Pauses in Inactivity

Of/About fans good and bad and total twats

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:35:48 GMT

I kind of had a thought (a fuller thought) for a blog post

non-existent people: ljblog revival! *arms in the air* \o/ \o/ \o/
me: er, maybe not, but an ljpost

but I feel like I lost much of it if it was much more developed than what lingers.

My MLBteam got knocked out of the postseason play hours ago, I thought I'd be more depressed but I was following fan tweets* and I forgot that fans can sometimes be surprising (/ I forgot that sometimes we can forget, too :p), and that along with a few other things maybe helped buoyed my spirits a little or drag/keep it out of the low dumps.

I think in virtually every team with a following, in that following there will be: good/great fans, bad fans, and absolute twats. :p
Unless it's a small team / has a small team following, Maybe, or perhaps there are some exceptions but anyway...
I forgot that (and by "that" I mean each in different turns perhaps).

Maybe it reflects a little of the "class" of human life, and given fans are humans...
("usually" and depending on definition/interpretation)
that probably doesn't surprise and really might just make a whole lot of / complete sense.
It probably gets a whole lot worse or more apparent with the "bigger" teams (with huge followings and lots of wins).
There will always be "class acts", "class clowns", "great people", and "total jerks" (very broad categories and not intending to be a comprehensive list).

So, I just wanted to say...

"there will be good/great fans, bad fans, and absolute twats :p so just try to keep yourself in good company"

-- it won't snuff out the twats or anything maybe/probably but it'll make them easier to "deal" with, directly or indirectly. ;)

_{*the fan tweets mostly RT'ed tweets by @DodgersNation; I'm pretty sure there are dodger"twats" elsewhere on twitter. I also wound up reading some comments on the team's Facebook Page, and without the filter of @DodgersNation (or something/someone similar)... that may have dampened my mood a tinge but not (too) much, but it's fine.}

Is it just me...

Tue, 26 May 2009 12:54:56 GMT

...or is Livejournal Agonizingly Slow?
Actually it might just be me / my connection -- it (Livejournal pages) takes forever to load, most of the images Won't load, and I'm having problems with the navigational buttons in that I can't get my browser to go to the "Next" pages or anything... the page/s I do manage to load seem to finish with "Done, but with errors on page."

Semagic seems to post entries fine to it though but I don't think it'll pull comments and allow me to see them within Semagic let alone reply to them,
but I Am using an older version of Semagic than the current/latest I think... does the more recent version have this ability does anyone know?

EDIT: I think it's my connection, it's been bumping me out of msn off and on and even if it wasn't my connection it seems fine (or at least better) now at least.

Okay

Sun, 24 May 2009 02:59:25 GMT

What is (making) that squeaking noise?

It sounds a little like a creaky door hinge but unless a little kid is playing with such a door somewhere (and I'm at Starbucks) I don't see how that can be the case.

It happens more frequently in succession with a longer creak and not much pause in between anyway to likely be that.

Edit/Update (11:41AM): Starbucks starting to / has filled up a little bit now. Cute blond kids (boys), a guy wearing a pink (sort of dark muted) shirt and glasses... shirt almost similar in color to the shirt of a girl sitting at the middle of the place table (not a bad color and unisex even, I might wear it even), a group of older gents (not old and gray... but not young, maybe graying) sitting together from when I got here catching up I think or simply hanging out (actually, I think it's more the latter now) and talking. :) All of these in different groups, none of them sitting alone.
There are a few sitting solitary though, a few and a lonely bear on the counter... still, maybe the bear isn't so lonely, the place isn't empty and it's kind of like he's the official silent "greeter" at the counter while you make your order. (update, 11:45AM: the blond boys are gone but now there's a brown haired / dark blonde, hair cut above the shoulders, little girl in white polka dot on red halter top eating lime mentos.)

My connection to the starbucks network keeps dropping from time to time but I suppose that gives me opportunity to look around. Considering getting up and just walking around a little, not around Starbucks but a little/Slight further than that. ^^;

Not just postcards anymore? Postsecret.com

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:45:15 GMT

Is that...? lol! Well I do believe that that's a first. I wonder what the Postal workers and Frank thought of the sweet potato sent to Postsecret. And whatever could the potato mean? XD. I just found it quite amusing and a little curious.

A little further down the post is a square piece of cardboard and an e-mailed message in response, providing a glimpse at two wars -- one abroad in Iraq and one in the U.S. at home. (Quoting a bit from the email:"We have two wars to fight big brother. Love you. Miss you. Need you back.")
...makes me think of the show Army Wives, though I've only watched perhaps one and a half episodes by chance heh -- the ending of one episode and perhaps managed to watch more / all of the episode after that.

And about halfway down the page: "'I hope that Every Person who touches this postcard pops a bubble so I can feel connected to someone... ANYONE...' [When this postcard arrived, all the bubbles had been popped.]"
The postcard was simple handwritten text, capital letters (and the last ellipsis) in purple font outlined in the same marker black the rest of the words were written in, under a sheet of bubblewrap. Ah... bubblewrap. Hehe.
And maybe I'm reading too much into it / just playing around with the words and image/typography, but I wonder if the magenta highlighted text was supposed to suggest something along the lines of "hope (this) touches someone".

Read this week's secrets at: Postsecret.com

dots... all I have are dots

Tue, 13 May 2008 17:32:32 GMT

Somewhere... in the vast expanse of the livejournal community, there is a comment... in the middle of a thread.

Quote:

"No offense or anything, but if you make it public on the Internet, it's public domain. Unless you had it in a private entry or folder, you can't really pitch a fit over the use of your picture."

...
......
I don't even know what to say to that. I couldn't frame my thoughts or find the words.

And in other news... the current LJ Writer's Block is titled "Where am I in the garden?" and the question is "What vegetable or fruit do you relate to most?"
Response: "Eh what?" / "...I'm sorry, what?" (or possibly both)

EDIT - *comes back* Okay... I went a'googling! And here you go:

According to the first quiz I found on the subject, I'm a... Tomato

Take the What Fruit Are You? test by Ellen!

View other answers to the "LJ Writer's Block: 'Where Am I in the garden?' - What vegetable or fruit do you relate to most?"

Writer's Block: Ghost Story

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:42:55 GMT

I do not know what it is I'm trying to capture.

Just fiddling with the webcam, taking pictures of people walking by.

We went to Mid Valley to pick up a laptop (4GB of RAM... *envy*) and we just stopped into Starbucks for a sandwich, a drink, and Broadband connection.

And... I'm running out of battery power, heh.
Hope you all are well.

Hrm, that's a saved draft that livejournal kept for me and that I might have forgotten about.
A ghost of a journal entry that was not posted? *tongue in cheek wry*

Do you believe in ghosts? If so, have you ever seen one?

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I think I have always... rather avoided giving a yes or no answer to this in terms of the Paranormal. I know people who don't think they exist, and people who do. I think it's Possible for them to exist, perhaps, but I don't know if they do.
Have I seen one? No, I don't believe I have. But I suppose there are always "unexplained events", things we may never know or understand. We may speculate... but whether we are right or wrong... we may never know. Maybe all we can do is come up with plausible and/or logical explanations or theories, until something proves otherwise.

As to a more... general or perhaps different interpretation of the word, I think we all have our ghosts. I think some may be haunted by them, some might seem to have that "angelic (unseen) guardian", and some may even befriend them I suppose. You might look at those that go to the grave of a loved one to feel closer to them. And what of children? I wonder if I'd consider an imaginary friend a ghost... perhaps in a very broad interpretation of "ghost" it might fit. Heh, maybe I'm just thinking and letting my mind wander as to... things one might consider "emotional baggage", and memories, and nightmares, and just... things, as well as movies and tv shows perhaps to a lesser extent (heh) -- looking at the latter two as... interpretations of the writers, or simply ideas tossed and toyed around with perhaps.

Why can't anything be possible? Unlikely perhaps, implausible maybe... but how do you really know that something is Impossible? Defy the laws of... whatever, heh. Math, Physics, Science, anything.
Supposedly... if I remember right, it's impossible to Prove something, only possible to Disprove it.
...I think I may have just contradicted myself, if I hold that true, lol. Heh, I think it is true though. ...at least I think it is. Maybe I just can't Prove it. :p
Perhaps there is a way to rephrase but I do not know how to at the moment.

Heh, anyway... not quite about ghosts but they could be related or connected or the same thing so I'll add this here -- I really wish I could remember the date of that "comic", but I don't. I have the image file saved I think, but not on my laptop. Well, that doesn't matter; the words on that picture I rather quite liked even if I can't remember them exactly anymore. It read that we don't know what demons another person might be facing. I think it might have said that we never know.
A recent conversation with a friend and relative reminded me of that line or that quote.

The Spirit Realm by ~he-who-says-zonk on deviant ART

Note: ~he-who-says-zonk is =the-disposessed so should you leave him a comment in his old gallery (~he-who-says-zonk), drop him a note on his current account (=the-disposessed) else he might never know about it.

Semagic Tags and Location.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:48:30 GMT

Eh?
...That's...strange...

I just found out that there was a ">" button next to the Tags field in Semagic, and that clicking on it yeilds a menu with all my tags listed. Prior to this I've been posting entries in Semagic and going to LJ to edit my tags (since it has an autocomplete for it). So... a slight d'oh moment for me, heh. But... then I downloaded Semagic 1.7.3.0U and now the same feature only lists Five of my tags.
...oh nevermind
I just noticed an "Update" link right next to that, and clicking it sorted things.

Interestingly enough, there's a similar button for the Location field, but clicking on that only gives me an "Edit list" option and there is no update link to the right of the button.
...ok maybe that's not so interesting, I think I know how it works heh.

Meet Mugwump

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:19:08 GMT

Nightmare Snatcher: Mugwump by ~sarahjane62 on deviant ART

What is a Nightmare Snatcher? It's a dream journal, for your darker dreams and nightmares. It is also for whatever else that might scare or frighten or worry you.
The book has a furry coat and a face on the front, on the first of the tea-stained pages is written a spell (copyright Thomas Evans), the following pages are for you to record your woes, and there is long tail on the back furry cover that works as a bookmark.
The design of Mugwump and the rest of his family and friends (the other Nightmare Snatchers) are all copyright to Sarah Evans, and they can be purchased online here and here.

"The world can be a scary place, full of nightly noises, menacing monsters, and dreadful dreams. But not every monster wants to scare and terrify. With the help of a magical spell and an appetite for troubles, a monster can be your dearest friend.

Furry and fearless, friendly but ferocious, these Nightmare Snatchers™ are the perfect journals for writing down and drawing out all that scares, frightens, and worries. You have only to recite the spell found at the front of the book, record your woes on their aged tea-stained pages, then mark your page with their long tail and your faithful friend the Nightmare Snatcher™ will eat your fears away.

The Spell:

I'm called a Nightmare Snatcher
And a daymare catcher too.
I snatch up all the frightening things
And keep them far from you.

Scary dreams and scary thoughts
And things you dread to see;
Terrors real or make-believe
Give them all to me.

Write them down and draw them out
I'll help you face the fear.
Then close me up, I'll snatch them tight
And keep them trapped in here."

Nightmare Snatcher™ spell is © Thomas Evans 2008 all rights reserved.

© 2008 - All text, designs and images are copyright of Sarah Evans and are not to be used without prior consent.

Nightmare Snatcher™ is a trademark of Spiderbite Boutique.

It's not really something I would buy for myself perhaps... maybe they're just not my style, but evenso I think they're kind of cute. I also think that maybe they should come with a lock, to perhaps keep all the demons in.

There is no post here

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:58:41 GMT

There is nothing to see here, please move along.

What is your element?

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:51:01 GMT

What is your element? [with pics + detailed answeres]

Your element is Water. You have a calm aura around you and are in tune with the world around. You observe it but rarely interfere. Because of your shy and timid nature you will not have so many friends in your life. But then again, large crowds aren't your thing anyway. You are comfortable on your own and are reserved to others who you don't know or know very little of. You know everyone out there does not want to be your friend, and knowing that is good. However, people who don't know you that well thinks that you are cold and distant since you don't want to talk to them. Although you mean no harm, you can't always be perfectly understood in the world. No one can. Life in general are you quite serene with even if there are some things you don't like. Your love-life is not so full of boys/girls, but if you flirted more with the ones you were interested in I'm sure something would happen. The hobbies you choose are calmer ones, you are no party person that likes to drink and make-out with three or more guys/girls in one night. Reading a book or swimming is more your thing.
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I have a... calm aura!? And serene? I think I might have laughed my head off... if I hadn't actually heard something of the same told to me before, offline in fact. But that was a long time ago. I wonder if people still think that, about me. Hmm.

Heya... do I know you?

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:52:36 GMT

Heh, just curious about my watchers (EDIT: here I guess you call them "friends") and my visitors.

I would also like to say that I am cursed with bad memory... or at least I seem to have a brain that seems to remember what it wants when it wants and leaves me little say in the matter... and I've always had a bad head for names, faces, and people.

How do I know you if I do? And how did you get here if I don't?
~~I suspect a lot of my recent visitors and new watchers come from dAmn (devart), but I wonder if I just said hello to you (hey ) or if we conversed, and if we did then what about.~~

Why are you watching me by the way if you are? Is it something I said? Out of friendship? Or are you hoping to see life in this (EDIT: journal) ~~gallery~~?
Or something else?
Just curious.

It seems a little odd that I'm getting new watchers when my last deviation was submitted back in November 2007 (well, it used to be worse; before the photos my last deviation was submitted in September 2005, oy).
I apologize for the lack of updates.

...I wished I brought my camera with me today. It rained and when I was on the train looking out the window I rather liked the sky.

Cross-posted / Copy-pasted-and-edited from my deviantART journal.
(Oh cool, dA emotes work here...though it seems I need to put in the whole url for them, but looks like I can copy and paste them just fine ).

On a board in a cafeteria...

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:33:53 GMT

...are outlines of hands and words and pictures. Of them, here are some of the words that stuck out to me:

Make love not sins -- I don't think we Make sins so much as commit them.

Make love not children to fight wars (in a Vulcan sign) -- ...I paused on this. First I just read up until "children" and stopped, thinking I had read wrong ('another one paraphrasing the hippie "make love..." quote? ...wait, at least "sins" seems along the same line as "war", but "children"?? How did we get from talking about war and peace to family, sex, and birth control?!'). Now with it in full... we don't Breed soldiers and I don't think anyone has a child for the intent and purpose of sending him or her off to war. ...and you want wars to end by reason of there being no people to draft?

"...and so ends the existence of humankind, who had no wars because people became to old to fight them and had no future because there were no children."

(if I remember right, I think I might know / have met the person who wrote the "make love not children to fight wars" bit, heh; I Might have, he calls himself the brown Shakespeare on MSN).

PLZ DROP BUSH NOT BOMB - I kind of like this one, lol.
Maybe people should plant more trees and shrubs, not elect them.
I wonder who's going to get elected, and what's going to happen next.
...that reminds me...I saw a deviant named vote-obama come into devart once...I didn't expect to see that. Hmm...now I wonder if there's a deviant going by vote-hilary or something. Guess I wouldn't be surprised at that, though I might wonder if it was in any way tied or in response to vote-obama. ...and doesn't that account kind of...do you really want to be stuck with that deviantname? Even after the elections?
I suppose there are deviants of all sorts on dA... from the funny to the strange to weird to... the disturbing and the disturbed... ok, going (very) offtopic there perhaps. ^^;

Happy Birthday Bunny

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:47:38 GMT

Floppy is One today.

Happy Easter

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:58:37 GMT

Whut?
(I suck at captions, okay?)

March 20

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:28:38 GMT

It's Gabby's birthday.
...I just realized that. Heh.

Gabby's my dog, for those who don't know.

She passed away on January 31st, 2007.

Had she not died, she would have been 14 today.

She lives on, though, in the hearts of those who loved her and in the Avress Tower.

Maybe I don't want to change the world. Maybe I'll settle for this instead.

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:16:23 GMT

Everyone wants to change the world... not true. (Well...)

Some people don't care, heh.
It feels like it sometimes at least. Maybe it feels like that a Lot.

As for me? Hmm.
I just want to affect someone's life in a positive way

-- or maybe... a handful of people. If it spreads to the world, then great. But one, would be enough. --

and maybe let them see the world a little differently.

(A smaller wish?) It'd be nice to just make someone smile too, for whatever the reason, so long as the smile is genuine and without malice. Or just make someone feel better, when they're down.

Maybe that's all I want to do. Is that too small?
It sounds small... heh.

I don't... think I want to be a revolutionary. If I start a revolution (I can't imagine how I would do that), then fine. But I just want to make a (small) difference. Or work behind the scenes.

Let others revolutionize the world. And please, do. Change it, and make it better. And godspeed doing it.
Don't forget though, little things make a difference too.

...And maybe a little thing, the littlest thing, can change the world. Or maybe it'll change someone's world.
You never know.

"You say you want a revolution? Well, you know, we all want to change the world..."

Hold on and hang in there

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:35:03 GMT

"Hold on to your dreams my friend"

Chance, opportunity, silver linings. They're there.

The going may not be easy. Things might get us down. And one's outlook and vision might grow dim. Still, not all is lost.

Hang in there.
You have potential to do great things.
And there are friends to talk to, friends who will be there to hold your hand through the dark till you see light again on the horizon.

Chin up, hold on, and reach for the moon so that at least if you fall you'll land among the stars.

Hold on to your dreams. Hold fast and hold tight.
If you find that dreams change then that's fine but don't give up.

This journal entry is sparked by a blog post elsewhere, one made by a relative and friend. But I'm not just talking to her.
I'm also talking to you, my wayward traveller...
That is to say, unless you have dreams of going on a mass killing spree in the real world or something like that of course.

Random

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:37:22 GMT

A fish and Texas (or a fish in Texas)

Astronaut guppy with a flying fish tank!

Stranger than martians or aliens?

Perhaps.

Perhaps I should go to bed.

A bottle... seats... a shirt

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:18:16 GMT

A single orange bottle hiding in the back.

No empty chairs near the front.

Writing on a boy's shirt catches my eye. White font on black cloth.

This post may consist of random bits and little else.

From the shirt:

All barriers can be overcome.
The real barrier is present in out minds.
Limits are dictated by our thinking.
All changes begin with thinking that is different.
We all have our own paths to follow...
...and it is not always clear which path to choose...
...but TOGETHER we find it...
and get to where we want to go.

The future is OURS.
AIESEC

Nice to see the Sanctuary open, Teg.

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:13:35 GMT

The blog hath died! It's dead.

Happy New Year and many well wishes.
-ladymysti

Merry Christmas

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 08:08:46 GMT

Tis the day before Christmas

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:48:48 GMT

Well, it's Christmas eve, Christmas draws near.

Later I shall be going to 1U with family -- to look at the Christmas decor, do some browsing of the shops and walk around, maybe some shopping, and then have our annual Christmas eve dinner. Then come home; and at the stroke of midnight or a little past, presents shall be opened.

That's my plan for today.

EDIT:
We didn't walk around or browse much, the extent of it was going into MPH bookstore and dispersing until dinner.

Didn't buy anything though I did see a semi cute and small RUSS penguin wearing earmuffs (RM69.90, eep) and a small sad little snowglobe with no snow -- there were close to twenty others, a little bigger, and all with snow, and an even bigger one with red hearts instead of snow... >_> hearts?

Dinner was alright.

Now... just to wait until midnight.

The moon looks full and bright tonight.
Unfortunately I could not capture her in her full beauty, it just didn't translate to the shots on my camera. I'll have a look at the pictures again later though, there might be a few that look better on a second glance or with a longer look, and I might have a few stills I can pull from video.

Purple polish, Eternal Sunshine, dresses, and postcards

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:04:31 GMT

Next I might try ~~Sparkling Green.~~ Metallic Green.

I'm beginning to warm up to the Evil Purple though, but I think I still prefer the Goth Black.

...I dunno, maybe I Am / Do have a little of Clementine in me. I find I'm sometimes a little like Clementine and sometimes a little like Joely. I'm a bit envious of Clementine (her quirkiness and go for it attitude), but I think I like Joely more (his quietness and introverted nature; I especially like his journal ^^;). I can be both introverted and extroverted at times; there's nothing wrong with that. But I do think / admit that I could use / need a little more self-confidence - am working on / need to work on that.

*looks at nails* I feel as though I should be wearing a dark sorceress getup and a long staff, holding a large hardback book in the other hand; like Nei's grown up portrait (shown in Neirenn's Summary page) but perhaps darker, like deep purple and black, or a very dark blue. Hehe.

Why do formal dresses have to be so darn expensive? No Wonder events with a formal dress code are so posh and usually exclusive. The only opportunity and excuse I've had to dress up was Lit. Night and this year's Graduation Salute (theme: Magnificent; dresscode: formal, decor: Very nice) and the Law Ball which I didn't attend.

Postcards from PostSecret.com : The roadtrip home & Maybe I don't fit in

Writer's Block: Pickup Artist

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:39:38 GMT

What's the worst pickup line you've ever heard?

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Actually... I don't think I've ever had a pickup line used on me ^^; but then again I don't hang out at bars which is where I think most pickup lines are used. I did have a guy walk up to me in A&W and ask if he could sit down though, but he wasn't hitting on me (I said yes by the way and we had a nice chat after that). And I did meet Teg the other day who had "I lost my number, could I have yours?" on his shirt though I don't think he wore that just for me, lol.

Why do guys even need pickup lines? Most of the time they're cliche or stupid and things to roll eyes at. Just say hi, and be honest. I think that's more flattering than a rehearsed pickup line.

I kind of like "my friend likes you" though, except in a case where his friend likes the girl in question but the wingman is hitting on the girl. If it's true that he's playing wingman, or if he himself is in fact the friend, then I think that's fine - I appreciate honesty, but I know some guys can be shy.

The Golden Compass

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:16:37 GMT

Heh, ok, now I'm supposed to write something about The Golden Compass... >_> I haven't read the book and I haven't watched the movie, though it looks interesting and I would like to.

Well, ok, a fellow blogger didn't much like it, but that may have been because he's read the books and was comparing the two. And I think he said the acting was good, so it's of little fault of the actors. And Ian McKellan does the voiceover for one of the characters. He (my fellow blogger, not Ian) also said that it might be worth watching if you haven't read the books / before reading the books, and since I haven't yet... well that's promising? In any case, I still be wanting to watch it. And, I want free goodies ^^;

"(Polar Bear) Teddy! Aww... can I have him? Can I keep him? Please?" :p

EDIT: I have decided to take down the Mystical Photography (by Frederic Larson) links post for the time being. I think I want to spend a little more time in the archives and a bit more organizing and commenting on the photos picked to share. In the meantime, you can browse the photoblog in question at your own leisure if you so wish or wait for my updated Mystical Photography post to make its appearance.

Link: Mystical Photography by Frederic Larson