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Let us all observe a moment of silence for my laptop battery, who despite being plugged in, has been at 0% for 2 days now. Sad times.
Ayudame!!!
Jan. 8th, 2007 06:13 pmHey kids,
The time has come for me to have a website...some kind of WednesdayLeeFriday.com sort of thing.
How do I get that?
How much does it cost?
Can it be free?
Who, oh who, will design it for me?
Some of you must do this type of thing for a reasonable price.
Or knows someone who does...
Talk to me!
In other news, I'm recording some short stories for podcast instead of my novel at present. That will be good practice until I figure out how novel rights are going to work.
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skryche, (or any other males with a great voice) if you still want to do volunteer voice work for me, do let me know.
The time has come for me to have a website...some kind of WednesdayLeeFriday.com sort of thing.
How do I get that?
How much does it cost?
Can it be free?
Who, oh who, will design it for me?
Some of you must do this type of thing for a reasonable price.
Or knows someone who does...
Talk to me!
In other news, I'm recording some short stories for podcast instead of my novel at present. That will be good practice until I figure out how novel rights are going to work.
skryche, (or any other males with a great voice) if you still want to do volunteer voice work for me, do let me know.It's the moooost wonderful tiiiime...
Nov. 3rd, 2006 06:07 amNaNoWriMo total thusfar:
I'm not sure if this will change or not when I update. I hope not, but all the word meters are different this year.
Our modem isn't doing anything at all. I checked all the plugs and it appears fine, but not a single light is lit up. Luckily, my neighbors have a relaxed attitude about sharing their internets. WOLF is on TV this month, I am so gonna record myself a DVD of that. That movie is awesome, Jack Nicholson and James Spader. *sigh* Plus, you can totally tell that Michelle Pffieffer had a trainer onset. She looks fabulous.
We have Fear.net now, so I'll also be recording copies of Tom Savini's Night of the Living Dead (1990), Flatliners (an awesome film for Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon), a Takashi Miike movie I've never seen called One Missed Call, and Carrie--which is one of my all time faves. If only they'd show a version or two of Salem's Lot and maybe the Lizze Bordon movie with Elizabeth Montgomery. That thing is awesome, and my VHS has seen better days.
My new favorite snack is Wasabi peas. They are crunchy and tasty. Get some.
I had an awesome session of EMDR today, and a good talk with the med doc. I always dread going to those things, and then feel much better after I do.
Anyway, the novel is coming along okay. It'll need some trimming down later, and I'm trying to figure out how to tell the reader everything they need to know without the thing starting to drag. I don't write for LOST, after all. Hahahahahahaa!
Nice.
I'm not sure if this will change or not when I update. I hope not, but all the word meters are different this year.
Our modem isn't doing anything at all. I checked all the plugs and it appears fine, but not a single light is lit up. Luckily, my neighbors have a relaxed attitude about sharing their internets. WOLF is on TV this month, I am so gonna record myself a DVD of that. That movie is awesome, Jack Nicholson and James Spader. *sigh* Plus, you can totally tell that Michelle Pffieffer had a trainer onset. She looks fabulous.
We have Fear.net now, so I'll also be recording copies of Tom Savini's Night of the Living Dead (1990), Flatliners (an awesome film for Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon), a Takashi Miike movie I've never seen called One Missed Call, and Carrie--which is one of my all time faves. If only they'd show a version or two of Salem's Lot and maybe the Lizze Bordon movie with Elizabeth Montgomery. That thing is awesome, and my VHS has seen better days.
My new favorite snack is Wasabi peas. They are crunchy and tasty. Get some.
I had an awesome session of EMDR today, and a good talk with the med doc. I always dread going to those things, and then feel much better after I do.
Anyway, the novel is coming along okay. It'll need some trimming down later, and I'm trying to figure out how to tell the reader everything they need to know without the thing starting to drag. I don't write for LOST, after all. Hahahahahahaa!
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Nice.
Yarrr's Revenge, Matey!
Sep. 19th, 2006 07:32 pmThat's right! Time for another edition of What's Amusing me Now!!
Here goes:
Once again it's International Talk Like aVideo Game Pirate Day. Seriously! This is just the sort of holiday that Bobby Hill would love and Hank Hill would shake his head and sigh over. I don't care for pirates really, but I'll take any excuse to be silly. I'm always the one to suggest Funny Hat Day (I called it Dia de los sombreros ridiculos because my Espanol is only slightly better than Peggy Hill's).
Celestia. No, it's not a new drug from Astra Zenica. It's a Freeware program for Macs that shows real time video of the whole damn universe. You can watch the earth spin around on it's axis and follow planets orbits (and "pluto's" as well). It will outline orbits and label constellations and comets and even stuff we've shot into the sky. It's bad ass, and totally free. Whooo!
( H sent me this funny South Park-LOST thing *season two spoilers* )
Battlestar Wiki is a valuable resource as H and I prepare to rewatch seasons 1-2 in preparation of the Season Three Premeire, which is totally soon. I can't wait to see The Chief again.
World War Z The Movie Squeeeeee!! Even though I don't have the book yet (stupid poorness) I'm sure it will be awesome.
And finally, these zombie letters. They are good:
Zombie Letters from e-zombie.com
Update Captain's Log?!? Oh LJ, you're so funny!!
Here goes:
Once again it's International Talk Like a
Celestia. No, it's not a new drug from Astra Zenica. It's a Freeware program for Macs that shows real time video of the whole damn universe. You can watch the earth spin around on it's axis and follow planets orbits (and "pluto's" as well). It will outline orbits and label constellations and comets and even stuff we've shot into the sky. It's bad ass, and totally free. Whooo!
( H sent me this funny South Park-LOST thing *season two spoilers* )
Battlestar Wiki is a valuable resource as H and I prepare to rewatch seasons 1-2 in preparation of the Season Three Premeire, which is totally soon. I can't wait to see The Chief again.
World War Z The Movie Squeeeeee!! Even though I don't have the book yet (stupid poorness) I'm sure it will be awesome.
And finally, these zombie letters. They are good:
Zombie Letters from e-zombie.com
Update Captain's Log?!? Oh LJ, you're so funny!!
I do declare, iTunes 7 is pretty damn slick. Kind of makes me wish I was more dilligent about putting in album titles, because it locates the artwork for you and puts it in this flippy, jukebox style display. I wonder if I can drag 'n drop the missing artwork in later? I'll have to investigate.
EDIT: I can't beleive some of the album art that is missing. There's no Beatles--wait, that's some kind of apple thing, isn't it? Well, it's still a pain in the ass. Plus I can't figure out how to drag & drop a pic to cover many songs. It seems to want me to drag & drop them one at a time. It's making me batty. And of course, I don't really have enough memory to flip through the album covers. I guess it's about time I go up to 512. Whoooo! /EDIT
Apple is teh awesome, to be sure. I wonder though, why the new 8gig nano ipod is the same price as the 30gig ipod?
I'm told it's because the nano is so wonderfully small, which really means it's easier to lose. Anyway, the biggest one now is 80gig. That's amazingly large.
While I'm here, I'll mention that Norm MacDonald is a jackass. I already knew he was a gay-bashing, fat-phobic, rascist assmunch; but his comments about Steve Irwin on Daily Show were beyond the pale.
OTOH, Ken Jennings on Colbert was not nearly as funny as I was expecting. I'd show you, but embedding it is forbidden for some silly reason, prolly so you'll cough up $2 to see it at iTunes. If you don't want to, you can watch it here. And then be sure to send Stephen $2; he'll need it to fund his trip to Hungary.
That's actually molten lava on my breath, but whatever...
Glad to say I've found a way through my writers block in re: Hazel's story. I haven't been doing a ton of actual writing this week, but I've been way far productive in terms of figuring things out. That can be just as important, I find.
EDIT 2: I didn't get anything done except a lot of playing with iTunes 7. Fie!
EDIT: I can't beleive some of the album art that is missing. There's no Beatles--wait, that's some kind of apple thing, isn't it? Well, it's still a pain in the ass. Plus I can't figure out how to drag & drop a pic to cover many songs. It seems to want me to drag & drop them one at a time. It's making me batty. And of course, I don't really have enough memory to flip through the album covers. I guess it's about time I go up to 512. Whoooo! /EDIT
Apple is teh awesome, to be sure. I wonder though, why the new 8gig nano ipod is the same price as the 30gig ipod?
I'm told it's because the nano is so wonderfully small, which really means it's easier to lose. Anyway, the biggest one now is 80gig. That's amazingly large.
While I'm here, I'll mention that Norm MacDonald is a jackass. I already knew he was a gay-bashing, fat-phobic, rascist assmunch; but his comments about Steve Irwin on Daily Show were beyond the pale.
OTOH, Ken Jennings on Colbert was not nearly as funny as I was expecting. I'd show you, but embedding it is forbidden for some silly reason, prolly so you'll cough up $2 to see it at iTunes. If you don't want to, you can watch it here. And then be sure to send Stephen $2; he'll need it to fund his trip to Hungary.
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That's actually molten lava on my breath, but whatever...
Glad to say I've found a way through my writers block in re: Hazel's story. I haven't been doing a ton of actual writing this week, but I've been way far productive in terms of figuring things out. That can be just as important, I find.
EDIT 2: I didn't get anything done except a lot of playing with iTunes 7. Fie!
But how did the Orcs get into the cave?
Aug. 8th, 2006 07:51 pm( First things first, the answers to the movie meme )
H and I just got home from The Descent. It was pretty scary and good. Not much in the way of plot; but that's okay because you don't really need anything scarier than the whole we're totally lost down here and OH MY GOD WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!?!? to inspire some fear. The women had just enough personality that you could tell them apart, and pretty much tell how each one was going to fuck up and end up dead. I do like though, that with a Lion's Gate film you aren't even sure whether the main protagonist (or anyone, for that matter) will live. Lion's Gate films change it up often enough that it could go either way, which is cool.
I found this movie to be atmospheric and very tense. A bit too much of that loud, abrupt scare that turns out to be nothing IMHO. But plenty of genuine scares and some real gross-out moments. Some of the chicks you actually like, while others just make you wonder if people really say "shite" that often. The violence was quite brutal in parts, though I daresay it was a tad repetitive overall. A lot of biting and bashing, screaming and falling. And the creatures had a very familiar quality about them. That might be beacause they were actually humans who evolved to live underground, or they could be the product of a torrid liason between Lord Voldemort and Smeigol. And that chick, the main one, looked incredibly like a cross between Sissy Spacek and the chick from the original TCM.
Last night around 4am, I went on line for the express purpose of finding two screensavers: flying toasters and an aquarium. The flying toasters were easy enough. There's plenty of apple freeware screensavers out there, so why would I ever pay for one? But I looked, and looked, and looked for an aquarium screensaver for the mac. I could only find one. It was the most incredible, whip-ass, amazing, clever, cool screensaver I have ever heard of. Your screen actually fills up with water, and fish of your choosing swim around in it. There are all kinds of options for lighting and refraction and whether or not the fish can leave the screen. It's a really stupid thing to spend money on, but it's sooo cool that I'm mulling it over. Maybe I can get H to pay for half. He just got this rolling hilltop screensaver that he's totally into. Seriously though, you should look at it, because it's remarkably cool. Stupid Sexy Shareware.
I think many of us can agree that horror is serving up the love. They've finally realized that horror fans will spend their money if they give us some quality shit. With that in mind, I am stoked as hell for the proposed sequel to 28 Days Later. Since it's already on IMDB, that means that punks have already begun complaining about it. I really can't figure out; no matter how good a movie is people go on IMDB to bitch about it. A lot of it is "why does this movie even have to be made?" Who the hell has that kind of time, to go on IMDB and tell them what movies they shouldn't bother making??? It's truly baffling. They already hate the TCM remake prequel, and as disjointed as that may be, it looks creepy as shit. R Lee Ermy, you know.
And the whole "why ruin a classic" argument for almost all remakes and sequels is just asinine. How does a sequel or remake "ruin" the original. Yeah...Planet of the Apes totally sucks now because of the remake. By that logic, it would have already sucked because of the 4 sequels and TV show. Such is life, kids. The good stuff endures while the crap slowly settles to the bottom of the earth--and then the chicks from The Descent splash around in it while evading orcs.
H and I just got home from The Descent. It was pretty scary and good. Not much in the way of plot; but that's okay because you don't really need anything scarier than the whole we're totally lost down here and OH MY GOD WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!?!? to inspire some fear. The women had just enough personality that you could tell them apart, and pretty much tell how each one was going to fuck up and end up dead. I do like though, that with a Lion's Gate film you aren't even sure whether the main protagonist (or anyone, for that matter) will live. Lion's Gate films change it up often enough that it could go either way, which is cool.
I found this movie to be atmospheric and very tense. A bit too much of that loud, abrupt scare that turns out to be nothing IMHO. But plenty of genuine scares and some real gross-out moments. Some of the chicks you actually like, while others just make you wonder if people really say "shite" that often. The violence was quite brutal in parts, though I daresay it was a tad repetitive overall. A lot of biting and bashing, screaming and falling. And the creatures had a very familiar quality about them. That might be beacause they were actually humans who evolved to live underground, or they could be the product of a torrid liason between Lord Voldemort and Smeigol. And that chick, the main one, looked incredibly like a cross between Sissy Spacek and the chick from the original TCM.
Last night around 4am, I went on line for the express purpose of finding two screensavers: flying toasters and an aquarium. The flying toasters were easy enough. There's plenty of apple freeware screensavers out there, so why would I ever pay for one? But I looked, and looked, and looked for an aquarium screensaver for the mac. I could only find one. It was the most incredible, whip-ass, amazing, clever, cool screensaver I have ever heard of. Your screen actually fills up with water, and fish of your choosing swim around in it. There are all kinds of options for lighting and refraction and whether or not the fish can leave the screen. It's a really stupid thing to spend money on, but it's sooo cool that I'm mulling it over. Maybe I can get H to pay for half. He just got this rolling hilltop screensaver that he's totally into. Seriously though, you should look at it, because it's remarkably cool. Stupid Sexy Shareware.
I think many of us can agree that horror is serving up the love. They've finally realized that horror fans will spend their money if they give us some quality shit. With that in mind, I am stoked as hell for the proposed sequel to 28 Days Later. Since it's already on IMDB, that means that punks have already begun complaining about it. I really can't figure out; no matter how good a movie is people go on IMDB to bitch about it. A lot of it is "why does this movie even have to be made?" Who the hell has that kind of time, to go on IMDB and tell them what movies they shouldn't bother making??? It's truly baffling. They already hate the TCM remake prequel, and as disjointed as that may be, it looks creepy as shit. R Lee Ermy, you know.
And the whole "why ruin a classic" argument for almost all remakes and sequels is just asinine. How does a sequel or remake "ruin" the original. Yeah...Planet of the Apes totally sucks now because of the remake. By that logic, it would have already sucked because of the 4 sequels and TV show. Such is life, kids. The good stuff endures while the crap slowly settles to the bottom of the earth--and then the chicks from The Descent splash around in it while evading orcs.
Luckily, my neighbors can go to hell.
Jul. 18th, 2006 06:52 amRemember before I was talking about sleeping pills? I tried the Rozerem last week, and it worked really well. In fact, I took them 3 times that week and am slowly getting my sleep schedule to something sort of normal. But I had another sleeping pill I could try if I wanted to. Since I was having serious sleep trouble Saturday night (mainly because my Saturday sucked so bad) I gave them a whirl. So...14 hours later when I actually woke up again, I determined that Seroquel is not the proper pill for me.
When I got up this morning, I noticed an erie blue light eminating from my Global Command Centre (which if you don't know, is my table/desk/console for ruling the world that I do my writing, snacking, editing, nail painting, and breaking up and rolling of ahem...etc on). Turns out, H bought me this thing which is called Rocket FM. I wasn't exactly sure what I would do with it, since I don't have a stereo anymore. But when I actually turned the light on, I saw that H had moved his stereo into the living room and set it all up for me. Isn't that boss? So not only do I have a kickin' sound system in my living room, but I can take my old speakers off my Global Command Centre and put them in the bedroom so I have something to listen to besides my rainforest sound machine.
Anyway, once H goes back to work tomorrow night, I'm gonna seriously see what kind of volume I can get outta this thing. He's always on me to be considerate of the neighbors. But what's the point? I'm just gonna off them when the zombies come anyway since my apartment is not zombie safe. Anyway, it's a bad ass setup even though it's kinda funny to have computer noises coming out of speakers.
We started watching Nightwatch last night, but had to stop it because I was so damn tired. Too bad too, because it's damn cool so far. A fair amount of violence but not gratuitous, cool camera and editing work, and what appears to be a solid story thusfar. I was glad to finally learn what all the hubub was about with this movie. For the longest time I was perplexed to think everyone was suddenly talking about this silly thing.
Lastly, I don't want to openly post about people leaving their house unguarded (I guess you're really not, but still) but I do want to wish safe travels and a speedy return to the two of you who are taking off to a bad-ass comic con this weekend. I bet it's gonna be awesome, although it might pale in comparison to MY plan for the weekend--which will include seeing my goddaughter, changing the catboxes, and finishing this book I'm reading.
When I got up this morning, I noticed an erie blue light eminating from my Global Command Centre (which if you don't know, is my table/desk/console for ruling the world that I do my writing, snacking, editing, nail painting, and breaking up and rolling of ahem...etc on). Turns out, H bought me this thing which is called Rocket FM. I wasn't exactly sure what I would do with it, since I don't have a stereo anymore. But when I actually turned the light on, I saw that H had moved his stereo into the living room and set it all up for me. Isn't that boss? So not only do I have a kickin' sound system in my living room, but I can take my old speakers off my Global Command Centre and put them in the bedroom so I have something to listen to besides my rainforest sound machine.
Anyway, once H goes back to work tomorrow night, I'm gonna seriously see what kind of volume I can get outta this thing. He's always on me to be considerate of the neighbors. But what's the point? I'm just gonna off them when the zombies come anyway since my apartment is not zombie safe. Anyway, it's a bad ass setup even though it's kinda funny to have computer noises coming out of speakers.
We started watching Nightwatch last night, but had to stop it because I was so damn tired. Too bad too, because it's damn cool so far. A fair amount of violence but not gratuitous, cool camera and editing work, and what appears to be a solid story thusfar. I was glad to finally learn what all the hubub was about with this movie. For the longest time I was perplexed to think everyone was suddenly talking about this silly thing.
Lastly, I don't want to openly post about people leaving their house unguarded (I guess you're really not, but still) but I do want to wish safe travels and a speedy return to the two of you who are taking off to a bad-ass comic con this weekend. I bet it's gonna be awesome, although it might pale in comparison to MY plan for the weekend--which will include seeing my goddaughter, changing the catboxes, and finishing this book I'm reading.
I have not been able to get into my Yahoo mail for over 2 hours now. Which sucks, because I have a few pressing Emails to send and was about to apply for another good job prospect. Fie!
I can only presume that the government is cataloging and studying all my various Emails, since Yahoo tends to give it up just for the asking. But I wonder--is it really neccesary for them to inconvenience me AND deny my right to privacy at the same time? And why would anyone be interested in MY Emails?
...unless they want my secrets to surviving the zombie holocaust.
Thank goodness I've cleverly hidden them in the dark recesses of a "friends only" post. ;-}
Seriously though, WTF Yahoo!?!?
I can only presume that the government is cataloging and studying all my various Emails, since Yahoo tends to give it up just for the asking. But I wonder--is it really neccesary for them to inconvenience me AND deny my right to privacy at the same time? And why would anyone be interested in MY Emails?
...unless they want my secrets to surviving the zombie holocaust.
Thank goodness I've cleverly hidden them in the dark recesses of a "friends only" post. ;-}
Seriously though, WTF Yahoo!?!?
Teh Funny:
Jun. 28th, 2006 10:48 pmMany thanks to 
liadra for hipping me to This Hilarious Video Clip which is sure to be enjoyable to anyone who likes cats, apple computers, laptops or stuff that is funny.
In other news, Group was surprisingly tame and enjoyable tonight. Back to the doc tomorrow, and then some EMDR, which will surely be exhausting.
I'm in the mood to write a short horror story. I think I will do that this week.
Turns out, I'm not going to do the JulNoWriMo next month after all. I was thinking that it was WIP friendly, like the WriYear, but it's really not. It's more like regular NaNo in that they want you to start fresh. Since I'm still writing Hazel and editing Franklin, I can't really do anything like that yet. I'll have to wait for November for the meanningless word count obsession to begin.
Once in awhile I plug other people's journals because I find them insightful, informative, or enjoyable. I've encountered one of these woefully underapprecated journals under the name of
alex_a_polukhin. He posts lots of wonderful photos (pretty much all as clickable thumbnails) of his own, or those that he enjoys. Most are taken in Russia, (if we're still calling it that, I'm embrassed to say I don't know) and many are damn impressive. So do avail yourself of his fine photography journal.
( Oh yeah, I forgot to mention my favorite thing about Superman Returns. )
...and I only knew that because of The Simpsons.
liadra for hipping me to This Hilarious Video Clip which is sure to be enjoyable to anyone who likes cats, apple computers, laptops or stuff that is funny.In other news, Group was surprisingly tame and enjoyable tonight. Back to the doc tomorrow, and then some EMDR, which will surely be exhausting.
I'm in the mood to write a short horror story. I think I will do that this week.
Turns out, I'm not going to do the JulNoWriMo next month after all. I was thinking that it was WIP friendly, like the WriYear, but it's really not. It's more like regular NaNo in that they want you to start fresh. Since I'm still writing Hazel and editing Franklin, I can't really do anything like that yet. I'll have to wait for November for the meanningless word count obsession to begin.
Once in awhile I plug other people's journals because I find them insightful, informative, or enjoyable. I've encountered one of these woefully underapprecated journals under the name of
alex_a_polukhin. He posts lots of wonderful photos (pretty much all as clickable thumbnails) of his own, or those that he enjoys. Most are taken in Russia, (if we're still calling it that, I'm embrassed to say I don't know) and many are damn impressive. So do avail yourself of his fine photography journal.( Oh yeah, I forgot to mention my favorite thing about Superman Returns. )
...and I only knew that because of The Simpsons.
What the--?
May. 16th, 2006 02:06 amI woke up from my usual post-grocery shopping nap and tried to go online to apply for some jobs. It's monday and all, which is new job-for-applying day (come to think of it, that needs a catchier title).
Anyway, I was totally thwarted (stymied, if you will) by my internet not working. After twenty minutes of powering up and powering down, and another hour on the phone with Comcast, we have guessed that the router is not working.
So I, my freinds, and bummed.
I hate having to share a computer with H almost as much as he hates sharing with me.
Plus my cats hate it when I'm shut away in the office.
In better news, I think this is the most hilarious icon I have ever made.
It's totally cracking me up.
Anyway, I was totally thwarted (stymied, if you will) by my internet not working. After twenty minutes of powering up and powering down, and another hour on the phone with Comcast, we have guessed that the router is not working.
So I, my freinds, and bummed.
I hate having to share a computer with H almost as much as he hates sharing with me.
Plus my cats hate it when I'm shut away in the office.
In better news, I think this is the most hilarious icon I have ever made.
It's totally cracking me up.
Dammit, not the cell phone calls too...
Apr. 28th, 2006 12:10 amI've been laying pretty low for awhile now, not just online but in real life too. A few days ago I was about to sit down and work on Chapter three of my new story about Hazel. H said to me "hey, I downloaded this thing and I want you to watch it and tell me what you think." I figure it's a trailer or something, and I go watch it. It turns out it's this 9/11 documentary called Loose Change which you should feel free to download from here. In fact, you should feel free to pass this on to everyone you know, or have met, or have heard of. Everyone in the US of A needs to take a look at this.
I had seen the pics of the pentagon a while ago during the whole "where's the plane" period when people started asking questions and then stopped. But most of this info was totally new to me. I'm cursing myself for not taping the 9/11 coverage that morning, I was home. But at the time, who would've ever thought they were lying? Is this documentary false? Is it? Please, convince me that it is!!
Myself, I have never been shy about my criticism of the government. I wouldn't even go so far as to say I hate Bush, because that guy is far too stupid to orchestrate a company luncheon, let alone some sort of covert ops on the scale they are talking about here. But he is a bad man, and his family is full of bad men. Of course in my own 9/11 conspiracy theory, the falling of the towers was accidental and unplanned. No so, according to this film. By all means, if somebody can prove this thing wrong, please do it. After seeing it (I had to stop it twice to take a break and cry) I was so angry I was shaking. Why isn't anyone asking these questions? Why isn't anyone doing anything? If this is true, and they are getting away with it--I just...I have no words. If this is true, I would give my own life to expose it. That's how angry I am. Except how does one go about that? I wouldn't have the slightest idea. Frankly, I'm getting really tired of feeling so helpless over what goes on in my own country. The only thing that separates us from some sort of revolting proletariat is the fact that we're all too busy with our video games and tivos and ipods to really investigate what's going on. I've heard people I consider friends say "I don't want to know." Can you imagine not wanting to know? I can't. But again, I'm at a total loss for what we can do about it.
In other news, I skipped group and cut my hair today. Those two things are not really connected, they just happened today. I was so sick of my hair I could barely stand it. It's not so great right now, but it's okay, and it's nice and short, and mostly even. I'm gonna get a good bite into Chapter three of my new novel tonight and probably read some more of Cell. Anyone else notice how often Steve-O mentioned people crapping their pants when they die? a LOT. Last but not least, I got some widgets for my computer. I didn't know I could get widgets since I have OSX 10.3 and not 10.4. But yahoo has a widget thing you can get. So now I have a little zombie that walks around my screen, and one that says it's 400 some days till the new Harry Potter movie. So I guess I'm as guilty of anyone of letting trivial shit lure me away from real issues. He's an awfully cute zombie though, and he comes in color and B&W.
I had seen the pics of the pentagon a while ago during the whole "where's the plane" period when people started asking questions and then stopped. But most of this info was totally new to me. I'm cursing myself for not taping the 9/11 coverage that morning, I was home. But at the time, who would've ever thought they were lying? Is this documentary false? Is it? Please, convince me that it is!!
Myself, I have never been shy about my criticism of the government. I wouldn't even go so far as to say I hate Bush, because that guy is far too stupid to orchestrate a company luncheon, let alone some sort of covert ops on the scale they are talking about here. But he is a bad man, and his family is full of bad men. Of course in my own 9/11 conspiracy theory, the falling of the towers was accidental and unplanned. No so, according to this film. By all means, if somebody can prove this thing wrong, please do it. After seeing it (I had to stop it twice to take a break and cry) I was so angry I was shaking. Why isn't anyone asking these questions? Why isn't anyone doing anything? If this is true, and they are getting away with it--I just...I have no words. If this is true, I would give my own life to expose it. That's how angry I am. Except how does one go about that? I wouldn't have the slightest idea. Frankly, I'm getting really tired of feeling so helpless over what goes on in my own country. The only thing that separates us from some sort of revolting proletariat is the fact that we're all too busy with our video games and tivos and ipods to really investigate what's going on. I've heard people I consider friends say "I don't want to know." Can you imagine not wanting to know? I can't. But again, I'm at a total loss for what we can do about it.
In other news, I skipped group and cut my hair today. Those two things are not really connected, they just happened today. I was so sick of my hair I could barely stand it. It's not so great right now, but it's okay, and it's nice and short, and mostly even. I'm gonna get a good bite into Chapter three of my new novel tonight and probably read some more of Cell. Anyone else notice how often Steve-O mentioned people crapping their pants when they die? a LOT. Last but not least, I got some widgets for my computer. I didn't know I could get widgets since I have OSX 10.3 and not 10.4. But yahoo has a widget thing you can get. So now I have a little zombie that walks around my screen, and one that says it's 400 some days till the new Harry Potter movie. So I guess I'm as guilty of anyone of letting trivial shit lure me away from real issues. He's an awfully cute zombie though, and he comes in color and B&W.
A black day for zombies everywhere...
Mar. 19th, 2006 11:01 pmI will not see this because I am sure it will suck. And I don't know why Sid Haig is doing it, because he does not suck. It perplexes and vexes me.
Also, since when do I need to buy Quicktime Pro just to download a stupid trailer?
Fie, I say. And fie again.
While I'm here, I'll mention that my DVD recorder no longer records or plays DVD's.
I hope you have a sense of what that means to my household--and in the middle of Sopranos. Frown.
Sopranos was pretty good. It looks like a certain person is gonna be laid up for awhile. Let the internal conflict begin!!!
And finally, paid members should check their userpics and see how many new ones they got. LJ is handing them out retroactively. I'm up to 118 myself, and don't even have that many lying around. I need to do another "I heart horror" with the bloody heart, and I need a B-Star icon of The Cheif. Someone should really slide me one of those, I'm sure there's a bunch around.
Also, since when do I need to buy Quicktime Pro just to download a stupid trailer?
Fie, I say. And fie again.
While I'm here, I'll mention that my DVD recorder no longer records or plays DVD's.
I hope you have a sense of what that means to my household--and in the middle of Sopranos. Frown.
Sopranos was pretty good. It looks like a certain person is gonna be laid up for awhile. Let the internal conflict begin!!!
And finally, paid members should check their userpics and see how many new ones they got. LJ is handing them out retroactively. I'm up to 118 myself, and don't even have that many lying around. I need to do another "I heart horror" with the bloody heart, and I need a B-Star icon of The Cheif. Someone should really slide me one of those, I'm sure there's a bunch around.
The Shizznit? Why, that would be us.
Feb. 7th, 2006 07:47 amFor those of you who don't know, my computer died recently. So Ryan took it apart for me and saved the hard drive, which was pretty cool. So I was left with a 3gig HD and a totally disassembled computer.
So H and I made a day of it. Actually, we worked on it for almost 2 hours.
Here's what it looked like first:
( The adventure begins )
In other news, our garbage disposal is broken. We're getting another one tomorrow. The recent Battlestar Gallactica was awesome. I have never liked Kat, and I think she should shut her fraggin' mouth. I made lasagne today. It was okay but not great. the perfect bolognese continues to elude me.
Went to the doc today. I didn't gain any weight over the holidays, my blood-pressure is good and I'm due for labs to check my cholesterol and such, but that is always fine. Olive oil and garlic, you know.
So H and I made a day of it. Actually, we worked on it for almost 2 hours.
Here's what it looked like first:
( The adventure begins )
In other news, our garbage disposal is broken. We're getting another one tomorrow. The recent Battlestar Gallactica was awesome. I have never liked Kat, and I think she should shut her fraggin' mouth. I made lasagne today. It was okay but not great. the perfect bolognese continues to elude me.
Went to the doc today. I didn't gain any weight over the holidays, my blood-pressure is good and I'm due for labs to check my cholesterol and such, but that is always fine. Olive oil and garlic, you know.
Do I spray them with the hose, or what?
Feb. 4th, 2006 06:58 amUm...I've never had a boy cat before. JoJo is neutered, of course, it was a condition of his being able to live here. And Pentelope is fixed, so this is not a huge deal. But I guess it never actually occurred to me that he might try to...ah...know her in the biblical sense. Is this normal? Is it okay? I mean, far be it from me to deny them their um...diddly. But Pentelope doesn't go into heat that I've noticed and I'm just wondering what the etiquette is for this sort of thing. Cat owners, speak to me.
In other news, I saw the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile last week when I was out. That thing is awesome. I mean, it's a car, and you can drive it, and it looks like a giant hot dog. Plus, they make hot dogs inside of it. It's like some kind of obscure oxymoron for stoners. *cue Oscar Meyer Bologna song*
I'm back to writing my story and it's coming right along. I hope to have this draft done within the next 10 days. I have to start the EdMo on March first and have to give myself some cushion time since I can't just use the computer whenever I want anymore. Fie, BTW.
Speaking of ol' Compuglobalhypermeganet, H and I are going to try to reassemble it this week. We're putting the old 3gig modem back inside it and trying to put it back together from scratch. I say "from scratch" becuase the whole thing had to be taken apart to get the HD out. We have 15 pages of back wards instructions to work with (they are how to take it apart, not how to assemble). So that will be fun. Oh, and I'd been saying that this computer came out in 1998, but in fact, it came out in 1995. So I daresay it's had a good run.
OOOh, plus the Sideshow Bob ep from this season is replaying tonight. I'm totally gonna record it!!
Is the usual gang coming over or do you all have "football influenza" or whatever they call that?
In other news, I saw the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile last week when I was out. That thing is awesome. I mean, it's a car, and you can drive it, and it looks like a giant hot dog. Plus, they make hot dogs inside of it. It's like some kind of obscure oxymoron for stoners. *cue Oscar Meyer Bologna song*
I'm back to writing my story and it's coming right along. I hope to have this draft done within the next 10 days. I have to start the EdMo on March first and have to give myself some cushion time since I can't just use the computer whenever I want anymore. Fie, BTW.
Speaking of ol' Compuglobalhypermeganet, H and I are going to try to reassemble it this week. We're putting the old 3gig modem back inside it and trying to put it back together from scratch. I say "from scratch" becuase the whole thing had to be taken apart to get the HD out. We have 15 pages of back wards instructions to work with (they are how to take it apart, not how to assemble). So that will be fun. Oh, and I'd been saying that this computer came out in 1998, but in fact, it came out in 1995. So I daresay it's had a good run.
OOOh, plus the Sideshow Bob ep from this season is replaying tonight. I'm totally gonna record it!!
Is the usual gang coming over or do you all have "football influenza" or whatever they call that?
*playing taps*
Feb. 1st, 2006 10:20 pm |
| RIP Compuglobalhypermeganet Here lies the departed soul of my beloved computer that looks like a toilet seat. Compuglobalhypermeganet: we hardly knew ye. |
That said, it seems like the whole world is going to hell in a hand basket. Ann Arbor schools locked down due to dangerous gun-toting types; post office shootings, so much craziness. This morning I learned that yet another person I used to know killed himself. This one took a flying leap off the top of that big parking structure downtown. Only 27, the dumbass.
You know how sometimes everything is shitty and you say something like "I can't handle this?" And what you really mean is I dont' want to deal with this or this sucks or I don't fucking deserve this. And all of that may be true. But in the end, it turns out that you really CAN handle whatever "it" was; and you can also handle things ten times worse than "it" if you have to. Life is hard sometimes. Everbody's life is hard sometimes. If you're not in constant pain, you dont get to kill yourself. And if you do, you get none of my sympathy any freaking more. And if you're such a fucktard that you actually take someone else with you...just be glad I don't pay a psychic to channel your ass so's I can kick it.
Here's the thing: If you think life has no meanning, you're doing it wrong.
Next time you think that, ask yourself when's the last time you volunteered to help someone else? When's the last time you walked over a mile somewhere on purpose? When's the last time you laughed at a funny movie or baked cookies for a neighbor you barely know? When's the last time you took any positive step to make your life better? Because that, boys and girls, is how a life becomes meanningful. Yeah, some people routinely fall ass-backwards into happiness and just seem to have a cloud of joy surrounding them at all times no matter what, and the rest of us have to work at it. So get off your asses and find your own happiness people; and if you can't figure out why life is great on your own, drop me a note and I'll tell you. Because if I have to hear about another suicide this week, I won't be able to handle it. (Get it? It's irony)
Oh, and if you feel like buying me a laptop, please Email me privately via LJ. ;-}
My computer is still locked in limbo for a few more days. Which I guess if the Catholic church has anything to say about it, means that my computer will be swept under the rug and forgotten about. Thankfully, the Holy See does not butt into my life as much as they did when I was in Catholic school. And thankfully, I don't have to wear that blue plaid skirt anymore. Ultimately, I expect my beloved Compuglobalhypermeganet will be back in my loving arms by the end of the week.
Wanna know a dumb thing I did? I didn't bother checking out any ride share programs this week because I couldn't imagine that Comcast was going to call me back. I got a message from them today and have to call them back tomorrow to see what's up. It doesn't seem like they'd bother calling me just to say no; so if I can get all this figured out, I could be back to work really soon.
Of course I'm slightly behind on my writing because H doesn't have MSWord. I have another new amazing story idea that I can't wait to bust out with. H really, really hates microsoft. When I open up a word document it converts into Appleworks. Will my computer convert it back? I know not of these things. His firewire is also down so I can't spend days in here playing tunes and watching videos. Sad. I am way ahead on my reading though. So that is groovy.
The most weirdest thing happened today. I got a phone message (on my cell) and an Email from someone who says they "saw my posting" and want to meet me. I'm cute and likeable, so that's not the wierd part. I have not made any online postings since beofre I met H, six years ago. And I certainly have not updated any posting since getting my cell phone less than 3 years ago. So that is kinda creepy. And if one of YOU made a online posting for me as a joke, let me assure you it isn't funny and that I and my minions will surely kick your ass if we catch you.
This movie meme looked like enormous fun. And guess what? It was.
Create your own Movie List @ HotFreeLayouts!
Whoops! I just noticed that I put the wrong PSYCHO on there. I also have never actually seen Raging Sharks. I just really, really want to for the gruesome and horrible attack scenes.
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Wanna know a dumb thing I did? I didn't bother checking out any ride share programs this week because I couldn't imagine that Comcast was going to call me back. I got a message from them today and have to call them back tomorrow to see what's up. It doesn't seem like they'd bother calling me just to say no; so if I can get all this figured out, I could be back to work really soon.
Of course I'm slightly behind on my writing because H doesn't have MSWord. I have another new amazing story idea that I can't wait to bust out with. H really, really hates microsoft. When I open up a word document it converts into Appleworks. Will my computer convert it back? I know not of these things. His firewire is also down so I can't spend days in here playing tunes and watching videos. Sad. I am way ahead on my reading though. So that is groovy.
The most weirdest thing happened today. I got a phone message (on my cell) and an Email from someone who says they "saw my posting" and want to meet me. I'm cute and likeable, so that's not the wierd part. I have not made any online postings since beofre I met H, six years ago. And I certainly have not updated any posting since getting my cell phone less than 3 years ago. So that is kinda creepy. And if one of YOU made a online posting for me as a joke, let me assure you it isn't funny and that I and my minions will surely kick your ass if we catch you.
This movie meme looked like enormous fun. And guess what? It was.
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Whoops! I just noticed that I put the wrong PSYCHO on there. I also have never actually seen Raging Sharks. I just really, really want to for the gruesome and horrible attack scenes.
Oh Good!! The curtains are on fire...
Jan. 24th, 2006 08:31 amIn my insane and unreelenting desire to have a nice computer, Ryan and I attempted to install Mac OSX Panther since I am one of the last five mac users on earth still using Jaguar. To make a long story short, I'm typing this on H's computer because he is sleeping and my computer will no longer start up.
I'm fairly sure this is my fault, because I accidentally told it to "look for network" or something like that. So this makes me reasonably confident that Ryan will be able to fix it, or ask someone how to fix it. That little waiting icon just keeps spinning and spinning while I envision everything I've written in the last 2 months being lost forever. Fie!!!
Anyway, I might not be around for a few days. Or at least I'll be around much less often than usual.
Unless of course somebody wants to donate $1500 to my new laptop fund.
I wonder if my renters insurance could cover it??? *ponders*
Of course this would happen during a week whenthe_omega_man is actually posting again.
He is one of...well, the only person I've actually kept on my flist even though his journal was deleted.
I already miss:
itunes
solitaire
my manuscripts
my safari bookmarks
nano forums
and I'm sure I'll miss Email once I'm away from a computer for a day.
But on the lighter side, H's computer is fast and has a ginormous screen.
Compare my computer stats to H's, you'll laugh
Me: processor: 130m memory: 128mb hard drive: updated to 20gig OSX 10.2.8
H: processor: 1ghz memory: 640 mb hard drive: I think it's 60 but might be 80 OSX 10.4.3
And of course H has USB2 and firewire while I have a USB1 and a pretty much broken Cd drive.
So yeah...I'll see ya's when I see ya's.
I'm fairly sure this is my fault, because I accidentally told it to "look for network" or something like that. So this makes me reasonably confident that Ryan will be able to fix it, or ask someone how to fix it. That little waiting icon just keeps spinning and spinning while I envision everything I've written in the last 2 months being lost forever. Fie!!!
Anyway, I might not be around for a few days. Or at least I'll be around much less often than usual.
Unless of course somebody wants to donate $1500 to my new laptop fund.
I wonder if my renters insurance could cover it??? *ponders*
Of course this would happen during a week when
the_omega_man is actually posting again.He is one of...well, the only person I've actually kept on my flist even though his journal was deleted.
I already miss:
itunes
solitaire
my manuscripts
my safari bookmarks
nano forums
and I'm sure I'll miss Email once I'm away from a computer for a day.
But on the lighter side, H's computer is fast and has a ginormous screen.
Compare my computer stats to H's, you'll laugh
Me: processor: 130m memory: 128mb hard drive: updated to 20gig OSX 10.2.8
H: processor: 1ghz memory: 640 mb hard drive: I think it's 60 but might be 80 OSX 10.4.3
And of course H has USB2 and firewire while I have a USB1 and a pretty much broken Cd drive.
So yeah...I'll see ya's when I see ya's.
In a few minutes I'm going to get dressed all spiffy to go my interview at Comcast. I'm sure it will be positively comcastic. Or not. The job pays well and all, but it's hella expensive to get to, if the actual job is at the place where the interview is. I don't know what this town is thinking, not putting busses near all the jobs. So I have no clue if I'll even be able to take the job on the off chance that they offer it to me. But my job developer is driving me there and I have to go. I am told that they drug test at Comcast as well. This is bad for me, of course. Even if I didn't smoke for 6 months, I would still turn up positive because I am losing wieght, THC in the fat cells and all that there.
My computer didn't have any cool games on it until yesterday. I found a no-frills free solitaire I like. Plus I got this game that like Simon. In fact, it is Simon and you play it right on the computer. When I got my very first (and only other computer before this one) computer, it had this game on it called "Letter Invaders". Mind you, it was an Apple IIc, pronounced: (AP-pul-too-SEE). It's where letters fall from the top and you press them to make them go away. It was supposed to teach people how to type better and use home row keys which I don't think they even teach anymore. Anyway, the new version of Letter Invaders was really really hard. I'll let you know if I get better at it after I practice more.
Here's a think I learned at Snopes that says how you can disable your cell phone afteer someone has stolen it. But you have to do this beforehand. That Snopes!!
My computer didn't have any cool games on it until yesterday. I found a no-frills free solitaire I like. Plus I got this game that like Simon. In fact, it is Simon and you play it right on the computer. When I got my very first (and only other computer before this one) computer, it had this game on it called "Letter Invaders". Mind you, it was an Apple IIc, pronounced: (AP-pul-too-SEE). It's where letters fall from the top and you press them to make them go away. It was supposed to teach people how to type better and use home row keys which I don't think they even teach anymore. Anyway, the new version of Letter Invaders was really really hard. I'll let you know if I get better at it after I practice more.
Here's a think I learned at Snopes that says how you can disable your cell phone afteer someone has stolen it. But you have to do this beforehand. That Snopes!!
Cat Saga Continues
Jul. 24th, 2003 02:56 pmClarence is coming home in about an hour. Aparently, she is fine and came out of the surgery okay. Pentelope however, has been hiding under the couch since we tried unsuccessfully to put her in the carrier this morning. She clearly does not know what is going on, but may relax a bit once Clarence comes home safely. Pentelope is going tomorrow morning.
We finally got the definate word on the apartment. All is well, and we move in on Monday, as planned. They are giving us new carpet and flooring in the hallway, and it is already repainted. So we will be in good shape.
Our firewire is fixed, so I can once again watch that SNL sketch where Will Ferrell plays the cowbell in Dont' Fear the Reaper. God damn! That thing is funny...
We finally got the definate word on the apartment. All is well, and we move in on Monday, as planned. They are giving us new carpet and flooring in the hallway, and it is already repainted. So we will be in good shape.
Our firewire is fixed, so I can once again watch that SNL sketch where Will Ferrell plays the cowbell in Dont' Fear the Reaper. God damn! That thing is funny...
HTML: it's unpronouncible!
Mar. 29th, 2003 01:42 pmLast year for Xmas, I got H this books called "HTML for Dummies", it comes with a CD of all kinds of good HTML codes or whatever. He is always saying he can't get a better job, for lack of marketable skills. So I thought building a web page would be a good skill. Plus you know, he's all computery.
Fast forward to now, I am wanting to make a fabulous, stalker-type, ironic website for my hot, hot boss. But since I don't know HTML, I had to ask H. Well, he never touched the book, didn't like it. And he doesn't know where the CD is, says it never had one (duh, I checked it).
Long story short, I'm learning HTML (on my break from learning ASL)in an effort to make my new site the stalkiest, funniest, most boss-lovingest website ever.
So take THAT, Guernica!
Ewww...I just found out that we are having a singles event @ Madstone tomorrow night. So whatever you do...do NOT come to the singles event at Madstone Sunday night. Although, why would you? You should all be home watching Sunday Night FOX...I know I will be!
Fast forward to now, I am wanting to make a fabulous, stalker-type, ironic website for my hot, hot boss. But since I don't know HTML, I had to ask H. Well, he never touched the book, didn't like it. And he doesn't know where the CD is, says it never had one (duh, I checked it).
Long story short, I'm learning HTML (on my break from learning ASL)in an effort to make my new site the stalkiest, funniest, most boss-lovingest website ever.
So take THAT, Guernica!
Ewww...I just found out that we are having a singles event @ Madstone tomorrow night. So whatever you do...do NOT come to the singles event at Madstone Sunday night. Although, why would you? You should all be home watching Sunday Night FOX...I know I will be!
