Bored, now - *and* Responsible

[ellenkushner]

So what do you think?  Suddenly my old grey typewriter key Journal Style was boring me to tears. But is the new color enough? Or do you think I should go for something more . . . daring? 

Suggest  a new Journal Theme for me?

Meanwhile, thanks to my Cousin Els (you may know her as Elisabeth Kushner, author of the story "Changeling" in THE ESSENTIAL BORDERTOWN [which is still in print, btw, so if you want to play catchup before WELCOME TO BORDERTOWN appears in May, this is your best bet!] . . . or as Els Kushner, bookbookbook blogger), Librarienne Extraordinaire, for letting me know about her Scholastic blogpost "The Responsible Ones," which used my story in TROLL'S EYE VIEW as the jumping-off point for a query about Oldest Kids (a position we share in our respective families) in children's books.   (How did I manage to miss this when it came out in July?  Oh, yeah. . . I was in Finland.)

And in Daily Life:  The right front burner of our stove, the most convenient to the counter and the one we're most used to using, has stopped lighting itself from the pilot, and must be started with one of those long sparking devices, which lives in the drawer right next to it.  Delia does this. I just put things on the left front burner. I am sure this explains a lot about everything.

Can I stop coughing, now? Please?  At least I'm getting my brain back - which is a good thing, as I must chair a telephone meeting of the Interstitial Arts Foundation Board at 5pm, to plan our January Boston Meeting - which will run during Arisia, so yes, I'll be at Arisia Sat/Sun, scheduled To Come.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

The new colours are pretty, but looking at the icon you're using, I wonder if something lush and Art Nouveau style might work? (I'm thinking of the designs Mucha came up with for houseware).

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Good point! I had noticed that a lot of the Themes I liked looked awful with my existing icons, which will not do. I'm just going from LJ's cache - don't have the chops to create something new myself.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

I don't know how to design them either, sadly.

[paulakate.livejournal.com]

Try "Flourish" on page 2 under "Hobbies".

[paulakate.livejournal.com]

You might also like "Scribe" (I think you can search by name...)

[paulakate.livejournal.com]

Is it obvious these are Journal themes? I realize this is a tripartite conversation.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Yes! I like "Flourish" (entirely searchable by name) - but does it come in any other colors? It does not. I feel unworthy of Scribe. Oddly, I quite like Day of the Dead, but the purple doesn't go with my icons. Also Gingko of Autumn or wahtever it is - but so not seasonal . . . . And why, one wonders, is there nothing with Swords?

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

"Note taking" has its charms, but is too skinny.

Oh, wow - if I didn't totally hate white type on black ground, I would so go with "Bats Red" - it looks so great with my hair....

What I really like is clicking on everything to see what it would do to my page.

[csecooney.livejournal.com]

I do sort of adore that bit about the burners, Ellen. My first apartment had an oven that one had to light, so for a long time I just didn't use the oven. And then my mother sent a gift of some VERY LONG matches, and then I started, tentatively, cooking again. Whoosh.