JackieKjono

The Sci Fi Channel really sucks.

It managed to show last weeks episode about three minutes late so that the DVR cut off the final bit.

This left me with a little bit of a cliffhanger. Could someone tell me what the heck happened?

WARNING: Spoilers in comments.

We actually got home around 6:30 but, I had to bring George to the park so he could pay with his friend Morty for a while before logging in.

I had a fabulous time and miss everyone already.

I am going to try to catch up on some tV viewing before going to bed. Goodnight, Everybody!

My lymph nodes are no longer swollen. I can swallow. And I am awake enough that I can even remember the words for "lymph nodes."


Now if I can just remember how to pack.

Dear Neck Glands:

Vividcon is next week. Kindly quit swelling up like I'm about to be sick. I am not going to be sick. I am going to Vividcon. Sickness - not an option. Unleashing swollen neck gland plague on the vidding world - also not an option.

Thank you for your time and attention on this matter.

Regards,


Jackie

Some people may not realize this about me. For reasons that confuse the hell out of me, many people believe me to be intelligent and responsible in every way and in many ways, I am intelligent and responsible.

I rarely do stupid things with money. I have every work-related piece of arcane trivia firmly lodged in my head. I know what child can bus from which school to which child care program. If you have ever told me the name of your dog, I probably remember it. Actually, I am more likely to remember that than I am to remember your name or recognize you if I see you out of context. I have Lois Lane Syndrome. (TM Sisabet)

Memory encoding. Go figure.

What I really suck at is remembering where I am supposed to be and realizing that I am supposed to respond to messages. My mother has learned that she can invite me over for dinner as often as she likes but, if she wants me to show up, she should call me about 5 minutes before the food hits the table. I rarely check the answering machine. When I do, there are usually so many messages on it that I may miss one or two on the list. I rarely check the spam filter on my email to see if anything good got stuck there. Communication/social expectations of any kind can screw me up.

I used to fight this tendency within myself but, it only made it worse. I don’t know how to explain that in a way that makes sense to people who don’t have that problem. Eventually, I learned to embrace my inner (and outer, and in-between) space cadet and just stop beating myself up about everything I get wrong.

If I fail to respond to your communication, it is probably because I didn’t get the message or forgot that I got the message. It does not mean that I hate you. I rarely have the energy or the memory to hate people. Since I started taking the anti-anxiety pills, my memory for “lists of people who piss me off” has gone to nil. To my knowledge, I have never given anyone “the silent treatment.”

I do, however get irritated with people – sometimes even to the point of mentioning it in my livejournal. But, I get over it in a day or so when I realize that I, too, have my social awkwardness issues and if I expect people to be patient with me than, I should be patient with them.

I was feeling wealthy a few months ago as Sweet Charity and the Vividcon Auction were going and I splurged.

I went crazy. I bought two TWO vids. Both are from wonderful vidders who did amazing things and wow!

Lithium Doll, aka halcyon_shift did this one:

http://halcyon-shift.livejournal.com/421212.html

It's "The Weird Al Theme Song" for D'Argo from Farscape. I've been trying to convince someone who wasn't me to do this for years. And I finally have. And it was just the right person with jsut the right sort of twisted sense of humor. And it's brilliant.

fan_eunice did the other. Unfortunately for all of you, you will have to wait until Vividcon or after to see it. She has turned an idea that would have come off as a tacky, left-handed joke had I tried to make it myself into a sensitive portrayal of the quintessential abusive relationship.

If you are planning to attend the VVC Auction show, bring tissue.

http://www.vividcon.com/auction.cgi

I guess there was some kind of scripting error and they missed bids that folks might have placed over the weekend. The good news is that they have fixed this now and there are three more days to bid.

The bad news is that renenet has outbid me on fan_eunice. The betrayal knows no end.

http://www.vividcon.com/auction.cgi

Hey! There are vidders still out there for sale! Bargain prices!

And there are only 3 days left.

I know that even the non-vidders among you have secret vid ideas that you want to see made but don't actually want to do yourself.

Haven't you always wanted to see Pride and Prejudice vidded to Aretha Franklin's R-E-S-P-E-C-T? Maybe (for the right price), you can talk one of these lovely ladies into making it for you.

Go for it. You know you want to.

HTTP://www.bissell.com/Page_id/47127/Locating_a_Specific_Pet.aspx?RowFilter=G&Page=2

If you have sec (and you haven't already) please go vote for George. Today is the last day of voting.

He deserves to be famous. This has nothing whatsoever to do with my mom wanting a nwe vacuum cleaner. Honest!

HTTP://www.bissell.com/Page_id/47127/Locating_a_Specific_Pet.aspx?RowFilter=G&Page=2

Okay. Clearly, George is pretty darned cool. Clearly, George has a lot of fur.

Clearly, George was destined to sell vacuum cleaners.

Go vote for him. Not just because you like me. Not just because my mom wants a new vacuum cleaner. Vote for George because he is the best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N33wD1mENas

(Warning: may melt your eyes)

http://www.fhtmus.com/johnkjono

So mighty, brilliant friendslist, anyone have any ideas as to how to deprogram a beloved and formerly sensible brother who has been lured into the world of multi-level marketing?

Unfortunately for my brother, he is a decent honest guy and will eventually feel like shit when he realizes that he has to rip off other hard working people in order to make back the money he spent signing up for this.

so in this post

http://laurashapiro.livejournal.com/223314.html

Laura said we would need a quick time plugin to view the site. I have looked everywhere but cannot find the correct plugin. Anyone have any ideas?

I'm in. im in. iminiminimin!

From What Privileges Do You Have?, based on an exercise about class and privilege developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. If you participate in this blog game, they ask that you PLEASE acknowledge their copyright.


1. Father went to college
2. Father finished college
3. Mother went to college
4. Mother finished college
5. Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
6. Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers.
7. Had more than 50 books in your childhood home.
8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home.
9. Were read children's books by a parent. (I don't remember my parents reading to me. I do remember sitting in my father's lap while he read big, impressive looking books, though. We had a set of the Great Books of the Western World that he would pretend to read from time to time. I was fascinated by them.)
10. Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18 (Tap and ballet through the park program in second grade and flute for about 6 months in 5th grade.)
11. Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18
12. The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively. (Olie & Lena, Red Green, the cast of Fargo. My goofy ethnic accent drops at least 25 points off my perceived IQ.)
13. Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18.
14. Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs.
15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
16. Went to a private high school (Catholic girls' school. Financial aid through the diocese.)
17. Went to summer camp
18. Had a private tutor before you turned 18
19. Family vacations involved staying at hotels
20. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18
21. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them
22. There was original art in your house when you were a child
23. You and your family lived in a single-family house
24. Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home, (Mom got the house paid off just before my sophomore year of college. We got the letter from the bank on 8-8-1988.)
25. You had your own room as a child (By default. I am the only girl.)
26. You had a phone in your room before you turned 18
27. Participated in a SAT/ACT prep course
28. Had your own TV in your room in high school (I sometimes had one when I was little but that was because dad was a TV repairman and we had to put the damn things somewhere. They usually didn't work.)
29. Owned a mutual fund or IRA in high school or college
30. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
31. Went on a cruise with your family.
32. Went on more than one cruise with your family
33. Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up.
34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family.


I thought it was kind of an interesting meme. Other than the single family home, I doubt either of my parents could have said yes to any of them.

http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=54036

There is a wonderful series of documentaries called "The Universe" airing on the History Channel. It teaches us many strange and scary things. Reasons to watch:

1. It's stunningly edited. Can't really describe it better than that. Wow.
2. The information seems to be accurate as far as I can tell. You know how sometimes television documentaries are put together by people who have no clue what they are talking about? Not this one.
3. Okay, so you are writing your SGA fic and you need Rodney to say something poetic. Where is an astrophysicist going to find poetic imagery? It's useful to have a clue about the stuff Rodney knows. The neat thing about documentaries? No math required.
4. If you want to make a vid about Rodney and his great passion, (hint: it isn't John, Katie or his cat) you may want to check this out for possible outside source footage.


http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/

Wired Science is very freaky. On the episode I watched today, I learned the following

1. We now have the technology to build parts of fingers from pig bladders and are working on the esophagus.
2. If you mash up toy airplanes and cellphones, you can get some really cool shit.
3. There is a rural county in Kansas that was hit by a very large meteor 2,000-4,000 years ago and it is a popular place to go meteorite hunting. I think I know now where the inspiration behind Superman came from.

So I have been having no luck today accessing secure servers that I need to do my job. both Kinderstreet.net and https://service.transworldsystems.com are dead. Also, the school district server is being really picky and random.

Just wondering. Is there some new evil megaworm going around or am I just haing a bad day?

Just an FYI.

If you have Dish Network or Direct TV, call them up and threaten to switch. I just got a free HD-DVR and a year of HD signal for free.

Squeaky wheels, people. Squeaky wheels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3ALTelOo&feature=related

http://www.festivalofappropriation.org/

Clearly, I must go to this.