curiouswombat: (sleepy)
[livejournal.com profile] the_winterwitch has just posted a link to the Shakespeare Quote Generator, and it is always worth a whirl. Here is the very first one I got. I liked it so much I thought I'd share because it is fun and also because you might well want a go, as it is quite a while since it was around last time -


William Shakespeare

How now, you secret, black and midnight wombat!

Which work of Shakespeare was the original quote from?

Get your own quotes:

curiouswombat: (Hmm 2)
There are quite a lot of memes doing the rounds at the moment to keep us all busy posting through the January blues. Some of them look to be quite hard work - but this is an interesting challenge and not too complicated.

So the idea is to fill in the blanks using the letter you are given.

[livejournal.com profile] samtyr gave me the letter K;


Something I hate: Knives that are blunt.
Something I love: Kindness
Somewhere I have been: Kensington Palace
Somewhere I would like to go: Knole (I've just read a book all about it.)
Someone I know: Katherine - I've known her since before she was born...
Best Movie: Kung Fu Panda (There are many films I like better - but none of them begin with K - and this is the best I can think of that did!)


If you would like to join in just ask me for a letter.
curiouswombat: (Road)
Snowflake Challenge Number 12 says In your own space, talk about what you think the future holds for fandom. What are your hopes and dreams for fandom? Do you have any predictions about what the next five years holds for fandom?

A few minutes ago I wrote the following as a comment in [livejournal.com profile] lady_branwyn's journal where there were people being all sad and wistful because the Snowflake challenge reminded them that the Tolkien Fandom had a Golden Age in the past, and they miss it. It occurred to me that although it is not exactly an answer to the challenge for the day, it was what I wanted to say. It probably applies to other fandoms, too.



I apparently came too late for this golden age people look back on.

But it seems to me that there are only so many tales most people want to tell - once they've told them they may move on, or just become readers.

However there are new writers coming along with their tales to tell - and the stories those earlier writers told are, for the most part, still there to be read. Therefore the fandom actually keeps expanding as there are probably more stories available to read now than there were back in whatever year was the golden age.

It is a bit sad for those of us who only began writing in this fandom in the past five years or so to find that other people think we aren't as good as those who had already told their tales before we arrived.
curiouswombat: (snowflake)
Stretch yourself a little and try something new. Go play in a new fandom or with a new pairing or trope. Try creating a different kind of fanwork. Or check out some types of fanworks that are new to you.

I've been having a home day. So in between sorting out clothes from dark places (I found a coat S2C didn't even remember owning - and have washed it and hung it to dry nicely to avoid creases...), sorting shoes and binning some, sorting washing and so on, I decided to 'go play in a new fandom', and went over to AO3 to find the Yuletide Fics.

I scanned down to find fandoms I at least knew something about, but didn't usually have anything to do with the relevant fandoms. And so I have read a story set in Howl's Moving Castle, another in the 15th Century about the House of York and, finally, one set in Baldur's Gate - which I know from my husband setting stories there, and seeing it on the screen of his computer many, many, times.

Think that will do me for now!
curiouswombat: (snowflake)
Day Six said "share a book/song/movie/tv show/fanwork/etc that changed your life".

I found this quite difficult - everything I read probably makes my life a little different to how it would have been if I hadn't read it.

Finally I chose Lord of the Rings not for any of the reasons you might expect.

Read more... )

Day 7 said create a fanwork. A drabble, a ficlet, a podfic, or an icon, art or meta or a rec list. A picspam. Something.

That was easy - I wrote a drabble for the current challenges at Tolkien Weekly - Which is here - and I'll post it on my journal when I have finished the current challenges, as it is part of a set.

Day 8 is today. This is really difficult. It says create a love meme for yourself. Let people tell you how amazing and awesome and loveable you really are.

Mu first reaction was 'Oh no, I couldn't possibly!' But the challenge also says this kind of emotional bravery is really inspiring... Sometimes it's the hardest thing in the world.

And many of my friends doing the challenge have girded their loins and posted this one on their journals.

So feel free to regard this post as my Day 8 'love meme'.

Although I still feel embarrassed asking people to tell me why they are my friends - so in true Brit fashion do feel free to skip on by! But, as [livejournal.com profile] just_ann_now said A word or two, please? Just so we can check the box?
curiouswombat: (snowflake)
OK - I've missed a few but I'm catching up - so 2 for the price of one here!

post a rec for at least three fanworks that you did not create )

And now for another one - In your own space, talk about a creator. Show us why you think they are amazing. )

Tomorrow I owe the Winterwitch a picture of some cookie cutters...
curiouswombat: (snowflake)
In your own space, promote three communities, challenges, blogs, pages, Twitters, Tumblrs or platforms and explain why you love them.

Faerie:An Archive of Tolkien Fanfic which welcomes all sorts of stories, poetry and non-fiction writing, regardless of genre, rating or pairing.' And it has a tumblr-esque shoutbox where you can chat to other members 200 characters at a time, which makes it really friendly.

Twisting the Hellmouth is a fan fiction archive of over 15,000 Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel crossover stories. TtH hosts all genres of cross over fanfic as well as non-crossover stories from both BtVS and other fandoms by writers who archive their cross-over fan fiction there. There are crossovers of all sorts and also non-crossovers as once you post a certain amount of Buffyverse crossovers you can post other stuff. So lots of my stories are there.

[livejournal.com profile] tolkien_weekly is a challenge community for writers who enjoy Tolkien and who like to write about his creations. Drabbles on all of Tolkien's writings are welcome here, so long as they fit the week's challenge. Feedback and constructive criticism are actively encouraged. Proper drabbles - where 100 words means exactly that. I have found the discipline of writing drabbles to be very good for me - even helps me write stuff at work! This is a really friendly place, too, and it could do with a few more active members.
curiouswombat: (Celebrate!)
I know it can get kind of quiet in January - and I've seen posts about this on my Friends List. Now it occurs to me that that has only been amongst my Tolkien fandom friends, and so I have decided to spread the word a little to my friends in other fandoms. And, of course, participate myself.




What's it about - I quote; Every day for the first 15 days of January, we're going to post a fannish challenge. It could be something as simple as reccing fanworks to talking about what you love about fandom. Follow the instructions to complete the challenge. Sometimes you'll be asked to post to your own journal and drop a link in the challenge post. Sometimes you'll just need to say "I did it!" in the comments of the challenge post.

It looks like a fun, low-pressure way to celebrate fandom. The home journal is on Dreamwidth, but you can participate wherever you choose, and only do the days you choose. I can't guarantee to do every day, but I promise to do at least half.
curiouswombat: (Rumil)
Seen on [livejournal.com profile] pellegrina's journal -

When you see this on your flist, quote some Shakespeare on your LJ.

So - Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 52

So am I as the rich, whose blessed key
Can bring him to his sweet up-locked treasure,
The which he will not every hour survey,
For blunting the fine point of seldom pleasure.
Therefore are feasts so solemn and so rare,
Since, seldom coming, in the long year set,
Like stones of worth they thinly placed are,
Or captain jewels in the carcanet.
So is the time that keeps you as my chest,
Or as the wardrobe which the robe doth hide,
To make some special instant special blest,
By new unfolding his imprison'd pride.
Blessed are you, whose worthiness gives scope,
Being had, to triumph, being lack'd, to hope.

...........

Which has special meaning to Tindómë and Rumil in The Winter Tale.

And here is an added bonus because the meme reminded me of it; the hauntingly beautiful sung version of Prospero's Speech;

curiouswombat: (runrig)
A meme acquired from [livejournal.com profile] huinare.


Using only song names from one artist, cleverly answer these questions. Repost as “My Life According to (band name)"


My Life According to Runrig )

Those who know me well, and also have some knowledge of Gaelic pronunciation, will be amused at the next to last answer...
curiouswombat: (Writerconicon)
Firstly here is the list of characters that I wrote for myself before we started -
1. Arwen
2.Alexia Tarabotti
3. Spike
4. Giles
5. Willow
6. Thorin
7. Lessa
8. Legolas
9. Eomer
10. Dawn
11.Galadriel
12.Eowyn
13.Lord Akeldama
14 Elladan&Elrohir
15. Anya

1,6,8,9,11,12 &14 are from Tolkien, 2 & 13 are from the Parasol Protectorate books, 3,4,5,10 & 15 are from the Buffyverse, and 7 is from Anne McCffrey's Dragonriders of Pern books.

The answers to everyone's questions are here

below the cut )

I had so much fun doing these - thank you all for the questions. Actually it was so much fun I might do it again sometime.

OK - S2C pointed out to me about 8.30pm that the cut isn't opening - this is one of those LJ vagaries I fear as the coding is right. However it seems to be opening OK now, at 11.45pm. I've seen this on other journals a couple of times, too. However, if it isn't working for you, click on the title of the post to see it.
curiouswombat: (saner emu)
I saw this at [livejournal.com profile] brutti_ma_buoni's journal and it produced some fascinating, and fun, answers. So this is the meme;

1) Make a list of fifteen characters first, and keep it to yourself for the moment.

2) Ask your f-list to post questions in the comments. For example: "One, nine, and fifteen are chosen by a prophecy to save the world from four. Do they succeed?", "Under what circumstances might five and fourteen fall in love?", "Which character on the list would you most want on your side in a zombie invasion?"

3) After your f-list has stopped asking questions, round them up and answer them using the fifteen characters you selected beforehand, then post them.

So, flist? I've written a list of characters from 3 or 4 different fandoms. Want to ask questions about these characters you can't yet identify? Pleeease?

I'll do the answers tomorrow so that no answer will give anyone else a clue as to who is who, just yet.

ETA Thank you - I have a lot of fun questions to consider now - good thing I have the afternoon off work! I think the list is now closed. Answers should be forthcoming later.
curiouswombat: (Anya)
That 100 Book meme that's around again at the moment? I was curious about the make-up of the list, and when the BBC might have published it. Now I almost hate to tell you all this - but actually the BBC neither wrote the list, nor said you were likely to only have read 6 books from it.

The original BBC list of 100 books was actually to do with people's favourite books and was drawn up as part of The Big Read, 10 years ago - here it is.

But you will notice that it isn't exactly the same as the one currently doing the rounds of Facebook and now here - the BBC list is actually even more Brit-centric.

There is an article here looking at a way in which the BBC list might have been changed to become that meme... And another article here which points out that the list bears more resemblance to the Guardian's list, posted in 2007, showing the result of a poll of 2,000 people for World Book Day - which I think it does.

But again, the Guardian writers make no suggestion that people will only have read 6.

So - it is an interesting list of books which seems to be ever-changing (which is true of many of these memes), isn't from the BBC, and no-one ever suggested you are better than average if you've read more than 6... Sorry.

However the meme is still interesting in it's own right, of course!

** The Truth is, of course, also the title of a book by Terry Pratchett - some of whose works are in the original, BBC, list - but not in the meme.
curiouswombat: (suitable job for a lady)
I first saw this, and started to do it, quite a few years ago now.

It is the review of the year done by posting the first sentence, or paragraph, of the first post of each month.

I have put it here under a cut... )

Hmm - More of it about writing than I expected for the year - and that repetition in August and September amuses me. Interesting too that the MEFAs didn't survive much past that point in January - but the post about that was later in a month. Other interesting things missed this review meme altogether as they didn't happen at the beginning of a month.

Realising that there is more of it about writing than I thought, i have decided to also have a look at the 'what have you written this year?' meme. And the answer seems to be I wrote 45 drabbles, and 45,725 words of other fic in the Returnverse! And a Nativity Play, as well!
curiouswombat: (Curious Christmas)
I haven't quite kept up - I think by now I should have done gifts, stockings and candy canes.

However - I have made quite a lot of fudge for gifts, and I have a thought for stocking - just not got there - and as we don't usually do candy canes I thought I would, instead, go back to a conversation on [livejournal.com profile] lilachigh's journal about decorating the bathroom for Christmas.

We have a special decoration for our bathroom - I can't forget it - as soon as D-d comes into the house once the decorating starts she searches for the special wee Father Christmas - although he may well not be weeing...

Click for the pics... )
curiouswombat: (Curious Christmas)
Hmm - playing catch-up.

These are the lights outside our local Garden Centre -

365 week 42 Monday

Today's subject is presents - currently there are a lot of unwrapped ones upstairs in boxes... and ONE under the tree!

Although this evening I have made a dozen cookies out of the last of the frozen dough I made last week, and 3 dozen each of peppermint creams and rum truffles.

What I should have been doing is writing cards. :(

Decememe

15 Dec 2012 08:02 pm
curiouswombat: (gold snowflake)
The news from America is very sad, and there is little point in saying more than is patently obvious to most people - fewer automatic and semi-automatic weapons so easily at hand would make it harder for this sort of thing to happen.

But how sad I feel for all the families involved, who will never be able to celebrate Christmas (or similar December festival) in pure joy again.

However; today I ran a cake stall at the Church Coffee Morning, with some of the Sunday Schoolers, for Christian Aid - we think we will be able to give 4 goats and 4 hens from the baking takings!

I have been baking and making for both that and to give as gifts. I really should take some pictures - there have been mini fruit loaves, rum truffles, those white chocolate and cranberry cookies I made the dough for the other week - as well as a tray of cupcakes. I do enjoy doing it.

I have a few decorations up now, and spent time this afternoon wrapping three 'pass the parcel' parcels for our service in church tomorrow - each layer will reveal a request for the recipient to come and take a particular role in the Nativity tableau. The service (traditionally led by the Sunday School) is written, all the Bible readers have their parts, my narrator has hers, and I have pep-talked the lads who are saying the prayers... I actually like leading this service - but am always so pleased when it is over!

So - cards to write this evening but all the prep for tomorrow done.

The themes for the Decememe for yesterday and today were Christmas Tree and favourite Christmas song (Actually it said 'Holiday song' - but "Whoa! We're going to Barbados", or similar seems a bit out of season!).

The tree is under here )

And now for my favourite Christmas song; actually it is more an Advent song, but I only feel Christmas has started once we have sung this at church, and Aled Jones sings exactly the version we sing;

curiouswombat: (Festive)
I'm a bit behind. I should have posted 'something I was reading' on Sunday. Mainly I was reading Live Journal, Faerie, the local news, and re-reading 'Blameless' by Gail Carriger on my Kindle. But the kindle is currently in the car, and I was also reading this book;

Reading

For the other two, open here... )

Also today I have made a large amount of dough for white chocolate and cranberry cookies and put it in the freezer until I need it, and have written The Christmas Letter. Now to write the cards to go with it... the card writing has slipped a bit over the past few days!
curiouswombat: (Curious Christmas)
It's been a busy day. But I had a lie-in, and S2C brought me coffee in bed at 9.30 - so I was well rested to start it.

Read more... )


I had intended to use a picture of one of the brilliant ornaments made by children at Messy Church but I accidentally took my camera without the memory card. This means that the pictures are on its internal memory - and I have no idea how to get them off it as I'm pretty sure I don't have a lead for this camera. Someone suggested that it is possible to transfer them from the memory to the card within the camera, but I have no idea how. Those pictures may end up just being lost for ever...

So here is a picture of some ornaments taken last Christmas, instead;


choir of the UU
curiouswombat: (gold snowflake)
I did say a few days ago that you might see a little more of the Festival of Trees at the airport.

Well I think this works for Bright...

Festival of trees 7


Today at work I put the Christmas tree up in our office - it is only tiny, though.

Also I have taken 18 of the plain cupcakes I made the other night out of the freezer and topped them for the children at tomorrow's Messy Church; wrote and printed the prayer notices for church on Sunday; got S2C to go down to Church with me so that I could get the Sunday School Christmas tree, and decorations, off the loft, put the tree up and the lights onto it so that the Messy group can help decorate it... and all that between finishing work and having dinner!

Oh - and I've written - um - four Christmas cards today...

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