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Read-A-Thin Challenge #12: Listen to an audiobook of a book you own. Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs!

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Snowflake Challenge #12

Introduction Post * Meet the Mods Post * Master Post on DW * Challenge #1 * Challenge #2 * Challenge #3 * Challenge #4 * Challenge #5 * Challenge #6 * Challenge #7 * Challenge #8 * Challenge #9 * Challenge #10 * Challenge #11

Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.

January is traditionally a time when people set goals for themselves for the coming year, and even if New Year’s resolutions aren’t your thing, maybe you have something you want to achieve this year. Maybe that’s to finish a fic that’s been sat in your WIP folder for ages, maybe to learn a new skill, maybe to check out some new shows.

Challenge #12

In your own space, set yourself some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private. Leave a comment in today’s post at The Fandom Snowflake Challenge on DW saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Also, if you would like advice about how to achieve these goals, please let us know in your post; if you just want to talk about them but don't actually want any advice, that's fine too, just let us know either way.

Check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

(If you want us to reblog your response here at our Tumblr, we’re tracking: snowflakechallenge2023.)

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Fandom Snowflake Challenge #12

Introduction Post* Meet the Mods Post * Master Post * Challenge #1 * Challenge #2 * Challenge #3 * Challenge #4 * Challenge #5 * Challenge #6 * Challenge #7 * Challenge #8 * Challenge #9 * Challenge #10 * Challenge #11

Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.

Remember the early oughts? Remember Web 1.0? And Geocities and blinkies? What about Flash games? It was only last month that Adobe Flash finally died its ignoble death.

In the spirit of those times, let resurrect some old LJ memes! (Think Buzzfeed quizzes but with less data mining (not to say that didn't happen)).

When I looked at my tags page, there were 159 entries tagged ‘meme’ which I guess is because memes were what I used to say when I didn’t know what to say. In the early oughts, I wasn’t new to the internet, but I was new to the interactive version of it presented by LJ and its clones. In order to seem interesting, I did a *lot* of memes.

As I explored back in my journal, I found a lot of memes that are now defunct, but I wish were still functioning. Like the Friends Icons collage, which seemed to be a bit of code that gathered all your friends’ default icons into one picture. And Quizilla seems to be a Teen Nick site now. Other links looked extremely sketchy.

Challenge #12

In your own space, resurrect an old meme. Leave a comment in today’s post at The Fandom Snowflake Challenge on DW saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

The challenge: look at the list of old memes below (I’ve checked all the links to be sure the ones below are still functioning). Pick out one that appeals to you, follow the instructions, post in your journal, and then come back here and share! Make sure to tell us which one you did.

Here Are Some Choices:

Desktop/Wallpaper screen shot - take a screen shot of the background (desktop for computers or wallpaper for mobile devices) on whatever device you are using. This one was originally just desktops, since it predates tablets and phones becoming so ubiquitous. Post the pic in your journal.

I Write Like . . . - Paste a few paragraphs of your writing into the box and see which famous author has a style most similar to you. It doesn’t have to be actual fic writing; you can post your latest blog post, but the longer, the better the tool works. Although don’t go too long; it will just cut it off. It will generate a little bit of code with a banner, which you can post in your journal.

Music shuffle - go to your favorite source of music that can be shuffled. Your main Spotify playlist, iTunes, your YouTube music playlist. Hit shuffle. Write down the first line of the first twenty songs that come up. When people visit your journal, they have to guess what the songs are. Strike through the ones that have been guessed with the guessers name at the end of the line.

What Number Are You? - click on the phrases that describe you, and then post the text that you get along with your number in your journal.

What Kind of Shoe Personality Do You Have? Anyone who knows me knows there’s no way I would pass this one up. I should get my shoe mood theme back on my journal.

Fail Cat - If you have a PC: Open paint, close your eyes, draw a cat. Post the results. If you have a phone or tablet: Open the notes app, close your eyes, draw a cat. Post the results. (I do not know what program you would use if you have a Mac without something else installed like Gimp or Photoshop, Macs do not seem to come with a default drawing program).

First Line - Post the first line of the first entry of each month for the past year in your journal.

The Dewey Decimal System - find out which category in the Dewey Decimal System you are.

Nearest Book - 1. Grab the nearest book; 2. Open the book to page 123; 3. Find the fifth sentence; 4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions; 5. Don’t you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.

Spell Your Name - pick a category: movies, books, TV shows, musicians, songs, etc. Spell your name with the first letter of each. Your real name, your username, you choose!

Kleenex Moment - Pick the top five movies that make you cry, and tell us what the Kleenex Moment is (when do you reliably reach for the hankies).

Which Historical Lunatic Where You? A series of yes or no questions, which will give you a block of text to copy/paste into your journal!

Which SciFi/Fantasy Character Are You? Gives you a pic to post in your journal.

If you have a fav meme from back in the day, by all means, post it in the comments with instructions and links so we can all participate!

Check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

(If you want us to reblog your response here at our Tumblr, we’re tracking: snowflakechallenge2021.)

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@uct_biosci_postgrads #UCTBioBLC2020 #Challenge12: From organisation & wellness tips to career option insights…there have been some very informative webinars offered by UCT over lockdown! There’s also an unexpected advantage of being able to just listen in, instead of having to attend in person…& it’s been SO fantastic to see women interviewed about scientific positions! #WomenInSTEM #webinar #workfromhome #wfh #seminar #sciencecareers #wellness #bradybunch (at Microsoft Teams Meeting) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFwj1L9gKRt/?igshid=i3t36reit4z2

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Challenge 12: Reflection Runway

“Metamorphosis”

My outfit for this challenge represents the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly. I thought this motif decently represented my time in this contest.

In the beginning, I was shy and afraid of talking to new people online. I was not sure my outfits would live up to the standards set by the contestants before me. Even my application outfit appeared as guarded as I was. The caterpillar is my representation of this stage; it is timid and hasn't lived up to its fullest yet.

Eventually, I was able to warm up to everyone on the server, became more social, and made a lot of really great friends. I represented this version of me as a butterfly. I used warm colors in this outfit as a nod to the several times I created an outfit with a fire motif. I chose to use my main, clear dapple dualies, to represent her butterfly wings. Much like the butterfly, it took a while for me to get here, but I got here eventually. Now I am confident in my outfits and a social butterfly on the server.

Next Top Cephalopod

[riotreaders]

So I’ve been meaning to read this series for a long time, and truth be told, I’m a tiny bit embarrassed by how much I enjoyed it.  Victorian Lady Archaeologist gallivants around Egypt, properly excavates a site, and solves a mystery?  Yes, please!  It’s written as a personal journal from 1885, the product of the indomitable Amelia Peabody, who does, in fact, hit bad guys with her steel umbrella and make Serious Decisions about wearing pants.

A warning, though: it was written in 1975, and takes place 90 years before that.  This combination of factors means that the description of Egypt under British rule is patently Imperialist, and more than a little cringeworthy.  Still, though: will read more in this series.  And Egypt is, after all, 5,000 miles away (but just barely, it turns out!).

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Challenge 12 (For Hego) 

This time he hasn’t died at war. Some say death pays for life and perhaps he took too many this time round.

He came back to start a family just like his sister did. “Dad always said there should be more Georges out there.” 

He has his eyes on a Triton sister, Attina. She’s even more beautiful than Shego said in her letters. 

He still has war flashbacks but he pushes through them to be there for his nephews and nieces. 

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My apartment, then and now.

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