raloria

Well, the news just keeps getting better and better tonight! *sigh*

I wondered if LJ was going to be in danger and now it really might be. I've been here so long, have so MANY entries...there's no way it can all be backed up in any way. This is terrible!

I've had a Dreamwidth account for many years, but haven't used it since 2013. Guess that'll change now.

I'm raloria on Dreamwidth, too.

Here's where else you can find me:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/spndeangirl
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ralval73/
Tumblr **: http://roadtoshambala.tumblr.com/

** Again, haven't used Tumblr in years...which might change if LJ does disappear.

And here I am in the middle of the Final SPN Name That Cap Challenge! Guess I'd better back that up over on the Dreamwidth account, just in case. Then there's my LJ communities... Crap! How do I save it all??? And in 3 days???

Edit: Just set up the import to my Dreamwidth. I figured the sooner it started the better, since it might take a few days.

Edit: Useful links I found...
How to Sync Your LiveJournal to DW...
Backing Up Your LJ Data

Look who got to raise the 12th Man flag before the Seattle Seahawks vs SF 49ers game yesterday - Papa Winchester himself!!!! Been loving JDM's Tweets about the Seahawks games lately. He's such a big fan! Hopefully we're headed to the playoffs again! GoHawks!

Best day ever. Thank you @Seahawks for a memory Gus and I will cherish FOREVER. More to come when I can process! HAAWWWKKKSSS!! pic.twitter.com/Re51yhgdAR

— Jeffrey Dean Morgan (@JDMorgan) December 3, 2018

Today we welcomed actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan as today's #12Flag raiser! 👏 pic.twitter.com/KUHReAbS8O

— 12s (@12s) December 2, 2018

https://instagram.com/p/Bq5wou9BjTH

Yesterday I found one of my VanCon 2010 photos of Jensen posted on Instagram with my watermark cropped off. Now keep in mind that the photo itself is square anyway, so there was no need to crop off my watermark to post it to Instagram. Anyway, I left a comment on the post about it being mine and the watermark being gone.

I then posted the issue to Twitter.

Spotted this #VanCon2010 photo w/my watermark cropped off. What happened to common fandom courtesy?
I choose to post my photos because I believe in sharing w/my fellow fans who can't attend cons. Just wish rotten eggs wouldn't ruin it.#SPNFamily #Supernatural pic.twitter.com/oZwh9p1zH0

— ScreencappingGoddess (@spndeangirl) April 13, 2018

Today, I'm looking at Instagram, see that account and take another look and that post is totally gone! They never responded to my comment, just deleted the photo....which in my mind makes me out to be the bad guy. "How dare you complain about your watermark being cropped out! I won't post your photos anymore!" Really?!?

So the person who posted my Jensen photo on Instagram has taken it down. No response to my comment.
How am I the bad guy in this?
Just because I want credit given for the photo I took???
I love that ppl enjoy my photos. Just leave the watermark. Why is that so hard?#SPNFamily

— ScreencappingGoddess (@spndeangirl) April 13, 2018

This is getting frustrating. I don't make my watermarks intrusive on my photos for a reason - I feel they'd detract from the beauty of the subject matter. But I'm seriously reconsidering taking more drastic action. I'm sick of this! Why is it so hard for people to give credit for things in this fandom anymore? Even if they didn't know who to credit...just say that in the post! Indicate that you at least are interested in finding out who to credit for the work! This is what I've done in the past. Because I want to give credit where it's due, even if I can't at the time I post something.

Maybe I'll have to start placing my watermark up by people's faces in con photos from now on. It sucks, but I've seen plenty of other photographers in the fandom doing it and now I know why. *sigh*

Back in January I posted about someone reposting my SPN caps on Instagram without giving me any credit.

Well, I finally left them a comment....on two different posts of my caps. What did I get?

Silence.

I'm sure they'll keep taking my caps and reposting without any credit. Don't really know what else I can do at this point. Caps are fair game, right? 'Cause it didn't take hours to get caps from an episode, sort the good ones out, fix them, and upload them online. Nope. No work involved at all. *sigh*

I love sharing my caps with the fandom. I do. I want people to take and enjoy them. Why is it so hard to expect a quick note of credit???

It's a losing battle. And they won.

Last month I had grand plans to join in on this month's Inktober. Failed at it last year and I wanted to give it another go. Well, life had other ideas, as my first week of October was a very rough one. So much for plans.

Lately, I really haven't had the time or energy to do anything artistic. It's been making me feel a little antsy and tonight I decided enough was enough and I was going to do something no matter what or how simple.

So I grabbed some Mermaid Markers by Jane Davenport and drew simple squiggles and loops in one of my art journals. I really like the results. It's not overly complicated, it doesn't have any meaning, it's just colorful lines on paper and it only took me a few minutes to do. So maybe I haven't been able to participate in Inktober. Doing these pages made me feel better - just like that. :)

Having trouble with Slickpic so I'm using an alternate image host for this post. Hope it works for everyone.
I found this cool site [picbear.com] where you can view your Liked Instagram photos and save them really easily. I ended up saving a bunch of Jensen pics and decided to put them all together into a collage.

// Click to view at full-size. //

This afternoon while driving home I got to wondering about an old LJ friend. Well, I wouldn't say we were close friends, in fact she didn't even want me to friend her on LJ and I respected her choice. But I enjoyed her LJ comm and interacted with her through there (which I haven't seen her on lately).

So instead we followed each other on Twitter and Instagram. I was really enjoying her photos on Instagram and I even left her some comments.

I get online tonight and check her out on Twitter & Instagram and find that I'm no longer following her. Weird.
So I tried to follow her on both and they failed. The message from Twitter: "You have been blocked from following this account at the request of the user."

What. The. Hell???

I don't even know what happened or what I did for her to block me. She's still posting things, but I can't see her pics on Instagram anymore.

I've met this woman twice, at 2 VanCons. She was nice, warm, funny, friendly, but her actions in her online life completely befuddle and confuse me. I just...I don't know what to make of this and of course there's nothing I can do. It's sad.

In an effort to do more art work as well as keeping myself awake after supper, I'm trying to work on my art journals/ICADs/Smashbooks/etc. for a couple of hours each evening starting at around 10 p.m.

( Adventures in Art Journaling... )

Sad to see 2 more of my Flisters leaving LJ today. I'm afraid this place will be a ghost town soon, with only me and a handful of others keeping the SPN community going. :(

Thought I'd list where I am online for those who want to follow me now that a new season of SPN is nearly upon us.

My LJ Communities:
spn_ontheset // spn_locations // positively_spn

My backup journals (used only when LJ goes down any length of time):
Dreamwidth: http://raloria.dreamwidth.org/
Insanejournal: http://raloria.insanejournal.com/

Tumblr: http://roadtoshambala.tumblr.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Valerie613
Storify: http://storify.com/Valerie613
Instagram: http://instagram.com/ralval73#
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/valerie613/pins/
FanFiction.net: http://www.fanfiction.net/~raloria
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/raloria9173
Flickr (This is a new account, btw. I'm adding all my best photos here, including my VanCon pics): http://flic.kr/ps/2tU29y

If you'd like me to follow you at any of these places, please feel free to leave the links to them in comments. :)