aurumcalendula: Vinnie and Sonny from Wiseguy and the text 'oh how I love you' (nights in white satin)
AurumCalendula ([personal profile] aurumcalendula) wrote2026-04-28 09:58 am

fanvid recs - Wiseguy

Since I've recently fallen into Wiseguy, I figured I'd start there with my fanvid recs:

Nights in White Satin by Lynn C and Tashery S (1993)

(You Don't Have To) Play Me Backwards by Gayle F & [personal profile] morgandawn (1997)

Only the Good Die Young by [personal profile] killabeez & Merricat (2001)

Take Me Out by [personal profile] barkley & [personal profile] destina (2006)


(inspired by [personal profile] colls' post in [community profile] vid_bingo, I'm going to make an effort to post vid-related stuff over the next few weeks)
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AurumCalendula ([personal profile] aurumcalendula) wrote2026-04-28 08:23 am
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more NCIS: Hawai'i

I'm kinda annoyed that NCIS: Hawai'i only has season 1 on Blu-Ray (season 2 and 3 are only available on DVD for some reason).

I'm almost halfway through season three as of the other day. Unfortunately, I'm not invested in Sam's subplot and I'm annoyed that a bunch of recurring characters aren't going to get any screentime this season, going by imdb (Jane's daughter Julie, Jane's ex-husband Daniel, Jane's love interest Joe, Kai's father Wally, and Kai's friend Hina) and that Jane's son Alex only gets one scene this season.

I have  a vague idea for a couple vids, but haven't gotten very far in brainstorming songs for them yet. I might end up making icons for it at some point too.
aurumcalendula: Vinnie and Sonny from Wiseguy looking at each other (Vinnie and Sonny 2)
AurumCalendula ([personal profile] aurumcalendula) wrote2026-04-27 06:47 pm
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Victory!

The fifth StudioWorks DVD set was the charm! (Considering this one was mailed in a poly mailer with no padding, I'm a bit surprised it arrived in pretty decent shape, let alone with a disc three that plays fine.)
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AurumCalendula ([personal profile] aurumcalendula) wrote2026-04-26 07:25 pm

icon meme

Snagged from [personal profile] regshoe:

Reply to this post saying 'icon', and I will tell you my favorite icon of yours. Then post this to your own journal using your own favorite icon if you're one of those inhuman things that are actually capable of choosing between YOUR PRECIOUS BABIES! userpics.
(It was so hard to choose an icon for this post!)
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goodbyebird ([personal profile] goodbyebird) wrote2026-04-25 10:41 pm
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Truly the perfect date yes.

Miss Congeniality, where May 25th is the perfect date because all you need is a light jacket yay
(it was fucking snowing today, big fat snowflakes if you can believe it)


That's right, iiiiit's [community profile] 3weeks4dreamwidth time, and despite it starting on a Saturday it's still starting off strong. I'm very banged up from work so I won't be doing much this weekend. I did however offer tarot readings at [community profile] tarot, for anybody who wants to stop by and offer/request a reading. (let me play with my pretty pretty cards 🙏)
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goodbyebird ([personal profile] goodbyebird) wrote2026-04-25 07:34 pm
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Tarot Prompt Meme is back!

I absolutely love tarot for the rich visuals and just how many different readings/thoughts it can prompt. And many people use tarot for creative work, storytelling, roleplaying... and so here it is, the prompt meme! Featuring The Mystical Dream Tarot & The Citadel: A Fantasy Oracle.

mystical dream tarot prompt meme
The Mystical Dream Tarot & Citadel Oracle
Prompt Meme

(no pic of Citadel Oracle as I'm reusing the old banner)


+ Post your creations either in the comments, or your own journal.
+ If you want it added to the masterlist, also link your creation in the Prompt Fills thread.
+ All works should be new for this meme, and not something you’ve already created/posted elsewhere.
+ Any and all works welcome. Poetry, meta, stories, memories, art, whatever comes to mind. Wanna crochet? That's fucking amazing. You do you.
+ Please use NSFW/trigger warnings in the comment title/masterlist comment if they apply.
+ I'll reply with the cards drawn to your comment. Feel free to ask for a new prompt if the first one falls flat (new comment). Do give the prompt a day to linger though, an idea might just jump out at you throughout the day. The cards tend to do that ;)
+ Taking prompt requests until Sunday, May 10th.

Right click + show image in new tab = full size image of your pull

Handy Dandy Request Format


Handy Dandy Promo Code


Remember, this event is specifically for #ThreeWeeksForDreamwidth, so keeping your creation exclusive to Dreamwidth for the next three weeks is highly appreciated ♥
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Mark Smith ([staff profile] mark) wrote in [site community profile] dw_maintenance2026-04-22 09:19 am

Search maintenance

Happy Wednesday!

I'm taking search offline sometime today to upgrade the server to a new instance type. It should be down for a day or so -- sorry for the inconvenience. If you're curious, the existing search machine is over 10 years old and was starting to accumulate a decade of cruft...!

Also, apparently these older machines cost more than twice what the newer ones cost, on top of being slower. Trying to save a bit of maintenance and cost, and hopefully a Wednesday is okay!

Edited: The other cool thing is that this also means that the search index will be effectively realtime afterwards... no more waiting a few minutes for the indexer to catch new content.

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AurumCalendula ([personal profile] aurumcalendula) wrote2026-04-20 10:01 am
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Three things make a post

Still no joy on my hunt for a functional StudioWorks Wiseguy season 1 DVD set (if disc 3 works at all, 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' is very glitchy and 'No One Gets Out of Here Alive' refuses to play altogether).

(I'd think about asking Wahl if he has transcripts of his commentaries, but it looks like he doesn't have a website outside of Facebook and the idea of messaging him on Facebook weirds me out.)

I finished watching season 1 of NCIS: Hawai'i this weekend - I enjoyed it overall and I like that one of the season's significant subplots was Lucy and Kate's romance!

I also finally got around to making subtitles for a bunch of the fanvids I finished this year (I'd been kinda putting them off).
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AurumCalendula ([personal profile] aurumcalendula) wrote2026-04-17 08:27 am
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(no subject)

Does anyone know if there's plans for a Wiscon Vidparty this year (and what the submission deadline would be, if so)?
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AurumCalendula ([personal profile] aurumcalendula) wrote2026-04-15 12:56 pm
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I've belately started watching NCIS: Hawai'i and I'm enjoying it so far! tbh I mainly gave it a shot because of Lucy, but I like pretty much all of the main cast (Jane is awesome imho). There's some standard police procedural dodgyness, but I'm finding it fairly charming. I like that the introduction to Kai was him complaining to HPD about them escalalating a situation. It's also neat how much time Lucy and Kate's romance subplot is getting.

vague spoilers for one of the episodes )

(I was following NCIS: New Orleans pretty regularly from around season 2 until Sonja left in season 4 - I keep meaning to check out some of the later seasons and the season 7 episodes when Tammy has a girlfriend.)