Mischief Managed

 Sorry, I've been a bit M.I.A., I've been reading the books I got for Christmas and just sort of ignored the world for a bit. 

But!!!! I have news! I got tickets to see The Who in St. Paul on September 6th, which is the day after my birthday! I'm very excited!!!!

This post is likely going to ramble a bit and seem to jump off in different directions randomly. Sorry. I kinda need to just spew forth words because even a month after finishing this last book I'm still reeling a bit from it.

The Honorverse is probably my absolute favorite book series. It's also just about the only Science Fiction I read. When I started reading the series I had never read any Science Fiction at all and a lot of the technical stuff baffled me. It took quite a while, but I eventually figured it out.

I highly recommend the series.

If you have never read or maybe never heard of the series and are interested, I have a post with information, links and a proper reading order here.

( Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers! You have been warned )

 Fandom seems to have come full circle. After the mass exodus from LJ we scattered, some here to DW, many to Tumblr, some to Facebook and some to various other sites. Now with Tumblr doing it's best to commit suicide many of us that took refuge there are migrating back to where we should have been all along. My main reasons for not staying here after leaving LJ were 1) only a small portion of fandom migrated here 2) I was disenchanted with the LJ/DW style blogs. My fandoms were changing rapidly and my flist didn't/couldn't keep up. 3) I couldn't (and still can't) host my graphics here. I had over 2500 images hosted on LJ and only a handful (literally) will fit within the limited space available here. *sigh*

So while I migrated to Tumblr and Facebook for my fannish endeavors, it only took a few years for me to become disgusted with how fandom evolved on those sites. It became a toxic dumpster fire, with more ship wars and vitriol than I had ever seen; and considering my fandoms, I have seen some pretty nasty stuff. So, I pulled away from fandom and just skirted the fringes for the last two years or so. But I have recently decided, I miss fandom. More specifically, I miss how fandom worked on LJ. So, I've come home.

Expect few posts in the coming days. I have  things to say about Doctor Who, David Weber's Honor Harrington series and Stargate.

To new friends, feel free to browse through my old posts or even take a look through my Tumblr (arenee1999) to get a sense of who I am. My Tumblr will tell you exactly who I am, the wide mix of content creates a rather complete picture of my personality. I also have some of my graphics posted there. My favorites will probably get posted here eventually. I also have a small amount of fic posted on AO3 (arenee1999). Most of it's crap, but it's there if you're curious.

ETA:
I have once again signed up for fandom_stocking after a two year hiatus. For those that don't know what that is: It's a gift exchange. You post a wishlist and other people fill them. You can get/give fic, art, graphics, recipes, recs, general greetings. You're not required to gift to everyone but are encouraged to gift to a few people. I always try to gift to at least a few people with small/obscure fandoms listed, as they tend to get the fewest gifts.

Well, it's official... I just received the email from LJ. Dear Arenee1999, On 2017-04-30 at 23:29:13 your journal was deleted.It will take awhile for it to be purged, but as of now I no longer have an LJ account.

And this will be my last ever post. I'm very sad to be leaving but I'm not willing to stay with the way the site has changed and with the changes to the ToS.

Everything that I can move to Deamwidth has been moved. I will be deleting this journal by Sunday April 30th.

Our oven stopped working just after Christmas. We've replaced the ignitor and the thermostat and it's still not working. It will likely be summer before we can start looking for a new one. *sigh*  In the meantime we've had to rely on recipes we could cook on the stove or in the slowcooker. I've spent a bit of time going through some of my recipes to see which ones that go in the oven could be adjusted to work on the stove or in the crockpot. I've also been combing the recipe sites for new ones.

I found a couple really good beef stew recipes so I thought I'd share. The first one can be left on the stove to cook on a low heat. The second can be done in a crockpot/slowcooker as long as you brown the meat on the stove then add everything to the crockpot.


( Jamaican Beef Stew with Rice )



( Beef Stew with Leeks )

Day 15

In your own space, create your own challenge. What’s something you want to see more people doing in fandom? Is there something fun you’ve tried that you think other people would enjoy if they gave it a go? Dare your friends to try it out, and have fun with it.


1) Try something new! Be it a new fandom, a pairing you never thought to try or a kink/trope you've been  ignoring. epic_recs crack_van and smallfandomfest are good places to start looking

2) Post a rec for that one fic/art/vid/book/show/movie/etc you've always loved but have been ashamed to admit to liking.

3) Join/participate in a community/meme/activity designed to make you create and/or interact with a larger portion of fandom. such as:. snowflake_challenge, fandom_stocking, naarmamo, NaNoWriMo, or join a landcomm (there are dozens) or post in a friending meme or just join something designed to make you post more 100things_index, 30 day meme, rectober, etc

In your own space, talk about a creator. Show us why you think they are amazing.

This is both difficult and easy. There are so many awesome creators in fandom, narrowing it down to one is near impossilble. There are so many that I love that I'll read anything they care to write. I know I'll forget a bunch, but here is a partial list: van, stillrose, killabeez, aspenlight, batsutousai, nautibitz, jinxed_wood, madeleone, Good_Witch, literaryspell, and a whole bunch more. Everyone on my flist is there because I like what they do. ♥♥♥