Tuesday Has No Phones

Thanks to JH's post I have updated to the latest version of semagic, and verily it is a pretty thing. I've also added insanejournal to the list so I am now thebratqueen at LJ, JournalFen, GreatestJournal, and InsaneJournal. Friend if you'd like. When possible I'll try to use this new Semagic thing to post to all journals at once. 'cause I'm lazy like that.

In a bit of randomness this vintage ad cracks me up.

I'm currently snuggled up on the couch and getting in some quiet time. This is part and parcel of me trying to recognize that downtime is important and should be valued and is nothing to feel guilty about. Not that I have necessarily succeeded at recognizing this, but I am trying. (sekrit msg to Zort: I'm still thinking about that thing we talked about. Don't have an answer yet, but at least I'm still pondering.)

Two days left of the family reunion. Not to jinx it or anything, but for a first go I'd say we did pretty good. Some things worked great, others were learning experiences, but at least we got it off the ground.

I'd say that the best part about it so far has been simply being a family together. Yes, various Things To Do were planned, but really those ended up being boredom-avoiding options that served as a vague framework around which we could gather. The real meat of it was the day to dayness of it. Esp since, with five kids ages 2-7, there was always plenty of chaos to deal with. So bonding thus far has come more from getting into a groove of everybody lending a hand somewhere than it has from Big Events. (Not that there wasn't overlap, such as during the hiking trip.)

M-Sis said that in many ways it's felt like living in a commune, and even made the Big Love comparison. Still, so far it's been a natural teamwork and that's been a great deal of fun.

Though I am more convinced than ever that me not having kids of my own would be a good thing 8)

Idiot co-worker is still an idiot. Seriously, tips for how I should handle this situation would be welcome. My instinct is to privately talk to my boss and say words to the effect of how this guy cannot teach, and if my boss wants me to learn something it'd better come from someone else. But is that considered inappropriate? Should I talk to co-worker first? Other? Lemme know.

Called the local Borders and talked to possibly the dumbest girl on the planet re: how they're handling the HP thing tomorrow. All I wanted to know was when to show up to get my number/bracelet/ticket/whatever. She apparently wasn't even aware they were doing that. She didn't even know the store was staying open until midnight. I remain amazed she somehow was able to answer the phone and speak into the correct end.

Ah well. The pre-sale party starts at 9:30, according to the website. I'll swing by sometime around 8 and see if they're taking names/giving tickets. That was about the time they started last time.

LJ is made of fail and unable to tell the difference between fact and fiction. Others have spoken about this so you probably get the jist already. But you may not know about whatisobscene, where they are attempting to get a baseline for what the LJ community considers to be too hot for LJ. So to speak.

Six Apart comments to news, not so much to paying customers.

The key quote?

"Our decision here was not based on pure legal issues. It was based on what community we want to build and what we think is appropriate within that community and what's not." -Barak Berkowitz, chairman and CEO, Six Apart

Also:

Berkowitz said the company would "obviously apologize" to anyone whose journal was deleted in error but added: "That's going to be a very small minority of the sites. I would be shocked if it's more than a dozen."

KISS MY ASS YOU FUCKING FUCK.

ETA: More info about the Warriors for Kissing My Ass Woman. Read it to find out whose opinion LJ likes more than ours.

Also I'm thebratqueen at Greatestjournal. Ditto Journalfen. I'm not leaving yet, but I want my options.