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Tomorrow, LJ goes away. From about 11am Eastern to, um ... not sure for how long. Four hours, at least. And they'll phase it in, when it comes back, so that not everything will be available right away.
I won't whine and wish that the LJ folks could just come in the middle of the night to do their thing. That would be immature. >_>
So. Fun times. XD Anyhow, I'll probably be Twittering more than usual, so feel free to join me over there, and InsaneJournal should be quite busy, so I'll be poking around there as well.
♥
I won't whine and wish that the LJ folks could just come in the middle of the night to do their thing. That would be immature. >_>
So. Fun times. XD Anyhow, I'll probably be Twittering more than usual, so feel free to join me over there, and InsaneJournal should be quite busy, so I'll be poking around there as well.
♥
Adventures in Blogging #12
Nov. 12th, 2008 06:31 pmSo, I didn't technically do a NaBloPoMo entry yesterday, but I did post twice, and one of them was a fic, so I think I get a pass. *nod* Anyway.
** Apparently![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
shoebox_project (the epic MWPP fanfic) was hacked, as well as the journal of the person who maintains it. By some Russian hacker tools, it seems. That sucks. Might be time to dust off the old LJ Archive. Especially considering the weird but probably unrelated friending-and-defriending by random empty Russian journals thing that's been happening to me and a few others I know of lately. Meh.
** Three more days until thesmutty_claus deadline, so I'd best get cracking, huh? When it's done I'll be able to post my tables for 7snogs without feeling guilty. :P I'm kind of glad I didn't sign up for any more holiday exchanges -- then again, the winter fest season is still young.
** Top Chef starts tonight! :D I'll be happy to have my weekly Bravo fix back. I could never really get into Top Design.
I think that's it.
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ETA: PUPPIES. HOMG. ♥
** Apparently
shoebox_project (the epic MWPP fanfic) was hacked, as well as the journal of the person who maintains it. By some Russian hacker tools, it seems. That sucks. Might be time to dust off the old LJ Archive. Especially considering the weird but probably unrelated friending-and-defriending by random empty Russian journals thing that's been happening to me and a few others I know of lately. Meh.** Three more days until the
smutty_claus deadline, so I'd best get cracking, huh? When it's done I'll be able to post my tables for 7snogs without feeling guilty. :P I'm kind of glad I didn't sign up for any more holiday exchanges -- then again, the winter fest season is still young.** Top Chef starts tonight! :D I'll be happy to have my weekly Bravo fix back. I could never really get into Top Design.
I think that's it.
♥
ETA: PUPPIES. HOMG. ♥
Adventures in Blogging #7
Nov. 7th, 2008 07:51 pm-- Firstly, in the random odd news department, on watching Rachel Maddow last night I discovered that Bhutan now has a new king -- the world's youngest monarch. He's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and he's a total cutie. Seriously. Only 28, too. I kind of want to visit Bhutan now.
-- Secondly, and somewhat related to yesterday's post, LJ is doing odd things again. Some kind of option that makes your LJ searchable by email? To make it more -- what -- facebook-y? I don't know. I opted out of it, because this journal doesn't have a whole lot to do with my RL anyway; even though I talk about my RL here, few people in RL read my LJ, and I sort of feel like if I want people to access it I'll just link them myself. (side note: I don't know that I want LJ to be more facebook-y; for one, I have a facebook and for two, facebook.com and all the other social network thingies are blocked at work whereas LJ is not. I feel like LJ is kind of a sekrit place where you can see and read all sorts of things that you normally would not even be able to access at work. :P)
-- I just finished watching last night's Smallville. I find it sort of bittersweet and ironic that the season in which the writers finally get their act together might be the last one. :/ I can honestly say that I'm enjoying this season of Smallville, plot-wise, more than Supernatural or Heroes, and that's saying something. (I've always been a SV fan, but I've had no illusions about the quality of the writing for the past two seasons.)
Supernatural is still great, but only because the boys are so pretty and adorable. I don't know if I'm feeling the plot this season. The first couple episodes were brilliant, and now it's just a mixture of filler episodes in which Sam and Dean are adorable, and then odd religious/allegorical stuff that Kripke's not really sure what to do with. I don't know; for me it was better when they were dealing more with family and brotherhood dynamics and just living the life.
And Heroes is just, well, weird. I still really like both shows, but maybe I was just expecting more, whereas with Smallville, I wasn't expecting much and so far I'm really pleased. (Plus, seriously, Clark in shirtsleeves every week? It's hypnotic.)
That's enough rambling for tonight, I think. ♥
-- Secondly, and somewhat related to yesterday's post, LJ is doing odd things again. Some kind of option that makes your LJ searchable by email? To make it more -- what -- facebook-y? I don't know. I opted out of it, because this journal doesn't have a whole lot to do with my RL anyway; even though I talk about my RL here, few people in RL read my LJ, and I sort of feel like if I want people to access it I'll just link them myself. (side note: I don't know that I want LJ to be more facebook-y; for one, I have a facebook and for two, facebook.com and all the other social network thingies are blocked at work whereas LJ is not. I feel like LJ is kind of a sekrit place where you can see and read all sorts of things that you normally would not even be able to access at work. :P)
-- I just finished watching last night's Smallville. I find it sort of bittersweet and ironic that the season in which the writers finally get their act together might be the last one. :/ I can honestly say that I'm enjoying this season of Smallville, plot-wise, more than Supernatural or Heroes, and that's saying something. (I've always been a SV fan, but I've had no illusions about the quality of the writing for the past two seasons.)
Supernatural is still great, but only because the boys are so pretty and adorable. I don't know if I'm feeling the plot this season. The first couple episodes were brilliant, and now it's just a mixture of filler episodes in which Sam and Dean are adorable, and then odd religious/allegorical stuff that Kripke's not really sure what to do with. I don't know; for me it was better when they were dealing more with family and brotherhood dynamics and just living the life.
And Heroes is just, well, weird. I still really like both shows, but maybe I was just expecting more, whereas with Smallville, I wasn't expecting much and so far I'm really pleased. (Plus, seriously, Clark in shirtsleeves every week? It's hypnotic.)
That's enough rambling for tonight, I think. ♥
Adventures in Blogging #6
Nov. 6th, 2008 07:50 pmSo, what to talk about ... how about random shit? I'm good at that. :D
** Well, about five minutes ago, I checked my userinfo and found that it's different; kind of a lot. Interesting. I'm not altogether sure I like it, but I'm sure it's just a matter of getting used to it. What do you all think? It's a bit smoother-looking, which isn't bad.
** I did read something in news about LJ possibly introducing some kind of a la carte option for buying userpic space. Does this mean I can get a whole hell of a lot of icons? We'll see. I'll keep you posted, because when and if there is more icon space, that is definitely reason for me to squee about it here.
** I'm kind of obsessed with Bloc Party's latest album, Intimacy. Can't stop listening to it. Not as good as their first album, and I don't love every song, but I still like how romantic and sort of vulnerable they sound even when they're uptempo and frenetic.
** So my company just renewed their contract with the NIH and did this big celebration staff party thing today off campus. Free food = good. There was also free alcohol, and for some reason it felt weird drinking in front of my boss. :P I only had a few sips. I think it's an age thing; my last boss was closer to my age (he was 27; I was 22), and he'd take us for happy hour sometimes, and I never felt odd.
** My coworker just got himself a brand-new iPhone, and let me tell you, that shit is shiny. *whines* I really, really want one. But even if I had an extra $200 lying around for the phone itself, the plan is just too expensive for me and I don't like that I'd have to switch to AT&T. On top of the voice plan, you have to shell out an extra $30 a month for the data transfer plan if you want to get online at all. At least according to him. It's kind of ridiculous, and I have a new car payment. So that's that. :P
** That'll do it for now, I guess. Hope everyone's good!
** Well, about five minutes ago, I checked my userinfo and found that it's different; kind of a lot. Interesting. I'm not altogether sure I like it, but I'm sure it's just a matter of getting used to it. What do you all think? It's a bit smoother-looking, which isn't bad.
** I did read something in news about LJ possibly introducing some kind of a la carte option for buying userpic space. Does this mean I can get a whole hell of a lot of icons? We'll see. I'll keep you posted, because when and if there is more icon space, that is definitely reason for me to squee about it here.
** I'm kind of obsessed with Bloc Party's latest album, Intimacy. Can't stop listening to it. Not as good as their first album, and I don't love every song, but I still like how romantic and sort of vulnerable they sound even when they're uptempo and frenetic.
** So my company just renewed their contract with the NIH and did this big celebration staff party thing today off campus. Free food = good. There was also free alcohol, and for some reason it felt weird drinking in front of my boss. :P I only had a few sips. I think it's an age thing; my last boss was closer to my age (he was 27; I was 22), and he'd take us for happy hour sometimes, and I never felt odd.
** My coworker just got himself a brand-new iPhone, and let me tell you, that shit is shiny. *whines* I really, really want one. But even if I had an extra $200 lying around for the phone itself, the plan is just too expensive for me and I don't like that I'd have to switch to AT&T. On top of the voice plan, you have to shell out an extra $30 a month for the data transfer plan if you want to get online at all. At least according to him. It's kind of ridiculous, and I have a new car payment. So that's that. :P
** That'll do it for now, I guess. Hope everyone's good!
Just real quick:
Oct. 9th, 2008 09:56 pmLJ can increase comment limits from 5000 to 10000 comments so ONTD can rack up even more epic threads that I can't be arsed to slog through...
...but they can't give us more icon space?
*frustrated*
*pouts at all the extra RP icons I've made but don't have space for*
...but they can't give us more icon space?
*frustrated*
*pouts at all the extra RP icons I've made but don't have space for*
