Topic: The OOC Thread -Serious Version-

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-05-03 16:54 EST
Others have done it, I'll do it too, what with the OOC thread now being like.. silliness. :D

A few notes.

In the near future, more play will probably be going on at the Stitch. I've noticed some going on now, which is great.

Descriptions of the shop can be found here. I'm not usually *that* anal about things like this, but there were floor plans drawn. Simple yes, but there all the same, and a very basic description. There's still much to be played with, but I'd appreciate it very much if people would respect the little that's been established. It's really disheartening for someone to enter and basically say "Pft, I'm making it the way I want to."

OOCly, A Stitch in Time is the combined efforts of both me and Erin's player. Not just me. Not just D. Both of us. So you have an idea or a plan for it? You run it by the both of us. Chances aren't likely we'll let you burn the place down or anything.

ICly, A Stitch in Time is the combined efforts of both Erin and Lydia. Not just Erin. Not just Lydia. It'd be great if people actually played it as such.

That's all I can think of for now.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-05-03 18:16 EST
Consolidating the Environment and Wares thread into one. Don't want *too* many stickies.

Re: Wares. It's, of course, not EVERYTHING in the store. There's much much more than this, I just hope to be able to add more as time goes on, and hopefully give people an idea of what's in there.

And if D is ever so inclined she can add some stuff too. :)

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-05-10 06:48 EST
Appearance change~ (because I don't feel like typing it out in every post or doing a playable or some such on it. :\ )

Lydia went and got her hair cutted off. That is all.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-05-17 01:33 EST
Gave Lydia's profile a little bit of a face lift~

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-05-18 00:33 EST
For people going to Erin's birthday party, feel free to post what your character will be wearing if you want to. :)

Lydia's outfit.

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t6/VirescentElf/Dress2.jpg

Erinalle Dunbridge

Date: 2007-05-18 12:18 EST
Erin's outfit.

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t6/VirescentElf/Dress.jpg

Shoes.

http://images.vixensandangels.com/images/Shoes/DELredbeverly72.jpeg

http://www.selectraders.co.uk/encyclopedia-pictures/black_pearls/black_pearl_necklace.jpg

Storm Divine

Date: 2007-05-18 21:02 EST
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f92/ThesmallCimo/sslace.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f92/ThesmallCimo/aryiskirt.jpg

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-05-31 15:54 EST
I can't believe I've been so thoughtless as to have not said this before. T_T

But since Piper and Storm have stuff at the Stitch as well then please, please feel free to use the Wares thread to list or put pictures of what they have there. You're more than welcome to!

Storm Divine

Date: 2007-05-31 16:29 EST
Huh, good point.

I'll find some things to put in there, thanks!

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-06-05 16:14 EST
Locked Fixer Upper since it was just sitting there and I'm totally anal like that. Enough happened though where we get the point of what happened in it~

Final Deciet

Date: 2007-06-07 08:00 EST
The events posted in Fatal Attraction happen this coming weekend.

I only decided to post them now as I wrote, so it wasn't overwhelming when it actually happened.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-06-14 17:14 EST
So for things to *really* make sense in Bargaining Chip, it helps to read some of the other threads posted.

Prophecy and Revelation
Fatal Attraction
(Possibly.. Dreaming of a Hazy Fate, though that's not terribly necessary.)

Then check out Bargaining Chip. :D Which is awesome and one of my favorite threads to have participated in, cuz collaborative writing wins. *waves her D and N flags*

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-07-06 12:00 EST
I ask for a little patience in responding to posts here and in Elly's thread. I haven't had as much free time this week as I normally do, and have something that's got a bit of a 'deadline'/'timeline' to it to do I guess?

But come Monday I should be back on track and able to post responses in a more timely fashion.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-07-10 01:44 EST
Okay.

I have entirely too many Sticky/Announcement Threads going on. And now? I have a site (that I'm working on.. slowly but surely. ^^; ) soooo it's consolidation time!

Threads likely to go are the character picture thread, and character information thread. I don't know when, but they will! So if you see stuff disappear, don't fret, it'll be available soon enough. And if you have anything in those threads? Again, don't fret. I won't delete without informing you, and making sure information is saved, backed up, it's okay with you, whatever, so you don't lose it.

Information on the Stitch will remain as is, since it's not *mine* but mine *and* D's. And it's easier to find where it's at anyways... though I have plans to extend info about it on the site so.. woo.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-07-11 09:02 EST
Okay, the site isn't done or anything, but I figure enough has been done for it that it can go public 4 realz and all. So, here's teh linkage.

http://members.dragonsmark.com/lydia/

See something off, please let me know?

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-08-17 15:45 EST
Just a heads up.

I might not be around as much the first week of September. But then again I might. Never can predict these things... but yeah, if I'm not around don't fret. I'm okay. And I'll definitely check PMs. Chances are decent not much will change though, this is just a 'just in case' thing.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-08-18 15:24 EST
I'm going on a self imposed break. Nothing lengthy at all. Could just be a couple days or a week, I'm not sure yet. I'll still write if it comes to me, and I'll still be available in PMs to those who need to vapor, but that's about it.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-08-27 23:23 EST
Regarding the Shop Shopping thread in progress right now, it's kind of a joke thread, based on some conversation in the lobby. :) It's also not real time either, which means it happened a little while back at some point.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-09-08 16:57 EST
Starting around Monday I should be able to start playing some catch up on threads I've fallen behind in. This week I just haven't had time during the day like I usually do to work on writings and whatnot. Should hopefully change when I go back to my normal schedule.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-10-08 01:24 EST
I posted this on the RoH forums, but I'm gonna post it here too:

It's come to my attention that my main character, Lydia Loran (who I play on RDI, not RoH) is being mistaken for a character that used to frequent RoH. Why?

They have the same name - Lydia.
They have green hair.
The RoH Lydia is blind. My Lydia used to be blind.

*laughs* I can see that being confusing for people, and how it's very understandable, given the above evidence. (Which totally blew my mind...) I just wanted to clarify that Lydia Loran has only been in creation for a little over a year, and I've not been on TDL, and I've not played here long at all. The Lydia listed on RoH's memberlist is not Lydia Loran, the same Lydia that I play on RDI.

Just wanted to clear that up. Thanks!

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-10-08 03:29 EST
Since I canceled the Harvest Festival, people have expressed concern for me, thinking that maybe something is going on with me or in my life. I just want to say that's not the case, and I'm doing fine. :)

To be honest, I've just been taking on too many projects involving RP lately. I've been wanting to concentrate on certain things, but I'm getting further and further behind. Plus. You know. Real life and all. I'd like to have some time for myself away from here too you know? :D But I was just feeling overwhelmed with taking on too much, so I decided it was time I just.. drop some things. Sadly, the HF was too big for me to manage. But I'm still doing things. Just smaller, small scale, yadda yadda. Easier for me to manage.

I wish I could say I was super prolific with writing and what I produce, but I'm not. So I have to pick and choose sometimes.

But yeah, if you were concerned or worried? Don't be! But I do appreciate it. :) I'm fine though. Nothing 'happened' or came up. I just had to ... step in and make decisions regarding priorities. It happens sometimes.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-10-10 15:48 EST
I'm going to reiterate something. Again.

A Stitch in Time is not owned by Lydia. A Stitch in Time is not owned by Erin. It is co-owned by the both of them. Both. This is common in character knowledge so please treat it as such.

Thank you.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-10-16 15:36 EST
Is "Mending Friendships" going to continue? It would have made sense a while back to continue on to Lydia and Storm, but since so much time has passed, and the wedding's already happened, it makes it kinda irrelevant to continue, I think?

Storm Divine

Date: 2007-10-16 18:33 EST
I'll leave that up to D. It would be nice to finish.. but I could see how too much has happened and yadda yadda.

Erinalle Dunbridge

Date: 2007-10-16 18:52 EST
I'm sorry, I didn't realize it was my turn, and messed that up. If you don't want to continue it, L, or think it's pointless, then I'll defer to you, since this is my fault.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-10-16 18:56 EST
Well I guess we can go on with it. Just post sometime and we'll try to pick up from where we left off.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-10-17 20:36 EST
I had a lot more planned for Expanding Horizons, honestly, but I find that my desire and inspiration has just.. plummeted to absolutely nothing in regards to it and a few other things. So for the moment, I'm done with it, and it's locked.

The events that were to encompass it can just be vapor fodder, I suppose.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-10-22 23:35 EST
A Stitch in Time has a new location! You can find it, as well as ASiT related threads, here: http://rdi.dragonsmark.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=287

So if you have something started here and don't see it, don't fret! It's over there. :D

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-10-24 01:19 EST
Following D's lead, I'm putting up this link here. I'm not solely responsible for this either. Add to it if you want to! ;D

http://thankyoudmadmin.livejournal.com/

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-10-24 01:23 EST
OH! And regarding http://thankyoudmadmin.livejournal.com/...

Feel free to pimp it! Spread the word, tell other players, post it on your own OOC threads, blogs, journals, etc.

Thanks!

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-10-26 14:16 EST
Seems we're having electrical issues in our home, to make a longish story short. I don't know much or where it could lead at this point, but if I end up 'disappearing' for a little bit, no worries! Just dealing with stuff here is all. I may not, but I might, so one never knows. Just wanted to offer a heads up just in case.

Erinalle Dunbridge

Date: 2007-10-26 14:19 EST
If you want to keep the MtY story going, just send me in a PM the edited versions and I shall post.

Or we can wait. Just leaving options for you, lovely.

Hope your electric is there soon!

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-10-26 14:36 EST
Oh we have electric. Just.. not in two rooms. Some deal with the breaker. Not sure if it's just gone bad in a couple areas or if the fire ants got into it... mom's freaked the house may burn down. Yay, huh? I swear we have great luck. So we need an electrictian, have 0$, and need to clean the house beforehand, and, and... *sigh*

And waiting isn't so bad in regards to the MtY stories, cuz, like, I don't think I'll be gone too long *if* I end up going. I'd just be gone to either help out with this. (wouldn't take long at all) or if the electricity pooped out everywhere (which would be :( )

Lydia Loran

Date: 2007-12-25 23:20 EST
Alright, just a heads up. I'm not very likely to be around in the chats for a bit. I'll be on AIM still, so those who can contact me there, can. And I have PMs, so it's not like I'm disappearing completely. But I will not be writing or starting anything new with anyone right now, just will be working on things that I've already got started with people, though I'll also work on other things and may play if it's necessary to certain people's SLs. I won't be leaving people in a lurch that I've already made commitments to.

Just wanted to give a heads up since I'm around a lot, and being around like, not at all in the chats might be.. weird? I dunno. Just general RP and writing stuff, I'm not going to be doing for a little while. Having all your SLs ruined in one fell swoop sort of takes the desire for it all away. I could use a vacation from all this anyways.

So everyone have fun and take care. :3

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-01-30 04:32 EST
Much <3 goes to Hawk's player and Erin's player for "Recovering" and participating with me in this SL. Much <3 also goes to Kacilla's player for "Come Calling" which I'll try to respond to ASAP! I very much appreciate people participating in my stuff. :)

So...

<3

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-01-30 05:04 EST
Oh, and since I'm terribly impatient I have been playing Lydia up and about again kinda. (Yay for the explanation of healers) So I imagine the Come Calling thread isn't taking place now, but like, Sunday or so when she was actually at the clinic and awake. Beauty of RP here is the flexibility of time and everyone's different interpretation of it.

Kacilla Lynne

Date: 2008-01-30 06:34 EST
Love that flexible timeline! Sunday makes sense as a day Kacey would take off of work anyway. :D

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-02-28 15:56 EST
I'm deleting "Reconcile" rather than putting the rest of the log up. It's been a while and just seems a little pointless now. So rather than have another dead thread, I'm getting rid of it in it's entirety. Sorry for any confusion!

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-03-14 05:11 EST
Though it's not particularly awesome writing, I think I may try to pick up on writing Lydia's journal again. Helps me get in her mind, and it's a good way for me to keep up with things chronologically. I'm horrible with keeping track of time and time stamping things = yay for me!

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-05-16 02:04 EST
Quick note.

I've had quite a few people ask me for the past.. while, whether I do art commissions or not. And I've always ... said no. Cuz I didn't.

BUT!

Times are changing, and L is finally, indeed, venturing out to start doing art commissions!

You may clicketh here for the details. XD

Kacilla Lynne

Date: 2008-05-16 02:56 EST
Yay for L doing commisions! I'm so going to get one. But L - you might have to raise your prices! :D

-Kmun

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-05-16 03:30 EST
^_^; Thankee.

But you know.. honestly? I know not the first thing about artwork and commission prices. And I don't think I can get away with charging a few hundred dollars like I've seen some do, mostly cuz they really rock when it comes to art. I figure it best to start small, charge a little more as I progress and get better and whatnot.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-05-18 14:46 EST
Alrighty... Given recent events, and certain things being said, I want to throw this out there.

Please, if you don't like me -and I mean really don't like me- or have something against me in a big way? Please? Just save me and you both the hassle and put me on ignore, or just ignore me and put me out of sight and mind. You can even issue the order of no contact. That's fine. I won't be angry. I won't be upset.

I have enough stress going on in my life right now, than to come to this site and hear about ridiculous rumors going on about me, or to be attacked in some way or another by someone who thinks I R BAD PEEPLE. I come here to play, and have fun, not relive my High School years or be a target of bullying by people who quite frankly, should know better.

You don't have to like me, but if you don't? Just leave me alone.

Adalia Dodd

Date: 2008-05-18 20:13 EST
There shouldn't be anything like that going on at all. I'm sorry to hear people are acting like that, as I've never once had a single problem with you, and I really don't think people are careful about considering others' feelings.

Please, feel free to take my apologies for these people, as someone needs to say they're sorry.

I <3 you for exactly who you are, L!

Soerl Lute

Date: 2008-05-18 20:17 EST
I like what Ada-mun said, thus there is only one thing I can post in response.

/agree

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-05-18 21:40 EST
<3 you guys.

Izira Nyte

Date: 2008-05-18 21:48 EST
I like you too ^^

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-05-18 22:04 EST
<3 For you too~

Imrathion Tathar

Date: 2008-05-19 15:38 EST
::Runs in to spread teh L. LUUUURV::

Seriously though, it's always been fun to play and scheme with you on SLs and live RP. Thanks for being a good play partner.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-05-19 15:56 EST
zomg L is drowning in teh lurve.

<3<3<3 You guys rock.

Lirssa Sarengrave

Date: 2008-05-19 17:55 EST
http://lair2000.net/Unicorn_Lyrics/instrumental/tree.jpg

"I lurve, lurve, lurve, luuuurrrrve you."

Actually, that scene always freaked me out in "The Last Unicorn" but I thought of it when you said you were drowning in the lurve. In this picture, it is more like being squished in the lurve.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-05-19 18:20 EST
I've never seen The Last Unicorn. :\ But I kinda want to even more now. Even though something about that picture does scare me a little, heh.

Adalia Dodd

Date: 2008-05-19 23:25 EST
<3 <3 <3 <3

You are awesome. And fantastic. And kind, sweet, understanding, imaginative, fun, exciting, talented, and just plain cool. Yay!

<3 <3 <3 <3

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-05-19 23:41 EST
>>;

:oops:

Izira Nyte

Date: 2008-05-19 23:54 EST
I must further the love fest...

Lovely Lady L
I don't know her so well
But her drawings are rad
her RP is not at all bad
so I guess I will just say she's swell!!

Adalia Dodd

Date: 2008-05-20 00:39 EST
Stop! Limerick Time!

There once was a lady named L,
Who, I'll admit, I find to be swell.
She's an artist with care,
And a whole lot of flare,
Who can write a post quite well!

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-06-03 07:02 EST
The whole SL and whatnot behind Howl of Misfortune is made awesome because of Soerl, Poppy, and Jay's players.

Much <3 to you guys for playing out the super awesome scene of awesomeness.

I'll work on a follow-up post for it shortly. I hope.

APoppySwift

Date: 2008-06-03 07:07 EST
There's no doubt that a large part of this is because you as well, L! :D

That being said, and because I lack the place to make myself heard (you all know that won't stop me,) I'm going to hijack your OOC to say that the reason I believe this worked so well was because we all cooperated with each other, and trusted each other.

Much thanks to L, Soerl, Jay, and Matt's players for making this a fantastic experience for me!

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-06-03 07:09 EST
Ack! Yes, mucho kudos for Matt for playing along and having the patience to stay around and call our duelz. ^^; He's what they make awesomesauce out of.

...if that makes sense.

Capistrano

Date: 2008-06-03 11:48 EST
Thanks for letting me play a part in this, and letting me bring up some interesting knots for Jay that I'm still trying to unravel in my head. :)

Right back at you, L., Poppy-mun, and Soerl-mun. And I totally echo L.'s thanks for Matt's player for sticking it out above and beyond the call of duty. Somehow, we'll make it up to you :)

Soerl Lute

Date: 2008-06-03 15:48 EST
I just thought I'd chime in. It was extremely enjoyable and I was happy to play the scene. So thanks to Lydia, Poppy, and Jay's players.

And thanks to Matt's player as well for staying around and calling our duels. It was appreciated.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-06-10 19:05 EST
Hey guys! Writing this from a friend's computer... I may be MIA for a bit, as I had a little accident (Ie, lightning strike) happen to my computer and now I have no internet access. Which isn't that bad, as I could have lost my hardrive so... yeah.

Could be back tonight, could be tomorrow, could be a week. At this point, I'm not at all sure. My friend's gonna help me and see what he can do, but... no promises.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Aya Mahara-Ravenlock

Date: 2008-06-10 21:22 EST
Sucky. See you when you get back. ^^

Adalia Dodd

Date: 2008-06-10 21:33 EST
Glad to see you're okay. I was just about to start knocking on doors until I found you and made sure you were all right. XD

<3 <3 <3

TinyTrouble

Date: 2008-06-11 00:43 EST
Sorry to hear about the lightening. Bad weather! Hope you're up and running again soon.

Adalia Dodd

Date: 2008-06-11 01:40 EST
I miss you more and more with every passing hour! <3

Imrathion Tathar

Date: 2008-06-11 03:09 EST
Awwww. That sucks. Hope things turn out all right for you, though.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-06-11 23:02 EST
What did L learn? L learned that you should cut off the computer when it's thundering and lightning. And also unplug the computer. And the modem. Seriously.

Lightning fried one of the phone cords, it fried the modem, it fried my network adapter.. which was attached to the mother board so I'm darn lucky I didn't lose everything on my hard drive or more damage wasn't done (Computer actually wouldn't cut on for a day, but magically respawned the next? The theory there was it was just overheated)... related to luck that I've been lacking lately, my friend is awesome, installed a new network adapter, over 100 GB of Hard drive space x.x and 512 MB of RAM since I keep whining about my really low RAM... it's amazing the difference that makes. My computer is all sorts of faster now.

After that and a bit of trial and error and picking up a new modem and replacing a cord

So TL;DR: I'm back. Computer is better than ever. Everything else still kinda lies in the realm of bleh. Can't win them all though.

<3 all you guys. I've missed you too. Thanks for the well wishes and such.

Aya Mahara-Ravenlock

Date: 2008-06-11 23:31 EST
Welcome back!

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-06-20 15:49 EST
*Sigh*

Okay, so.. something's up with the phone line, and it's not really getting better (worse, in fact). Our phone company sucks and is very unreliable in fixing such things, and I need phone line for internet so...

If I disappear for a day or two, it's because the phone line went out. I'm really hoping that this won't happen, but.. it might. Cuz it's kinda flickered on and off a time or two today. So if I miss something I'm supposed to play out, big apologies in advance. :(

Izira Nyte

Date: 2008-06-20 16:40 EST
That sucks! I know a year ago we had a problem like that. Turned out some water got into a wire box or something about a block away after some pretty nasty storms. Maybe that's the issue? Once it starts bothering enough people they'll figure whatever out. I doubt it can be a *just you* sort of issue the way those things go. *squeeze* Here's hoping for the best!

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-06-20 17:41 EST
It does tend to happen when weather is nasty, ie, rain and storms. Especially after a lot of rain, every now and then the internetz goes PFT for a little bit, but comes back. It's just gotta be pretty bad to actually affect the phone. Which it has been. -.-

But I'm still here, so yay? ^^;

Capistrano

Date: 2008-06-21 14:32 EST
A bit belated (and yet, at the same time, early, since I haven't gotten around to the aftermath of Jay's full moon experience) but I wanted to send thanks once more to all those who participated in the Howl of Misfortune SL and Jay's spin-off thread. It took Jay in a fairly unexpected direction, but in a good way, and it's been fun trying to get a grasp on what happened and why. Thanks, everybody!

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-06-21 14:46 EST
Yay!

The Howl SL was great. I'm really glad I got to play with all involved in that. :) Big thanks to all involved from me too, and I appreciate the fact I got to be a part of it all.

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-07-22 18:09 EST
Okay, I'm starting to have some problems with my internet connection, so if I disappear for a while, no worries, it's just a crappy connection.

To those of you I have RP plans with, if I can't make it, I'm sorry. :x Just vapor that all went well?

Hopefully though, internet won't kick the bucket in a hardcore way or anything...

Khonsku Nijjar

Date: 2008-07-22 20:57 EST
Hey, I've been seeing your art all over the place, so just wanted to pop in and say awesome work. You've got a neat style. :grin:

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-07-22 21:28 EST
^_^ Thank you. That's very nice of you to say.

And internets isn't dead. Yet. *crosses fingers*

Lydia Loran

Date: 2008-11-03 02:47 EST
I know I haven't really been playing lately, but this is just more or less making it official.

I need some mental health time. A break from RP. So I'm taking it. I don't know for how much longer. Heck, urge might strike me to come back in a week, I dunno. It's one reason I'm not requesting catacomb-age. I'd feel silly to do that then want the folder back a second later. :D

I might try to keep up with some RP writing, but I make no guarantees. Life is rwar and leaves me little energy to deal with certain things here. I don't want to leave people hanging though, so if people need to hash anything out, feel free to PM me. I'll try to keep up with those.