Below are the most recent 19 friends' journal entries.

Monday, December 7th, 2009
qaf_challenges [ _alicesprings ]	1:29p	ONE WEEK LEFT!! There is just one week left until submissions for the final challenge of the year, the Friends and Lovers Challenge are due! We'll be taking a break for a while after this challenge is posted, so let's try and go out with a bang! If you didn't sign up but have now decided you'd like to take part, just leave a comment HERE. This challenge is open to graphics makers (icons, headers, wallpapers or colourbars are accepted) and vidders, as well as fic. Submissions are due on December 13, no later than midnight, US Pacific time. Important note: Please read all the information on the profile page HERE to ensure that your work meets all the criteria. Don't forget to include the header information and html coding. For graphics and vids: Please format and host your own work, and send me the links. Try not to upload your work somewhere with your username on it, to help maintain anonymity. Please use the following header; Fanwork: Specify icons, vid, header etc Made By: Timeline: Artist's Notes: In order to help maintain anonymity, please do not name your betas. When your submission is ready, email it to me at alicesprings2@gmail.com Thanks! (Comment on this)
Sunday, December 6th, 2009
qaf_marathons [ kari77 ]	7:59p	Episode 108 It's episode 108, hooray. Tonight we go on the Blond Ambition Tour, and we learn that sometimes things are better the second day. Everyone ready? Then let's do this! (135 Comments |Comment on this)
qaf_retread [ happier_bunny ]	12:55a	IT'S TIME TO BE MERRY x 12 I thought I'd leave you guys with one of my fave holiday treats! I hope you enjoy them as much as I do every year! THE TWELVE YEARS OF CHRISTMAS by bigboobedcanuck YEAR ONE YEAR TWO YEAR THREE YEAR FOUR YEAR FIVE YEAR SIX YEAR SEVEN YEAR EIGHT YEAR NINE YEAR TEN YEAR ELEVEN YEAR TWELVE HAPPY RETREADING! ~~~~~~~~~~~ by pfodge (a million thanks!) Please write me some snow-PORN! Pretty please with Brian and Justin on top! SIGN UP HERE! (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 5th, 2009
qaf_marathons [ kari77 ]	3:14p	Reminder episode 108 Hello lovelies, fellow Europeans and honorary Europeans, I hope everyone's holiday season isn't that stressful and you'll have time to stop by tomorrow when we're watching "Episode 108" at 8pm CET (2pm US east coast/11am US west coast)! Since our lovely hostess etextraordinary is out of town for the weekend, I'm stepping in as guest hostess this week. Episode 108 is one of my favorites, so I'm extra excited. I'd love to see as many of you as possible for the marathon, and if you can't be there "live" then stop by later! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
qaf_challenges [ _alicesprings ]	9:40a	REMINDER POST Sign-ups for the Friends and Lovers Challenge have closed. However, it's never too late to join in the fun. Late sign-ups will be accepted by commenting HERE! This challenge is open to graphics makers (icons, headers, wallpapers or colourbars are accepted) and vidders as well as fic! Submissions are due on December 13, no later than midnight, US Pacific time. Important note: Please read all the information on the profile page HERE to ensure that your work meets all the criteria. Don't forget to include the header information and html coding. For graphics and vids: Please format and host your own work, and send me the links. Try not to upload your work somewhere with your username on it, to help maintain anonymity. Please use the following header; Fanwork: Specify icons, vid, header etc Made By: Timeline: Artist's Notes: In order to help maintain anonymity, please do not name your betas. When your submission is ready, email it to me at alicesprings2@gmail.com Thanks! (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
_alicesprings	8:51a	Thankful Title: Thankful Prompt: Thanksgiving Day Notes: I know I'm being glib about Thanksgiving, but it's a very Australian trait, so plze forgive! Tweaked very slightly from the original posted at qaf_drabbles for the 37 Days of Gusmas drabble challenge. There's lots of good stuff going on over there. Check it out! * “Happy Thanksgiving!” “Hey, Sunshine. You too. Or was that yesterday for you?” “It would have been, but Australians know nothing about Thanksgiving, and care even less. Besides, it’s too damn hot here for turkey.” “Poor Justin. Suffering for your art.” I snort. “Shut up. I know I shouldn’t complain; the weather's great and I’ve sold three pieces already. I just wish I was there.” “No worries, mate!” Brian says in a god-awful Australian accent. “I’ll stuff your turkey when you get back.” I laugh. “Maybe I’ll stuff yours too.” He lowers his voice. “Well, there’s something to be thankful for.” (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
qaf_marathons [ etextraordinary ]	7:49p	Episode 107 I hope everyone is ready for the amazing 107 marathon, starting in about 10 min (holy crap ET has been on time two weeks in a row!!) Just a quick programing note, next week I am going to be out of town and kari77 has graciously offered to host the 108 marathon next Sunday night. So be super nice to her! Current Mood: bouncy (251 Comments |Comment on this)
qaf_bunnies [ andybj ]	10:30a	Oy Vey, I need Jewish icons! Hi everyone! I just realized I have almost no Jewish icons! which would have been just fine if I wasn't Jewish, but I am, and therefore must have more jewish icons! I was hoping maybe someone would be willing to make me some icons with Jewish references, like when Mel says "that's right, blame the Jew" or maybe some with Ted in the Gay-Jewish-bar night party or whatever it was in season 5... if you need more, I can give them to you on the comments. Thanks in advance! (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, November 28th, 2009
xie_xie_xie	12:33p	Excuse to use my new icon even if I'm not Jewish Where IS everyone? (34 Comments |Comment on this)
qaf_marathons [ etextraordinary ]	1:50p	Reminder 107 I hope all the Americans had a wonderful Thanksgiving and everyone is having a great weekend. Just a quick reminder post about the Episode 107 marathon happening tomorrow at 8pm CET (2pm US east coast/11am US west coast)! I hope to see all of you there, and if you can't be there "live" then stop by later! A quick programing note: I am going to be out of town next weekend (Sunday Dec 6). Is someone else willing to do the posting for the 108 marathon? (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, November 27th, 2009
xie_xie_xie	9:55p	Coco Before Chanel: Thumbs down from me Cross-posted at femme_asylum. Really really did not like "Coco Before Chanel." Audrey Tautou is gorgeous and I could have looked at her all day, but I found her character's motivations unfathomable, and I had no sense at all where Chanel's great talent and style came from, nor was there any sense of the force in design she would one day become. This was nothing but an overblown romance that somehow reduced everything she did to being about some guy. Nauseating. I HATED it. Beautiful, yes. But blech. I wish someone would make the Chanel film that is in my head. Because this is DEFINITELY not it. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
qaf_marathons [ not_yet_defined ]	6:39p	101, 102, 512 and 513 Black Friday Marathon Welcome to a Mini-Marathon of 101, 102, 512 and 513. We will start with 101 followed immediately by 102. Then we will start with 512 at 10pm EST and immediately follow with 513. The discussion for ALL 4 episodes will be on one post. This one. :D Here we go! :D (212 Comments |Comment on this)
xie_xie_xie	1:12p	CHANEL! I can't handle the crowds on Black Friday, and besides, my holiday shopping, such as it is, is done. (We're buying for the kids only this year, due to the financial problems of one of my brothers). So my sisters in law and I are going to see "Coco Before Chanel," while my brothers and their sons do their manly, boy-ly thing without us. And then this evening, not_yet_defined is doing a marathon of 101-102 and 512-513 over at qaf_marathons, so that's what I'll be doing when I get home! See you then! (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
qaf_coffeeclub [ sandpapertears ]	9:15p	more of a general discussion than anything. First of all, Happy Thanksgiving to all of the American members! This topic came up during a car ride home with my roommate, so it seems a relevant good wish to make before proposing it haha SO ANYWAY. My roommate and I were talking, and we came to the conclusion that every sex scene that has ever been in QAF was used as some sort of plot device or has been important to a character arc. We tried to stump each other with this theory, but couldn't do it! So I need to bring it to the bigger table. They're all aesthetic, of course, haha, but: do you all agree with this unproven theory? Was there a point to every one? Or was this another thing Cowlip couldn't get consistent? Feel free to point out any that you can't see the bigger picture~ behind or whatever. This holiday weekend I'll need some good entertainment. (AND SPEAKING OF LONG WEEKENDS, if any of the members here are into the RP scene here on IJ, a small group of people and I are trying to put together a group storyline that would take place in real time and because I don't want to openly waste room advertising when it's just a side note here: the information on that is all here, if anyone is interested.) (9 Comments |Comment on this)
xie_xie_xie	12:07p	What the Gusmas? First, Happy Thanksgiving to all! A couple of new fandom friends don't know the origin of the name of the current celebration in qaf_drabbles , "Gusmas," so I thought I'd explain. Once upon a time, four fangirls wrote a story together, and the unbelievable url_girl illustrated it. (Well, we didn't write it, exactly -- it was divinely inspired, so it might be better said we channeled it.) It was the story of Assbaby!Jesus (Gus for short), and of course, it's his birth we celebrate during the Solstikwanzanukkamas Season, which runs from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day. Be warned if you choose to read this fic; you're sure to end up on the bus to the hot place if you do. Assbaby!Jesus: A Brian/Justin Christmas story (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
qaf_marathons [ not_yet_defined ]	6:31p	Mini Marathon 11/27/09 at 8pm EST - 101, 102, 512, 513 I've decided I would like to watch the beginning and the end this friday night. So if anyone would like to join me I'll be watching episodes 101, 102, 512 and 513. I will start around 8pm EST. I hope one or two of you will drop by and join me. It's not going to be very structured or as detailed as I get when I do the full series marathon. Just me taking a look at where everybody is when we first meet them and comparing that to where they are at the end. And no doubt some squeeing. So if you like, stop on by. I'll probably be there most of the night!! (5 Comments |Comment on this)
qaf_retread [ happier_bunny ]	6:43p	Feast of Thanksgiving Fic I bring you some Thanksgiving fare - Brian and Justin style. To everyone celebrating, have a great holiday and to all others enjoy your Thursday! Thanksgiving by Myrna - when Myrna gets it right, she gets it so very right and the end of this story makes me melt...just melt. DAPHNE GETS A DOG by xie_xie_xie TRYPTOPHAN by msjudi Current Mood: good (12 Comments |Comment on this)
qaf_challenges [ _alicesprings ]	4:46p	REMINDER POST Sign-ups for the Friends and Lovers Challenge have now closed. However, it's never too late to join in the fun. Late sign-ups will be accepted by commenting HERE! This challenge is open to graphics makers (icons, headers, wallpapers or colourbars are accepted) and vidders as well as fic! Submissions are due on December 13, no later than midnight, US Pacific time. Important note: Please read all the information on the profile page HERE to ensure that your work meets all the criteria. Don't forget to include the header information and html coding. For graphics and vids: Please format and host your own work, and send me the links. Try not to upload your work somewhere with your username on it, to help maintain anonymity. Please use the following header; Fanwork: Specify icons, vid, header etc Made By: Timeline: Artist's Notes: In order to help maintain anonymity, please do not name your betas. When your submission is ready, email it to me at alicesprings2@gmail.com Thanks! (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
qaf_coffeeclub [ arcady ]	7:48a	Just a random thought: In your opinion, what relationship represents the core of the show? When I say relationship, I don't (necessarily) mean a romantic one. Rather, I'm defining it as bond between two or more characters – be it romantic, platonic, or familial. This is less an "what's your OTP" question than "if you strip everything else away, what relationship remains?" I've heard a lot of different answers to this kind of discussion over the years, but I don't know that I've ever come up with a definitive answer on my own. For me, there are three main possibilities: ( Under the cut! ) What do you think? What represents QAF's core relationship to you? Is it one of my choices, or something else completely? (16 Comments |Comment on this)