~♥The Wings Of My Heart ♥~

I don't know who you think i am...

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:11:25 GMT

I be back in Newport again. *little sigh* Kinda depressing...coming back from a place thats busy to being back here where theres...well no one really. One housemate is home...but havent really seen much of them. I miss living with people who actually try talking to me. I know people here are shy...i very much understand how hard it is to talk to people when you're chronically introverted...but i do make the effort when it counts (ie. we're living in the same house...or if your g/f threatens to kick your ass if you dont talk :P) and its frustrating when other people don't.

Meh. Gotta deal cos i don't have the money to move back home (2 grand upfront for breaking the contract >_<). Still dealing with finding jobs...had an interview yesterday (Asst. admin job at Sainsburys) and it went ok. Will know by next week...although i'm not sure if i'm really cut out for it. I've never done admin before and some of the stuff looks quite complicated (they have outdated input systems that arent linked...theres so much repeated and redundant data it's like a databaser's nightmare.) Oh well. I spose it's something.

On the plus side, not long before the GCSE Japanese course starts. lol....even when i've graduated, i still can't get out of education. Speaking of graduation...Good luck to everyone tomorrow...my tickets didnt turn up, and by the time mum managed to convince her employers to give her the day off, it was too late for me to rent robes anyway (i didnt want to go unless i could have mum there...how depressing would it be to stand around, watching everyone else with their families, and knowing that you had no one there who gave a shit about you.) Meh....i didnt particularly enjoy the course anyway...and its not like i dont intend to graduate again (if i want to be a translator, i'll need to get a degree in Japanese Language, wont i?)

Well...thats the random update of the week...missing everyone lots (...especially lil Ella-bella....weird how you can miss someone who doesnt do anything except lay there looking cute...and ocassional exorcist-type vomiting. That bits not cute.)

LJ CONTENT STRIKE - 21/03/08

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:54:20 GMT

Taken from http://community.livejournal.com/lecollage/36317.html because if i write it in my own words, i'll start a rant :P:

For those of you who don't already know, there has been a strike scheduled for Friday, March 21st, 2008, during which we hope to have many members of LiveJournal provide LJ with absolutely no content for twenty-four hours. This means no posting and no commenting. If you post elsewhere and have it set up to be posted through a feed on LiveJournal, don't do it. Stay away from LiveJournal for twenty-four hours. That can't be too hard, can it? I know some of you are probably quite active on LiveJournal and will find it hard to stay away for an entire day, just as I will, but this is something that needs to be done, to show the people running LiveJournal that we're watching the changes they are making, that we're paying attention, that we're discontent, and that we want to be heard and taken in to consideration.

We are not simply users who can be tossed to the side and ignored. We are the people who make up LiveJournal. Without us, without the content we create, without our words, our voices, our creativity, our participation, there would be no LiveJournal. This is a fact, and it needs to be realized and understood and then taken in to consideration when making decisions regarding the way that LiveJournal is run.

The strike is only a few days away, so there isn't all too much time to prepare. While this is unfortunate, it isn't enough to keep this strike from taking place. It will take place, the second it is meant to, and it would be best to have as many people take part as possible. Please, spread the word. Spread it fast. There are only a few days to organize this. If you find that you care about LiveJournal or care about the people you interact with on LiveJournal or simply want it to remain a place where you can entertain yourself without constant censorship and money-hungry practices being thrown in without the consideration of those who use the service, act now. If you don't wish to spread the word, that is fine, but please: refrain from using LiveJournal on Friday, March 21st. Do something else for a change. It's for a good cause. (:

For background on this strike and why it is being held, please read the following posts:
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/394838.html
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/395310.html

To find out exactly when the strike begins and ends, depending on where you are located, please see this:
http://beckyzoole.livejournal.com/395125.html

What's this about?

* It's about free and ad-free LiveJournal accounts being abolished for new members, ignoring the advice from the newly-formed Advisory Board.
* It's about LJ staff trying to sneak this decision in under the radar, and when people found out, telling the users it was done 'to make the signup process less confusing'.
* It's about LJ staff failing to apologize for trying to hide the facts from view and for lying about the actual reasons for their actions.
* And finally, it's about the latest decision to hide certain user interests from the list of Most Popular Interests, some of them being fanfiction, bisexuality, sex and depression. This decision was not announced or explained in any way. Users found out for themselves.

New Layout ^_^

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:04:54 GMT

Yay!!! Another awesome layout by coloured_ink
Thankies!!!

New Layout - Credit

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:16:18 GMT

Woooooot! Finally found what i was looking for! Thanks to deathwishicons and reversescollide for the images and the source code.