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Four things, super quick, and then I have to go do actual work. Blergh.

- Happy birthday to

katilara! I hope it is fantastic, amazing, and bountiful. If there's anything I can do to make it better, just let me know. I'm more comfortable with graphics than fic right now, but if want to prompt me in the hopes that inspiration strikes, I'd be happy to try!

- You should all go read this. It's empires/PATD, Sean/Brendon, and it makes my heart go "OH LIFE IS GRAND."

-

wastethesewords - it's a WIP challenge, take something you've had sitting around for a while and finally get it done. I have about nine MILLION of these, so I'm definitely signing up.

- I am so nosy you guys. I mean curious! >.>

[Poll #1259658]

Please feel free to discuss this to your heart's content in comments.

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I keep my friends in my flist but use Google Reader to follow public communities.

Ah, that's actually a really good idea, I hadn't even thought about doing that. It'd make my flist a lot easier to read.

Thank you very much dear! *smoosh* If I think of anything I'll let you know. ♥

And oh man, I totally signed up for that comm, because I have this EPIC piece of Panic fic I wrote half of and have now been avoiding finishing for MONTHS.

You're quite welcome! ♥

YES. I have so many fics just sitting around labeled "FINISHTHIS.DOC" or "SERIOUSLYFINISHTHIS.DOC".

There are a couple of people who I just track whatever tag they use for posting fic, either because I'm following a WIP or because that's the main/only thing of theirs I'm interested in. However, there are also some journals I don't track/watch through RSS/have friended, but I'll stalk their journals from time to time. Those are the ones I'm too shy to ask about friending. ;)

oo! i do that too XD the tracking the tag thing, and then the stalking of the journal.

I dunno though, i got the courage to ask some one to friend them after I visited every once in a while, and it didnt work out the way i planned.

Ah, you know I totally forgot about adding that into the poll, and I actually do that for a couple people too. That is such a nice feature, tracking specific tags.

Haha, me too. Especially if they're people with big friends lists, I always feel like I'm imposing.

I watch a few comms, like ONTD, with an RSS reader, so it doesn't clutter up my flist too much. Other than that I think everyone is on lj.

That's a good idea, I might have to start doing that. There are a couple big communities like that that I enjoy reading but always forget to check, and I hate having them on my flist because then I'd never make it back through everything.

I just get annoyed when I have the overly spammy ones on my flist, but I never actually remember to check them. Thus: RSS. ^^

That WIP comm looks interesting. It took me a moment to remember that I do have something I'm working on, so I'm debating joining. :D

You should! I always start strong and then sort of peter out toward the middle of fics, and then I have nothing to keep me accountable. It'd be nice to pick the half-finished story of my choosing and have a deadline.

...omg. so tempted to join that comm.
no, wait.
*joins*
ha.
I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FINISH ANY OF MY WIPS. BECAUSE I FAIL AT LIFE.

YOU DO NOT FAIL AT LIFE, OK, YOU GET AN A+ IN LIFE FROM ME. OR A GOLD STAR.

It will be totally awesome, we can like, ~commiserate. And kick each other in the ass to finish.

I WANT A GOLD STAR, OMG.

yes, yes. and id be like OMG JESS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING MESSING AROUND? WHAT IS THIS FUCKERY?! GO, GO WRITE!
and youd be like, oi, when was the last time YOU wrote
and id be like, OMG STFU, DONT TURN THIS TO ME NAO ;___;
/lolwhat.

usually i only rss things that are outside lj (like ryro's shiny new blog, or pete's almost super sekrit one) because everyone is nice enough on lj about you adding them. but i can see the benifits, coz then if they dont/wont/cant add you back then you can read thier public stuff and they wont be able to see your flocked stuff.

Yeah, that's usually what I do for outside stuff too. And you're right, usually people are super nice about being added, I'm just paranoid like that. ;D

I'm horrible about asking people to add them, too, it's not like I've ever had anyone say NO YOU CAN'T GTFO but I'm just paranoid that someone WILL. :-/

It's multifandom! You should totally join, babycakes. ♥

I have a few peoples' ljs bookmarked because i don't like to friend without commenting on something and I haven't found anything I feel able to jump in and comment on yet... I'm sure I'll end up friending all of them quite soon though.

That's actually how I like to go about doing it too, to kind of prove we have something in common, I guess? But then the longer I just watch without commenting, the more I feel awkward about just jumping in out of the blue, so most journals just stay tracked and not added. :(

For a moment there I read "OH LIFE IS GERARD" and nodded vigorously. Because it's true. *dreamy sigh*

BB. MY JOURNAL HAS MISSED YOUR PRESENCE.

Haha! This entry would have been made A THOUSAND TIMES more awesome if it had actually said that.

it makes me so happy that you are into bandom now!

i track with my rss reader so i can read journals at work where lj is blocked. also, if they're not on my real friends list, it's usually because the journal just delivers news of some sort rather than personal updates.

Me too! I'm reconnecting with a lot of people that I'd drifted away from, and it is AWESOME. Once a bandom girl, always a bandom girl, I guess. :D

Ahh, I hadn't considered that possibility. I think I'm definitely going to have to start using an RSS reader to keep up with some things, because I have way too many communities on my list right now to keep manageable.

I track fic! Obsessively. I seriously don't know how I ever kept up with things before it.

I don't use it for tracking fic as much as I should, I always forget how useful it can be in that capacity.

Unrelated, but ahahahaha BRENDON. He is ridiculously adorable in that icon.

lskjdflkasdjf I KNOW. THIS ICON CRACKS ME UP. especially the picture of spencer lurking in the background.

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