Life, Fannishness, and Thespic Infatuation

Because I've been getting a stupid amount of spam on my LJ the past few days, I've changed my comments to "registered users." I have a friend or two who occasionally post anonymously to some of my entries (you know who you are), and I apologize that spammybots have forced me to do this.

But ick. I'm sick and tired of having multiple jibberish posts posted to my LJ. Blech.

Anyway, just FYI.

With the wonkiness of LJ in the past week, a lot of us have been really frustrated with not being able to post, to communicate with one another, to contact peeps we only contact through LJ.

It seems a viable alternative might be prudent.

I know several of my LJ peeps really have no interest in Dreamwidth. I've also seen it indicated that DW users don't want DW to be inundated by LJ users.

It occurs to me that there is another alternative.

Long before I was talked into joining LJ, I was active on a number of Yahoo Groups. For those unfamiliar with YahooGroups, they act in a very similar manner to an LJ comm. I'm not sure about posting vids, and photos are posted in a photo folder available to the group.

Groups can be open or moderated, membership required or not. I spent many, MANY hours on my YahooGroups list. Too many. It's simple, convenient, and serves most of the purposes we use LJ for.

If anyone is interested, let me know. Perhaps a couple of us could start a group and co-mod or something.

What the frell? Been down since Monday, sporadic at best. Izhi and Val tell me it's a hacker attack. What possible agenda could their be for knocking out LJ? To incapacitate the fandoms of the world? Is someone out there really that concerned that fandom will take over the planet? Seriously?

I've got things I want to talk about. Thoughts I need to process. People I need to touch base with that I can only do on LJ.

Oy!

Btw, adoption training session this weekend. I'm expecting it to be informative and exciting. And maybe a little nerve-racking.

So, now, for your convenience, you can crosspost to Twitter and FB. Great. I won't be doing that. I have different peeps on my LJ than I do on my FB, and there's a reason they're separate.

But wait.

You can crosspost comments, too. Including comments in flocked and screened entries. NOT. GOOD. I won't be doing that either. I like to think I have more respect for others than that, to purposely open their private journals to people they don't know.

I'm sure I don't need to tell my flist this. It's more of a gentle reminder. But I'm going to say it anyway. (This is probably more for folks who are going to set their default to crosspost anything so that it will happen without even having to make that decision consciously, but it applies to everyone.)

Please do not x-post anything from my journal to other media sites. Even if it's a comment you make, it's still my journal, and that's like handing my diary to everyone on your FB and/or Twitter, and even if it's a public post, but especially if it's a locked post, I'm sure I don't need to tell you what a breach of trust that is.

As it stands, should I make a locked post, until LJ gets their head out of the sand and realizes how they've violated our privacy (which, when used in context with the internet, I realize is something of an oxymoron), it's quite likely the only way you'll be able to respond, should you so desire, is to send me a PM, as I am seriously considering disabling the comment option on locked posts.

If anyone has a more efficient suggest (preferably one that does not require creating another account on another social website elsewhere . . . though I suppose that suggestion is not off the table . . .), I'd be interested.

Thank you for your understanding in this matter.

Geo and I are back. The kitties are still here and have not destroyed the place with wanton partying.

Though the circumstances were sad, it was still good to see the fam again. And traveling with Li'l Bro and SiL is always fun. Stories might be forthcoming.

A couple things I've decided while traveling:

1. Sam is a Rob Orbison fan, or at least he was when he and Jess were together.

2. The Chumbawamba song "El Fusilado" reminds me of Dean in the narrator's resilience. Well, with the exception of the chew toy thing. (Btw, it's based on a true story. It's also off one of the the most depressing albums I've heard in a long time.)

I don't know if I'll get caught up on the ol' f-list, so if there's something you think I need to know for my continued good health and peaceful existence, point me in the appropriate direction in case I miss it, 'kay?

I'm not scolding anyone. This is just a preemptive strike.

I am allergic to spoilers. If I don't mention as knowing it, assume I don't know it, and please don't say anything.

I did not recognize a certain guest character in the recently posted clip. Maybe I should have--in fact, yeah. She was right there in front of me. Duh--but I didn't.

In this particular instance, it was a matter of misunderstanding and miscommunication. It was assumed I picked up on something in the trailer that I didn't because I was so freaked out about something else entirely.

I just wanted to point out that I am adverse to spoilers.

You might also notice that from time to time, I'll put what once upon a time was called "spoiler space" in my comments. This alerts the person that there are potential spoilers in the comment, since we can't put spoiler cuts in comments.

If I run across a spoiler in someone else's LJ, that's my own fault for reading. However, if I find spoilers in the comment threads of my own LJ, I'm going to be sorely disappointed.

So, please. I've never had to come up with official policies for anything before. Just be aware.

Thank you, and have a nice day.

Well, yesterday did not become as spammy a day as I had thought (sorry, kalquessa). I spent my down time yesterday writing a post about the thing that's been on my mind the past couple of days, but actually posting it might be counterproductive for a number of reasons. The people I sort of want to see it 1) won't see it; or 2) don't know me and will misunderstand; or 3) don't know me and won't care anyway. If I post it f-locked, well, only a very few folks are familiar with the fandom in question. Then I asked myself, "What does it matter if anyone knows my thoughts on the matter anyway? In all the vast Interwebz, what does it matter what I think? It is what it is, and life goes on." And writing out the post--even if I never post it--sort of helped get it out of my system.

So, yeah, no spammy.

I did finish up the transcript of "Gravity," but I need to clean it up when I get home tonight.

And Geo and I watched the new season of The Unit! Holy moly!!! That deserves a post all it's own, because, DUDE! Talk about coming back with a bang!

It feels like it's been a while since I've posted. Been busy with RL, and not much new to say on the fannish front.

I have now created an index page at the top of my journal, listing my Still Life entries and my SPN fic. It's not a 100% comprehensive list of my SL entries, but it hits the (obviously) important stuff. All SL entries are tagged accordingly, if you want to go looking for all of them.

I didn't go to the NAVCC last week, and it felt kind of odd. I've gotten used to going one afternoon a week to watch an ep of Still Life. But now that I've had a breather, I'm going to try to get back at it this week. I'll focus most of my efforts on "Dead Serious," since that one got seriously gypped the first time around. Since these will be more transcript-y, it will probably take me longer to get them posted, but I hope to have something for you by Friday.

I've agreed to act as production manager for the play I didn't get a role in, Something's Afoot. I've also agreed to be in the cast of a murder mystery/dinner theater/fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity. It's audience participation, and that always makes me nervous.

Still waiting to hear from the insurance company on the repair of our kitchen ceiling. Grrr . . .

If you get this, please comment. I'm not getting your posts, and haven't been since about the irony entry. Any idea what's up?