thinky thoughts

[cornerofmadness]

Trying to decide if I feel well enough to drive home. If I don't then I'll spend my birthday here alone coughing up a lung. That doesn't bother me all that much. The storms they're predicting for the rest of the week do. I know my body. I'll have this cough for days. I'd rather drive now when I'm coughng a little worse than wait til thrusday and drive in a storm. Sigh

Another paperwork snafu...i didn't get the notice from my doctor to come in...not that I'm sure I could of, but yeah, I need a consult based on that study last week. So I really need to think about what am I willing to do about this. Granted that'll be based on what the specialist eventually tells me but i hate thinking about it since there is no good solution.


Thinking also about dreamwidth and the friends that have disappeared there and completely cut ties with LJ. I guess I was rather hoping they'd continue crossposting but I'm not ready to go to DW. One reason is I can't load the thing. It's three times as hard to load than LJ even with journals lacking any fancy layouts. But more importantly, I don't have time for this, which maybe is why some of them decided to not crosspost as well. I did the two journals thing for a while and it ate up so much time. I'm trying to spend less time on line not more. It feels like an addiction some days but as soon as I'm away from it I'm okay. I don't want to find myself scanning and reading two journals. So I guess I have to learn to say goodbye which isn't easy when you've known some people for a long time. Who knows maybe in a while if more and more peopele/fandoms migrate I might too but not now.

Comments

[blossomsniper.livejournal.com]

Hey! Happy Birthday!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks to both

[blossomsniper.livejournal.com]

By the way, love your moods.:)

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

So far, my friends are still x-posting. I think it's against someone's interest not to, even if they consider DW their new home base. So far, I have not seen it "take off" in any major way.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i've only lost one community so far and that's half of wha i do here in the first place, fanfic so...

[midnightsjane.livejournal.com]

I think the majority of my friends are still on LJ, or at least crossposting. I agree, it seems like a lot of effort, so I'm sticking with LJ.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah as am I

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

From what I understand crossposting from DW is incredibly easy but I haven't tried yet. I've just been too busy and stressed to check it out.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that's my understanding. The one challenge comm i was in went over there but refuses to crosspost which I think is very rude of them since there was a large proportion of people who didn't want it to leave LJ but I decided I didn't need that one (blogged about that a while back)

but yeah you have plenty of reason not to have been exploring

[enemytosleep]

I was concerned about driving today too. I fell twice today. Once while walking and once while standing (took a step back and overbalanced). I didn't black out, but it's not something I typically do (falling over nothing). I've been very stressed and not sleeping well and suffering some gastric issues. I'm sure they must be related, though it was a bit worrying.

I wish you the best for your stomach/esophagus issues. I hope that they are able to help you in the least invasive way possible.

And you can't leave LJ! *clings* I enjoy your posts too much, you can't abandon me yet. XD

[caffeinified.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel better soon. *hugs*

I like LJ more than any other blogging place. And you're right, cross-posting just takes up too much time. I guess I'm just not that dedicated to the blog-o-sphere. lol even as addicted to LJ as I am. There are better things to do with my time so I get what you're saying and I agree.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks.

from what I understand DW does make crossposting easy however i don't have the time or inclniation to read two journals.

[ladystarlightsj.livejournal.com]

argh, I had a whole comment typed out and my modem went funny on me.

Anyways. I was saying that I like the ease of crossposting from DW and that since I took a moral stand (and I don't take many of those) against LJ (or giving money to them) when SUP took over, I'm quite happy with DW.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i can't even make DW download so until i moved or a miracle happens i won't be getting it. And at this point I'm pretty happy with those running LJ

[robertlyon.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks

[leni-ba.livejournal.com]

You know me. I've set camp in my corner of fandom and don't plan to leave anytime soon. Just the thought of re-building kitteninthedark... *shudder*^

Now, in 2010 when my paid account expires, well, then I might sing a different tune (I'm not above admitting that having so much icon space is a thrall).

Also, I was saving your b-day gift for tomorrow, but if you want I can email it to you now... tell me. It's yours, after all.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i hear you

ooo thanks. how about tomorrow. i'm dead tired from driving across 4 states

[leni-ba.livejournal.com]

Oooh, then sweet dreams, honey. *hugs*

It works for the better, though, since I discovered that I'd forgotten to bring my diskette tonight. *hides* You just saved me a six-block run home. :D

May you have a happy birthday morning!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

goodness wouldn't want yuo to do that (notice i'm still on but you can be braindead on facebook and who's know

thank you

[leni-ba.livejournal.com]

Heh. it might well have been the only exercise I'd get in forever, so it wouldn't have been too bad. LOL!

Facebook. *sigh* My work account is one I check little, and my Leni account.... well. I should go there more often. *cringe*

Btw, http://community.livejournal.com/kitteninthedark/137119.html i don't know if you're fond of this pairing, but just in case.

[marlex.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!!

LJ is the only "social networking" site I mess with and I have enough trouble posting consistently here.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah i hear you

and thank you

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Crossposting has worked out just fine for me so far -- the only problem I've noticed is that I have to edit over at LJ if I want a different userpic. On the other hand, I haven't had any problem loading DW, which would certainly be a factor.

But regardless, I have no plans to permanently move over to DW -- I like it just fine right here.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that's good to know. the loading issue is merely because my local area is trapped in 1998 with dial up

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Emily's mom's house is in that condition to, and the same with my brother. I'm so glad I live in a place with high-speed, not to rub it in.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

if i stay at this college much longer i'm jus going to have to move...

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Does the college itself have high speed?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yes it does. so i do a few things there but not much

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I'd probably try to find an excuse to hang around the school a lot! :-)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i do but sometimes they watch what we're doing. I just toss a few youtubes into my lecture to make it look legit me being there

[esmerelda-t.livejournal.com]

I don't really get dreamwidth. I don't know if it's meant to have lots of snazzy new features or if people think there'll be less management interference or what. If it's the former then I'm happy with what LJ does and if it's the latter then what'll happen is what happens with every successful social networking site, it'll be bought and someone will want to run it as a business not a fandom co-op.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that pretty much sums it up for me. It's made by former LJ team members from what I understand but yes, it's a business and you're going to have the same sort of stuff happening regardless