Comments on: Fluffcation: Holiday

By: DRST

DRST — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:35:38 +0000

OK I’m pretty sure the new Discovery Channel Boom De Yada ad includes a lemur (though overall I don’t think is as good as the first one):

DRST

By: AnthroK8

AnthroK8 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:26:25 +0000

Aleks and millefolia: Why don’t you lot drop by my LJ (click my username here) and leave a comment in the current post? I’ll put one up and screen comments, so you can leave an e-mail address safely. I’ll jet you both a note from there.

By: Audrey Dorland

Audrey Dorland — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:22:02 +0000

I was Gambit. As he appeared in his 2004-2005 limited series (except for being female and fat, that is), though, not as his original comic book appearance, his appearance in any of the cartoons, or his appearance in the Wolverine movie.

By: Lottie

Lottie — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:25:29 +0000

I basically stayed at home, not dressed up, and relaxed in my room, taking a break to eat large quantities of vegan ice cream. We rarely get very many trick-or-treaters. We got 4. One alone, and the other three in a group. They all got ridiculous amounts of candy.

By: aleks

aleks — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:16:33 +0000

A week from Sunday works for me. As close to St Louis Park works even better! Is this planning okay on a fluff thread, or do we have to take it elsewhere? If the latter, how do we exchange contact information without making it available to the universe?

By: millefolia

millefolia — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:30:15 +0000

aleks: No biking? Bummer! I hope you heal well from the surgery.

Weekends are probably better for me anyway, though–and if the weather is good I may show up on a bike myself. (And yeah, I’ve been at least half serious all along, so let’s go ahead.) Should we take this discussion off of Shapely Prose at some point, though, or keep planning here? Side benefit if we do keep planning here is that any other Twin Cities SP’ers could join us.

So aleks and AnthroK8, what are y’all doing a week from Sunday, in the afternoon?

By: aleks

aleks — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:52:01 +0000

millefolia and AnthroK8,
I had surgery today, and I’m fine, but the damage is on a location that won’t let me bike for awhile now, so either we’ll have to do it on a weekend when I can borrow a car or wait awhile. Yes, I’m proceeding on the assumption that we’re not joking.

By: MezzoSherri

MezzoSherri — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:53:25 +0000

I’d been ignoring this thread (skipped costuming up for Hallowe’en this year so had nothing much to report), and just finally caught up.

I am so sorry to hear about your dog, Kate. We had to put our dog down two years ago and I still get teary about it. Lots of internet hugs and virtual casseroles directed towards Chicago from my little corner of Philly!

And, I would invite any complainers to think about the links between the word “fluffcation” and “vacation” — as in a temporary fucking BREAK for some good women who more than deserve one. Where’s all this escalation about “killing the blog” and “breaking up” coming from? (I’m not exactly sure where this further explanation that’s been clamored for would do much good, considering how willfully misinterpreted the existing communication has been…..)

By: LilahMorgan

LilahMorgan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:32:14 +0000

Jesus Christ, just caught up on this thread. Kate, I am so sorry about your dog.

To others: if you’re tired of refreshing the page looking for new posts, may I suggest RSS feeds such as Google Reader which, shockingly, will send new updates in your direction without so much as a mouse click on your part.

By: thegirlfrommarz

thegirlfrommarz — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:40:19 +0000

Okay, I get that people do want to talk about stuff other than lemurs and that we all love SP and the community here – I have never been part of such a funny, clever and well-educated internet community before – so we want to talk about it with this particular group of people. But that’s why the Ning site exists. So, here’s a Ning thread for all our serious stuff:
http://shapelyprose.ning.com/forum/topics/want-to-talk-about-serious
I would loooove it if people came there to talk about non-lemur topics – the Ning could do with more action. I have ‘flu, but I promise to check back tomorrow and give you the outpourings of my fever-addled brain if you post something on the thread. So you will get at least one reply.

Seriously, guys, I think most “Wait, where’s the FA content?” comments are coming from a good faith place, but it’s not fair to expect the bloggers to spend their whole lives on this when they’ve said they’re exhausted. They don’t get paid for this. It’s not a job – it’s a labour of love. I was burnt out from just reading the harassment threads, let alone writing the posts and moderating the comments. No wonder people are getting short shrift.

Thanks, Sweet Machine, Fillyjonk, Kate and A Sarah, for all your hard work in putting this blog together and keeping it running. Take all the fluffcation time you need. And, Kate, I’m so sorry to hear about your dog. That must be dreadful. ((Hugs))

P.S. I’m going to post this on the most recent post too in the hope of attracting people to the Ning – hope that’s okay.