I seem to have been friended lately. Hello. Want to introduce yourselves?

(Telling me what fandom you're in won't hurt, either.)http://linnpuzzle.greatestjournal.com/

ETA 31.5.07: There has been some unpleasantness going on at LJ, so if I for some reason get deleted you will find me at greatestjournal under the same name.

Gah, it's so humid. o_o Apparently, the place I live currently in is on the list of Norwegian's favourite inland vacation spots. Huh!

Even so, I have to leave for ten days for my annual trip up north. Last chance to ask for souvenirs, as I won't be online during that time.

Ah. Yes, it's time to post some art. This time it's Hetalia-based, so if you don't know what that is, you can ignore. :D

Title: Life on the moon
Pairing: Iceland/Norway if you look really hard.
Rating: G
Note: It started very simple. olynthus wrote a lovely Nordic fic and before I knew what I was doing, I was doing fanart because her fic floored me. As for the runes, I'll take it from top to bottom: Wealth, A promise to be kept (though it can be seen as a love declaration), Wisdom to make the right decisions (it's Odin's personal rune), and Journey/lifepath and how to connect with the old ways afterwards.
( A promise to Odin )

Guys, I am dead.

Okay, that's overstating it a bit, but I have managed to crash my computer. Which means, I don't have opencanvas or half of my digital art pieces anymore, which is making me depressed as hell. I did manage to drag out some old sketch-books, though, so I guess I'll go back to that, until I can get OC again.

.......And this is why I shouldn't post before having coffee.

ETA: Also, why am I scared of reading a manga of WWII? I have no idea. The idea of chibification of the countries aren't scary. But Norway is so CUTE. For the first time I'm my life I'm actually afraid my country will be jailbait.

Sorry about the lack of updates. My move apparently funked up my ability to remember my own password. (Something about net security and the nice people in charge not regognizing my move) Feel free to point and laugh. I only managed to get into my old yahoo mail last night. FAIL.

.......I have to ask, though. What is TAGGED?

(And yeah, I'm looking at my inbox with dread and horror at the moment. I hope no one thought I was silent on purpose.)

Thanks to quantum_witch, I now know of a youtube vid, which is heavily borrowing fanart from a lot of Good Omens fanartists without permission, some of the art specifically made for other members of the fandom and even worse, not for sharing. I'm not quite sure how to deal with this, so any input would be appreciated.

Do not dogpile this guy, please. It'll only make it worse.

There's an open letter to LJ/6A here by bubble_blunder. I encourage you to read it if you're against censorship, and if you agree, sign it.

Art's on the way, but you know, this is important first.

Bad things are happening. Not to mention that Brad (the creator of LJ, for those of you who has only seen 6A's lies about this) jumped the ship.

Let's make some things clear. I am a fanartist as well as a regular one. I draw slash when I feel like it, just like the banned fanartists did. I am not going anywhere.

I have a stormcellar at GJ, and might lock all my html-heavy things there for safekeeping, but that really depends. In the meantime: I am following amanuensis1's example and hoping that my gut feeling is wrong.

ETA: A post like this wouldn't be complete without a link to fandom_flies. Even if you plan to stay at LJ, it is extremely important to know what they're doing behind the scenes. (thank you, antongarou!)

We're in august already, to vulgarweed suggested we moved go_exchange to Greatestjournal to prevent being banned without warning. Everything's set up. I also took the liberty of creating lower_tadfield ( so I hope minkhollow will come over and claim it.

Aaaand of course puzzlebleuink. Just in case. Just thought you all should know.

I had the best time last night.

Met up with lionhead, eldir Marianne, ainthra and Joakim and then went to the bookstore after hopping into a fun shop to look for wigs and wings and hats. Then we had to run across half the town to make it to the bookshop. That's an interesting experience when you're completely dressed up as a gryffindor student, let me tell you.

During the night afterwards, I was lucky enough got to meet (briefly! Well, it was a huge crowd.) elledille, choco_tuna, msjoplin, cetacea, siggen, forourlives and saw kristert and elfwen. Also met harbek, which was a new one for me! (She's quite the sweetheart.)
( NO SPOILERS, except for the night we sat out. Warning for sap! )

A pen sketch. You're warned. I might colour it if I find the time.
( Aziraphale and Crowley: A toast )

Title: The Empath
Rating: G
Note: So heavily inspired by Hisoka Kurosaki from Yami no Matsuei that we can almost call it fanart. Although, this kid is rather rounder in the face, plus some other small changes. This will be a gift for my grandmother, hence the traditional media. I haven't forgotten the Good Omens art I promised, but with vacation coming up time is getting scarce. I'll get to that (and friending some people back) soon, I promise. See you in a week or so!
( Empathy )

I have more than one, but here's the first:

LJ is starting to worry me, so I'm keeping a backup blogspot HERE. I'll still post art in this journal, of course, but in case anything happens, I'll try to post two pieces over there a day. You might've seen some of those before until I catch up.

Also. Night to the 21th of June JULY. I meant july. Who's going to stay in line with me for the Potter book/sleep over? I need to make sure I have enough madrasses and beds and couches ready at home.

Next week I'll be MIA as usual, while I visit grandmother's island. The internet and phone connection is really bad there, so I'll probably be slow with the commenting.

So how amazing was the Norwegian Wood festival? Very. Despite the HUGE crowd blackballoon and I hung together, mostly because I think we got there freakishly early and got good seats, and I got very happy when I got to meet fiere, siggen and kristert, despite overwhelming odds of not finding a familiar face in the crowd. Also, although lionhead missed the opening act by Marte Wulff (who was adorable and disarming and talented. Whoever chose her to be the opener for Tori really knew what they were doing. No wonder she's gotten awards for her music), we managed to catch each other before Tori came on stage. In a short blonde wig. Which she then changed to a long red "Tori"-wig with a tight skin-colored suit in the second act, which made some people pause until the light hit and it sparkled. She knows how to work her crowd, no doubt about it. This woman is... Is, and I love it.

As for the songs, I managed to catch a rocked out version of Cruel, Precious things, Conflake girl, as well as some of the songs from her new album. But sadly I'm not familiar enough with the new one to really know the lyrics. But in conclusion: So. Good.

Speaking of which, would anyone be willing to share songs from her new album with me? I want to listen to them before I buy the CD. (which I will) Pretty pretty please.

In other news, celestialsoda and I have something new and Good Omens related our collective sleeves. Be warned. :D

Just a super quick post to say that:

1. I have discovered CLAMP. Of the series, I think I like xxxHolic the best, although this couple is funny too.

2. msjoplin had a "happy birthday Johhny Depp" movie-night last night, with algalad, kialeon, lionhead, elledille and sikksakk and Geir. Fun! Also, warm. Norwegian summers have gotten worse.


Oh! That reminds me, sikksakk's own compositions are online, to my delight. *pimps* Go check her out! She's very talented. (ETA: Not very English-friendly site. "Last ned" means download. Very dreamy, soothing music.)

3. Tori Amos on thursday! *glees*

You've already seen this everywhere, and we're past 21000 members now, but get yourself over to
fandom_counts. A good size of LJ is fandom. I do not want it to be deleted, so let yourself be counted. There's power in numbers, after all.

And apropos of nothing, as much as I adored the name suggestions (Kyouya! Crowley! Bentley! 'Types underwater'! *dies a little with glee*) , somehow the laptop ended up becoming Othello. Don't ask me why. It was meant to be, apparently.

I'm turning 23 years today. Have been dreading this day, since last year's been more or less of a catastrophy -though it provided some valuable lessons. So imagine my surprise when I ODed on presents and cake so early in the morning. Pretty pretty presents. My sister's so good at buying these things, so I'm glad my parents let her do the shopping for my b-day.

sadfjdghd. Okay. My dad's the computer wizard, so he got me a much-desired laptop (covered in a paper that was a homemade collage of a Ouran High School Host Club scenes. Ouran. Best sister ever. I just. I don't know how that could possibly have made me any happier, except KKM. But that would have been harder to explain, I suppose. ♥ Am saving some of it, for I'm a SAP). I wanted to wait with updating until I could do it from it, but I realized I haven't found a proper name for it yet. MUST REMEDY THIS.
Poll #993853 My new, sleek, black Laptop. It needs a name!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

What is a good name for it?

It's also the one time a year when I actually enjoyto eat cake, so for breakfast I had carrot cake and a big, big pile of strawberries. Life? Is good. Although I am feeling sick from all the sugar by now. Fail, Linn. Fail.

♥ Thank you, anon (though I'm pretty sure I know who you are). ( Picture explanation, in case you aren't familiar with the KKM. It'll basically jut confuse you more. But it's cute! )

So, I hear LJ is going crazy over fandoms? If you need to update yourselves, go to http://fandomtossed.greatestjournal.com/ or F_W. Hopefully LJ will work soon, because I can't check my flist at all right now.

Antique Lace from Bewitching Brews.

Nostalgia encapsulated. A soft, wistful blend of dry flowers, aged linens, and the faint breath of long-faded perfumes.

This one might actually become one of my favourites, come to think of it. I sense a trend here. Next up I'll have to try Sin, just for variation. >:D Or spend my money on more LJ time.
( Elegance! )

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don't speak often, please post a comment with a memory of you and me. It can be anything you want - good, bad, neutral, random, or whatever. When you've finished, post this paragraph on your blog and be surprised about what people remember.

Or help me decide what kind of The Golden Compass dæmon suits me better? I'm curious.

Title: Irides Forrar
Rating: G
Note: Finally, something I am allowed to post. Commission for haf, for the character she's just created. Who can turn into a cat. DO NOT USE without her permission.
( Irides )