I was trying to find a way of stopping the clock

[sovay]

My poem "Fjöturlundr (Saturnian)" has been accepted by ericmarin for the April issue of Lone Star Stories. It is mostly about the days of the week; also, Ragnarök. Probably I cannot blame fleurdelis28 for all of that.

Speaking of time, I suspect I should have mentioned before today that I will be attending this year's ICFA; I will be in Orlando from the 17th to the 22nd, and I have no idea what my online presence will be like. Last year indicates nonexistent, but maybe I will at least get some writing done. Anyone else going to be there? That I don't already know about?

I really hope someone has set the suitably anonymous Mr. Anderson's "Mummering at Christmas" to music, because I discovered it while looking for Simani's "Any Mummers Allowed In?" and it's awesome.

I photographed swans today.

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[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

Can you stop by here on the way back up for my birthday?

[sovay]

Can you stop by here on the way back up for my birthday?

I'm not driving, but flying: I don't see how. I'm so sorry.

. . . This is unrelated, but weirding me out. What image do you see for my icon? Instead of Psholtii from The Cuckoo, I am seeing a bit of painted city that looks sort of eighteenth-century; which is fascinating, but not at all what I want or uploaded two years ago. Is this a hack? Messed-up code? A temporal hallucination?

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

I'm seeing Psholtii.

Nine

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Also: congratulations! It's a fine fine poem.

Nine

[sovay]

I'm seeing Psholtii.

So it's my computer. Terrific. It had better go away soon . . .

Also: congratulations! It's a fine fine poem.

Thank you!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

sovay--this is one of those glitches with userpics that Livejournal talks about. It will go away, but not consistently--sometimes the wrong image will keep on appearing. When this happened to me (it's happened a couple of times with a couple of userpics), I deleted the userpic and then re-uploaded it with a slightly different title--and that solved the problem for good (touch wood).

(I, unfortunately, am seeing the 18th-cent painting)

[sovay]

this is one of those glitches with userpics that Livejournal talks about. It will go away, but not consistently--sometimes the wrong image will keep on appearing.

Gyah. What causes this? Why can it not be fixed by Livejournal?

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I haven't the faintest idea. I hate it. I have one friend who has a lovely userpic, an animated gif, of the surf washing over her name. Half the time, though, instead she's got a distorted photo of a person's face as a userpic. The worst case I ever saw was when my friend tritoneclarinet's image of a blue forest landscape was replaced with an image of a handgun :-(

I wish I could figure out a way (or better yet, I wish Livejournal could figure out a way) to prevent this from happening.

[sovay]

I wish I could figure out a way (or better yet, I wish Livejournal could figure out a way) to prevent this from happening.

I cannot tell if I have solved the problem, of course, because all I know is what I see on my screen. I deleted and re-uploaded the image; tell me what you see?

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Psholtii's back!

Nine

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

yup--now I see the proper image.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Assuming that I'm correct about who Psholtii is, I see him. I certainly don't see a painted city.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

FWIW, I'm seeing a bit of painted eighteenth-century-esque city as well, although the tag when I settle my arrow on it reads "Psholtii: in a bad mood."

I wish I knew what was the deal.

[sovay]

FWIW, I'm seeing a bit of painted eighteenth-century-esque city as well, although the tag when I settle my arrow on it reads "Psholtii: in a bad mood."

So it's not my computer. Great. And the icon I would traditionally place here to signify my displeasure currently looks like a city.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

So it's not my computer. Great. And the icon I would traditionally place here to signify my displeasure currently looks like a city.

Zut. Well, you've my sympathy.

I'm hoping asakiyume's suggestion above will help you. *knocks wood*

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

I have Psholtii, too. At least your LJ is expressing itself properly to ME.