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tindomerel! I know you probably won't see this until after the weekend - but better late than never, I hope. I wish you all the best throughout this next year of your life... And I do read your posts, by the way - every single one. Even the neverending "5000 questions" meme...;) If I were to leave LJ, you would be one of the very few people I'd actually miss...
But I'm not leaving - not yet, anyway. I was just thinking of MAYBE letting my paid account expire and upgrading my Dreamwidth to paid status instead. But the reason I wanted to do that was because I would love a nicer layout/style for my DW account - and it appears that you don't really get any extra styles to choose from if you pay. You get 100 icons instead of 15, and some other perks I don't really care about - but the selection of available layouts seems to be the same. Which kinda sucks, because I don't really like any of them, to be honest. I picked one of the "least hideous" ones, in my opinion (*LOL*). So I'm not really willing to spend money on that journal if I can't make it look better. But perhaps I should still get rid of my "extra icons" package for LJ; I have over 200, and I don't really use at least half of them anymore. At least the LOTR ones... but they have huge sentimental value, and I can't bring myself to remove them. Yes, I have major issues with moving on and letting things go...;)
Monday is Labor Day, and today was "early close" at the office, which I took off anyway, because I needed to see my chiropractor. I was supposed to see her last Saturday, but something came up and she cancelled on me.:/ And she's not working tomorrow either - so I would have to wait ANOTHER week (I always see her on Saturdays). And, frankly, I couldn't deal with that. My neck and both trapezius muscles were in BAD shape. It actually hurt to stretch, so I couldn't even do that for the past few days. I NEEDED my acupuncture, dammit. And boy, did it feel good to finally get some relief. She put some nice cooling cream on me afterwards, for the soft tissue massage, and restored my faith in humanity.;) And then I had to walk 30 minutes in 90-degree heat, because the bus I take to see her runs only twice an hour, and I just missed it. And we're having another massive heatwave - hopefully the final one this summer, though you never know anymore. Or rather, we WERE having another massive heatwave - until about two hours ago, when it exploded in a violent thunderstorm. I happened to be at the supermarket when the skies opened up to release a downpour of truly biblical proportions. I could have waited it out, since it was over within 10-15 minutes; but I was dog-tired after a day of running errands in this infernal heat and frankly didn't care anymore - I just wanted to get home. So I slapped an empty canvas bag over my head and made a run for the bus shelter. My clothes and shoes are now laid out to dry... LOL. Also, my legs feel like cotton wool from exhaustion, and I just want to plop down into my comfy papasan chair and watch some Lost. I am about midway through Season Two, by the way, and I haven't lost interest so far - even if the plot keeps getting weirder from one episode to the next. I need to know what happens to each character, because I have gotten attached to them.:P Of course, I like some better than others; but there is something endearing about most of them, despite (or maybe because of) their flaws. It is also really fascinating to see how different people react to being put in such an extreme situation...
Yeah... I'll shut up now, and proceed to CHILL OUT for the rest of the night (and possibly most of tomorrow). Incidentally, I am all caught up on those blissfully crazy fannish emails I've been exchanging of late, and now I can just lay back waiting for replies... Yes, life is good.:D
tindomerel! I know you probably won't see this until after the weekend - but better late than never, I hope. I wish you all the best throughout this next year of your life... And I do read your posts, by the way - every single one. Even the neverending "5000 questions" meme...;) If I were to leave LJ, you would be one of the very few people I'd actually miss... But I'm not leaving - not yet, anyway. I was just thinking of MAYBE letting my paid account expire and upgrading my Dreamwidth to paid status instead. But the reason I wanted to do that was because I would love a nicer layout/style for my DW account - and it appears that you don't really get any extra styles to choose from if you pay. You get 100 icons instead of 15, and some other perks I don't really care about - but the selection of available layouts seems to be the same. Which kinda sucks, because I don't really like any of them, to be honest. I picked one of the "least hideous" ones, in my opinion (*LOL*). So I'm not really willing to spend money on that journal if I can't make it look better. But perhaps I should still get rid of my "extra icons" package for LJ; I have over 200, and I don't really use at least half of them anymore. At least the LOTR ones... but they have huge sentimental value, and I can't bring myself to remove them. Yes, I have major issues with moving on and letting things go...;)
Monday is Labor Day, and today was "early close" at the office, which I took off anyway, because I needed to see my chiropractor. I was supposed to see her last Saturday, but something came up and she cancelled on me.:/ And she's not working tomorrow either - so I would have to wait ANOTHER week (I always see her on Saturdays). And, frankly, I couldn't deal with that. My neck and both trapezius muscles were in BAD shape. It actually hurt to stretch, so I couldn't even do that for the past few days. I NEEDED my acupuncture, dammit. And boy, did it feel good to finally get some relief. She put some nice cooling cream on me afterwards, for the soft tissue massage, and restored my faith in humanity.;) And then I had to walk 30 minutes in 90-degree heat, because the bus I take to see her runs only twice an hour, and I just missed it. And we're having another massive heatwave - hopefully the final one this summer, though you never know anymore. Or rather, we WERE having another massive heatwave - until about two hours ago, when it exploded in a violent thunderstorm. I happened to be at the supermarket when the skies opened up to release a downpour of truly biblical proportions. I could have waited it out, since it was over within 10-15 minutes; but I was dog-tired after a day of running errands in this infernal heat and frankly didn't care anymore - I just wanted to get home. So I slapped an empty canvas bag over my head and made a run for the bus shelter. My clothes and shoes are now laid out to dry... LOL. Also, my legs feel like cotton wool from exhaustion, and I just want to plop down into my comfy papasan chair and watch some Lost. I am about midway through Season Two, by the way, and I haven't lost interest so far - even if the plot keeps getting weirder from one episode to the next. I need to know what happens to each character, because I have gotten attached to them.:P Of course, I like some better than others; but there is something endearing about most of them, despite (or maybe because of) their flaws. It is also really fascinating to see how different people react to being put in such an extreme situation...
Yeah... I'll shut up now, and proceed to CHILL OUT for the rest of the night (and possibly most of tomorrow). Incidentally, I am all caught up on those blissfully crazy fannish emails I've been exchanging of late, and now I can just lay back waiting for replies... Yes, life is good.:D
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Date: 2013-08-31 12:49 pm (UTC)I thought you were already finished watching Lost by now ...
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Date: 2013-09-01 12:10 am (UTC)Seriously??? "Lost" has SIX SEASONS, man. If I wanted to be finished by now, I would have to watch at least 5 episodes a day, EVERY DAY. And that's just not possible. Besides, I don't like to rush my way through things. I'm all about savoring pleasurable experiences and making them last...;)
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Date: 2013-09-08 08:01 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-09-12 01:31 pm (UTC)