I think I'll strike against TV, since I just hate ads that much!

[wednes]

Since no one has adequately explained to me how not posting is supposed to piss off a bunch of people in Russia, I will not be observing the "strike." Personally I think the idea of striking over a few ads is ridiculous and incredibly self-involved. Has anyone heard, there's a war on. People are striking about looking at ads at the site they are blogging at FOR FREE. If the ads bug you so much, pony up the dough for a paid account. Then you have a right to complain if you're not getting your money's worth. Besides, MYSpace, FAcebook, Photobucket and FLicker all have plenty of ads and people use them.

LOST last night was excellent as usual. This has been the best season since the first season, and I am duly impressed. I really hate Michael, though I think Sayid may be jumping the gun trusting the captain with him. Should be interesting to see when and if Michael will die. It was nice to see Walt for a moment, I dig that kid, have ever since he died on ER many moons ago.
I hope Rousseau is not dead, though she and Carl are probably toast. I presume they've been killed by Ben's people, who will, of course, not do anything bad to Alex. And of course, the people on the boat may well know that Alex is NOT Ben's daughter...we'll just have to wait until sweeps to see. I can't beleive we'll be getting new eps in April. Whoo hoo, next LOST is the day before my book comes out.

In Wednes news, turns out I do have diabetes. I am not at a stage where I need insulin or anything, but they are giving me a pill that has so far, made me gassy as hell. I can't keep food down currently, but that may just be nerves or something unrelated. They are sending me to a nutritionist to learn what I have to do to make myself better. And I have to, as expected, exercise. This is almost a good thing, since it is making me take my health more seriously; which is something I have been reticent to do. And while I can't reverse the diabetes, I can make is much less serious. Anyway, I'm skipping work today and playing the dulcimer, writing, and napping. That'll be good. Maybe I'll do my taxes if I can figure them out.

Comments

[groovesinorbit]

It is possible to reverse diabetes, actually. R's mom used to have it, but doesn't anymore. So here's hoping for you, too! I'm sorry to hear you have to deal with it, though. No fun.

And yeah, I'm not striking either. For one thing, it should be called a boycott for cripes sake. People need to use a dictionary. And, really, a 1-day boycott doesn't do a damned bit of good.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I don't think you can actually reverse it. But I do think you can get it to a point where you no longer need to treat it. In any event, I'm confident that I'll figure it out and be just fine.

Yes, it is a boycott, which doesn't sound nearly as cool as "strike". But strike implies that we're employed by LJ and we're not coming in to work.

[groovesinorbit]

Hmm, maybe that's it. Her doctor's not worried about it with her. I'm confident you'll figure it out, too.

Exactly. I'm calling the whole thing a 'snit', myself. ; )

[sudrin.livejournal.com]

She better not be dead. Because if she survives that long on the island to die like a bitch like that then I will be sad. However, the island does seem fickle about killing people via gunshots. So fingers crossed.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Diabetes sucks. Not needing insulin is good. Getting it treated is good. Stopping it from damging your body further is good. Playing dulcimer is good. A book coming out is good.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

When you put it that way, the good far outweighs the bad. Yay!

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

As long as it's somebody else's life, I can be optimistic!

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I know just what you mean.

[thehula.livejournal.com]

Diabetes! What a pain! The upside is that in treating it you will become more in tune with your body, and start some healthy lifestyle habits. I hope the nervous stomach isn't a reaction to the meds. That would be unfortunate.

Have fun on your skip day!

[wednes.livejournal.com]

It could be much worse. Right now, I feel okay about it. I'm almost excited to learn some new health stuff and figure out why I've been dieting but not losing any weight.

[hellamama.livejournal.com]

The dieting but not losing weight may be because of the diabetes. Hopefully your meds will help with it. Hopefully you aren't feeling bad because of the meds. Good news is, there are a bunch of different oral medications out there, long before you need the insulin.

I hope your nutritionist is cool. Don't get overwhelmed. Remember, even small changes can make a huge difference.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Thanks, man.

[absinthofheart.livejournal.com]

Phew! I was really worried for you! Thankfully as far as diabetes goes, yours (like my mom and uncles) is not terribly hard to control. Though it does take a bit of dicipline to deny yourself a lot of those sweet tasty treats we all love so much. Ah, well. Small sacrifices.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm worried enough about my health to actually do the right thing here. No need for YOU to worry though. I'll be fine.

[diachrony.livejournal.com]

It won't do any good. However, the people I know who are boycotting are NOT doing it because they don't want to see ads; they are doing it because they are angry that SUP, similar to 6A, has been sneaking in major changes to the site without announcing it at all, not even to their own Advisory Board (three members of which were quite angry with how this was all handled) and then, when of course users noticed the change (suddenly no Basic Accounts) and asked about it, the excuse we were given was along the lines of "Oh, three journal options was just WAY too difficult for you morons to figure out, so we made it easier for you!"

This kind of thing angered lots of people who have no argument with the site needing to make money and who would put up with ads.

All they had to do was announce it in an upfront and non-insulting way. (And yes, some people would have complained about that too, there are always those people...)

It's this insulting, condescending attitude that's angering people, and the temporary suspicious editing of the Popular Interests page, and basically an ongoing pattern of censorship and discrimination that seems to be emerging. People have been jumpy since Strikethrough, of course.

And STILL the boycott won't make a difference (although it has made some impact by attracting attention to SUP in the overall blogosphere, but they were already noticing the questionable behavior before the boycott came up).

Anyway, about you. Diabetes is definitely controllable and, as you say, now you have impetus to take care of yourself and you also have assistance and educational resources. You can get healthy and stay healthy! Go Wednes!

Have a good skip day!

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I guess to me, it just seems like LJ is a business, and is being run like one. Perhaps it was sneaky to change the basic account options without telling people, but the people affected aren't even paying to use the site. Myself, I still wish we used invite codes, but no one asked me.
SUP have to make money somehow, and if people don't want to pay there has to be another income source. It just seems that, indignance aside, with everything going on in the world, this is kind of a silly thing to mobilize about.

And yeah, the diabetes should be easy enough to handle if I listen to the doc and do what she says.

[diachrony.livejournal.com]

It was mentioned that lots of paying members *do* use basic accounts because many people on LJ have multiple journals and pay for at least one while creating others, some unpaid, for such things as RPGs or hobbies or whatever. So while it's a minor point, it was another indication SUP doesn't understand its userbase to have them claim paying account holders would "never notice" or be affected - they did notice.

I only have the one journal which I've always paid for, so this doesn't affect me ... but again, it wasn't the removal of basic accounts that upset most people I know - it was the *handling* of it and the attitude shown. And it was pretty laughable to have the guy telling us they did it to make it "easier" for people who were too "confused" by having three account options. Just tell us it's to make money - after all, that makes SENSE, we get it!

Thing is, after reading a ton of posts and comments, I know it's a red herring to have people say it's just a fuss about wanting completely free journals. That's not the point, but it's convenient for SUP to react as though it is.

Hah, I gave more time to this issue than I should, given that I'm definitely not as worked up about it as a lot of folks - but I get sucked in and spend huge amounts of time reading about it. I guess it's like watching a soap opera. You keep wanting to quit, but you want to know what happens next ... then you (I) bore everyone else talking about it. Sorry about that!

[eroslane.livejournal.com]

My thoughts were like yours (I posted some as a response to another LJ friend here):
http://weelisa.livejournal.com/560493.html?thread=2688365#t2688365


As a side-snark to them as group-in-general and no one specifically (everyone seems to have their own reasons), if the complaints are primarily about CONTENT, then prove your worth: POST SOME DECENT CONTENT INSTEAD OF BOYCOTTING.

Give 'em some Fitzgerald, some Hemingway, some Bret Easton Ellis. Give 'em some Robert Frost, some William Buckley. Give 'em praise, give 'em hell. But a test pattern of nothingness? What? GENIUS!!!!!! ::eyeroll::

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I couldn't read your undoubtedly pithy comments since the linked to post was locked. But yeah, I just don't see what a 1 day boycott is supposed to accomplish. Besides, I'm a paid member and feel fine about what they did.

[eroslane.livejournal.com]

Stoopid locked comments.

Sorry about that.

[locakitty.livejournal.com]

Did they prescribe glucophage or metformin (which are the same thing, really)? If so, I had to slowly up the dosage because I became so nauseous and well...was afraid to leave the house for more than an hour unless there was a toilet nearby. We'll leave it at that.

I called the doctor and they told me to cut the dosage in half and slowly build up to the "real" dosage. That may be the case. I'm glad you are getting treatment though.

Yay!

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Yup, it's Metformin. They warned me that it can be difficult at first, I figured they meant what you described.

[locakitty.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It's bad. If your side effects are fairly severe, the way mine were, ask if you can do the slow build up. That might work a bit more in your favor.

The first time around, I just stopped taking it. That wasn't the smart thing to do. :)

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I'm on a slow build up already, we thought that would be easiest. I'm already on a few meds and didn't want to screw myself up too badly. I'm taking some time off work to adjust to the new meds.

[cmdavi-70.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear that it's diabetes, but I'm heartened to know you don't feel doomed by it and are looking at making good choices in the face of it. My mom's a diabetic, and she's improved her eating habits greatly because of it. Because it runs in the family, I need to keep monitoring my own blood sugar level.

I'm all for honoring boycotts when they have a good point and have some hope of making a strong impact. The LJ boycott, on the other hand, strikes me as awfully small time and petty. Clearly, some people need to get out of their parents' basements more often.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

LOL

[cmdavi-70.livejournal.com]

I mean, this is the kind of boycott Tom Terrell and Randall Banks would instigate.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

OMG, you're killing me here.

Killing me.

*falls over laughing*

Would that 'pill' be..

[squee1973.livejournal.com]

..Glucophage?

My doc had me on it, because while I havn't been "properly" diagnosed as a diabetic, yet, I'm always told I'm 'borderline'...and I had to quit taking it 'cuz the side-effects were awful, especially since I have IBS which means no matter where I am, I know where the nearest restroom is located!

Anyway, good luck and I hope you neve do become insulin dependent.

Re: Would that 'pill' be..

[wednes.livejournal.com]

It's metformin. Has the same kind of "bathroom emergency" symptoms, which is why I'm skipping work for a few days until I can get used to it.