dustandroses

Today, World AIDS Awareness Day, I'm remembering my dear friend Darin, who died of AIDS related cancer on September 6th, 2002.

The fight is not over. More than 25 million men, women and children have already died of AIDS, and an estimated 33.2 million people around the world are currently living with HIV infection. Last year alone, an estimated 2.5 million new HIV infections occurred worldwide, and 2.1 million people died from AIDS. The plague is still out there, and we can't stop fighting now.

I found a few things I wanted to share with you...an AIDS awareness quiz you should check out - see how much you really know. I got 10 out of 10 on the Easy level, I don't think I'd do so well on the more difficult ones, though. Also, some world cartoonists views of the AIDS epidemic - I found some of them rather enlightening. And I made some icons - help yourselves, pass them around if you want, or link back to this post if you would rather. Credit is optional. I'd just be thrilled to see you use them.














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Title: Something in the Wine
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Pairing: Jack/Daniel
Beta: ozsaur, my hero and shit
Rating: PG13
Warnings: There's no sex!
Synopsis: As the door closed behind Daniel, Jack grabbed him, pushed him up against the door, and pressed his hand across Daniel’s mouth.
Spoilers: None
Word Count: 562 words
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Notes: Written for the Jack/Daniel Kissathon at jd_commentfic.






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Ozsaur and I have been working hard on this one. I had trouble starting it...so my brilliant Alpha/Beta supplied me with the first 112 words...and a few sentences in the middle too, I have to admit. *g* That's why she's my hero and shit, right? So this is it...hope you enjoy!


Title: Never a Dull Moment
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Pairing: Jack/Daniel
Beta: ozsaur, my hero and shit
Category: PWP
Rating: NC17
Warnings: Tentacle Sex
Synopsis: It was a sad fact of life that so many weird things had happened to Jack over the years, that tentacles trying to unbutton his BDUs didn't surprise him in the least.
Spoilers: None
Word Count: 1660 words
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Notes: The first 112 words of this fic belong to Ozsaur, so this really is all ozsaur's fault - as usual. With my deepest thanks - as usual.

Written for spook_me, and Halloween at smutday.


Hope you enjoy!

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I am now Permanently Insane.

Scary, huh?

Okay, so maybe its just an Insane Journal Account...but it seems fairly momentous, to me. Or maybe that's monstrous? I dunno - I can't decide. It feels weird, anyway. Now I want to make a poll. That is, after all, one of the main reasons I got the account in the first place.

Okay, so 300 icons, my own email address, no more ads, up to 1000 friends :::snicker::: - these are also all good reasons to get a paid account. But I've really missed my polls. Once I get my shit together (stop laughing!) I expect I'll have a poll or two to share. Whee!

So to celebrate, here's a little something that made me laugh out loud. I picked this up from MoonShayde over at that other place...great link.


Just make sure your volume is turned up and wait for it, okay?


Clicky, clicky...


Enjoy!


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WTF? I just spent 15 or so minutes writing out a post to put in asylum_promo about Insane Thursdays, and it disappeared! What's up with that? When I posted, I got the whole "Update successful. You can view your updated journal here" thingie. But when I click on the link, my post isn't there.



I checked to make sure they hadn't gone to moderated posting or something, but there's no mention of it on the profile page. I've been back three or four times, just in case things are slow for some reason. But it's still not there. I hate the idea of having to write it again...I guess this time I'll be sure and save a copy of it, just in case.

Anyone know what that's all about? Does this happen often here?

Shit.



ETA: 45 minutes later - it finally showed up. So it's a good thing I decided to hold off re-writing it. I hope that's not likely to happen again. grouch...grouch...grouch...


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Hey guys...I haven't been around my journal much - computer died, and I had to get it replaced. Knowing how strapped I am trying to deal with disability and all, you know I was panic struck. But a wonderful guy over on LJ, who just happens to live in my hometown was able to help me out. We're still struggling with the sound - I've got none at the moment, but at least I have a computer again.

Anyway. The main thing I wanted to let you know about is a new feature over at smutday: Insane Thursdays! Although you know you can post anything you want there any day of the week, starting next Thursday we'll be celebrating the advantages we have over here on Insane Journal - namely, the right to post anything we want without having our own journaling service breathing down our necks to make sure we're not doing anything they've decided isn't good for their advertisers us.

So our first order of business? Chan. Yes, that's right. The main thing that sent many of us over here in the first place.

Did you write a smutty fic about two underage kids exploring their sexuality? Did you always want to? Did you read a heart-warming PWP about a teacher and his favorite pupil? Did you make a piece of fan art that crosses the age barrier? Is there a backstory about your favorite fandom brothers that makes you drool? Would you like to share with us? Thursday is the day to do it.

Just keep in mind, although Insane Journal has pledged not to interfere, the rules are simple - anything like this belongs under a cut tag and locked to keep minors out. So if you'd rather not join smutday, but wouldn't mind sharing a fic with us for the Grand Opening of Insane Thursday, you can just let me know, and I'll take care of it. Otherwise, just sign up if you're not already a member, and spread the love! *g*

See you around...

:::headdesk:::

I forgot I don't have a paid account over here, yet. I wanted to make a poll, but I can't. Doh! So I made the poll over on Live Journal instead. So if you haven't seen it yet, would you take a look? I'm trying to decide what to do with my fic, and I'd love to know what you think.

It's right here:

"Dusty Who?"

Thanks, guys!



BTW - why won't Insane Journal let me choose my icon when I first make a post? I have to go back in and change it after the fact. What the hell is that about?

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So I started up a new Comm yesterday. Well, it's new for Insane Journal, at least. I've started a version of Smutday here, as a kind of Sister Comm to the one at Live Journal. It won't be a mirror, because I don't see how we could duplicate everyone posts, but I will be mirroring most of my posts, and will probably be linking to some Live Journal posts here at IJ's smutday, and vice versa. Since we already have some Live Journal members that have signed up here, I do expect to have some overlap, but hopefully the two will work together, to enrich the enjoyment of Smut everywhere! *g*

Since there are some things that we can do here that we can't at Live Journal, I expect that we will have some posts that are a bit more edgy on this Comm, but don't worry, everything will be marked clearly, so anyone who doesn't wish to see the stuff that pushes the boundaries will be able to avoid those posts. This month, the theme is Kinks and Fetishes, and I've already found some stuff that I wasn't sure people would accept easily...maybe this weekend I'll put together a post of art that challenges people's perspectives. I like that kind of thing. Might as well take advantage of the opportunity, right? Heh heh heh heh...

So check out our posts - we have two up at the moment - one for anyone to view (nothing with more than an R rating in this post), and one for members only, which has all the NC17 pics in it (full frontal nudity, and more explicit sexual content...my kind of post! :::big evil grin:::) Alert: Please be aware that clicking on either of these two links will take you directly into the posts, neither of which are Work or Child Safe!

So come on over and check us out!

smutday

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And now for something completely different:

Has anyone had a problem with disappearing comments on Insane Journal today?

I had seven comments on the post before last - some of which were replies I wrote just yesterday in response to people's comments. I was going to post the three icons in my last post in a reply to one of paian's comments, to show her what she'd inspired, but when I tried to post, IJ told me I couldn't reply to a comment that didn't exist.

I blinked at the supposedly non-existent comment, then tried again. Same results. I left IJ, came back in to try again and got the same response. Logged out and back in, tried again and got the same thing. Then I tried to comment directly to the post instead of to a comment to the post, and all seven of the other comments disappeared. Now I don't have any comments on that post.

Huh? What the eff is up with that? This doesn't happen all the time on IJ does it? 'Cause that would be a real pain in the ass, if ya know what I mean?

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paian inspired me to make an icon for Under the Influence, the SG-1 drabble I wrote last Saturday. But I made three - I couldn't decide which I liked best. What do you think? Anyone have any preference? Which one should I keep, and should I offer the other two up, or just keep them for myself?



Decisions, decisions...

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So there's a bit of an Insane Journal Celebration of Smut today. It's over here: Bring Back the Porn - because smut is too precious to waste!

I figured if we're celebrating the stuff that looks endangered over on that other Journal, I should do something a bit on the risky side. But I wasn't in the mood for an underage clone!Jack drabble, so I wrote something with just a hint of non-con in it. Hope this does the trick...

Th-th-th-that's all, folks!

Enjoy the rest of the day!

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So September First seems to be a good day for me...IJ Fandom is going to have a day of posting porn, to celebrate Insane Journal's freedom  from censorship.  Sounds like a good idea to me. 


Bring Back the Porn!

On September 1, all of fandom here on IJ posts a piece of art or writing that has some sort of smut factor. It can be implied, it can be graphic, it can be raunchy, it just needs to be.

Why?

Because after all the censorship issues, fandom needs to bring back the p0rn!

Don't tell me you can't - one sentence, a doodle, all of it will do.


Your Mission is...

1. Pimp this in your journal


2. Write or Draw fandom smut


3. Post on September 01


4. Comment, Comment, Comment

So come on guys...let's write some porn!

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Fairly appropriate thing to be asking on my first post in a blogging service with the auspicious title of Insane Journal. Well, at least I'll feel at home in the Asylum, right? I'm here to keep track of my LJ friends who've made the crossing. Probably won't be around much, unless LJ explodes in a big poof of it's own stupidity. Which is of course a real possibility at this point. Anyway. I'm over at LJ most of the time, so if you want to get in contact with me the best way is at dustandroses@livejournal.com for now at least. We'll see how that goes in the future, right?