phyncke space

I was just posting comments (graphics pick ups) on LJ and getting really slow response time and varnish errors of DEATH over there. I decided not to try and post on LJ but came here and will see if a cross post goes through. LJ is still problematic and the only thing that keeps me there is my permanent account. I am really liking dreamwidth and their perks for free members and no ad format is refreshing. I do like it here and the layouts are fabulous. Aglarien1 pointed out the one I am using and how it goes nicely with my default icon. Yays.

I am on the last day of my mini-vacay and I realize that this time off makes me feel like I have enough time to get everything done while also having time for myself. Life as it should be. I can keep the pace with free time etc. This is not always possible in life but it is nice to take the time for myself. I am heading into a really busy time at work and so a breather was good. I will take a few of these as I go along to rest and relax.

I heard from the vet on Boo's test results today and I am really encouraged. Her kidney function is MUCH IMPROVED! Dr. J was optimistic and said that obviously I am doing the right thing for there to be that much of a shift in her situation. So treatment plan is working and little Ms Thing is doing well. More of the same is in order. I do have to master giving her fluids but will get that down and see how she goes. I cannot afford vet assistance on that so have to get that going. I got some good tips on that and will try it again. I am super happy about this and Boo does seem to be feeling better, eating well and more social. Great news on that. I have joined a yahoo group for Feline CRF and it is a great resource. There is a vet resource on the list and the members are very supportive. Very high volume and I admit to only reading posts that interest me.

Anyways. I am off to get my nails done, meet J*** for coffee and then study for interview tomorrow. Cheers to all and to all a good day!

This is a useful site for keeping up with LJ status. A third party site where people report outtages. I found it really useful and also a reality check. No, I am not crazy and LJ is down. Yeppers. You can also report the status too and contribute to the reports. I really like it.

http://downrightnow.com/livejournal

It is called downrightnow.

See what you think!


by nienna_weeper on livejoural

*saving my post that would not post on livejournal* *bleepity bleep*

Here is a blurbification of what has been happening in my life. I have repeatedly tried to post but lost my posts in the LJ mishigas. I am blurbing in quick fashion:

-I got a call on one of my job applications so that is good. They are interested in interviewing me and wanted me to know that it would be a week or two before they could get to that. Yays.
-Boo is doing well and had a consult with a new holistic vet. She has some herbal supplements to take to improve her kidney function and I will be giving her fluids for hydration. All of this within my budgetary parameters. Great! She had acupuncture today and seems happier and more social.
-I saw Captain America today and it totally rocked. Great 40's style production value and beautiful quality of filming on the action sequences. The hero was very earnest and heroic. Totally worked for me. I thoroughly enjoyed the film and it was a switch to see Hugo Weaving as the arch villain. He was excellent.
-My brother is on the de-activation plan for his deployment. He has finished training his replacement people and is going to be on his way home stateside soon. Yays.

Hope all is well with you there. I have not been commenting much because I have not been able to. I will resume that when LJ gets better.

Cheers and have a great weekend.


by aglarien1

I am testing the cross-post function from dreamwidth and also providing the following resource. This is a nifty little LJ archiving tool called LJ Archive. You download it to your computer and it allows you to archive a formatted and searchable version of your journal to your hard drive. Dreamwidth disabled the importing of journals due to the DDOS thing so this is a second option for saving your journal, if you are so inclined. I have not read enough on this to know if you can restore the journal back into LJ or another blogging site but this is something.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ljarchive/

I hope that you find this helpful.

Cheers.

*a post script - this utility relies on LJ's servers for the back up. You have to log in to lj from the script and it backs up your journal. While LJ is having trouble, this utility will have trouble backing up your journal so keep that in mind and try at different times to get your journal back up.*


by yueshi

I have reached 6754 in my current story in progress and thought I would post a snippet to see if I can entice the group.

Legolas looked from one to the other and noted the blush of color on his father’s face. Was he flirting? Is that what he was doing? He had no experience with this behavior from his sire but it was markedly different than Thranduil’s usual, no-nonsense manner. The King was usually brusque and cool in demeanor so as not to arouse anyone’s interest or show favoritism. His current disposition was highly incongruous and suspect.

“I will.” The elder Sinda was positively glowing and no one but his son noticed this oddity. He did not know why this was the case, but he would soon figure it out.


My Thranduil is truly a king and not a debauched hedonist as some like to paint him. He IS a monarch. So that is him. This is probably only of interest to me as a student of politics.

But there it is. Someone who catches this elf's eye must be interesting.

Hope all are well. I don't have time to read over here and only very occasionally post.

That the online thing should be a positive sum game and that when something makes you feel bad, it is to be avoided or discarded. I have interactions here to enjoy myself or find support in a comforting atmosphere. Too often people in this online medium feel that they can say or post or IM anything they want as words on a screen and forget that there is an actual person there. Also...there is a tendency to over analyze or track other's behavior online and read too much into things here. Have a care as to what you are doing. This is important but not that important and obsessing about one little thing is not healthy. Balance in all things is important.

Just something I am thinking about. The people who need to read this probably won't. But those who will see this might benefit from it.

Be well, those of you who are here and reading.

So I live in Berkeley, CA and hari krishnas are a part of the landscape. You would think I would get used to them but typically I see this group of people and I feel animosity towards them. This is uncharacteristic of me. Normally I would not have that aggressive a feeling about such things or a set of people. I don't know much about their specific beliefs but in conversation tonight with a friend of mine (via cell phone), I think I isolated the reason for my sentiment about the krishnas. They are a trigger in a way. I located the specific memories that they are associated with and it appears that I have some direct experience with the hari krishnas that is not that pleasant.

When I was a young teenager, my parents separated and my mother went to live in a different state (in the USA). I lived in Massachusetts with my dad and she went to upstate NY for some time and then to Ohio. During holidays and summers, I would travel (along with my brothers) to see her and visit there. This necessitated our travelling alone as children through a few airports and on planes. Many of you are parents and know that this is a nerve racking thing to have your children do without you.

Now this was before 9-11 and all the "heightened security measures" and what not at airports. This was the early 80's and anyone who wanted to get into an airport pretty much could. On a few occasions I remember that groups of hari krishnas were in the airport. They were doing their thing and now with my 20-20 hindsight, I realize they were recruiting. Looking for members and vulnerable souls to enlist to their cause. On a few occasions, we were approached as we waited. I am pretty sure we looked lost or what not. We were dealing with the whole split family thing, holding our own bags...etc etc. Unsupervised kids in the airport. I tell you, it was creepy and I do recall that my older brother, either Dave or Bob would reply to their query with a "leave us alone and no fucking thank you."

I think the creeped out feeling will always linger when I see the krishnas or perhaps it is the remembered vulnerability. It was never a question of knowing what to do. I was a well versed kid from Boston. Stranger danger had been drilled into me from a very young age but the idea that some cultish person could approach, well ick.

So that is the root of my aversion to the hari krishnas. It almost does not matter what they are really into or what they believe. They creep me out and also remind me of a time when I was vulnerable.

Just sharing. Yep.

A daily meditation with the sound of a running river to soothe me. I have one of those sound machines that provides background noise. Part of my shoulder therapy is to lie with an ice pack and ice parts of my shoulder and back. I use this time to relax and clear my mind each day. It is about 30 minutes to time as nothing and time to do nothing.

This is a gift.

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I don't post here much and I am not reading back past a page at what other people have posted. I notice that mainly it seems a duplicate of LJ or similiar.
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RIP Dreaming Spires, one of the lovelier Tolkien games out there. Truly about the character development and I did some of my best RP writing there and came up with my best OC ever. I have a feeling she will live on in other versions. She is unstoppable. I will miss the game but don't have time for the upkeep on managing that anymore.

Tomorrow I pull the plug.
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Thoughts as I prepare my dinner. Thanks for taking a walk through my mind tonight.


by cherany on livejournal.com

So my good friends are separating and getting a divorce, I think. I find myself embroiled in daily phone calls from both of them. Each talking about the other as they try and figure this out. I cannot tell now if it is going to get ugly or if they will be amicable but they have not gotten along for a long time and it is probably for the best.

I do know that this makes me tired and it seems to be all that they can discuss right now. I suppose that is understandable.

I think I will post about it here as neither of them has this journal. M*** reads my LJ at times and I would have to filter things. I am not all that into that.

I am working on a new story idea and it is a totally unexpected thing for me. New area and new character. I have it under development and I am doing the research right now. Yays. I am enjoying some time to do this and am really glad I did not sign up for the Ardor in August challenge. Having time to explore my own ideas is just what I want to do right now.

I usually do pretty intense research when something new comes along, both online and in the works. I need to internalize the subject matter so the writing will then flow naturally. I enjoy the research and it is during this that I also shape the outline of the story in my mind. Give it the general direction.

Fun, eh?