The Kindness of Strangers (For Saharasnow)

Hey, folks. Do you remember saharasnow? She used to write some of the best aulu fanfic. It was a delight to watch her increasing mastery of English (she's in Japan Singapore) as she churned out moody, dreamy vignettes. She was a fair artist, icon-maker (see this entry's userpic), and enjoys gothy cosplay, photoshoots, dolls.

She's had a rough couple years with her foot shattering and failing to heal properly, job hell and general troubles. She just passed a birthday alone and sad, feeling like the world doesn't know she exists.

I haven't said anything, because I didn't know what to say.
But I wanna say, do something. Help someone who hurts.

We can't help her with RL crap. But maybe we can bring a little cheer to a gifted and beautiful person.
"It's worth trying," as Braska said.

So, I invite folks on my Flist to:
--Browse saharasnow's LJ for photos, Final Fantasy fanfic, icons, and/or dolls and leave a comment.
--Reply here with a comment, beautiful image, icons, LOLcats, link to a funny video, drabble (she likes X, X-2, VI), or whatever you feel like in replies to this post.
--More fanfic posted here on Ficwad (most of the fic on her LJ is flist locked).

After a day or so I'll unlock this post so she can see it, and point her here.

Wow, Electronic Arts Sucks!

Good grief.

Current EA marketing ploy for upcoming game, "Dante's Inferno":

"Sin to Win" contest at ComicCon encouraging gamer geeks to "commit acts of lust with a booth babe" -- oh, the subtitle says they just mean take a photograph with booth babe. Riiight. The winner gets "a sinful night with two hot girls".

Previous marketing ploy for same game at E3:

staged a fake fundie Christian protest against their own game.

And this on top of their unprofessional treatment of someone I know. I cannot post details, but it was a stunning example of bureaucratic screw-up that dragged on for months.