Wander's Wonderings

Hi all,

I've had this journal since November 2001, even have a permanent account (for definitions of permanent that needs must take into account the nature of the internet).

Given that LJ has now moved all it's servers & the like to Russia, and a great many security and other such features are now either non-functioning or acting strangely, I shall no longer be posting here. I'm not going to delete my account (yet), but will not be even attempting to cross-post from Dreamwidth.

I am on Dreamwidth, same username.

If you have a DW, I would like to continue following you! Or Wordpress (where I am jtifft). Either comment here with your DW username, or email me at jtifft at gmail.

One more thing to chalk up to the general suckitude of 2016, I guess.

(Uses my original default icon of Qui-Hedgie. Seems oddly appropriate somehow.)

I got two of the most awesome stories ever!

Antler Guy:

It's a Neighborly Day in This Beautywood (2998 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Antler Guy (Sculpture/Tumblr post), A House I Pass on the Way to Work Has This Sculpture in Its Yard - elementalmw
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Antler Guy, Steve (A House I Pass...), Sharon (A House I Pass...)
Additional Tags: Neighbors, First Meetings, Yuletide Treat, Lasagna As a Form of Tribute, POV Nonhuman
Summary: The Old One, The Sleeping Beast, Seeker of Blood and Devourer of Souls, Haunting Abomination of the Darkened Woods, woke to find his sacred grounds were no longer there.
The new ways are more than a bit confusing, but there's no reason an ancient god can't adapt with the times.

--- This is hysterical and creepy and evokes a sense of age and power and general other-worldliness that is gorgeous and very effective. Requires no knowledge of canon, but the picture and tumblr post are linked in the notes.

I Gotu Ein Dag

Kvæði (3517 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Í Gøtu Ein Dag | In Gota one Day - Xperiment (Music Video)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Tróndur í Gøtu | Trond of Gota (Í Gøtu Ein Dag)
Additional Tags: Tróndur never quite letting go of his Faeroe Islands
Summary: Tróndur rose from his grave with a moan.
He staggered to his feet, leaning heavily against his great staff, and looked around him as he gasped for breath. The grass was green and the cliffs were tall and the sea was wild as ever, and the only living thing near him was a sheep, grazing and not the least bit interested in the man who had risen from the dead nearby.

--- Just as awsome, as beautifully liminal and atmospheric, and very different. Again, no canon knowledge needed, links for more info provided if one wants. The sense of place is wonderful, and the end was pure, happy-making delight.

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As for what I wrote -- I wrote 3 full-length pieces, my assignment, a pinch-hit, and a thing that started out a pair of drabbles but didn't stay that way.

I also wrote 23 drabbles in 22 fandoms for the Yuletide Madness Drabble Initiative.

Some of them I think are screamingly obviously mine. Anyone who guesses correctly gets a drabble/ficlet thing.

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First off, Dear Writer, thank you for loving something I love, and writing for me. I have never been disappointed in a Yuletide piece written for me, and I am sure I will love yours!

1. Í Gøtu Ein Dag | In Gota one Day - Xperiment (Music Video)
2. Points - Melissa Scott & Lisa Barnett : Aicelin Denizard,
3. Antler Guy (Sculpture/Tumblr post)
4. Andrea Koroveshi - Works
5. Battle of Tollense River c. 1250 bce
6. The Arena - Lindsey Stirling (Music Video)

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More will appear here soon! This post is in process.

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Here are links to all the songs, albums and music videos that I could find. Songs have lyrics linked for most. YouTube is the primary source I used.

If I have not properly identified the song/video, please let me know in the comments, either on LJ or Dreamwidth.

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First off, Dear Writer, thank you for loving something I love, and writing for me. I have never been disappointed in a Yuletide piece written for me, and I am sure I will love yours!

1. The Exeter Book : The Riddles
2. Points - Melissa Scott & Lisa Barnett : Aicelin Denizard, Coindarel
3. Smith of Wootton Major - J. R. R. Tolkien : Alf; Smith
4. Diggy Diggy Hole - Yogscast (Music Video) : All/Any
5. They Called Her Babylon - Steeleye Span (song) : Charlotte; Lathom House
6. PARRISH Maxfield - Works : The Young King of the Black Isles (artwork)

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This letter is still a work in progress, with pretty much just what I signed up with - more to follow!

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(Not dead, and have managed to post things on fan flashworks for each challenge, and the occasional thing on Twitter and Tumblr (Lferion on both), but this post is not about me.)

thedeadcat has had the most awful year, and really needs some help. Really really. mrshamill here</a> which I have mostly reproduced:

has had a loooong run of terrible luck this year. I think every single appliance in her house has died over the past few months, and now she's facing buying a water-heater (to replace one that basically exploded) with no money and no prospects. She won't get on her knees, but I will for her -- she needs money, pure and simple, for food, for bills (esp the health one, as she had a few very hard knocks on herself this year), to keep her family afloat and, well, eating. I've already sent some; but if you have a few dollars to spare, she would be a good candidate to donate to. She's not a 501c, but sometimes it's more about karma points than deductions.

If you can spare it, her paypal is linked to flammetirar@gmail.com She's good people, and her family is too. Please signal boost if you can.

She's got an Etsy shop as well: The Altered Vault

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The interview went! Well, I think. It ended up not much like the typical corporate type thing where they ask about career aspirations and how you handle stress, but more along the lines of how the department works and what the types of documentation and processes are, and then the manager handed me off to the friend who recommended me to show me some particulars.

I really like the atmosphere of the place, and the work looks to be interesting.

Things tend to move slowly, so I'm not likely to hear anything definite for a couple of weeks, but I am quite hopeful.

Thank you everyone for the good thoughts, energy, suggestions, and general love!

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I still have an interview, but it is postponed/rescheduled for next week. The hiring manager had an emergency come up.

Thank you all for your good thoughts & energy! I very much appreciate each and every one!

The position is for a tech writer, at Modular Mining. One of the fun things about the company is that they have a truck that drives itself. My inner Dwarf thinks this is fascinating.

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I have an interview tomorrow, for a position I would really, really, really like. 2pm April 28, (Mountain Standard, aka Pacific Daylight time).

All good thoughts and wishes and energy gratefully accepted!

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Noli Timere Messorum*

What un-sound do Death's hooves make? What still vibration of octiron** bells shakes the air?
'Tis winter's end this mid-March day, by current, common calendar, by older count mid Spring, the equinox near nigh. But Time and Death care not for seasons, not as people do, that mark with ritual array inflection points and cycles, and take without regard of mere human meaning overlaid on days. This day a Turtle falters, bows its head to mourn the passing of the antic, angry, energetic mind, the incandescent soul that wrote it and the world it bears into being, touching other minds and souls in myriad, fantastic ways.

For Terry Pratchett, knight, has Death's arm taken, and walks now in the endless night,*** leaving memories and words, and countless altered lives. And love, which shall not be forgot.

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*The motto on Sir Terry's Coat of Arms: Don't Fear the Reaper.
**Octiron - magic metal that does not sound, but makes a kind of textured silence. From this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8… ****
***https://twitter.com/terryandrob/st…
****This whole piece strongly influenced by this post, where I saw this video: At Obsidian Wings

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