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Aug. 28th, 2006
Belated birthday!
Aug. 28th, 2006 12:34 pmNormally when I miss a birthday I don't mention it because I'm a deeply horrible person and I don't check Semagic to see whose birthdays I've missed. Plus, I already drive everyone crazy with birthday messages, I think.
But there is one I know I missed, and I shall rectify the situation now:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
subrosax!!
Happy Birthday to one of the coolest people on the planet! I adore you and your killer rockin' awesome ways. Seriously. You are one of the best things about LJ, and it was absolutely awesome hanging out with you earlier this year. You totally rock, and I hope you had a terrific birthday.
You're such a cool person, so funny, witty, and just great to talk to.
*throws glittering green confetti into the air*
But there is one I know I missed, and I shall rectify the situation now:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
subrosax!!Happy Birthday to one of the coolest people on the planet! I adore you and your killer rockin' awesome ways. Seriously. You are one of the best things about LJ, and it was absolutely awesome hanging out with you earlier this year. You totally rock, and I hope you had a terrific birthday.
You're such a cool person, so funny, witty, and just great to talk to.
*throws glittering green confetti into the air*
New layout.
Aug. 28th, 2006 01:46 pmSame old dementia.
I'm in the "overwhelmed" portion of the hormones program right now. Two days a month I feel like the world is crushing me and I have so many things to do and I get very very anxious because I'm not doing anything I should be doing and I feel this horrible time deficiency that makes me mental. (And of course, what do I do? Play on the internet.)
I mean, seriously, as good as the internet has been for my writing, it has really wreaked havoc on the rest of my life, if I'm being honest (er, perhaps over-honest, I'm in melodrama mode, remember). I haven't been crafting, really, I haven't been working on my website, and I keep doing just the bare minimum that needs to be done. Sure, I used to spend hours upon hours playing video games, and I've always had this propensity to put things off until the last minute, but this has been a bigger drain than anything before, even counting Civilization on the Amiga.
I hate doing the "I'm going to make myself stick to a schedule" thing. I hate saying "I will only be online for 2.6 hours tonight". Part of what I do on the computer is eBay stuff, which is totally business related, and of course then there's the whole photo thing...I need to burn a bunch of photos and do a few other odds and ends online. So I can't totally regiment it, and I'm not good with that anyway.
Still, I wish I could squeak out even five hours of crafting a week. Maybe five hours of doing proactive business things.
I think it comes down to the fact that I'm away so often. I become totally jealous of my home time, and I want to spend it doing things I enjoy very much, and just the thought of working while I'm at home sometimes fills me with...sadness? dread? I don't know. I do love working at home, eBay has been the best thing evah...
I think I have to change the way I browse, honestly. I have this OCD thing that goes along with Firefox. I always have four tabs open, two for email, one for eBay, and one for the fpage, and as I discover stories/entries to comment upon/cool links I open them in their own tabs, and deal with them one at a time. The problem happens when I have too many tabs open, and I feel like it's "unfinished". When only the basic four are open, I can run away with impunity and come back an hour or two later because I feel bored and then I remember the other things I have to do. When more tabs are opened, I feel like I have to be doing something with them, yet I only end up adding more tabs as I clear older ones out, which makes it more difficult to get away from.
Okay, enough babble. I need to hit UPS, and then hang out withbookwench2096 for the first time in ages. Something social, for once, hooray!
I'm in the "overwhelmed" portion of the hormones program right now. Two days a month I feel like the world is crushing me and I have so many things to do and I get very very anxious because I'm not doing anything I should be doing and I feel this horrible time deficiency that makes me mental. (And of course, what do I do? Play on the internet.)
I mean, seriously, as good as the internet has been for my writing, it has really wreaked havoc on the rest of my life, if I'm being honest (er, perhaps over-honest, I'm in melodrama mode, remember). I haven't been crafting, really, I haven't been working on my website, and I keep doing just the bare minimum that needs to be done. Sure, I used to spend hours upon hours playing video games, and I've always had this propensity to put things off until the last minute, but this has been a bigger drain than anything before, even counting Civilization on the Amiga.
I hate doing the "I'm going to make myself stick to a schedule" thing. I hate saying "I will only be online for 2.6 hours tonight". Part of what I do on the computer is eBay stuff, which is totally business related, and of course then there's the whole photo thing...I need to burn a bunch of photos and do a few other odds and ends online. So I can't totally regiment it, and I'm not good with that anyway.
Still, I wish I could squeak out even five hours of crafting a week. Maybe five hours of doing proactive business things.
I think it comes down to the fact that I'm away so often. I become totally jealous of my home time, and I want to spend it doing things I enjoy very much, and just the thought of working while I'm at home sometimes fills me with...sadness? dread? I don't know. I do love working at home, eBay has been the best thing evah...
I think I have to change the way I browse, honestly. I have this OCD thing that goes along with Firefox. I always have four tabs open, two for email, one for eBay, and one for the fpage, and as I discover stories/entries to comment upon/cool links I open them in their own tabs, and deal with them one at a time. The problem happens when I have too many tabs open, and I feel like it's "unfinished". When only the basic four are open, I can run away with impunity and come back an hour or two later because I feel bored and then I remember the other things I have to do. When more tabs are opened, I feel like I have to be doing something with them, yet I only end up adding more tabs as I clear older ones out, which makes it more difficult to get away from.
Okay, enough babble. I need to hit UPS, and then hang out with
bookwench2096 for the first time in ages. Something social, for once, hooray!Oh, and another thing...
Aug. 28th, 2006 06:35 pmGrumpy icon again.
Last night someone knocked violently on my apartment door. It took me a moment to get to the door because I was so surprised. I mean, nobody ever knocks on my door, especially not at night. So by the time I got to the door I heard the telltale noise of fireworks. (My apartment door is in a recessed stairwell that serves six apartments. There's another door facing mine.)
Somebody put a fountain (pillar-style firework) right on the ledge in front of the door...about an inch away from the door, if that. I didn't open the door because I didn't want the smoke in the apartment, and I didn't want to encourage people by reacting. Still, it pissed me off bigtime. I mean, seriously, WTF? Has this ever happened to anyone else?
Last night someone knocked violently on my apartment door. It took me a moment to get to the door because I was so surprised. I mean, nobody ever knocks on my door, especially not at night. So by the time I got to the door I heard the telltale noise of fireworks. (My apartment door is in a recessed stairwell that serves six apartments. There's another door facing mine.)
Somebody put a fountain (pillar-style firework) right on the ledge in front of the door...about an inch away from the door, if that. I didn't open the door because I didn't want the smoke in the apartment, and I didn't want to encourage people by reacting. Still, it pissed me off bigtime. I mean, seriously, WTF? Has this ever happened to anyone else?