This is a rambly sort of post

[dreamflower]

about all sorts of things, personal or fandom related or political or otherwise...


1. I decanted the rose-petal vinegar I made a few weeks ago-- it smells lovely. I still have several plants that need to go out in the garden. But my lettuce finally bolted and my broccoli and cabbage are being eaten into lace by *something*.

2. Re: work. I *hate* the truck not coming until late afternoon. I go in at 11, and there's very little for me to do most days except clean. Which I don't mind doing when it's needed, but very much mind when I know it's just busy work. Plus which, we keep running out of stuff that people come specifically to Braum's for. The worst is running out of whole milk. In the month since they switched us to afternoon deliveries, we've run out on truck days before the truck arrived almost every time. Customers get testy-- and guess who they find it convenient to complain to? I wish we'd get back to morning deliveries. Only 5 more months to go.

3. My keyboard is randomly leaving out letters when I type them in.

4. This game: http://www.deadwhale.com/play.php?game=50 is a time sink.

5. Re: Church. A lot of folks at our church are disturbed about the fact that our new pastor is a woman. (This includes my DH, bless him, who was raisd in a much more conservatve theological tradition than I was). I'm disturbed, but not by that. What bothers me is that ther were certain people who wanted to see our former pastor (whom I like very much) gone, and now it's some of these *same* people who don't like that we got a woman to rplace him. But there are some really good folks in our church in spite of church politics, and I think when she gets here in a couple of weeks things will shake themselves out.

6. Re: Politics and the oil spill. I find it both infuriating and amusing that Delores Umbridge Sarah Palin is pitching a fit about th blowout in the Gulf. Excuse me? Miss "Drill, Baby, Drill?!?!?!", Miss "Get the government out of business"?!?!?!?! She thinks th government is not doing enough? The hypocrisy, it burns!

7. Re: Fandom. I REALLY NEED to get to wrk (see wha I mean about random letters?) on my WIPs!

8. Also re: fandom. I antcipated this happening, I did. Still found it annoying when it *did*

I posted "Little Dogs Laughed" at SoA. Anonymous struck again.

Little Dogs Laughed by Dreamflower 2 Review(s)
Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/28/2010
I'm sure this is a wonderful story, but it doesn't belong on this archive even if Tolkien did write Roverandom - this is for stories set in Arda... Middle Earth! :)

Author Reply: I doubt if you see the answer to this comment, since you posted anonymously, but I will answer anyway: I have the express permission of Nilmandra to post this. I did ask first.

Author Reply: By the way, it is quite possible that this story *is* set in Arda, as at one point, Roverandom is granted a brief glimpse of "far off in the last West the Mountains of Elvenhome and the light of Faery upon the waves". Nearly everything JRRT wrote impinged on his original legendarium at some point.

Ah well! So it goes.

It looks to be a quiet weekend here.

I wish all my fellow Americans a happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Comments

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

Sorry, but those freaking canon police people are why I left Stories of Arda. Why can't people just live and let live stories written from the heart from Tolkien's world and characters? I have no tolerance for intolerance...if that makes any sense at all! :D

The oil spill makes me feel so ill I feel frozen and helpless and angry all at once and I can't bear to see those poor pelicans covered in oil...(and I know that's just a tiny piece of it all, but that's the image that sticks out). Sarah Palin doesn't even have enough brains to care that she's being hypocritical.

That's too bad about your work situation. *sigh* It's annoying when something beyond your control gets customers upset and impatient!

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

As I read that 'review', I immediately thought of that line about Elvenholme too. I find the fact that Roveradom's set in Middle-earth to be the best bit about the story!

[shirebound]

What an excellent answer to 'Anonymous'. I never cease to be annoyed by folks who proclaim something, true or false, but are too cowardly or arrogant to be identified. A more balanced review would be, "What a creative story! I'm curious to know how this relates to Arda." Ah well. *sigh*

Can your store put a sign in the window showing the truck delivery times in big bold letters?

*weekend hugs*

[dreamflower]

I have no tolerance for intolerance

*grin* It makes perfect sense.

No, Palin doesn't care that she's a flaming hypocrite. It's all about HER, anyway. What a drama queen!

[dreamflower]

It's only the teeniest hint, but for me it's enough. I love that he just couldn't keep it out, even from te children's bedtime stories.

[dreamflower]

I think the "anonymous" reviewers of the world don't want to risk being caught out when/if they are in the wrong. It's cowardly enough.

A sign might help. I may put one on the milk case if it happens again-- which I am sure it will.

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

Canatics. One thing I don't miss about SOA in the slightest.

And anon reviewers - one of the things I love about posting on LJ is the ability to screen those anonymous comments. It's cut way down on the drive-by 'Tolkien would never...' 'That's not canon...' and 'That word is too modern' comments. ;)

[shirebound]

Do you know if Nilmandra is well? I think of her (and her menagerie) very often, and hope she's doing okay.

[lbilover.livejournal.com]

The illogic and hypocrisy of people like Palin never cease to amaze me. But then, it's all about criticizing government for their own political capital.

And wow, I'm flabbergasted by that anonymous comment. There's someone who needs to 1. get a life, or 2. stop hiding behind a cloak of anonymity if s/he can't get a life. How cowardly.

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

I'd love to get a sniff of your rose petal vinegar. It sounds lovely.

I can't be bothered to care about self-appointed canon watchdogs. They need to get a life and stop nitpicking. I really liked your reply to her snarking.

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

"Canatics!" Excellent term for them.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Ah, love the anonymous snarky reviewer. I do wonder sometimes if it's not the same person trolling all of us. Personally, I have no problem with people wondering how something relates to canon, or preferring canon stories to AU, but I do have a problem with doing so with an arrogant tone and then hiding behind anonymity. That's simply low class.

I always giggle at the term "bolted" when it comes to lettuce. I imagine it leaping from the ground and running away screaming...

[dreamflower]

No, I haven't seen anything from her lately except the email she sent giving me permission to post the story. I think it's been two or three months since she posted in her journal.

[dreamflower]

For some reason, I don't get very many anonymous reviews, so I suppose that's why the ones I *do* get jump out at me.

And the funny thing is, the few I hve received, the person has gotten *WRONG*. It's both annoying and amusing at the same time, if you know what I mean...

[dreamflower]

I know. But Palin is just like fingernails on a chalkboard to me.

The thing is, I half-expected someone to question the "Arda" part, which is why I asked Nilmandra FIRST. But I didn't expect them to do it anonymously.

[addie71.livejournal.com]

It is so cowardly to post a negative, anonymous review. I don't understand why anyone would do that. *shakes head*

Happy Memorial Day Weekend to you too. *hugs*

[dreamflower]

It was very easy to make: a cup of rose petals that have never been sprayed (and we never spray ours anyhow) and two cps of white vinegar. Boil the vinegar, and while still hot, pour over the petals in a sterile jar. Put in a sunny window for about 3 weeks. Then strain into a nice bottle and cap it. It has a very subtle rosy scent.

I don't have a problem with canon nitpicking per se. If they have what they think is a legitimate difference of opinion on the way something is presented in a story, I'm glad to discuss it with them. I can nitpick right back. But I like to do it in the way of friendly give and take. That's impossible when the person hasn't got the nerve to sign his/her name.

If they'd phrased it, as Shirebound mentioned above, as a polite question and if they'd signed their name-- well, I'd still probably have answered in much the same way I did, though much less testily. And I would have appreciated the opportunity to explain myself to someone whose name I know.

[dreamflower]

One of my friends emailed me about the "review", waxing indignant on my behalf. She made up an acronym: Cowardly Anonymous Review Person, or CARP. LOL!

I suppose the term comes from the fact that it gets this sudden overnight growth spurt when it goes bitter. LOL! Your image reminds me of Grey Wonderer's hilarious story "Pulling Up Stakes"!

[dreamflower]

Oh, I can fathom the *motive*: They wish to get their digs in, but they don't want to expose themselves to rebuttal. I don't understand what they expect to *get* out of it, though, since they don't even have the satisfaction of seeing their name attached.

(((hugs back)))

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

CARP! I like it. *g*

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

Oh, that I do, that I do.

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

I tend to hang with a heretic crowd these days, and I rather enjoy it. ;)

[rhapsody11.livejournal.com]

I always giggle at the term "bolted" when it comes to lettuce. I imagine it leaping from the ground and running away screaming...

You're not the only one, except when I read this part I hollered. Tehee!

[rhapsody11.livejournal.com]

A Palin, hypocrisy is her middle name. I know, bad bad Rhapsy, but she always rubbed me the wrong way and here you have it.

Re: Anonymous.

The whole review breathes that this person just blindly clicked, didn't read it and went on a snarky mode to review. *sighs*

Maybe your keyboard needs some lovin' care, cleaning it perhaps would work?

Have a fab weekend dear! *hugs*

[gamgeefest.livejournal.com]

Palin clearly missed the bus to Common Sense. *sigh*

Sorry about the anon reviewer. I get those every once in a while but I've never had that problem at SoA. FFN, yes.

Fun game!

[baranduin.livejournal.com]

That's really interesting about your church. I'd like to know how it goes. fingers crossed that it goes really well and it's just jitters for something new.

Silly anon.

[winterbard.livejournal.com]

Ooh thank goodness you posted. I havent seen you post in a while so i wuz gettin worried.

I belive I have mentioned my belief that there is not enough Dwarf fic.

So I am trying to cook up a litle piece based on a small and not thought about fact from "An Unexpected Party".

Thorin was a harper.

That is all for the nonce.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I admit to being a canon stickler and expressions like "It will be OK" in a story in Tolkien's world make me cringe, but I'd usually stop reading or if I did leave a cooment it would be polite and signed. I think there is a problem,though with writers who bite your head off for the most polite concrit.(I know you are not one of those).

I see Arda as our own world in an earlier age.

Our previous and current vicar are ladies and I like them very much.

[ansostuff.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry ahout the work stuff. I hope you get the morning deliveries soon. Are you done in five months or what is it that ends/begins then?

Oh, homemade vinegar! That sounds lovely. :D

*hugs*

[dreamflower]

Palin is like fingernails on a chalkboard! She gets on my last nerve every time.

Oh yeah! Anonymous took a potshot and missed, but he/she still is annoying. Whoever it was just took it for granted that I had not considered what I was doing with the posting.

I'm going to try cleaning it, and see if that helps.

(((hugs back)))

[dreamflower]

Palin's an idjit.

I don't post at FFN. And considering that this is only the third I've gotten at SoA (and I have arund 400 stories posted) it's not a bad track record. OTOH, I suppose if I were moe used to them, I wouldn't notice as much.

It's too fun. I have to watch out when I get started on it-- you can't just pop one!

[dreamflower]

We'll have to see. The majority of our church members are at least a generation older than *I* am, and I'm only a couple of years away from seeing 60. I think it will work out in time, though.

Yes, anon can often be silly. I suppose that's the point of *being* anon-- avoid the consequences of one's silliness...

[dreamflower]

I've mostly been making community posts and comments, so sometimes I don't notice that I haven't actually posted in my *own* LJ!

Ooh! I like!

I recall someone at some point did a short fic about what happened to the Dwarves' instruments... I can't recall who wrote it or where. But I've never read anything about Thorin's harping before.

[dreamflower]

I'm a canon stickler for a lot of things myself. "OK" and other small anachronisms jolt me some, but unless they are part of an egregious pattern b the author, I try to ignore them. These thngs can slip in once in a while. Canon error can also occur-- if it's a timeline problem or something like that, I'll usually just PM the author, unless I knw them well and they have *asked* for concrit. If that's the case, I make my observation polite and humorous if I can. If I can't, then I don't say anything at all.

This isn't even about canon. This person just assumes that because it's about JRRT's own family and it doesn't contain Elves and it's set in "modern times" that it's not suitable in an archive about Arda. Assumptions are dangerous things though, when one doesn't have all the facts.

[dreamflower]

I was told the afternoon deliveries will be for 6 months, and then they will switch back.

It does smell very nice!

((hugs back))

[lily-the-hobbit.livejournal.com]

I don't like anonymous comments when all they do is accuse but don't stand by their comment with their name.

*hugs*

[dreamflower]

It's really ridiculous to be anonymous with me, anyhow. I don't bite people's heads off for disagreeing with me, and I am glad to explain myself if I've done something a bit out of the ordinary. And if someone politely points out a genuine error, I am usually grateful.

I don't understand where the satisfaction is in commnting anonymously.