Hot...

[elisi]

So warm! According to the BBC it's 28 degrees, and I believe them. (I love this icon, btw.)

Mind you, I'm not complaining. After the non-summer we had last year, it's good to have proper sun. And right now we're off to watch b-i-l boat racing. (He must be ded from sun by now, poor thing.)

Also updated Dating. (Pulling together story lines laid down over the past many years. Oh, it is immensely satisfying!)

OK, running out the door. Just wanted to say hello. :)

ETA: We were too late for the races (not surprisingly), but still had a great time at the lake, everyone (except me) getting thoroughly soaked. And I mean soaked. Need to wash all their clothes now...

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[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

*waves* Hello to you too! It's nice to see you pop by. What with finding no time to comment these days, I was noticing a terrible elisilessness in my inbox.
Love the icon too—River and wine, mmm. (I was SO SURE I had a Disgracefully!moment!icon, but I'm not finding it. Then again, I definitely have the icon virus now so I'm bound to get a bit confused… 70 new ones in one evening the other day, 30 this morning… Teehee.)
Have fun watching boat racing and enjoy the heat! ;)
♥

[elisi]

*waves* Hello to you too! It's nice to see you pop by. What with finding no time to comment these days, I was noticing a terrible elisilessness in my inbox.
Same here... Life's just too busy - during the height of our correspondence you happened to catch me during a few days off work. But I try to stop by now and again - I mean, I'm usually around, I just don't get round to posting. Also I've been busy writing... (I'm pulling together all the strands I've laid down for YEARS, it's so satisfying I can't being to explain it! \o/)

Love the icon too—River and wine, mmm. (I was SO SURE I had a Disgracefully!moment!icon, but I'm not finding it.
I know which one you mean! :D

Then again, I definitely have the icon virus now so I'm bound to get a bit confused… 70 new ones in one evening the other day, 30 this morning… Teehee.)
I, uh, have NO IDEA how many I've got. Like, at all. Thousands.

Have fun watching boat racing and enjoy the heat! ;)
The race was over, but we enjoyed both water & heat!

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

during the height of our correspondence you happened to catch me during a few days off work.
I was pretty fortunate then :D

I mean, I'm usually around, I just don't get round to posting.
Same here…

Also I've been busy writing... (I'm pulling together all the strands I've laid down for YEARS, it's so satisfying I can't being to explain it! \o/)
YES! Well, I'm not anywhere near catching up but I'm still very excited for you :D

I know which one you mean! :D
Do you? *puzzled* XD
I FOUND IT NOW :D :D :D

I, uh, have NO IDEA how many I've got. Like, at all. Thousands.
Not surprised. ;)
Okay, now I can't resist the urge to count mine. 211. ;)

The race was over, but we enjoyed both water & heat!
Good ;)

[elisi]

I was pretty fortunate then :D
Indeed. As was I! :)

YES! Well, I'm not anywhere near catching up but I'm still very excited for you :D
Thank you! It wasn't some sort of [non] subtle plug, I am just so happy, and figured you'd know the feeling.

I FOUND IT NOW :D :D :D
\o/

Okay, now I can't resist the urge to count mine. 211. ;)
I have 282 icons uploaded. And it's not enough...

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

Indeed. As was I! :)
^_^

Thank you! It wasn't some sort of [non] subtle plug, I am just so happy, and figured you'd know the feeling.
And that's exactly the way I understood it, no worries ^_^ I should work on my own multi-chapter sometime, haha. Got a bit of a block on some part =P

I have 282 icons uploaded. And it's not enough...
*thumbs up*

[elisi]

And that's exactly the way I understood it, no worries ^_^
♥

I should work on my own multi-chapter sometime, haha. Got a bit of a block on some part =P
I'm on the home straight now, it's MARVELLOUS!

*thumbs up*
I should probably worry...

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

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I'm on the home straight now, it's MARVELLOUS!
*hugs happily*

I should probably worry...
Nah… Get wild ;) Madness can be such fun.

[elisi]

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Nah… Get wild ;) Madness can be such fun.
Can't. Have reached the maximum limit.

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

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Can't. Have reached the maximum limit.
*mourns*

[elisi]

We'll have to stop, or there'll be comment boxes entirely filled with hearts. Which is a lovely idea, but I have washing to do... *g*

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

Haha, read my mind—I thought while sending this "this is fun, but it can't last much longer". I'll leave you to your washing. But speak soon hopefully ;)

[elisi]

Oh I'll be around. Must just seem to be doing something sensible rather than faffing about on t'internet...

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

Ah, sensible life. *sighs wistfully* (I was just having a conversation with a friend on Facebook about what counts as work and what counts as entertainment—the example of my translating her fic for instance—so we have perfect timing, haha.)

[elisi]

Hmmm, interesting question. I shall have to ponder. :)

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

Isn't it just? Personally, I sort things out as work = translating and the odd languages-related thing, entertainment = fandom stuff, Facebook and the like, and shove all the rest in the "in-between stuff" category, because I like things to be all orderly in my head—but that terribly lacks nuance, and really one could debate endlessly ;)

[elisi]

I wouldn't even know where to start... *waves hands at trying to encapsulate life*

Although I guess work is the stuff that HAS to get done. Be it the day job or house work.

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't even know where to start... *waves hands at trying to encapsulate life*
Getting that ;)

Although I guess work is the stuff that HAS to get done. Be it the day job or house work.
*nods* Sounds like a sensible explanation.

Loving that icon, again :D (I'm in a One!icon mood today, haha. Just finished s1 of the classics ♥)

[elisi]

The icon was made for me by poshcat and I have had it since forever. ♥

ETA: Darn I wish I had time for Classic!Who marathons...

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

Given my speed, I don't know if you could call it a marathon really ^_^ A crawlathon perhaps? But I don't care, I just found links to ALL the classics in a couple of Dailymotion channels I was looking through for a friend. It'll take me MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS to get through all of this but it still makes me happy :D

[elisi]

Oh yes, Daily Motion is awesome!

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

Very awesome =) (And it's French! *random* ;))

[elisi]

Well I've learned something new today.

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

^_^ Yeah, it is. And one of our ministers refused to let it be bought by Yahoo so it remains super French… =P

[elisi]

I love that minister. (Will never forgive Yahoo for what they did to del.icio.us.)

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

Awwww. Don't use delicious so I wouldn't know, but yeah, there's always a risk with those giants. A lot of stuff was said about how it wasn't the best message to be sending to outside investors, but oh well =P

[elisi]

Just goes to show that they're not under the thumb of ev0l capitalists! >:)

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

Haha, yes, that's for sure! ;)

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

Goodness. After reading about what's going on with Tumblr, I now QUITE agree with you… Keep anything away from Yahoo.

[elisi]

I've not been keeping up with the Tumblr situation, except for my teenage daughter grumbling... But yeah. Yahoo = good things ruined.

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

I've not been keeping up with the Tumblr situation, except for my teenage daughter grumbling...

Quick sum-up:
"Rather than removing it completely, Tumblr has made adult content unsearchable.
[…] under Tumblr’s new content restrictions, posts from Adult-rated blogs will no longer show up on tags. Any tags. Also, Tumblr is able to flag your account as Adult without you labelling it as such—although users do have the option of appealing to the “Trust & Safety Team” if their feel their blog has been flagged unfairly."
And that's what made my mind go blank:
"It’s unclear whether this is directly linked to the new content restrictions, but for example, iPhone users searching the #gay, #lesbian or #bisexual tags have reported seeing the result “No posts found,” although #bi, #lgbt and #queer still produce results."
I… can't even. It sounds too surreal to be true. With adult content one can argue—and argue fiercely—about how they're handling things, but setting boundaries is understandable. But this? I just don't know.

Just in case you had the time and felt like making your own opinion with the full story: http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/tumblr-nsfw-content-tags-search/

[elisi]

Huh.

Where will fandom go next, I wonder...

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

Good question. *sighs*
Oh well. I hope you're good besides! Sorry for throwing my Tumblr annoyance at you, lol. I don't even USE my Tumblr, but that whole thing just felt so offensive and it was v. relevant to our former Yahoo/Dailymotion convo, so… ;)

[elisi]

No worries! :)

I'm warm, but good. And have had a busy week and am writing fic, so all is good. I have wine!

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

And have had a busy week and am writing fic, so all is good.
Yes! I saw the Dating update and was like "grumblegrumble why am I not up to date someone give me an out-of-time 24-hour pocket to get up to date" and I ALSO saw the River + Master fic and was like *AIRPUNCH* but I'm dreadfully late on emails, yadda yadda, will enjoy and comment the daylight out of it sometime in the coming week =P

I have wine!
And I so approve!

[elisi]

Yes! I saw the Dating update and was like "grumblegrumble why am I not up to date someone give me an out-of-time 24-hour pocket to get up to date"
LOL. If you ever find one, please share? I could use it...

and I ALSO saw the River + Master fic and was like *AIRPUNCH* but I'm dreadfully late on emails, yadda yadda, will enjoy and comment the daylight out of it sometime in the coming week =P
Enjoy when you get the time. It's not going anywhere. :)

*goes back to wine*

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

LOL. If you ever find one, please share? I could use it...
Oh, you'll be the first to know! XD

Enjoy when you get the time. It's not going anywhere. :)
I hope so, my lassoing skills are rather rusty.

*goes back to wine*
Disgracefully… ;)

[elisi]

LOL! :D

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Glad you are having such nice weather!! And that fic is being updated! Have an awesome day, bb...

*HUGS*

[elisi]

Hope your day is WONDERFUL sweetie! *squish*

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

I like that icon!

And sounds like a nice weather kind of day in your neck of the cyber-woods. We're having an actual summer here this year too, though today's high is only supposed to be 23c/75f. Much better than the record setting 94f/34c from last week!

[elisi]

Good isn't it? Sunshine + wine + River = everything that's good!

Much better than the record setting 94f/34c from last week!
YIKES! I come from the cool North, 15 degrees was *warm*...

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

I'm so not a fan of the heat. Bleh! Seattle summers are usually 70s/ low 80sF (I think 20sC) at most; it's one of the things Iike best about the PNW. I've lived in much hotter places, but had A/C which makes a huge difference in livability. Nobody I know around here has A/C! I saw several movies last week primarily because air conditioning!

[elisi]

Yup, reading about your kind of temperatures makes me appreciate A/C - we're OK, but any more would be too much...

[rahirah]

It was about... 41? 42? Something like that today. 106 F anyway. :melts:

[elisi]

I could never live somewhere like that. Although I understand why everyone has AC...

[promethia_tenk]

So . . . I did the Celsius/Fahrenheit conversion, and now I am laughing at you. *pours some more iced tea and resumes perspiring attractively*

There's a Black Books episode where they are all *dying* because it is eighty degrees out? I thought I was missing a joke. . . . . I'm not missing a joke, am I?

[elisi]

So . . . I did the Celsius/Fahrenheit conversion, and now I am laughing at you. *pours some more iced tea and resumes perspiring attractively*
This is why I like England - it very rarely gets CRAZY hot. (Anything over 30 is crazy imho...)

There's a Black Books episode where they are all *dying* because it is eighty degrees out? I thought I was missing a joke. . . . . I'm not missing a joke, am I?
Nope. :)

[promethia_tenk]

This is why I like England - it very rarely gets CRAZY hot. (Anything over 30 is crazy imho...)
*giggles helplessly* 86 . . . 86 still counts as a pleasant summer day, unless the humidity is out of control. Which, admittedly, it often is. Normal summer around here is high 80s, low 90s, hazy, hot, and humid. With afternoon thunderstorms.

I love the heat myself. Not that I'm a summer person because I love cold and snow too, but I want my seasons to feel like seasons. Or I get very cranky ; ) But there is something glorious in all that slow, languid heat. Though I love that super-hot, arid heat in the desert too. It makes you feel like . . . anything toxic is being baked right out of you.

Basically I love weather ; )

Nope. :)
*pfffftt* You guys are so cute.

[elisi]

*giggles helplessly* 86
I looked it up, and it's 88, which is 31.1 C. Which, to be fair, isn't *roasting* or out of the realm of possibility, but not normal, no. So - it's a temperature that could easily be reached on a HOT day, so Manny in Black Books was right to worry, but no, you're not missing a joke and can keep laughing.

I love the heat myself. Not that I'm a summer person because I love cold and snow too, but I want my seasons to feel like seasons. Or I get very cranky ; ) But there is something glorious in all that slow, languid heat. Though I love that super-hot, arid heat in the desert too. It makes you feel like . . . anything toxic is being baked right out of you.
As someone who grew up in a country where 15 degrees was WARM... Well. I like it warm (it's GLORIOUS at the moment), but this is about my limit.