...'Cause you know that I can.

To a certain someone:

I am so sorry. Somehow I got it into my head that your birthday was on the 6th...

::smacks forehead::

Happy Belated Birthday. Any suggestions as to how to redeem myself?

While it appears that LJ's straightened itself out (for now), I've gotten kinda attached to The Little Blog Site That Could, so I'm staying put. Barring any unforseen expenses, I intend to go paid by week's end.

In other news, at the moment my musical tastes appear to be stuck in the Ninetys. Last night I found myself on Urge buying a bunch of 90's R&B and Pop titles, including an entire Janet Jackson CD. Weird part is, I could take or leave the thing when it first came out. Gfigure.

Sleepy. Will write something of actual consequence tomorrow...I hope.

I've registered new journals at GreatestJournal and LostJournal as a precaution. I'm waiting for some sort of statement from LJ before taking any further action.

I'm leaning towards LostJournal because 1) It offers more features, even to free journals, and 2) If I can go there, I can still read and post to people who haven't left LJ using OpenID. Will update if/when I make a final call one way or the other.

...Well. Hello there.

As I mentioned in my Profile, I'm here as a direct result of The Great LJ Strikethrough of '07 (that's what we're calling it now, looks like). No, my LiveJournal wasn't deleted or anything of the sort; however, the precedent that this sets makes me extremely uncomfortable. I understand that guaranteed rights to free-speech, for better or worse, do not apply in this case: LJ/SixApart is a business, and as such can enforce its TOS however it sees fit. Doesn't mean I've gotta let them do it with me or my money, though.

So I went blog-shopping. I never really liked GreatestJournal, and though I already have an account at JournalFen, I have my doubts about their poor little server, especially with the swarm of P.O.'ed LJers hovering around Fandom Wank. Besides, I've always liked rooting for the underdogs. So here I am.

I haven't made a final decision whether or not to settle here. Should SixApart come to its senses, I'll likely keep my LJ...in which case I'll likely use this foor some other purpose. Then again...this isn't the first time that something like this has happened, and I seriously doubt that it'll be the last. If there's drama surrounding in my journal, let it come from me, not my hosting service. I don't have a particularly large flist, so between OpenID and the journal codes I'll get when/if I go paid I doubt I'll lose touch with anyone. Besides, $50 Canadian for a permanent account--that I can purchase whenever I wish, not just when the Powers That Be give me the "privlege" of handing over $150 USD--looks pretty sweet. And thoug the community is kinda small...I like what I see so far.

So again, hello. And however this ultimately turns out, I'd like to thank the LoJo staff for providing a viable alternative. I feel much better knowing that, if worst comes to worst, I at least have an option.

In response to this and this (read for the details; I'm too tired to recap it all). If this journal vanishes, you'll know why:

( To whom it may concern )

Happy birthday!

I didn't forget! so NYAH!

And to a certain someone else: I won't forget yours, either! Double NYAH!! XD

I don't normally do this, but I just discovered this webcomic called Just Another Escape. To be honest, I'm not 100% sure what's going on with it....but there's just something about it that I find irresistible. The characters feel alive, and one gets the feeling that something bad is going to happen to some, maybe even all of them. But you just can't look away...

Never mind. Just check it out.


Just Another Escape

Looks like it'll be an interesting movie. I'll make certain to post a review.

One word of warning, though, if you decide to get a daemon of your own: watch what you click. You're supposed to leace it so your friends can look at the daemon and vote on whether it's an accurate representation of the person's soul or not. I think I accidentally locked mine in its (her?) current form. ^^;;

Well, I've been breaking my resolutions for 2007 left, right, and center. I haven't made a single voice post this year, I didn't run in the CCC (despite paying for it), I was doing good on the "eat out less" deal till last week, etc.

However, if this is indicative of how ACEN treats its attendees, then it's probably for the best that I couldn't be arsed with registering.

"We sent the badges out late, so YOU have to pay more to get in...AND stand in the same long-ass line you were trying to avoid by registering early in the first place"?

I'd beat the **** out of someone. I'd pretty much have to.

1. Have your music library ready.
2. Choose one song from your music library whose title starts with the first letter (or number) of your LJ name.
3. Repeat this process with each successive letter (or number) in your LJ name until you run out of letters (or numbers).
4. Post up your results.
5. BONUS POINTS: Upload your mix (whether it's individual songs or a .zip of all the the songs) and include the mix in your post.

L: Love - Musiq Soulchild
O: O Green World - Gorillaz
G: Give It To Me - Nelly Furtado, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake
I: Inside Your Eyes - D'Rox feat. The Rythym Slaves
C: Clubbed To Death - Rob Dougan
A: A Love Surpreme Part 1: Acknowledgement - John Coltrane
L: Luv 2 Luv U - Timbaland & Magoo
M: Makeda - Les Nubians
O: Once In A While - Aretha Franklin
B: Bedda At Home - Jill Scott

Might upload later, I dunno.

Well, since I brought it up in my reply to mortalhelix, figured I'd expand on it here.

Back in September, I (very reluctantly) moved back in with my mother, the rental market at the time being too hostile for me to do anything else. It bites chafes a bit (I've gotten used to having my own space now ;_; ) but considering the alternative ($800+ for a crappy 1-bedroom ON TOP OF utilities and renter's property & flood insurance) I don't have much choice. If/when the "Road(block) Home" program gets off the ground, things should get better, as it imposes rent controls for rental properties in return for financial assistance to the landlords, but I'm stuck with it for the time being. (incidentally, my mother's adding a one-bedroom apartment which she's pushing as an alternative, and has guaranteed me "pre-Katrina rent" if I take it. Still don't consider it nearly enough space, but I may well take it if the market doesn't improve soon.)

Anyhow...since all the furniture I purchased/received in Victoria, TX is still in Victoria, TX, since I'd had no place in N.O. to put it when I returned last year, I had nothing to sleep on when I moved back in. Figuring I'd get my stuff back in a few months, I bought an el cheapo metal futon from MalWart, one with sides that folded up (so it could be used as a chair) or down (for sleeping). It looked cute in the store, felt suprirsingly good to sleep on at first, and I figured it could use it as a chair in the bedroom once I got my shit out of Texas.

Today, though....damn, the thing is uncomfortable. The mattress ticking is crushed down pretty thoroughly, but the biggest problem is the metal frame on which the mattress rests. It essentially consists of two sections of wire mesh, with a rigid metal support bar in the center. The two wire sections are bowing in under my weight, but the center bar isn't, creating an uncomfortable ridge resting against the small of my back at night. And though I didn't really notice it at first, it's REALLY taking a toll, on both my back and on my temper during the day.

So a few minutes ago, I just ordered another interim replacement: a twin-sized raised AeroBed. Figure I can use it as a guest bed once I get things straightened out. And (if I ever get another chance to go) camping in Mississippi's going to kick ass with this thing. No more padding my sleeping bags with beds of leaves. =D

And no, I've no idea why I just wrote all this either. ^^;; Have to justify my paying for an LJ somehow, I guess.

Leave a comment and I'll give you a letter. Then you list 10 things you like starting with that letter. Post them in your journal and give out new letters to your commenters in turn.

I Have C

1) Chai (mmm...warm, spiced goodness)
2) Caffeine
3) Chipotle Sauce
4) Cs (a.k.a. "The Gentleman's Grade" XD)
5) Cocker Spaniels (In my experience, dumb as a bag of rocks (YMMV of course) but oh-so-cute)
6) Celis White (the best beer ever)
7) Chrono Trigger (the best RPG ever, BAR NONE)
8) (John) Coltrane
9) Crescent City Brewhouse (one of my favorite restaurants...great, now I'm craving sausage)
10) CCs (local coffeehouse chain. Makes Star$s taste like swill in comparison)

(via lady_die)

1. Go to google.com.

2. Click on Maps.

3. Click on Get Directions.

4. From: New York, New York.

5. To: Paris, France.

6. Then, read line #23.

7. Laugh

8. Repost

At 3:37 PM CST today (accounting for Daylight Savings Time, which at the time was not in effect), I'll officially be 28 years of age.

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Meet Anthony.

Anthony is OLD.

Age, Anthony. Age.





Sad Anthony. =(

Okay so here's the deal: You get to ask me *THREE QUESTIONS* No matter how crazy, inappropriate, or random they are I will answer 100% truthfully.
That's the truth part. The dare is for you to put this in your journal to see what other people ask about you!

I was in the process of writing a massive rant about a player at a RPG I let myself be talked into admin'ing. Never, not even in my darkest AniDimensional days, have I been faced with someone so ungrateful and so...fuggin'....DENSE. Said rant would also have popped my bad_rpers_suck cherry at long last.

However, some serious weather is headed our way, and some poor old lady died just a few blocks from me when a tornado touched down. I realize the odds of one finding me tonight are slim, but I'd perfer that what might be my last words on this Earth, however slim the odds, not be hateful ones.

To that end, I'll save the vent 'til tomorrow.

Night, all.

Amazing how well this one turned out. Though apparently I'm operating on a tight flist budget. =)

Yesterday was Mardi Gras. Didn't do all that much, actually. Certainly not as much as certain fundies and meme-creators who've never visited the city would have you believe.

Honest. ^^;;

I suppose the fact that most of the people who I'd normally enjoy parades with are still scattered to Hell and back dampened things a bit. :( At least I was in town for it this year: while Victoria has very nice people, and a local bakery actually had pretty good king cakes for sale (whether that was a normal thing, or a tip-of-the-hat to the evacuees in town, I still don't know) it's not a "party town" by any stretch of the imagination. Gonna miss this place when I finally do leave for good...

But there are things I WON'T miss, like the arrival of spring, which manifested itself this morning in the first torrential downpour of the year. Even as I type this, it's raining cats, dogs and miniature pot-bellied pigs, which I'll soon have to run out into to get to work. Joy.

On a more positive note, I came across the following this morning. Having dealt with a depressingly large number of people who share Hardaway's views on gays, I nearly pissed myself laughing when I saw it. Next time it happens, I'm tempted to try it.

If you go over 45, you're a bad influence.
If you go under 15, chances are you live under a rock and have no life... even more harsh.

*Rules
Total the number of things in each list you've done.
No need to say which ones.
If people really want to know they will grow the balls to ask.
If you got tagged, tag at least 3 people on your watch list.

1. smoked.
2. consumed alcohol.
3. slept in the same bed with someone of the opposite sex.
4. slept in the same bed with someone of the same sex.
5. kissed someone of the same sex.
6. had sex.
7. had someone in your room other than family.
8. watched porn.
9. bought porn.
10. done drugs.
TOTAL: 4

1. taken painkillers
2. taken someone else's prescription medicine.
3. lied to your parents.
4. lied to a friend.
5. snuck out of the house.
6. done something illegal.
7. cut yourself.
8. hurt someone.
9. wished someone to die.
10. seen someone die.
TOTAL: 5

1. missed curfew.
2. stayed out all night.
3. eaten a carton of ice cream by yourself.
4. been to a therapist.
5. been to rehab.
6. dyed your hair.
7. received a ticket.
8. been in an accident.
9. been to a club.
10. been to a bar.
TOTAL: 5

1. been to a wild party.
2. seen the Mardi Gras.
3. drank more than four beers in a night.
4. had a spring break in Florida.
5. sniffed anything
6. wore black nail polish.
7. wore arm bands.
8. wore t-shirts with band names.
9. listened to rap.
10. own(ed) a 50 Cent CD.
TOTAL: Damnit, why do these idjits INSIST on calling it "THE" MARDI GRAS!?--umm, I mean 4

1. dressed gothic.
2. dressed prep.
3. dressed punk.
4. dressed grunge.
5. stole something.
6. been too drunk to remember anything
7. blacked out.
8. fainted.
9. had a crush on a neighbor.
10. had someone sneak into your room.
TOTAL: 2

1. snuck into someone else's room.
2. had a crush on your best friend.
3. been to a concert.
4. dry-humped someone
5. been called a slut.
6. called someone a slut.
7. installed speakers in your car.
8. broken a mirror.
9. showered at someone of the opposites sex's house.
10. brushed your teeth with someone else's toothbrush.
TOTAL: 4

1. consider/considered Ludacris your favorite rapper.
2. seen an R-rated movie in theater.
3. cruised the mall.
4. skipped school.
5. had surgery.
6. had an injury.
7. gone to court.
8. walked out of a restaurant without paying.
9. caught something on fire.
10. lied about your age.
TOTAL: 9 (if you were wondering, #8 was the only one I missed =P)

1. owned/rented an apartment.
2. broke the law in the police's presence.
3. cheated on someone.
4. got in trouble with the police.
5. talked to a stranger.
6. hugged a stranger.
7. kissed a stranger.
8. rode in the car with a stranger.
9. been harassed.
10. been verbally harassed.
TOTAL: 6

1. met face-to-face with someone you met online.
2. stayed online for 12 hours straight.
3. talked on the phone for more than 4 hours straight.
4. watched TV for 12 hours straight.
5. been to a fair.
6. been called a bad influence.
7. drink and drive.
8. prank-called someone.
9. laid on a couch with someone of the opposite sex.
10. cheated on a test.
TOTAL: 4

Total: 43 (yikes)

Mark the things you've said/done/agree with/whatever with an "X."
British
[X] You drink a lot of tea.
[] You know what a brolly is.
[] Deal or No Deal has taken over your life.
[] You wanted Ben to win X Factor.
[X] You use the word "bugger"or the phrase "bloody hell."
[X] Fish and Chips are yummy.
[X] You can eat a Full English Breakfast.
[X] You dislike emos almost as much as you dislike chavs.
[] Its football...not soccer.
Total: 5

Australian
[] You wear flip flops all year.
[] You call flipflops thongs not flip flops.
[X] You love a backyard barbie.
[X] You know a barbie is not a doll.
[] You love the beach.
[X] Sometimes you swear without realizing.
[] You're a sports fanatic.
[] You are tanned.
[] You're a bit of a bogan.
[] You have an australian something
Total: 3

Italian
[] The Sopranos is a great show.
[] Your last name ends in a vowel.
[] Your grandmother makes her own sauces.
[] You know how a real meatball tastes.
[X] You know Italian songs.
[X] You have dark hair and dark eye color.
[] You speak some italian.
[] You are under 5'10''
[] You know what a italian horn is
[X] Pizza/spaghetti is the best food in the world!
[] You talk with your hands.
Total: 3

Spanish
[X] You say member instead of Remember.
[X] You speak spanish or some.
[X] You like tacos.
[] YoU TyPe lIkE ThIs On Da CoMpUtEr. (wtf?...)
[X]You are dark skinned.
[X] You know what a Puta is.
[X] You talk fast occasionally.
[] You have had highlights or have dyed your hair.
[X] You know what platanos are.
Total: 6

Russian
[] You say villian as: Vee-lon.
[X] You get short tempered.
[X] You know of somebody named natasha.
[X] You get cold easily.
[] Rain is fun for you.
[] You get into contests all the time.
[] You can easily make do with the cold weather.
Total: 3

Irish
[X] You think beer is the best.
[X] You have a bad temper.
[] Your last name starts with a Mc, Murph, O', Fitz or ends with a ley, on, un, an, in, ry, ly, y.
[] You have blue or green eyes.
[] You like the color green.
[X] You have been to a st. pattys day party.
[] You have a family member from Ireland.
[] You have blonde hair.
[] You have/had freckles.
[X] Your family get togethers always include drinking and singing.
Total: 4

African American
[] You say nigga/nukka casually (...What the eff is a "nukka"?)
[X] You have nappy hair.
[X] You like rap.
[X] You know how to shoot a gun. (Meaning...?)
[] You think President George Walker Bush is racist.
[X] You like chicken.
[] You like watermelon. (...)
[] You can dance. (...Shaddap.)
[] You can 'sing' gospel.
Total: 4

Asian
[X] You have slanty/small eyes.
[X] You like rice a lot.
[] You are good at math. (May I put an negative-X here? No?)
[] You have played the piano.
[] You have family from asia.
[X] You laugh sometimes covering your mouth.
[] Most people think you're chinese.
[] You call hurricanes typhoons.
{] You go to Baulko.
Total: 3

German
[X] You like bread.
[] You think German Chocolate is good.
[] You Speak some German.
[X] You know what Schnitzel is.
[] You hate it when stupid people call you a Nazi.
[X] You went to Pre-school.
[X] You're over 5'2
Total: 4

Canadian
[X] You like/play/played hockey. (Back when we had a franchise, at least ;_;)
[X] You love beer.
[] You say eh.
[] You know what poutine is.
[] You speak some french.
[] You love Tim Horton's.
[] At one point you lived in a farm house.
[] You watch/watched degrassi.
Total: 2

American
[] You hate foriegners.
[] You hate non - Christians.
[X] You're lazy.
[] You are not cultured.
[] You hate abortion.
[] But love the death penalty.
[] You don't read.
[] You shop at walmart.
[XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX] You think this survey is rather biased.
Total: 46 (ok, 2 ::sighs::)

OK, so I made a resolution to make at least one voice post a month.

Well, that one's going straight out the window.

Really, I tried, but I just don't have all that much to talk about at the moment. Last time I actually VP'ed (during Katrina), I had a lot I needed to get out of my system and (due to lack of a computer) no other way to do it. But now? Thing is, it feels incredibly awkward to just talk to the all and sundry like that (I don't even like making regular phone calls all that much ^^;;)), and without some outside force requiring me to do so, I just can't do it. I just can't.

::shrugs::