Collective Musings

I'm done with Lj

2008-03-12T18:54:00.000-07:00

In light of Lj deciding to do away completely with the Basic account level, without making any sort of announcement, I have decided to do away with Lj.

I will use my MySpace account for blogs from now on, rather than crossposting from Lj to Ij to Blogger to MySpace.

I will gladly friend anyone on MySpace from Lj or Ij, as long as you let me know where I know you from. To those of you who don't have a MySpace account, I deeply regret having to do this but I just cannot stand how utterly despicable Lj has become. Corporate American seems to have gotten its clutches on what was once a really nice, community-based site, where selling-out was a joke. Now it's clear that Lj has completely sold out, and I am just not a supporter of the corporate world.

I am fully aware that I still maintain the community Letters of Love on Lj. Until the project's website is completely, I will continue to crosspost from the Letters of Love MySpace to the Letters of Love community on Lj. After that, the community will no longer be used, and all accounts I ever used on Lj deleted.

I am just entirely fed up with Lj neglecting its users--whom are the sole reason that Lj continues to exist at all. I refuse to be a part of this anymore. At one time I felt that I might be able to help remedy the problems within Lj; now I see that the folks there no longer even care about their community--why else would they have done such a thing and not tell us? The Strikethrough incident is more proof of this.

So, that being said, I'll see you all on MySpace. If not, please take care and good luck in everything you do. Other than that, it's time for me to move on.

Colts beat Ravens!

2007-12-09T23:32:00.000-08:00

damn my loyalty. i've used nothing but Lj for so long that i just can't seem to let go. i made a whole post about how i was fed up and leaving, and then ended up deciding to stick around for a while longer. i at least want to be able to say that i did try to make a difference.

anyway, does anyone know what happened to ayla from aff.net?

and, we beat baltimore 44-20 tonight. so that puts us at 11-2. new england won again tonight, but we're at least seoond.

on a sad note, basically all of my cs3 programs have crashed, leaving me with just psp x and frontpage. it feels like i've stepped into a time warp. plus it's weird, because there's so much i can't do in psp that i can do in photoshop. eh. i'll have it all resolved tomorrow or tues at the latest, hopefully.

now it's time for bed.

there's no place like home

2007-12-08T17:24:00.000-08:00

So far, so good. so what if the templates are really limited? plus it's google, and i love google. i might even stick with this over Gj, if all goes well. i was going to use Gj until i could make my own blog on my own website, but right now i just don't have time time for it. now i just have to find out if blogger has the ability to create communities, since i still have the modly_advice and wrimorama communities on Lj that need to be moved over here.

i just talked to sandy about xmas gifts for the kids. we did good; no doubles! :D

i also filmed about 75% of my project for DAT-110 today. it was fun. i covered lauren's face in baby powder and put chocolate syrup at one corner of her mouth and at one nostril, and then a little above her eyebrow and at her hairline. (chocolate syrup looks the most like blood in black and white film.) so hopefully, with a little luck and a little polish, "the wreck"'s five-minute film adaptation will meet my expectations--and get me a decent grade for my final project.