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[leighblack]

Did anyone else see that plot bunny go through here? =)

Yes, I have a story brewing, based on "Revealed." Probably not what you're expecting! I will hopefully complete it today. We'll see.

Also, the colors & text have been revamped over at the Steve Valentine Mah Jongg game, so check it out again, if you'd like. It looks much prettier! If you'd like to d/l a copy to play while offline, here is a zip file. Just right click and save target as.


That's what I spent a good part of my morning doing. It's a thrill a minute here at work.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Comments

[amazonqueenkate.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Is it Nigel/Woody goodness? If it is, can I drool? If it isn't, can I STILL drool?

And the game looks great. ^_^

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Actually no, it isn't Nigel/Woody goodness. Better. At least, I think so.

Thanks! I...uhhhh...haven't been playin Mah Jongg all day at all. *whistles while looking at feet*

[amazonqueenkate.livejournal.com]

Better than Nigel/Woody? What's better than Nigel/Woody? Nigel/Bug? *hopeful look*

Mah Jongg is so addicting. If I didn't have other things to do, I would play it.

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

What's better than Nigel/Woody?
Duh. Bug/Devan, of course.


*hee*
You'll see.

[amazonqueenkate.livejournal.com]

Bug/Devan? I'd hope not. :P

I'll look forward to it, whatever the case. ^_^

[hollywoodrose.livejournal.com]

Hey Leigh, I just got a paid account and I like your layout.
But I dunno how to have all that cool stuff. can u give me a few secrets?
:p

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

It took a while to get everything right (like a couple days) and even now I don't know that I could piece it all apart to show you things.

Your best bet is to try s2howto and look through their tutorials. Also, if you decide which style you like, there's usually a help community for it. For instance, I use Component, and I wouldn't have gotten anywhere without component_help.

In some parts, I just got desperate and looked through the source codes in journals that I liked and pasted their codes into my theme.

[hollywoodrose.livejournal.com]

I've been doing it slowly. thanks! :)

[amazonqueenkate.livejournal.com]

Just checked CrossingNigel, and I must say this:

YOU CAPPED THE PICTURE OF BUG SMELLING NIGEL!

That's the greatest ever! Awesome awesome. Hehehehe.

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Of course! Like I wasn't going to cap that!

It's just sad that they're so far away from the camera so it's hard to make out the details.

[amazonqueenkate.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not exactly a hugely important moment, as hilarious and telling of the boys as it is.

And yeah, they are far away. Sigh. We couldn't possibly ask to be able to SEE things like that up close and personal, now could we? Of course not. :P

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

But it is a huge moment in Nigel/Bug canon. Everyone always remembers that scene. And how many fics have you seen it mentioned in??

[amazonqueenkate.livejournal.com]

You mean besides in my own fics? ;) A few, definitely. And it is a huge moment in B/N land, you are right.)

(By the way - I LOVE THE NEW NIGEL ICON! It's SO pretty. *_*)

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I needed to reward myself after my obsessive capping run last night. And what better reward than a shiny new icon??

[amazonqueenkate.livejournal.com]

And it's a beautiful one, too. So pretty.

And poor Nige looks tired and sad. *pets the poor Nigel*

As a side note - your Mah Jongg game aided and abetted my staying up past my bed time. Grr.

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

mmmmmmmmm...petting Nigel...

*ahem*

It's a damn addicting game, isn't it? I was playing it for a good chunk of my morning. I could easily make you guys a Bug one, if you wanted. Or we could do a Bug & Nigel one.

Because I don't have enough other things to work on, of course.

[amazonqueenkate.livejournal.com]

Heheh, maybe I used the wrong word, there. ;)

It's a fun game! A Nigel/Bug one would be amazing! Or a Bug one! Or just a general Crossing Jordan one! How do you make them, anyway? Because they're pretty darned awesome, I must say.

(Though maybe you shouldn't tell me. "No, Dr. Crowe, I didn't get my term paper done. I was making a Mah Jongg game. But it's pretty!")

Hehe.

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

I could easily whip up a couple more versions. Maybe that's what I'll work on this weekend since I'll be trapped at my parent's house dog sitting again.

Because I am far too lazy to explain it, if you go here (http://www.puppyshelter.org/Stuff/MahJongg/), she has it all written up. Essentially, you just make a folder and stick the javascript in it. Then add the html page, which you can easily customize with your own colors. Whip up 42 tiles of your choice, add them to the folder and you're ready to go! Upload the whole kit & caboodle to your webspace if you want to share it.

[amazonqueenkate.livejournal.com]

Oooh. That sounds fuuuun.

Must resist... Must worry about term papers.... Must not want to make Mah Jongg....

Still, that's pretty cool. ^_^ I'm actually about to spend my last 15 minutes before class playing Steve Mah Jongg. Hehe.

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Well, think of it as a treat for yourself to do once your classes are done.

I'll be playing to kill my last half-hour of work, I'm sure. I'm such an addict!

[amazonqueenkate.livejournal.com]

I almost won at one point today. Only had, like, two dozen tiles left. I was very sad.

And yes. A treat. I like that. ^_^

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

It took me forever to win for the first time. And I wouldn't even want to think about what my actual winning record would be. Because I seem to be quite crap at the game, but I keep playing.

[amazonqueenkate.livejournal.com]

It's hard to find matches. Especially since some of the matches aren't EXACT matches. Have you noticed that? There are a few that aren't 100% perfect matches. ^_^;

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

*pokes*

From the directions:
The second catch -- there are eight tiles on the board (two sets of four) that have no exact match. Each set of four will have a common theme to give you hints that they belong together. Clicking any two tiles of the same unmatched set will make them disappear.

Your hint is that one set of unmatched tiles if from Steve's appearance at Dressed to Kilt, where he's wearing the shiny red shirt, and the second set of tiles is from Steve's episode of Dharma & Greg, where he's wearing that pink bandana on his head.

[amazonqueenkate.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I figured that out. It took me a while, but I did figure it out.

(And I never read the directions, so that would explain, well, a lot. ^_^;)

[amazonqueenkate.livejournal.com]

If you look closely, too, Bug's REALLY smelling him. Like, nose right up there.

Ah, our boys are so hot for each other.

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Who couldn't resists Nigel's attractive scent?

After digging through a bombed out building filled with burned bodies all day...


How the hell did Bug smell that Nige had perfume on? Did Nige BATHE in it before he left??

[amazonqueenkate.livejournal.com]

Or maybe Bug just is hyper-sensitive to Nigel's scent. (Or, hey, just to scent in general.) Or maybe Nigel purposely made sure he got lots of perfume on him so that he could make Bug jealous.

(Or maybe it was colonge, and he did it on purpose. I mean, Bug does say he smells GOOD, not "You smell like you just came from a whorehouse.")