So I went downstairs to the rec room to look for some glue (long story), and I was bowled over by the foulest stench I have had the misfortune to inhale in a good long time. Now, the cat's litter box is down there, but I was doubtful that the cat could have produced a funk this pernicious, and also, it grew stronger as you walked away from the litter box. Well, we've had some really severe rainstorms the last week or so, and it turns out that... we have water damage. The carpet under a table (where we didn't immediately see it) got soaked. Reek ensued. We've had to call some people in (Serve Pro or something?) to come dry it out with industrial-strength dehumidifiers and carpet cleaners and fans and whatever. Which means: more money that we have to pay someone. And then my mother started talking about paying off her part of Sister Girl's student loans and I just put my hand up and said, "I can't hear about this until I finish the annotations. You can tell me then. But there's nothing I can do about it--except finish these annotations--so don't tell me now. I SAID, DON'T TELL ME NOW. I SAID LA LA LA LA LA." I already had a massive headache that lasted most of the afternoon as it was. And I know I said that I thought some of my tension was hormonal, but I'm starting to resubscribe to the palpable stress theory.

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Tags: 2008 hates us, bad days, batman, bond, books, harry potter, movies, star wars, tv, twilight, wuthering heights

Wow guys! Long time no...do this. That's crazy. Here it is at long last! Late on Tuesday, but on Tuesday nonetheless. We thought we might wait until Thursday to make it like old times, but then we figured, we never had patience in the old days anyway, so why start now?

I just personally wanted to thank all of you for being so patient, because you are all so patient—way more patient than I am, for example, because I am so not patient ever about anything.

The first part of Shoebox was written in the summer of 2004. I was seventeen years old and I was about to go to college, and, let's face it, I was totally terrified and totally excited. I was also totally different from who I am now.

Now, four years later, I just finished my last final ever yesterday, so that I am feeling both exhausted and nostalgic. And I would like to take this moment just to say that Shoebox has changed my life. Were it not for this project, I would not have been able to meet so many incredible people, nor would I have been able to do so many incredible things, all of which have altered my perspectives. In so many ways, this story has shaped the course of the past four years. I am so glad whenever I think back on meeting Rave by bizarre and happy accident once upon a time—leaving a comment on her livejournal to talk about, of all things, Severus Snape.

Thank you guys so much. I would be such a different person were it not for all of you, and I cannot really express my gratitude. Forgive me my moment of cheese. I think I can speak for both Rave and myself when I say:

Camembert, anyone?

♥ Jaida




PS, yeah basically ditto -- xoxo Rave


( Part Twenty-Six: Five Photographs of Peter Pettigrew. )

(I like the word. You'll see why.)

As a new fan of Cory "Mr. Safety" Williams, YouTuber extraordinaire and owner of Sparta the Mean Kitty, I shall do my part to spread the Internet love:



The Mean Kitty's Story, the follow-up to "Hey, Little Sparta".  Be sure to watch the kicker at the end! 

I rather wonder if Sparta is in fact an Egyptian Mau (Cory, buddy, I love you, but you obviously don't know much about cats, and I doubt you know much about cat breeds!) or just an especially pretty tabby.  Could be, spots like that in a non-pedigree tabby are unusual, but if some poor kid's mother did make her dump an Egyptian Mau, that former owner needs to be taken out and shot.  (Then again, I think all pet dumpers should be taken out and shot.)

 I now sing "Little bitty kitty wanna bite, bite bite!" whenever Bagel is in a rowdy mood.  Cut from the same furry cloth, those two!

Current Location: Home
How I Feel: amused
What I'm Hearing: "The Mean Kitty Song"--Cory "Mr. Safety" Williams

I travel a lot too but not as much as this guy.

Happy Birthday, Robert Pattinson (Cedric Diggory) and Zoe Wanamaker (Madam Hooch)!

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Tags: tuesday

Pacific Time Zone alert: between now and 8 o'clock, there's free scoops of vanilla honey bee ice cream available at your friendly neighborhood Häagen-Dazs shop. Go, learn about bees, get some wildflower seeds, and have some tasty tasty ice cream....

Perhaps the best sight of all: a very pregnant bee (...all right, a very pregnant girl wearing bee wings) standing at the door, handing out fliers and coupons. heh.

So today was the last day of instruction.... THANK GOD!!!!! I've been in pain all weekend because I pinched something in my neck and it still is bugging me, haven't decided to haul myself off to a chiropractor or the Dr's or not yet.  Now I just need to write 5 papers for Anthropology, a case study for Psychology, a project for Quantitative Methods, and then study like no tomorrow for the tests. 

Oh, and with good news, I finished two corsets (constructed theater style--alterable) and will post pictures after finals.

On a not-so-happy-note: I just found out that my class registration date doesn't start until June 10th.....Eeek!! I'm hoping I can still get all the classes I need/want and be able to graduate next semester.  Also the hunt is on for a summer job....we'll see how it goes. I applied to a position with the San Jose Humane Society, but they take forever to get back to people, and today I started looking on CraigsList.  Wish me luck!

9th-13th May 2008

21 Jump Street
what we wouldn’t do by kashmir_heroin (Officer Tom Hanson/Officer Doug Penhall, #025 Strangers)

Anne of Green Gables
Gone Like Yesterday by qtshorty1625 (Gilbert Blythe, Anne Shirley, Mr. Phillips, #022 Enemies)
Choosing to Breathe 1 2 by qtshorty1625 (Gilbert Blythe, Anne Shirley, #086 Choices)

Chrestomanci
Pink by toasty_fresh (Eric Chant, Christopher Chant, #047 Heart)

CSI Miami
Cold Inside by scarletsins (Megan Donner, #067 Snow)
Ride by scarletsins (Megan Donner, #013 Yellow)

Detective Conan
Confession by candy__chan (Kaito, #064 Fall)

Doctor Who
Starlight by agapi42 (Ian, Barbara, #046 Star)

Dracula
Contrast by ladybedivere (Mina Harker, Jonathan Harker, Quincey Harker, #073 Light)

Harry Potter
Hallways are the Best Place to Meet People by ladytol (Lily Potter, Scorpius Malfoy, #074 Dark)
A Civil Relationship My Brother Would Hate by ladytol (Lily Potter, Scorpius Malfoy, #029 Birth)
It's All In the Name by ladytol (Lily Potter, Scorpius Malfoy, #096 Writer's choice)

Lord of the Rings
Hidden Memories by silver_trails (Elladan, Elrohir, #005 Outsides)

Queer as Folk US
Wishing by foreverbm (Michael Novotny-Bruckner, Ben Bruckner, #015 Blue. Rated NC17.)
Battered And Bruised by foreverbm (Michael Novotny-Bruckner, Ben Bruckner, #018 Black. Rated NC17.)
When Words Hurt by foreverbm (Michael Novotny-Bruckner, Ben Bruckner, #028 Children)
Breathing Without You by foreverbm (Michael Novotny-Bruckner, Ben Bruckner, #030 Death)
Afternoon Fun by foreverbm (Michael Novotny-Bruckner, Ben Bruckner, #038 Touch. Rated NC17.)

RPF Boston Red Sox
Back home. by wallflower78 (Jon Lester, Clay Buchholz, #023 Lovers)

RPF Football
Lines 4 5 by thisismystory13 (Steven Gerrard/Steve Finnan, #032 Sunset and #089 Work)

RPF Linkin Park
Thicker than water (family) by prisonsecks (Brad/Chester, #024 Family)

RPF Mock the Week
Coffee and... by beedekka (Hugh Dennis/Frankie Boyle, #083 And)

RPF NHL
Like Drinking Poison, Like Eating Glass by lastdriveby (Brendan Morrison, Markus Naslund, Todd Bertuzzi, #044 Circle)

Star Wars
Sympathy for the Devil 11 by imadra_blue (Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, #027 Parents. Rated NC17.)

Stargate: Atlantis
Ring of Truth by yappichick (Teyla, Rodney, #044 Circle)

Torchwood
Come Around Knocking by tigerstriped86 (Ianto Jones, Lisa Hallett, #002 Middles)
Nine Months by tigerstriped86 (Ianto Jones, Lisa Hallett, #009 Months)

Young Justice
No Healing Factor by shananagin (Bart/Tim/Kon, #018 Black)

The Young Riders
Bruises by dianaryan (James Butler Hickok, Emma Shannon, #016 Purple)
Broken Glass by dianaryan (James Butler Hickok, Emma Shannon, #096 Writer's choice)
A Way Around by dianaryan (Buck Cross, Becca Garfield, Louise McCloud, #011 Red)

Oh Captain Cod.

No, honey. No.

You're no Lily Allen.

Is this what it was like in Florida? Just you, the other sport fisherman, the big swordfish that nearly got away, and your adolescent angsty axe????

tarteaucitron linked (damn her eyes) xo

My father was in the paper again today. Declared mentally fit to stand trial. 17 charges against him, including two of attempted murder. Jury selection's starting soon.

More threats of eviction from various people. I'm done, really. The lease is up in two weeks anyway, and I'm sick of being the one who gives a shit. Someone else can take a turn. Or not, fuck it.

Three exams tomorrow. All with Dr. Tooke, so that should be a day full of fun and sunshine and happy puppies, right?




I don't think I'm going to make it.

How I Feel: distressed

http://www.librarything.com/blog/2008/05/top-ten-suggestions.php

Just over a week ago* we asked members to come up with their recommendations on "Ten Ways to Make LibraryThing Better." We promised to pick twenty-five winners, including ten winning answers and fifteen random picks.

Members heard the call, writing 259 answers for a total of 45,000 words--slightly longer than Henry James's Turn of the Screw. Last week Sonya, Abby, Casey and I got together to work on LibraryThing for Libraries. We took a break on Wednesday to (drink and) read through the answers. We couldn't pick just ten winners, so I've expanded it to 17--32 winners total. We could have easily done 50 more.

The Prizes. Winners get to chose between (1) A CueCat barcode scanner; (2) A LibraryThing t-shirt; (3) First dibs on a LibraryThing Early Reviewers book.

Winners should let Abby (abby@librarything.com) know what you want. If you want the Early Reviewer book, you're also going to need to change your Early Reviewers picks to select just one book. We're going to give you an "ER mojo" of a million, so whatever you pick, you'll get.

The Winners. Random Winners: rfb, maryanntherese, jocainster, Imprinted, circeus, jabogaer, rastaphrog, claudiuo, jjmcgaffey, arnzen, trojanpotato, surly, phoenixfire, sigridsmith

sophies_choice (7): "Let us mark which books are our favourite." I'm divided whether to make this work like author and venue favorites, or to make it a "collection."

PhoenixTerran (31): "Update debris and author pages immediately after combining/separating has occurred" A big leap is going to happen here very soon, with the introduction of a more stable "editions" layer. I'm actually doing edition-level calculations in the background today, with an eye to inaugurating the system on a limited basis tonight.

Philtill (160): We all loved Philtill's ten suggestions, which amount to "Make LibraryThing more like Tickle." There are dangers to personality tests and statistical correlatons, of course. But we love to play with data, and "tell me about myself" is one of the main reasons people use LibraryThing anyway. So, expect us to take these ideas seriously.

jocainster (28): "Add a link to the book's main page in the 'Recently Added' section." Abby had to be restrained after reading this one.

parelle (44): Parelle wrote two related suggestions--LT bookmarks and a parnership with Moo Cards. dreamlikecheese focused in on sending cards to libraries and bookshops. This is one area we're definitely going to look into.

sabreuse (152). "I was at a conference last week where I picked up several new books, but didn't have internet access all day. And I realized that I want to be able to add books by SMS, the same way I can send photos directly to flickr or add events to my google calendar by text message, both of which I do all the time. I'd love to be able to add new ISBNs to my library while I'm out shopping, or traveling, or tied up away from a computer."

nperrin (17): "Some ingenious way to link books to books about them. If I'm looking at a novel, I want to know how to find the best criticism of that novel or author."

usquam (109): "Work with publishers to get better integration of their catalogues into LibraryThing. They