.49Z" clip-rule="evenodd"/&gt;&lt;path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M2 8c0-2.20914 1.79086-4 4-4h20.5c2.2091 0 4 1.79086 4 4v7.9c0 2.2091-1.7909 4-4 4H6c-2.20914 0-4-1.7909-4-4V8Zm4-2.5h20.5C27.8807 5.5 29 6.61929 29 8v7.9c0 1.3807-1.1193 2.5-2.5 2.5H6c-1.38071 0-2.5-1.1193-2.5-2.5V8c0-1.38071 1.11929-2.5 2.5-2.5Z" clip-rule="evenodd"/&gt;&lt;/svg&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;!)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/html&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After being approached by the mods at the &lt;span  class="ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-C     "  data-ljuser="hp_reunion" lj:user="hp_reunion" &gt;&lt;a href="https://hp-reunion.livejournal.com/profile/"  target="_self"  class="i-ljuser-profile" &gt;&lt;img  class="i-ljuser-userhead"  src="https://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/community.png?v=556&amp;v=923.1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://hp-reunion.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username"   target="_self"   &gt;&lt;b&gt;hp_reunion&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to help with their project, the &lt;span  class="ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-C     "  data-ljuser="snarry_games" lj:user="snarry_games" &gt;&lt;a href="https://snarry-games.livejournal.com/profile/"  target="_self"  class="i-ljuser-profile" &gt;&lt;img  class="i-ljuser-userhead"  src="https://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/community.png?v=556&amp;v=923.1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://snarry-games.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username"   target="_self"   &gt;&lt;b&gt;snarry_games&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Mod Squad decided that 5 years was a long enough vacation! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We decided to celebrate and promote what the HP LJ Reunion is planning, which mirrors that which the &lt;span  class="ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-C     "  data-ljuser="snarry_games" lj:user="snarry_games" &gt;&lt;a href="https://snarry-games.livejournal.com/profile/"  target="_self"  class="i-ljuser-profile" &gt;&lt;img  class="i-ljuser-userhead"  src="https://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/community.png?v=556&amp;v=923.1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://snarry-games.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username"   target="_self"   &gt;&lt;b&gt;snarry_games&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has always stood for, community and teamwork, so we threw our hat in the ring. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is our contribution to the reunion plans, to get as many of the HP Snarry fen together again, and invite new friends to join us in celebrating not just Harry Potter and Severus Snape, but also the Livejournal community that spawned all the amazing creativity and production that the Harry Potter Fandom is famous for; something which no other fandom has yet been able to match.  &lt;a name='cutid1-end'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;WHO CAN PLAY: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the first time ever, the &lt;span  class="ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-C     "  data-ljuser="snarry_games" lj:user="snarry_games" &gt;&lt;a href="https://snarry-games.livejournal.com/profile/"  target="_self"  class="i-ljuser-profile" &gt;&lt;img  class="i-ljuser-userhead"  src="https://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/community.png?v=556&amp;v=923.1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://snarry-games.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username"   target="_self"   &gt;&lt;b&gt;snarry_games&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; welcomes &lt;u&gt;anyone&lt;/u&gt; who wishes to compete (over the age of 18 years). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There will be &lt;b&gt;NO&lt;/b&gt; sign-ups, and no teams; however, duo/pair collaborations are allowed. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a maximum of &lt;b&gt;two (2) entries allowed per participant&lt;/b&gt; (person or duo/collaborators)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='cutid2-end'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;WHAT IS THE FORMAT FOR THIS COMPETITION? : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There will be four (4) categories to compete in, and each category will be judged by a single poll:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;b&gt;DRABBLES :&lt;/b&gt;  100 words per drabble, max of 10 drabbles per entry (1000 words max) .&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;FICLETS:&lt;/b&gt;  Mini-fic from 500 to 2000 words max; poetry and filk acceptable for this category.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;b&gt;FICTION:&lt;/b&gt;  Story from 2000 words and up (no limit). Story can include original art/fanvid done for this competition (see collaborations). &lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;ART:&lt;/b&gt; All types/forms of original art accepted. Fanvids are allowed (see &lt;a href="http://transformativeworks.org/projects/vidtestsuite" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;fair use&lt;/a&gt;).   &lt;b&gt;NO:&lt;/b&gt; manips (of other's works/or photos), no playlists (songlists).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;WHAT ABOUT PROMPTS?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is but two prompts to choose from (we’re pretty sure everyone can make this work): &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) &lt;b&gt;REUNION&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;2) &lt;b&gt;REUNITED&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FAQs/ and RULES: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;GENRES:&lt;/b&gt; All genres are allowed, including fusion/crossovers, as long as it features Severus Snape and Harry Potter!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;RATINGS:&lt;/b&gt; G - NC17! All ratings allowed – explicit content can be locked at the Games Community at entrant’s request, or age restricted at AO3.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;WARNINGS:&lt;/b&gt; The &lt;span  class="ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-C     "  data-ljuser="snarry_games" lj:user="snarry_games" &gt;&lt;a href="https://snarry-games.livejournal.com/profile/"  target="_self"  class="i-ljuser-profile" &gt;&lt;img  class="i-ljuser-userhead"  src="https://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/community.png?v=556&amp;v=923.1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://snarry-games.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username"   target="_self"   &gt;&lt;b&gt;snarry_games&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; uses invisible warnings, and standard headers*. Entrants can warn for anything they wish using this format. Due to the legal implications of &lt;u&gt;chan (shota/underage)&lt;/u&gt; to many members, the &lt;span  class="ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-C     "  data-ljuser="snarry_games" lj:user="snarry_games" &gt;&lt;a href="https://snarry-games.livejournal.com/profile/"  target="_self"  class="i-ljuser-profile" &gt;&lt;img  class="i-ljuser-userhead"  src="https://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/community.png?v=556&amp;v=923.1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://snarry-games.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username"   target="_self"   &gt;&lt;b&gt;snarry_games&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; community will NOT ACCEPT chan explicitly depicting anyone under the age of &lt;b&gt;18&lt;/b&gt; years in &lt;i&gt;sexual situations.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;POLLS:&lt;/b&gt; Anyone can vote, including entrants/participants. There will be four (4) Master polls, one for each &lt;i&gt;category&lt;/i&gt;, and each poll will ask the judges which entry was &lt;u&gt;the best and/or their favourite&lt;/u&gt;. There will be only one answer allowed (radio buttons).  The top two entries in each category will be the Gold and Silver Medalists for the 2014 Snarry Mini Games!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;a name='cutid3-end'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;WHERE WILL THE POSTING BE? &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Mini Games was inspired by and is running concurrently with the Livejournal Harry Potter Reunion Community, in order to promote and stimulate HP LJ connections and community once more. Therefore, this time, we ask that entrants &lt;u&gt;post their own entries.&lt;/u&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each entry is to be posted on &lt;b&gt;YOUR&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.livejournal.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Livejournal&lt;/a&gt; if possible (or &lt;a href="http://www.insanejournal.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;IJ&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.dreamwidth.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;DW&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.tumblr.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tumblr&lt;/a&gt; or even  your own website/archive, as long as it is &lt;i&gt;publically accessible for voting/polling purposes.&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Optional:  AO3 (Archive of Our Own) – 2014 Snarry Mini-Games Collection (Tag/Link - &lt;a href="http://archiveofourown.org/collections/2014_HPSnarry_Mini_Games" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;AO3 Snarry Mini Games Collection&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Further details on this, header requirements*, posting rules, et al, will be clarified next month. Feel free to ask any questions you may have in the comments section of this post or email the Mod Squad at snarry DOT mod AT gmail DOT com.&lt;a name='cutid4-end'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;POSTING:&lt;/b&gt; All entries must be posted by end of day, &lt;b&gt;November 1, 2014 (any time zone). &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;POLLING/VOTING:&lt;/b&gt; Begins November 3 when the Master Polls go up, and ends November 13, 2014.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;MEDALS:&lt;/b&gt; Awarded November 15, 2014!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='cutid5-end'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;LINKING:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you post your entry, send us the link, and we will add it to the Master Poll. The links to your entry MUST be sent to the Snarry Games Mod Squad or it will not be included on the poll for voting purposes. If you submit two entries, they must be separate entries/links for the polling process. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 4 Master Polls can be voted on by &lt;b&gt;ALL watchers and participants&lt;/b&gt;.  &lt;a name='cutid6-end'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And there you go! The 2014 Snarry Mini Games are off and running! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Handy links: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://asylums.insanejournal.com/snarry_games" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;Snarry Games IJ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://snarry-games.dreamwidth.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;Snarry Games DW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/snarry_games" target="_blank"&gt;Snarry Games LJ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://snarrygames.tumblr.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;Snarry Games Tumblr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://hp-reunion.livejournal.com" target="_blank"&gt;HP Reunion 2014&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://hpreunion.tumblr.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;HP Reunion Tumblr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, to help find those lost or inactive (Harry Potter fandom) Alumni, if you could spread the word about the The Games, the reunion, whether it is via your journals, emails, tumblrs, twitters, or even your neighbourhood cafe, the HP Reunion team would be most thankful! You can always &lt;a href="http://www.livejournal.com/friends/nudge.bml" target="_blank"&gt;nudge your friends&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;LET THE GAMES BEGIN!&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*FIRES STARTING GUN*&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DJ &amp; The Mod Squad&lt;br /&gt;Snarry Games 2014&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;hearts; If anyone wishes to help the Mod Squad this time around, or wants to contribute icons, banners, headers, or similar, to the Mini Games or the Reunion, please comment and we will be in touch! Thank you!&lt;/div&gt;</content>
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    <title>HP Fandom Reunion (Online) - boosting the signal!</title>
    <published>2014-08-10T04:20:29Z</published>
    <updated>2014-08-10T04:21:02Z</updated>
    <category term="lets get this party started"/>
    <category term="reunion"/>
    <category term="fests"/>
    <category term="harry potter"/>
    <category term="fandom"/>
    <lj:music>http://www.last.fm/user/DJIN7/tracks</lj:music>
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  <entry>
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    <title>It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes, or bags!</title>
    <published>2014-01-02T05:02:30Z</published>
    <updated>2014-01-02T08:26:29Z</updated>
    <category term="concerts"/>
    <category term="wrapping"/>
    <category term="flist"/>
    <category term="rl"/>
    <lj:music>chick rock</lj:music>
    <content type="html">Happy New Year! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;New Year's Day now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving Hell with them as usual.&lt;/b&gt; (Mark Twain) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once again, another fail!year for me + fandom. I've finally gotten the hang of &lt;a href="http://djin7.tumblr.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tumblr&lt;/a&gt;, and I find it very distracting with teh pretteh, but do not use it hardly at all to communicate. &lt;i&gt;I miss all you guys like burning. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've noticed live/dream/insane journal are very dead save for a small handful of the most diligent of posters, who tend to crosspost to all three, anyways.  The newsletters for the fandoms I am reading (not participating in, woes) seem active, such as Supernatural (more on that later). Idek. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That said, congrats to the gang who won &lt;a href="https://www.gishwhes.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;GISHWHES&lt;/a&gt;, who include Tripper, Dacro and Chaeche, all dear fandom friends who kick ass. You guys (Vatican Cameos) are AWESOME!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I became a Graunty this year, my oldest niece had a baby boy in July. Then my younger brother and his GF had a baby girl a month later, so we're rolling in the adorable over here. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2012 was a very busy year for concerts/shows for me, but 2013 was significantly more low-key, mostly reunion tours plus a couple bucket-list, last time to see us before we die!shows: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wierd Al Yankovic&lt;/b&gt; :D - first time he's been here in nearly a decade. Highlight: "White and Nerdy"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band&lt;/b&gt; - Bucket List! Highlight: "Turn the Page" (original saxophonist!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prince&lt;/b&gt; &amp; 3rd Eye Girl - I saw his last show in 2011, but this show was a unique small club show he did, stripped down set in 7 select cities. Highlight: too many to mention, but the guitar solos were friggin awesome. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;RUSH&lt;/b&gt;, Clockwork Angels Tour - Highlight: "YYZ"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hall &amp; Oates&lt;/b&gt; - bucket list! Highlight: "You Make My Dreams" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Marilyn Manson&lt;/b&gt; - Highlight: "The New Shit"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Black Sabbath&lt;/b&gt; - 2 shows, Vancouver and the Gorge, Washington: Highlight: "Behind the Wall of Sleep" and "Children of the Grave"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;P!nk&lt;/b&gt; Truth About Love Tour - highlight: "So What?" Encore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chris Cornell&lt;/b&gt; acoustic guitar tour. Highlight: "Hunger Strike" with his opening act, Bhi Bhiman, also an amazing singer. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Cleese&lt;/b&gt; Last Time to See Me Before I Die Tour: Bucket List! Highlight: The early years of British Black Comedy and the obstacles they faced on TV/Radio, circa 1960-66. Funny and wonderful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Heart&lt;/b&gt; (&amp; friends) Home For the Holidays. Highlight: Sarah McLachlan joining them on stage here in Vancouver, also Ann Wilson's version of "The River". Special mention: The encore "Stairway to Heaven" with the choir.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Actually, now that I look at it, it seems like a lot more than I thought. LOL. I have tickets (so far!) to two shows for 2014: Blue Rodeo (tomorrow night), Sting and Paul Simon (Bucket list!), and they've just opened a new Hard Rock Casino here in Vancouver, so more shows are a-comin, yay! It's my joy in life, concerts. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All right, all right, enough talk, I know what you all want. LOL.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s that time, again! Every year for Christmas, I choose a 'theme' for wrapping. This year, I chose to recycle using only stuff I already had, I did not buy anything new! I am ridiculously proud I didn't go anywhere near Michael's Craft Store in December. *puffs up*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prior years and themes: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2007: &lt;a href="http://djin7.insanejournal.com/128647.html#cutid1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;Black Tie/Tuxedo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;2008: &lt;a href="http://djin7.livejournal.com/134998.html#cutid1" target="_blank"&gt; Winter Wonderland&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;2009: &lt;a href="http://djin7.livejournal.com/149999.html#cutid1" target="_blank"&gt; Absinthe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2010: &lt;a href="http://djin7.livejournal.com/157069.html#cutid1" target="_blank"&gt; Gold Digger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;2011: &lt;a href="http://djin7.livejournal.com/162523.html#cutid1" target="_blank"&gt; Candy Cane &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;2012: &lt;a href="http://djin7.livejournal.com/171255.html#cutid1" target="_blank"&gt; Crown Royal/Purple Haze &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;hearts; And now, for 2013's &lt;b&gt;"Fort Knox"&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The workstation, aka "The Hurricane". The roommate put the leaf in for me so I would make less of a mess. &lt;br /&gt;It sort of worked (kept it on the table instead of the floor, at least) so I will do the same from now on. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/66538c3030b0123fa34c0b5afe92f1bb0eff75b3ab05b08ec12b643bfa8e1db0/P2WlxyVijxKvg25s9c9VU0Mdsf-ah7h0yFmVCaZbitLW-R3DkM2gDE00BUJ5HEJlok5Q0j7RbkxCD1MclRE47Ak_mXLcPeeV_hUC9EAyb0C8I_GcpcRAnX4V7EJUbnkNtRrs3W1KNIdYHSVcNROasVVqgh9AReRz3z0BkQfwVJye9f_26yQGlvkf:fNPUv1om2btzy-CKZVCC9Q" border="1" fetchpriority="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gift Cards are the new black. Doesn't make a difference to me, I just make smaller packages. *smirk* Here is a small gift box made for jewellery or gift cards that I wrapped for my brother's girlfriend. I made the lid removable so the card could be stuffed in at the last minute. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/833e35646df5746ad7912d3acf7a0065c4d825d5ac4a579a5d6e951e73208e39/P2WlxyVijxKvg25s9c9VU0Mdsf-ah7h0yFmVCaZbitLW-R3DkM2gDE00BUJ5HEJlok5Q0j7RbkxCD1MclRE47Ak_mXLcPeeV_hUC9EAyb0C8I_GcpcRAnX4V7EJUbnkNtRrs3W1KNId9ATlHeULLvV83lR0RZogRyntZxQyoFIjI6Q:OAWV5fXrBOUALKozo9h4Fg" border="1" loading="lazy"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then the base. I had fun this year with garland beads. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/2765abfec6809106f3f8c866d627a7a25500e5e5c24df28484708c273cb7f8e2/P2WlxyVijxKvg25s9c9VU0Mdsf-ah7h0yFmVCaZbitLW-R3DkM2gDE00BUJ5HEJlok5Q0j7RbkxCD1MclRE47Ak_mXLcPeeV_hUC9EAyb0C8I_GcpcRAnX4V7EJUbnkNtRrs3W1KNId9ATlHeULLvV83lR0RZogRyntZxgyoFIjI6Q:s1EDZ17Na3YdWiG2VsNquA" border="1" loading="lazy"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More detail - you can really load it on smaller gifts, I think. There is no "too much". :D &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/096be7d2d768db9f4e543b7b8323e6b0870fc2af1a6389590f33722f8aa66257/P2WlxyVijxKvg25s9c9VU0Mdsf-ah7h0yFmVCaZbitLW-R3DkM2gDE00BUJ5HEJlok5Q0j7RbkxCD1MclRE47Ak_mXLcPeeV_hUC9EAyb0C8I_GcpcRAnX4V7EJUbnkNtRrs3W1KNId9ATlHeULLvV83lR0RZogRyntZx0PsDp-NtvA:HrFpQkIH8e62Fln6rtEBBw" border="1" loading="lazy"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finished Mini Gift Card Box. Tah-Dah! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/6564cbf148704e1acb9e6dc5a6438bfd38aa5599b3ba420d1aca42baeee1531b/P2WlxyVijxKvg25s9c9VU0Mdsf-ah7h0yFmVCaZbitLW-R3DkM2gDE00BUJ5HEJlok5Q0j7RbkxCD1MclRE47Ak_mXLcPeeV_hUC9EAyb0C8I_GcpcRAnX4V7EJUbnkNtRrs3W1KNId9ATlHeULLvV83lR0RV6gvhjoBkUbsDp-NtvA:SshMq02q4qCprIwzHB3xYA" border="1" loading="lazy"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's another in the set, it's a box that I used for gift cards + candy, and the top also came off: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/9d9b8ad57745dc15d4511684d8e4729c2fb48523132ac63534f9135ceb6adc23/P2WlxyVijxKvg25s9c9VU0Mdsf-ah7h0yFmVCaZbitLW-R3DkM2gDE00BUJ5HEJlok5Q0j7RbkxCD1MclRE47Ak_mXLcPeeV_hUC9EAyb0C8I_GcpcRAnX4V7EJUbnkNtRrs3W1KNId2ATlHLxieuxV9gFtAXa1k3XkLm1rnVt-F5OjsoDxYm6sFCL0:2__1aT6sbioTV-WWi4g53g" border="1" loading="lazy"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Circles and lines and lines and circles. These are a few of my favourite thiiiiiings! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/ce561dbc317fc152f403ad0deddeb2c38cbf15e6f0b31deddf6377cf8ae183f9/P2WlxyVijxKvg25s9c9VU0Mdsf-ah7h0yFmVCaZbitLW-R3DkM2gDE00BUJ5HEJlok5Q0j7RbkxCD1MclRE47Ak_mXLcPeeV_hUC9EAyb0C8I_GcpcRAnX4V7EJUbnkNtRrs3W1KNIdjATtYOQLe7QAu3ksEA_EmgCUN0RDyCIaE8f6n934Xn79HGPABcxyP6WDllRZKPlYE:qPd0bfOwtJfhDmBoVnH18Q" border="1" loading="lazy"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anything with feathers must be hidden lest my cat, Max, get his crazy paws on it. This box was out only briefly, it was for a friend who lives out of town, so it wasn't in the house long. Lucky for it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/97e48d3e92e7692a60b5635ab0500835bf993f1ee2e9fa3df7c82097af2dfce4/P2WlxyVijxKvg25s9c9VU0Mdsf-ah7h0yFmVCaZbitLW-R3DkM2gDE00BUJ5HEJlok5Q0j7RbkxCD1MclRE47Ak_mXLcPeeV_hUC9EAyb0C8I_GcpcRAnX4V7EJUbnkNtRrs3W1KNIdyASVKeULLuFkpxAFLQaZjkg:W8UNCTcQCSFMXaeX-j5uyw" border="1" loading="lazy"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaking of Mad Max, no wrapping post is complete without his mug on it. Here he is enjoying Victoria's Secret. &amp;gt;.&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/fb113f5969ce540385ff83142458efd9dd7a84de5bf444ef2d10f1994a2a0894/P2WlxyVijxKvg25s9c9VU0Mdsf-ah7h0yFmVCaZbitLW-R3DkM2gDE00BUJ5HEJlok5Q0j7RbkxCD1MclRE47Ak_mXLcPeeV_hUC9EAyb0C8I_GcpcRAnX4V7EJUbnkNtRrs3W1KNIddCS8LbkCTulw_2UFGH6sxiGsU:Atx6V2DRvTaOE1lO8OIpPQ" border="1" loading="lazy"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Things are starting to look shiny. I didn't have a bow that was large enough for what I wanted, so I made one out of the silver paper I'd been using. It worked out great, I'll be doing that again! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/d9017f1817efe22062a4e8919ec337efce6b0e2d6758e5b828ddf2b0df6c55d8/P2WlxyVijxKvg25s9c9VU0Mdsf-ah7h0yFmVCaZbitLW-R3DkM2gDE00BUJ5HEJlok5Q0j7RbkxCD1MclRE47Ak_mXLcPeeV_hUC9EAyb0C8I_GcpcRAnX4V7EJUbnkNtRrs3W1KNId_BzhGeULLrFgm3kpYFPNxmjlMxhKhCICZ8aPotSlUjA:RsmCjuD0vFqL597KTzDZ_w" border="1" loading="lazy"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/5866723f6a0b27761703e54f9e950096e33eca1d3f9a56398f8ee7706a038b07/P2WlxyVijxKvg25s9c9VU0Mdsf-ah7h0yFmVCaZbitLW-R3DkM2gDE00BUJ5HEJlok5Q0j7RbkxCD1MclRE47Ak_mXLcPeeV_hUC9EAyb0C8I_GcpcRAnX4V7EJUbnkNtRrs3W1KNId9CTxLeULLvhV9gFxIXbcknWxbxECtE8GA5OqguA:3k0Kt0vGZ84beYed5Bo2Fw" border="1" loading="lazy"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More gift card boxes plus the ever-present calendar, one of my favourite shapes to wrap: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/8e0f152cc6ed7a59f994ceabae56013f5690d5846f10a0e2ac0c6c2aa5ffbcff/P2WlxyVijxKvg25s9c9VU0Mdsf-ah7h0yFmVCaZbitLW-R3DkM2gDE00BUJ5HEJlok5Q0j7RbkxCD1MclRE47Ak_mXLcPeeV_hUC9EAyb0C8I_GcpcRAnX4V7EJUbnkNtRrs3W1KNIdzBDhdOVXJ70U_wwoTAa0omz0FkQfwVIyL5unx6yQGlvkf:e9UL_phNS-gJ8cJ3evCXSQ" border="1" loading="lazy"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/15a28da8b5b6b3c922144311e45485c0be99cf8e98d519f1134fc86df4ba8df8/P2WlxyVijxKvg25s9c9VU0Mdsf-ah7h0yFmVCaZbitLW-R3DkM2gDE00BUJ5HEJlok5Q0j7RbkxCD1MclRE47Ak_mXLcPeeV_hUC9EAyb0C8I_GcpcRAnX4V7EJUbnkNtRrs3W1KNId9ByVLeULLvFwgw0oEA_E0nzpHnlKlRpI:qFygSjoAkZoybRo5rSNqJw" border="1" loading="lazy"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the kids (who are mostly teenagers, now) I recycled/re-used some of my colours from the past, also. You may recognize this paper from 2009's &lt;a href="http://djin7.livejournal.com/149999.html#cutid1" target="_blank"&gt; Absinthe&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/607b747fce87fb4359872408b074c971eb71b9f5624b3d1a53ed2c9bb2a9e1c4/P2WlxyVijxKvg25s9c9VU0Mdsf-ah7h0yFmVCaZbitLW-R3DkM2gDE00BUJ5HEJlok5Q0j7RbkxCD1MclRE47Ak_mXLcPeeV_hUC9EAyb0C8I_GcpcRAnX4V7EJUbnkNtRrs3W1KNId7ATNdeULLrEQ61kkPW7EmzTQ:N6118zPxpXirgX7v7a3rfQ" border="1" loading="lazy"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Hurricane Station at the end of it all. Can you hear the siren? TAKE COVER! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/08930cf749a048491eaaddb7940628374299012efbb14104876d3ff26a1e2e64/P2WlxyVijxKvg25s9c9VU0Mdsf-ah7h0yFmVCaZbitLW-R3DkM2gDE00BUJ5HEJlok5Q0j7RbkxCD1MclRE47Ak_mXLcPeeV_hUC9EAyb0C8I_GcpcRAnX4V7EJUbnkNtRrs3W1KNIdYHSVcNROasVVqgh9yRaA1hiYH0RDyAYGO8-zvoGtEwelSG_NMcB6Lp3g:-3ucVgAmmZioSfwAYNytWA" border="1" loading="lazy"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/5183fa4a32204a9d41ea17a8faaa423a4198f7927029d17a6b3d6e94419bb2d4/P2WlxyVijxKvg25s9c9VU0Mdsf-ah7h0yFmVCaZbitLW-R3DkM2gDE00BUJ5HEJlok5Q0j7RbkxCD1MclRE47Ak_mXLcPeeV_hUC9EAyb0C8I_GcpcRAnX4V7EJUbnkNtRrs3W1KNId2HTtCeULLrFU7lR0RXq8kyntZklCtCpvPpr3jqykalPUIWqdAZw:mkrhMBrdxpo5YCOT4W3_AA" border="1" loading="lazy"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(almost) The whole shebang, minus a few that have already gone out the door. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/08acc35688689de0acb6bde19dcf7ed130850230ec67cfb2aeef3d527eb5d4be/P2WlxyVijxKvg25s9c9VU0Mdsf-ah7h0yFmVCaZbitLW-R3DkM2gDE00BUJ5HEJlok5Q0j7RbkxCD1MclRE47Ak_mXLcPeeV_hUC9EAyb0C8I_GcpcRAnX4V7EJUbnkNtRrs3W1KNId2HTtCeULLrFU7lR0RXq8kwSMZkwC_:JywV9tbWriFWH7YutdCS4g" border="1" loading="lazy"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2013 Fort Knox: The end. "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='cutid1-end'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As always, I would also like to thank &lt;span lj:user="meredyth_13" style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?user=meredyth_13" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;img src="https://imgprx.livejournal.net/68826700ef7222576c5c10330549e10e42030edae8967cbd215dc2294e892cc4/P2WlxyVijxKvg25s9c9VU0Mdsf-ah7h0zACGVbdSgsfa9wzc2863DwUvDUA4DUR9vQ1cmDjQdwpRBB0Zjh0psVYBjDXS:2h8vxImsL26Hi9PB67wciA" alt="[profile] " width="17" height="17" style="vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?user=meredyth_13" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;b&gt;meredyth_13&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for my English Christmas card from her and her hubby, C. &amp;hearts; More Canadian Maple Syrup coming your way, BB! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To all of you - HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!&lt;a name='cutid1-end'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: smaller;"&gt;This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth &lt;a href="http://djin7.dreamwidth.org/282958.html#comments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Comment here, there, or the other place, it's all good.&lt;/span&gt;</content>
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