valis2 | Random notes

My LJ anniversary is April 20th. I am composing an entry where I will write something about everyone on my flist. If you do NOT want me to do this (your LJ is flocked, you're shy, etc.) then let me know, either by commenting to this entry, or emailing me at valis2 (at) livejournal.com. Otherwise I will proceed as planned. This is the second warning, so hopefully I won't cause any problems when it debuts.

Firefox/IE are acting very weird. They seem to be back to normal now, but it was quite frustrating last night (sorry aerynstales, you had to hear so much ranting!). On a related note, I've finally brought to an end a bizarre error message I would receive each and every time I booted up the computer.

Wow, there was a lot of controversy about SH. Not that my opinion in the subject counts for much, but I'm pretty happy with SH, and it's nice to have another "beta" looking at things. Though I do understand other peoples' complaints about the archive. I just have to say that so far I've corrected nearly everything that's been brought to my attention by the admins, and I've had no real issues yet. I sympathize with everyone who feels frustrated by the human nature of the process (i.e., if it seems their errors are being called out more frequently than others, some older works seem uncorrected and error-riddled, etc.), and I sympathize with the admins who are trying to create a quality archive.

I am going to see Tori tonight. Yippee! Though I've heard that it is not Tori-with-band, but instead, Tori-with-piano, which I am markedly less fond of. But still, any Tori live should be a good experience (I hope).

Last year my taxes totaled nearly $5000...this year, $3000. I'm so happy. I should point out that these are taxes owed, not taxes owed me.

I have five items up on eBay...put 'em up on Sunday, just before I left. Four have watchers. I really hope that these sell as easily as the first item did. I should really put up an item today. Or two. But I have to run off to meet up with my friend for the Tori concert.

I should carry a notebook with me everywhere. Honestly, I think of four zillion things to write entries about, and lose them all within minutes. *sigh* Of course, if I did write everything that I thought of, my LJ would have, well, four zillion entries per day, and people would take me right off their flists.

I'm so excited about having less taxes owed this year that I'm going to spend money this weekend. Heh. I have a long list of music to buy. morricone1900 has suggested Imogen Heap and wow, I love what I've heard, and will buy everything I can get my grabby little hands on.

I completely forgot to mention this, but that giant LJ entry I wrote about Fanfiction Mistakes is up on Sycophant Hex, under "Writing Fanfiction", right here. I'm honored and astonished. It's very cool. Re-reading it makes me notice yet again that the first half is boring and the second half is fun. I think the best bits are the bits about Mary Sues and POVs. It's right next to an essay by junediamanti, which makes me feel even more giddy and excited. So yeah. valis2=excited.

If I ever have to put my own lj name up I have to type it out because I've never friended myself. Has anyone friended themselves? Is one supposed to? I feel weird about it. Am I even my own friend, really? If I really were a good friend I wouldn't let myself eat so much fried chicken.

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