and miles to go before I sleep

( Sunday (continued) )

( Sunday (part 1) )

(OY VEY. I hate satellite internet. It was the only kind that I could get out here in the boonies, but ho brother. There must be snow at higher elevations because the last two days have been GNARRRRR.)

Panic won video of the year in late August 2006. Jon Walker was made an official member of the band only the previous month. I do not have the Internet wherewithal (points above) to go searching for this, so can anyone tell me: what video did they win for and was Jon Walker actually IN the video?

ficsoreal, this is for the Sweet Charity I owe you. Yes, from way back in Spring. Yes, I suck. *POINTS AT THE SECOND CIRCLE*

( Saturday(continued) )

( Saturday (continued) )

( Saturday (part 1) )

( Friday )

Insane Journal is having a Black Friday sale of Permanent Accounts (only $30!), userpics, and other stuff. It starts tonight and goes to Friday night.

*****

Belatedly stolen from aerynvala.
+ stop what you're doing.
+ print screen of your current desktop - This isn't exactly my desktop, but it is my current wallpaper. Made for me by clayeer! Where the hell are you, Claire, I haven't seen you in ages. *goes hunting*
+ if you have last.fm open, print screen - Don't have one.
+ if you have a music player open, print screen - RealPlayer
+ pick a folder, open it, print screen - My folder for The Book, containing all the pictures, files, and other sundry things.

*****

Speaking of The Book, I had a veerrrry interesting chat with wishforhome the other night re:characters. Dean, I totally think I'm gonna do this -- but I hope you understand that I'm going to be plaguing you with questions now! Jordan's as much your creation as mine!

*****

Happy Thanksgiving to all the Americans.

( Thursday (continued) )

( Thursday (part 1) )

zarah5's journal has been hacked. This is the most recent incident in a string of hackings, both in our fandom and in others (bandflesh, shoebox, etc.). zarah, baby, I'm so sorry. I just gasped and started swearing copiously.

Please take a moment and change your passwords NOW to something seriously intricate and hard to hack. Seriously, guys. Seriously. Also, consider backing up your LJ/JF/IJ with one of two methods:

1. LJ-Archive. This saves your journal straight to your hard drive, so you have a readable, cut-and-pastable record of your posts and comments. Download here, and then you will never be in the position of losing EVERYTHING; I am backing up my IJ as we speak.

2. LJ-Sec. This can transfer ALL of your content from one journaling service to another; consider making a backup on an alternate journaling site. I have two, IJ and Journal Fen. Download here.

A guide to using both of these programs can be found here.

If anyone has any suggestions on what other precautions to take, please share.


ETA from summertea: Mac users can use LJ-Dump.

ETA from hotlevel4: Actually, the other thing you want to make sure of is that you have control of the emails associated with your LiveJournal account: [http://www.livejournal.com/tools/emailmanage.bml]. Sites like Hotmail allow recycling of old usernames, and it's not that difficult for somebody to register an account that you previously had and let lapse, then use it to change the password on your LiveJournal account.

( Wednesday (continued) )

( Wednesday (part 1) )

( Tuesday (continued) )

( Tuesday (continued) )

Congrats to Gerard and LynZ!

I'm not that big on kids myself, but I love seeing other people happy.* :D

ETA: Okay, guys, how do I sign up to see MyChem's twitter on my LJ flist?



*(Think about where this guy was, emotionally, five years ago. If he isn't a living embodiment of an anti-suicide message then no one is.)

( Monday (continued) )

( Monday (part 1) )